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Southgate wins Season opener! Northampton MCC Championship Round 1 – Race Report & Results

Southgate wins Season opener! Northampton MCC Championship Round 1 – Race Report & Results

NMCC Finally got their season underway at Long Buckby. A massive entry of eager riders was desperate to get back into competition after the long lock-down winter. Recent dry weather means the track needed lots of water, but the weather helped out with a freak snowstorm halfway through the afternoon. With fast and furious racing in all groups, it was particularly good to see a big line up of Experts.

Report by Fraser Law and Images courtesy of  http://www.motoxphotos.co.uk/

Shaun Southgate took all 3 of the Expert class wins with style. Behind him, second places went to Charlie Putnam and Reece Martin, but consistency kept them both out of the top three overall. Todd Ritchie eventually took second place on the podium after staying in the top four all day, with Rob Wood in third.

Josh Ford

A large Junior entry meant that after the heat races there would be an A, B and C group. In the Junior A group finals, Oliver Beamish took clear wins in both races with Jamie Richmond taking second each time. Alexander Hornsby just edged out Oliver Sargeant to take third after tying on points.

In the Junior B finals, Charlie Allsopp took two races wins for first overall. Will Ferris tied with Stephen Atkins on points for second overall but took the place by virtue of his higher placed finish in race two. Ethan Martin took the Junior C group overall with a pair of wins. Josh Ford took a fine second overall from John Dee in third.

Ollie Beamish

In the age group categories, Paul Willis took the Premier O40 class overall with wins in the first two legs. Steven Chilvers improved as the day went on, victory in the final race giving him second overall. Paul Groom finished third overall after a bad start to race three. Tony Leishman made a triumphant return to racing, taking all three wins in the Elite O50 class. Greg Cox took the second spot on the podium after Fraser Law spectacularly crashed out of race three. Third overall went to Bruce Garside, a painful knee keeping him from challenging at the front.

Charlie Sellick

Stephen Hollins took the overall win in the Super O60 class. Individual race wins went to Vincent Wakerley and Patrick Winter but both had issues in at least one of the other races. Ross Dover took home second overall from the smooth and consistent riding Richard Jochacy. The U40 and 2 Stroke classes were run together. Shane Holmes never finished outside the top two, taking overall wins in both classes. Connor Dickens finished runner up from Kyle Creevy in the U40 section.

Alfie Barnes took second overall ahead of Jack Lee in the 2 Stroke class. In a nail-biter of a Workers race Steven Chilvers rode hard against the handicap start line positions, edging out Sam Waterman on the final corner before the flag.

Results

Experts

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 Shaun Southgate 135 45 45 45
2 Todd Ritchie 116 38 38 40
3 Robert Wood 113 37 40 36
4 Charlie Putnam 107 40 42 25
5 Matthew Wood 103 33 32 38
6 Lewis Huckerby 103 36 30 37
7 Aiden Maloney 99 31 34 34
8 David Frankland 99 32 36 31
9 Toby Avis 98 30 33 35
10 Kyle Creevy 98 34 31 33
11 Ryan Allison 89 29 28 32
12 Reece Martin 84 42 42
13 Bill Moynes 82 26 26 30
14 Connor Dickens 79 25 25 29
15 Thomas Allsopp 78 23 27 28
16 Tom Harwood 75 24 24 27
17 Shane Holmes 72 35 37
18 Tim Soane 63 19 20 24
19 Luke Spence 62 27 35
20 Sam Harwood 60 15 19 26
21 Cameron Curtis 59 18 18 23
22 Michael McClurg 57 28 29
23 Graham Lee 45 22 23
24 Jacob Russell 42 20 22
25 Bailey Clifton 42 21 21
26 Ethan Etheridge 17 17
27 Jacob Clifton 16 16

Junior A

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2
1 Oliver Beamish 90 45 45
2 Jamie Richmond 84 42 42
3 Alexander Hornsby 78 38 40
4 Oliver Sargeant 78 40 38
5 James Thompson 73 36 37
6 Jude Hartwell 71 37 34
7 George Cox 66 35 31
8 Callum McClurg 64 32 32
9 Callum Sedgwick 63 34 29
10 James Parkin 62 27 35
11 Rob Harwood 60 30 30
12 Brett Wykes 59 23 36
13 Charlie Sellick 59 26 33
14 Harry Craig 59 31 28
15 Carl Bottomley 53 29 24
16 Henry Maynard 50 25 25
17 Myles Taylor 49 22 27
18 Edward Pegram 47 21 26
19 Jack Lee 47 24 23
20 Jono Bourn 46 28 18
21 Marc Nickerson 41 19 22
22 Stephen Edmonds 38 17 21
23 Jason Mills 34 15 19
24 James Allsopp 33 33
25 Jan Howells 20 20
26 Daniel Sutton 20 20
27 Jonathan Lee 18 18
28 Luke Jenkinson 16 16

