Club Championships & SMC Final Round at Long Buckby 30/10/11
Report: Fraser Law
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For the 2011 SMC season finale NMCC had worked tirelessly
to prepare the legendary Long Buckby circuit. With the track fully graded, a
wide array of new jumps and features added and the perfect amount of rain
mid-week, the circuit was in pristine condition. This combined with a massive
entry list and a beautiful sunny day, meant the scene was set for an epic end to
the season. Back in March NMCC had kicked off the 2011 South Midland Centre
Championships in similarly pleasing conditions. Some seven and a half months and
eight rounds later the final championship positions were still to be decided in
many classes. With racing also counting towards the club championship positions,
everyone was keen to score as many points as possible and finish the year on a
high.
Visiting Expert Luke Burton made his intentions clear from
the start by winning the opening Expert race from James Rutter and series leader
Dale Raynor. In the second race the win again went to Luke Burton, this time
from Mark Boswell who as is so often the case got faster as the day went on.
David Frankland this time moved up into third position. After a poor start to
the final leg Luke Burton moved rapidly through the field but could only manage
third at the flag, still good enough to take the overall victory. The win this
time, rather fittingly as it was the final Expert race of the SMC championship
went to series leader Dale Raynor, from series runner up Mark Boswell.
The Junior A group was again a heavily subscribed class
with full line ups in the qualifying heats. The win in the opening final went to
Ben Putnam from the 2011 O40 Champion Tony Leishman and Jack Gregory.
Everything changed in the second encounter as Ben failed to finish leaving
George Winn to take the victory. runner up this time was Jack Gregory, with Tony
Leishman time in third. Jack took the overall win on the day from Tony in second
and George in third. In contrast the Junior B class was all about consistency.
Sam Hunt won the overall as well as both finals, in front of Richard Lowe and
Graham Hunt.
Rob Mead took victory in the first Over 40 race, but a
twisted knee saw him sit out the rest of the day. Mark Bland stepped it up to
take the win in the other two and the overall, whilst for once Tony Leishman had
to settle for second with Rob Warner not far behind in third. Nigel Miller
really took to the new circuit design and dominated the Over 50 class winning
two out of three. Second race winner Aidan Quinn also took second overall from a
close battle for third between Sean Bennett and Reg Willis, the SMC Championship
leader Sean taking the last podium position in the end.
The Under 40 class saw three different winners as some of
the Experts went out in various races, but Luke Taylor took the overall by
finishing well up in all three legs. Mark Bland took his second overall win of
the day in the 2 Stroke class, winning legs two and three from Martin Streeton
and Mark Elliot after first race winner Jordan Wright decided to concentrate his
efforts on the Expert races.
And so as the sun finally dipped over the start line an
hour earlier than normal after the clock change and the light faded, the 2011
SMC Championships also came to an end. The final Championship results will be
published once they've been collated and verified. Bring on 2012!
results:
Expert: 1 Luke Burton, 2 Mark Boswell, 3 Dale
Raynor, 4 David Frankland, 5 James Rutter, 6 James Barnwell
Junior A: 1 Jack Gregory, 2 Tony Leishman, 3 George
