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Mewse & Heyman make it back to back Scottish Motocross Championship wins – Round 3 Race Report & Results

Mewse & Heyman make it back to back Scottish Motocross Championship wins – Round 3 Race Report & Results

The long established Achnashelloch MX Track set in the glorious hillside location near Lochgilphead, just a stone’s throw from the iconic Kilmartin GP track, which had a major overhaul last year was the venue for Round 3 of the 2024 Scottish Motocross Championship.

Race Report and Images by Raymond Thomson – Madmaxmedia

A year ago, the old hard pack track was levelled by Johnny Hamilton and Scott Gardner as they worked around the clock to get it ready. Unfortunately, the meeting was cancelled after the first day, due to a biblical bout of rainfall, but no such problems this year. Unlike last year, the meeting ran like clockwork and all the hard work finally paid off as the riders enjoyed 2 days of hard racing. The hard pack track was a stiff test for all riders of every ability, from Auto to MX1, the intense racing meant the wins were hard fought and well deserved but not without some thrills and spills! There was a familiarity about the results as the main championship contenders in each class showed why they are at the front.

Saturday 4th May

Auto’s (Sponsored by FXR)

Ellik Miller signed in and checked out. 3 hole-shots and 3 race wins, job done. His racing did all the talking. Finlay Hoskisson and Ollie Hain both had a steady day as they would finish second and third in all three races making the podium straight forward. Riding a good portion of the main track, all riders cam through unscathed much to the relief of their anxious parents.

65’s (Sponsored by FXR)

Isaac Arnold had three race wins in his class as he maintained his form in round three. Szymon Skuratowski repeated his overall second from the last round as Liam Hannah tried his best to beat Szymon into third but a slightly poor first race limited his chances.

Isaac Arnold

85’s SW/BW (Sponsored by Plews Tres)

SW

Ethan Gawley looked set for the overall win as the Irish lad stormed out of the gate in the first two races but a poor result in race three knocked him off the top spot. Harry Hall was there to make the most of Gawley’s misfortune and took the overall. A poor start for Alfie Lawrie in race 2 meant he could only manage third even after winning the last race. James McCann had a tough day having to battle down the order in each race but just couldn’t secure a podium.

Malachi Allan

BW

Another rider that dominated his class was Malachi Allan. Three easy race wins as he continued his push for the championship. Reid Simpson was the best of the rest with Leo Self not quite able to overhaul Simpson. There was some frantic racing down the order at times which the crowd enjoyed as they cheered on their favourites.

Harry Hall

Youth 125/250 (Sponsored by Stirlings Powersports)

The future’s bright based on the youth that were on show. In the 125’s, Robbie Scott’s decision to jump from SW85 this season has so far paid off. His 1,1,3 was more than enough to bag to top spot. Zach Pearson’s long journey was well worth the effort as he finished in second place. Louis Perrin-Brown finally broke into the podium places and enjoyed a win in the final race to prove there’s more to come.

Ryan Lowes

The 250 race always keeps you guessing who will take the overall and it was Ryan Lowes chance to shine. Pulling some big whips on the tabletops, it was not just show boating, he got two race wins and ended up dominating as Jack Meara’s early promise in race 1 was dashed with a poor second race. Charley Irwin kept pushing and matched Meara on points taking the overall second with the better result in the last race. Rhys Whyment missed out by a single point but admitted it was not his best surface. The Youth Championship looks like it will go down to the wire.

2 Strokes

2 Stroke 125/Open (Sponsored by Drysdales Motorcycles)

Ryan Waggot cruised to the overall in the 125 class as the 2 Stroke race had everyone trackside watching the drama unfold. Andrew Pohlen and Louis Tobin established the running order for the top three in all races. Tobin looked like he was relishing racing the 125 instead of his customary four stroke.

John Meara

It was an all Irish podium with John Meara enjoying his first Scottish Championship meeting running out the easy winner. Vet Richard McKeown continued to defy his years by turning back the clock on his old RM250 and running hard all day ahead of Jordan McCaw. The resurgence of the two stroke class even tempted Billy MacKenzie out on  his CR500 in race 1.

