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CT Events Season Sign off & Matt Murphy Memorial Motocross – Race Report & Results

There was a very relaxed and chilled out atmosphere at Hawkstone Park last weekend at the CT Events season finale, as there were no championships at stake, and riders got to ride the full circuit before putting their bikes into hibernation for the winter.

Race Report by Geoff Shuttleworth – Images courtesy of Andrew Fairclough

There was a Twinshock Class incorporated into the event in memory of the late Matt Murphy, and around 20 riders enjoyed their day in the sand, with Matts family and friends meeting up for the tenth anniversary.

The Salop Club had made quite a few improvements to the track since our last visit, with the far whoops gone and the full hill in use, which went right at the top cutting out the left kink, and it was the best I have seen it in a long time. The dry weather also helped, and there was even grass on the circuit, which soon disappeared after the 200 riders completed practice. CT Events put together a great six race format with five blocks over the weekend, with just a couple of injuries and everyone seemed to love it.

There were two full Novice groups, and in Novice 1, consistency was the name of the game as Mitchell Collins put together a set of top five finishes to take the win, with Aiden Carney in second. A DNF for Richard Roberts in race three, after winning the other four races put him down in third overall.

In Novice 2, Jake Thornton took the overall victory, winning two out of five. Guitar Webster was second, after winning the final race. Danny Webster won race three and took third, with race two winner George Clarke in fourth.

On Saturday we were treated to a Twinshock masterclass in the Matt Murphy Memorial by Jimmy Margetson, who was riding the Ken Sourbutts Honda, and took all three wins, setting times that would have put him in the top six of all the modern bike classes. Unfortunately, Jimmy couldn’t ride the Sunday due to a family commitment. So, this gave the other riders an opportunity to win, and Scotlands James Haddow, took it by winning both Sunday races, claiming victory by just two points from Sam Vickers on the Yamaha. Another Scot, Craig Smith rode well in the sand to claim third. And fourth was Irelands Willie Burgess, who seized his bike in race one, before turning out the spare for the rest of the weekend. The Matt Murphy Memorial trophy was awarded by Gary, Lauren, and Shaun Murphy to Phil Roberts for his endeavour and for finishing all five Hawkstone races as one of the elder statesmen of the twinshock fraternity. It was also good to see our Italian friends Massimo Signorin and Pietro Mistrigo taking part and enjoying the experience.

Lee Martin won three from five in the Vets Over 40 class to take the win from Julian Freeberne who finished each race in the top three in second, with David Wilcox in third. Paul Johnston was the star of the show though on his 89 Honda 500, as he tore round the circuit making it look easy, and took two race wins, but the clutch finally gave up the ghost, leaving him unable to do the final race.

Ady Bradley made it look like a walk in the park as he stormed to five wins in the Vets Over 50’s on his Suzuki. Second place went to Scotlands James Whitelaw, with Tony Houseman in third, and then a whole glut of riders Ewan Johnston, David Hopkins, Craig Smith and Mike Allport only a few points apart.

Reece Jones won both Sunday races which helped him take the overall win in the 125’s by just four points from Wesley McGavin in second.
Rob Holyoake had won all three of Saturdays races but wasn’t riding on Sunday, which meant Joel Fisher took third followed by Harry Barker and Simnon Booth.

The 250 two strokes saw Rory Jones take all five wins, with Corey Nemeth pushing him hard in second and Patrick Jackson in third.

The MX1 class was won by Jayden Ashwell with five clean wins with Jack Benniston in second and Daniel Parry in third from Logan Wilcox and Josh Greedy.

Dylan Spencer took the MX2 class with three wins. Race one winner Bayliss Utting took second from Alfie Calvert and Corey Collins, with race two winner Mackenzie Marshall in fifth.

It was a great end to the season, and credit to the club for putting on this extra event at the world-famous Hawkstone Park.

Results

Matt Murphy Trophy Winner – Phil Roberts.

