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The Big guns were back! BSMA Reunion – MX & Speedway Memories – Race Report & Results

The Big guns were back! BSMA Reunion – MX & Speedway Memories – Race Report & Results

The inaugural BSMA reunion motocross meeting at Littlehempston went down storm amongst riders and fans this past weekend. The brainchild of ‘Motocross and Speedway Memories’ Lee Ashby and fellow BSMA racer Kevin Wheeler was a genuine success as loads of riders from yesteryear rocked up in Devon for a fantastic two days of racing and nostalgia.

Images courtesy of Dave Rich

Racing came thick and fast on the valley laid track with classes for both Evo and modern bikes and old blokes and new kids on the block and the track soon got cut up and knarly, especially for some of the old boys who hadn’t raced or even ridden in years. But that didn’t seem to matter with everyone having a good time and catching up with old friends and reminiscing, which is what the event was all about, and that carried on into the beer tent!

Alex Buckingham

They even laid on a bit of a legends parade with the likes of Craig Pratley (out on his Castrol Honda), Nathan Shelton, Steve Liddington, Dean Bachelor and Dirt Hub’s very own Jeff Perrett (who was worse for wear after succumbing to the perils of the beer tent).

Craig Pratley

A number of speedway legends were also presented including American legend Ronnie Correy. Paul Lee, 1982 British Champion Andy Grahame and Robbie Kessler were all shale stars who were in attendance as well as former BSMA turned speedway rider Carl Belfield.

Dan Hartley

On to the racing, Tom Moore was a class act in the Evo 125’s winning all five motos over the two days. James Ovens was second on both days while Matt Holcombe nailed Saturdays number three spot with Dean Kiff matching that on Sunday.

Tom Moore

Terry House was Saturday’s victor in the Evo 250/500 class while young gun Tyler Westcott took over the top spot on Sunday. In second both times was Scott Arden with James Drinkwater rounding out Saturday’s podium, with Paul Edge on the third step of the box on Sunday.

Ty Westcott

Ben Saunders was victorious in the Super Evo 125’s heading home Stefan Little and Mark Bonning on day one and Daniel Clark and Danny Foreman on day two. In the last moto former Moreden boy Adam Tucker grabbed the holeshot in the class that was in memory of his dad, Chris Tucker was unreal considering he hasn’t raced for donkey years.

Gary Brown

In the Super Evo 250/500 class Oliver Consterdine and Gary Brown shared the honours with Consterdine first on Saturday and second on Sunday with this flipped for Brown who was Sundays top dog. Nathan Davies was third on Saturday with Gareth Morgan repeating this feat on Sunday.

The unbeaten Harvey James

Harvey James blitzed the field in the Modern MX1 group fending off Nick Sheppard and Charlie Nightingale on each occasion while in Modern MX2 Nicky Watts won four out of the five motos for the overall victory on both days. Robert Lewis was the only rider to lower Watts colours winning the first moto on Sunday and grabbing second each time with Nigel Kibble third on Saturday and Sam Callow third on Sunday.

Scott Williamson

Neil Greenland stood on the top step of the podium in the Vets ahead of Casey Jones and Toby Hale in the first instance and Leon Day and Steve Liddington on day two.

Ben Saunders

In Novice 1 Scott Williams feasted on a maximum 5 wins from 5. Josh Chamberlain was second on each day while Martin Curtin was third on Saturday as was Paul Maynard on Sunday.

James Price

The Novice 2 champ was Paul Watts who went unbeaten over the five motos with former BSMA champ Vaughan Williams in second each time. Matt Lovelock nailed third on Saturday while Daniel Hooper got on the box on Sunday.

The Merthyr boys with their airhorns

The event culminated with the Super Final which saw the top four from each class go at it for the final glory.  Once again Harvey James was the victor ahead of Nicky Watts and Charlie Nightingale.

Craig Savage

What can we say apart from what a fantastic weekend and congratulations to Lee Ashby and Kevin Wheeler for putting on such a superb event against all of the odds.

Roll on 2022!

