First up at Hobbs Hole! Walsall MXC – Race Report & Results

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Sunday 29th August gave us the first chance of the year to ride the ever-popular Hobs Hole Mx track in Aldridge hosted by Amca Walsall Mxc. With the current weather the track was provided with a perfect amount of water to keep the conditions perfect for what came to be a perfect day.

Report by Josh Sempiturnal Williams – Images courtesy of Emma Wisedale Photography

The track began to rut up nicely in the mornings practice sessions with MX1 Expert rider Michael Parsons setting the fastest practice lap on his new yz250 although it was Neil Kent and James Smith that would lead us into the start of the first expert unlimited race. Billy Bayliss was soon to make his way into second on Lap 5 due to a mistake by Smith trying different lines to make the pass for the lead. During all this Parsons and Kieran Banks both fighting through the back finally made their way closer to the lead with Parsons grabbing it in lap 9 to continue to hold it to the flag. Banks placing 1st in the mx2 class this race.

Dale halls snatched the holeshot for race 2 and was to lead it for 3 laps until Parsons was again to take the lead, followed by Banks. While Jordan Wright maintained a solid position of 3rd all race a much better result from the previous race and not much stress from Smith after he had another unlucky slip up.

Halls was to show us he knows how to start a race well in the 3rd moto. But this time it would be Banks to pass him first with Parsons having to make his way from 10th to claim position 2 in this final expert race. The overall in Mx1 went to Michael Parsons, followed by Jordan Wright and Dale Halls. Mx2 was to be Kieran Banks, then Jordan Saunders keeping it consistent was to finish 2nd with James Smith taking 3rd.

The Mx2 senior races kicked off with Ozzie Murray leading from start to finish followed by Mitchell Cooper and Daniel Morris finding their way past Lewis Thompson for the runner up positions while Tom Hatton was to put in the fastest lap but finishing 4th.

Race 2 concluded with the same 4 riders up front but it was Daniel Morris that would battle his way into poll position closely followed by Murray and Cooper.

Ozzie Murray keeping the competition strong by holeshotting the final race but was to have a bad lap near the end dropping 5 positions but still managed to hold onto 3rd overall on the day. Cooper and Morris tied on points but Coopers last race win with just the difference of 1.016 seconds over Morris was just what he needed to take it on the day. Hatton not far behind in points finishing in 4th but taking home the 3rd place trophy due to one of the other riders being recently coming down a class.

As for the Mx1 Seniors it was Daniel Wilson with the strongest starts and him and Carl Roberts would battle for second position on the day with Robbie Parker winning every race and producing the fastest lap on each also. Wilson managed to keep the 2nd overall as any challenge Roberts may have produced later on in race 3 was dismissed from a mistake in lap 4. Overall Jamie Arrowsmith and Alex Edwards were to just miss the podium.

The Vets/Evo class was definitely entertaining from the first race two riders came together on the start gate. Brian Staples maintained his lead throughout the first race while Jay Rumbold and James Smith made a charge through the pack on their evo machines but to no avail as bike trouble cost Smith the 2nd position and Rumbold got through to 6th. So it was Christopher Jukes that was to claim runner up on the first race and the overall. Ian Jesson got himself the 3rd in the first race but Rumbold made the points up in the next 2 races to snatch the 3rd overall.

It looked like Dylan Roberts was going to take the top podium step for the Mx2 juniors after a great performance in the first race. Although he was back and forth from the front to the back of the pack in race 2 it was the 8th position finish in this race that cost him the 1st overall to the consistent riding of Joshua Nicholl. Ryan Murphy got two fair finishes in the first motos but his 3rd in the last moto gave him the 2 point lead over Luke Bradley and Nathan Betts that he needed to take the final mx2 Junior trophy.

Adam Barratt was on fire in our first race in the Mx1 Juniors having a nice clear track leading from start to finish. Tom Waddilove on the other hand had to work his way through riders to take 2nd away from Gary Cheshire in the last few laps. Barratt seemed to loose steam in race 2 as he reached 1st position in lap 4 and then dropped back. It would be Leon Holyman to impress us with the wins on the last 2 motos but due to a poor result in race 1 he couldn’t quite take the 1st overall and Waddilove was to be the winner of the day. Barratt comfortably settling for 3rd.

Inter Juniors was to be the final race of the day and Rylee Francis completed his 3 win streak to take the win. With the only change in races would be Liam Dorman and Jack Lloyd battling for 5th we had Jonas Brown take 2nd, Taylor Collins 3rd and Daisy Gough with her 4th overall.

Even at the final race, the dust stayed down and the track rode great. Overall a very successful day thanks to Walsall Mxc.

