Colin Appleyard Motorcycles Spring Motocross 13/3/11


2011 SMC Round One at BADBY hosted by Northampton Motorcyclists Club

Report: Fraser Law

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The 2011 SMC Championship got underway at the picturesque hill top circuit of Badby sponsored by Colin Appleyard Motorcycles. With little rain in the previous week and some excellent track preparation, the circuit was in pristine condition for the series to get underway. Early morning drizzle and fog provided exactly the right amount of watering to keep the dust at bay all day.  By the time practise got underway the sun had burned through the clouds and it remained out for the majority of the day. The soft top layers of soil soon gave rise to multiple berms on every corner of this extremely fast and exciting track.

Robert Barney used the occasion to gain some track time before returning to Belgium. Riding in three different classes he put on a dominant display on his 2 stroke Honda, winning eight out of his nine races. Showing impressive stamina, he actually managed to win three consecutive races in a row at one point. His first overall victory came in the Expert Class, where Ryan Griffiths was the only person to beat him all day taking the win in the first leg. Dale Raynor got faster as the day went on finishing second to Rob in the final two legs to claim second overall. Mark Boswell was smooth and consistent with third places in all three legs.

In the Junior A finals the first three places were the same both times out. James Herring dominated both legs by some distance, but behind him the racing was fierce and very close at times. Ben Huckerby eventually  took second spot both times with Trevor Edwards third. Both Martin Streeton and Mark Bland suffered problems in the Junior Heats, leaving them unusually in the B Group. Martin won both legs from Mark, with third place going to 'Jumping' James Chambers.

In the Over 40 class 2010 Champion Tony Leishman was once again the man to beat, denied the hat trick by a fall in race two which relegated him to second. Behind him Richard Wright and Fraser Law had some close battles, with Richard finishing in front at the finish to take second overall and snatch victory in the second race after Tony's mistake. Sean Bennet won a clean sweep of all three Over 50 class races, with usual winner Andrew Brightman relegated to second this time out. Nick Bragg finished consistently in the top four to take the final podium position. The Under 40 class was the setting for another Rob Barney domination, taking all three legs in style. Second place overall went Ryan Griffiths with Joe Wyse taking third. Rob's second hat trick of the day came in the 2 stroke class, this time it was Tony Leishman's turn to take the runner up position with Jason Bain getting better as the day went on to finish third overall.

After such an exciting and well attended opening round it looks as if this is going to be a great year for the SMC Championship. Round 2 of the 2011 SMC takes place at Toddington with L&DMCC on 20/3/11.

Results-

Expert: 1 Robert Barney, 2 Dale Raynor, 3 Mark Boswell, 4 Ryan Griffiths, 5 Jared Pickford, 6 Jordan Wright

Junior A: 1 James Herring, 2 Ben Huckerby, 3 Trevor Edwards, 4 Thomas Harwood, 5 Billy Fountain, 6 Fraser Law

Junior B: 1 Martin Streeton, 2 Mark Bland, 3 James Chambers, 4 Karl Crowther, 5 Ashley Kiely, 6 Will Surtees

Over 40: 1 Tony Leishman, 2 Richard Wright, 3 Fraser Law, 4 Steve Gilbey, 5 Greg O'Callaghan, 6 Kevin Turnbull

Over 50: 1 Sean Bennet, 2 Andrew Brightman, 3 Nick Bragg, 4 Reg Willis, 5 Richard Watts, 6 Archie Leishman

Under 40: 1 Robert Barney, 2 Ryan Griffiths, 3Joe Wyse, 4 Billy Fountain, 5 Jordan Wright, 6 Jack Barnwell

2 Stroke: 1 Robert Barney, Tony Leishman, 3 Jason Bain, 4 Bill Brightman, 5 Martin Streeton, 6 Mark Bland

Workers: 1 Fraser Law, 2 Giles Agar, 3 Dan Holmes, 4 Gerard Scott, 5 James Higgins, 6 Andrew Green

