No Bull! 2021 AMCA Nationals Round 1 – Race Report & Results

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After being put on hold for a year due to the Covid Pandemic, the new AMCA National series was finally launched last weekend. Sponsored by Dirtshifter Bike Cleaner, the purpose of this series is to give AMCA club riders of all abilities the chance to compete in a major Championship and on some of the circuits which entertains the main AMCA British Championship.

Report and Feature Image by Mike Wood

So following the disappointment of having to cancel the proposed opener of 2021 at Brmsberrow due to wet weather, the action finally got underway at a very hot Lower Drayton in Staffordshire. Catering for Experts, Seniors and Juniors, it was Luke Bull, Michael Parsons, Jay Rumbold, Nigel Woodman, Michael Windsor and James Merrett who took the overall wins with both Parsons and Windsor going through the card unbeaten.

Starting with Experts MX1, Samuel Bradley won the opening moto from Bull, Richard Lloyd, Robert Fox and Sam Jones. In what was to prove to be a highly competitive and unpredictable class, Jones then took the second race win before eventual overall winner Luke Bull was first past the chequered flag in the last one.

All three moto’s in Experts MX2 produced an identical top four as Parsons took the win from Jordan Saunders, Ben Bird and Josh Herbert. Also putting some big points scoring rides in during the day in this class were Josh Herbert and Jacob Gwynne.

Seniors MX1 resulted in an opening moto win for Joshua Senter ahead of Jay Rumbold, Jack Tompkins, Wayne Tabbott and Lee Mitchell. In the remaining clashes, Rumbold confirmed his eventual overall success by taking the victories chased home by Tabbott and Senter.

Nigel Woodman started his Seniors MX2 title quest in style with a nice win from Ozzie Murray, Owen Pitts, Joshua Main and Elliot Clegg. Although Cameron Doleman then took the victories in moto’s two and three, the overall went to Woodman. Going 5/2 in those races, Nigel’s eventual overall winning margin was just by a single point.

Michael Windsor started his Juniors MX1 campaign in magnificent style by winning all three of his Lower Drayton moto’s. In moto one, Martyn Clinton, David Donnelly, Andrew Lowe and Luke Jenkins provided the main challenge. In moto’s two and three, Joshua Williams finished as runner-up, a position he was to also eventually earn in the final overall standings.

In a super opening Juniors MX2 contest, James Merrett the eventual overall victor took top slot from Bobby Dickinson-Smith, Callum Radford, Chris Conduit and Ben Weston. After Dickinson-Smith then claimed moto two, Merrett finished the day with another win.

Results

Expert MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Luke Bull	140	47	43	50
2	Samuel Bradley	134	50	41	43
3	Richard Lloyd	133	45	47	41
4	Sam Jones	130	41	50	39
5	Nathan Holtby	129	39	45	45
6	Robert Fox	119	43	39	37
7	Joe Field	113	29	37	47
8	Joe Bailey	105	37	35	33
9	Mitch Gray	97	31	31	35
10	Jack Waterman	93	35	30	28
11	Craig Perks	88	28	29	31
12	David Corbett	88	30	28	30
13	Mitch Nicholls	86	33	26	27
14	Harry Greetham	56	–	27	29
15	Alan Jones	33	–	33	–

Expert MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Michael Parsons	150	50	50	50
2	Jordan Saunders	141	47	47	47
3	Ben Bird	135	45	45	45
4	Josh Herbert	129	43	43	43
5	Jacob Gwynne	121	41	39	41
6	Ryan Carey	113	35	41	37
7	Ben Seaburg	107	37	35	35
8	Colin Conduit	105	33	33	39
9	Jack Jordan	100	30	37	33
10	Scott Barrow	91	31	31	29
11	Gabe Chinn	89	29	30	30
12	Jack Crawford	88	28	29	31
13	Luke Ryder	39	39	–	–

