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Parker seals the title with a brilliant hat trick! 2022 Eastern Centre Motocross Championship Finale – Race Report & Results

Going into the 7th and final round of the Eastern Centre Motocross Championship, Norfolk’s Luke Parker had already won the series, but put on a great display to win all three moto’s at his home circuit at Lyng on Sunday.

Race Report by Charlie Ralph – Images courtesy of Max Leveridge

Hosted by the Norwich Vikings club, and sponsored by Stebbings Car Superstore and PP Sports Insurance, a good-sized crowd witnessed some great racing at Cadders Hill, held in warm sunshine, on a well-prepared circuit.

Following timed practise to decide the 40 strong premier class group, it was Ben Cole who led the pack, chased by Declan Whittle, Shaun Southgate, Josh Peters and Parker in the 20-minute-long race.

Whittle took over at the front on lap two, with Southgate and Peters chasing hard. Parker moved into 4th place, and the crowd were treated to witness a four-way battle at the front. At the half distance, Southgate dropped out of the race with bike problems, as Parker got the better of Peters, then set about closing the gap on local ace, Whittle. Going into the final lap, the two Norfolk riders were fighting wheel to wheel, and were side by side as they plunged down Cadders Hill for the last time. With lapped riders just ahead of them, Parker took the inside line on the final corner, to take the win. Whittle could not avoid contact with a lapped rider, but recovered to take second place. Peters had a great ride for 3rd place, followed by Cole, and Bayliss Utting, who was the leading MX2 class rider.

New junior champion, Joseph Leeks, had a storming ride to claim 7th , closely followed by Jake Rackham in 8th place.

In race two of the premier group, Parker and Whittle again battled for the win, with the verdict going to Parker again. Teenager Utting had a great race, holding off Peters for 3rd place. Southgate had borrowed a bike from his Herts MX sponsor, Steve Atkins, and after a sluggish start, climbed to 5th place at the finish. Leeks was again the leading junior grade rider, in 7th, with Rackham the second-best junior finisher in 10 th place.

Parker completed his hat trick in race three after passing early leader, Ben Cole. Southgate was getting the hang of his borrowed bike, and fought through to 2nd place, ahead of Peters, Whittle and Cole. Will Farrow was 6th, and was the top MX2 expert rider in the series. Joseph Leeks was 7th for the third time, adding his name on the junior championship trophy.

The supporting A group saw Charlie Roper taking the overall, winning the first two races, with a 3rd place in race three, which was won by Carl Miller. Norwich Viking club members, Teddy Hyde and Josh Deadman were 2nd and 3rd in the overall standings. In group B, Jack Whitlam won all three legs with ease. Jake Knight finished 2nd in the first two races, but a dnf in race three ruined his overall chances.

The meeting also included round eight of the popular NGR over 30’s championships, and Gary Hoptrough took his Kawasaki to three wins at his local circuit. Jack Edwards was 2nd each time, with series leader, Tim Clark, third overall, with a couple of 3rds, and a 5th place.

Results

Premier Experts

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Luke Parker	75	25	25	25
2	Declan Whittle	62	22	22	18
3	Josh Peters	58	20	18	20
4	Bayliss Utting	49	16	20	13
5	Benjamin Cole	48	18	14	16
6	Dylan Spencer	42	15	15	12
7	Brad Woodroffe	39	13	12	14
8	Shaun Southgate	38	–	16	22
9	Wiliam Farrow	38	10	13	15
10	Calum McCaul	29	12	9	8
11	Benjamin Parry	28	9	8	11
12	Mitchell Meadows	28	11	7	10
13	Thomas Murphy	25	14	11	–
14	Myles Saunders	19	–	10	9
15	Benjamin Alexander	14	8	6	–
16	Philip Burton	7	7	–	–

Premier Juniors

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Joseph Leeks	75	25	25	25
2	Jake Rackham	66	22	22	22
3	Freddie O’Leary	56	20	16	20
4	Travis Frost	53	15	20	18
5	Joseph Hall	52	18	18	16
6	Jake Taylor	42	12	15	15
7	Connor Bunkle	42	14	14	14
8	Joe Phillips	34	13	10	11
9	Timothy Warnes	33	16	4	13
10	Thomas Batts	28	9	13	6
11	Joe Dawson	24	8	7	9
12	Jordan Andrews	23	11	12	–
13	James Rowsell	21	–	9	12
14	Sam Menzies	16	6	–	10
15	John Hilton	16	3	5	8
16	Oliver Gaut	15	–	8	7
17	Alex Truslow	15	7	6	2
18	Frankie Elwell	15	4	11	–
19	Josh Sturman	13	5	3	5
20	Benjamin Watling	10	10	–	–
21	Ethan Cone	7	2	1	4
22	Jack Watling	6	1	2	3

