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Farleigh feast for Hockey! 2022 Acerbis Amateur Nationals Round 6 – Race Report & Results

It was a very warm and sunny Farleigh Castle that welcomed the Acerbis Amateur National series for the penultimate round of the 2022 season where the track crew did an incredible job of keeping the track in line which went on to produce some fantastic racing in all classes.

Report by Arran Murphy – Images courtesy of Matthew Rudd Photography

The Moto Connection 125 2 stroke class was out first this time around, where the championship got blown wide open. Rob Holyoake had a handy 61 point lead at the top of the standings, but a big crash on one of the downhill jumps and a DNF in the final moto will have definitely put a dent into his lead. Closest challenger Damon Strydom made the most of his misfortune and took the overall win to go with it meaning the gap going into the finale will be around the 20 point mark. Fast-starting Chris Povey took maximum points in the final race of the weekend to boost him up to second overall while young up and coming star Ben Mustoe had his first trip to the Acerbis Nationals after the BYN was cancelled and rounded off the top three for his efforts.

Riley Voase

In the California MX Dreams Open 2 stroke category series leader Corey Hockey took three out of the four moto wins on his way to another overall victory giving himself a comfortable lead going into the final round at Fatcats. Cumbrian James Dent had flying starts all weekend and even added another win to his 2022 tally taking the race three victory on his way to runner up overall while Jaydon Murphy rounded out the top three in third after a consistent weekend. Reigning champ Adam Harris had a mixed weekend with a 7-4-3-4 bag of results to put himself inside the top five overall and Rory Jones finished the weekend fifth.

Dylan Spencer

Harry Linton brought the championship deficit down to within a race as he claimed maximum points in the Craigs Motorcycles sponsored MX2 class as it looks like its going to go down to the wire at the final round. It will, however be tough to bring it down in 5 motos as the ever consistent Dylan Spencer still holds a solid lead. Spencer was always inside the top three at Farleigh claiming runner up overall and will only have to do the same at Fatcats to take home his first MX2 title. Dom Newbry is always there or there abouts and took home another podium while 2021 Junior Open champion Alfie Calvert showed great speed to take fourth overall.

Andy Wilson

In the Paradise MX Holidays MX1 class Ultimate Wheels Honda rider James Dodd came out for another wildcard appearance and topped the class by taking four wins from four starts claiming the honours from series leader Jack Beniston, who put up a strong fight against his fellow Honda man but had to settle for runner up on the weekend. Crucially Beniston increased his already hefty points advantage at the top after closest challenger Luke Meredith failed to finish inside the top five. Andy Wilson had a solid weekend, still coming back from injury earlier in the year bagging third overall and even led a few laps along the way while Ed Briscoe took home a solid fourth and Daniel Parry took a well earned fifth.

Tom Simpson

In the Motoverde Ladies category, Kathryn Booth clawed back some vital points in the standings as she took maximum points from Farleigh and moved herself back into runner up in the standings and took 14 points out of leader Grace Richards lead. Richards had a steady weekend gaining solid points with a 4-3-2-2 results sheet meaning a consistent outing at Fatcats will seal the deal for the title while Amie Goodlad was also super consistent and kept herself in the hunt with third overall this time around. Rebecca Newham had a solid first race with a second spot to Booth but a pair of fourths and a fifth gave her fourth overall while Grace Packman rounded out the top five.

Sonny Shipton

Wildcard rider Joseph Davies took control of matters in the Manchester Xtreme Junior Open category as a pair of runner up spots on day one backed up by a pair of wins on Sunday gave him the overall honours ahead of the rest of the championship regulars. Luke Price did his campaign no harm at all by being consistently inside the top three all weekend and was rewarded with runner up for his efforts. Liam Somerville has one hand on the Junior Open title as he extended his 134 point lead over his nearest competitors with just 200 left to fight for. Farleigh didn’t quite go as well as the Yamaha man would have liked however as a couple of crash riddled races meant third overall was what he had to settle for this time around. Aidee Smith finished the weekend with fourth and Harry Wieczorek took home fifth.

Tom Simpson

Ryan Voase continued to dominate the LS2 Helmets Vets Over 40 class as he took his Steve Clitheroe built 500 Honda to four masterful victories meaning even though he’s out of the title fight after missing 2 rounds, every race he’s started in 2022 he’s won. Lee Martin extended his 49 point lead at the top of the standings by claiming the runner up overall and even led a few laps in the process meaning solid top five finishes at Fatcats should easily get the job done for the KTM man. Simon Bonsor stood on the lower step of the rostrum after some frantic racing between himself, Danny Tollett and Barry Gray. Tollett missed out on the top three by a slender two points and Gray finished a further couple behind Tollett.