Matt Murphy Memorial Twinshocks

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5
1 JAMES HADDOW 92 15 7 20 25 25
2 SAM VICKERS 90 18 17 18 17 20
3 CRIAG SMITH 88 20 18 15 18 17
4 WILLIE BURGESS 75 – 20 17 20 18
5 ALAN BOTT 73 14 15 14 15 15
6 MASSIMO SIGNORIN 70 13 14 13 16 14
7 SHAUN MURPHY 61 10 13 11 14 13
8 STEVE MORGAN 56 12 11 10 12 11
9 MARTIN SNAPE 52 8 12 9 13 10
10 RYAN VICKERS 49 17 16 16 – –
11 PHIL ROBERTS 47 9 10 8 11 9
12 JOHN LITLLER 44 16 – 12 – 16
13 PIETRO MISTRIGO 39 6 8 7 10 8
14 CHRIS ANDERTON 23 11 – – – 12
15 ROB WAIRNWRIGHT 16 7 9 – – –

Novice 1

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5
1 MICTHELL COLLINS 176 34 38 38 30 36
2 AIDEN CARNEY 164 32 30 34 38 30
3 RICHARD ROBERTS 160 40 40 – 40 40
4 BEN WALSH 157 28 29 30 32 38
5 GRACE RICHARDS 157 36 32 40 29 20
6 LUKE PRICE 150 30 28 32 28 32
7 MATTHEW FULLER 131 29 34 – 34 34
8 ETHAN BRIERLEY 120 20 23 28 22 27
9 TIM THORNTON 119 23 26 24 21 25
10 JACK JORDAN 118 24 20 29 17 28
11 OLLIE SHELDON 110 38 36 36 – –
12 HARRY PICKFORD 106 26 27 26 27 –
13 BEN SOUTHWARD 104 27 22 – 26 29
14 GRACE PACKMAN 102 12 18 21 25 26
15 BEN SEABURG 102 18 21 18 23 22
16 ALFIE OWEN 98 25 24 25 24 –
17 JAKE EVANS 88 22 3 27 36 –
18 GEORGE PICKFORD 82 19 19 9 12 23
19 DEAN SEWELL 81 16 16 22 9 18
20 CHARLIE BAKER 77 14 5 23 14 21
21 GRANT OWEN 72 17 17 20 18 –
22 NATHAN LEWIS RILEY 68 – 25 – 19 24
23 LEE ELES 64 9 9 19 11 16
24 RYAN JONES 62 10 13 17 8 14
25 SYD HASKAYNE 61 15 14 12 20 –
26 RYAN FARLEY 58 11 15 – 13 19
27 CONNOR MEEKIN 58 8 8 15 10 17
28 JOE COLE 55 7 10 10 15 13
29 JACK HOARE 49 13 – 16 5 15
30 NATHAN JONES 49 6 12 13 7 11
31 THOMAS BURGON 39 4 6 11 6 12
32 LEWIS ROBERTS 34 5 11 14 4 –
33 KEIRON WOODS 21 21 – – – –
34 RYAN KENDALL 20 2 – 7 1 10
35 JAMES FUGETT 18 3 7 8 – –
36 GARY MARRHY 16 – – – 16 –
37 JAMIE HAMMOND 7 1 4 – 2 –
38 LOUIS SMITH 3 – – – 3 –
39 THOMAS KENDALL 2 – 2 – – –

Novice 2

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5
1 JAKE THORNTON 190 40 38 34 40 38
2 GUITAR WEBSTER 180 34 36 38 32 40
3 DANNY WEBSTER 179 38 34 40 38 29
4 GEORGE CLARKE 178 36 40 32 36 34
5 RYAN MCKINNEY 163 28 29 36 34 36
6 JACK WARMALD 150 29 30 30 29 32
7 MARCUS SMITH 145 32 26 27 30 30
8 CHRISTIAN COLE 130 23 27 26 27 27
9 LUKE POSSTLETHWAITE 127 26 28 29 28 16
10 GARETH LANE 126 27 32 28 11 28
11 JAMES MCEWAN 120 25 25 24 24 22
12 TRISTAN JAMES 118 22 23 25 25 23
13 LOUIS BRUCE 114 21 24 22 22 25
14 JOSH DAVIS 109 17 22 23 23 24
15 GREG THYNNE 100 18 21 20 21 20
16 JAK YOUNG 99 24 20 19 18 18
17 JAY HANCOCK 96 19 19 21 20 17
18 JOSS GOUNDRY 87 14 18 17 19 19
19 TOM EVANS 74 20 7 18 26 3
20 MASON EVRITT 63 12 12 11 15 13
21 FINLEY GOODYEAR 62 9 15 10 13 15
22 STEFAN ADAMKIEWICZ 61 10 11 16 12 12
23 JACK BUCK 60 16 – 13 17 14
24 LIAM NAYLOR 53 8 10 14 10 11
25 NEIL CLARK 45 13 17 15 – –
26 ASHLEY SMITH 43 11 13 – 9 10
27 SAM BARNS 33 6 6 8 5 8
28 SAM BOSSWELL 31 15 16 – – –
29 JAKE HARRISON 30 30 – – – –
30 BEN LOCKLY 27 1 9 9 8 –
31 CRAIG PERKS 26 – – – – 26
32 RYAN WOODS 26 – – 12 14 –
33 THOMAS KENDALL 24 – 4 7 6 7
34 JACK TOMPKINS 21 – – – – 21
35 MARK ALLEN 21 2 5 6 4 4
36 TOMMY GAYSON 18 5 – – 7 6
37 JAMES FUGETT 16 – – – 16 –
38 MICHAEL POWELL 15 7 8 – – –
39 KYLE HADDOW 14 – 14 – – –
40 JAMIE HAMMOND 9 – – – – 9
41 JACOB TOMLINSON 9 3 3 – 3 –
42 RYAN BURROWS 7 – – – 2 5
43 JAMES HOLIDAY 4 4 – – – –

