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Gilbert wins the Patchquick Trophy – Race Report & Results

Gilbert wins the Patchquick Trophy – Race Report & Results

Josh Gilbert finally got the job done and will now have his name etched on the famous Patchquick Trophy after a solid performance at Little Silver last night.

Race Report & Images by Dave Rich

A healthy crowd of spectators turned out to see Gilbert take two race wins and a second, ahead of Harri Kullas who took the final moto win. Conrad Mewse, rounded off the podium trying to hang on to them on his 250.

A bumper crowd attended Little Silver Moto Parc, Exeter as returning since 2019 was the famous Patchquick Trophy motocross event which had kindly been sponsored by Monsters of Dirt and was hosted by (SWOR) South West Off Road in conjunction with the West of England Motor Club. This year’s entries had flooded in and there were a full 120 riders in attendance which included many top names in the sport and even included Estonian Harri Kullas and many past winners of the Trophy including the likes of Jeff Perrett who won it back in 1999. The track had been watered the previous day and during the day and evening to try and keep the dust down the best they could, but with the sun out all day and a little breeze things soon dried, but never the less there was still some good racing to be seen.

To get the event underway every rider had to practice and put in a qualifying time to determine who would go in to group A the Patchquick Trophy class, Group B and Group C.

In the opening Patchquick Trophy race it was the last winner of the Trophy back in 2019 Jake Shipton on his 450 Fus Marsh Geartec Husqvarna with the best start from Kullas on the Cab Screens Yamaha followed by Cornishman Josh Gilbert on the S C Sporthomes Husqvarna but not the best of starts for one of the South West top riders Conrad Mewse who was up against it abit out of the gate against the big 450’s to his 250f. With the opening lap completed Kullas was now leading from Gilbert with Shipton back in third who was to lose ground on the leading two as they were gradually getting away at the front. Mewse was flying on his Stebbings Car Superstore KTM and with four laps gone he was up in to fourth and was all over Shipton and was to pass the latter a lap later and was now in third, but all eyes were on the leading two as Gilbert was pressing Kullas at the front and it seemed to rattle Kullas as he went into a sharpe righthander at the bottom of the hill and his front wheel washed out and through went Gilbert who was to go on to take the win from Kullas with Mewse a respectable third.

In the second moto this time it was Kullas at the front from Gilbert and Shipton with several riders going down just after the first corner which held up a few riders with Mewse being one of them, so he had a lot to do as by the end of the opening lap he was still back in sixteenth. Kullas and Gilbert just as they did in the opening race were to pull away, but Kullas was unable to shake off Gilbert who was to stay within striking distance all through the race until two laps from the end when Gilbert started to close right up on Kullas and literally shot around the outside to a big cheer from the spectators and took the lead and again was to go on to take the win from Kullas, Shipton third with Tom Grimshaw on the Chambers Gas Gas just holding off Mewse who came home in fifth.

The last race saw Kullas again head the pack with Gilbert in tow from Dan Thornhill fellow Cab Screens Yamaha rider with Shipton in fourth who was soon all over Thornhill who he passed on the second lap and moved up in to third with Mewse also passing Thornhill on the same lap who was soon to be pressing Shipton and really piled the pressure on which saw Shipton go down hard and unfortunately Shipton was forced to retire from the race with a twisted bike. Kullas was well gone at the front in this one with Gilbert knowing all he had to do was bring it home in second to win the Trophy and that was exactly what happened Kullas took the win with Gilbert who had loads of support being clapped home in second with Mewse taking third which was to give him third spot on the podium and leading MX2 rider.

In group B there was some really close racing with Brandon Baker leading the opening race to begin with before being pursued by Bradley Taylor who manged to get pass Baker on the second lap and Baker was soon under pressure from James Kensington who was all over him with Kensington finding away pass mid race, but he had no answer to Taylor who took the win. In the second encounter it was Baker again with the best start from Jordan Gosling and Taylor. Baker was to pull away a bit at the front, but moving up through the field after not the best of starts was Kensington who by the end of the opening lap was in second and was closing in all the time on Baker who he was to catch and pass on the third lap and from there Kensington held off Baker to take the win and with it the overall.

In group C it was a start to finish win in the opening race for Troy Gillet with Kieran McClelland after a long hard battle with Jamie Knight taking second where as in the second race it was Knight who led early doors before being passed by McClelland and Ben Harding with McClelland going on to take the win to add to his second place in the opening race to give him the overall.

