2017 SMC Rd. 1 + NGR at Badby
Report: Fraser Law
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On the hottest day of 2017 the SMC Championships
finally got under way at Badby with Northampton Motorcyclists Club. As last
year the meeting featured the Eastern Centre NGR Series, though the weather
was a marked contrast from the rain and mud of twelve months ago. Track prep
started off just about perfect, though it dried out towards the end in the
baking sun.
Reigning SMC Champion Michael McClurg made it clear
that he intends to retain the no. 1 plate this year. Michael took wins in
all three Expert races, despite some close battles with Charlie Putnam who
finished second each time out. Jack Gregory finished third overall with a
couple of top three places. In the Junior A races Riley Lowe and Sam Harwood
finished on equal points with a win and a second place each. Rob Hollis
finished third each time from Cameron Curtis. Robert Morris took two wins in
the Junior B group, followed by a close three way battle between Brad
Willis, Aaron Wills and Tom King. They finished in that order overall.
In the NGR class Liam Walker took a hat-trick of
wins on his way to first overall. Adam Gordon took second overall with two
second places, from Aaron Hopkins who managed to take second in the final
leg. Ryan Griffiths was equally dominant in the O40 class taking wins in all
three races. Cliff Lester got faster as the day went on, being the only
rider to challenge Ryan. Cliff finished second overall ahead of Tony
Leishman who rarely misses the podium. In the O50 class Fraser Law took the
overall after some very close racing with Greg Cox. Fraser twice had to come
from behind to take Greg in the closing stages. Michael Allport finished
third overall and won the final race. Nigel Miller is rarely beaten in the
O60 class and this time proved to be no different. Nigel took all three wins
from Reg Willis and Roger Knibbs.
Despite never finishing in
the top three, Callum McClurg used consistency to take the overall. Brother
Michael win two of the races but failed to finish the other after more close
battles with second race winner Charlie Putnam.
Jacob Wills took a fine second overall
from Team Renthal’s Ian Tindle. Tony Leishman won the overall once again in
his specialist 2 Stroke class. Nigel Miller took second overall from
Christian Livesey.
Results:
Expert: 1 Michael McClurg, 2
Charlie Putnam, 3 Jack Gregory, 4 John Hinz, 5 Simon Wyse, 6 Connor Dickens
Junior A: 1 Riley Lowe, 2 Sam
Harwood, 3 Rob Hollis, 4 Cameron Curtis, 5 Callum McClurg, 6 Paul Atkinson
Junior B: 1 Robert Morris, 2 Brad
Willis, 3 Aaron Wills, 4 Tom King, 5 Miles Woodhouse, 6 Matty Philips
NGR: 1 Liam Walker, 2 Adam
Gordon, 3 Aaron Hopkins, 4 Tim Clarke, 5 Lee Keyton, 6 Paul Hubbard
Premier O40: 1 Ryan Griffiths, 2
Cliff Lester, 3 Tony Leishman, 4 Paul Kroner, 5 Stuart
Scott, 6 Christian Livesey
Elite O50: 1 Fraser Law, 2 Greg
Cox, 3 Michael Allport, 4 Tom Lowe, 5 Trevor Shephard, 6 Steve Gilbey
Super O60: 1 Nigel Miller, 2 Reg
Willis, 3 Roger Knibbs, 4 Trevor Roberts
U40: 1 Callum McClurg, 2 Jacob
Wills, 3 Ian Tindle, 4 James Lewis, 5 Michael McClurg, 6 Charlie Putnam
2 Stroke: 1 Tony Leishman, 2