Steve Liddington

Results

Saturday

Evo 125

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 Tom Moore 135 45 45 45
2 James Ovens 125 41 43 41
3 Matt Holcombe 123 43 37 43
4 Dean Kiff 117 39 41 37
5 Richard Moulder 115 37 39 39
6 Neal Browning 107 36 36 35
7 Jason Davies 106 35 35 36
8 Lee Somerset 102 34 34 34
9 Justin Napier 66 33 33
10 Alan Thomas 65 33 32

Evo 250/500

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 Terry House 133 45 45 43
2 Scott Ardren 125 43 41 41
3 James Drinkwater 109 36 37 36
4 Paul Edge 107 19 43 45
5 Paul Deeble 106 41 31 34
6 Steve Locke 101 39 32 30
7 Tom Ware 99 30 36 33
8 Philip Newman 97 32 30 35
9 Alix Foreman 97 37 29 31
10 Ty Westcott 96 33 34 29
11 James Sansom 95 34 35 26
12 Liam Wright 95 31 39 25
13 James Price 90 20 33 37
14 Mitchell Conway 89 29 28 32
15 Daniel Marsh 79 25 27 27
16 Dan Hartley 75 22 25 28
17 Rob Drinkwater 74 35 39
18 Alex Buckingham 73 28 21 24
19 Sean Stickland 72 24 26 22
20 Paul O’Hagon 70 23 24 23
21 Nathan Kennedy 64 21 22 21
22 Roy Wells 27 27
23 Jake Turnbull 26 26
24 Paul Rowe 23 23

Craig Pratley

Super Evo 125

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 Ben Saunders 133 45 43 45
2 Stefan Little 127 43 41 43
3 Mark Bonning 121 41 39 41
4 Dave Anthony 112 37 36 39
5 James Richman 111 39 37 35
6 Danny Foreman 108 36 35 37
7 Dan Whitman 102 34 32 36
8 Toby Wright 100 33 34 33
9 Bradley Kelly 93 30 31 32
10 Matt Wright 89 28 30 31
11 John Radford 86 35 21 30
12 Simon Gill 83 29 28 26
13 James Feiven 79 27 25 27
14 Nathan Wells 79 31 23 25
15 Kevin Lewis 76 25 27 24
16 Jason Chapman 73 20 24 29
17 Billy Stewart 71 17 26 28
18 Ben Masters 67 33 34
19 Daniel Trinder 66 22 22 22
20 Simon Butler 64 24 20 20
21 Daniel Clark 63 18 45
22 Liam Walter 60 21 18 21
23 Hayman Scriven 55 26 29
24 Gav Richman 53 15 15 23
25 Danny Blake 53 16 19 18
26 Tony Smith 50 14 17 19
27 Jamie Clark 32 32
28 Mike Smith 23 23
29 Oliver Nutt 19 19

Super Evo 250/500

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 Ben Saunders 133 45 43 45
2 Oliver Consterdine 135 45 45 45
3 Gary Brown 129 43 43 43
4 Nathan Davies 121 41 39 41
5 Gareth Morgan 119 39 41 39
6 Phil Lloyd 110 36 37 37
7 Ben Wills 107 37 35 35
8 Bradley Clarke 103 31 36 36
9 Jordan Watts 103 35 34 34
10 Ben Wyles 98 34 33 31
11 Dave Pullinger 97 33 31 33
12 Gareth Partridge 89 30 29 30
13 James Collier 88 29 30 29
14 Jack Jenner 64 32 32
15 James Stenner 56 28 28
16 Rob Mills 32 32
17 Ronnie Haycraft 27 27
18 Brian Turnbull 26 26