Results

Patchquick Trophy

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 Josh Gilbert 132 45 45 42
2 Harri Kullas 129 42 42 45
3 Conrad Mewse 116 40 36 40
4 Tom Grimshaw 111 38 38 35
5 Dan Thornhill 107 34 35 38
6 Charlie Cole 100 35 34 31
7 Glenn McCormick 98 31 31 36
8 James Dodd 94 27 33 34
9 Liam Garland 94 32 32 30
10 Joe Clayton 88 26 29 33
11 Josh Taylor 88 29 27 32
12 Louie Kessel 88 30 30 28
13 Luke Mellows 76 24 26 26
14 Jake Shipton 76 36 40
15 Louis Vincent 61 17 21 23
16 Ben Zeale 60 10 23 27
17 Jay Hague 56 28 28
18 Luke Dean 54 25 29
19 Alfie Calvert 52 16 14 22
20 Henry Life 50 13 17 20
21 Jake Curtis-Stevens 49 25 24
22 George Hopkins 43 23 20
23 Harry Matthews 42 18 24
24 Jordan Meredith 42 11 13 18
25 Ben Clayton 42 20 22
26 Harry Linton 41 22 19
27 Ross Parkinson 37 16 21
28 Ryan Mundell 34 19 15
29 James Carpenter 33 33
30 Tristan Daniels 31 12 19
31 Leon Williams 25 25
32 Callum Watson 24 14 10
33 Bradley Cavill 21 21
34 Jason Down 18 18
35 Luke Sturgeon 15 15
36 Tom Moore 12 12
37 Tyler Westcott 11 11

B Group

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2
1 James Kensington 87 42 45
2 Bradley Taylor 85 45 40
3 Brandon Baker 82 40 42
4 Jordan Gosling 74 36 38
5 Tom Day 70 35 35
6 Jeff Perrett 66 33 33
7 Christopher Milliar 65 29 36
8 Dan Hartley 65 31 34
9 Harvey Jones 61 30 31
10 Elliot Cook 61 32 29
11 Jack Stevens 61 38 23
12 George Pool 55 27 28
13 Josh Francis 51 19 32
14 Finley Abbot 50 20 30
15 Chris Brown 50 25 25
16 Lewis Hunt 49 28 21
17 Mathew Wells 48 22 26
18 Kona Jenkins 47 23 24
19 Brendon Phillips 45 18 27
20 Mark Cornish 43 24 19
21 Caius Hill 41 21 20
22 Josh Hurley 39 17 22
23 Oliver Samways 34 34
24 George Jones 31 14 17
25 Doug Wynne 31 16 15
26 Edward Lewis 30 12 18
27 Matthew Chaplin 26 26
28 Jon Jones 25 13 12
29 Colby Walker 25 15 10
30 Harry Jenkins 24 11 13
31 Ashley Volz 22 8 14
32 Jude Gaylard 20 9 11
33 Aaron Jenkins 18 10 8
34 Ross Dean 16 16
35 Ben Bowden 16 7 9
36 Reegan West 7 7

C Group

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2
1 Keiran McClelland 87 42 45
2 Ben Harding 80 38 42
3 Jamie Knight 80 40 40
4 Troy Gillet 79 45 34
5 Dominic Stoneman 71 36 35
6 Ashley Blight 69 33 36
7 Danny Miller 68 35 33
8 Josef Scibilia 66 34 32
9 Arthur Macdonald 63 25 38
10 Jack Baulch 60 29 31
11 Richard Salway 60 32 28
12 Ollie Harris 56 31 25
13 Simon Harding 54 30 24
14 Ryan Spencer 51 21 30
15 Frazer Buckingham 51 22 29
16 John Haxton 49 28 21
17 Ashley Wigmore 46 27 19
18 Tom Sharpe 42 16 26
19 Luke Horsey 42 20 22
20 Paul Bennett 40 23 17
21 Mark Richmond 39 19 20
22 Sam Warren 34 18 16
23 Ricky Peacock 31 13 18
24 John Trevelyan 29 14 15
25 Mark Osborne 27 27
26 Andrew Townrow 26 26
27 Zoe Deacon 25 15 10
28 Richard Hawkins 24 10 14
29 Mark Britton 24 12 12
30 Tyler Volz 24 24
31 Joe Workman 23 23
32 Dan Hazeldine 22 11 11
33 Callum Carr 20 7 13
34 Sam Roberts 18 9 9
35 Lee Pringle 17 17
36 Spencer Watts 15 8 7
37 Shaun Anthony 8 8