Waggott whips up a storm at Farleigh! 2025 Acerbis Amateur Nationals Round 3 – Race Report & Results

After a summer break, the 2025 Acerbis Amateur Nationals fired back into life at the historic Farleigh Castle, and as per usual, it provided a challenge to organisers and riders alike as dry dusty conditions were on the menu for the third round of the series.

Race Report by Arran Murphy – Images courtesy of Matthew Rudd Photography

The Roberts Plant Engineers Vets Over 50 class was first out with FUS Marsh team rider Phil Mercer continuing on his winning run, adding another 4 to his tally, but he was made to work for it as fellow former Grand Prix rider David Campbell was hot on his heels aboard his 500 Honda. Simon Bonser led most of the first race until the flying Mercer pipped him to the line, meaning a 2-3-3-3 scorecard for third overall was the eventual result. Adrian Bradley and Shaun Askins rounded out the top five.

In the Acerbis MX1 category, it was another FUS Marsh rider claiming top spot as James Dodd took home a maximum four wins from four starts and put himself well out front in terms of the points chase. Liam Gale was a wildcard for the weekend and claimed runner-up overall with a bag full of second-place finishes, while Aaron Patstone, another rider who was just a wildcard for the weekend, claimed the final step of the podium with three third-place finishes backed up by a fourth. Thomas Dodsworth and Reece Waine rounded out the top five.

Henry Williams and Tyla Hooley battling it out for MX2 glory

It was a battle royale in the Craigs Motorcycles MX2 class as the top two, Tyla Hooley and Henry Williams, fresh from their points-scoring rides at the British Championship last weekend, went at it all weekend long. Hooley took both wins on Saturday, fending off Williams, but in the first moto on day two, Williams managed to overhaul the points leader and take a race win. In the final moto, however, Hooley, despite a last lap fall in the woods, took the win and with it the overall, leaving Williams to settle for second spot. Scott Hamilton and Alfie Calvert shared the third and fourth places over the course of the weekend, with Hamilton taking third on the final race result. Ezra Blackwell took home fifth position.

In the Moto Connection 125 2 stroke class, Cumbrian Ryan Waggott dominated the weekend, taking home four wins and a maximum points haul, extending his lead at the top of the standings. Local man Paul Neale gave it everything he could, but just couldn’t do anything about the flying Cumbrian and so had to settle for runner-up. Damon Strydom is Waggott’s closest championship challenger and third overall at Farleigh, which means he is still in the fight with two rounds to go. Jamie Smith took home a well-earned fourth, and Aaron Colley took his trusty Honda to fifth overall.

Joe Jones eliminated the 14-point gap to the top in the California MX Dreams Open 2-stroke class, taking three wins from four and the overall honours over the weekend. Jones had to fend off Archie Hicks for the overall, however, as a charge in the third encounter from Hicks gave him the race win, which helped him to claim the runner-up spot overall. Patrick Jackson saw his series lead slip away as an eighth in race one hindered his point tally for the weekend, and he now has a small deficit going to Culham. The Yamaha man managed to climb to the third step of the podium, however, pipping Olly Jones by two points, while Charlie Hucklebridge rounded out the top five.

In the Vets Over 40 category, former MX1 champion Andy Wilson had a dominant weekend, claiming all four race wins on his way to the overall honours ahead of Sam Calow, who battled all weekend with Lee Martin but eventually managed to take home the runner-up spot overall. Martin, however, managed to hold on to his points lead with third overall, but it will be all to play for in the final two rounds as the gap is now down to less than 30 points. Carl Stannard had another consistent weekend of racing, ending with fourth overall, as Alan Jones got himself into the prize money with fifth.

The Motoverde Ladies category was a hotly contested one as Grace Richards and Nadiya Jones went at it for the honours. Richards took the first two race victories but the tables turned in the third encounter as Jones hassled her the whole race to take the win on the final lap. It was a winner-takes-all duel in the final race, and it was Richards who took the final race win and the honours with it. Jones had to settle for runner-up while Hannah Jones rounded off the top three in third.

