Jubilant Jayden wins big at Drayton! 2025 AMCA British Motocross Championship Round 4 – Race Report & Results

With the weather forecast being wildly incorrect and no expected rain falling during the race weekend of the 2025 AMCA British Motocross Championship round 4 held at Lower Drayton, the organising Cannock MXC certainly had to be flexible and very proactive in their track preparation! And, they certainly got it right with the soft, loamy soil which prevails at Lower Drayton being in prime condition before, as expected, becoming brutal and rough! Despite the eventual tough going, though, the action was again highly competitive as the finish line in the title hunt is now appearing just over the horizon!

Race Report and Images by Mike Wood

The combined Open/MX2 class has already produced plenty of thrilling racing this season, and the first moto of round 4 certainly lived up to its billing! Will Hughes, Jayden Ashwell and finally James Dodd all led it. As Dodd added another 25 points to his Open Championship tally with Ashwell in 2nd, those very fast MX2 pilots Henry Williams and Josh Waterman both eventually overhauled Hughes as Luke Dean, Luke Meredith, Ed Briscoe, Jayden Jones, and Yarin Evans rounded off the top ten. As Doddy then took Moto Two from gate to flag ahead of Ashwell, the battle for 3rd was simply red-hot as Waterman saw off the hard-riding Jayden Jones and Hughes. With the very consistent Meredith 6th, this moto did not go to plan for MX2 series leader Williams. Catching his Honda’s footpeg in some rogue chestnut paling fencing, Henry crashed and remounted in 12th, he recovered to 8th, just failing to pull off a late pass on Dean.

Jayden Jones in MX2 action at Lower Drayton

Bouncing back in style, Henry won moto three on Sunday, narrowly ahead of his title rival Waterman, with Ashwell 3rd from Dodd, Hughes, Dean and Jones. In the last clash of the weekend, Ashwell scored a big victory, and that meant that the AJP rider, after being on the podium in the opening three rounds, now earned his first overall verdict of the series after finishing level on 94 points with Dodd. Williams was the leading MX2 rider home in the final clash with that man Waterman again on his tail. This result proved equally crucial for Henry as it meant that he had claimed the MX2 overall verdict after the FUS Marsh Honda rider had finished the meeting level on 91 points with Waterman. After feeling unwell in the days before the event, this was a very big performance by the CPMX Racing KTM pilot!

Doing it in style and making it a memorable weekend for the AJP team, Jimmy Margetson, series leader in the AMCA 125cc class, won all four motos at Lower Drayton. In the opener, the classy Margetson was followed home by Aaron Colley, Luke Newman and Wyatt McGregor, with Woz Boyce being the first AMCA 125cc Youth class rider home in a great 5th. For 125cc Youth series leader Ollie Jewitt, the weekend did not start too well, struggling with mechanical issues, he did, though, still get home in 8th during the opening moto. Also starting well and putting some useful points on the board were Mason Care, Linc Hasted, Ted Bullen and Daniel Sheppard.

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125cc moto two saw series contender McGregor right down in a lowly 23rd place early on as he also became a victim of that rogue chestnut paling that had impeded MX2 ace Henry Williams! Brilliantly, though, the Midwest Racing youngster stormed back to earn 11th as Colley again chased Margetson home at the front of proceedings. In this one, Luke Phillips, Bobby Watson and Oliver Bebb bagged top ten placings.

Day two and the 125cc contest followed very much the same pattern, with Margetson in complete control ahead of Colley and all of the above names. On the podiums, it was Margetson, Colley and birthday boy Newman in the main class, whilst over in the 125cc Youth, Woz Boyce took a well-deserved top spot from Hasted and Jewitt. That win for Boyce has also seen him dramatically close the gap on series leader Jewitt.