Stu Owen

In the Roberts Plant Engineers Vets Over 50 class as always it was Brian Wheeler who took home the biggest prize pot and stood on his usual step of the podium above everyone else as another four wins went into the bank and the 100% win record carries over to Fatcats. Chris Brown was back onto his usual step just to the right of his rival as he claimed a bag full of runner up spots and runner up on the day while Andy Watkins had a good weekends racing to finish third overall. Steve Elford was consistently inside the top five and was rewarded with fourth overall for his efforts while a third place in the third moto of the weekend helped Ewan Johnston to take fifth overall.

The series now heads to the final round of the year at Fatcat Moto Park on the first weekend of September.

Ash Harland

Results

MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	JAMES DODD	160	40	40	40	40
2	JACK BENISTON	150	38	38	38	36
3	ANDY WILSON	146	36	36	36	38
4	ED BRISCOE	129	34	34	34	27
5	DANIEL PARRY	124	32	30	30	32
6	BRADLEY FLAGG	108	25	27	27	29
7	PATRICK GILLIGAN	107	22	23	28	34
8	SIMON BOOTH	107	26	28	29	24
9	TRAVIS REYNOLD	102	27	29	18	28
10	TYE BARRS	99	18	26	25	30
11	ADAM THIRWELL	95	23	25	24	23
12	MARK YOUNG	94	30	32	32	–
13	BRADLEY BARFOOT	93	21	21	26	25
14	PETE HAMLETT	92	24	24	22	22
15	JAY LEWIS	92	28	20	23	21
16	LUKE MERADITH	91	29	16	20	26
17	BRAD THORNHILL	78	20	19	19	20
18	KAI THIRWELL	73	17	22	16	18
19	LIAM GOODING	68	16	18	17	17
20	THOMAS O’CONNOR	63	15	17	15	16
21	LEWIS BARFOOT	59	19	–	21	19

MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	HARRY LINTON	160	40	40	40	40
2	DYLAN SPENCER	148	36	38	36	38
3	DOM NEWBRY	140	38	30	38	34
4	ALFIE CALVERT	130	30	32	32	36
5	BEN ZEALE	130	34	34	30	32
6	SCOTT MERADITH	115	29	27	29	30
7	KEELAN HOPE	109	21	25	34	29
8	MITCHELL MEADOWS	103	26	29	22	26
9	KIERAN GREGORY	103	25	26	27	25
10	JAKE WINNARD	98	23	24	24	27
11	JOE RUSSELL	97	28	28	20	21
12	OLLY JONES	96	32	36	28	–
13	BEN WHITE	87	22	22	15	28
14	JORDAN HEARN	84	20	23	23	18
15	OLIVER BARNES	82	24	13	25	20
16	ADAM NEVITT	76	27	18	8	23
17	RYAN MANLEY	74	12	19	21	22
18	AARON COLLINS	71	–	21	26	24
19	JUDE HARDTWELL	69	16	20	14	19
20	ETHAN STEPHENS	69	19	17	19	14
21	LUKE TUNRER	61	18	16	10	17
22	DANIEL NEVITT	61	15	14	17	15
23	SAM BISHOP	58	17	11	18	12
24	ARRAN MURPHY	52	13	12	16	11
25	SONNY SHIPMAN	45	14	15	–	16
26	MACKENZIE CROCKATT	41	10	9	12	10
27	ALEX CHALMERS	38	8	10	11	9
28	LEIGHTON STAMP	37	11	–	13	13
29	KEIRON DAVIES	17	9	8	–	–
30	FINLEY GOLDING	9	–	–	9	–

Jack Beniston

2 Stroke Open

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	COREY HOCKEY	158	40	40	38	40
2	JAMES DENT	152	38	38	40	36
3	JAYDON MURPHY	136	36	36	32	32
4	ADAM HARRIS	133	29	34	36	34
5	RORY JONES	130	28	30	34	38
6	ARCHIE HICKS	120	30	32	29	29
7	MATT HOCKENHALL	112	24	28	30	30
8	JORDAN BARRS	105	22	27	28	28
9	DREW ROE	103	26	23	27	27
10	RYAN MATTHEWS	100	25	26	24	25
11	RYAN DEACON	97	32	20	23	22
12	REECE WAIN	93	21	24	25	23
13	JAMES HANSCOMB	92	23	22	21	26
14	SEAN VENESS	91	20	25	22	24
15	JAMIE SMITH	89	34	29	26	–
16	ALEX NEEDHAM	75	19	18	20	18
17	AJ SIMPSON	72	17	16	19	20
18	REECE WILKINSON	69	16	17	17	19
19	MATT LOMAS	40	–	19	–	21
20	BRAD WHEELER	36	15	21	–	–
21	TOM SIMPSON	36	18	–	18	–
22	JAMIE ELVIN	33	–	–	16	17
23	GLEN PHILLIPS	27	27	–	–	–
24	NIGEL MILLER	14	14	–	–	–