Nigel Miller, 3 Christian Livesey, 4 Ian Tindle, 5 Connor Dickens, 6 Tom
Harwood
Workers: 1 Fraser Law, 2 Cameron
Curtis, 3 Helen Morgan, 4 James Higgins, 5 Roger Knibbs
Expert | Club Expert | |||||||||||||||
no. | name | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | no. | name | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | |||
7 | Michael McClurg | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | 1 | 7 | Michael McClurg | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | 1 | |||
91 | Charlie Putnam | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 | 2 | 8 | Tom Harwood | 40 | 42 | 42 | 124 | 2 | |||
59 | Jack Gregory | 40 | 37 | 40 | 117 | 3 | 5 | Ryan Griffiths | 42 | 42 | 3 | |||||
714 | John Hinz | 36 | 38 | 37 | 111 | 4 | ||||||||||
10 | Simon Wyse | 31 | 40 | 38 | 109 | 5 | ||||||||||
9 | Connor Dickens | 32 | 36 | 36 | 104 | 6 | ||||||||||
8 | Tom Harwood | 34 | 35 | 35 | 104 | 7 | ||||||||||
231 | Kyle Creevy | 36 | 34 | 70 | 8 | |||||||||||
5 | Ryan Griffiths | 38 | 38 | 9 | ||||||||||||
2 | Stuart Scott | 37 | 37 | 10 | ||||||||||||
Junior A | Club Junior | |||||||||||||||
no. | name | r1 | r2 | total | pos | no. | name | r1 | r2 | total | pos | |||||
92 | Riley Lowe | 42 | 45 | 87 | 1 | 741 | Sam Harwood | 45 | 45 | 90 | 1 | |||||
741 | Sam Harwood | 45 | 42 | 87 | 2 | j | 8 | Rob Hollis | 42 | 42 | 84 | 2 | ||||
8 | Rob Hollis | 40 | 40 | 80 | 3 | j | 510 | Callum McClurg | 36 | 40 | 76 | 3 | ||||
23 | Cameron Curtis | 37 | 37 | 74 | 4 | j | 23 | Cameron Curtis | 38 | 38 | 76 | 4 | ||||
510 | Callum McClurg | 33 | 38 | 71 | 5 | j | 121 | Paul Atkinson | 37 | 37 | 74 | 5 | ||||
121 | Paul Atkinson | 34 | 36 | 70 | 6 | j | 18 | Robert Hollis | 32 | 35 | 67 | 6 | ||||
20 | Callum Sedgwick | 31 | 34 | 65 | 7 | 197 | Steven Chilvers | 35 | 32 | 67 | 7 | |||||
459 | Edward Pegram | 28 | 32 | 60 | 8 | 271 | Rob Harwood | 30 | 36 | 66 | 8 | |||||
197 | Steven Chilvers | 32 | 28 | 60 | 9 | j | 313 | John Gill | 33 | 33 | 66 | 9 | ||||
18 | Robert Hollis | 26 | 33 | 59 | 10 | j | 181 | Scott Allen | 31 | 34 | 65 | 10 | ||||
271 | Rob Harwood | 23 | 35 | 58 | 11 | j | 55 | James Chambers | 34 | 31 | 65 | 11 | ||||
55 | James Chambers | 30 | 27 | 57 | 12 | j | 115 | Aaron Wills | 28 | 30 | 58 | 12 | ||||
181 | Scott Allen | 25 | 31 | 56 | 13 | j | 163 | Brad Willis | 29 | 29 | 58 | 13 | ||||
313 | John Gill | 27 | 29 | 56 | 14 | j | 151 | Jacob Wills | 27 | 28 | 55 | 14 | ||||
261 | Lee Andrews | 24 | 30 | 54 | 15 | 146 | George Cox | 40 | 40 | 15 | ||||||
146 | George Cox | 38 | 38 | 16 | j | |||||||||||
32 | Luke Postlethwaite | 36 | 36 | 17 | ||||||||||||
20 | Keith Jenkins | 35 | 35 | 18 | ||||||||||||
127 | Richard Teverson | 29 | 29 | 19 | ||||||||||||
Junior B | Club Clubman | |||||||||||||||
no. | name | r1 | r2 | total | pos. | no. | name | r1 | r1 | total | pos. | |||||
12 | Robert Morris | 45 | 45 | 90 | 1 | 174 | Tom King | 42 | 45 | 87 | 1 | |||||
163 | Brad Willis | 42 | 38 | 80 | 2 | j | 101 | Miles Woodhouse | 45 | 42 | 87 | 2 | ||||
115 | Aaron Wills | 36 | 42 | 78 | 3 | j | 14 | Stan Tucker | 40 | 40 | 80 | 3 | ||||
174 | Tom King | 38 | 40 | 78 | 4 | c | 53 | Ian Tindle | 38 | 37 | 75 | 4 | ||||