Modern MX1

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 Nicky Watts 135 45 45 45
2 Robert Lewis 125 43 41 41
3 Nigel Kibble 121 39 43 39
4 Sam Callow 119 37 39 43
5 Dean Filby 109 36 37 36
6 Grant Bryant 103 35 34 34
7 Jasper Flashman 96 31 35 30
8 Brad Priest 95 30 30 35
9 Colby Walker 93 34 26 33
10 Matt Ward 92 27 33 32
11 Dean Stutt 89 29 32 28
12 Ashley Williamson 86 32 28 26
13 Jack Napier 85 23 31 31
14 Ricky Dorrington 82 33 20 29
15 Andrew Deadman 81 8 36 37
16 Dean Woodford 72 26 27 19
17 Rich May 70 25 22 23
18 Kyde Hartwell 70 24 24 22
19 Mark Cornish 69 21 23 25
20 Dean Hillier 64 18 19 27
21 Christopher Talbot 60 17 25 18
22 Josh Kirby 57 28 29
23 Stuart Harrow 53 15 18 20
24 Alan Constantine 45 12 16 17
25 Steve Stutt 43 19 24
26 Callum Mullis 43 22 21
27 Luke Powell 41 20 21
28 James Herring 41 41
29 Tony Wilde 37 9 12 16
30 Justin Congdon 33 16 17
31 Lee Quinn 31 7 11 13
32 Chris Chapman 27 13 14
33 Brett Kelly 27 14 13
34 Dave Trimby 27 6 9 12
35 Ben Lambert 25 10 15
36 Jack Holmes 25 10 15
37 Steve Griffin 25 11 14

Modern MX2

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 Harvey James 135 45 45 45
2 Nick Sheppard 129 43 43 43
3 Charlie Nightingale 121 39 41 41
4 Spencer Cockerill 119 41 39 39
5 Leon Woodford 106 36 36 34
6 Jason Wells 104 34 34 36
7 Ashley Smith 104 37 35 32
8 Daniel Saunders 101 33 33 35
9 Lewis Hayward 99 29 37 33
10 Kona Jenkins 94 35 22 37
11 Phillip Doe 94 32 31 31
12 Simon Marston 84 30 28 26
13 Ryan Lowe 83 25 29 29
14 Shane Campion 83 28 27 28
15 Dale Lyons 82 26 32 24
16 Ben Radford 81 31 25 25
17 Michael Scoulding 77 23 24 30
18 Max Atherton 77 24 26 27
19 Neil Thomas 63 17 23 23
20 Tom Nutt 61 20 21 20
21 Craig Withers 57 27 30
22 Tyler Kelly 57 19 17 21
23 Aaron Shoemark 53 12 19 22
24 Alex Taylor 47 14 16 17
25 Craig Griffin 47 16 15 16
26 Jonathan Turner 45 13 14 18
27 Matt Hawkins 39 21 18
28 Jacob Hawkins 37 18 19
29 Ben Vizard 35 15 20
30 Jono Hoskins 22 22
31 Nigel Carter 22 10 12
32 Cory Kelly 13 13
33 Jamie Banning 11 11

Vets

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 Neil Greenland 133 45 45 43
2 Casey Jones 131 43 43 45
3 Tony Hale 117 37 41 39
4 Leon Day 112 39 37 36
5 Rob Topp 106 41 33 32
6 Steve Liddington 105 33 39 33
7 Darren Harvey 104 35 35 34
8 Mark Pelland 97 36 26 35
9 Neil Long 97 34 32 31
10 Clarke Davidson 88 30 29 29
11 Matthew Lowe 87 26 31 30
12 Lee Barter 85 32 30 23
13 Jason Robson 80 25 27 28
14 Dale Hunt 78 28 24 26
15 Dean Batchelor 75 34 41
16 Dave White 74 22 25 27
17 Robert Church 73 36 37
18 Matthew Loader 71 23 23 25
19 Steven Holmes 71 24 28 19
20 Robin Bayman 61 19 20 22
21 Andrew Spender 57 18 19 20
22 Martin Edgell 51 27 24
23 Ian Cherry 51 29 22
24 Adam Winslet 41 20 21
25 Andrew Batten 31 31
26 Dan Ridge 21 21
27 Matthew Hillier 21 21
28 Chris Juggins 17 17
29 Spencer Briggs 16 16