In the Manchester Xtreme Junior Open class, it was all about consistency as to who would stand on the top step, and James Milne did that perfectly, taking home a 2-2-3-2 scorecard to take his first overall victory of the year and elevate himself in the championship. Liam Deegan took the first two race wins but in the end had to settle for the runner-up spot as Matt Fuller’s 6-5-4-3 results were good enough to get him onto the lower step of the rostrum. Tom Shutler took the final race win to give him fourth overall, and Frankie Ellwell finished the weekend fifth.

An addition to the usual classes was a Super Evo and Evo race, and in the Super Evo class, Ross Millard took three wins and a second to give him the overall from former Open 2 stroke champion Ty Kellett, who took a race win of his own aboard his 500 Kawasaki. Callum Watson finished third.

In the Evo category, Leighton Holmes took two wins and two runner-up spots, which was enough to give him the overall ahead of John McKenzie in second, and Alfie Calvert doubled up on classes alongside his usual MX2 class and stood on the podium in third.

The series now only has a 3-week break, and it heads to Culham for round four of the 2025 season.

Results

MX1

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	JAMES DODD	160	40	40	40	40
2	LIAM GALE*	152	38	38	38	38
3	ARRON PATSTONE	142	36	36	36	34
4	THOMAS DODWORTH	130	26	34	34	36
5	REECE WAINE	124	32	30	32	30
6	BEN WHITE*	118	30	32	28	28
7	SIMON BOOTH	118	34	28	29	27
8	BRADLEY BARFOOT*	116	28	29	30	29
9	BRADLEY BARFOOT*	115	29	27	27	32
10	MARCUS FELTHAM*	105	27	26	26	26

MX2

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	TYLER HOOLEY	158	40	40	38	40
2	HENRY WILLIAMS	154	38	38	40	38
3	SCOTT HAMILTON	140	34	36	34	36
4	ALFIE CALVERT	140	36	34	36	34
5	EZRA BLACKWELL*	123	27	32	32	32
6	JOE FIELD	117	32	29	27	29
7	BRADLEY JOHNSTONE	116	29	28	29	30
8	LEWIS COUZENS*	112	28	26	30	28
9	KYLE MYATT-IBBS	110	30	30	23	27
10	MACAULEY DAVIES	104	25	25	28	26
11	ROMEO MEAD	104	26	27	26	25
12	LEWIS ROBERTS	90	21	22	24	23
13	ARRAN MURPHY	88	24	23	21	20
14	JACK COUZENS	86	22	21	19	24
15	JACK GRIFFITHS	86	20	20	25	21
16	OLIVER WICKERS	82	19	19	22	22
17	JACK IVES*	47	23	24	–	–
18	KIERAN OLDFIELD*	20	–	–	20	–

2 Stroke Open

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	JOE JONES	158	40	40	38	40
2	ARCHIE HICKS	154	38	38	40	38
3	PATRICK JACKSON	136	28	36	36	36
4	OLLY JONES*	134	34	32	34	34
5	CHARLIE HUCKELBRIDGE*	131	36	34	29	32
6	TOM HIRONS	117	32	25	30	30
7	ROSS BENTON	114	30	26	32	26
8	TY KELLET*	106	29	21	27	29
9	JOSH SENTER*	106	24	27	28	27
10	RILEY LOWE*	104	25	28	23	28
11	OLIVER BARNES*	101	27	29	25	20
12	ADAM NEVITT	100	23	30	22	25
13	CHARLIE PALMER	97	26	22	26	23
14	TOBY BAILEY*	90	22	20	24	24
15	HARRY WHITLOCK*	86	21	24	19	22
16	ZAK HODGSON	80	18	23	20	19
17	LYZANDER BIGWOOD*	74	20	18	18	18
18	CURTIS ROBERTS*	74	17	19	21	17
19	JAMIE AITKEN*	61	14	15	17	15
20	BEN MASON*	60	15	16	15	14
21	JACK BANNISTER*	57	19	17	–	21
22	MARCUS HALLS*	32	–	–	16	16
23	BRAD JACKSON-GRAHAM*	30	16	14	–	–
24	JEREMY WILCOX*	27	–	–	14	13
25	SAMUEL TRINDER*	13	–	–	13	–

