Dodd digs deep at Brookthorpe! 2026 AMCA British Motocross Championship Round 3 – Report & Results

Great racing, which saw battles continually raging right throughout the pack in just about every moto, all made possible by a Brookthorpe track expertly prepared by Mike Truman, was just part of the story created at a superb round three of the 2026 AMCA British Motocross Championship supported by Rokit Tyres. Also making the headlines was an overall win for Leonni Tighe in the Women’s class, having her first motocross ride since 2018, Jordan Wright miraculously making the 125cc podium despite a broken wrist and Henry Williams jumping dramatically clear at the top of the MX2 standings.

Race Report, Interviews and Images by Mike Wood

Let’s start with that AMCA Women’s Championship win for Leonni Tighe. Having watched the action at round one, she decided it was time to make a motocross comeback and what a performance it was to be! Previously, Leonni had raced some enduro events between 2021 and 2023, but having become a mother, she then stopped competing.

At Brookthorpe, she was straight back on the pace and looking like she had never been away from the sport, continually mixing it not only with the other girls but also some established Vets in what was a combined class. Scoring a 15/13/10/13, the highlight was that 10th in moto three when she was locked into a simply terrific race-long battle with Hannah Jones. Also in great form, Hannah went on to join Leonni on the podium with Amber McGregor in 3rd as Caitlin Newman, Jaymee Garrood, Sophie Jones, Erin Howes and Ruby Gale also mixed it at every opportunity. Having won the opening two rounds, Ria Truman was a non-starter at Brookthorpe, so that means that Hannah Jones is also the new AMCA Women’s Championship leader.

Three weeks ago, during round two at Bromsberrow, Jordan Wright broke his wrist but was still determined to race at Brookthorpe and thus keep his AMCA 125cc title hopes alive. Whilst his LRT Yamaha team expected a damage limitation performance from Jordan to just put some points on the board, the pilot had other, grander designs, going on to claim a truly incredible 2nd overall! And, that runners-up spot was certainly very hard earned as he battled it out at the front with Lee Sealey and Ashley Harland in four thrilling, rip-roaring contests. Indeed, moto three of the 125cc class produced an absolute motocross classic as Sealey, Wright and Harland went at it racing side by side for several laps, entering the turns three abreast with no one backing off, what an epic!

Although series leader Sealey eventually took all four moto wins, that doesn’t even begin to tell the story of just how good the racing really was! Equally competitive as the top three and always within striking distance was Aaron Colley, whilst the likes of Luke Phillips, Patrick Gilligan, Charlie Palmer, and on day one, Bradley Tranter, amongst others, were also right in the mix. At Brookthorpe, Luke Newman enjoyed his best performance of the campaign so far, going 6/8/9 before then having to charge from last up to 11th following a crash on the second turn of the final moto. Whilst Sealey made it three out of three overall wins in the main 125cc class, Oakley Skinner scored another 125cc Youth overall win to thus extend his Championship advantage. Oakley and his fellow Youth aces again really took it to the big lads with Toby Adamson, Sean Smout, Bobby Watson, Ted Bullen and the 2025 AMCA BW85cc winner Stanley Siebert also figuring prominently.

Ashley Harland, 3rd overall in the 125cc class

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So, what about MX2? Well, defending Champion Henry Williams went into the Brookthorpe event level on points at the top with Jayden Jones. But, following round three, Henry now has a nice 42-point advantage and its Finley Evans moving up to 2nd in the Championship table! On day one at round three, a heavy turn one collision in moto one resulted in a nasty injury sustained by Kurt Evans, get well soon Kurt! In the rerun, Finley Evans got the holeshot before dropping back to 4th behind winner Williams, Jimmy Margetson and Jayden Jones. Young Jayden had to work hard for that one, coming through from 6th. In the second moto, Williams then scored another moto win, chased home by Finley Evans, Jones, Margetson, Lee Truman, Mark Young and Yarin Evans.

Then in a dramatic opening lap of the first clash on Sunday, Jones was to crash out as Finley Evans scorched to the win with Williams chasing him home. Early on in this moto, Harrison McCann had briefly hit the front before disappearing from proceedings. With Jayden Jones ruled out of the last moto due to medical advice after his race three crash and rain beginning to fall, Finley Evans produced another superb ride to control the contest from gate to flag as Williams scored a safe 2nd spot. Finishing their weekend in style, Margetson, Truman, Young, Yarin Evans and Jack Evans were the next riders’ home.

