The ninth round of the Nora MX Championship was hosted by the Nora MX team at the Cusses Gorse track near Salisbury in Wiltshire. As usual there were six quad groups as well as the British championship Quads, there were the other NORA championship classes, Clubman Elite / Masters A, Clubman / Masters B, Intermediates and Ladies, 250cc, and finally 100cc / 50cc.
Report and Images by Tracy Thacker
The Clubman Elite raced with the Masters A group, Race 1 started with an early lead for Liam Garbett, but Luke Berlyn was on a charge blasting in to the lead going on to take a great win. Behind Zak Beevers fought through into third with Scott Berlyn taking advantage of a great start to take fourth.
In Race 2 Luke Berlyn didn’t leave anything to chance, taking the lead after a few laps and going onto take his second win of the day. Liam Garbett battled through to take second just ahead of Dylan Mckenna with Zak Beevers fourth. Dylan Mckenna took second with Zak Beevers third.
In the Masters A, Edward Davies took three great wins, he battled with Paul Winrow who took second in the first two races, but didn’t finish the last race so second overall went to Greg Fisher with Darren Bridge having three consistent finishes to take third overall.
In the Clubman class, Lewis Painter had a great day taking three wins and holding the championship lead. He battled all day with Harry Koller who was second in all races to take second overall, Will Mead took third overall.
Masters B group was dominated by Matthew Kirk with three great wins, Stumpy Lawrence battled hard all day to take second overall just a few points ahead of Steven Smart.
In the Intermediates it was Myles Mott with the victory while in the Ladies class Shelly Smart came good for the win.
Josh Mcknight went through the card in the Youth 250’s, and in the 100cc Geared Reggie Binskin won all three motos as did Harriett Mewse in the 100cc Auto’s with Bentley Don Garrett joined team maximum in the 50’s.
Results
Clubman Elite
Pos | Competitor | Points | R1 | R2 | R3 |
1 | Luke Berlyn | 120 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
2 | Liam Garbett | 107 | 37 | 37 | 33 |
3 | Dylan Mckenna | 103 | 31 | 35 | 37 |
4 | Zak Beevers (U21) | 103 | 35 | 33 | 35 |
5 | Ryan Hickman | 86 | 29 | 28 | 29 |
6 | Marcus Sprason | 86 | 27 | 31 | 28 |
7 | Scott Berlyn | 86 | 33 | 27 | 26 |
8 | Iestyn Rees (U21) | 85 | 25 | 29 | 31 |
9 | Catrin Davies (L) | 77 | 26 | 26 | 25 |
10 | Craig Fisher | 75 | 28 | 20 | 27 |
11 | Justin Parry | 67 | 22 | 21 | 24 |
12 | Daniel Scott Evans | 67 | 21 | 23 | 23 |
13 | Bradley Watson | 63 | 20 | 22 | 21 |
14 | Laurence Stopps | 48 | 23 | 25 | – |
15 | Joe Pryke | 46 | 24 | – | 22 |
16 | Harry Grant | 42 | 18 | 24 | – |
17 | Jack Evans | 19 | 19 | – | – |
Clubman
Pos | Competitor | Points | R1 | R2 | R3 |
1 | Lewis Painter | 120 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
