Bourne supremacy! RORE/Dorset Enduro Winter Warmer Series Finale – Race Report & Results

The final round of what has been a very strange and varied winter RORE/Dorset Enduro series despite covid and no access to some of the usual venues. Thank you to all the riders for supporting the series and keeping with the changing dates and new protocols!

Report by Danny Hall – Images courtesy of Photo Finish 43

The Championship class left the line at 11am and Dom Thomas took the holeshot with Brad King right on his tail, with both fired up with enthusiasm having neither raced for some time! They continued this battle throughout the race and shook hands at the end with Brad just in front. Ricky Wiggins slid past around 3 laps in and pulled a gap to be the only rider on 17laps taking the overall win. Elliot Davies had a steady ride, securing enough points to be 2020 Winter Series Champion, is the 500 better in the mud? Todd Kellett made a surprise appearance, setting the fastest lap on a bike he had never previously ridden and still smiling at the end.

The Expert class was shaken up by Derek Bourne who battled with series winner Gary McCoy. McCoy said he didn’t have it in the tank to risk another overtake so followed Bourne to the chequered flag. Still a mega result for Gary, Championship next year then mate? Dan Guy was right behind in 3rd place, he couldn’t catch up to the extra 20years of experience or was he just letting the vets have one last season of glory?

Chris Marsh took the win in the expert vets, putting an extra lap on the rest of the class and setting the fastest lap by over 20 seconds. Jack Twentyman was second on the day and second in the championship, solid results all season, well done mate. Third place was Cefyn Games who put in consistent times, finishing on 14laps.

The Clubman A class was won by Jason Wright who also secured more than enough points to take the championship top spot! Adam Morgan was second on the day and second in the championship, but third place Philip Gilder gave Morgan a good run for his money throughout the 3 hours.

Stuart Williams took the top spot in the Clubman B class and was the only rider of the group on 14 laps, even after stopping to help Peter Colmer detangle himself after a nasty crash. Pete still managed to get enough points to win the Clubman B championship, super result! Second place was Robert Melita who set the fastest lap of the group! Trevor Ford was 3rd, taking a while to warm up, but pulling out some awesome lap times towards the end.

Andy Claxton was the winner of the hugely competitive Clubman Vets class, getting an extra lap on the rest of the group despite a lack of bike time, the recent switch to 2 stroke clearly paying off! Gary Curtis and Mark Davis fought it out for the next podium places, swapping places multiple times throughout the race with Curtis finishing a few seconds ahead but Mark getting the points needed to secure the championship top spot.

In the Sportsman Vets class the top 3 were all on 12laps each but it was Ian Challoner who flew his way to first, setting the fastest lap of the group by 30seconds and winning the championship by 14points. Second place was Matt Guppy who got a much better start than brother Anthony Guppy found pace towards the end of the race putting him in third and giving him enough points to third place in the championship.

Ollie Samways won the Sportsman class and was the only competitor on 13laps, having made the swap from mx for the winter and finally experiencing a dry race! Second place was John Broomfield who has a sprocket trophy with his name on it. Third was Jack Ellis who had a slow start but found a rhythm towards the end!

A big shout out to Josh Player who also stopped to help Pete out of the hedge too, Josh had other issues that prevented him finishing, but was hauling early on.

The next race will be the Ben Saville Memorial Sprint on the 26th of June followed hopefully by a Charity fundraiser BBQ. We will try and fit in a practice/awards ceremony after the British Sprint which is here on the 22nd/ 23rd June.

Huge thanks for all the support this season. Shout out to Pete Coles and Craig Redmond for their help at every event! Also, thanks to Tim, Simo and Brad for coming to help set up! Could not do it without you!