Early on in Moto One of the Open class, Liam Gale had held 3rd but was then forced out with a hand injury following a heavy crash, which was to curtail his racing for the weekend. That injury sustained is likely to now keep the unlucky Gale out for the next couple of months or so. Mark Roberts also sustained injury at Brookthorpe when crashing out in timed qualifying, so let’s hope both lads recover quickly! Back to the racing, and the weekend did certainly not start as planned for Open class leader Tyla Hooley, as a midpack gate was then swiftly followed by a fall on the opening lap of moto one. Tyla, though, picked himself up to get home in 4th as defending Champion James Dodd stormed to victory ahead of Corey Hockey, who had bagged the holeshot with Ryan Crowder in 3rd. Earlier, Will Hughes had held that 3rd spot before falling, so it was 5th for him just ahead of Josh Waterman, making a welcome return to action following injury, Ben Clayton and Tyron Cleaver.

Moto two and it was ‘Doddy’ all the way despite being under intense pressure from Holley, who admitted: “I tried everything I had to make a pass, but he simply covered superbly every move, there was nothing more I could do!” In this one, Hughes saw off a very determined Crowder for 3rd as Hockey, who was only competing on day one due to UK EVO racing commitments on Sunday, once again started strongly, but following a collision when disputing 4th, eventually finished down in 14th.

Corey Hockey leading moto one of the Open class

Despite never having previously competed at Brookthorpe, Hooley then put to good use the knowledge gained on day one by scoring a brace of superb wins during the second day of action. Celebrating his 37th birthday, Dodd chased Hooley home as Hughes and Crowder produced a couple of classic no-holds-barred battles for 3rd. On both occasions, Hughes got the verdict by the narrowest of margins to also bag the final podium step. In the overall, Crowder had to settle for a hard-earned 4th, but surely that podium will come before the season is out! Taking 5th in the final standings was Waterman, who had been very competitive all weekend with Clayton and Jacob Bowen next up.

ht Vets action featuring Phil Mercer (200), Simon Lane (73) and Jamie Dobson

On a weekend of superb racing, the Vets also played their part with some stunning battles which not only featured a fast front three of Jamie Dobson, Phil Mercer and James Lane but you could also throw the likes of Lee Martin, Sam Callow, Dain Traylor, Simon Lane and Matt Ryder into that mix! Renowned for his fast starting, Dobson had to settle for 3rd in the opening moto as James Lane grabbed the holeshot before being passed early on by Mercer. With all of the above names posting top ten finishes, they were joined by Matt Chaplin and Clayton Hogg. Normal service was then resumed in Moto Two as Dobson made his obligatory quick start to then go on to win despite coming under intense and heavy pressure from Mercer.

Jamie Dobson leading Phil Mercer in a Vets moto

Both motos on Sunday then followed a similar pattern as Dobson led for the majority of the contest before being overhauled by the clever, wily Mercer! Despite being just one day away from his 55th birthday, ‘Factory Phil’ is still an outstanding rider with incredible track craft and the ability to grind down his rivals before making passes at critical points of a moto. So, in the Vets Over 40’s it was Dobson taking the overall and increasing his series lead over James Lane by another six points as Lee Martin got the final podium spot. Mercer, Simon Lane and Ryder filled the Vets Over 50’s box as the ultra-consistent Brian Staples scored another Vets Over 60’s overall ahead of Andrew Prosser and Daran Williams.

Clubman action featuring Ayjay Simpson (317), George Clarke (17) and Callum Radford (101)

In a stacked and very competitive Clubman’s class, Ayjay Simpson on his Stark electric bike took moto one after a great scrap with Charlie Ludwell and George Clarke. Such was the pace of that front three that they broke well clear of 4th placed Max Monk with Jack Hollis, Mackenzie Tranter and Callum Radford next up. After the glory of that opening Moto win, it was though to go all wrong for Simpson in the second clash of the weekend as he crashed out early on. In that one, it was Monk all the way from Clubman Seniors series leader Clarke, Ludwell, Hollis, Tranter and John Cox.

On day two, Monk then scored another win in moto three before Clarke proved victorious in the last one of the weekend. In three of the four Clubman motos, Charlie Early was the first Junior rider home, with his best finish being a strong 8th in the third clash. That meant that he also took the Clubman Juniors overall top slot from Benjamin Prosser and Lewis Perks. Over in the Seniors contest, Max Monk earned the top step on the podium from Clarke and Ludwell.