Winn, 4 Jordan Wills, 5 Ricky Scotney, 6 Ben Putnam
Junior B: 1 Sam Hunt, 2 Richard Lowe, 3 Graham Hunt,
4 Cameron Curtis, 5 Ashley Rilings, 6 Pete Gall
Over 40: 1 Mark Bland, 2 Tony Leishman, 3 Rob
Warner, 4 Fraser Law, 5 Mark Elliot, 6 Richard Wright
Over 50: 1 Nigel Miller, 2 Aidan Quinn, 3 Sean
Bennett, 4 Reg Willis, 5 Andrew Brightman, 6 Richard Watts
Under 40: 1 Luke Taylor, 2 Phillip Doe, 3 James
Rutter, 4 Steve Marlow, 5 Ashley Rilings, 6 Dale Raynor
2 Stroke: 1 Mark Bland, 2 Martin Streeton, 3 Mark
Elliot, 4 Ross Gray, 5 Bill Brightman, 6 Louis Knibbs
Workers: 1 James Rutter, 2 Fraser Law, 3 Gerard
Scott, 4 Andrew Green, 5 Dan Holmes, 6 Thomas Rose
Full results:
30/10/2011 | Long Buckby | ||||||||||||||
club | Expert | ||||||||||||||
Experts | name | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | total | pos. | name | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | total | pos. | |||
40 | Luke Burton | 20 | 20 | 15 | 55 | 1 | 6 | Dale Raynor | 20 | 15 | 20 | 55 | 1 | ||
2 | Mark Boswell | 13 | 17 | 17 | 47 | 2 | 2 | Mark Boswell | 17 | 20 | 17 | 54 | 2 | ||
6 | Dale Raynor | 15 | 11 | 20 | 46 | 3 | 37 | David Frankland | 15 | 17 | 15 | 47 | 3 | ||
37 | David Frankland | 10 | 15 | 13 | 38 | 4 | 74 | James Barnwell | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 | 4 | ||
101 | James Rutter | 17 | 6 | 11 | 34 | 5 | 38 | Martin Streeton | 11 | 11 | 22 | 5 | |||
74 | James Barnwell | 9 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 6 | |||||||||
5 | Joe Wyse | 3 | 13 | 6 | 22 | 7 | |||||||||
17 | Harry Turner | 8 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 8 | |||||||||
7 | Michael McClurg | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 9 | |||||||||
62 | Jordan Wright | 4 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 10 | |||||||||
135 | Phillip Doe | 11 | 5 | 16 | 11 | ||||||||||
541 | Fraser Swanson | 7 | 8 | 15 | 12 | ||||||||||
38 | Martin Streeton | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | ||||||||||
91 | Craig Golding | 6 | 6 | 14 | |||||||||||
112 | Steve Marlow | 3 | 15 | ||||||||||||
club | Junior | ||||||||||||||
Junior A | name | race 1 | race 2 | total | pos | name | race 1 | race 2 | total | pos | |||||
591 | Jack Gregory | 15 | 17 | 32 | 1 | 72 | Fraser Law | 20 | 20 | 40 | 1 | ||||
4 | Tony Leishman | 17 | 15 | 32 | 2 | 125 | Brad Willis | 17 | 15 | 32 | 2 | ||||
162 | George Winn | 10 | 20 | 30 | 3 | 87 | Rob Saunders | 13 | 17 | 30 | 3 | ||||
161 | Jordan Wills | 13 | 10 | 23 | 4 | 183 | Ross Gray | 15 | 13 | 28 | 4 | ||||
134 | Ricky Scotney | 11 | 11 | 22 | 5 | 146 | Richard Lowe | 11 | 11 | 22 | 5 | ||||
111 | Ben Putnam | 20 | 20 | 6 | 23 | Cameron Curtis | 10 | 10 | 20 | 6 | |||||
124 | Trevor Edwards | 9 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 77 | Darren Faulkner | 9 | 9 | 18 | 7 | ||||
72 | Fraser Law | 8 | 7 | 15 | 8 | ||||||||||
231 | Jordan Loomes | g | 13 | 13 | 9 | ||||||||||
217 | Ryan Flack | 7 | 4 | 11 | 10 | ||||||||||
22 | Toby Yarrow | 5 | 5 | 10 | 11 | ||||||||||
174 | Billy Reid | 6 | 3 | 9 | 12 | ||||||||||
28 | Billy Fountain | 8 | 8 | 13 | |||||||||||
102 | Alex Fountain | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | ||||||||||
157 | Mike Smith | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | ||||||||||
107 | John Burns | 4 | a | 4 | 16 | ||||||||||
286 | Darren Flitney | e | 2 | 2 | 17 | ||||||||||
92 | James Eadon | 1 | 1 | 18 | |||||||||||
51 | Sam Chapman | a | c | 0 | |||||||||||
287 | Matthew Scott | b | e | 0 | |||||||||||
270 | Carl Walton | c | d | 0 | |||||||||||