2 | Harry Koller | 111 | 37 | 37 | 37 |
3 | Will Mead | 98 | 28 | 35 | 35 |
4 | Luke Brown | 93 | 33 | 29 | 31 |
5 | Connor Paxton | 92 | 35 | 28 | 29 |
6 | Jamie Smith | 89 | 29 | 33 | 27 |
7 | Bleddyn Jones | 86 | 27 | 31 | 28 |
8 | Iwan Jones | 83 | 31 | 26 | 26 |
9 | Gary Griffin | 74 | 24 | 25 | 25 |
10 | Adam Lomas | 72 | 25 | 24 | 23 |
11 | Jack Shone | 60 | – | 27 | 33 |
12 | Michael Williams | 49 | 26 | 23 | – |
13 | Oliver Martin | 46 | – | 22 | 24 |
Masters A
Pos | Competitor | Points | R1 | R2 | R3 |
1 | Edward Davies | 120 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
2 | Greg Fisher | 105 | 35 | 35 | 35 |
3 | Darren Bridge | 99 | 33 | 33 | 33 |
4 | Chris Keitch | 90 | 31 | 31 | 28 |
5 | John Hall | 89 | 29 | 29 | 31 |
6 | Johnathan Mcknight | 88 | 24 | 27 | 37 |
7 | keith Harden | 82 | 28 | 25 | 29 |
8 | Geoff Otway | 82 | 27 | 28 | 27 |
9 | Jasin Plank | 76 | 26 | 24 | 26 |
10 | Paul Winrow | 74 | 37 | 37 | – |
11 | Gary Jones | 51 | 25 | 26 | – |
Masters B
Pos | Competitor | Points | R1 | R2 | R3 |
1 | Matthew Kirk | 120 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
2 | Stumpy Lawrence (V) | 107 | 35 | 37 | 35 |
3 | Steven Smart | 97 | 33 | 27 | 37 |
4 | Rick Jones (V) | 97 | 31 | 33 | 33 |
5 | Mathew Parry | 96 | 37 | 31 | 28 |
6 | Chris Watson (V) | 92 | 26 | 35 | 31 |
7 | Christopher Gyles (V) | 86 | 28 | 29 | 29 |
8 | Jason Hall | 84 | 29 | 28 | 27 |
9 | Nik Blythe(V) | 53 | 27 | – | 26 |
10 | Phillip Hammersley (V) | 25 | 25 | – | – |
Intermediates
Pos | Competitor | Points | R1 | R2 | R3 |
1 | Myles Mott | 117 | 37 | 40 | 40 |
2 | Kyle Noble | 97 | 29 | 35 | 33 |
3 | Gavin Roach | 96 | 33 | 28 | 35 |
4 | Kieren Johnson | 94 | 26 | 37 | 31 |
5 | Alfie North | 92 | 31 | 33 | 28 |
6 | Shelley Smart (L) | 86 | 28 | 31 | 27 |
7 | Max Turner | 82 | 40 | 5 | 37 |
8 | Tom Welch | 80 | 25 | 29 | 26 |
9 | James Lees | 74 | 22 | 27 | 25 |
10 | Stephen Claro | 70 | 21 | 25 | 24 |
11 | Samual Jenkins | 70 | 24 | 26 | 20 |
12 | Chloe Green (L) | 68 | 23 | 22 | 23 |
13 | Nicole Lowry (L) | 64 | 35 | – | 29 |
14 | Vassna Willcock (L) | 59 | 19 | 19 | 21 |
15 | Shanice Mott (L) | 55 | 17 | 21 | 17 |
16 | Thomas Harris | 51 | 15 | 18 | 18 |
17 | Susan Coalter (L) | 45 | 12 | 14 | 19 |
18 | Tom Miller | 44 | 20 | 24 | – |
19 | Amelia Mead (L) | 43 | 14 | 13 | 16 |
20 | Archie Welch | 42 | – | 20 | 22 |
21 | Ewan Packman | 41 | 18 | 23 | – |
22 | Ashley Willis | 35 | 7 | 15 | 13 |
23 | James Scott | 33 | 16 | 17 | – |
24 | Jason Dickins | 31 | 9 | 11 | 11 |
25 | Karl Pilcher | 30 | 3 | 12 | 15 |
26 | Michael Watmore | 28 | – | 16 | 12 |
27 | David Marriott | 27 | 27 | – | – |
28 | Carly Sewell (L) | 24 | 10 | – | 14 |
29 | Neil Peacock | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 |
30 | Richard Murphy | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 |
31 | Russ Wells | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