101 | Miles Woodhouse | 40 | 36 | 76 | 5 | c | 154 | Louis Knibbs | 36 | 38 | 74 | 5 | ||||
11 | Matty Philips | 34 | 37 | 71 | 6 | 651 | Ian Thompson | 37 | 36 | 73 | 6 | |||||
14 | Stan Tucker | 37 | 34 | 71 | 7 | c | 841 | Nicholas Bright | 35 | 35 | 70 | 7 | ||||
151 | Jacob Wills | 35 | 33 | 68 | 8 | j | 711 | James Lewis | 34 | 34 | 68 | 8 | ||||
52 | Ben Norgate | 31 | 35 | 66 | 9 | 28 | Richard Ford | 33 | 33 | 66 | 9 | |||||
124 | Paul Smith | 30 | 32 | 62 | 10 | |||||||||||
53 | Ian Tindle | 29 | 29 | 58 | 11 | c | ||||||||||
144 | Simon Tucker | 26 | 31 | 57 | 12 | |||||||||||
154 | Louis Knibbs | 24 | 30 | 54 | 13 | c | ||||||||||
651 | Ian Thompson | 25 | 28 | 53 | 14 | c | ||||||||||
841 | Nicholas Bright | 23 | 27 | 50 | 15 | c | ||||||||||
711 | James Lewis | 22 | 26 | 48 | 16 | c | ||||||||||
28 | Richard Ford | 21 | 25 | 46 | 17 | c | ||||||||||
966 | Darren George | 33 | 33 | 18 | ||||||||||||
10 | Marky Stewart | 32 | 32 | 19 | ||||||||||||
211 | Tom Mott | 28 | 28 | 20 | ||||||||||||
6 | Josh Ford | 27 | 27 | 21 | ||||||||||||
419 | Colin Booker | 20 | 20 | 22 | ||||||||||||
Premier O40 | Club Premier O40 | |||||||||||||||
no. | name | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | no. | name | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | |||
5 | Ryan Griffiths | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | 1 | c | 5 | Ryan Griffiths | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | 1 | ||
36 | Cliff Lester | 37 | 42 | 42 | 121 | 2 | c | 36 | Cliff Lester | 40 | 42 | 42 | 124 | 2 | ||
4 | Tony Leishman | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 | 3 | c | 4 | Tony Leishman | 42 | 40 | 40 | 122 | 3 | ||
81 | Paul Kroner | 36 | 38 | 38 | 112 | 4 | c | 81 | Paul Kroner | 38 | 38 | 38 | 114 | 4 | ||
2 | Stuart Scott | 38 | 37 | 37 | 112 | 5 | 136 | Christian Livesey | 35 | 37 | 37 | 109 | 5 | |||
136 | Christian Livesey | 32 | 36 | 37 | 105 | 6 | c | 93 | Matthew Mason | 37 | 37 | 6 | ||||
419 | Colin Booker | 31 | 35 | 36 | 102 | 7 | 317 | Simon Collins | 36 | 36 | 7 | |||||
125 | Paul Hubbard | 42 | 42 | 8 | ||||||||||||
247 | Lee Keyton | 35 | 35 | 9 | ||||||||||||
93 | Matthew Mason | 34 | 34 | 10 | c | |||||||||||
317 | Simon Collins | 33 | 33 | 11 | c | |||||||||||
Elite O50 | Club Elite O50 | |||||||||||||||
no. | name | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | no. | name | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | |||
72 | Fraser Law | 45 | 45 | 42 | 132 | 1 | c | 72 | Fraser Law | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | 1 | ||
133 | Greg Cox | 42 | 42 | 40 | 124 | 2 | c | 133 | Greg Cox | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 | 2 | ||
150 | Michael Allport | 36 | 40 | 45 | 121 | 3 | 63 | Trevor Sheppard | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 | 3 | |||
59 | Tom Lowe | 38 | 36 | 38 | 112 | 4 | 147 | Steve Gilbey | 38 | 38 | 38 | 114 | 4 | |||
63 | Trevor Sheppard | 37 | 37 | 37 | 111 | 5 | c | 71 | Kevin Franklin | 37 | 37 | 37 | 111 | 5 | ||
147 | Steve Gilbey | 35 | 35 | 36 | 106 | 6 | c | 144 | Simon Tucker | 36 | 36 | 36 | 108 | 6 | ||
71 | Kevin Franklin | 34 | 34 | 35 | 103 | 7 | c | 28 | Richard Ford | 34 | 35 | 35 | 104 | 7 | ||
