Championship chase continues in Cheshire! 2024 AMCA British Motocross Championship Round 3 – Race Report & Results

Supported by Holab Concepts and Joov Sports Products, the 2024 AMCA British Motocross Championship chase visited Cheshire recently. Round 3 was hosted by the Middlewich MXC, which had prepared the Warmingham Lane circuit to perfection. The weather even played ball, helping ensure two full days of exciting action.

Report and Images by Mike Wood

Finding a new lease of racing life, Ray Rowson was again on the Open Class podium in 2nd overall at Warmingham behind Wildcard winner Jayden Ashwell. With Will Hughes also again in the frame and taking 3rd, it means that he is just 23 points behind Ray as those two lads set the pace at the top of the standings. Knowing that Will is chasing hard, Ray has little room for error and certainly started the Warmingham weekend in style by winning the opener as Ashwell came through from an early 11th to snatch 2nd. In all of the remaining clashes, Ashwell took the wins, but it was far from comfortable as on each occasion, he had to pass the fast-starting Will Hughes. Also right in the Open class mix were Scooter Webster, Mark Roberts and Curtis Griffiths.

Over in MX2, Liam Gale is the new series leader, but his advantage is just a very tight 4 points. On his tail is a real tiger in the form of McKenzie Marshall, and at Warmingham, he was to be the overall winner ahead of Gale and Wildcard Joel Fisher. Really mixing it with the big Open class lads in a combined contest, McKenzie scored a superb 3/3/5/2. Gale, though, on his 250cc smoker, was also getting stuck in, with a great 4th in Moto three being his highest placing. Liam and McKenzie are already breaking clear in the title race and this certainly looks like a battle that will rage right down to the wire!

In the joint 125cc/125cc Youth class, everything was going to plan for the main series leader, Jimmy Margetson, until an annoying last moto blip. Despite briefly losing his lead in moto one to the hard-charging Charlie Palmer, Jimmy regained control to make it win number one for the weekend. In Moto’s two and three, it was pretty much plain sailing for Jimmy, scorching to gate-to-flag victories before a final Moto DNF. In that one, he led early on before slipping down to 13th and disappearing from proceedings. With Jimmy out it was rapid Palmer taking the win from Luke Newman, Linc Hasted and Tom Goodfellow. In the Youth 125c class, Goodfellow is now leading the series after a super performance at Warmingham. His best ride, without a doubt, was a superb 2nd place in Moto Three. Also having a good weekend in the Youth class were Hasted, Callen Jai Griffiths, Sebby Moore, Travis James and Jack Evans. For previous series leader Ollie Jewitt, it was 7th overall, and he now trails Goodfellow by 22 points.

After previously being undefeated in the BWMA Women’s Championship, series leader Grace Richards was to suffer two defeats at Warmingham. Grace did, though, in her usual smooth, untroubled style, win moto one from start to finish as Libby Chatburn, Rosie Rowett, Tanisha Thomas, Leah Rees-Evans and Nadiya Jones chased her home. Getting quickly dialled into the circuit, Rowett, a World Championship Enduro star, then showed her pure class to not only lead moto two all the way but also inflict defeat number one on Richards. Showing her character, Grace bounced back immediately by being first past the chequered flag in moto three as the very consistent Chatburn took 2nd. Then, proving just why she is a serious Championship contender, Chatburn was to be victorious in the last moto of the weekend, inflicting defeat number two of the weekend on Richards as Rees-Evans got home in 3rd. It certainly proved to be an interesting round 3 for Leah, forced to switch onto a 125cc bike after her trusty 85cc mount stopped. On the BWMA podium, it was Grace, Libby and Tanisha, with Leah, Rheanna Morgan-Rogers and Hollie Roberts next up.

Millie Sweeney leading Holly Williams in a BWMA Womens battle

In the combined BW85cc/SW85cc and BWMA Girls 85cc contest a total of 31 riders came under starters orders. Although Finn Fitzgerald, Daniel Sheppard and Oakley Skinner took turns to briefly lead, in all four motos Wildcard Christopher Brindley was to storm to the victories in style. Having a great season, though, BW85cc series leader Ryan Jackson went 3/2/2/3 to maintain his advantage at the top of the series. The gap, though, is just 24 points as Sean Simout is keeping Ryan honest, with Skinner also right in the mix and just a further 2 points in arrears. Proving just why they are the leading contenders in the SW85cc series, Mason Brown, Alfie Pincher, and Jimmy Whiston were again podium fillers at Warmingham. In the series, Pincher is 26 points clear of Brown. The solitary BWMA 85cc Girl competing in the 85cc class was Lexi Emery, and as per normal, she really mixed it up with the lads, producing a scorecard of 10/14/20/13, great results!