125cc 2 Stroke

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	RYAN WAGGOTT	160	40	40	40	40
2	PAUL NEAL*	152	38	38	38	38
3	DAMO STRYDOM	140	32	36	36	36
4	JMAIE SMITH*	130	34	30	34	32
5	ARRON COLLEY*	120	29	29	32	30
6	WILL TURNER	113	28	27	29	29
7	SAMUEL JACKSON	110	27	25	30	28
8	HARRISON DREWELL	103	24	24	28	27
9	WYATT McGREGOR	102	36	32	–	34
10	JOSH NOON*	97	22	22	27	26
11	WILLIAM ELL*	93	20	23	25	25
12	MARCIS LILIENTALS	90	19	21	26	24
13	MATTHEW CARTER*	61	18	19	24	–
14	SEAN VERNESS	60	26	34	–	–
15	WESLEY McGAVIN*	56	30	26	–	–
16	STEVE GESNER*	53	25	28	–	–
17	RIGGIE GESNER*	41	21	20	–	–
18	CHRIS CARTER*	40	17	–	23	–
19	ZANE SIBLEY-DEAKIN*	23	23	–	–	–

Evo

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	LEIGHTON HOLMES	156	40	38	38	40
2	JOHN MCKENZIE	144	38	34	36	36
3	ALFIE CALVERT	143	29	36	40	38
4	MARCUS FELTHAM	134	34	32	34	34
5	MATT BENTETT	123	32	29	30	32
6	BEN JONES	87	30	28	29	–
7	CHARILE PARLMER	62	–	30	32	–
8	DAVID CAMPBELL	40	–	40	–	–
9	STUART KEEN	36	36	–	–	–

Super Evo

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	ROSS MILLARD	158	38	40	40	40
2	TY KELLETT	154	40	38	38	38
3	CALLUM WATSON	144	36	36	36	36
4	FRANKIE FELTHAM	125	30	29	34	32
5	STANLEY NOBLE	98	32	32	–	34
6	ROB KEYWORTH	92	–	30	32	30
7	WILD MAN WILLIS	68	34	34	–	–

Ladies

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	GRACE RICHARDS	158	40	40	38	40
2	NADIYA JONES	154	38	38	40	38
3	HANNAH JONES	142	36	34	36	36
4	AMBER McGREGOR	138	34	36	34	34
5	EMILY NOON*	128	32	32	32	32
6	SOPHIE JONES	120	30	30	30	30

Vets Over 40

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	ANDY WILSON	160	40	40	40	40
2	SAM CALOW	148	38	36	36	38
3	LEE MARTIN	136	34	32	34	36
4	CARL STANARD	126	26	34	32	34
5	ALAN JONES*	118	36	30	30	22
6	LEE LARKIN	114	28	26	28	32
7	DAIN TAYLOR	114	30	29	29	26
8	RICK DARLINGTON*	109	29	27	25	28
9	GLEN PHILLIPS*	108	32	38	38	–
10	CLAYTON HOGG	102	27	24	24	27
11	TYSON MAYTOM-JONES*	95	25	23	22	25
12	JAMES ANDREW	89	23	21	21	24
13	JAMES KNATCHBULL*	85	–	28	27	30
14	NICK DAVIES*	84	24	20	19	21
15	DAVID ALDERTON*	80	–	25	26	29
16	RYAN PALMER	80	18	19	20	23
17	ASHLEY BROWN*	72	20	15	17	20
18	ANDY LILIENTALS	64	19	22	23	–
19	GAVIN HALL	57	21	18	–	18
20	JJ	49	–	14	16	19
21	ROB MILLS*	34	–	16	18	–
22	DANIEL GOULD*	32	15	17	–	–
23	RICHARD MAY*	22	22	–	–	–
24	STUART HARROW*	17	17	–	–	–
25	JONATHAN GATEHOUSE*	16	16	–	–	–

