Bayliss Utting on fire at Lyng as Luke Parker wins the Dennis Slaughter Memorial Trophy

On Sunday 25th of October, the Norwich Viking MCC hosted their rescheduled centenary race meeting at Lyng, including the much-coveted Dennis Slaughter Memorial Trophy.

Race report by Stefan Hicks – Images courtesy of Narna Media

With the meeting originally scheduled for late July but having to be cancelled due to the region being in a heatwave and safety concerns due to the dust, remarkably the club had to deal with the complete opposite this time around, as stormy conditions before and during the meeting gave the club difficulty in preparing the track. However, the NVMCC crew worked as hard as ever, and the track held up for a top afternoon of action. A busy 13-race schedule awaited the riders and spectators as the 2026 season came to a close.

In the A Group, the overall honours were claimed by Bayliss Utting, who took all three race victories and was on fine form all afternoon as he ended his season in style. In second overall was Chester Hyde, as he rode consistently well throughout the day to finish ahead of Declan Whittle, who returned from injury to take third overall on the day.

The big race of the afternoon was the NVMCC centenary race, which would see the winner be awarded the Dennis Slaughter Memorial trophy and was open to all Norwich Viking club riders. A staggered start opened the race, with the expert riders being let off the gate last and had to fight their way through, and that’s exactly what Luke Parker did as he flew past the pack to take victory and win the 2026 Memorial trophy. In second was Dec Whittle, and on the third step of the podium was Joe Hall.

The NGR group overall was taken by Sean Wright, who went 1-1-1 for maximum points. Second overall went to Billy King with a 4-3-3, ahead of James Taylor in third with a 3-2-9.

The B Group overall went to Barry Hannan with a 1-1-2 score. In second overall was Jaime Cox with a 3-3-1, ahead of Bailey Jackson in third with a score of 2-2-5.

In the C group, the overall honours went to Harry Sobkowiak with a 2-2-1, ahead of Ky Rolfe with a 1-1-3. In third overall was Craig Page-Baker with a score of 5-3-6.

The NVMCC would like to thank all marshals, medics and officials for their support on the day and throughout the season. The club would like to thank all riders and spectators for their commitment and support and look forward to welcoming everyone back for 2027!

Results

NVMCC Centenary/ Dennis Slaughter Trophy Race

Pos	No.	Rider	Class	Time	Gap
1	49	Luke Parker	Expert	14:33.348	—
2	411	Declan Whittle	Expert	14:49.012	+15.664
3	339	Joe Hall	Expert	15:19.691	+46.343
4	731	Adam Reeve	Expert	15:23.247	+49.899
5	41	Sean Wright	Over 30	15:51.994	+1:18.646
6	23	Timothy Warnes	Expert	15:57.798	+1:24.450
7	27	Teddy Hyde	Expert	16:05.475	+1:32.127
8	4	Benjamin Parry	Expert	16:14.395	+1:41.047
9	75	Finley Jarvis	Expert	16:37.526	+2:04.178
10	114	Reggie Jacobs	Junior	16:41.006	+2:07.658
11	412	Aidan Weston	Junior	15:01.181	1 lap
12	505	Simon Daniels	Junior	15:04.566	1 lap
13	143	Spencer Newland	Junior	15:13.813	1 lap
14	219	Jae Jeffries	Expert	15:14.109	1 lap
15	129	Cody Gore	Junior	15:23.590	1 lap
16	653	Joe Scillitoe	Over 30	15:25.106	1 lap
17	523	Ben Houchen	Junior	15:31.132	1 lap
18	197	Marc Nickerson	Over 30	15:39.396	1 lap
19	38	Lewis Griggs	Junior	15:50.079	1 lap
20	855	Samuel Cliff	Over 30	15:51.779	1 lap
21	128	Kevin Gore	Junior	16:07.600	1 lap
22	91	Andrew Webster	Junior	16:45.930	1 lap
23	430	Robert Bushell	Junior	15:07.494	3 laps
DNF	677	Paul Aldridge	Over 50	5:32.988	—
DNF	37	Finlay Whitlam	Junior	9:07.910	—

Group A

Pos	No.	Rider	Class	Total	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3
1	421	Bayliss Utting	Expert	135	45	45	45
2	57	Chester Hyde	Expert	125	41	41	43
3	411	Declan Whittle	Expert	119	39	39	41
4	111	Alfie Geddes-Green	Expert	108	37	34	37
5	776	Charlie Nudds	Expert	102	32	31	39
6	9	Kayden Smith	Expert	102	30	37	35
7	731	Adam Reeve	Expert	101	33	35	33
8	8	Callum McCaul	Expert	98	31	33	34
9	18	Travis Bixby	Expert	93	34	28	31
10	477	Connor Bunkle	Expert	91	27	32	32
11	49	Luke Parker	Expert	86	43	43	–
12	339	Joe Hall	Expert	85	29	26	30
13	66	Archie Fisher	Expert	79	28	22	29
14	282	Connor Baldry	Expert	76	23	25	28
15	600	Aaron Framingham	Expert	75	26	24	25
16	219	Jae Jeffries	Expert	69	22	23	24
17	21	Sam Arbon	Expert	65	20	29	16
18	23	Timothy Warnes	Expert	64	21	20	23
19	45	Josh Watson-Bailey	Junior	64	24	18	22
20	4	Benjamin Parry	Expert	56	–	30	26
21	26	Jake Taylor	Junior	55	15	19	21
22	769	Jake Brown	Expert	54	–	27	27
23	245	Jordan Andrews	Expert	44	14	16	14
24	616	Robert Bond	Junior	43	13	10	20
25	25	Barnaby Knight	Expert	42	10	15	17
26	461	Luke Nolan	Junior	41	11	12	18
27	46	Koby Newbould	Expert	38	17	21	–
28	20	William Farrow	Expert	35	35	–	–
29	599	Darren Gooch	Junior	34	8	11	15
30	135	James Harper	Junior	32	18	14	–
31	551	Sam Rogers	Junior	32	19	13	–
32	498	Bobby Topping	Junior	26	–	7	19
33	27	Teddy Hyde	Expert	25	25	–	–
34	505	Simon Daniels	Junior	18	9	9	–
35	410	Sam Cornwell	Junior	17	–	17	–
36	75	Finley Jarvis	Expert	16	16	–	–
37	114	Reggie Jacobs	Junior	12	12	–	–
38	391	Kolbie Smith	Junior	8	–	8	–

