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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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