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Hat Trick for Banks-Browne and Pope at Blaxhall Opener! Woodbridge DMCC – Race Report & Results

Sunday saw the Woodbridge DMCC club host their first race meeting of the year at the Blaxhall Circuit. With Covid restriction still in place the event was held without spectators at the venue, but a strong line of 160 riders enjoyed a great day’s racing.

Report by Richard Blyth – Images by Richard Blyth – Image Rich Media

The meeting featured the opening round of the NGR Championship for over 30’s along with 3 groups of Expert and Junior riders in a 12-race programme.

In the NGR Championship group it was Matt Pope on the Matt Pope Motorcycles Kawasaki who took the opening race win after moving forward to pass early race lead Will Kerry for the win, while Tim Clark took third ahead of Leon Woodford in fourth and Mark Hunt in fifth.

The second race once again saw Pope take the race win by over 20 seconds ahead of John Hinz and Will Kerry in third, with Sean Wright and Tim Clark taking fourth and fifth. Pope made it three out of three to claim the overall in the final race taking the win ahead of John Hinz, Tim Clark, Sean Wright and Will Kerry. Pope ended the day with the overall victory ahead of Will Kerry and Tim Clark.

NGR Winner Matt Pope

In the A Group a number of the Expert rider topped the entry list along with the fastest Junior riders on the day. It was the former two times British Champion Elliott Banks-Browne who was the fastest in qualifying and competing in his first race for over 15 months. The opening race saw Banks-Browne in a race long battle with Luke Benstead, with Banks-Browne taking the victory over Benstead, Lewis Tombs in third and Tom Grimshaw and Luke Parker taking fourth and fifth. The top Junior in the race was young Bayliss Utting in 14th as he competed in his first adult event.

The second race saw drama on the start when Banks-Browne stalled the bike going into the second turn and had to restart from almost dead last. At the front Tombs was in the lead and battling to stay ahead of the chasing pack, while Banks-Browne was moving forward at a very quick pace. Towards the end of the race Banks-Browne had moved into second and took the lead with a lap to go and claimed the win ahead of Tombs, Sam Nunn in third and Tom Grimshaw and Luke Parker in fourth and fifth. Once again it was Bayliss Utting as the top Junior in the race in 13th place.

A Group Start

The final A group race saw Banks-Browne make good start and take a start to finish race win to claim a hat trick of race wins and the overall. Second in the race went to Luke Benstead ahead of Lewis Tombs, Sam Nunn and Luke Parker rounding out the top 5. Bayliss Utting finished the race again in 13th as the top Junior.

The A Group overall saw Banks-Browne take the win ahead of Tombs, Nunn, Parker and Benstead making the top 5 overall.

Lewis Tombs

In the B group it was Jack Whitlam who took the overall victory ahead of Thomas Clarke and Ross Young in third. Richard Roper claimed fourth overall after taking two race wins but a DNF in the second race dropped him down the overall with Marcus Smith in fifth overall.

The C Group saw Lee Scott take the overall win ahead of Sam Cushion, Jonathan Finch rounding out the top 3 with Josh Sturman and Robert Green rounding out the top five overall.

After a successful day the Woodbridge DMCC will now prepare for their next meeting on the 30th May where they hope that the Government and ACU guidelines will allow the return of Spectators to the event.

Sam Nunn

Results

Group A

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 Elliott Banks-Browne 75 25 25 25
2 Lewis Tombs 62 20 22 20
3 Sam Nunn 52 14 20 18
4 Luke Parker 48 16 16 16
5 Luke Benstead 44 22 22
6 Shaun Southgate 43 13 15 15
7 Benjamin Cole 38 12 14 12
8 Reece Martin 37 11 13 13
9 Thomas Murphy 36 10 12 14
10 Tom Grimshaw 36 18 18
11 Kieran Clarke 31 9 11 11
12 Samuel Arbon 27 8 9 10
13 Declan Whittle 25 15 10
14 Bayliss Utting 23 7 8 8
15 Robert Nicoll 14 5 9
16 Jack Youngs 12 6 6
17 Connor Baldry 12 7 5
18 Andrew Stephenson 10 3 7
19 Liam Bennett 7 3 4
20 Matthew French 6 2 4
21 George Ellis 6 6
22 Ryan Matthews 5 5
23 Benjamin Parry 4 4
24 Connor Bunkle 3 3
25 Callum Murfitt 3 1 2
26 Travis Frost 2 2
27 Jake Rackham 1 1
28 Jordan Andrews 1 1

