Heaving Hawkstone! National Twinshock Championship Round 5 & Festival of Legends – Race Report & Results

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The Toughsheet National Twinshock Championship round five took us to Hawkstone Park, with Cumbria Twinshock once again hosting another superb weekend of classic vintage racing supported by KAIS Suspension Services. The meeting was well supported, and incorporated the Memorials for Matt Murphy and Frank Mercer, two real characters who have been missed by so many.

Report by Geoff Shuttleworth – Images courtesy of Andrew Fairclough Photography

The event also included the Festival of Legends and acknowledged the 40th anniversary of Neil Hudson winning his 250 World Title.
Neil was presented a memento by the club for his achievement, with all his family in attendance. There was also a whole host of British Champions and riders who had raced against him there to wish him well including Rob Hooper, Alan Clough, Bryan Wade, Rob Andrews, Alan Clarke, Pete Mathia and Willie Burgess. Tim Britton coaxed a few stories out about Neils achievement in front of a large and enthusiastic audience, and as usual Mathia got in on the action, with Rob Andrews also giving an insight into what it takes to compete in GP’s, and a special mention must go to Lyn Woollam who reminisced about her late great father and commentator Dave Smith. There were the usual parade laps which the riders and crowd loved on a much-shortened lap, but it brought back great memories seeing some of the stars having a blast around after forty years.

The racing took place over two days, and the track was superbly prepared by the Salop Club, with the Super Evos out first for bikes up to 1996. Wildcard rider Gave Stevenson, riding a special from Steve Clitheroe, took all five wins, with Corey Nemeth in second, following Gav home in each one. Frazer Hatch bagged third, with Chris Hind and Lee Martin only a couple of points adrift.

There were three different winners in the Evo 125 class, but championship leader Andy Lawton took the overall with two wins out of five on another Steve Clitheroe bike. Damon Strydom also won two of the races on the Stuart Newby Cagiva to take second, and first race winner Lewis Parkinson took third, from Scott Mathia and Sean Smith.

In the Evo Open class Barry Turnbull didn’t have it all his own way, as he came up against Ryan Voase on the Sunday, who won two of his three races. Ryan was not out on the Monday, and Barry took two wins to claim overall victory, with race one winner Dylan Spencer in third. Dan Shepherd took third on his 250 Yamaha and was picked as the winner of the Matt Murphy Memorial Trophy which was presented by the Murphy family. Callum Bircher was fourth from Michael Smith in fifth.

Willie Burgess just keeps on firing on all cylinders in the Over 50 Twinshock class, as he has yet to be beaten this year on the Gary Murphy Maico, and took another five wins over the weekend to extend his lead. John Littler took second from Jim Shand in third, and former speedway star Kelvin Tatum in fourth.

Pete Mathia, who has grown up around Hawkstone, and who has always been involved with the club, did what he had to do to take his five wins, and won the Frank Mercer Memorial Trophy for his efforts, probably the biggest trophy he has ever won. Martin Snape picked up some form in second on his Maico, with Terry Connor in third.

There were some really close battles in the Clubman class, but it was series leader Mark Gardner who won over the weekend, although he was only three points in front of second place man Craig Ruck. Debutant Twinshock rider and one of the series sponsors James Chambers borrowed Pete Mathias Maico, and claimed third place, just in front of Jamie Mason and Neil Eastwood.

Dean Gray looks odds on to win the Inters Twinshock title as he once again won the class to extend his lead, winning the final race. Triple race winner Dene Dewing had to miss the final days action as he was at a wedding, so that meant that Steve Morgan jumped up to second over the weekend, just in front of teammate Chris Anderton. Riley Copeland who always goes well at Hawkstone took fourth.

The two Vets Modern Classes had their own separate races at this round, and in the Over 40’s Adam Wilkinson put the cat amongst the pigeons as he beat Danny Blakeley by just three points to stand at the top of the podium, with both winning two races apiece. Simon Bonsor had five third place finishes to take third from Andy Hinchliffe and Paul Coward.

Julian Dobb reigned supreme in the Over 50’s as he won four from five to win from Nev King in second. The next three riders were only separated by three points with Rob Lewis getting third, and race one winner Anthony Houseman in fourth and series leader Steve Ward in fifth.

In the Wulfsport Experts, Brad O’Leary is another rider who is odds on to win the title as he took another giant step by winning four out of five, only being beaten by Jimmy Margetson in race one. Richard Mason was really flying on the Honda and took second from Sam Vickers on his Yamaha. Michael Smith took fourth, and fifth race leader Chris Neesam took fifth.

