Church hometown hero at Marshfield scorcher! UK EVO UK Round 6 – Race Report & Results

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Back on Sunday, July 18th the UK EVO MX team were at Marshfield for round six in the series which had attracted a fair entry in all classes considering what other meetings were on and there was some good racing on a well-prepared track with plenty of water being put down prior to the meeting and good job it was as it was one of the hottest days of the year.

Report and Images by Dave Rich

The Evo 125 class which had produced some fast and close racing at earlier rounds continued at Marshfield with yet again some of the best racing on the day.

In the opening 125 race, it was Elliott Barrs with the best start from John May and Glen Bixby just ahead of Tom Church. May was in a real hurry in this one and straight away was to pressure Barrs for the lead which he took passing Barrs exiting the third corner, but Barr’s was not giving the lead up that easy as he came back towards the end of the opening lap and regained the lead. Church had now moved up into third but he didn’t seem to be at the same pace as the two at the front as they were to ease away with virtually nothing between them for most of the race until the last lap when May started to show his front wheel to Barrs and with just over half a lap remaining Barrs was to run a bit wide on a fast lefthander and May shot through on the inside and it was a race to the line with May holding on to take the win by 0.860 of a second with Church some eight seconds back coming home in third.

Elliott Barrs and John May battling it out in the opening 125 Evo race

In the second moto, it was a better start for Church in this one who sneaked through on the inside at the first corner to lead from Barrs with Josh McGill in third with May emerging out of the first corner in 4th who was all over McGill on the opening lap eager to get past which he did on lap two. Church who was on home soil was looking good at the front and soon put a cushion between himself and Barrs mid-race with Barrs now being chased down by May who was challenging again in the closing stages, but Barrs held strong to take second behind Church with May a close third.

The last race and it was Barrs who led early doors from Church with McGill again tucked in third with May again in 4th, but a first-lap spill saw May drop down to sixth. Barrs and Church were absolutely flying at the front and were to power away from Bixby who was now in third but soon had May all over him looking to go pass which he did at the halfway stage. Meanwhile back at the front Church had got the better of Barrs and took the lead and was pulling away all the time at the front and from there went on to take the win by thirteen seconds from Barrs with May a distant third.

First corner action in the Evo 250 class

The 250 Evo class saw a dominant performance from Ben Milward on his YZ250 Yamaha who in the opening race had the inside line into the first corner which he held to get the holeshot from fellow YZ250 rider James Kensington with the CR250 Honda of Ben Hodgkins in third. Milward who had a clear track in front of him was soon into his rhythm and was to ease away every lap, Hodgkins was to get the better of Kensington on lap two to move into second, but Kensington was to stick with him and retook second place a couple of laps later and this time Hodgkins had no answer and Kensington got away, but he wasn’t going to catch Milward who took the win by some 24 seconds. The second moto was a bit of a procession with Milward leading from the off and going on untroubled to the chequered flag, Kensington took second with Hodgkins again finishing in third.

In the last race, Milward made it a hattrick of holeshots with Kensington in second with Hodgkins in third, but it was to change on the opening lap as Milward made a slight mistake and Kensington tried to miss him but was to clip Milward’s back wheel and went down and was totally last. Hodgkins moved into second with Daniel Hartley yet another YZ250 rider now in third who was soon all over Hodgkins on the opening lap and got past and was to try and stay with Milward, but it was to no avail as Milward went on to take yet another win with Hartley second and Hodgkins third with Kensington coming through from last to take a commendable sixth.

George Gough in action in the Evo 500 class

The Evo 500 class saw a dominant ride from Tom Gilbert on the CR Honda in the opening race and he looked set to win the second moto with just two laps remaining but unfortunately for Gilbert he picked up a front wheel puncture and was forced to slow up and through to take the win came, George Gough, on his KX. Going into the last race Gilbert and Gough were tied on points so who was going to take the overall. Gough got off the line with ease and led from the off from the KX Kawasaki of James Price with Fred Heath on his CR Honda now in third, but not the best of starts for Gilbert who was back down in eighth. Gough wasted no time at the front and eased away from Price and Heath who were both caught and passed by the flying Gilbert who was making up for his bad start, but Gilbert had to settle for second behind Gough with Phillip Peaster on the CR Honda coming through in the latter stages to take third.

The Super Evo Under 45 class saw Welshman Andrew Gillett on the KX500 produce three excellent rides to notch up a clean sweep of wins, with Gary Brown on the CR500 who did lead the opening race for a while finishing second to Gillett in the first two motos, but a bad start in the last race saw Brown way down the field, but he did claw his way back to finish third behind the CR500 of Richie Frankcom.

In the Super Evo Over 45 class, it was Laurence Wiltshire who led the opening race for the first four laps before a problem was to drop him down the field a bit and it was the CR250 of Simon Dearing who led for a lap before losing out to fellow CR 250 rider Jason Morris who went on to take the win with Martyn Tucker on his KX250 taking third. The second moto saw Tucker lead on the opening lap before Morris took over at the front, but there was to be a good tussle for second midrace between Tucker and Dearing with them touching bars at one stage before Dearing got through and was to take second behind Morris with Tucker just holding off Max Hendy in the closing stages to come home in third. The last race saw Dearing lead early on from Morris who was to pressure Dearing for several laps, but Dearing who has plenty of experience in this situation held his nerve and did not budge an inch and was to take the chequered flag from Morris with Tucker again taking third.