Marching relentlessly on to earning himself a brand-new Honda CRF250R, Matt Wright won both Honda Cup motos at Warmingham. He now boasts a nice 41-point advantage in the Championship table with Ricky Ryder 2nd, Caitlin Newman 3rd and Mark Allen 4th.

And so, to the Vets, with Matt Ryder, Simon Lane, and James Lane (2) taking the moto wins. In the first of four interesting clashes, Ryder led the opener all the way before Simon Lane was first past the post in moto two after passing both Brian Staples and Ryder. David Wilcox then Rich Meakin where the Vets moto three pacesetters before young James Lane came through to take the honours. In a Lane Brothers head-to-head duel, Simon controlled the last race of the weekend for 7 laps, only for James to then snatch victory. In the Vets O40’S, James Lane is top of the pile from Adam Wilkinson and Meakin. Meanwhile, over in the Vets O50’s, Ryder is still the leader but must now be seriously feeling the heat with Simon Lane closing in and just 2 points in arrears!

Results

Open

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	Jayden Ashwell	97	22	25	25	25
2	Ray Rowson	85	25	22	20	18
3	Will Hughes	84	20	20	22	22
4	Scooter Webster	70	18	16	16	20
5	Mark Roberts	67	16	18	18	15
6	Curtis Griffiths	58	14	15	15	14
7	Jordan Meredith	46	12	11	12	11
8	Charlie Whitlow	45	13	12	10	10
9	Kian Bown	44	11	10	11	12
10	Peter Hamlett	42	15	–	14	13
11	Harvey Tillotson	39	–	14	9	16
12	Michael Wall	35	–	13	13	9

MX2

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	McKenzie Marshall	97	25	25	22	25
2	Liam Gale	85	20	20	25	20
3	Joel Fisher	76	22	12	20	22
4	Logan Wilcox	70	16	22	14	18
5	Jordan Wright	63	14	18	16	15
6	Patrick Gilligan	56	18	15	7	16
7	Billy Bayliss	47	13	11	12	11
8	Adam Nevitt	46	15	8	11	12
9	Tim Burrows	45	7	14	10	14
10	Martin Jones	45	1	16	15	13
11	Jack Davis	45	9	13	13	10
12	Ezra Blackwell	29	12	–	9	8
13	Marshall Smith	27	–	–	18	9
14	Joe Field	26	8	7	4	7
15	Samuel Bishop	21	5	10	–	6
16	Will Turner	21	4	9	8	–
17	Benjamin Sullivan	18	6	6	6	–
18	Logan Jay Powell	14	10	4	–	–
19	Ben Walker	11	–	1	5	5
20	Joshua Fletcher-Williams	11	11	–	–	–
21	Markas Normantas	11	3	5	3	–
22	daniel Nevitt	9	2	3	–	4
23	Oliver Davis	6	–	2	1	3
24	Ryan Manley	4	–	–	2	2

Honda Cup

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2
1	Matt Wright	50	25	25
2	Caitlin Newman	42	20	22
3	Ricky Ryder	42	22	20
4	Mark Allen	18	18	–

125 Championship

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	Charlie Palmer	89	22	22	20	25
2	Luke Newman	84	20	20	22	22
3	Jimmy Margetson	75	25	25	25	–
4	Wyatt McGregor	70	16	18	16	20
5	Kye Marshall	62	15	16	15	16
6	Scott Corfield	57	14	15	13	15
7	Nathan Bache	36	–	–	18	18
8	Matt Ridgway	32	18	–	14	–
9	Jamie Johnson	26	–	–	12	14

125 Youth

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	Tom Goodfellow	90	18	25	25	22
2	Linc Hasted	89	20	22	22	25
3	Cailen Jai Griffiths	69	15	18	16	20
4	Sebby Moore	67	25	12	18	12
5	Travis James	66	16	20	12	18
6	Jack Evans	58	22	16	20	–
7	Ollie Jewitt	56	13	15	15	13
8	Oakley Kettle	55	12	14	14	15
9	Lewis Roberts	53	11	13	13	16
10	Ryan Oboye	45	10	10	11	14
11	Conner Williams	44	14	11	9	10
12	Romeo Mead	35	9	9	10	7
13	Louis Tilley	29	5	8	5	11
14	Max Brick	29	6	7	7	9
15	Tyler Lane	25	7	6	4	8
16	Thomas Knifton	21	8	5	8	–
17	Max Evans	12	–	–	6	6