Senior MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Jay Rumbold	147	47	50	50
2	Joshua Senter	140	50	45	45
3	Wayne Tabbott	137	43	47	47
4	Jack Tompkins	125	45	39	41
5	Lee Mitchell	115	41	43	31
6	Nathan Lewis-Reilly	106	22	41	43
7	Mike Harbage	103	33	33	37
8	kieran jones	96	37	37	22
9	Richard May	90	25	35	30
10	Daryl Perkins	89	31	30	28
11	Mason Harris	89	39	26	24
12	Brett Williams	88	30	25	33
13	Daniel Wilson	87	23	29	35
14	Matthew Mills	81	24	31	26
15	Ryan Taylor	81	35	23	23
16	Ross Doubtfire	80	27	24	29
17	Darren Warrender	76	28	27	21
18	Andrew Hayes	74	21	28	25
19	Toby Duke	66	17	22	27
20	Luke Lester Powell	61	20	21	20
21	Jamie Glover	55	19	19	17
22	Stephen Guest	54	18	18	18
23	Ashley Cartwright	49	29	20	–
24	Joshua Crewe	39	–	–	39
25	Chris May	31	15	–	16
26	Daniel Jones	26	26	–	–
27	Nigel Seaburg	19	–	–	19
28	Simon Stoddart	16	16	–	–

Senior MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Nigel Woodman	138	50	41	47
2	Cameron Doleman	137	37	50	50
3	Joshua Main	129	43	45	41
4	Owen Pitts	123	45	33	45
5	Elliot Clegg	117	41	39	37
6	Daniel Morris	113	27	43	43
7	Aiden Woodman	102	30	37	35
8	Joshua Mckenzie	101	23	47	31
9	George Wardle	94	31	30	33
10	Mitchell Cooper	92	35	27	30
11	Benito Sidoli	89	21	29	39
12	Lewis Thompson	86	28	31	27
13	Brodie Jesson	82	33	26	23
14	Ozzie Murray	82	47	35	–
15	Tom Hatton	79	25	28	26
16	Jamie Johnson	78	26	23	29
17	Jack Martin	78	29	21	28
18	Thomas Crawford	73	24	24	25
19	Caleb Greaves	64	39	25	–
20	David Delve	62	20	18	24
21	Luke Cumber	59	17	20	22
22	Tom Strange	56	16	19	21
23	Stefan Archer	41	19	22	–
24	Daniel Griffiths	22	22	–	–
25	Luke Archer	18	18	–	–

Junior MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Michael Windsor	150	50	50	50
2	Joshua Williams	133	39	47	47
3	David Donnelly	133	45	45	43
4	Luke Jenkins	129	41	43	45
5	Martyn Clinton	119	47	41	31
6	Kelvin Anderton	113	37	35	41
7	Paul Hughes	111	35	39	37
8	Harry Knowles	107	31	37	39
9	Andrew Lowe	105	43	33	29
10	Simon Moore	99	33	31	35
11	Jan Ilic	93	30	30	33
12	Samuel Trinder	88	29	29	30
13	Brandon Carradine	83	27	28	28
14	Jamie Payne	28	28	–	–

Junior MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	James Merrett	147	50	47	50
2	Bobby Dickinson-Smith	144	47	50	47
3	Chris Conduit	133	43	45	45
4	Callum Radford	123	45	43	35
5	Kieran Payne	119	35	41	43
6	Ben Weston	115	41	33	41
7	Callum Hurst	109	33	37	39
8	Christopher Leddington	104	28	39	37
9	Oliver Davis	101	37	31	33
10	Oliver Hurst	98	39	28	31
11	Owen Palmer	89	30	29	30
12	Kyran Holden	86	31	35	20
13	Scott Brown	84	27	30	27
14	Charles Wilkins	80	25	27	28
15	Thomas Eastland	79	26	24	29
16	Tayler Lee	71	23	25	23
17	Ellis Tighe	70	18	26	26
18	Ricky Ryder	68	20	23	25
19	Haider Zaidi	64	21	22	21
20	James Wise	62	19	21	22
21	Jake Pawley	53	29	–	24
22	Leslie Harrison	24	24	–	–
23	Ashton Coleman	22	22	–	–