No 739 Danny Blakeley holding off No 28 Phil Lewis in the Vets Over 45 Evo class

In the Vets Evo Over 45 class there was some of the closest racing of the weekend especially in the first two motos where Danny Blakeley on the KX500 Kawasaki was pushed all the way to the chequered flag by the YZ250 Yamaha of Phil Lewis with Blakeley winning the opening encounter by literally 0.799 of a second and the second moto win was even closer with Blakeley taking it by 0.563 of a second whereas in the last race Lewis this time led from the off and was to go on untroubled to take the win from Blakely.

The 4-Stroke Under 50’s Twinshock class saw Mitchell Griffin take a clean sweep of wins whereas in the 4 Stroke Over 50’s class it was Shaun Church who took the overall with two wins and a second with Chris Smejkal winning the other race.

No 341 Scott Reed and No 288 Matt Nash battling it out in the Under 50’s Twinshock class

In the Twinshock Under 50’s class, there was no stopping Matt Nash on his CR250 who won all three races and the Over 50’s class belonged to Terry House on his 490 Maico who was to blitz the rest of the field in all three races, but there was a good result for Kevin Spiller who was consistent in all three races on his 450 Husqvarna who ended the day second overall.

Adam Cook was a clear winner in the Under 50’s Modern 2-Stroke class

The Modern 2-Stroke class saw a fine display from Adam Cook in the Under 50’s class on his Ktm 250 who ran out a clear winner in all three races wherein the Over 50’s class it was the YZ250 of Jason Morettes who won all three races from fellow YZ250 rider Darren Shortt.

Results

125’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Tom Church	145	45	50	50
2	Elliott Barrs	141	47	47	47
3	John May	140	50	45	45
4	Duncan Moore	121	37	41	43
5	Kristian Hutchings	115	43	33	39
6	Dean Bachelor	101	31	35	35
7	Matt Coles	93	33	30	30
8	Neil Long	90	29	28	33
9	Tim Pearce	90	30	29	31
10	Glen Bixby	84	–	43	41
11	Steve Bundock	83	27	27	29
12	Richard Dors	83	28	31	24
13	John Haxton	78	26	24	28
14	Alan Pearce	76	–	39	37
15	Craig Levett	74	21	26	27
16	Paul Watson	73	24	23	26
17	Scott Meredith	72	35	37	–
18	Dave King	70	23	22	25
19	Josh Mcgill	61	41	20	–
20	Jason Davies	50	25	25	–
21	Colin Boyles	43	22	21	–

250’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Ben Milward	150	50	50	50
2	Ben Hodgkins	135	45	45	45
3	James Kensington	133	47	47	39
4	Daniel Heartley	125	37	41	47
5	Tyler Green	123	43	43	37
6	Dean Stutt	121	39	39	43
7	Steven Stutt	119	41	37	41
8	Matthew Allen	105	35	35	35
9	Kurt Richardson	99	33	33	33
10	Stuart Puddle	92	31	30	31
11	Jordan White	88	30	29	29
12	Stuart James	87	29	28	30
13	Austin Clarke	81	28	26	27
14	Johno Ryall	79	26	27	26
15	Robert Snell	73	25	24	24
16	Scott Allen	58	27	31	–
17	Andrew Dangerfield	53	–	25	28
18	Richard Hawkins	49	24	–	25

500’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	George Gough	147	47	50	50
2	Tom Gilbert	144	50	47	47
3	Phillip Peaster	133	43	45	45
4	James Price	129	45	43	41
5	Fred Heath	125	41	41	43
6	Adam Plant	111	39	35	37
7	Thomas Sorrell	108	30	39	39
8	Alex Wallis	105	37	37	31
9	Ben Vincent	101	35	31	35
10	Alfie Rimell	99	33	33	33
11	Chris Smith	61	31	30	–

4 Stroke Twinshock

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Shaun Church	147	47	50	50
2	Chris Smejkal	140	50	45	45
3	Paul Clarke	139	45	47	47
4	Mike Sealey	129	43	43	43

Super Evo Under 45

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Andrew Gillett	150	50	50	50
2	Gary Brown	139	47	47	45
3	Richie Frankcom	137	45	45	47
4	Nathan Davies	129	43	43	43
5	Luke Dewey	117	37	41	39
6	Luke Bedwell	115	41	33	41
7	James Moore	109	39	39	31
8	Marcus Booker	101	33	31	37
9	Simon Marston	97	30	37	30
10	Ryan Jones	91	29	35	27
11	Lee Baggs	88	31	24	33
12	Lewis Patterson	86	28	29	29
13	Hannah Winbourne	82	27	27	28
14	Billy Stewart	74	23	26	25
15	Jack Allwood	74	25	25	24
16	Lee Brown	70	35	–	35
17	Jason Hasaka	66	21	22	23
18	Toby Wright	54	–	28	26
19	Lewis Cornwall	45	22	23	–
20	Liam Walter	41	20	21	–
21	Shaun Titcombe	30	–	30	–
22	Scott Chamberlain	26	26	–	–
23	Adam Hawkwood	24	24	–	–