Woz Boyce leading Mason Care in an 125cc moto

Warming up for the EMX Youth Championship in the Czech Republic this week, fast J.L Cox Crane hire 85cc pilot Olly Waters took out a wildcard at Lower Drayton. Racing on day one only, he blasted to a brace of wins with fellow wildcard Elvis Totney in 2nd. The first moto of the weekend saw Junior Carroll, Stanley Siebert, Tyler Shaw, Oaklan Winnall, Archie Humphrey, Finn Fitzgerald and SW85cc series leader Freddie Smith all posting top ten placings.

On day two, Totney and Siebert both scored moto wins with all of the above-mentioned lads right in the thick of the action. In the overall standings, Totney took top spot in the BW85cc class from Siebert the series leader, Carroll, Shaw, Winnall and Smout. Over in the SW85cc series, leader Freddie Smith further stretched his advantage at the top with another overall victory, joined on the podium by Connor Johnston and Sebastian Perrins-Talbot.

Wildcard rider Libby Chatburn was in simply irresistible form in the Lower Drayton Women’s Championship class. The only occasion anyone got their wheels ahead of Libby came in the final moto when Caitlin Newman led the way for a couple of laps. With Libby taking all of the wins, eventual runner-up Holly Williams had to certainly work harder for her points, producing some very gutsy performances typified by her moto two ride! In that one, after colliding with Hannah Jones on the opening lap, Holly then stormed back from a distant last place right back to 4th and just behind Amber McGregor and Erin Howes. For series leader McGregor, it was another strong, productive weekend picking up a 3/2/4/6 scorecard enough to also get on the podium in 3rd overall as Howes, Hannah Jones, Newman, Jaymee Garrood and Sophie Jones were next up. Lexi Emery, the sole Women’s Youth rider, also gave a great account of herself, continually mixing it with the big girls!

Holly Williams(98) the Women’s runner up

Taking out a wildcard, Phil Mercer on his FUS Marsh Honda was in brilliant form in the Lower Drayton Vets racing. Winning all four motos, Phil though, did not have it totally all his own way as Jamie Dobson, in particular, certainly had his gating gloves on! Dobson led all three of the opening motos, whilst Simon Lane was the holeshot king in the last one. Phil Mercer is still a class act and showed great composure in calculating the correct point in each moto to pass his rivals and hit the front!

Libby Chatburn the Women’s winner at Lower Drayton

Just like the previous round at Brookthorpe, the Vets action all weekend was very interesting with James Lane, Sam Callow, Rich Meakin, Dain Traylor and Matthew Chaplin all playing their part and always being at the business end of proceedings! In the Over 40’s series, leader James Lane was to take another big overall verdict, thus further increasing his advantage over Dobson. Although Mercer was the Over 50’s winner, Simon Lane took 2nd and just like his brother, he too has increased his own title chasing lead. In the Over 60’s, pacesetter in the title race, Brian Staples, was away racing in the ACU Vets Championship, but his closest rival in the AMCA series, Paul Blick, only competed on day one, so there’s no change at the top in that one!

Jamie Dobson(929) and Phil Mercer in a Vets battle

The Clubman’s combined Seniors/Juniors contest was all about a couple of wildcards at Lower Drayton. The very fast Ashton Phillips stormed to victory in the opening two moto’s with Jack Waterman chasing. On day two, with Phillips deciding to contest the big Open/MX2 class motos instead, Waterman took over to bag a brace of race wins and thus also the overall Seniors victory ahead of Daniel Jones and Kurt Burton. Series leader of the Clubman Seniors, Michael Harbage, enjoyed another very solid scoring weekend in 4th overall with Ricky Ryder, Louis Tilley and Billy McGillivary next up.

Leighton Price the Clubmans Juniors winner

Clubman’s Juniors Championship leader Leighton Price also had a very productive weekend at Lower Drayton, taking the overall win and dramatically increasing his advantage at the top. Starting with a very strong 3rd placing, Leighton was always right in the mix at the top end of the action and looks odds-on to go on to be crowned Champion in this class. At Lower Drayton, Matthew Limer and Kyle Bowden joined him on the Clubman’s Juniors podium.