Novice 1

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 Scott Williams 135 45 45 45
2 Josh Chamberlain 121 39 41 41
3 Martin Curtin 120 41 43 36
4 Brad Smith 118 43 32 43
5 Ashley Atherton 111 33 39 39
6 Paul Maynard 109 35 37 37
7 James Adams 108 37 36 35
8 Jonathan Haden 99 32 34 33
9 Mark Horwell 95 36 35 24
10 Joe Kemp 93 29 30 34
11 Kye Flippance 89 30 27 32
12 Gino Coen 87 31 33 23
13 Paul Stacey 86 28 28 30
14 CJ Mills 83 26 29 28
15 Warren Payne 74 34 9 31
16 Scott Eaton 72 21 24 27
17 Shaheen Safaee 65 22 21 22
18 Matthew Burns 62 25 8 29
19 Gary Mitchinson 61 19 17 25
20 Mark Greenbank 59 8 25 26
21 Kevin Pride 58 27 31
22 Dean Chrippes 57 20 22 15
23 Luke Palmer 56 18 20 18
24 Simon Howells 54 14 19 21
25 Jon Trevelyan 50 12 18 20
26 Jack Sherwood 49 16 14 19
27 Ashley Mair 49 17 16 16
28 Phillip Pullin 49 23 26
29 Geoff Bracey 39 9 13 17
30 Mark Turner 37 11 12 14
31 Joe Ritchie 34 10 11 13
32 Daniel Adams 32 13 7 12
33 Robert Kendryna 24 24
34 Daryl Mills 23 23
35 Scott Davies 22 7 15
36 Gail Helyar 15 15
37 Connor Stenner 10 10

Novice 2

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 Paul Watts 135 45 45 45
2 Vaughn Williams 127 43 41 43
3 Matt Lovelock 117 41 37 39
4 Brett Hellyer 115 39 39 37
5 Matthew Khera 111 32 43 36
6 Ian Barnett 105 35 35 35
7 Lee Bolt 102 36 33 33
8 Mark Chapman 90 30 28 32
9 Kyle Godbear 89 31 24 34
10 Rhys Brown 85 26 31 28
11 Ben Lacey 84 25 30 29
12 Andy Statham 82 27 29 26
13 Dan Cook 81 29 22 30
14 Daniel Hooper 77 36 41
15 Jack Baker 75 24 26 25
16 Shane Parfoot 71 23 25 23
17 Craig Savage 68 28 19 21
18 Callum Davidson 67 20 27 20
19 Rob Smith 67 33 34
20 Josh Lacey 66 7 32 27
21 Ricky Prior 66 21 21 24
22 Russell Romans 65 34 31
23 Jack Wajktnecht 64 19 23 22
24 Shaun Anthony 54 18 20 16
25 Reiss Loxley 52 17 18 17
26 Colin Broadbank 51 16 16 19
27 Mark Mead 39 12 13 14
28 George Gale 37 37
29 Elliott White 32 14 18
30 Daniel Morley 32 15 17
31 Toby Waj 31 9 9 13
32 Bo Derrick 28 13 15
33 Ashley Stenner 22 22
34 Daniel Williams 20 8 12
35 Matt Jarvis 20 10 10
36 Matt Arnold 14 14

Sunday

Evo 125

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2
1 Tom Moore 90 45 45
2 James Ovens 84 41 43
3 Dean Kiff 84 43 41
4 Lee Somerset 78 39 39
5 Jason Davies 28 28

Evo 250/500

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2
1 Ty Westcott 84 39 45
2 Scott Ardren 84 43 41
3 Paul Edge 81 45 36
4 Paul Deeble 79 36 43
5 James Price 78 41 37
6 Dan Hartley 73 34 39
7 James Drinkwater 70 37 33
8 James Sansom 68 33 35
9 Tom Ware 67 35 32
10 Alix Foreman 66 32 34
11 Alex Buckingham 62 31 31
12 Sean Stickland 59 29 30
13 Daniel Marsh 59 30 29
14 Paul O’Hagon 53 26 27
15 Nathan Kennedy 53 27 26
16 Paul Rowe 28 28