Group B

Pos	No.	Rider	Total	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3
1	614	Barry Hannan	133	45	45	43
2	581	Jamie Cox	127	41	41	45
3	297	Bailey Jackson	123	43	43	37
4	277	Joshua Wyer	115	39	35	41
5	171	Daniel Marr	105	34	39	32
6	257	Henry Crawford	103	35	33	35
7	608	Callum Lake	96	33	24	39
8	288	Ethan Cone	89	25	31	33
9	427	Jayden Smith	87	31	30	26
10	816	Kieran Bullock	86	28	34	24
11	768	Ty Atkins	85	23	32	30
12	181	Jacob King	85	30	27	28
13	884	James Colclough	81	22	28	31
14	294	Troy McGilley	73	32	22	19
15	138	Kathryn Booth	71	37	–	34
16	412	Aidan Weston	69	20	26	23
17	132	Ben Carey	67	21	17	29
18	394	Tommy Pope	64	17	20	27
19	37	Finlay Whitlam	64	18	21	25
20	352	Charlie Roper	64	27	37	–
21	815	Max Monk	63	24	19	20
22	225	Alexander Smith	63	19	29	15
23	959	Stephen Atkins	61	15	25	21
24	38	Lewis Griggs	58	13	23	22
25	711	Jack Palfrey	44	11	15	18
26	996	Connor Martin	44	12	16	16
27	655	Ben Nolan	40	26	14	–
28	753	Jake Hicks	35	–	18	17
29	280	Aaron Saunders	29	29	–	–
30	130	Jak Young	16	16	–	–
31	523	Ben Houchen	14	14	–	–

Group C

Pos	No.	Rider	Total	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3
1	306	Harry Sobkowiak	131	43	43	45
2	656	Ky Rolfe	131	45	45	41
3	202	Craig Page-Baker	113	37	41	35
4	820	Toby Henderson	109	35	37	37
5	129	Cody Gore	101	32	35	34
6	724	Jamie Websdale	91	28	31	32
7	730	Ashley Reeve	91	30	32	29
8	403	Jack Huxtable	90	31	26	33
9	450	Russell Snowling	90	25	34	31
10	941	Oli Winn	85	26	29	30
11	106	Ben Secker	82	–	39	43
12	128	Kevin Gore	73	34	–	39
13	405	Joshua Middleton	66	33	33	–
14	60	Adam Watson	65	19	23	23
15	690	Tom Gills	64	18	24	22
16	540	Carl Warner	58	–	30	28
17	779	Paul Lumley	54	27	–	27
18	912	Mark Nurse	52	–	27	25
19	844	Josh Bunn	51	23	28	–
20	347	Geraint Hubbard	50	24	–	26
21	413	Zeeus Stone	46	–	22	24
22	419	Colin Booker	45	20	25	–
23	182	Kieran Jessett	41	41	–	–
24	143	Spencer Newland	39	39	–	–
25	625	Bill Cox	29	29	–	–
26	91	Andrew Webster	22	22	–	–
27	430	Robert Bushell	21	21	–	–

NGR Overall

Pos	No.	Rider	Total	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3
1	41	Sean Wright	150	50	50	50
2	161	William King	133	43	45	45
3	311	James Taylor	129	45	47	37
4	61	Arran Powley	126	38	41	47
5	609	Christopher Lake	126	47	43	36
6	784	Tyrone Tugwell	122	41	38	43
7	101	Aaron Hopkins	120	40	39	41
8	726	Marcus Smith	116	37	40	39
9	227	Robert Baldry	112	39	35	38
10	119	Aaron Smith	111	35	36	40
11	760	Kieran Fisher	104	33	37	34
12	94	Jonny Finch	97	36	29	32
13	287	Dexter Lambe	95	28	34	33
14	44	Lewis Joyce	95	34	33	28
15	700	Mark Goodson	92	30	27	35
16	773	Darren Eastall	86	29	28	29
17	289	Dale Herod	82	19	32	31
18	688	Anthony Brown	75	20	25	30
19	82	Wayne Fulcher	75	24	24	27
20	677	Paul Aldridge	75	27	23	25
21	125	Paul Hubbard	62	31	31	–
22	234	Andrew Price	58	15	20	23
23	345	Brendon Reeve	55	25	30	–
24	77	John Smith	53	14	18	21
25	855	Samuel Cliff	52	26	26	–
26	823	David Sturman	50	13	17	20
27	197	Marc Nickerson	47	21	–	26
28	921	Andrew Cattermole	47	23	–	24
29	107	Dan Cole	44	22	22	–
30	215	Josh Smith	39	18	21	–
31	915	Benjamin Wigger	38	16	–	22
32	375	Paul Storey	36	17	19	–
33	653	Joe Scillitoe	32	32	–	–

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Results

NVMCC Centenary/ Dennis Slaughter Trophy Race

Group A

Group B

Group C

NGR Overall

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