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

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

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.

Ian Tindle

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.

Jason Morland

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.

Lee Hayward leads Jamie Epplestone

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