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Brad is poles apart! 2021 Toughsheet Nationals Twinshock Championship Round 1 – Race Report & Results

After 20 months without a round of the Toughsheet National Twinshock series, the Cumbria Twinshock Club hosted the opening round of 2021 at Stipers Hill, Polesworth, the traditional track used to start the action. The Club received support for the event from Moto Sport Services at Haydock, and there was a tremendous line up of nearly 250 riders, who were all eager to see if the lockdown training had made the difference. Unfortunately, this was a closed event with no spectators due to the Covid guidelines.

Report by Geoff Shuttleworth – Images courtesy of Andrew Fairclough Photography

Saturday’s torrential rain made the going very heavy early on Sunday, but lines were soon appearing as the Evo 125’s came to the line first.

With the sun shining it was Corey Nemeth who reeled off three fantastic start to finish victories. His only real challenger was reigning champion Andy Lawton, who had to settle for three seconds on the day. There was a mixed bag of results for the remaining riders, who each swapped places in every race, which saw Jack May take third, just beating Ben Murray and Scott Mathia.

Albert Martindale concentrating hard on trying to catch Brad O’Leary

The Experts, 125 and 250 twinshock riders all raced together, and it was a masterclass from former AMCA champion Brad O’Leary who took his Wulfsport Maico to three convincing wins. Albert Martindale with his ultra-smooth riding style rode really well and finished second to Brad in each race, with Sam Vickers in third.

The 125 Twinshock class was a very close affair, and it was John Davis who took the top step after his third race victory. He pipped former champion Matt Rudd by just three points, with debutant Melvyn Homer only one point further back in third.

In the 250 Twinshock class Anthony Twidle was mixing it with the Experts and won two out three of his class races to take the overall, and really showed his speed up at the front. Ryan Ireland was another rider on a mission and he took the remaining race win which gave him second overall from Sean Dodders, Matt Bennett and James Drewery.

There were quite a few new Clubman Twinshock riders to the series, and it was one of them, Gene Harker who took all three wins. Mark Gardner in second had his best result of his career in second, and with it, won the Martindales Rider of The Meeting award. Third went to Neil Eastwood by just three points from Craig Ruck, and Duncan Judd in fifth, with his first meeting for six years.

Michael Ogden won the Evo Open Class

The Evo Open class was a fast trio of races, with Michael Ogden reigning supreme after he reeled off the first two race wins, and took the overall with a fifth in the final encounter. Barry Turnbull, back after a two year sabbatical took second after getting faster with each race, and winning the final one. Aaron McLoughlin was on it all day and took third, pipping Callum Bircher by a single point. Danny Blakeley was fifth another point behind after struggling in race three.

The Super Evos had a great line up of riders, with each of the top three winning a race apiece. Victory on the day though went to Lee Holland who is on the hunt for another title to add to his collection over the years. Ben Parkinson fought hard, but had to settle for second from Grant Hacking, Tim Thornton and Jak Dinsley.

Kevin Reed won all three MotoX Concepts Over 50 Twinshock races on his Suzuki

We had a new winner in the Over 50 Twinshock class as former AMCA Classic Champion Kevin Reed won all three races to take the spoils. He led all three races from start to finish, in a faultless display of riding. There was barely a fag paper separating the next few riders, but Mike Davies was delighted with his runner up spot by a point from Pete Williamson, with Jim Shand and Carl Hodgson another couple of points down.

It was great to see so many Over 60 riders line up for their start, as some of them were in their seventies, and had been riding for over fifty years. The winner of the class was former AMCA championship runner Martin Snape who took a first second and a third.

Pat Rowe was always up there and took second, narrowly beating Jim Simpson. Cheshire Charger Pete Mathia had bike trouble and a DNF in race one but won races two and three to take fourth overall.

Pat Rowe in full flight on the Maico

Dean Gray was the man to beat in the Inters Twinshock class, and after a third in race one, he seemed to find his mojo when winning the second and third motos to stand on the top step. Ryland Jones who won race one finished second, just in front of Riley Copeland and Sean Burrows.

Danny Blakeley started as he finished in 2019, by winning the Vets Modern Over 40’s, taking two out of three race wins to lead the series. Simon Bonser in second gave him some really great battles, but a couple of errors allowed Danny to creep away from him at the front. Race three winner Richard Sharp took third, and Adam Wilkinson on a 125 did brilliantly to take fourth from new boy Andy Hinchliffe.

The Over 50’s Vets went to Mark Spruce with a win and two seconds. Adrian Lewis won the first which helped him to second overall from Anthony Houseman.