Backing up his overall win during round two at Bromsberrow, Mason Brown was at it again in the BW85cc class at Brookthorpe, this time reeling off a maximum points score. The only rider to get ahead of Mason was Byron Wheldon, who briefly led the final moto. In this mixed class, which features BW85cc, SW85cc and 65cc riders, the star performer, though, for me at Brookthorpe was tiny 65cc pilot Cohen Llewellyn. Continually, the little KTM pilot was really mixing it up with the lads on the bigger capacity machinery.

After starting with a 7th place, Cohen then reeled off a hat-trick of 5th places and was involved in arguably the Youth battle of the weekend in moto three when he held off Wheldon. So, on the BW85cc podium, it was a top three of Brown, Will Kremer and Cameron Berry. Tate Vincent scored maximum points on his way to overall SW85cc victory ahead of Aaron Mercer, Oliver Moore, Alfie Williams and Zac Williams. And of course, it was that lad Llewellyn topping the 65cc class with Harvey Wood the runner-up.

Well done to the organising Cheltenham Spa MXC and all the riders on producing a classic round three of the 2026 AMCA British Motocross Championship.

Results

Open

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	292	James Dodd	94	25	25	22	22
2	101	Tyla Hooley	90	18	22	25	25
3	205	Will Hughes	76	16	20	20	20
4	146	Ryan Crowder	74	20	18	18	18
5	19	Josh Waterman	62	15	16	16	15
6	11*	Ben Clayton	57	14	14	13	16
7	12	Jacob Bowden	56	12	15	15	14
8	7	Tyron Cleaver	53	13	13	14	13
9	202	Tyler Westcott	44	10	12	10	12
10	338	Ben White	43	11	10	11	11
11	23	Joshua Fletcher-Williams	42	9	11	12	10
12	303	Luke Knight	33	8	9	8	8
13	54	Corey Hockey	29	22	7	–	–
14	130	Arron Collins	27	7	6	7	7
15	11	Matt Burrows	23	5	–	9	9
16	61	Jack Waterman	21	6	5	5	5
17	35	Tom Neesam	20	–	8	6	6
18	355	Daniel Wilson	8	4	4	–	–
19	100	Liam Gale	3	3	–	–	–

MX2

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	15	Henry Williams	94	25	25	22	22
2	12	Finley Evans	90	18	22	25	25
3	719	Jimmy Margetson	80	22	18	20	20
4	210	Lee Truman	66	16	16	16	18
5	2	Yarin Evans	60	13	14	18	15
6	831	Mark Young	58	12	15	15	16
7	167	Jack Evans	50	11	11	14	14
8	46	Koby Newbould	44	8	12	13	11
9	184	Billy Bayliss	42	9	10	10	13
10	444	Romeo Mead	41	10	7	12	12
11	199	Jayden Jones	40	20	20	–	–
12	85	Tim Burrows	32	7	8	7	10
13	702	Harrison Mccann	28	15	13	–	–
14	510	Mitchell Perry	22	5	9	8	–
15	44	Joshua Senter	20	6	5	9	–
16	16	Jake O Gorman	17	–	6	11	–
17	17	Luke Meredith	14	14	–	–	–

125cc

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	10	Lee Sealey	100	25	25	25	25
2	33	Jordan Wright	84	20	20	22	22
3	292	Ashley Harland	76	22	16	20	18
4	9	Aaron Colley	74	14	22	18	20
5	47	Luke Phillips	62	16	14	16	16
6	23	Luke Newman	55	15	13	13	14
7	58	Patrick Gilligan	54	12	12	15	15
8	8	Charlie Palmer	53	13	15	12	13
9	62	Lewis Roberts	44	11	11	11	11
10	27	Phil Burton	38	10	8	10	10
11	350	Franky Jubb	36	–	10	14	12
12	100	Bradley Tranter	36	18	18	–	–
13	999	Conner Challinor	34	9	9	7	9
14	121	Billy MCgillivray	30	8	6	8	8
15	202	Joel Kremer	30	7	7	9	7

125cc Youth

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	94	Oakley skinner	95	20	25	25	25
2	268	Toby Adamson	82	22	18	20	22
3	93	Sean Smout	77	25	15	22	15
4	227	Bobby Watson	73	15	22	16	20
5	45	Ted Bullen	69	16	20	15	18
6	512	Stanley Siebert	63	18	13	18	14
7	275	Daniel Sheppard	60	14	16	14	16
8	74	Jacob Ince	52	13	14	12	13
9	110	Jack Davies	49	12	12	13	12
10	131	Ryan Tilley	41	10	11	10	10
11	146	Ioan Lloyd	39	9	10	9	11
12	105	Brodie Nock	22	11	–	11	–