125 | Brad Willis | d | h | 0 | |||||||||||
777 | James Mclaren | f | 0 | ||||||||||||
183 | Ross Gray | h | j | 0 | |||||||||||
360 | Jared Quinn | i | b | 0 | |||||||||||
35 | Steven Powell | j | g | 0 | |||||||||||
87 | Rob Saunders | j | f | 0 | |||||||||||
889 | Jonathan Gask | l | 0 | ||||||||||||
59 | Aaron Taylor | m | l | 0 | |||||||||||
154 | Louis Knibbs | n | 0 | ||||||||||||
628 | Dave Morgan | o | k | 0 | |||||||||||
49 | Richard Watts | p | 0 | ||||||||||||
444 | Hayley Rilings | q | m | 0 | |||||||||||
0 | |||||||||||||||
club | clubman | ||||||||||||||
Junior B | name | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | total | pos. | name | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | total | pos. | |||
36 | Sam Hunt | 20 | 20 | 40 | 1 | 444 | Hayley Rilings | 15 | 20 | 35 | 1 | ||||
146 | Richard Lowe | 17 | 17 | 34 | 2 | 25 | Ashley Rilings | 13 | 17 | 30 | 2 | ||||
188 | Graham Hunt | 15 | 15 | 30 | 3 | 307 | Gerard Scott | 11 | 15 | 26 | 3 | ||||
23 | Cameron Curtis | 13 | 11 | 24 | 4 | 273 | Thomas Rose | 9 | 13 | 22 | 4 | ||||
25 | Ashley Rilings | 10 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 75 | Dan Holmes | 10 | 11 | 21 | 5 | ||||
39 | Pete Gall | 11 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 154 | Louis Knibbs | 20 | 20 | 6 | |||||
307 | Gerard Scott | 6 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 142 | Andrew Green | 8 | 9 | 17 | 7 | ||||
86 | Jamie Nelson | 9 | 7 | 16 | 8 | 49 | Richard Watts | 17 | 17 | 8 | |||||
33 | Rob Smythe | 7 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 152 | Matthew Knight | 5 | 10 | 15 | 9 | ||||
711 | Jason Fisher | 8 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 27 | James Higgins | 7 | 8 | 15 | 10 | ||||
77 | Darren Faulkner | a | 8 | 8 | 11 | 20 | Sam Trolley | 6 | 7 | 13 | 11 | ||||
181 | Alan Brown | g | 6 | 6 | 12 | 179 | Tim Rose | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 | ||||
290 | Luke Boyce | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 169 | Jon Curtis | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | ||||
68 | Brad Parkins | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | ||||||||||
75 | Dan Holmes | 5 | c | 5 | 15 | ||||||||||
273 | Thomas Rose | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 | ||||||||||
144 | Ian Turnbull | 4 | a | 4 | 17 | ||||||||||
11 | James Lewis | b | b | 0 | |||||||||||
251 | Jack Marriott | c | f | 0 | |||||||||||
170 | Steve Jones | d | r | 0 | |||||||||||
142 | Andrew Green | e | g | 0 | |||||||||||
27 | James Higgins | f | j | 0 | |||||||||||
20 | Sam Trolley | h | l | 0 | |||||||||||
152 | Matthew Knight | i | e | 0 | |||||||||||
114 | Richard Wallis | j | i | 0 | |||||||||||
79 | Ian Tindle | k | o | 0 | |||||||||||
158 | Tom Goswell | l | h | 0 | |||||||||||
179 | Tim Rose | m | m | 0 | |||||||||||
169 | Jon Curtis | n | n | 0 | |||||||||||
81 | Billy Hale | o | k | 0 | |||||||||||
212 | Mark Quinton | p | p | 0 | |||||||||||
46 | Robbie Polson | d | 0 | ||||||||||||
84 | Ashley Bud Batten | q | 0 | ||||||||||||
club | O40 | ||||||||||||||
O40 | name | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | total | pos. | name | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | total | pos. | |||
428 | Mark Bland | 15 | 20 | 20 | 55 | 1 | 428 | Mark Bland | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 | 1 | ||
4 | Tony Leishman | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 | 2 | 72 | Fraser Law | 17 | 15 | 17 | 49 | 2 | ||
63 | Rob Warner | 10 | 15 | 15 | 40 | 3 | 294 | Mark Elliot | 15 | 17 | 15 | 47 | 3 | ||
