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

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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.

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.

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.

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	–