Women’s

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	119	Leonni Tighe	92	20	25	25	22
2	100	Hannah Jones	84	22	22	22	18
3	50	Amber McGregor	83	25	20	18	20
4	3	Caitlin Newman	81	18	18	20	25
5	888	Jaymee Garrood	61	15	16	15	15
6	109	Sophie Jones	57	14	15	14	14
7	39	Erin Howes	48	16	–	16	16
8	707	Ruby Gale	13	13	–	–	–

Vets Over 40

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	929	Jamie Dobson	97	22	25	25	25
2	781	James Lane	91	25	22	22	22
3	208	Lee Martin	78	20	18	20	20
4	934	Sam Callow	74	18	20	18	18
5	107	Dain traylor	64	16	16	16	16
6	32	Matthew Chaplin	60	15	15	15	15
7	44	Clayton Hogg	28	14	14	–	–

Vets Over 50

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	200	Phil Mercer	100	25	25	25	25
2	73	Simon Lane	86	22	22	22	20
3	91	Matt Ryder	82	20	20	20	22
4	121	Sean Smith	72	18	18	18	18
5	2	Stephen Clarke	61	15	15	16	15
6	48	Lee Robbins	48	16	16	–	16

Vets Over 60

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	22	Brian Staples	100	25	25	25	25
2	104	Andrew Prosser	86	20	22	22	22
3	818	Daran Williams	82	22	20	20	20
4	19	Mark Tilzey	72	18	18	18	18
5	23	Paul Blick	64	16	16	16	16

Clubman Senior

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	212*	Max Monk	88	18	25	25	20
2	17	George Clarke	85	20	22	18	25
3	401	Charlie Ludwell	80	22	20	20	18
4	317	Ayjay Simpson	69	25	–	22	22
5	27	Jack Hollis	63	16	18	14	15
6	101	Callum Radford	61	14	15	16	16
7	119	Mackenzie Tranter	60	15	16	15	14
8	90	Frazer Turner	44	12	14	10	8
9	172	Jamie Johnson	43	6	11	13	13
10	31	William Burd	41	11	9	9	12
11	137	Tyler Lane	38	8	12	8	10
12	11*	Matthew Tranter	38	13	13	12	–
13	24	Ryan Murphy	35	10	10	6	9
14	161	Oliver Parry	29	7	–	11	11
15	727	Stanley Pool	25	5	8	5	7
16	29	Cameron Hussain	16	9	–	7	–
17	93	Neil Shevlin	15	4	7	4	–
18	4	Josh Murphy	3	–	–	3	–

Clubman Junior

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	11	Charlie Early	93	25	18	25	25
2	994	Benjamin Prosser	82	18	22	22	20
3	13	Lewis Perks	76	20	16	18	22
4	4	Bobby Turner	75	22	20	15	18
5	194	John Cox	73	16	25	20	12
6	100	Charlie Osborne	61	15	14	16	16
7	15	Oliver woodhouse	53	13	13	14	13
8	77	Kieran Oldfield	51	14	15	12	10
9	10	Harri Blythe	43	12	10	10	11
10	57	Jake Thomas	42	5	12	11	14
11	888	Edward Barnes	39	11	–	13	15
12	35	Connor Lynds	35	10	7	9	9
13	315	Matthew Limer	33	9	9	7	8
14	52	Daniel Lomas	25	6	6	6	7
15	212	Thomas Berry	22	8	8	–	6
16	64	Joseph Harvey	18	7	11	–	–
17	37	Lewis Cook	18	4	5	4	5
18	19	Mason Cook	14	3	4	5	2
19	719	Henry Kroner	12	1	–	8	3
20	113	Jacob Osborne	10	–	3	3	4
21	70	Samuel Trinder	2	2	–	–	–

Big Wheel 85cc

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	615	Mason Brown	100	25	25	25	25
2	303	Will Kremer	82	18	20	22	22
3	220	Cameron Berry	82	22	22	20	18
4	814	Byron Wheldon	74	20	18	16	20
5	17	Jimmy Whiston	62	16	16	15	15
6	113	Max Beard	58	15	15	14	14
7	166	Tyler Oliver	34	–	–	18	16
8	901	Richie Baddiley	28	14	14	–	–

Small Wheel 85cc

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	829	Tate Vincent	100	25	25	25	25
2	200	Aaron Mercer	88	22	22	22	22
3	100	Oliver Moore	80	20	20	20	20
4	23*	Alfie Williams	34	–	16	18	–
5	23	Zac Williams	18	–	18	–	–