Adult Support

Adult Support

The Adult Support class brought out some of the big guns. John Adamson ran out an easy winner in race 1 but his “one and done” strategy was enough for him to prepare for the MX1 on Sunday. Tony Craig, Billy MacKenzie and Ross Rutherford battled it out in race two as they turned back the clock. Craig suffered chronic arm pump all day, but he still managed a grimaced smile after the race win. The final race saw just a handful of riders brave the technical track with the deep ruts making the riders choose their lines wisely. Josh McCorkell took the race win as he got dialled in for his B class on Sunday.

Sunday 5th May

Vets 40,50 and 60 (Sponsored by Drysdales Motorcycles)

Barry Gray and Mikey Graham renewed their rivalry in the O40’s Vet’s and after swapping race wins in the first two races, it was Gray that would triumph. Both riders kept up their consistent lap times, but Gray was just too strong in the last part of race three. Alan Deans came out on top of the next three places as Souza Antonio and Kevin McBride all finished on the same points. Deans never looked out of shape and his riding style suited the conditions.

Barry Gray

Gordon Morrison blasted out the gate in race 1 and showed Morton Hannah he meant business in the O50’s. Hannah couldn’t match Morrison as the pair finished ahead of Graham Ross who did just did enough in race three to bag the final podium ahead of Kevin Charles who’s second place last gasp effort in race three wasn’t quite enough to get on the podium.

The Vets

In the O60’s, Les Winthrope bagged another overall with Ian Wilson away watching his son racing UCI MTB in Fort William. Stephen Pollock made the most of Wilson’s absence finishing second and Andrew Beatty rounded off the podium.

Adult C

Adult C (Sponsored by Drysdales Motorcycles)

After winning the first race, Rory Cultra couldn’t capitalise on his good start and missed out narrowly on overall second after he finished on the same points as Charlie McCann. Jamie Mottram’s results got better each race as his 3,2,1 would be enough for the overall win and he beat McCann into second.

Josh McCorkell

Adult B (Sponsored by Drysdales Motorcycles)

Josh McCorkell continued his winning ways in round three and bagged the overall with three wins. Charley Irwin’s two second places made up for a poor first race as he comfortably finished second. Myles Reid’s return to the B class was rewarded with the final podium place but he had to race through the pack in two races after bad starts. He looked relieved to be back on the 450 after racing a 125 in the last meeting. Going by lap times, the top 10 riders looked like they had the pace to run in the top 10 of the MX2 class so it made for some thrilling racing.

Charlie Heyman

MX2 (Sponsored by Safe Access Highland Ltd)

Charlie Heyman showed his class again racing the Scottish Championship as he adapted to the technical track easily in qualifying. He took his time by riding over half the session at a steady pace before ramping up the pace. He didn’t post the fastest lap though as Glen McCormick showed he wasn’t just there to make up the numbers and proved it with third on the podium. Bailey Johnston’s 2,3,2 was enough for second overall, but no one could get close to Heyman as his pace and smooth riding saw him finish over 40 seconds ahead in two of the races. Ryan Thomson had a challenging day as he nursed his brand new bike as it suffered overheating due to a faulty O ring on his radiator cap resulting in him having to change bike for the third race.

Jason Meara

MX1 (Sponsored by Safe Access Highland Ltd)

Conrad Mewse approach to qualifying was similar to Charlie Heymans. He ran round the track looking for the best lines before hammering out a qualifying lap. John Adamson and Billy MacKenzie had the benefit of riding on the Saturday and were only 0.5 second behind Mewse. The rest of the top 10 riders were only a mater of seconds off the pace so it promised to be a thriller.

In race 1, John Adamson edged out Billy MacKenzie at the first corner, but it would be MacKenzie that did all the running in the first few laps of the race. It took Conrad a few laps to get to grips with the track before he hit the front and ran out a comfortable winner as John Adamson ran off track and into a bog taking a few posts with him, but he managed to reclaim a few places before the end.

Tristan Purdon

Race 2 saw Conrad do what he does best, holeshot and disappear. This left MacKenzie running in second for the bulk of the race before he came together with Tristan Purdon who had go to grips with the track and started to look strong. Jason Meara ran in third before a blip mid race sent him back to 6th, but he rallied to secure his third spot again.