311 | Robert Mott | 33 | 31 | 34 | 98 | 8 | 117 | Robert Ashworth | 33 | 33 | 34 | 100 | 8 | |||
144 | Simon Tucker | 32 | 33 | 33 | 98 | 9 | c | 38 | James Higgins | 35 | 34 | 69 | 9 | |||
28 | Richard Ford | 28 | 30 | 32 | 90 | 10 | c | 54 | Martin Raynor | 32 | 32 | 64 | 10 | |||
117 | Robert Ashworth | 27 | 27 | 31 | 85 | 11 | c | |||||||||
20 | Keith Jenkins | 40 | 38 | 78 | 12 | |||||||||||
90 | Trevor Neave | 31 | 32 | 63 | 13 | |||||||||||
761 | Stephen Morgan | 29 | 29 | 58 | 14 | |||||||||||
38 | James Higgins | 30 | 28 | 58 | 15 | c | ||||||||||
54 | Martin Raynor | 26 | 26 | 52 | 16 | c | ||||||||||
Super O60 | Club O60 | |||||||||||||||
no. | name | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | no. | name | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | |||
68 | Nigel Miller | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | 1 | 57 | Reg Willis | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | 1 | |||
57 | Reg Willis | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 | 2 | 45 | Roger Knibbs | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 | 2 | |||
45 | Roger Knibbs | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 | 3 | 44 | Trevor Roberts | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 | 3 | |||
44 | Trevor Roberts | 38 | 38 | 38 | 114 | 4 | ||||||||||
NGR | ||||||||||||||||
no. | name | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | ||||||||||
514 | Liam Walker | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | 1 | ||||||||||
923 | Adam Gordon | 42 | 42 | 40 | 124 | 2 | ||||||||||
101 | Aaron Hopkins | 40 | 38 | 42 | 120 | 3 | ||||||||||
501 | Tim Clarke | 38 | 40 | 38 | 116 | 4 | ||||||||||
247 | Lee Keyton | 36 | 36 | 37 | 109 | 5 | ||||||||||
125 | Paul Hubbard | 37 | 34 | 35 | 106 | 6 | ||||||||||
196 | Jake Morphey | 34 | 37 | 36 | 107 | 7 | ||||||||||
921 | Andrew Cattermole | 35 | 32 | 34 | 101 | 8 | ||||||||||
73 | Steve Bottoms | 33 | 33 | 33 | 99 | 9 | ||||||||||
245 | Stephen Burdett | 29 | 30 | 31 | 90 | 10 | ||||||||||
59 | Mark Lloyd | 32 | 29 | 28 | 89 | 11 | ||||||||||
250 | Adrian Coppen | 30 | 25 | 32 | 87 | 12 | ||||||||||
119 | Aaron Smith | 26 | 27 | 30 | 83 | 13 | ||||||||||
783 | Ryan George | 31 | 35 | 17 | 83 | 14 | ||||||||||
707 | Lewis Patterson | 24 | 31 | 27 | 82 | 15 | ||||||||||
82 | Wayne Fulcher | 28 | 26 | 26 | 80 | 16 | ||||||||||
401 | Sean Kettlewell | 20 | 28 | 29 | 77 | 17 | ||||||||||
147 | Steve Gilbey | 27 | 24 | 25 | 76 | 18 | ||||||||||
812 | Mike Fletcher | 25 | 23 | 24 | 72 | 19 | ||||||||||
275 | Trevor Brinkley | 22 | 22 | 23 | 67 | 20 | ||||||||||
109 | Gregory Appleby | 23 | 17 | 22 | 62 | 21 | ||||||||||
966 | Darren George | 16 | 18 | 20 | 54 | 22 | ||||||||||
103 | Christopher Margitson | 17 | 15 | 21 | 53 | 23 | ||||||||||
255 | Brenton Clarke | 18 | 16 | 18 | 52 | 24 | ||||||||||
685 | Wayne Parker | 15 | 20 | 16 | 51 | 25 | ||||||||||
157 | Jason Allen | 21 | 21 | 42 | 26 | |||||||||||
220 | Tim Stowell | 12 | 14 | 15 | 41 | 27 | ||||||||||
77 | John Smith | 14 | 13 | 14 | 41 | 28 | ||||||||||
211 | Richard Woolett | 19 | 19 | 38 | 29 | |||||||||||
90 | Trevor Neave | 10 | 12 | 13 | 35 | 30 | ||||||||||
888 | Bryn Chittenden | 13 | 10 | 12 | 35 | 31 | ||||||||||