Women’s

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	Grace Richards	94	25	22	25	22
2	Libby Chatburn	89	22	20	22	25
3	Tanisha Thomas	74	18	18	20	18
4	Leah Rees-Evans	69	16	15	18	20
5	Rheanna Morgan-Rogers	55	13	14	15	13
6	Hollie Roberts	54	12	12	16	14
7	Grace Bates	53	11	13	13	16
8	Ebony Brown	50	10	11	14	15
9	Rosie rowett	45	20	25	–	–
10	Holly Williams	44	14	8	12	10
11	Amber McGregor	42	9	10	11	12
12	Millie Sweeney	35	8	6	10	11
13	Hannah Jones	33	7	9	9	8
14	Nadiya Jones	31	15	16	–	–
15	Caitlin Newman	26	6	4	7	9
16	Erin Howes	24	4	5	8	7
17	Checoby Rainey	22	5	7	5	5
18	Lucy Fearn	18	3	3	6	6
19	Cameron Mansbridge	11	2	2	4	3
20	Izzi Wright	4	–	–	–	4
21	Daisy Blackwell	4	–	–	2	2
22	Sasha Tollet	3	–	–	3	–
23	India Hodgkinson	2	–	1	–	1
24	Sophie Jones	2	1	–	1	–

Vets Over 40

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	James Lane	100	25	25	25	25
2	Richard Meakin	88	22	22	22	22
3	Adam Wilkinson	80	20	20	20	20
4	Richard Tudor	70	18	18	18	16
5	Ben Knifton	61	15	16	15	15
6	David Wilcox	60	16	10	16	18
7	Thurlow Bone	51	11	12	14	14
8	James kay	49	12	13	11	13
9	Nicholas Pawson	49	10	15	12	12
10	Daniel Lee	44	9	11	13	11
11	Nathan Bailey	37	13	14	10	–
12	Mark Swift	23	14	9	–	–

Vets Over 50

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	Simon Lane	97	22	25	25	25
2	Matt Ryder	91	25	22	22	22
3	Brian Staples	80	20	20	20	20
4	Russell Hartill	70	16	18	18	18
5	Adrian Lewis	66	18	16	16	16
6	Nigel Travis	58	14	14	15	15
7	Stanley Morphet	30	15	15	–	–

Big Wheel 85

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	Christopher Brindley	100	25	25	25	25
2	Ryan Jackson	84	20	22	22	20
3	Oakley skinner	76	18	20	20	18
4	Sean Smout	74	22	12	18	22
5	Daniel Sheppard	66	16	18	16	16
6	Jack Bullock	55	10	15	15	15
7	Cameron Gerrard	55	15	14	14	12
8	Jacob Ince	46	9	11	12	14
9	Finn Fitzgerald	45	8	13	13	11
10	Aston Whitehead	44	13	9	9	13
11	Olly Hollins	41	14	16	11	–
12	Corey Harrison-Ross	36	12	8	6	10
13	Arley Marshall	27	7	10	7	3
14	Zach Lakin	24	5	7	4	8
15	Terry challinor	24	11	2	5	6
16	Ryan Tilley	21	6	6	2	7
17	Charlie Ward	19	–	–	10	9
18	Samuel Gibbs	14	4	5	3	2
19	Ronnie Chittock	12	3	3	1	5
20	Rylie Hubble	10	2	4	–	4
21	Travis Tailford	8	–	–	8	–
22	Ollie Ward	1	–	–	–	1

Girls 85

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	Lexi Emery	100	25	25	25	25

Small Wheel 85

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	Mason Brown	97	25	25	22	25
2	Alfie Pincher	85	18	22	25	20
3	Jimmy Whiston	82	22	20	18	22
4	Jude Richards	72	20	18	16	18
5	Leo Whittle	60	16	16	14	14
6	Oliver Williams	56	15	15	13	13
7	Brodie Nock	36	–	–	20	16
8	Caleb Copeland	30	–	–	15	15

Clubman Support

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	Albie Hall	100	25	25	25	25
2	Mitchell Hartill	82	20	22	20	20
3	Jacob Potter	75	22	15	16	22
4	Billy MCgillivray	60	18	20	4	18
5	Ady Lakey	54	15	18	8	13
6	Ben Hurley	53	14	12	13	14
7	Jed Reeson	52	11	11	18	12
8	Louis Smith	47	12	14	12	9
9	Mark Harrison	46	13	13	5	15
10	Joe Willoughby	44	8	10	15	11
11	Jeremy Titley	38	–	–	22	16
12	Ryan Neale	37	10	7	10	10
13	Joe Harrison	32	16	16	–	–
14	Ricky Ryder	28	5	8	14	1
15	Rhyce Ward	25	4	6	7	8
16	Rob Longworth	18	9	9	–	–
17	Hayden Lee Butler	15	6	3	–	6
18	Ollie Maxwelll	14	–	–	9	5
19	Lewis Day	13	2	5	2	4
20	Tyler McLernon	11	–	–	11	–
21	Ryan Fox	9	7	2	–	–
22	Liam Noden	8	–	–	1	7
23	Reuben Atkinson	8	–	–	6	2
24	Reggie Chittock	6	3	–	3	–
25	Oliver Critchley	5	1	4	–	–
26	Ryan Paterson	3	–	–	–	3
27	Ryan Murphy	1	–	1	–	–