Junior B

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2
1 Charlie Allsopp 90 45 45
2 Will Ferris 80 40 40
3 Stephen Atkins 80 42 38
4 Russell Diggin 79 37 42
5 Scott Allen 75 38 37
6 Nate Parkin 70 35 35
7 Dave Goldsmith 64 28 36
8 Jamie Epplestone 64 33 31
9 Frankie West 63 30 33
10 Sidney Putnam 61 27 34
11 Corey Blackwell 61 31 30
12 Bryan Rouse 58 26 32
13 Ryan Blackwell 58 32 26
14 Joe Tarver 54 29 25
15 Jonathan Wood 51 22 29
16 Declan Rouse 51 23 28
17 Anthony Banks 51 24 27
18 Jack Duggins 47 25 22
19 Nicholas Baum 44 21 23
20 Lewis Evans 42 18 24
21 Ashley Batten 41 20 21
22 Ben Collins 37 17 20
23 Cameron Millwood 37 19 18
24 Ryan Clipstone 36 36
25 Tom Wood 34 34
26 Lee Hayward 33 14 19
27 Thomas Elliott 33 16 17
28 Jack Bennett 29 13 16
29 Ian Thompson 15 15

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Junior C

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2
1 Ethan Martin 90 45 45
2 Joshua Ford 82 40 42
3 John Dee 80 40 40
4 Ty Atkins 76 38 38
5 Oliver Smith 76 42 34
6 Jason Fisher 71 34 37
7 Lewis Mitchell 70 35 35
8 Kieran Evans 68 36 32
9 Ben Cannings 68 37 31
10 Phil Gee 64 28 36
11 Kevin Turnbull 62 29 33
12 Sam Waterman 62 33 29
13 Luke Twelvetree 58 31 27
14 Matthew Mason 58 32 26
15 David Warner 57 27 30
16 Conor Frost 57 32 25
17 Amy Loomes 51 29 22
18 Chris McClurg 50 27 23
19 Jake Knapton 50 30 20
20 Liam Dale 44 25 19
21 Ryan Gee 41 23 18
22 Nathan Goodman 40 24 16
23 Stuart McClurg 38 38
24 Jack Hunton 38 21 17
25 Richard Jochacy 36 15 21
26 Josh Meadows 36 22 14
27 Will Surtees 34 34
28 Richard Ford 34 19 15
29 Will Surtees 28 28
30 Luke Phillips 26 26
31 Ian Thompson 24 24
32 Mark Stephens 13 13

Elite Over 50’s

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 Antony Leishman 135 45 45 45
2 Greg Cox 119 37 40 42
3 Bruce Garside 116 40 38 38
4 Tony Fricker 107 35 35 37
5 Jason Slater 106 34 32 40
6 Kevin Franklin 100 33 31 36
7 Nicholas Baum 95 30 30 35
8 Fraser Law 84 42 42
9 Chris Koch 75 38 37
10 Jonathan Lee 69 36 33
11 Matthew Mason 63 29 34
12 Kevin Turnbull 56 32 24
13 Scott Robertson 56 31 25
14 Phil Gee 55 26 29
15 Philip West 55 27 28
16 Kevin Fossey 55 28 27
17 Mark Leeding 47 24 23
18 Nick Hunton 47 25 22
19 Lee Silverosa 44 23 21
20 Stephen Atkins 36 36
21 Steve Bottoms 34 34
22 Jeremy Leeding 26 26
23 Simon Bentley 22 22

Premier Over 40’s

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 Paul Willis 132 45 45 42
2 Steven Chilvers 125 40 40 45
3 Paul Groom 120 42 42 36
4 John Holmes 116 38 38 40
5 Stuart McClurg 112 37 37 38
6 Dave Goldsmith 107 35 35 37
7 Bryan Rouse 106 36 36 34
8 Nick Ferris 101 34 32 35
9 Lee Hayward 99 33 33 33
10 Roy Partington 98 32 34 32
11 Will Surtees 93 31 31 31
12 Andrew Smith 89 30 30 29
13 Adrian Hadman 59 29 30
14 Jason Loomes 57 29 28

Super Over 60’s

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 Stephen Hollins 126 42 42 42
2 Ross Dover1 116 40 40 36
3 Richard Jochacy 113 37 38 38
4 Richard Ford 111 38 33 40
5 Mark Stephens 110 36 37 37
6 Trevor Roberts 103 34 34 35
7 Patrick Winter 90 45 45
8 Graham Watson 71 35 36
9 Vincent Wakerley 45 45
10 Trevor Bedford 35 35