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Nicholls shines at Wattisfield NGR/EVO MX – Race Report & Results

Diss MCC were the hosts at their Wattisfield Hall meeting on Sunday, which included rounds of the NGR over 30’s, South Eastern Evo’s, and groups of allcomers. As usual, the fast hardpack circuit was in prime condition for racing, although a heavy rainfall shower halfway through the meeting made for trickier conditions.

Report from Charlie Ralph – Images courtesy of Chris Helm and Andy Waters

The Evo entry was boosted by the appearance of Jake Nicholls, who was getting in some useful track time, as he recovers from a shoulder injury, which has kept him out of racing so far this year.

Riding an immaculately prepared 500cc twostroke Honda, Nicholls took victory in all three moto’s, leaving the regular Evo riders to battle for the points. Brad Tomlin got the better of his long-time rival, Jason Morland in race one, with Steve Bixby claiming 4th, ahead of Gary Hoptrough and South Midlander, James Barnwell. Race two, saw Nicholls out in front again, with a fierce battle going on for second place between series leader, Brett Fisher, Tomlin and Morland. Bixby caught them up, and the crowd were treated to watch a tremendous four way scrap. Tomlin slid off on a tight off camber corner. with Fisher and Morland frantically holding off a determined Bixby, but it was Bixby who fought through to claim 2nd place from Fisher. Morland was 4th, with Barnwell and Hoptrough having their own scrap for 5th place. Meanwhile, Tomlin recovered to finish in 7th position.

Nicholls took a hat trick of wins in the third leg, with Alfie Smith initially in second place. However, Bixby soon moved into 2nd position, once again chased by Fisher, Tomlin and Morland, which was the order of finishing. Jon Barfoot rounded out the top six

Round five of the NGR over 30’s championships saw former champion, Tim Clark, increase his lead in the series by taking two wins and a second place. Lee Powell closely chased Clark in the first two legs, leaving Peter Hook and Leon Woodford scrapping over third place. After the heavy shower, the third NGR race saw Richard Roper using his enduro skills to hold off Clark throughout the race, with Woodford just ahead of Hook and Jake Morphey, to claim 3rd place. Powell had to fight through the pack, after a bad start, to finish in 8th place, which saw him 3rd overall on the day, behind Clark and Woodford.

Jake Nicholls was also invited to guest ride in the allcomers group, this time on his Crendon Fastrack Honda. Although Luke Parker gave Nicholls some spirited opposition, Nicholls won all three races.

Parker was second each time, with the consistent Ben Cole third on each occasion. Declan Whittle was fourth overall, ahead of Jack Youngs, Jordan Cutting and teenager, Will Farrow.

The allcomers B group saw Dan Lee in fine form, winning the first two moto’s easily, but a bike problem when leading the final race, saw him having to retire. Sam Cushion was third in race one, and won race three, but a dnf in the second race also spoilt his overall chances. Scott Blazey took the overall win on the day, just edging out Ty Atkins, Craig Page- Baker and Shaun Tacey.

Results

South Eastern Evo

1st Jake Nicholls – Honda
2nd Steve Bixby – Honda
3rd Brett Fisher – Honda
4th Brad Tomlin – Honda
5th Jason Morland – KTM

NGR

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 Timothy Clark 147 50 50 47
2 Leon Woodford 133 43 45 45
3 Lee Powell 132 47 47 38
4 Richard Roper 131 41 40 50
5 Peter Hook 129 45 41 43
6 Jason Aylett 123 40 43 40
7 John Hinz 114 38 39 37
8 Marc Nickerson 112 39 38 35
9 Paul Hubbard 107 37 37 33
10 Stephen Atkins 103 34 35 34
11 Robert Baldry 100 36 34 30
12 Shaun Palfrey 100 35 36 29
13 Jake Morphey 99 27 31 41
14 Aaron Smith 98 32 27 39
15 Tyrone Tugwell 96 30 30 36
16 Joseph Henthorn 96 31 33 32
17 Lewis Joyce 89 33 29 27
18 Tim Soane 83 20 32 31
19 Edward Pegram 80 26 28 26
20 David Farrant 73 28 17 28
21 David Ward 70 22 23 25
22 Sam Appleton 66 25 18 23
23 Aaron Holden 65 23 20 22
24 Samuel Cliff 64 21 25 18
25 Dean Suckling 64 24 26 14
26 Brendan Corr 62 19 22 21
27 Christian Drane 56 18 19 19
28 Trevor Brinkley 55 10 21 24
29 Lee Keyton 53 29 24
30 John Smith 49 15 14 20
31 Samuel Cook 45 13 15 17
32 Wayne Fulcher 45 17 16 12
33 Jason Turner 44 16 12 16
34 Andrew Smith 42 14 13 15
35 Kai Ryder 31 9 9 13
36 Geraint Hubbard 31 12 10 9
37 Christopher Bickley 26 8 8 10
38 Shaun Griffiths 22 11 11
39 Paul Neave 21 6 7 8
40 Trevor Neave 13 7 6
41 Charlie Taylor 11 11
42 David Whitehead 10 5 5

