Putnam powers home! Northampton NMCC Club Championship – Race Report & Results

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For Round 2 of the 2021 SMC Series, NMCC headed to the picturesque hillside circuit at Badby. The sun stayed out for most of the day, a good job considering how the cold Northamptonshire wind never let up for a second.

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

In the Expert class, Charlie Putnam took charge early on, riding to 3 clean wins in formidable style. Toby Avis took second overall after claiming runner-up position in the final two races. Oliver Beamish took third overall with three consistent third place finishes. With such a big entry the Junior class once again had to be split into 3 groups following qualification. In the A group Henry Siddiqui took first overall after finishing second first time out, before winning the final race. First race winner Elliott Pugh ended up second overall ahead of Tony Leishman who recently returned to competition.

In the B category, Luke Jenkinson proved victorious after winning the final race. Alan Vissian headed a group of enduro riders into second overall with Max Barnett in third. Lee Hayward took a maximum two wins in the Junior C class, his lap times suggesting he could have been competitive in a higher group.

For this meeting NMCC were joined by the South Eastern EVO Series, impressing everyone with their full lineup of gleaming 2 strokes. Brett Fisher dominated the class with three straight wins, shadowed each time by Steve Bixby. Jason Morland looked immaculate on his way to third overall. In the first of the age groups, Justin Robinson took the overall win in the Premier O40 class, with two wins and a second. Billy Hazell finished second overall after following Justin home in the first two, but overturning the result in the final leg. Paul Willis got faster as the day went on to take third overall.

Tony Leishman took a full hat-trick of victories in the Elite O50 class. Greg Cox finished in second ahead of Chris Koch each time out. In the Super O60 class, Simon Tucker took the overall winning two of the three legs. Richard Jocachy took a well deserved second place overall, with Richard Ford claiming the last step of the podium each time out.

Charlie Putnam took his second hat-trick of victories for the day in the U40 class. Connor Dickens took second overall after battling and trading places with Kyle Creevy. First overall in the 2 stroke sub-group went to two-stroke enthusiast Ian Tindle ahead of Sam Chapman. Luke Twelvetree stormed to victory in the famous NMCC Workers race which incorporates a handicap start. Given another lap Ashley Batten could probably have reeled him in, but ran out of time on this occasion.

Results

Experts

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Charlie Putnam	135	45	45	45
2	Toby Avis	122	38	42	42
3	Oliver Beamish	120	40	40	40
4	Lewis Huckerby	114	42	35	37
5	David Frankland	111	37	38	36
6	Kyle Creevy	109	35	36	38
7	Connor Dickens	102	34	33	35
8	Cameron Curtis	91	28	29	34
9	Aiden Maloney	73	36	37	–
10	Thomas Allsopp	67	33	34	–
11	Ioannis Thanos	63	32	31	–
12	Graham Lee	61	29	32	–
13	Sam Harwood	61	31	30	–
14	Shaun Robinson	30	30	–	–

Junior A

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2
1	Henry Siddiqui	87	42	45
2	Elliott Pugh	83	45	38
3	Antony Leishman	80	38	42
4	Jamie Richmond	80	40	40
5	George Cox	73	37	36
6	Tim Hammond	68	31	37
7	Frank Burton	67	34	33
8	Callum Sedgwick	63	33	30
9	Joshua Bing	61	26	35
10	Brett Wykes	61	35	26
11	James Allsopp	61	36	25
12	Carl Bottomley	60	29	31
13	Harry Craig	58	24	34
14	Joe Butter	56	27	29
15	Max Wood	55	23	32
16	Daniel Sutton	47	19	28
17	James Benson	47	20	27
18	Jason Mills	45	21	24
19	Oliver Sargeant	32	32	–
20	Tom Gower	30	30	–
21	Tom Birkumshaw	28	28	–
22	Adam Ford	25	25	–
23	Jack Gower	22	22	–
24	Stephen Grimshaw	18	18	–

Junior B

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2
1	Luke Jenkinson	87	42	45
2	Alan Vissian	82	40	42
3	Max Barnett	76	38	38
4	Jonathan Lee	73	33	40
5	Charlie Lee	73	36	37
6	Russell Diggin	69	35	34
7	Ben Owen	69	37	32
8	Dan Abbott	67	32	35
9	John Dee	60	24	36
10	Sam Chapman	59	28	31
11	Sidney Putnam	58	34	24
12	Kieran Evans	57	30	27
13	Sam Hunt	55	26	29
14	Jack Marriott	54	29	25
15	J Duggins	53	23	30
16	Tommy James Shing	49	27	22
17	Daniel Whitehead	45	45	–
18	Frankie West	43	10	33
19	Ben Collins	43	22	21
20	Anthony Banks	43	25	18
21	Ryan Blackwell	41	13	28
22	Kevin Turnbull	40	21	19
23	Harley Antal	38	12	26
24	Ashley Batten	37	14	23
25	Jordan Stilp	35	19	16
26	Jack Bennett	32	18	14
27	Ben Nye	31	31	–
28	Charles Wilkins	30	15	15
29	Lewis Evans	29	9	20
30	Nathan Bull	28	11	17
31	Stan Tucker	20	20	–
32	Cameron Millwood	17	17	–
33	Ian Thompson	16	16	–

Junior C

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2
1	Lee Hayward	90	45	45
2	Phil Gee	79	42	37
3	Jamie Epplestone	77	35	42
4	Matthew Mason	74	40	34
5	David Warner	73	37	36
6	Lewis Mitchell	71	33	38
7	Thomas Elliott	67	36	31
8	Sam Waterman	63	34	29
9	Conor Frost	62	27	35
10	Ian Tindle	59	29	30
11	Christof McClurg	58	30	28
12	Jamie Cowell	58	26	32
13	Josh Meadows	56	23	33
14	Charlie Buckingham	54	28	26
15	Luke Twelvetree	54	32	22
16	Luke Phillips	48	21	27
17	Jack Fennymore-Birch	45	24	21
18	Simon Tucker	43	20	23
19	Joshua Ford	40	–	40
20	Nick Hunton	40	15	25
21	Richard Jochacy	39	22	17
22	Peter Chinn	38	38	–
23	Max Parkin	38	19	19
24	Nick Collins	36	16	20
25	Mark James	35	17	18
26	Ryan Gee	31	31	–
27	Richard Ford	29	13	16
28	Mark Stephens	27	12	15
29	Jake Knapton	25	25	–
30	Matt Huck	18	18	–

Premier over 40’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Justin Robinson	132	45	45	42
2	Billy Hazell	129	42	42	45
3	Paul Willis	116	38	38	40
4	Tony Hale	115	37	40	38
5	Steven Chilvers	108	35	36	37
6	Stuart McClurg	107	36	35	36
7	Roy Partington	102	34	33	35
8	Elliott Lewis	98	30	34	34
9	Lee Hayward	96	32	32	32
10	Mark Pyner	95	31	31	33
11	Paul Moore	77	40	37	–
12	Tommy Bindley	61	–	30	31
13	David Warner	33	33	–	–

Super Over 60’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Simon Tucker	132	45	42	45
2	Richard Jochacy	122	42	38	42
3	Richard Ford	120	40	40	40
4	Mark Stephens	112	37	37	38
5	Roger Knibbs	108	36	36	36
6	Trevor Roberts	107	35	35	37
7	Stephen Hollins	45	–	45	–
8	Trevor Bedford	38	38	–	–