Vets Over 50

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	PHIL MERCER	160	40	40	40	40
2	DAVID CAMPBELL*	150	36	38	38	38
3	SIMON BONSAR	146	38	36	36	36
4	ADY BRADLEY	129	32	34	34	29
5	SHAUN ATKINS*	125	34	32	25	34
6	DAVE DUNN	116	27	27	32	30
7	SCOTT SENTER*	114	29	30	28	27
8	BRYAN TUCKER*	109	26	29	29	25
9	PAUL WIECORKE	106	25	26	27	28
10	ADAM SMITH	100	22	28	24	26
11	SEAN HUNTER	95	23	25	23	24
12	JAMES WHITLAW*	92	30	–	30	32
13	DAVID HOPKINS	90	20	24	26	20
14	MIKE JOHNSTON	82	21	23	21	17
15	STEVEN HUMPRIES	81	17	20	22	22
16	ROB PEARCE	78	16	22	19	21
17	DAVE YERDLEY*	75	18	21	20	16
18	NEIL HOPES	73	19	19	17	18
19	DAVE BOTTERILL	65	13	18	15	19
20	IAN POSS*	56	15	–	18	23
21	JASON SMITH	56	11	16	14	15
22	ANDY STEPHENS	52	10	15	13	14
23	JOHN CARD	47	14	17	16	–
24	JOHN PRISTLEY	28	28	–	–	–
25	LEE MASON*	26	12	14	–	–
26	DALE SILK	24	24	–	–	–

Junior Open

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	JAMES MILNE	150	38	38	36	38
2	LIAM DEEGAN*	141	40	40	29	32
3	MATT FULLER*	132	30	32	34	36
4	TOM SHUTLER*	130	36	22	32	40
5	FRANKIE ELWELL	127	29	26	38	34
6	LUKE PRICE	117	34	24	30	29
7	BILLY WIECZORKE	111	32	34	17	28
8	TYLER WILCOX	105	28	23	24	30
9	TOM DANIELS*	102	21	27	28	26
10	JACK RATRCLIFF	102	23	29	25	25
11	JONAS BROWN	102	24	28	27	23
12	JACK TOMPKINS	91	25	21	21	24
13	DAN NEVITT	82	18	14	23	27
14	SONNY NOBLE*	77	22	13	20	22
15	MARK WYATT	74	19	16	19	20
16	RYAN DAVIES	71	26	19	26	–
17	HAYDEN STEVENS	70	–	30	40	–
18	JACK JORDAN	65	15	15	16	19
19	AIDAN CARNEY	59	17	20	22	–
20	MATT READMAN	54	12	10	11	21
21	GEORGE BOTTERILL	54	13	12	15	14
22	LUKE POSS*	52	27	25	–	–
23	AJAY SIMPSON	50	–	36	14	–
24	LOUIS MAYTOM-YALLAND*	49	11	11	10	17
25	HARRY WIECZORKE	49	16	–	18	15
26	BEN HUGHES	47	7	9	13	18
27	JESSE PEARCE	43	14	17	12	–
28	RYAN ROWBOTTOM	42	9	8	9	16
29	JOSH BAILEY	38	20	18	–	–
30	ARRON LONG*	34	10	5	6	13
31	TY MAYTOM*	32	6	6	8	12
32	TOM BARFOOT*	21	4	7	2	8
33	MAYSON WYYAT*	20	1	1	7	11
34	DAN TIMBRELL*	18	8	–	–	10
35	KAILIN COOMBE*	18	3	2	4	9
36	HARRY KNOWLES*	13	5	3	5	–
37	RORY SMITH	9	2	–	–	7
38	DANIEL COOMBE	7	–	4	3	–

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