Super Evo Over 45

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Jason Morris	147	50	50	47
2	Simon Dearing	144	47	47	50
3	Martyn Tucker	135	45	45	45
4	Steve Wells	127	43	41	43
5	Max Hendy	125	41	43	41
6	Nick Dyer	111	37	39	35
7	Ray Chivers	107	35	35	37
8	Dave White	100	33	37	30
9	David Boswell Jones	96	26	31	39
10	Brad Davey	92	31	28	33
11	Jamie Winbourne	86	28	27	31
12	Dale Hunt	82	29	29	24
13	Ashley Brown	78	24	25	29
14	Nick Brashill	71	21	22	28
15	Mark Finn	68	17	24	27
16	Neil Dodson	67	22	23	22
17	Kevin Nash	64	20	19	25
18	Jeremy Tooth	63	16	21	26
19	Peter Miller	60	27	33	–
20	Jim Allwood	60	30	30	–
21	Matthew Hillier	50	14	15	21
22	Jamie Gardner	49	23	26	–
23	Paul Harrington	47	12	12	23
24	Matt Bartley	42	11	11	20
25	Laurence Wiltshire	39	39	–	–
26	Steve Matthews	38	25	13	–
27	Aidan Quinn	37	19	18	–
28	Simon Klemis	35	18	17	–
29	Brian Booker	29	15	14	–
30	Mike Gould	20	–	20	–
31	Chris Downing	20	10	10	–
32	Tim Pearce	16	–	16	–
33	Andy Pitt	13	13	–	–

Twinshock

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Terry House	150	50	50	50
2	Matt Nash	150	50	50	50
3	Kevin Spiller	139	45	47	47
4	Ady Mathews	135	47	45	43
5	Tom Paulley	129	41	45	43
6	James Reeves	127	43	39	45
7	Richard Benham	125	45	33	47
8	Adam Tabrett	121	41	43	37
9	Robert Snell	117	35	41	41
10	James Hudson	117	37	41	39
11	David White	115	39	37	39
12	Carl Benham	113	35	37	41
13	Toby Cook	103	33	35	35
14	Scott Reed	94	47	47	–
15	Graham Challis	84	–	39	45
16	Andy Bowles	80	–	43	37
17	Derek Mills	43	43	–	–
18	Chris Taylor	39	39	–	–
19	Duncan Moore	37	37	–	–
20	Derek Cook	33	33	–	–
21	Dan Ridge	31	–	31	–

Vets Evo Over 45

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Danny Blakeley	147	50	50	47
2	Phillip Lewis	144	47	47	50
3	Kevin Sanders	133	43	45	45
4	Martin King	127	41	43	43
5	Gary Henson	119	37	41	41
6	Jonathan Briggs	109	33	39	37
7	Mike Wheeler	96	30	33	33
8	Kevin Woolford	92	26	35	31
9	Dan Woodman	86	31	29	26
10	Mark Stephens	85	29	27	29
11	Bruce Garside	85	28	30	27
12	Jason Jenner	84	25	31	28
13	Neil Sutton	82	24	28	30
14	Andy Lidington	76	39	37	–
15	Justin Chamberain	70	35	–	35
16	Kevin Allen	70	20	25	25
17	David Smith	66	22	20	24
18	Andrew French	66	19	24	23
19	Shaun Hiscox	56	15	21	20
20	Dean Warren	45	45	–	–
21	Peter Archer	39	–	–	39
22	David Woodbridge	38	17	–	21
23	Mik Hill	27	27	–	–
24	John Annely	22	–	22	–
25	Kirt Wray	21	21	–	–
26	Rob Cook	18	18	–	–

Modern 2 Stroke

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Adam Cook	150	50	50	50
2	Jason Morettes	150	50	50	50
3	Tony Griffiths	141	47	47	47
4	Darren Shortt	141	47	47	47
5	Jordan Barrs	135	45	45	45
6	Jeremy Timms	129	41	45	43
7	Jason Hopgood	127	43	39	45
8	Blaine Blackwell	127	43	43	41
9	Adrian Jennings	125	45	43	37
10	Alex Morris	123	39	41	43
11	Keith Chandler	121	39	41	41
12	James Adams	113	37	37	39
13	Matthew Fews	113	37	39	37
14	Josh James	109	33	37	39
15	Paul Stacey	103	33	35	35
16	Henry Smith	103	35	33	35
17	Elliott Woodward	99	41	27	31
18	Callum Neate	94	29	35	30
19	Josh Crewe	92	28	31	33
20	Ben Mason	82	30	28	24
21	Bradley Pearson	81	27	26	28
22	Brad Parkins	76	24	25	27
23	Ben Whitmore	76	26	24	26
24	Paul Bridges	69	23	23	23
25	Derek Jones	68	35	–	33
26	Stephen Holmes	61	31	30	–
27	Paul Jones	58	–	29	29
28	Dean Tucker	50	25	–	25