72 | Fraser Law | 13 | 11 | 13 | 37 | 4 | 87 | Rob Saunders | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 | 4 | ||
294 | Mark Elliot | 9 | 13 | 10 | 32 | 5 | 146 | Richard Lowe | 11 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 5 | ||
14 | Richard Wright | 11 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 6 | 142 | Andrew Green | 9 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 6 | ||
87 | Rob Saunders | 7 | 10 | 8 | 25 | 7 | 67 | David Bain | 10 | 11 | 21 | 7 | |||
41 | Eamon Cullen | 8 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 8 | 169 | John Curtis | 8 | 8 | 8 | ||||
19 | Rob Mead | 20 | 20 | 9 | |||||||||||
67 | David Bain | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | ||||||||||
146 | Richard Lowe | 6 | b | 6 | 12 | 11 | |||||||||
622 | Mark Reid | 5 | 6 | 11 | 12 | ||||||||||
26 | Llew Dyer | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | |||||||||
110 | Neil Ferris | 1 | 7 | 8 | 14 | ||||||||||
105 | Tony Fricker | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | ||||||||||
64 | Russell Wadsworth | b | c | 5 | 5 | 16 | |||||||||
69 | David Poynton | f | 5 | 5 | 17 | ||||||||||
55 | Michael Fitzpatrick | a | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
181 | Alan Brown | c | f | 3 | 3 | 19 | |||||||||
60 | Gerald Rinsell | h | d | 2 | 2 | 20 | |||||||||
287 | Matthew Scott | 2 | 2 | 21 | |||||||||||
142 | Andrew Green | g | g | 1 | 1 | 22 | |||||||||
117 | Rob Ashworth | d | a | a | 0 | ||||||||||
33 | Rob Smythe | e | 0 | ||||||||||||
163 | Richard Stockings | i | i | 0 | |||||||||||
144 | Ian Turnbull | j | 0 | ||||||||||||
169 | John Curtis | k | 0 | ||||||||||||
88 | Nick Johnson | e | 0 | ||||||||||||
122 | James Yarrow | h | 0 | ||||||||||||
club | O50 | ||||||||||||||
O50 | name | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | total | pos. | name | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | total | pos. | |||
168 | Nigel Miller | 20 | 17 | 20 | 57 | 1 | 57 | Reg Willis | 20 | 17 | 20 | 57 | 1 | ||
454 | Aidan Quinn | 15 | 20 | 15 | 50 | 2 | 89 | Andrew Brightman | 17 | 20 | 17 | 54 | 2 | ||
440 | Sean Bennett | 17 | 15 | 11 | 43 | 3 | 49 | Richard Watts | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 | 3 | ||
57 | Reg Willis | 13 | 11 | 17 | 41 | 4 | 44 | Trevor Roberts | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 | 4 | ||
89 | Andrew Brightman | 11 | 13 | 13 | 37 | 5 | 256 | Pete Chapman | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 5 | ||
49 | Richard Watts | 10 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 6 | 222 | Martyn Raynor | 10 | 10 | 20 | 6 | |||
103 | Steve Hollins | 9 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 7 | |||||||||
100 | Archie Leishman | 8 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 8 | |||||||||
44 | Trevor Roberts | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 9 | |||||||||
256 | Pete Chapman | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 10 | |||||||||
76 | Steve Morgan | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 11 | |||||||||
114 | Alan Cook | 7 | 8 | 15 | 12 | ||||||||||
45 | Roger Knibbs | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | ||||||||||
222 | Martyn Raynor | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | ||||||||||
club | U40 | ||||||||||||||
U40 | name | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | total | pos. | name | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | total | pos. | |||
81 | Luke Taylor | 8 | 15 | 15 | 38 | 1 | 25 | Ashley Rilings | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 | 1 | ||