Race 3 saw the top four positions swap throughout the race as crowd favourite John Adamson looked like he was going to pull off the win especially after an old school brake check sent Conrad to the ground on a slow left hander as Mewse tried to cut inside but John maintained his line. Mackenzie also had a spell at the front, but Purdon slowly pulled through from fourth to take the lead on the penultimate lap. With Conrad catching and passing Adamson, he secured second leaving John third. Brad Todd showed some real grit as he came from 12th position on lap 1 to a fourth in the final race. I was enough for him to break into the top five overall. Billy MacKenzie had a solid fourth after leading several laps throughout the day, but Jason Meara consistency meant he would take the third podium place. Tristan Purdons 4,2,1 put a beaming smile on his face but the overall of course went to Conrad Mewse who continued his push and challenge Purdon in the championship. Having missed round 1, he’ll need to rely on other results if he is to be Scottish Champion!

Conrad Mewse

Campbell Chatham interviewed Conrad Mewse after the podium presentations where he highlighted that he’d had good day albeit a tough challenge where he was not prepared to put his season on the line at the first corner or risk injury trying to bag the holeshot. He was also very complimentary towards the tracks in Scotland and intimated that not only were they good enough to run British MX events but GP races! High praise indeed, let’s hope that more top riders catch on and attend some Scottish Championship races in the near future. With Duns round the corner, it’s not far from the border.

Jamie Mottram

The Scottish Motocross Championship has an impressive lineup of sponsorship this year with Drysdale’s Motorcycles, Safe Access Highland Ltd, FXR and Plews Tyres as race sponsors. Series sponsors Dyce Carriers Ltd, Site Sealants, Stirlings Powersports , Just1, LS2 Helmets, Modu, Actiph, Slavin Plant Hire and Lochwinnoch all help to keep the championship healthy.

The next round of The Scottish Championship will be at Duns MX Track (nr Berwick) 15th/16th June.

Robbie Scott

Results

MX1 

Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 CONRAD MEWSE 72 25 25 22
2 TRISTAN PURDON 65 18 22 25
3 JASON MEARA 52 16 20 16
4 BILLY MACKENZIE 52 22 15 15
5 BRAD TODD 51 15 18 18
6 JOHN ADAMSON 49 13 16 20
7 BEN EDWARDS 41 14 14 13
8 CARLTON HUSBAND 40 20 6 14
9 RICHARD MCKEOWN 35 11 13 11
10 ROSS RUTHERFORD 32 10 10 12
11 TONY CRAIG 31 12 9 10
12 RICHARD BIRD 30 9 12 9
13 JAKE WINNARD 24 8 8 8
14 AIDAN BRUCE 21 7 7 7
15 MARTIN BARR 17 6 11
16 JOSH SPINKS 5 5

MX2 

Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 CHARLIE HEYMAN 75 25 25 25
2 BAILEY JOHNSTON 64 22 20 22
3 GLEN McCORMICK 60 18 22 20
4 RYAN THOMSON 50 16 16 18
5 JORDAN MCCAW 44 20 15 9
6 FRAZER NORRIE 43 13 14 16
7 RYAN WAGGOTT 43 15 13 15
8 DAVID RUSSELL 38 12 12 14
9 JOSH BUCHANAN 32 9 10 13
10 ALEX BUCHANAN 32 11 11 10
11 SETH MOIR 30 10 8 12
12 LEWIS CAMPBELL 27 7 9 11
13 JAMES MACKREL 18 18
14 GARY SHARP 15 8 7
15 LEE CAMERON 14 14

2 Stroke 150

Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 RYAN WAGGOTT 75 25 25 25
2 ANDREW POHLEN 66 22 22 22
3 LOUIS TOBLIN 60 20 20 20
4 JACK YOUNG 51 15 18 18
5 DEAN SEWELL 48 16 16 16
6 SCOTT SNR FORSYTH 48 18 15 15
7 JOHN BENNETT 42 14 14 14
8 SCOTT FOOTE 38 12 13 13
9 CLAIRE WINTHROP 37 13 12 12