Results

Open

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	Jayden Ashwell	94	22	22	25	25
2	James Dodd	94	25	25	22	22
3	Will Hughes	80	20	20	20	20
4	Edward Briscoe	70	18	18	18	16
5	James Bates	61	14	16	16	15
6	Luke Bull	60	15	13	14	18
7	Joshua Fletcher-Williams	55	13	15	13	14
8	Charlie Whitlow	47	12	11	11	13
9	Callum Murfitt	30	16	14	–	–
10	Daiyaan Manuel	27	–	12	15	–
11	Ben Walker	12	–	–	12	–

MX2

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	Henry Williams	91	25	16	25	25
2	Josh Waterman	91	22	25	22	22
3	Jayden Jones	76	16	22	18	20
4	Luke Dean	76	20	18	20	18
5	Luke Meredith	66	18	20	14	14
6	Yarin Evans	62	15	15	16	16
7	Jordan Wright	49	9	14	13	13
8	Tim Burrows	46	14	8	12	12
9	Billy Bayliss	46	13	13	10	10
10	Logan Wilcox	36	6	11	8	11
11	Charlie Palmer	33	12	12	–	9
12	MACAULEY Davies	31	7	10	7	7
13	McKenzie Marshall	30	–	–	15	15
14	Lewis Roberts	26	8	9	3	6
15	Logan Jay Powell	18	11	7	–	–
16	Patrick Gilligan	17	–	–	9	8
17	Oliver Davis	17	4	5	4	4
18	Joshua Senter	16	3	6	5	2
19	kye marshall	12	5	–	2	5
20	ashton phillips	11	–	–	11	–
21	Koby Newbould	10	10	–	–	–
22	Martin Jones	9	–	–	6	3

125cc

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	Jimmy Margetson	100	25	25	25	25
2	Aaron Colley	88	22	22	22	22
3	Luke Newman	80	20	20	20	20
4	Wyatt McGregor	70	18	16	18	18
5	Will Turner	62	16	15	16	15
6	Luke Phillips	32	–	18	14	–
7	Koby Newbould	31	–	–	15	16
8	Conner Challinor	27	–	14	13	–
9	Tremaine Young	15	15	–	–	–

125cc Youth

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	Woz Boyce	94	25	25	22	22
2	Linc Hasted	92	20	22	25	25
3	Ollie Jewitt	71	18	15	18	20
4	Mason Care	62	22	20	20	–
5	Ted Bullen	61	16	13	14	18
6	Oliver Bebb	61	14	16	16	15
7	Ryan Jackson	51	12	12	13	14
8	Bobby Watson	49	–	18	15	16
9	Reed stanistreet	33	1	8	12	12
10	Harley Piper	33	9	11	9	4
11	Arley Marshall	32	7	7	8	10
12	Jacob Ince	31	10	1	11	9
13	Daniel Sheppard	30	15	4	–	11
14	Cameron Gerrard	29	11	5	–	13
15	Jack Bullock	29	5	9	7	8
16	Travis James	27	13	14	–	–
17	Ethan Ballam	21	8	–	6	7
18	Sebby Moore	20	–	10	10	–
19	Zach Lakin	19	4	6	3	6
20	Bobby Turner	14	6	3	5	–
21	Tyler Lane	13	2	2	4	5
22	ryan oboye	3	3	–	–	–

Womens

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	Libby Chatburn	100	25	25	25	25
2	Holly Williams	84	22	18	22	22
3	Amber McGregor	75	20	22	18	15
4	Erin Howes	69	16	20	13	20
5	Hannah Jones	67	18	15	16	18
6	Caitlin Newman	64	15	13	20	16
7	Jaymee Garrood	59	14	16	15	14
8	Sophie Jones	54	13	14	14	13
9	Checoby Rainey	36	12	12	12	–