135 | Phillip Doe | 11 | 20 | 31 | 2 | 75 | Dan Holmes | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 | 2 | |||
101 | James Rutter | 15 | 13 | 28 | 3 | 20 | Sam Trolley | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 | 3 | |||
112 | Steve Marlow | 9 | 17 | 26 | 4 | 307 | Gerard Scott | 20 | 20 | 40 | 4 | ||||
25 | Ashley Rilings | 2 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 5 | 222 | Dale Raynor | 20 | 20 | 5 | ||||
222 | Dale Raynor | 20 | 20 | 6 | |||||||||||
40 | Luke Burton | 20 | 20 | 7 | |||||||||||
7 | Michael McClurg | 17 | 17 | 8 | |||||||||||
68 | Brad Parkins | c | 7 | 10 | 17 | 9 | |||||||||
5 | Joe Wyse | 17 | 17 | 10 | |||||||||||
270 | Carl Walton | 5 | 11 | 16 | 11 | ||||||||||
75 | Dan Holmes | b | 6 | 9 | 15 | 12 | |||||||||
307 | Gerard Scott | 4 | 10 | 14 | 13 | ||||||||||
20 | Sam Trolley | d | 5 | 8 | 13 | 14 | |||||||||
286 | Darren Flitney | a | 13 | 13 | 15 | ||||||||||
111 | Ben Putnam | 13 | 13 | 16 | |||||||||||
162 | George Winn | 10 | 10 | 17 | |||||||||||
11 | James Lewis | 1 | 8 | 9 | 18 | ||||||||||
217 | Ryan Flack | 7 | 7 | 19 | |||||||||||
51 | Sam Chapman | 6 | 6 | 20 | |||||||||||
86 | Jamie Nelson | 3 | 3 | 21 | |||||||||||
79 | Ian Tindle | e | 0 | ||||||||||||
club | 2 Stroke | ||||||||||||||
2 Stroke | name | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | total | pos. | name | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | total | pos. | |||
428 | Mark Bland | 17 | 20 | 20 | 57 | 1 | 428 | Mark Bland | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 | 1 | ||
38 | Martin Streeton | 15 | 13 | 17 | 45 | 2 | 38 | Martin Streeton | 17 | 15 | 17 | 49 | 2 | ||
294 | Mark Elliot | 11 | 15 | 15 | 41 | 3 | 294 | Mark Elliot | 15 | 17 | 15 | 47 | 3 | ||
183 | Ross Gray | 8 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 4 | 183 | Ross Gray | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 | 4 | ||
199 | Bill Brightman | 7 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 199 | Bill Brightman | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 5 | ||
154 | Louis Knibbs | 6 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 154 | Louis Knibbs | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 6 | ||
62 | Jordan Wright | 20 | 20 | 7 | 27 | James Higgins | 9 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 7 | ||||
69 | David Poynton | 10 | 9 | 19 | 8 | 152 | Matthew Knight | 8 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 8 | |||
14 | Richard Wright | 17 | 17 | 9 | 273 | Thomas Rose | 8 | 9 | 17 | 9 | |||||
622 | Mark Reid | 9 | 8 | 17 | 10 | ||||||||||
86 | Jamie Nelson | 13 | 13 | 11 | |||||||||||
71 | Jacob Grossman | 13 | 13 | 12 | |||||||||||
27 | James Higgins | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | |||||||||
273 | Thomas Rose | 4 | 7 | 11 | 14 | ||||||||||
152 | Matthew Knight | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | |||||||||
286 | Darren Flitney | 11 | 11 | 16 | |||||||||||
41 | Eamon Cullen | 10 | 10 | 17 | |||||||||||
122 | Toby Yarrow | 8 | 8 | 18 | |||||||||||
889 | Jonathan Gask | 5 | 5 | 19 | |||||||||||
251 | Jack Marriott | 2 | 2 | 20 | |||||||||||
Workers | Workers club | ||||||||||||||
101 | James Rutter | 20 | 20 | 1 | |||||||||||
72 | Fraser Law | 17 | 17 | 2 | 72 | Fraser Law | 20 | 17 | 1 | ||||||
307 | Gerard Scott | 15 | 15 | 3 | 307 | Gerard Scott | 17 | 15 | 2 | ||||||
142 | Andrew Green | 13 | 13 | 4 | 142 | Andrew Green | 15 | 13 | 3 | ||||||
75 | Dan Holmes | 11 | 11 | 5 | 75 | Dan Holmes | 13 | 11 | 4 | ||||||
273 | Thomas Rose | 10 | 10 | 6 | 273 | Thomas Rose | 11 | 10 | 5 | ||||||