Results

Championship

Pos NAME LAPS

1 RICKY WIGGINS 17
2 BRAD KING 16
3 DOM THOMAS 16
4 TODD KELLETT 16
5 OWEN RICHARDS 16
6 DANIEL RICHARDS 16
7 ELLIOT DAVIES 15
8 STANLEY WATT 15
9 BEN MULLEN 14
10 DANIEL PRICE 14
11 BORJA MARQUES 14

Experts

1 DEREK BOURNE 15
2 GARY MCCOY 15
3 DANIEL GUY 15
4 NILES REID 15
5 TONY COOK 15
6 MORGAN DEAKIN 15
7 DARYL BILES 15
8 ANTHONY COTTY 14
9 MICHAEL EL-AYOUBY 14
10 BARNEY THURGOOD 14
11 JASON CONNER 14
12 JAMES RICHARDS 14
13 MARCUS CLARE 11

Over 40 Expert

1 CHRIS MARSH 15
2 JACK TWENTYMAN 14
3 CEFYN GAMES 14
4 SHANE TROTTER 14
5 SIMON THOMAS 14
6 KARL LANGFORD 14
7 TONI BURROWS 14
8 STEPHEN MULLINER 13
9 GRAHAM REID 13

Clubman A

1 JASON WRIGHT 14
2 ADAM MORGAN 14
3 PHILIP GILDER 14
4 RHYS TROTTER 14
5 CAMERON GAMES 14
6 ALEX WESTLAKE 14
7 EMILY HALL 14
8 CHRIS PRATT 14
9 EDWARD EAMES 14
10 CAVAN WATT 14
11 JONATHAN MASTERS 13
12 LUKE SCRIVEN 13
13 ZAC KING 12
14 ADRIAN CLIGG 12
15 TOM VANDY 12
16 MARCUS FELTHAM 12

Clubman B

1 STUART WILLIAMS 14
2 ROBERT MELITA 13
3 TREVOR FORD 13
4 DAN CLAPP 13
5 JOHN FOLEY 13
6 LEE SCRIVEN 13
7 MATT HOLLAND 13
8 PETER COLMER 13
9 RYAN HUGHES 13
10 JON DOOR 12
11 SHAUN ASH 12
12 OLIVER CROWDEN 12
13 PHILIP SHUCKSMITH 12
14 JACOB HAIGH 12
15 TED HARRISON 12
16 JOSHUA ROGERS 12
17 MATTHEW WOODFIELD 12
18 STUART AUGUST 12
19 CONNOR ANGUS 11
20 SAM HARRISON 11
21 MATTHEW BIRD 11
22 LUKE CALLAGHAN 9

Over 40 Clubman

1 ANDY CLAXTON 14
2 GARY CURTIS 13
3 MARK DAVIS 13
4 DARREN CARTER 13
5 LEE RODWELL 13
6 WAYNE PLAYER 13
7 MARK ANTHONY LEE 13
8 STUART BOWERS 13
9 DAVID SAWTELL 12
10 ROB SMITH 12
11 MARK CHADBOURNE 12
12 STEVE ELSEY 12
13 GRAHAM EKE 12
14 COLIN PADDY 12
15 LANCE MACKLIN 12
16 STEVE CORMACK 12
17 DAVID MORRIS 11
18 ROBERT ANDERSON 11
19 TIM THURGOOD 11
20 KEVIN GURR 11
21 RICHARD SWAFFIELD 11
22 DAVID WRIGHT 10

Over 40 Sportsman

1 IAN CHALLONER 12
2 MATTHEW GUPPY 12
3 ANTONY GUPPY 12
4 RICHARD PENNELL 11
5 DAVID MIRACCA 11
6 PAUL TODD 11
7 LEE BURROUGH 11
8 PHIL PENHALIGON 10
9 TIM ODOWD 10
10 JIM NICHOLS 8
11 MARTIN COOPER 7

Sportsman

1 OLLIE SAMWAYS 13
2 JOHN BROOMFIELD 12
3 JACK ELLIS 12
4 RICHARD ELLIS 12
5 JAMES TULLEY 12
6 ANDREW DENNE 12
7 TAITE ELSEY 12
8 DOMINIC CHENNERY 12
9 THOMAS TREAGUST 12
10 JACK ALLEN 11
11 JED WALTHER 11
12 JOHN TREVELYAN 11
13 JOHN HILL 11
14 MICHAEL HUNT 11
15 NIALL MCCROW 11
16 JONATHAN HUNT 11
17 MICHAEL DONALDSON 10
18 LUCA DE BLABY 10
19 NATHAN BAXTER 10
20 TYRONE SPENCER 10
21 BEN CURSON 10
22 ANTHONY PENWRIGHT 9
23 JOSEPH RYDER 9
24 STU FRANCIS 9
25 KARL ROCHE 9
26 JAMES HIBBERD 9
27 CRAIG LILLIE 8
28 NICK DAWE 8