Vets Over 40’s

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5
1 LEE MARTIN 196 40 40 38 38 40
2 JULIAN FREEBURN 182 38 36 36 36 36
3 DAVID WILCOX 174 34 34 34 34 38
4 DALE GAYSON 164 36 32 32 30 34
5 LEE BUCK 155 32 29 30 32 32
6 SCOTTY WILLIAMSON 144 29 28 29 29 29
7 PAUL JOHNSTON 118 – 38 40 40 –
8 CHRIS ANDERTON 109 28 25 28 28 –
9 NICK PAWSON 106 26 27 27 26 –
10 IAN CUMMINGHAM 103 25 24 26 – 28
11 JOHN DAVIS 60 30 30 – – –
12 RYAN VICKERS 57 – – – 27 30
13 ROY ROWLAND 50 24 26 – – –
14 PHIL HODGKINS 27 27 – – – –

Vets Over 50’s

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5
1 ADY BRADLEY 200 40 40 40 40 40
2 JAMES WHITELOW 184 34 38 38 38 36
3 TONY HOUSEMAN 167 38 34 30 27 38
4 EWAN JOHNSTON 155 36 36 24 29 30
5 DAVID HOPKINS 154 29 32 36 23 34
6 CRAIG SMITH 151 32 29 34 30 26
7 MIKE ALLPORT 149 27 27 32 34 29
8 JOHN LITLLER 141 28 28 28 25 32
9 DONALD KENNADY 137 30 22 26 32 27
10 IAN WILSON 135 26 26 27 28 28
11 RICHARD TIMMS 135 24 30 29 36 16
12 STEVE HUMPHRIES 114 23 23 20 24 24
13 MELVIN HOMER 109 25 25 25 20 14
14 NEAL MOORE 105 17 18 15 22 22
15 LAWRANCE EDMONDS 104 22 15 23 19 25
16 MELVIN JAMES 104 21 21 22 17 23
17 STAN MORFITT 92 19 20 18 16 19
18 DUNCAN CHILDS 90 16 17 19 21 17
19 ALAN REECE 88 15 16 21 15 21
20 STEVE THONRNTON 84 14 24 – 26 20
21 IAN POSS 68 12 11 9 18 18
22 STEPHEN SMITH 61 10 12 13 13 13
23 10831657 60 13 4 14 14 15
24 PAUL WOODLAND 49 18 14 17 – –
25 PETER SARGENT 38 4 – 11 12 11
26 RICHARD EVANS 36 20 – 16 – –
27 RAYMOND STEPHENS 27 9 8 10 – –
28 ANTHONY SMITH 24 1 – – 11 12
29 STEVE SHARPLES 24 11 13 – – –
30 DAVE HAMMOND 22 5 5 12 – –
31 PAUL CROXEN 19 – 19 – – –
32 ANDY FREEBARN 18 8 10 – – –
33 NICK BOOT 13 6 7 – – –
34 MARK TILZEY 13 7 6 – – –
35 DAVID WHITE 3 3 – – – –