Matt Rudd won the 125 Twinshock class, with three fine wins over the weekend. Battered and bruised Jason Slater managed to take second and third place John Davis took two wins, but a DNF hampered his chances.

The 250 Twinshock riders gave a good account of themselves against the Experts riders, and Ryan Ireland came out on top with four wins, which would have been five but for an almighty crash in the final lap of the final race, dislocating his shoulder but managing to complete the race one handed. Ryan was awarded with the Martindales Rider of the Meeting award for his heroics. Young Oliver Dodders had his best result to date in second from Anthony Twidle.

There were also two modern classes just on the Sunday, which saw some fast times posted, and the A class was won by Josh Bentley who won two out of three from Ed Briscoe and Stephen Wade.

The B class was won by Benny Lewis from Adam Nevitt and Daniel Shutt.

The final round of the series takes place at Culham Moto Park, Oxon over the weekend Saturday / Sunday September 18/19.

Results

Matt Murphy Memorial – Dan Shepherd.
Frank Mercer Memorial – Pete Mathia.
Martindales Rider of the Meeting – Ryan Ireland

Twinshock Expert

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	BRAD OLEARY	120	20	25	25	25	25
2	RICHARD MASON	87	15	17	18	20	17
3	SAM VICKERS	82	16	16	17	17	16
4	MICHAEL SMITH	78	18	20	20	–	20
5	CHRIS NEESAM	71	17	18	–	18	18
6	DAVID HOPKINS	58	13	14	15	16	–
7	JAMIE BIDDULPH	45	14	15	16	–	–
8	JIMMY MARGETSON	25	25	–	–	–	–
9	ASHLEY WHEELHOUSE	13	–	13	–	–	–

Twinshock 250

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	RYAN IRELAND	116	25	25	25	25	16
2	OLIVER DOGGERS	99	18	18	18	20	25
3	ANTHONY TWIDLE	93	20	20	20	15	18
4	MATT BENNETT	87	17	17	17	16	20
5	JAMES DREWERY	80	16	15	15	17	17
6	JACK MASON	65	15	16	16	18	–
7	SEAN DODDERS	–	–	–	–	–	–

Twinshock 125

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	MATT RUDD	113	20	25	18	25	25
2	JASON SLATER	91	17	18	20	16	20
3	JON DAVIS	88	25	–	25	20	18
4	MARK BURROWS	81	18	16	15	17	15
5	MELVIN HOMER	72	–	20	17	18	17
6	ROBIN COWGILL	64	–	17	16	15	16
7	CHRIS ROWLANDS	45	16	15	14	–	–

Twinshock Inters

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	DEAN GRAY	103	20	20	20	18	25
2	STEVE MORGAN	85	13	18	18	20	16
3	CHRIS ANDERTON	82	14	17	17	16	18
4	RILEY COPELAND	81	18	14	12	17	20
5	DEAN DEWING	75	25	25	25	–	–
6	RYLAND JONES	73	17	16	15	25	–
7	SHAUN MURPHY	69	11	10	16	15	17
8	LUCY TILZEY	58	10	9	13	12	14
9	SEAN BURROWS	56	7	11	10	13	15
10	MARK LAKELAND	38	16	8	14	–	–
11	ASHLEY SMITH	37	12	–	11	14	–
12	CRAIG MORRISON	30	15	15	–	–	–
13	ALISTER WELSBY	22	–	13	9	–	–
14	ANDREW CLEAVER	21	9	12	–	–	–
15	WAYNE TWIDLE	8	8	–	–	–	–

Twinshocks Clubman

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	MARK GARDNER	91	25	3	20	25	18
2	CRAIG RUCK	88	18	20	16	18	16
3	JAMES CHAMBERS	85	17	17	14	20	17
4	JAMIE MASON	79	20	12	5	17	25
5	NEIL EASTWOOD	64	–	13	15	16	20
6	JAMES FUGGET	63	–	25	18	5	15
7	DAVID WHITE	61	15	14	13	10	9
8	CHARLIE COPELAND	59	12	8	10	15	14
9	DARREN WHEELHOUSE	59	10	15	12	11	11
10	PAUL SMITH	52	14	11	3	12	12
11	SIMON YOUNG	51	16	18	17	–	–
12	TIMMY TONKER	48	–	16	25	7	–
13	STEVE DENT	48	13	10	11	14	–
14	RYAN BURROWS	43	11	9	6	9	8
15	ANTHONY COPELAND	42	9	6	9	8	10
16	MARCUS KEARS	38	5	–	7	13	13
17	MARK JONES	27	6	4	4	6	7
18	RAY EVERETT	22	7	7	8	–	–
19	DAVID HOLLAND	9	4	5	–	–	–
20	PAUL SMITH	8	8	–	–	–	–