Super Evo 125

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2
1 Ben Saunders 90 45 45
2 Daniel Clark 86 43 43
3 Danny Foreman 78 37 41
4 Mark Bonning 76 39 37
5 Dave Anthony 75 36 39
6 James Richman 71 35 36
7 John Radford 68 34 34
8 Stefan Little 68 41 27
9 Dan Whitman 66 33 33
10 Bradley Kelly 64 29 35
11 Matt Wright 63 31 32
12 Toby Wright 61 30 31
13 Billy Stewart 57 28 29
14 Simon Gill 55 27 28
15 Nathan Wells 50 26 24
16 Gav Richman 48 23 25
17 Liam Walter 47 24 23
18 Kevin Lewis 47 25 22
19 Danny Blake 43 22 21
20 Ben Masters 32 32
21 Hayman Scriven 30 30
22 Jason Chapman 26 26
23 Tony Smith 21 21

Super Evo 250/500

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2
1 Gary Brown 88 45 43
2 Oliver Consterdine 86 41 45
3 Gareth Morgan 84 43 41
4 Nathan Davies 75 36 39
5 Ben Wills 75 39 36
6 Jordan Watts 74 37 37
7 Phil Lloyd 69 34 35
8 Jack Jenner 69 35 34
9 Dave Pullinger 66 33 33
10 Ben Wyles 64 32 32
11 James Stenner 31 31

Modern MX1

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2
1 Nicky Watts 88 43 45
2 Robert Lewis 88 45 43
3 Sam Callow 80 39 41
4 Nigel Kibble 80 41 39
5 James Herring 74 37 37
6 Dean Filby 72 36 36
7 Grant Bryant 69 34 35
8 Colby Walker 66 32 34
9 Jack Napier 63 33 30
10 Ashley Williamson 61 35 26
11 Jasper Flashman 59 31 28
12 Andrew Deadman 58 27 31
13 Rich May 54 25 29
14 Matt Ward 52 20 32
15 Dean Hillier 52 28 24
16 Ricky Dorrington 52 30 22
17 Dean Woodford 51 26 25
18 Mark Cornish 50 23 27
19 Brad Priest 49 16 33
20 Christopher Talbot 42 19 23
21 Stuart Harrow 39 18 21
22 Luke Powell 39 21 18
23 Alan Constantine 37 17 20
24 Ben Lambert 33 14 19
25 Callum Mullis 29 29
26 Steve Griffin 28 11 17
27 Tony Wilde 28 12 16
28 Lee Quinn 25 10 15
29 Dean Stutt 24 24
30 Steve Stutt 22 22
31 Justin Congdon 15 15
32 Kyde Hartwell 13 13
33 Dave Trimley 9 9

Modern MX2

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2
1 Harvey James 90 45 45
2 Nick Sheppard 86 43 43
3 Charlie Nightingale 82 41 41
4 Kona Jenkins 76 39 37
5 Leon Woodford 72 36 36
6 Lewis Hayward 71 37 34
7 Jason Wells 69 34 35
8 Phillip Doe 63 32 31
9 Ryan Lowe 62 29 33
10 Shane Campion 62 30 32
11 Michael Scoulding 55 25 30
12 Dale Lyons 55 27 28
13 Ben Radford 53 26 27
14 Simon Marston 51 22 29
15 Tyler Kelly 49 23 26
16 John Turner 44 20 24
17 Tom Nutt 43 21 22
18 Aaron Shoemark 40 17 23
19 Spencer Cockerill 39 39
20 Craig Griffin 39 18 21
21 Ashley Smith 35 35
22 Daniel Saunders 33 33
23 Jacob Hawkins 31 31
24 Max Atherton 28 28
25 Neil Thomas 25 25
26 Matt Hawkins 24 24
27 Cory Kelly 20 20
28 Alex Taylor 19 19