125’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	DAMON STRYDOM	152	36	40	38	38
2	CHRIS POVEY	141	29	38	34	40
3	BEN MUSTOE	137	27	36	40	34
4	MATT RIDGWAY	130	34	34	30	32
5	JOHN MAY	126	30	28	32	36
6	ASH HARLAND	121	40	30	21	30
7	ALAN PEARCE	104	28	23	27	26
8	ROB HOLYOAKE	101	38	27	36	–
9	STU OWEN	92	25	19	19	29
10	LIAM GALE	89	32	29	28	–
11	LEWIS PETFIELD	86	18	14	26	28
12	ADAM DYER	78	22	25	4	27
13	TIM GARDHAM	78	20	20	25	13
14	GEORGE POOL	75	15	21	17	22
15	CAMREN JACKSON	72	–	22	29	21
16	HARRISON FORDE	71	8	18	20	25
17	BRADLEY TRANTER	71	23	26	22	–
18	BEN HUNTER	68	16	11	23	18
19	HAYDEN STEVENS	63	14	16	10	23
20	JORDAN RIDGWAY	59	11	24	24	–
21	JORDAN WRIGHT	58	26	32	–	–
22	TROY JONES	58	24	17	–	17
23	STEVE GARDHAM	57	17	15	1	24
24	JOSH JAMES	52	19	10	11	12
25	JOSH NOON	47	6	6	15	20
26	JACK DANDO	47	12	–	16	19
27	ARCHIE TAYLOR	47	21	–	18	8
28	CRAIG REYNOLDS	42	7	13	7	15
29	REGGIE GESNER	38	9	8	5	16
30	SUNNY NOBLE	33	5	9	9	10
31	JACK TOTTLE	31	4	1	12	14
32	CALLUM NATE	29	3	5	14	7
33	JOE JORDEN	25	13	12	–	–
34	JOSH PENNY	23	2	4	8	9
35	JACK PARTINGTON	23	10	7	6	–
36	HAYDEN BROWN	16	–	3	13	–
37	ALEX MORRIS	14	1	–	2	11
38	OLIVER ELMES	5	–	2	3	–

Junior Open

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	JOSEPH DAVIES	156	38	38	40	40
2	LUKE PRICE	148	36	36	38	38
3	LIAM SOMERVILLE	128	40	26	36	26
4	ADIEE SMITH	121	30	32	32	27
5	HARRY WIECZOREK	117	25	29	34	29
6	RICHARD EVANS	116	24	34	26	32
7	JAMES NEWBY	112	21	27	30	34
8	JAKE BASHFORD	107	28	30	25	24
9	JAMES MILNE	105	32	21	24	28
10	DAN TIMBRELL	101	15	40	10	36
11	BILLY WIECZOREK	93	34	25	28	6
12	TAYLOR MISSELBROOK	84	22	22	23	17
13	STEFAN ROBSON	82	23	13	27	19
14	MARK RIDGWAY	80	18	19	18	25
15	JACK GATLAND	80	17	24	16	23
16	SAM HAMER	80	20	20	19	21
17	JOSH BARRS	79	27	23	29	–
18	JACK GOTTS	70	26	12	12	20
19	DALE LYONS	66	29	15	–	22
20	SHEA RYAN	64	14	28	22	–
21	RILEY VOASE	63	12	16	17	18
22	ADRAIN WHITCOMBE	57	19	17	21	–
23	SEB BASHFORD	50	16	14	20	–
24	FINNLY ABOTT	49	11	18	6	14
25	KURT RICHARDS	44	7	8	14	15
26	LOUIS SMITH	37	6	9	9	13
27	ADAM BARFOOT	36	9	7	4	16
28	DAN EVANS	36	13	–	11	12
29	RYAN WOODS	35	–	–	5	30
30	MATT BENNETT	35	10	10	15	–
31	TOM BERRY	28	8	6	3	11
32	RYAN LOWES	22	1	5	8	8
33	LOUIS BRUCE	17	3	2	2	10
34	RYAN NEALE	16	5	4	–	7
35	TOM MATTHEWS	16	2	3	7	4
36	AIDEN MURPHY	15	4	1	1	9
37	TOM EVANS	13	–	–	13	–
38	DAN EVANS	11	–	11	–	–
39	KIERAN WOODS	5	–	–	–	5
40	JASON BRICE	3	–	–	–	3