Group A

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 Jake Nicholls 135 45 45 45
2 Luke Parker 129 43 43 43
3 Benjamin Cole 123 41 41 41
4 Declan Whittle 117 39 39 39
5 Jack Youngs 99 33 33 33
6 Jordan Cutting 99 32 35 32
7 Wiliam Farrow 98 34 27 37
8 Connor Baldry 97 31 32 34
9 Philip Burton 94 28 37 29
10 Ross Taylor 88 26 31 31
11 Toby Morley 82 23 29 30
12 Joe Phillips 77 22 30 25
13 Craig Heslop 74 17 34 23
14 Robert Nicoll 72 37 35
15 Lewis Holmes 72 20 26 26
16 Jack Sheppard 70 18 28 24
17 Shaun Leggett 67 21 19 27
18 Thomas Batts 66 13 25 28
19 Lewis Bond 64 19 24 21
20 Jack Whitlam 60 24 21 15
21 Jack Klimowicz 57 15 20 22
22 Louis Dutton 54 27 14 13
23 Callum Murfitt 53 30 23
24 Lee Kirkpatrick 47 10 17 20
25 Charlie Dormer 43 14 12 17
26 Jack Austin 41 22 19
27 Karl Sturman 40 8 18 14
28 Scott Goodson 38 11 9 18
29 Harry Clark 35 35
30 Oliver Hill 32 16 16
31 Ethan Cone 30 3 15 12
32 Joseph Leeks 29 29
33 Sam Arbon 25 25
34 Jonathan Finch 24 2 11 11
35 James Gadd 22 6 6 10
36 Adam Durkin 22 9 13
37 Jacob Carter 20 4 7 9
38 Gareth Cushion 17 1 8 8
39 Rupert Graver 17 7 10
40 Daniel Willis 16 16
41 Olly Quinsee 12 5 7
42 Daniel Lawlor 12 12
43 Jack Noon 6 6

Group B

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 Scott Blazey 110 30 39 41
2 Ty Atkins 109 29 37 43
3 Craig Page-Baker 107 39 33 35
4 Shaun Tacey 106 34 35 37
5 Ryan Preston 102 26 43 33
6 Ben Secker 99 35 25 39
7 Alfie Self 98 37 29 32
8 Dan Lee 90 45 45
9 Andrew Webster 87 27 26 34
10 Sam Cushion 86 41 45
11 Max Monk 86 24 31 31
12 Andrew Rooke 86 31 27 28
13 Robert Green 83 21 32 30
14 Josh Sturman 81 18 34 29
15 Thomas Clarkson 79 14 41 24
16 Tom Garnham 73 22 30 21
17 George Reeves Furness 72 28 17 27
18 John Parbury 59 13 21 25
19 Shaun Woodrow 59 15 24 20
20 Aaron Saunders 58 16 16 26
21 Tony Rooke 56 9 28 19
22 Thomas Davies 50 10 22 18
23 Ryan Whitehead 43 43
24 Stephen Hood 42 6 23 13
25 David Homan 41 19 22
26 Andrew Smith 40 17 23
27 Jake Harvey 38 12 11 15
28 Ashley Doggett 34 5 15 14
29 Carl Hood 34 20 14
30 Jack Matthews 33 33
31 Robert Hayden 32 32
32 Matthew Herring 30 18 12
33 Ben Saltmarsh 28 8 20
34 Ollie Denyer 25 25
35 Nick Hunton 24 13 11
36 Darren Stone 23 23
37 Evan Brown 21 4 17
38 Haydon Newton 21 2 19
39 Robert Bond 17 1 16
40 George Lummis 12 12
41 James Day 11 11
42 Colin Booker 10 10
43 Adam Baker 7 7
44 Andrew Carter 3 3

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