Crick 24.04.05

Northampton Motorcyclists Club 20.04.05

Club Championship Rnd. 2 at Crick

Report: Fraser Law

Photos: Chris Valentine - hockeyphotos.com and Elliot Patching - patchingimages.com

Riders at Crick were greeted by a bright sunny day, with a cool breeze proving just enough to keep the dust at bay all day. The recent track grading was a big improvement, though Crick is never going to be an easy circuit, and today it proved to be as hard, fast and demanding as ever. The famous Crick 'ridge and furrow' whoops demanded absolute concentration, though some modifications meant a degree of doubling and tripling was possible, if not perhaps for the faint-hearted.

First race away was the workers race, with the traditional handicapped start. On her first ride back with the club after several years, Hayley Rilings took the win from Michael Randall. The Experts ran with the Junior A group, producing some great races between Mark Boswell, Kevin Finch and Nigel Smith. Nigel had to leave straight after his final race as his wife was going in to labour, Daniel Smith was born later on Sunday night, congratulations to the proud parents.

Mark Boswell took his Honda 450 to a clean sweep of the Experts from Nigel Smith and Simon Bryant. Kevin Finch again proved unstoppable on his 125 KTM in the Junior A finals with Lee Smith finishing in a sometimes lonely second place (despite a great win in his heat) from Jon Gutteridge. In the 125's victory went to guess who, Kevin Finch once again, from a much fitter this time Fraser Law and Adam Collins. Junior B's saw Matthew Farr win from Chris Hackett and Matthew Willis. The Twinshock pilots showed they were up to the task of running with the 40-50's and Over 50's, running near the front of the pack all day. Quite a feat considering the toughness of the course. Victory went to David Muddiman, from Mick Simons and Mike Freeman.

In the Age group categories the Under 30's saw Gavin Coleman take the win from smooth riding John Merrison. The 30-40's, always a highly competitive group, saw Mark Boswell win from Nigel Smith. Alan Coleman won the 40-50's from Mike Freeman. The consistently fast Mick Simons took the overall in the Over 50's from Tom Austin.

Results-

Experts: 1 Mark Boswell, 2 Nigel Smith, 3 Simon Bryant

125: 1 Kevin Finch, 2 Fraser Law, 3 Adam Collins, 4 Gavin Coleman, 5 Richard Lowe, 6 Simon Bryant

Junior A: 1 Kevin Finch, 2 Lee Smith, 3 Jon Gutteridge, 4 Stephen Trodd, 5 Gavin Coleman, 6 Simon Bonham

Junior B: 1 Matthew Farr, 2 Chris Hackett, 3 Matt Willis, 4 Christian Livesey, 5 Stephen Wright, 6 Nick Dennis

Twinshock: 1 David Muddiman, 2 Mick Simons, 3 Mike Freeman, 4 Steve Mitton, 5 Pete Griffith, 6 Bob Collier

Under 30: 1 Gavin Coleman, 2 John Merrison, 3 Sam Chapman, 4 Adam Norris, 5 Scott Marragh, 6 Tim Engel

30-40: 1 Mark Boswell, 2 Nigel Smith, 3 Lee Smith, 4 Stephen Trodd, 5 Chris Hackett, 6 Jonny Lee

40-50: 1 Alan Coleman, 2 Mike Freeman, 3 Steven Mitton, 4 Nick Dennis, 5 Robert Brennan, 6 Nik Walker

Over 50: 1 Mick Simons, 2 Tom Austin, 3 Trevor Roberts, 4 Brian Read, 5 Peter Griffith

Workers: 1 Hayley Rilings, 2 Michael Randall, 3 Fraser Law, 4 Alan Vissian, 5 Alan Coleman, 6 Tom Austin