Results

Expert Unlimited MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Michael Parsons	150	50	50	50
2	Jordan Wright	137	43	47	47
3	Dale Halls	135	45	45	45
4	Neil Kent	133	47	43	43
5	Matt Casey	123	41	41	41
6	Connor Maltby	113	35	39	39
7	Aarron Kitching	113	39	37	37
8	Ashley Bulpitt	107	37	35	35

Expert Unlimited MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Kieran Banks	150	50	50	50
2	Jordan Saunders	135	43	45	47
3	James Smith	129	41	43	45
4	Ryan Manley	121	39	41	41
5	Jake O Gorman	115	37	35	43
6	Aaron Collins	106	30	39	37
7	Josh Hickinbottom	102	33	30	39
8	Joshua Cooper	101	29	37	35
9	Ryan Carey	93	31	29	33
10	Mitchell Perry	92	45	47	–
11	Billy Bayliss	78	47	31	–
12	Oliver Rigby	68	35	33	–

Seniors MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Robbie Parker	150	50	50	50
2	Daniel Wilson	139	45	47	47
3	Carl Roberts	137	47	45	45
4	Jamie Arrowsmith	125	43	43	39
5	Alex Edwards	119	37	39	43
6	Craig Roberts	117	39	37	41
7	Casey Grant	113	41	35	37
8	Andrew Hayes	109	33	41	35
9	David Donnelly	101	35	33	33
10	Gari Waites	62	31	31	–

Seniors MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Mitchell Cooper	142	47	45	50
2	Daniel Morris	142	45	50	47
3	Ozzie Murray	134	50	47	37
4	Tom Hatton	131	43	43	45
5	Liam Jones	125	41	41	43
6	Lewis Thompson	119	39	39	41
7	Joseph Cooper	109	37	33	39
8	Floyd Hemus	99	35	29	35
9	jordan owen	94	29	35	30
10	David Bradley	93	30	30	33
11	Jack Martin	70	33	37	–
12	Mathew Law	62	–	31	31
13	Billy Petty	31	31	–	–

Inter

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Rylee Francis	150	50	50	50
2	Jonas Brown	141	47	47	47
3	Taylor Collins	135	45	45	45
4	Daisy Gough	129	43	43	43
5	Jack Lloyd	121	39	41	41
6	Liam Dorman	119	41	39	39

Junior MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Tom Waddilove	141	47	47	47
2	Leon Holyman	139	39	50	50
3	Adam Barratt	130	50	43	37
4	Thomas Meagher	123	41	41	41
5	Gary Cheshire	120	45	30	45
6	Matthew Knowles	119	31	45	43
7	James Thornton	105	43	29	33
8	James Wilson	104	28	37	39
9	Danny Woodfull	104	30	39	35
10	harry hatton	96	33	35	28
11	Kimberley Holden-James	95	35	31	29
12	Paul Holden	91	37	24	30
13	Jamie Payne	80	26	28	26
14	Steven Howe	75	24	26	25
15	Joe Nowell	72	23	25	24
16	Brandon Carradine	65	21	23	21
17	Michael Farrell	64	20	22	22
18	Kieran Kirby	60	27	33	–
19	Ethan Allton	52	–	21	31
20	Aaron Knowles	49	22	27	–
21	Christopher Griffiths	48	25	–	23
22	Anthony Lacey-Hatton	29	29	–	–
23	Luke Jenkins	27	–	–	27

Junior MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Joshua Nicholl	141	47	47	47
2	Dylan Robberts	135	50	35	50
3	Ryan Murphy	127	41	41	45
4	Luke Bradley	125	39	43	43
5	Nathan Betts	125	43	45	37
6	Lewis Clifton	115	35	39	41
7	Lee Springthorpe	113	37	37	39
8	James Clifton	93	33	25	35
9	Kian Bown	87	30	29	28
10	Corie Kerr	86	29	33	24
11	Sam Hughes	85	28	30	27
12	Charlie Hems	83	–	50	33
13	kayne lawlor	80	25	26	29
14	Scott Hill	80	31	24	25
15	Kyran Holden	80	45	15	20
16	Kelcie Ball	79	26	27	26
17	Joshua Hopkins	77	19	28	30
18	Tyla Fellows	75	23	31	21
19	Henry Batchelor	74	22	21	31
20	Jake Staniforth	73	27	23	23
21	Matt Stokes	68	24	22	22
22	Karl Waby	60	21	20	19
23	Travis Legge	56	20	19	17
24	Nathan Smith	52	18	16	18
25	Camaron Morris	50	17	17	16
26	Peter Spencer	18	–	18	–
27	Marcus Kerr	14	–	14	–

Vets Over 40

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Brian Staples	150	50	50	50
2	Christopher Jukes	137	47	45	45
3	Jay Rumbold	134	40	47	47
4	Stephen Sankey	129	43	43	43
5	Leighton Bourne	116	41	36	39
6	Ian Jesson	116	45	40	31
7	Michael Sadler	113	37	35	41
8	Michael Smith	109	35	37	37
9	lee webster	109	36	38	35
10	Michael Allsopp	108	34	41	33
11	Alec Middleton	107	38	39	30
12	Richard Partridge	97	39	32	26
13	Dale Moreton	95	33	33	29
14	Stuart Brown	91	32	31	28
15	John Rumbold	88	31	30	27
16	Ian Harding	83	30	28	25
17	Stuart Mills	80	29	27	24
18	Dave Booton	78	27	29	22
19	Brent Carradine	77	28	26	23
20	Vic Middleton	72	26	25	21
21	John Iynch	54	–	34	20