Twinshock Over 50’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	WILLIAM BURGESS	125	25	25	25	25	25
2	JOHN LITLLER	93	20	20	18	18	17
3	JIM SHAND	83	12	16	20	17	18
4	KELVIN TATUM	75	17	18	–	20	20
5	PETE WILLIAMSON	71	13	15	15	14	14
6	ROB GYLNN	66	–	17	17	16	16
7	RICHARD WOOD	60	16	14	–	15	15
8	MIKE DOWSON	52	–	12	14	13	13
9	DOM DURKIN	51	10	8	11	11	11
10	KEV SMITH	46	–	10	12	12	12
11	PATRICK IDDON	45	11	11	13	10	–
12	CHRIS REYNOLDS	37	9	9	10	9	–
13	CRAIG HOLMES	36	14	13	9	–	–
14	JOHN IDDON	34	18	–	16	–	–
15	DOUGALL CULLEN	15	15	–	–	–	–
16		8	–	–	–	8	–

Twinshock Over 60’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	PETE MATHIA	125	25	25	25	25	25
2	MARTIN SNAPE	93	20	20	20	16	17
3	TERRY CONNOR	89	18	18	18	17	18
4	ANDY HOLLAND	87	16	17	16	18	20
5	JOHN BENNETT	77	15	15	17	14	16
6	JIM SIMPSON	72	12	13	13	20	14
7	REG BEAUMONT	70	14	14	12	15	15
8	CHRIS RODGERS	48	17	16	15	–	–
9	COLLIN STONE	39	13	12	14	–	–

Vets Over 40’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	ADAM WILKINSON	110	20	25	20	20	25
2	DANNY BLAKELEY	107	25	20	17	25	20
3	SIMON BONSOR	90	18	18	18	18	18
4	ANDY HINCHLIFFE	76	16	17	14	13	16
5	PAUL COWARD	76	13	16	16	16	15
6	JULIAN FREEBERNE	74	15	15	15	15	14
7	JAMES KAY	68	14	14	13	14	13
8	DAVID BENNETT	54	11	12	11	12	8
9	PAUL CROXON	48	10	5	12	9	12
10	CHRIS LAMBOURNE	41	9	11	10	11	–
11	PHIL HODGKINS	36	4	8	6	7	11
12	JAMIE MENSIE	36	7	10	9	10	–
13	CRAIG CHAMERLIN	34	–	–	–	17	17
14	DALE SILK	31	–	7	8	6	10
15	MARK CONNOLE	29	5	6	4	5	9
16	RYAN VOASE	25	–	–	25	–	–
17	STEVE SHARPELS	24	8	9	7	–	–
18	PAUL GROOM	21	–	13	–	8	–
19	JONO WHITE	17	17	–	–	–	–
20	MARK COLLINS	16	3	4	5	4	–
21	THURLOW BONE	15	12	–	3	–	–
22	NEIL MOORE	6	6	–	–	–	–

Vets Over 50’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	JULIAN DOBB	118	18	25	25	25	25
2	NEV KING	98	20	20	20	20	18
3	ROB LEWIS	89	16	17	18	18	20
4	ANTHONY HOUSEMAN	87	25	16	16	15	15
5	STEVE WARD	86	17	18	17	17	17
6	ADRAIN LEWIS	77	15	15	15	16	16
7	ADRAIN JESSOP	66	12	14	13	13	14
8	TIM SABINE	62	13	10	12	14	13
9	MELVIN JAMES	59	10	12	14	11	12
10	IAN EVANS	47	6	9	11	10	11
11	STEVE THORNTON	39	14	13	–	12	–
12	LEE BINGLEY	36	4	4	9	9	10
13	PAUL WRIGHT	26	2	–	8	7	9
14	KEIRAN JACKSON	25	7	8	10	–	–
15	ANDREW MYERS	24	1	3	4	8	8
16	STANLEY MORPHAT	22	8	7	7	–	–
17	LEE HARTILL	22	11	11	–	–	–
18	IAN MCGREGOR	21	9	6	6	–	–
19	IAN POSTLETHWAITE	10	5	5	–	–	–
20	ROB WAINWRIGHT	6	–	1	5	–	–
21	DAVID IBBOTSON	5	3	2	–	–	–