2 Stroke Open

Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 JOHN MEARA 75 25 25 25
2 RICHARD MCKEOWN 64 20 22 22
3 JORDAN MCCAW 62 22 20 20
4 FRAZER NORRIE 50 18 16 16
5 MATTY FRY 46 16 15 15
6 JACK BRADBURY 42 15 14 13
7 JAKE HALL 40 14 12 14
8 JASON MARTIN 38 13 13 12
9 RYAN THOMSON 36 18 18
10 JORDAN DOHERTY 32 10 11 11
11 ANDREW SLAVIN 31 11 10 10
12 DYLAN DOBBIE 27 9 9 9
13 SCOTT CRAWFORD 24 8 8 8
14 SEAN MEIGHAN 12 12
15 IAN MACDOUGALL 7 7

Autos

Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 ELLIK MILLER 75 25 25 25
2 FINLAY HOSKISSON 66 22 22 22
3 OLLIE HAIN 60 20 20 20
4 LACHLAN JNR JAMES 52 16 18 18
5 RHYS WALKER 50 18 16 16
6 ARCHIE DIGNALL 44 15 15 14
7 OLIVER FENTON 40 12 13 15
8 ARRIANNA RICHARDSON 40 13 14 13
9 JOSHUA WILSON 38 14 12 12
10 JACK JAMIESON 33 11 11 11

Junior 65cc

Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 ISAAC ARNOLD 75 25 25 25
2 SZYMON SKURATOWSKI 62 20 22 20
3 LIAM HANNAH 60 18 20 22
4 THOR SIMPSON 52 22 16 14
5 JAKE AIRLEY 47 11 18 18
6 JACK HEATH 46 16 14 16
7 AIDEN ANTON 45 15 15 15
8 ASHTON BAIN 39 13 13 13
9 NATHAN STRACHAN 38 14 12 12
10 KOHEN BELL 33 12 11 10
11 MITCHELL GIBSON 21 10 11

Small Wheel 85

Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 HARRY HALL 69 22 25 22
2 ETHAN GAWLEY 61 25 22 14
3 ALFIE LAWRIE 58 20 13 25
4 JAMES MCCANN 55 15 20 20
5 BAILI BLACK 47 13 16 18
6 TY SIMPSON 44 16 18 10
7 ZAK HENDRY 43 12 15 16
8 JAY-J COOPER 38 18 5 15
9 CONNOR THOMPSON 35 8 14 13
10 ALAN THOMSON 31 10 10 11
11 LYALL RUTHERFORD 30 7 11 12
12 GEORGE DRYDEN 29 14 12 3
13 ALEX FRASER 26 11 7 8
14 JACK MARTIN 21 3 9 9
15 RILEY MARWOOD 21 6 8 7
16 CALEB SHEARER 21 9 6 6
17 RILEY CRAWFORD 12 5 2 5
18 IVAN WILLIAMSON 12 4 4 4
19 HARRIS CURRAN 7 2 3 2
20 SEB CRAIG 3 1 1 1

Big Wheel 85

Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 MALACHI ALLAN 75 25 25 25
2 REID SIMPSON 60 20 18 22
3 LEO SELF 58 22 16 20
4 ANDREW PIGGFORD 53 15 20 18
5 OLLIE HOLLAND 53 18 22 13
6 COREY WHEATLEY 45 16 14 15
7 JAXON HASWELL 42 13 15 14
8 KIAN MCGILL 41 12 13 16
9 TYLER MEARNS 37 14 11 12
10 RUBEN TREW 30 7 12 11
11 MICHAEL PATTERSON 28 9 9 10
12 BEN DONALDSON 28 11 8 9
13 EVAN BENNETT 26 8 10 8
14 RONNIE MOAR 20 10 7 3
15 MADDOX PATTERSON 17 5 5 7
16 GRIGOR WRIGHT 17 6 6 5
17 CAMPBELL ROBERTSON 13 3 4 6
18 GABRIAL CRAFT 11 4 3 4