 

club  Expert
Experts name  race 1 race 2 race 3 total pos.   name  race 1 race 2 race 3 total pos.
11 Robert Barney 17 20 20 57 1 6 Dale Raynor 15 20 20 55 1
6 Dale Raynor 13 17 17 47 2 2 Mark Boswell 17 17 17 51 2
2 Mark Boswell 15 15 15 45 3 1 Ryan Griffiths 20 11 15 46 3
1 Ryan Griffiths 20 7 11 38 4 21 Jack Barnwell 11 13 13 37 4
192 Jared Pickford 11 8 13 32 5 74 James Barnwell 13 15   28 5
16 Jordan Wright 7 13 10 30 6
8 Joe Wyse 9 10 9 28 7
21 Jack Barnwell 8 9 8 25 8
74 James Barnwell 10 11 21 9
9 Stuart Scott 6 6 7 19 10
club  Junior 
Junior A name  race 1 race 2 total pos     name  race 1 race 2 total pos  
611 James Herring 20 20 40 1   611 James Herring 20 20 40 1  
818 Ben Huckerby 17 17 34 2   818 Ben Huckerby 17 17 34 2  
124 Trevor Edwards 15 15 30 3   72 Fraser Law 15 13 28 3  
41 Thomas Harwood 9 11 20 4   15 Jacob Lowe 10 15 25 3  
28 Billy Fountain 6 13 19 5   125 Brad Willis 11 9 20 4  
72 Fraser Law 11 8 19 6   3 James Beeby 8 11 19 5  
317 Tim Soane 8 9 17 7   48 Cameron Curtis 7 10 17 6  
134 Ricky Scotney 10 6 16 8   38 Martin Streeton 6 8 14 7  
14 Richard Wright 13 3 16 9   84 Adam Collins 13 13 8  
191 Gary Scotney 5 7 12 10   428 Mark Bland 5 7 12 9  
286 Darren Flitney 7 4 11 11   55 James Chambers 4 6 10 10  
15 Jacob Lowe 10 10 12   199 Bill Brightman 9   9 11  
3 James Beeby 5 5 13  
47 Harry Burden 3 1 4 14  
84 Adam Collins 4 4 15  
50 Kevin Turnbull 2 2 16  
110 John Barnes 2 2 17  
44 James Houlihan 1 1 18  
125 Brad Willis  
199 Bill Brightman  
48 Cameron Curtis  
51 Mike Smith          
club  clubman 
Junior B name  race 1 race 2 race 3 total pos.   name  race 1 race 2 race 3 total pos.
38 Martin Streeton 20 20   40   424 Ashley Kiely 20 20   40 1
428 Mark Bland 17 17 34   141 Tom Austin 17 17 34 2
55 James Chambers 13 15 28   307 Gerard Scott 11 15 26 3
26 Karl Crowther 15 11 26   64 Hayley Rilings 13 13 26 4
424 Ashley Kiely 11 10 21   46 Andrew Lowe 15 8 23 5
118 Will Surtees 9 9 18   375 Ashley Rilings 9 11 20 6
141 Tom Austin 7 7 14   242 Andrew Green 10 10 20 7
42 Rupert Fairclough 13 13   52 Matthew Knight 8 9 17 8
86 Michael Hackett 6 6 12   20 Sam Trolley 7 7   14 9
211 Tom Mott 2 8 10  
159 Gary Shaw 10 10  
24 Kyle Reeves 4 4 8  
35 Steve Powell 8 8  
307 Gerard Scott 5 5  
98 Kyle Reeves 5 5  
64 Hayley Rilings 1 3 4  
46 Andrew Lowe 3 3  
375 Ashley Rilings 2 2  
242 Andrew Green 1 1  
39 Kevin Taylor  
19 Joe Nightingale  
52 Matthew Knight  
20 Sam Trolley          
club  O40
O40 name  race 1 race 2 race 3 total pos.   name  race 1 race 2 race 3 total pos.
4 Tony Leishman 20 17 20 57 1 72 Fraser Law 17 20 20 57 1
14 Richard Wright 17 20 17 54 2 5 Greg O'Callaghan 15 17 17 49 2
72 Fraser Law 11 15 15 41 3 84 Adam Collins 20 15 10 45 3
147 Steve Gilbey 13 13 13 39 4 46 Richard Lowe 10 11 15 36 4
5 Greg O'Callaghan 9 11 11 31 5 65 Jason Bain 9 13 13 35 5
50 Kevin Turnbull 10 10 9 29 6 201 Giles Agar 7 8 11 26 6
84 Adam Collins 15 8 3 26 7 27 James Higgins 6 7 9 22 7
46 Richard Lowe 7 6 7 20 8 13 Stephen Cole 11 10 21 8
42 Rupert Fairclough 9 10 19 9 67 David Bain 8 9 17 9
65 Jason Bain 6 7 6 19 10 114 Jon Curtis 3 8 11 10
105 Tony Fricker 1 5 8 14 11 64 Hayley Rilings 5 6 11
13 Stephen Cole 8 4 12 12 242 Andrew Green 4     5 12
66 Chris Hackett 5 1 4 10 13
201 Giles Agar 2 5 7 14
77 Wayne Parks 3 2 2 7 15
67 David Bain 4 3 7 16
117 Robert Ashworth 1 1 17
27 James Higgins  
64 Hayley Rilings  
242 Andrew Green  
114 Jon Curtis  
             