Support A

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Charlie Roper	131	45	45	41
2	Teddy Hyde	123	39	41	43
3	Joshua Deadman	123	41	43	39
4	Lee Kirkpatrick	117	43	37	37
5	Carl Miller	106	27	34	45
6	Lloyd Goldstraw	100	31	35	34
7	Sam Hilton	96	32	31	33
8	Ty Atkins	93	34	33	26
9	Charlie Starsmoore	91	29	32	30
10	Henry Cox	88	23	30	35
11	Henry Utting	79	26	21	32
12	Lewis Saunders	77	22	24	31
13	Daniel Cole	75	35	29	11
14	Lee Butson	72	33	39	–
15	George Reeves Furness	71	25	19	27
16	Alfie Hunt	65	17	23	25
17	Joshua Warren	65	21	22	22
18	Cory Smith	64	19	16	29
19	Aaron Saunders	60	11	26	23
20	George Stark	59	24	25	10
21	Reggie Jacobs	57	20	9	28
22	Samuel Cliff	57	30	27	–
23	Ollie Denyer	56	28	28	–
24	James Light	53	18	18	17
25	Alfie Self	50	12	14	24
26	Lee Scott	48	7	20	21
27	Thomas Davies	47	14	15	18
28	Kieran Jessett	45	13	13	19
29	Robert Bond	45	15	17	13
30	Scott Goodson	37	37	–	–
31	Steven East	36	10	6	20
32	Shaun Tacey	36	16	11	9
33	Chris Gaut	29	6	8	15
34	Ryan Goode	29	5	10	14
35	Dylan Wilby	25	9	–	16
36	Ryan Cole	24	–	12	12
37	Frazer Lawrence	15	–	7	8
38	Oliver Brinkley	8	8	–	–
39	Katie Stock	4	4	–	–

Support B

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Jack Whitlam	135	45	45	45
2	Zachary Kneller	125	41	41	43
3	Olly Hollands	114	34	39	41
4	Andrew Webster	103	37	37	29
5	Jody Cutler	100	31	30	39
6	Andrew Rooke	100	32	31	37
7	Andrew Smith	97	29	34	34
8	Tom Newby	97	33	32	32
9	David Homan	93	30	28	35
10	Matthew Herring	92	35	27	30
11	Toby Souchotte	90	28	29	33
12	Jake Knight	86	43	43	–
13	Sam Whittred	80	26	26	28
14	Ashley Stiff	77	25	25	27
15	Daniel Storey	74	39	35	–
16	Michael Blaxell	72	23	24	25
17	Daniel Allen	68	22	23	23
18	Robert Bushell	67	21	20	26
19	Tony Rooke	64	–	33	31
20	Jack Hensby	62	19	21	22
21	Geraint Hubbard	51	27	–	24
22	Maisie Olivia Hockney	49	15	15	19
23	Joshua Chappell	43	–	22	21
24	Ben Chilvers	38	20	18	–
25	Nick Hunton	34	–	14	20
26	Louie O’Brien	34	17	17	–
27	Jonathan Boreham	33	14	19	–
28	Stephen Bond	29	13	16	–
29	Trevor Neave	24	24	–	–
30	Oliver Manning	18	18	–	–
31	Jack Hunton	16	16	–	–

NGR

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Gary Hoptrough	150	50	50	50
2	Jack Edwards	141	47	47	47
3	Timothy Clark	131	45	41	45
4	Max Wood	131	43	45	43
5	Shane Brown	121	41	39	41
6	Marc Nickerson	119	39	40	40
7	Aaron Hopkins	119	38	43	38
8	Aaron Smith	115	40	38	37
9	Mark Goodson	113	37	37	39
10	Shaun Palfrey	105	36	35	34
11	Philip Waldron	104	32	36	36
12	Stephen Atkins	104	35	34	35
13	Paul Hubbard	99	34	33	32
14	Lewis Joyce	98	33	32	33
15	Aaron Holden	92	30	31	31
16	Wayne Fulcher	87	29	30	28
17	Andrew Cattermole	87	31	29	27
18	Shawn Graham	86	28	28	30
19	David Farrant	81	25	27	29
20	Jason Turner	76	26	24	26
21	John Smith	76	27	25	24
22	Kai Ryder	75	24	26	25
23	David Sturman	69	23	23	23
24	Roger Frean	29	12	7	10
25	Christopher Thorpe	28	11	9	8
26	Liam Walker	28	13	8	7
27	Paul Aldridge	24	9	6	9
28	Mark Hunt	20	10	10	–
29	Joseph Henthorn	19	8	5	6
30	Kevin Gore	16	7	4	5
31	Sam Cook	12	5	3	4
32	James Colclough	10	6	1	3
33	Jason Ramsey	6	4	2	–