125’s

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5
1 REECE JONES 190 38 38 34 40 40
2 WESLEY McGAVIN 186 36 36 38 38 38
3 JOEL FISHER 174 34 32 36 36 36
4 HARRY BARKER 160 32 30 30 34 34
5 SIMON BOOTH 146 30 29 29 29 29
6 BEAU BROWN 142 28 24 26 32 32
7 JAKE DAVIES 140 26 28 28 28 30
8 YARIN EVANS 138 27 26 27 30 28
9 OLLY RIGBY 121 23 23 22 27 26
10 ROB HOLYOAKE 120 40 40 40 – –
11 ASH CROSSLEY 115 15 25 25 23 27
12 GEORGE POOL 108 19 21 24 22 22
13 LOUIS PERRIN’BROWN 105 20 19 15 26 25
14 BEN HUNTER 103 10 22 23 24 24
15 SION WRIGHT 91 22 17 21 13 18
16 JUDE TURTON 90 24 34 32 – –
17 BEN SULLIVAN 88 – 20 20 25 23
18 AARON NICHOLLS 88 13 18 18 20 19
19 JACK PARTINGTON 83 16 16 17 17 17
20 RYAN CRISTIAN 81 11 13 19 18 20
21 JAMIE COX 79 17 11 9 21 21
22 CRAIG REYNOLDS 72 12 12 16 16 16
23 DREW RIGBY 56 7 8 14 12 15
24 LAIM WEAR 56 14 10 – 19 13
25 CAMERON CHELL 56 9 9 12 14 12
26 STU OWEN 56 29 27 – – –
27 CASEY SHEDDEN 53 6 7 11 15 14
28 JAKE PARKER 45 21 14 10 – –
29 JAMIE JOHNSTON 37 18 6 13 – –
30 DAN ARKELL 25 25 – – – –
31 ETHAN BLACKLOCK 23 8 15 – – –

250 Two Stroke

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5
1 RORY JONES 200 40 40 40 40 40
2 CORY NEMETH 184 38 38 34 38 36
3 PATRICK JACSON 172 26 36 38 34 38
4 TOMOS WRIGHT 168 34 32 36 32 34
5 LIAM SMITH 157 36 29 30 30 32
6 REECE WAIN 155 29 28 32 36 30
7 ROSS BENTON 140 28 27 29 28 28
8 JAMES HARRING 135 27 26 28 27 27
9 MITCHELL PERRY 124 32 34 – 29 29
10 NADIYA JONES 76 – 24 – 26 26
11 BILLY BAYLISS 60 30 30 – – –
12 DAVID BLACKBURN 25 – 25 – – –
13 BRADLEY CLARKE 23 – 23 – – –

MX1

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5
1 JAYDEN ASHWELL 200 40 40 40 40 40
2 JACK BENISTON 186 36 38 36 38 38
3 DANIEL PARRY 174 34 36 32 36 36
4 LOGAN WILCOX 151 30 32 21 34 34
5 JOSH GREEDY 148 29 30 29 32 28
6 ASH COTTERELL 138 25 29 28 29 27
7 PETE HAMLETT 137 28 28 27 25 29
8 BEN PARRY 135 24 27 30 28 26
9 KIERAN YORKE 132 32 34 34 – 32
10 ALEC CHRISTOPHER 128 26 24 26 27 25
11 JOSH HOOKER 113 23 23 24 21 22
12 MICHAEL SMITH 111 21 22 22 23 23
13 JAMIE CLARKE 98 22 25 25 26 –
14 ARRAN WELLS 98 27 – 23 24 24
15 JOE ROSS 86 – 26 – 30 30
16 NICKY DAVIES 81 20 21 – 19 21
17 JIMMY MARGETSON 76 38 – 38 – –
18 TOM SHEPHERD 22 – – – 22 –
19 CRAIG PERKS 20 – – – 20 –
20 JACK TOMPKINS 18 – – – 18 –

MX2

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5
1 DYLAN SPENCER 194 36 38 40 40 40
2 BAYLISS UTTING 174 40 20 38 38 38
3 ALFIE CALVERT 172 32 36 34 34 36
4 COREY COLLINS 164 34 34 32 32 32
5 MACKENZIE MARSHALL 150 38 40 36 36 –
6 ADAM NEVITT 140 28 30 29 30 23
7 TOM HADDOCK 136 20 29 28 29 30
8 AIDEE SMITH 135 29 28 25 27 26
9 JAMES EAST 130 27 21 27 26 29
10 NATHAN HEATH 127 25 26 26 23 27
11 MYLES REID 126 30 32 30 – 34
12 TYLER SHELDON 124 24 23 21 28 28
13 KAI REASON 120 21 25 24 25 25
14 SAM HAMER 90 – 22 22 22 24
15 SHAUN WARINWRIGHT 69 22 24 23 – –
16 CHRIS ROWLANDS 50 23 27 – – –
17 JOSH WILLIAMS 26 26 – – – –
18 MARSHALL SMITH 24 – – – 24 –

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