Vets

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2
1 Neil Greenland 88 43 45
2 Leon Day 80 37 43
3 Steve Liddington 80 39 41
4 Rob Topp 73 34 39
5 Robert Church 73 36 37
6 Mark Pelland 66 31 35
7 Jason Robson 66 32 34
8 Matthew Lowe 66 33 33
9 Clarke Davidson 65 29 36
10 Neil Long 65 35 30
11 Dale Hunt 58 26 32
12 Daniel Cavanagh 57 28 29
13 Dave White 56 25 31
14 Andrew Spender 50 22 28
15 Casey Jones 45 45
16 Darren Harvey 45 45
17 Dean Batchelor 41 41
18 Lee Barter 30 30
19 Martin Edgell 27 27
20 Matthew Loader 24 24
21 Robin Bayman 23 23

Novice 1

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2
1 Scott Williams 90 45 45
2 Josh Chamberlain 82 41 41
3 Paul Maynard 82 43 39
4 Brad Smith 77 34 43
5 Martin Curtin 74 37 37
6 James Adams 73 39 34
7 Jonathan Haden 70 35 35
8 Gino Coen 69 36 33
9 Phillip Pullin 59 27 32
10 Joe Kemp 57 26 31
11 Kye Flippance 57 32 25
12 Kevin Pride 57 33 24
13 Ashley Atherton 55 19 36
14 Paul Stacey 55 29 26
15 Jon Trevelyan 52 23 29
16 Matthew Burns 51 28 23
17 Mark Greenbank 50 22 28
18 Simon Howells 48 18 30
19 Gary Mitchinson 48 21 27
20 Daryl Mills 47 31 16
21 Scott Eaton 42 20 22
22 Daniel Adams 35 16 19
23 Luke Palmer 34 13 21
24 Mark Turner 34 14 20
25 Jack Sherwood 34 17 17
26 Joe Ritchie 33 15 18
27 Shaheen Safaee 30 30
28 CJ Mills 25 25
29 Dean Chrippes 24 24
30 Geoff Bracey 12 12
31 Connor Stenner 11 11
32 Ashley Mair 10 10

Novice 2

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2
1 Paul Watts 90 45 45
2 Vaughn Williams 86 43 43
3 Daniel Hooper 80 39 41
4 Russell Romans 74 37 37
5 Ian Barnett 71 32 39
6 Brett Hellyer 69 33 36
7 Ben Lacey 68 34 34
8 Lee Bolt 67 35 32
9 Rhys Brown 62 27 35
10 George Gale 62 31 31
11 Mark Chapman 60 30 30
12 Kyle Godbear 57 28 29
13 Dan Cook 57 29 28
14 Ricky Prior 53 26 27
15 Andy Statham 45 25 20
16 Jack Baker 44 18 26
17 Mark Mead 43 19 24
18 Nigel Carter 42 17 25
19 Lewis Bryer 41 41
20 Sylvain Donzeaud 39 16 23
21 Matt Jarvis 36 14 22
22 Rob Smith 36 36
23 Toby Waj 34 13 21
24 Matt Lovelock 33 33
25 Shane Parfoot 24 24
26 Josh Lacey 23 23
27 Craig Savage 22 22
28 Elliott White 21 21
29 Callum Davidson 20 20
30 Daniel Williams 15 15

Super Final

Pos Competitor Diff Laps
1 Harvey James 0 7
2 Nicky Watts 8.896 7
3 Charlie Nightingale 40.741 7
4 Oliver Consterdine 42.377 7
5 Nigel Kibble 48.957 7
6 Sam Callow 53.639 7
7 Ty Westcott 59.398 7
8 Kona Jenkins 01:02.7 7
9 Dean Filby 01:21.5 7
10 Scott Ardren 01:25.2 7
11 01:30.1 7
12 Josh Chamberlain 01:41.5 7
13 Paul Edge 01:46.2 7
14 Paul Deeble 01:54.4 7
15 Rob Topp 1 lap 6
16 Paul Maynard 1 lap 6
17 Dave Anthony 1 lap 6
18 Ben Wills 1 lap 6
19 Danny Foreman 1 lap 6
20 Mark Bonning 1 lap 6
21 Brett Hellyer 1 lap 6
22 Ian Barnett 1 lap 6
Leon Woodford 0 3

Demi-Jay Arnold