32 | Ryan Higgs | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 |
33 | Sally Donaldson (L) | 21 | 4 | 10 | 7 |
34 | Maddie Martin (L) | 13 | 13 | – | – |
Ladies
Pos | Competitor | Points | R1 | R2 | R3 |
1 | Shelley Smart (L) | 114 | 37 | 40 | 37 |
2 | Chloe Green (L) | 107 | 35 | 37 | 35 |
3 | Vassna Willcock (L) | 99 | 33 | 33 | 33 |
4 | Shanice Mott (L) | 95 | 31 | 35 | 29 |
5 | Susan Coalter (L) | 89 | 27 | 31 | 31 |
6 | Amelia Mead (L) | 86 | 29 | 29 | 28 |
7 | Nicole Lowry (L) | 80 | 40 | – | 40 |
8 | Sally Donaldson (L) | 79 | 25 | 28 | 26 |
9 | Carly Sewell (L) | 53 | 26 | – | 27 |
10 | Maddie Martin (L) | 28 | 28 | – | – |
250 Youth
Pos | Competitor | Points | R1 | R2 | R3 |
1 | Josh Mcknight | 120 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
2 | Aled Davies | 100 | 28 | 35 | 37 |
3 | Ross Dillon (A) | 99 | 35 | 31 | 33 |
4 | Riley Honor | 91 | 31 | 29 | 31 |
5 | Andrew Black (G) | 89 | 37 | 37 | 15 |
6 | Jack Minish | 86 | 29 | 28 | 29 |
7 | Alfie Pennington | 80 | 26 | 27 | 27 |
8 | Louie Holt (A) | 73 | 25 | 24 | 24 |
9 | Frank Marston (A) | 72 | 24 | 23 | 25 |
10 | Rylee Marshall | 69 | 21 | 22 | 26 |
11 | Lewis Humphris | 68 | – | 33 | 35 |
12 | Kieran Marriott | 68 | 33 | 18 | 17 |
13 | Connor Yates (A) | 66 | 22 | 21 | 23 |
14 | Brooke Bunce (A) | 65 | 23 | 20 | 22 |
15 | Jay Sam (A) | 56 | 19 | 16 | 21 |
16 | Charlie Eaton (A) | 56 | 18 | 19 | 19 |
17 | Arthur McDonald (A) | 54 | – | 26 | 28 |
18 | Aleix Edmed-Kellaway | 54 | 17 | 17 | 20 |
19 | Ellie Stott (A) | 53 | 20 | 15 | 18 |
20 | Sam Sellers | 52 | 27 | 25 | – |
21 | Finnley Bedding (A) | 16 | 16 | – | – |
22 | Harry Minish | 16 | – | – | 16 |
23 | Harry Terrell (A) | 15 | 15 | – | – |
Junior 100 Auto’s
Pos | Competitor | Points | R1 | R2 | R3 |
1 | Harriet Mewse (A) | 120 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
2 | Beatrix Drinkwater (A) | 107 | 35 | 37 | 35 |
3 | Josh Smart (A) | 103 | 31 | 35 | 37 |
4 | Ella Robe (A) | 94 | 33 | 33 | 28 |
5 | Dexter Griffin (A) | 91 | 27 | 31 | 33 |
6 | Sion Jones (A) | 88 | 28 | 29 | 31 |
7 | Keian Willis (A) | 82 | 26 | 27 | 29 |
8 | Seth Terrell (A) | 63 | 37 | 26 | – |
9 | Beau Terrell (A) | 57 | 29 | 28 | – |
Junior 100 Geared
Pos | Competitor | Points | R1 | R2 | R3 |
1 | Reggie Binskin (G) | 120 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
2 | Olly McDonald (G) | 111 | 37 | 37 | 37 |
3 | Liam McGowan | 99 | 35 | 29 | 35 |
4 | Seth Balaam (G) | 93 | 29 | 33 | 31 |
5 | Luca Shaw (G) | 91 | 27 | 31 | 33 |
6 | Ethan Legg (G) | 88 | 33 | 27 | 28 |
7 | Malachy McKenna (G) | 85 | 28 | 28 | 29 |
8 | Amelia Talent (G) | 66 | 31 | 35 | – |
Junior 50’s
Pos | Competitor | Points | R1 | R2 | R3 |
1 | Bentley Don Garrett (50) | 120 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
2 | Shay McKenna (50) | 111 | 37 | 37 | 37 |
3 | Macson Lorton (50) | 105 | 35 | 35 | 35 |