Youth 125

Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 ROBBIE SCOTT 70 25 25 20
2 ZACHARY PEARSON 64 22 20 22
3 LOUIS PERRIN-BROWN 58 11 22 25
4 JADEN ANDERSON 52 16 18 18
5 OWEN BENNETT 47 20 12 15
6 AARON TAIT 45 13 16 16
7 GLEN ROLLO 44 18 15 11
8 RYAN HADDOW 41 14 13 14
9 DYLAN THORNDICK 37 15 10 12
10 JAMES MCGOWAN 36 12 14 10
11 ROBERT WOOD 29 8 8 13
12 ROBBIE PEACE 29 10 11 8
13 STRUAN ROBERTSON 27 9 9 9
14 EVAN DEANS 21 7 7 7
15 BLAIR DEANS 18 6 6 6
16 AIDEN MACGILLIVRAY 15 5 5 5

Youth 250

Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 RYAN LOWES 72 22 25 25
2 CHARLEY IRWIN 59 15 22 22
3 JACK MEARA 59 25 14 20
4 RHYS WHYMENT 58 20 20 18
5 MATT FEARNLY 50 18 16 16
6 ZAC NEWLANDS 49 16 18 15
7 FINLEY EASTON 43 14 15 14

Adult B

Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 JOSHUA MCCORKELL 75 25 25 25
2 CHARLEY IRWIN 60 16 22 22
3 MYLES REID 54 22 16 16
4 SCOTT PATERSON 53 15 20 18
5 EWAN KERMACK 50 12 18 20
6 LOGAN HENDRY 46 18 13 15
7 LOGAN FERGUSON 41 13 14 14
8 TONY MCCANN 41 14 15 12
9 MATTY FRY 33 10 12 11
10 JACK RATCLIFFE 29 8 11 10
11 JACK BRADBURY 24 11 7 6
12 OWEN HENDRY 24 20 4
13 JAKE BEATTIE 22 9 8 5
14 JOE KHAMOULI 21 4 9 8
15 JAKE HALL 20 7 6 7
16 RYAN MCKINNEY 19 5 5 9
17 ANDREW WILLIAMS 17 1 3 13
18 ROSS FITZSIMMONS 15 2 10 3
19 THOMAS CURRUTHERS 6 3 2 1
20 STEPHEN WATSON 6 6
21 JAMES MARWOOD 4 4
22 JOSHUA REA 2 2
23 TALLON LEASK 1 1

Adult C

Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 JAMIE MOTTRAM 67 20 22 25
2 CHARLIE MCCANN 65 18 25 22
3 RORY CULTRA 65 25 20 20
4 DYLAN DOBBIE 55 22 18 15
5 KRISY COULL 50 16 16 18
6 JACK YOUNG 44 15 13 16
7 DAVE DICK 39 14 11 14
8 DUNCAN ROBERTSON 36 13 10 13
9 SCOTT FOOTE 35 11 12 12
10 ROBBIE MACKENZIE 35 10 14 11
11 DYLAN SUMMERS 28 4 15 9
12 HARRIS MILLIGAN 27 9 8 10
13 SCOTT CRAWFORD 21 12 3 6
14 CLAIRE WINTHROP 20 8 9 3
15 STRUAN FERGUSON 19 5 7 7
16 LEWIS DIVERS 17 3 6 8
17 MARK HAMILTON 15 6 4 5
18 GREGOR PATTERSON 9 5 4
19 PETER MacGREGOR 9 7 2
20 AARON McCLARTY 4 2 2
21 KYLE WINGATE 2 1 1
22 CRAIG DOUGLAS 1 1

Vets Over 40

Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 BARRY GRAY 72 25 22 25
2 MICHAEL GRAHAM 69 22 25 22
3 ALAN DEANS 54 18 16 20
4 SOUZA ANTONIO 54 16 20 18
5 KEVIN MC BRIDE 54 20 18 16
6 GAVIN JONES 45 15 15 15

Vets Over 50

Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 GORDON MORRISON 75 25 25 25
2 MORTON HANNAH 64 22 22 20
3 GRAHAM ROSS 55 20 20 15
4 KEVIN CHARLES 54 16 16 22
5 ANDREW LEASK 52 18 18 16
6 TOMMY DRYSDALE 48 15 15 18
7 IAN ROSS 42 14 14 14

Vets Over 60

Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 LESLIE WINTHROP 75 25 25 25
2 STEPHEN POLLOCK 66 22 22 22
3 ANDREW BEATTY 60 20 20 20
4 DAVID DICK 54 18 18 18