Womens Youth

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	Lexi Emery	100	25	25	25	25

Vets Over 40

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	James Lane	100	25	25	25	25
2	Jamie Dobson	88	22	22	22	22
3	Sam Callow	78	18	20	20	20
4	Richard Meakin	72	20	18	16	18
5	Dain traylor	66	16	16	18	16
6	Matthew Chaplin	59	14	15	15	15
7	Brad Jackson-Graham	49	11	11	13	14
8	Frazer Turner	38	12	12	14	–
9	David Wilcox	29	15	14	–	–
10	Andrew Woodhouse	26	13	13	–	–

Vets Over 50

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	Phil Mercer	100	25	25	25	25
2	Simon Lane	88	22	22	22	22
3	Christopher Elcock	76	18	18	20	20
4	Andrew Watkins	40	20	20	–	–

Vets Over 60

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	Paul Blick	50	25	25	–	–

Big Wheel 85

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	Elvis Totney	91	22	22	25	22
2	Stanley Siebert	81	18	20	18	25
3	Junior Carroll	78	20	18	22	18
4	Tyler Shaw	66	15	16	15	20
5	Oaklan Winnall	58	14	12	16	16
6	Sean Smout	58	16	15	20	7
7	Aston Whitehead	53	11	13	14	15
8	Archie Humphrey	53	13	14	12	14
9	Ollie Walters	50	25	25	–	–
10	Finn Fitzgerald	43	12	9	9	13
11	jimmy Whiston	43	10	11	11	11
12	Charlie Walters	40	9	8	13	10
13	Ryan Tilley	31	8	7	7	9
14	Ioan Lloyd	28	6	6	8	8
15	Mason Brown	23	7	10	6	–
16	Alfie Pincher	22	–	–	10	12
17	Harry Pollitt	5	5	–	–	–

Small Wheel 85

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	Freddie Smith	100	25	25	25	25
2	Connor Johnston	88	22	22	22	22
3	Sebastian Perrins-Talbot	80	20	20	20	20
4	George Milnes	70	18	18	16	18
5	Harry Sayce	66	16	16	18	16

Clubman Senior

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	Jack Waterman	94	22	22	25	25
2	Daniel Jones	84	20	20	22	22
3	Kurt Burton	70	16	16	18	20
4	Michael Harbage	62	15	18	16	13
5	Ricky Ryder	60	14	14	14	18
6	Louis Tilley	55	18	11	20	6
7	Billy MCgillivray	53	11	12	15	15
8	ashton phillips	50	25	25	–	–
9	Lloyd Clarke	48	9	10	13	16
10	Luke Bradley	46	12	15	11	8
11	Jed Reeson	45	13	13	10	9
12	Oliver Parry	36	10	6	6	14
13	Kye Gardiner	35	7	8	8	12
14	Jacob Potter	31	4	4	12	11
15	Paul Wain	27	3	5	9	10
16	Kristian Gibbons	26	5	7	7	7
17	Mitch Evans	23	8	9	3	3
18	Daniel Wilson	17	6	3	4	4
19	Daniel Lomas	14	2	2	5	5

Clubman Junior

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	Leighton Price	100	25	25	25	25
2	Matthew Limer	72	18	16	20	18
3	Kyle Bowden	65	22	15	13	15
4	Jack Breakwell	61	20	18	14	9
5	Lewis Day	57	12	13	16	16
6	Neil Shevlin	53	8	14	9	22
7	Ryan Murphy	53	16	20	10	7
8	Riley Scott	49	11	9	18	11
9	Joseph Harvey	47	14	10	11	12
10	Kieran Oldfield	47	13	22	12	–
11	Brodie Nock	42	–	–	22	20
12	Reuben Atkinson	39	15	11	3	10
13	George Wilcox	34	–	12	8	14
14	Chris Duckett	30	10	8	6	6
15	Oliver Critchley	28	–	–	15	13
16	Tom Sayce	26	9	7	5	5
17	Milo Humphrey	22	5	5	4	8
18	Ryan Neale	20	7	6	7	–
19	Adam Webb	14	6	4	1	3
20	Owen Bagnell	6	–	–	2	4
21	Samuel Trinder	4	4	–	–	–