Ben Hunter

Vets Over 40’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	RYAN VOASE	160	40	40	40	40
2	KATHRYN BOOTH	160	40	40	40	40
3	GRACE RICHARDS	146	34	36	38	38
4	AMIE GOODLAD	144	36	38	36	34
5	LEE MARTIN	144	38	38	38	30
6	SIMON BONSAR	138	34	34	34	36
7	REBECCA NEWHAM	138	38	34	34	32
8	DANNY TOLLET	136	36	32	36	32
9	BARRY GRAY	134	32	36	32	34
10	GRACE PACKMAN	132	32	32	32	36
11	PAUL JOHNSTON	128	30	30	30	38
12	EMILY NOON	118	29	29	30	30
13	LILLY MORELAND	117	30	30	29	28
14	CRAIG CHAMBERLAINE	111	27	26	29	29
15	CARL STANNARD	111	29	29	26	27
16	ANDREA TAYLFORTH	110	27	27	27	29
17	CHRIS RUDD	104	26	27	28	23
18	PAUL WIECZOREK	103	25	28	24	26
19	MARTIN CUDDY	99	23	24	27	25
20	NIGEL SMORFITT	96	24	25	23	24
21	MARK SUTHERLAND	87	20	23	22	22
22	AALIYAH HULBERT	84	28	28	28	–
23	JOHN HOLMES	84	21	22	21	20
24	STEVE GESNIER	81	28	–	25	28
25	GAVIN LOWES	78	18	21	20	19
26	DEAN TUCKER	74	19	20	17	18
27	ADRIAN JENNING	41	22	19	–	–
28	ROB MILLS	36	17	–	19	–
29	DAVE PARKIN	21	–	–	–	21
30	DAVE ELLIOTT	18	–	–	18	–

Vets Over 50’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	BRIAN WHEELER	160	40	40	40	40
2	CHRIS BROWN	152	38	38	38	38
3	ANDY WATKINS	142	36	36	34	36
4	STEVE ELFORD	132	32	34	32	34
5	EWAN JOHNSTON	130	34	30	36	30
6	DAVID HOPKINS	124	30	32	30	32
7	ADRIAN LEWIS	115	29	29	29	28
8	RICHARD DOORS	105	24	28	26	27
9	BRIAN FRASER	101	28	26	24	23
10	IVOR GILFORD	100	27	22	25	26
11	MARK DUDLEY	97	26	27	20	24
12	PAUL CURTIS	86	20	24	27	15
13	STEVE HUMPHRIES	84	13	23	23	25
14	CRIAG POTTER	82	25	–	28	29
15	STEVE MATTHEWS	82	17	25	19	21
16	LEE DAVIES	80	22	19	21	18
17	COLLIN BERRY	76	23	21	10	22
18	MIKE JOHNSTON	75	21	16	22	16
19	DARREN MUMFORD	71	19	18	15	19
20	STAN MORFITT	66	18	17	17	14
21	ANDREW PROSSER	64	16	15	16	17
22	DARREN NEAL	62	4	20	18	20
23	NEIL SMITH	49	11	13	12	13
24	NEIL PRINGLE	46	14	12	11	9
25	BRYAN MUNDY	45	12	14	7	12
26	VINCE CRAWLEY	42	8	9	14	11
27	PHIL ROBERTS	33	9	8	6	10
28	ANDY STEPHEN	32	6	10	8	8
29	PAUL BUNN	30	10	11	9	–
30	ROBIN BAYMAN	23	7	7	4	5
31	CHRIS GOLDING	20	–	–	13	7
32	ROB WARINWRIGHT	20	3	6	5	6
33	ROB WHITING	15	15	–	–	–
34	NICK VINE	6	1	5	–	–
35	ED BRISCOE	6	–	–	3	3
36	BRUCE GARSIDE	5	5	–	–	–
37	DAVE ELLIOTT	4	–	–	–	4
38	SHANE HULBERT	2	2	–	–	–

Martin Cuddy

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