The final class of the day was the West Mids Evos Pre-85 class, and that went to Sam Pocock with two wins, but he was pushed hard all day by Jake Chamberlain in second and Jacob Griffiths in third. It was good to see Scott Reed back on the bike, and he managed a great fourth place.

All in all it was a great meeting run by the club in difficult circumstances, and all credit goes to them for putting it on after horrendous conditions on Saturday.

Next round is Nottingham Twinshock Club at Bevercotes on Sunday May 30, where we hope the government guidelines will have changed for the better.

Results

Expert Twinshock

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 BRAD O’LEARY 75 25 25 25
2 ALBERT MARTINDALE 60 20 20 20
3 SAM VICKERS 54 18 18 18

125 Twinshock

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 JON DAVIS 61 16 20 25
2 MATT RUDD 58 13 25 20
3 MELVIN HOMER 57 25 16 16
4 MARK BURROWS 53 20 18 15
5 DAVID FARMER 51 17 17 17
6 IAN KNIGHT 46 18 10 18
7 ROBIN COWGILL 44 15 15 14
8 STEPHEN RILEY 39 12 14 13
9 DAVE ELLIS 36 11 13 12
10 STEVE DENT 32 10 11 11
11 RICHARD WOOD 26 14 12

250 Twinshock

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 ANTHONY TWIDLE 70 25 20 25
2 RYAN IRELAND 65 20 25 20
3 SEAN DODDERS 53 17 18 18
4 MATT BENNETT 52 18 17 17
5 JAMES DREWERY 48 16 16 16
6 WAYNE TWIDLE 43 14 14 15
7 CRAIG MORRISON 30 15 15
8 ALISTER PATISON 13 13
9 PAUL SMITH 12 12

Clubman Twinshock

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 GENE HARKER 75 25 25 25
2 MARK GARDNER 58 20 18 20
3 NEIL EASTWOOD 54 16 20 18
4 CRIAG RUCK 51 18 17 16
5 DUNCAN JUDD 40 15 12 13
6 DAVID WHITE 40 13 16 11
7 DARREN WILLIAMS 31 14 17
8 JORDAN BROWNRIGG 31 17 14
9 KEV HALL 29 12 8 9
10 JAMES FUGGET 27 1 11 15
11 ROB PAIN 27 6 9 12
12 PAUL SMITH 26 14 5 7
13 CHRIS PALLARD 26 9 13 4
14 DAVE LIGHTBOWN 23 5 10 8
15 ANTHONY COPELAND 20 10 4 6
16 CHARLIE COPLAND 18 11 2 5
17 MARK KEARS 17 7 10
18 ANDRE KERRY 15 15
19 RYAN BURROWS 10 8 2
20 OLIVER CHAPMAN 10 7 3
21 MARCUS KEARS 6 6
22 DAVID HOLLAND 6 4 1 1
23 JUDE CRAWSHAW 3 3
24 MARK JONES 3 3
25 IAN MULLINGS 2 2

Evo Open

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 MICHAEL OGDEN 66 25 25 16
2 BARRY TURNBULL 51 18 8 25
3 AARON MCLOUGHLIN 50 16 16 18
4 CALLUM BIRTCHER 49 14 15 20
5 DANNY BLAKLEY 48 17 17 14
6 DAN SHEP 41 15 9 17
7 CORY NEMETH 40 20 20
8 JONATHAN TAPP 36 11 12 13
9 RIAN WARREN 35 6 14 15
10 PETE WAINWRIGHT 29 10 7 12
11 MICHAEL SMITH 25 12 13
12 ROSS HEPBURN 23 9 5 9
13 RODGER WITHINGTON 22 8 6 8
14 DAVID BLACKBURN 21 10 11
15 ALBERT MARTINDALE 20 13 7
16 MATT WILLIAMSON 18 18
17 CHRIS COLLINGS 15 7 2 6
18 JOE TARVER 13 3 10
19 BEN HODGKINS 11 11
20 DEAN DEWING 4 4

Super Evo

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 LEE HOLLAND 65 20 25 20
2 BEN PARKINSON 62 17 20 25
3 GRANT HACKING 59 25 16 18
4 TIMTHORNTON 49 16 17 16
5 JAK DINSLEY 47 14 18 15
6 FRAZER HATCH 44 18 14 12
7 LEE MARTIN 40 8 15 17
8 LEE BUCK 38 11 13 14
9 JAMES MARSH 35 10 12 13
10 HARRY HITCH 34 12 11 11
11 DANIEL JONES 28 9 9 10
12 MAX MAY 21 5 7 9
13 MICH DICKINSON 20 4 8 8
14 BEN KNIFTON 16 6 10
15 SAM VICKERS 15 15
16 ANDY STEPHENS 14 1 6 7
17 ANDY CART 13 2 5 6
18 ADAM WILKINSON 13 13
19 LOUIS ROBERTS 12 3 4 5
20 GRAEME MARKHAM 7 7