club  O50
O50 name  race 1 race 2 race 3 total pos.   name  race 1 race 2 race 3 total pos.
444 Sean Bennett 20 20 20 60 1 89 Andrew Brightman 11 20 20 51 1
89 Andrew Brightman 8 17 17 42 2 10 Nick Bragg 17 15 17 49 2
10 Nick Bragg 13 13 15 41 3 57 Reg Willis 15 17 15 47 2
57 Reg Willis 11 15 13 39 4 49 Richard Watts 20 13 13 46 3
49 Richard Watts 17 10 11 38 5 222 Martyn Raynor 13 11 11 35 5
100 Archie Leishman 10 11 10 31 6              
76 Steve Morgan 7 9 9 25 7
222 Martyn Raynor 9 8 8 25 8
411 Bob Mott 15 7   22 9
club  U40
U40 name  race 1 race 2 race 3 total pos.   name  race 1 race 2 race 3 total pos.
11 Robert Barney 20 20 20 60 1 1 Ryan Griffiths 20 20 20 60 1
1 Ryan Griffiths 17 15 15 47 2 55 James Chambers 11 15 15 41 2
8 Joe Wyse 11 11 17 39 3 21 Jack Barnwell 15 17 32 3
28 Billy Fountain 9 10 13 32 4 24 Chris Livesey 11 17 28 4
16 Jordan Wright 13 17 30 5 424 Ashley Kiely 9 13 22 5
21 Jack Barnwell 10 13 23 6 74 James Barnwell 17 17 6
55 James Chambers 6 7 8 21 7 20 Sam Trolley 13 13 7
286 Darren Flitney 8 9 17 8 199 Bill Brightman 13 13 8
74 James Barnwell 15 15 9 48 Cameron Curtis 10 10 9
24 Chris Livesey 4 10 14 10 307 Gerard Scott 8 8 10
47 Harry Burden 11 11 11 75 Dan Holmes 7     7 11
424 Ashley Kiely 4 6 10 12
232 Stuart Mayes 8 8 13
20 Sam Trolley 7 7 14
199 Bill Brightman 7 7 15
98 Kyle Reeves 5 5 16
48 Cameron Curtis 5 5 17
86 Michael Hackett 3 3 18
211 Tom Mott 2 2 19
307 Gerard Scott 2 2 20
118 Will Surtees 1 1 21
75 Dan Holmes       0 22
club 2 Stroke
2 Stroke name  race 1 race 2 race 3 total pos.   name  race 1 race 2 race 3 total pos.
6 Robert Barney 20 20 20 60 1 65 Jason Bain 13 15 17 45 1
4 Tony Leishman 17 17 17 51 2 199 Bill Brightman 10 17 15 42 2
65 Jason Bain 9 11 13 33 3 38 Martin Streeton 20 20 40 3
199 Bill Brightman 7 13 11 31 4 428 Mark Bland 17 20 37 4
38 Martin Streeton 15 15 30 5 27 James Higgins 9 11 13 33 5
428 Mark Bland 13 15 28 6 375 Ashley Rilings 7 10 10 27 6
27 James Higgins 5 8 10 23 7 52 Matthew Knight 8 9 9 26 7
51 Mike Smith 10 10 20 8 67 David Bain 11 13 24 8
375 Ashley Rilings 2 7 9 18 9 13 Stephen Cole 15     15 9
52 Matthew Knight 3 6 8 17 10
67 David Bain 8 9 17 11
66 Chris Hackett 6 10 16 12
13 Stephen Cole 11 11 13
100 Archie Leishman 4     4 14
Workers            
72 Fraser Law 20     20 1
75 Dan Holmes 17 17 2
307 Gerard Scott 15 15 3
27 James Higgins 13 13 4
242 Andrew Green 11 11 5
52 Matthew Knight 10     10 6


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