Tombs wins at Lyng as Parker Claims Dennis Slaughter Challenge Trophy – Race Report & Results

Sunday saw a busy 18 race programme at a damp Cadders Hill circuit at Lyng, hosted by the Norwich Vikings club.

Report by Charlie Ralph – Feature Image courtesy of Image Rich Media

Wet conditions made the track tricky and demanding for round 3 of the South Eastern Evo’s, round 4 of the NGR over 30’s, plus races for experts and juniors, but credit to the club, marshals and to the riders for completing the meeting.

The overall winner in the evo’s group, sponsored by Stebbings Car Superstore, was Brett Fisher, with two race wins and a second place. Steve Bixby was runner up in the first leg after passing both Jason Morland and Jon Barfoot, and Morland chased Fisher home in race two, with Barfoot holding off Bixby to claim 3rd place. Bixby took the win in race 3, with Fisher finishing well clear of Barfoot, to claim the overall win. Morland took his 500cc KTM to 4th place, just ahead of a fast finishing Alex Hornsby.

Current NGR leader, Tim Clark, led race one of the NGR’s, but his main rival in the championship, Will Kerry, took his Husqvarna to the front for the win. Clark looked good for 2nd place until local rider, Robert Baldry, made a late charge to claim 2nd spot. Race two saw Kerry and Clark battling at the front, and again it was Kerry who took the win. John Hinz took his Yamaha to 3rd place, with Richard Roper holding off the challenge of Aaron Smith to claim his 2nd fourth place finish. The third NGR race saw Clark and Kerry swapping the lead several times, and a determined Clark took the win. Roper came home in 3rd place after a race long scrap with Baldry and Mark Goodson.

The premier class experts were joined by the fastest 15 junior riders from timed practise, and the star of the day was Honda’s Lewis Tombs, who took all three race wins. Local ace, Luke Parker, gave Tombs a hard time though, and was never far away from the Honda’s rear wheel in all three moto’s. Declan Whittle was 3rd overall with a couple of 2nd places, plus a 4th position, and Ben Cole rode well to a 3rd, and two 4th places for 4th overall. South African, Brad Woodroffe, rode consistently for 5th on the day, with 15 year old Bayliss Utting, racing as an expert for the first time, claimed 6th overall. The 3rd premier class race also saw Luke Parker becoming the first recipient of the new Dennis Slaughter Challenge Trophy, as he was the first Vikings club member to finish.

It was a poignant moment for the young star, as the late Dennis Slaughter did so much to help his career in his earlier racing years.

Archie Fisher topped the juniors in the premier class, with three good rides, along with Connor Bunkle, who pushed hard each time. Gareth Lane was 3rd overall. Veteran Gary Hoptrough had a dnf following a tyre problem in the first race, but was the first junior finisher in the other two legs, resulting in 5th overall, behind another former expert, Tim Warnes

In the group A supports, Craig Heslop won race one from Tim Rose, however, Rose revelled in the wet conditions to take victory in the other two legs for the overall win. Joseph Hall rode well for 2nd on the day, two points better than Heslop, with teenager, Harry Smith taking 4th place.

Henry Rogers, with two wins and a second place, won the B group supports, although Joe Scillitoe pushed Rogers in all three races. Josh Smith took his KTM to 3rd overall, and Fynn Ellis was the overall victor in group C, ahead of Toby Souchotte and James Day. Jack Whitlam had easily won the first two moto’s, but was promoted to the A group 3rd race, therefore not figuring in the overall results.

Results

Premier Class – Expert

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Lewis Tombs	75	25	25	25
2	Luke Parker	66	22	22	22
3	Declan Whittle	58	20	20	18
4	Benjamin Cole	56	18	18	20
5	Brad Woodroffe	47	15	16	16
6	Bayliss Utting	40	13	13	14
7	Toby Avis	39	14	12	13
8	Callum Murfitt	38	12	11	15
9	Todd Ritchie	31	16	15	–
10	Ryan Matthews	28	6	10	12
11	Benjamin Alexander	28	9	9	10
12	Oliver Brader	26	7	8	11
13	Reece Martin	25	11	14	–
14	Andrew Stephenson	10	10	–	–
15	Jack Youngs	8	8	–	–

Premier Class – Junior

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Archie Fisher	58	20	16	22
2	Connor Bunkle	56	18	18	20
3	Gareth Lane	53	22	13	18
4	Timothy Warnes	53	25	20	8
5	Gary Hoptrough	50	–	25	25
6	Finley Jarvis	46	16	15	15
7	Benjamin Parry	45	10	22	13
8	Shane Brown	42	14	14	14
9	Lewis Holmes	41	13	12	16
10	Jake Ward	36	15	10	11
11	James Rowsell	31	8	11	12
12	Paul Aldridge	28	9	9	10
13	Ethan Martin	20	11	–	9
14	Ross Taylor	12	12	–	–
15	Travis Frost	7	7	–	–