Over 50 Twinshock

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 KEVIN REED 75 25 25 25
2 MIKE DAVIES 56 18 20 18
3 PETE WILLIAMSON 55 20 18 17
4 JIM SHAND 54 17 17 20
5 CARL HODGSON 47 15 16 16
6 PAUL LIPPITT 45 16 15 14
7 PATRICK IDDON 43 14 14 15
8 KEV SMITH 38 12 13 13
9 CHRIS RYENDOLS 35 11 12 12
10 KEV BRATT 24 13 11
11 GRAHAM DARBY 11 11
12 JOHN SMITH 10 10

Over 60 Twinshock

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 MARTIN SNAPE 63 25 18 20
2 PAT ROWE 54 16 20 18
3 JIM SIMPSON 53 20 17 16
4 PETE MATHIA 50 25 25
5 GRAHAM CHALIS 44 17 13 14
6 TERRY CONNOR 42 18 15 9
7 COLLIN STONE 35 11 11 13
8 ALAN HARDY 35 15 12 8
9 WAYNE 33 16 17
10 REG BEAUMONT 30 13 10 7
11 DAVID GRAY 28 8 8 12
12 JOHN BENNETT 27 12 15
13 STEVE MITTON 25 7 7 11
14 JONY WALKER 21 5 6 10
15 GLYN FOX 20 6 14
16 STEPHEN HOLLINS 19 10 9
17 CHRIS TIPPINGS 14 14
18 PHILL ROBERTS 9 9

Inters Twinshock

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 DEAN GRAY 68 18 25 25
2 RYLAND JONES 62 25 17 20
3 RILEY COPLAND 56 20 20 16
4 SEAN BURROWS 48 16 18 14
5 TOM SALT 47 17 13 17
6 CHRIS ANDERTON 44 15 11 18
7 BEN BUTTERWORTH 41 13 15 13
8 STEVE MORGAN 37 6 16 15
9 LIAM RAYNER 34 12 14 8
10 ASHLEY SMITH 32 10 10 12
11 MATTHEW BATEMAN 31 11 9 11
12 IAN STAINTON 31 9 12 10
13 MIKE TUCKER 23 7 7 9
14 ALISTER WELSBY 22 8 8 6
15 LUCY TILZEY 21 14 7

Vets Modern Over 40’s

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 DANNY BLAKELEY 70 25 25 20
2 SIMON BONSOR 58 20 20 18
3 RICHARD SHARP 55 14 16 25
4 ADAM WILKINSON 53 18 18 17
5 ANDY HINCHLIFFE 50 17 17 16
6 THURLOW BONE 45 15 15 15
7 DAVID BENNETT 37 16 9 12
8 PAUL GROOM 33 7 12 14
9 PAUL CROXON 33 6 14 13
10 PHIL HODGKINS 32 12 10 10
11 JOHN HOLMES 29 13 8 8
12 MARK CONNOLE 25 10 6 9
13 DALE SILK 25 11 7 7
14 JAMES KAY 24 13 11
15 CHRIS LAMBOURNE 19 8 11
16 NEIL MOORE 14 9 5

Vets Modern Over 50’s

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 MARC SPRUCE 65 20 25 20
2 ADRAIN LEWIS 57 25 14 18
3 ANTHONY HOUSEMAN 52 18 17 17
4 RICHARD CORNER 48 17 15 16
5 DEAN DEWING 46 15 16 15
6 STEVE WARD 45 20 25
7 STEVE SHARPELS 37 10 13 14
8 MARK BOWDEN 36 13 10 13
9 MARK BURCHELL 36 12 12 12
10 TIM SABINE 34 16 18
11 NEIL SMITH 31 11 9 11
12 ADRAIN JESSOP 25 14 11
13 ROB WAINRIGHT 24 7 7 10
14 MARTIN BUCKLEY 23 8 6 9
15 JASON STAFORD 17 9 8

West Mids Evo’s

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 SAM POCOCK 70 25 20 25
2 JAKE CHAMBERLAIN 58 13 25 20
3 JACOB GRIFFITHS 52 16 18 18
4 SCOTT REED 52 20 16 16
5 ZAC HACKETT 51 17 17 17
6 PHILIP NEWMAN 47 18 14 15
7 LOUIS HAMER 40 14 13 13
8 DIESEL IBBOTSON 39 10 15 14
9 DEAN EGGELTON 39 15 12 12
10 STEVE RYAN 34 12 11 11
11 JOHNATHAN SMITH 31 11 10 10

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