Evo Open

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	BARRY TURNBULL	107	20	20	17	25	25
2	DYLAN SPENCER	101	25	18	18	20	20
3	DAN SHEP	91	18	17	20	18	18
4	CALLUM BIRCHER	81	15	16	16	17	17
5	MICHAEL SMITH	75	13	15	15	16	16
6	DANNY BLAKLEY	71	14	14	13	15	15
7	RYAN VOASE	67	17	25	25	–	–
8	STU DAWES	61	9	12	12	14	14
9	JAKE THORNTON	57	11	11	11	13	11
10	LEE JONES	55	10	13	14	8	10
11	ROSS HEPBURN	48	8	8	10	10	12
12	JOE TARVER	34	7	9	9	9	–
13	MICHAEL OGDEN	26	16	10	–	–	–
14	CRAIG CHAMBERLIN	24	–	–	–	11	13
15	DAVID BLACKBURN	24	12	–	–	12	–
16	JASON STONE	8	–	–	8	–	–

Evo 125’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	ANDY LAWTON	105	17	25	20	25	18
2	DAMON STRYDOM	104	20	18	25	16	25
3	LEWIS PARKINSON	96	25	17	17	20	17
4	SCOTT MATHIA	86	16	16	16	18	20
5	SEAN SMITH	74	14	15	15	14	16
6	JACK MAY	73	18	20	18	17	–
7	JAKE MASON	67	13	14	13	12	15
8	JAMES HOLLIDAY	61	12	13	12	11	13
9	AARON BROWN	29	15	–	14	–	–
10	ALAN PEARCE	27	–	–	–	13	14
11	HOWARD WAINWRIGHT	15	–	–	–	15	–

Modern A

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	JOSH BENTLEY	68	18	25	25
2	ED BRISCOE	60	20	20	20
3	STEPHEN WADE	52	17	17	18
4	TOMMY FENWICK	47	15	16	16
5	JAMES ANGEL	44	12	15	17
6	CORY NEMETH	43	25	18	–
7	MAX LEWIS	38	13	13	12
8	DANIEL PARRY	36	9	12	15
9	LUKE BULMAN	31	11	11	9
10	LEE SEALEY	28	14	14	–
11	JAMES GOODALL	26	6	6	14
12	PETE HAMLETT	23	8	4	11
13	MARSHALL SMITH	23	5	8	10
14	LEWIS MEADOWS	21	7	7	7
15	ROB JOHNSTONE	19	10	9	–
16	JAMIE NEEDHAM	17	2	2	13
17	MITCHELL MEADOWS	16	16	–	–
18	LEWIS GLYNN	14	1	5	8
19	BILLY WYNN	13	3	10	–
20	OWEN WILKES	7	–	1	6
21	JOE ROSS	7	4	3	–
22	CHRIS HAMLETT	5	–	–	5
23	GEORGE POOL	4	–	–	4
24	BRAD HARRISON	3	–	–	3
25	JACK HYDE	2	–	–	2
26	CAMERON McGREGOR	1	–	–	1

Modern B

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	BENNY LEWIS	65	20	20	25
2	ADAM NEVITT	55	18	25	12
3	DANIEL SHUTT	51	15	16	20
4	DAN EDGAR	51	16	17	18
5	JACK GOTTS	45	14	15	16
6	CRAIG PERKS	42	13	18	11
7	JAMES NEWBY	37	17	3	17
8	MARK CLEGG	35	10	12	13
9	JAYKE JACKSON	34	6	13	15
10	DALE BROCKHURST	25	25	–	–
11	RYAN NEWBURY	24	–	14	10
12	DEAN SEWELL	23	8	9	6
13	ANDDIS LINIENTALS	21	11	10	–
14	DANNY GAGG	21	12	–	9
15	TAYLOR SMITH	20	–	6	14
16	MATTHEW HORNER	19	4	7	8
17	JORDAN LSEKEI	18	9	2	7
18	GRACE RICHARDS	18	7	11	–
19	DANIEL NEVITT	12	–	8	4
20	SAM FEARN	10	–	5	5
21	EATHAN BRIERLEY	5	2	–	3
22	DANIEL JONES	5	3	–	2
23	ROSS HEPBURN	5	5	–	–
24	VINNY WYNN	4	–	4	–
25	GAVIN CLEMETS	2	–	1	1
26	LLOYD CLARKE	1	1	–	–