160 | Helen Morgan | 11 | 11 | 10 | 32 | 32 | ||||||||||
761 | Steve Morgan | 8 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 33 | ||||||||||
680 | Clive Reynolds | 9 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 34 | ||||||||||
158 | Michael Norton | 19 | 19 | 35 | ||||||||||||
U40 | Club U40 | |||||||||||||||
no. | name | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | no. | name | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | |||
510 | Callum McClurg | 35 | 38 | 38 | 111 | 1 | c | 510 | Callum McClurg | 42 | 45 | 38 | 125 | 1 | ||
151 | Jacob Wills | 32 | 35 | 35 | 102 | 2 | c | 151 | Jacob Wills | 37 | 38 | 35 | 110 | 2 | ||
53 | Ian Tindle | 30 | 34 | 34 | 98 | 3 | c | 53 | Ian Tindle | 36 | 37 | 34 | 107 | 3 | ||
711 | James Lewis | 29 | 33 | 33 | 95 | 4 | c | 711 | James Lewis | 35 | 36 | 33 | 104 | 4 | ||
7 | Michael McClurg | 45 | 45 | 90 | 5 | c | 7 | Michael McClurg | 45 | 45 | 90 | 5 | ||||
91 | Charlie Putnam | 42 | 45 | 87 | 6 | 197 | Steven Chilvers | 40 | 42 | 82 | 6 | |||||
59 | Jack Gregory | 40 | 42 | 82 | 7 | 410 | Tom Harwood | 42 | 42 | 7 | ||||||
32 | Luke Postlewaite | 36 | 40 | 76 | 8 | 271 | Rob Harwood | 40 | 40 | 8 | ||||||
61 | Connor Dickens | 37 | 37 | 74 | 9 | 313 | John Gill | 40 | 40 | 9 | ||||||
197 | Steven Chilvers | 34 | 37 | 71 | 10 | c | 14 | Stan Tucker | 38 | 38 | 10 | |||||
410 | Tom Harwood | 42 | 42 | 11 | c | 115 | Aaron Wills | 37 | 37 | 11 | ||||||
271 | Rob Harwood | 40 | 40 | 12 | c | 163 | Brad Willis | 36 | 36 | 12 | ||||||
231 | Kyle Creevy | 38 | 38 | 13 | ||||||||||||
115 | Aaron Wills | 37 | 37 | 14 | c | |||||||||||
163 | Brad Willis | 36 | 36 | 15 | c | |||||||||||
313 | John Gill | 36 | 36 | 16 | c | |||||||||||
14 | Stan Tucker | 33 | 33 | 17 | c | |||||||||||
6 | Josh Ford | 31 | 31 | 18 | ||||||||||||
2 Stroke | Club 2 Stroke | |||||||||||||||
no. | name | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | no. | name | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | |||
4 | Tony Leishman | 42 | 42 | 45 | 129 | 1 | c | 4 | Tony Leishman | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | 1 | ||
68 | Nigel Miller | 35 | 38 | 40 | 113 | 2 | 53 | Ian Tindle | 38 | 42 | 40 | 120 | 2 | |||
136 | Christian Livesey | 37 | 36 | 37 | 110 | 3 | c | 136 | Christian Livesey | 40 | 40 | 38 | 118 | 3 | ||
53 | Ian Tindle | 34 | 37 | 38 | 109 | 4 | c | 410 | Tom Harwood | 42 | 42 | 4 | ||||
59 | Jack Gregory | 45 | 45 | 90 | 5 | 14 | Stan Tucker | 42 | 42 | 5 | ||||||
61 | Connor Dickens | 38 | 40 | 78 | 6 | c | ||||||||||
410 | Tom Harwood | 42 | 42 | 7 | c | |||||||||||
14 | Stan Tucker | 40 | 40 | 8 | ||||||||||||
6 | Josh Ford | 36 | 36 | 9 | ||||||||||||
Club Workers | ||||||||||||||||
Workers | no. | name | r1 | total | pos. | |||||||||||
no. | name | r1 | total | pos. | 72 | Fraser Law | 45 | 45 | 1 | |||||||
72 | Fraser Law | 45 | 45 | 1 | 23 | Cameron Curtis | 42 | 42 | 2 | |||||||
23 | Cameron Curtis | 42 | 42 | 2 | 160 | Helen Morgan | 40 | 40 | 3 | |||||||
160 | Helen Morgan | 40 | 40 | 3 | 58 | James Higgins | 38 | 38 | 4 | |||||||
58 | James Higgins | 38 | 38 | 4 | 45 | Roger Knibbs | 37 | 37 | 5 | |||||||
45 | Roger Knibbs | 37 | 37 | 5 | ||||||||||||