Junior A

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Tim Rose	133	43	45	45
2	Joseph Hall	119	41	41	37
3	Craig Heslop	117	45	37	35
4	Harry Smith	115	35	39	41
5	Daniel Willis	96	34	30	32
6	Kathryn Booth	94	17	43	34
7	Karl Sturman	89	39	27	23
8	Archie Cockerill	88	31	26	31
9	Thomas Mustard	87	37	21	29
10	Benjamin Watling	86	29	24	33
11	Sam Rogers	82	33	19	30
12	Daniel Wright	81	32	25	24
13	Joshua Deadman	74	–	35	39
14	Gareth Cushion	73	20	32	21
15	Callum Lake	71	12	34	25
16	Thomas Batts	71	30	23	18
17	Lewis Bond	69	25	22	22
18	Luke Nolan	68	13	28	27
19	Dan Palmer	65	19	33	13
20	Oliver Gaut	64	28	8	28
21	Dan Lee	64	18	20	26
22	Ethan Cone	61	16	29	16
23	Zak Roberts	57	24	14	19
24	James Gadd	56	23	13	20
25	Lloyd Goldstraw	54	21	16	17
26	Josh Sturman	46	22	15	9
27	Sam Cushion	45	27	18	–
28	Jack Whitlam	43	–	–	43
29	Ross Young	43	26	17	–
30	Ty Atkins	41	14	12	15
31	Max Monk	38	15	9	14
32	Edward Pegram	34	11	11	12
33	Alby Smith	31	–	31	–
34	Aaron Saunders	30	10	10	10
35	Jordan Rowe	20	9	–	11

Junior B

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Henry Rogers	133	45	43	45
2	Joe Scillitoe	131	43	45	43
3	Josh Smith	113	35	39	39
4	Lee Scott	109	41	37	31
5	Luke Horley	103	33	41	29
6	Scott Goodson	102	29	32	41
7	Alex Truslow	102	39	26	37
8	Alfie Hunt	95	32	35	28
9	Lewis Abel	91	31	30	30
10	Sam Edwards	90	34	23	33
11	Aidan Weston	89	30	33	26
12	Luke Clifton	76	13	31	32
13	Samuel Cook	75	25	28	22
14	Alfie Self	74	24	29	21
15	Steven East	68	23	20	25
16	Katie Stock	62	14	21	27
17	Craig Page-Baker	61	–	27	34
18	Henry Utting	60	26	34	–
19	Sam Menzies	59	–	24	35
20	Charlie Starsmoore	56	16	16	24
21	Chris Gaut	56	20	17	19
22	Andrew Rooke	54	17	14	23
23	Ben Secker	50	28	22	–
24	Sam Hilton	46	27	19	–
25	Reece Horne	43	18	25	–
26	Bradley Allen	37	37	–	–
27	George Reeves Furness	33	–	13	20
28	Sebastian Millbank	30	12	18	–
29	Jake Pearce	27	15	12	–
30	Adam Groom	22	22	–	–
31	Robert Aldridge	21	21	–	–
32	Jody Cutler	19	19	–	–
33	Andrew Smith	15	–	15	–

Junior C

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Fynn Ellis	119	39	37	43
2	Toby Souchotte	113	35	39	39
3	James Day	109	31	33	45
4	Tony Rooke	107	34	32	41
5	Shaun Tacey	106	37	34	35
6	Tom Starling	101	33	31	37
7	Stuart Flatman	93	32	28	33
8	Jack Whitlam	90	45	45	–
9	Anna Groves	90	30	26	34
10	Lewis Dorling	86	43	43	–
11	Ryan Preston	82	41	41	–
12	Robert Bushell	49	24	25	–
13	Jason Eaves	48	27	21	–
14	Liam Ryland-Pye	47	25	22	–
15	Mark Howell	35	–	35	–
16	Mark Hegarty	30	–	30	–
17	Haydon Newton	29	29	–	–
18	Robert Bond	29	–	29	–
19	Jack Matthews	28	28	–	–
20	David Homan	27	–	27	–
21	Jacques Hesse	26	26	–	–
22	Michael Foster	24	–	24	–
23	George Lummis	23	23	–	–
24	Ben Saltmarsh	23	–	23	–
25	Matthew Herring	22	22	–	–
26	George Lummis	20	–	20	–

NGR

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	William Kerry	147	50	50	47
2	Timothy Clark	142	45	47	50
3	Richard Roper	131	43	43	45
4	Robert Baldry	127	47	37	43
5	Mark Goodson	119	39	39	41
6	Aaron Smith	118	37	41	40
7	John Hilton	116	40	38	38
8	Lee Powell	113	34	40	39
9	Tyrone Tugwell	104	35	34	35
10	Marc Nickerson	101	36	33	32
11	Jason Aylett	99	31	31	37
12	Paul Hubbard	99	38	32	29
13	Jake Morphey	98	26	36	36
14	Stephen Atkins	98	29	35	34
15	Lewis Joyce	91	32	29	30
16	Shaun Palfrey	89	28	30	31
17	John Hinz	86	41	45	–
18	Lee Keyton	82	23	26	33
19	Christian Drane	79	24	27	28
20	Robert Reid	72	21	24	27
21	Dean Suckling	70	22	23	25
22	Aaron Holden	69	18	25	26
23	Wayne Fulcher	58	14	21	23
24	Steven Bottoms	55	27	28	–
25	David Ward	47	25	22	–
26	Jason Turner	44	20	–	24
27	Trevor Neave	37	17	20	–
28	John Maynard	35	16	19	–
29	Sean Wright	33	33	–	–
30	Geraint Hubbard	33	15	18	–
31	David Farrant	30	30	–	–
32	Brendan Corr	22	–	–	22
33	John Smith	19	19	–	–