Tom Grimshaw

Group B

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 Jack Whitlam 60 20 22 18
2 Thomas Clarke 57 18 25 14
3 Ross Young 48 15 13 20
4 Richard Roer 47 22 25
5 Marcus Smith 40 25 15
6 Ben Gilbert 36 11 12 13
7 Lee Butson 34 14 20
8 Karl Sturman 32 10 22
9 Rupert Graver 31 15 16
10 Thomas Mustard 30 2 16 12
11 Oliver Gaut 30 8 18 4
12 Daniel Wright 25 10 5 10
13 Luke Clifton 22 13 9
14 Scott Goodson 20 6 14
15 Austen Feavearyear-Foster 20 12 8
16 James Gadd 18 7 11
17 John Hilton 16 16
18 Lloyd Goldstraw 16 3 4 9
19 Kieren Hibble 16 9 7
20 Fynn Ellis 14 6 8
21 Jay Peperell 14 4 3 7
22 Sam Menzies 11 11
23 Scott Blazey 7 1 6
24 Daniel Lawlor 5 5
25 Edward Pegram 5 5
26 Tristan Hales 3 3
27 Sam Edwards 2 2
28 Henry Cox 2 2
29 Ty Atkins 1 1
30 Max Monk 1 1

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Group C

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 Lee Scott 67 20 25 22
2 Sam Cushion 63 25 20 18
3 Jonathan Finch 50 16 18 16
4 Josh Sturman 48 9 14 25
5 Robert Green 41 12 9 20
6 Aidan Weston 41 14 12 15
7 Ben Secker 38 22 16
8 Charlie Starsmoore 33 15 15 3
9 Craig Page-Baker 29 11 4 14
10 Lewis Saunders 29 8 10 11
11 Joshua Warren 27 5 22
12 Chris Gaut 26 18 8
13 Brenton Clarke 23 6 5 12
14 Reece Horne 22 13 9
15 George Stark 19 13 6
16 Ollie Denyer 16 1 8 7
17 Kevin Rossiter 15 11 4
18 Tavis Coulson 13 13
19 Steven East 13 3 10
20 Thomas Clarkson 13 7 6
21 Michael Kester 13 10 3
22 Tom Sutton 9 2 7
23 Troy Brumpton 7 2 5
24 Andrew Rooke 5 4 1
25 Jesse Eaves 3 1 2

NGR Championship

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 Matthew Pope 150 50 50 50
2 William Kerry 133 47 45 41
3 Timothy Clark 131 45 41 45
4 Sean Wright 126 40 43 43
5 Mark Hunt 121 41 40 40
6 Leon Woodford 121 43 39 39
7 Mark Goodson 115 39 38 38
8 Jason Aylett 111 38 37 36
9 Paul Hubbard 106 37 36 33
10 Tyrone Tugwell 103 34 34 35
11 Marc Nickerson 95 36 25 34
12 John Hinz 94 47 47
13 Aaron Smith 93 27 29 37
14 Oliver Macey 92 32 30 30
15 Tim Soane 91 28 32 31
16 Jake Morphey 90 33 28 29
17 Shaun Palfrey 90 35 27 28
18 Robert Reid 85 29 31 25
19 Stephen Atkins 83 31 33 19
20 Lee Keyton 78 30 21 27
21 Lewis Joyce 75 25 26 24
22 Steven Bottoms 71 26 22 23
23 John Hilton 67 35 32
24 Aaron Holden 66 24 20 22
25 David Farrant 63 14 23 26
26 Dean Suckling 63 23 19 21
27 Christian Drane 55 21 14 20
28 John Smith 51 16 17 18
29 Jason Turner 50 17 16 17
30 Samuel Cliff 49 18 18 13
31 Gene Barfield 48 19 13 16
32 Wayne Fulcher 45 15 15 15
33 Andrew Cattermole 44 20 24
34 Sam Appleton 39 13 12 14
35 Trevor Neave 34 12 10 12
36 David Ward 33 22 11
37 Geraint Hubbard 28 10 8 10
38 Paul Neave 27 9 9 9
39 Kai Ryder 26 8 7 11
40 Christopher Bickley 11 11

 

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