2016 Bob Collier Trophy at Long Buckby

Report: Fraser Law

Photos: www.motoxphotos.co.uk

 

The 6th Annual Bob Collier Trophy took place on the hottest weekend of 2016, bringing together old friends and new to take part in one of the friendliest meetings of the year. All proceeds were as usual donated to Bloodwise, the event attracting a large group of spectators.  Whilst the track had been well groomed it suffered as a result of the exceptionally dry weather. As the track dried from the early morning watering, it proved hard to keep the dust at bay. Following a delay over lunch waiting for an ambulance to return from an earlier accident, it was unfortunately decided to call a halt to the day’s racing on safety grounds. The morning motos saw some excellent racing, with visiting star of the future Tom Grimshaw mixing it up with some of the local Experts in the combined Junior/Expert races.

Michael McClurg took the overall win in the Expert Class after winning race two, but things looked very different early in race one. After gating second, a fall on lap two left him outside the top twenty. He managed to charge back to third at the finish, taking the overall by a single point from Jack Gardner who was consistently second. Jack led race one until the closing laps when Joe Wyse eased past for the win. Joe finished third overall, again just a single point behind Jack.

Tom Grimshaw took overall victory in the Junior class with wins in both races, Sam Harwood who was not far behind in race one, took second both times. The Clubman class saw a very close finish with less than 2 seconds covering the top three. Ricky Wright just edged out Steve Gilbey and Lee White for the win. In the Premier class Simon Wyse was once again unbeatable, though Tony Leishman stuck closely with him for most of the race. Justin Carter returned from injury to take a fine third place.

Fraser Law won the Elite class after battling with Bruce Garside, Steve Gilbey wasn’t far behind in third. Nigel Miller took his 327th win in the Super class, though Richard Jochacy wasn’t far behind in second. In the crowd favourite EVO class Daniel Miles took the win, from Daryl Sturt and Rob Mead.  Tom Grimshaw took his second win of the day in the 2 Stroke class, with Tony Leishman in second from Ben Huckerby. The special ‘Friends of Bob’ class was won by Fraser Law. Second and third went to Stephen Cole and Dan Loveday respectively. Rupert Hills beat the entire field to come in first in the twinshock class, with Richard Tett taking second. Most entertaining win of the day went to Ian Thompson, who stormed to victory in the workers race. Ian won by an entire lap after the remainder of the field was left on the start line wondering where he’d gone.

Results:

Expert: 1 Michael McClurg, 2 Jack Gardner, 3 Joe Wyse, 4 Riley Lowe, 5 Kyle Creevy, 6 Adam Collins

Junior: 1 Tom Grimshaw, 2 Sam Harwood, 3 John Barnes, 4 Connor Dickens, 5 Callum McClurg, 6 Brad Willis

Clubman: 1 Ricky Wright, 2 Steve Gilbey, 3 Lee White, 4 Layton Billson, 5 Dan Loveday, 6 Tom King

Premier O40: 1 Simon Wyse, 2 Tony Leishman, 3 Justin Carter, 4 Adam Collins, 5 Lee Keyton, 6 Daniel Miles

Elite O50: 1 Fraser Law, 2 Bruce Garside, 3 Steve Gilbey, 4 Keith Andrews, 5 Greg Cox, 6 Stephen Cole

Super O60: 1 Nigel Miller, 2 Richard Jochacy, 3 Reg Willis, 4 Trevor Roberts

EVO: 1 Daryl Sturt, 2 Rob Mead, 3Greg Cox, 4 Bruce Garside, 5 Ian Mead, 6 Nicholas Baum

2 Stroke: 1 Tom Grimshaw, 2 Tony Leishman, 3 Ben Huckerby, 4 Todd Bucknall, 5 Guy Marchant, 6 Alexander Nethaway

Friends of Bob: 1 Fraser Law, 2 Stephen Cole, 3 Dan Loveday, 4 Thomas Rose, 5 Jamie Nelson, 6 Eagan Bruley

Twinshock: 1 Rupert Hills, 2 Richard Tett

Workers: 1 Ian Thompson

 

 

Mylaps results here.

Full results- 

Expert Club Expert
no. name r1 r2 r3 total pos. no. name r1 r2 r3 total pos.
7 Michael McClurg 40 45   85 1 c 7 Michael McClurg 45 45   90 1
101 Jack Gardner 42 42   84 2 231 Kyle Creevy 42 42   84 2
309 Joe Wyse 45 38   83 3 84 Adam Collins 40 40   80 3
92 Riley Lowe 38 40   78 4
231 Kyle Creevy 37 37   74 5 c
84 Adam Collins 35 36   71 6 c
410 Tom Harwood 36 0   36 7
             
Junior A Club Junior 
no. name r1 r2   total pos no. name r1 r2   total pos
861 Tom Grimshaw 45 45   90 1   163 Brad Willis 37 45   82 1
41 Sam Harwood 42 42   84 2   510 Callum McClurg 40 42   82 2
444 John Barnes 37 40   77 3   146 George Cox 42 37   79 3
61 Connor Dickens 38 38   76 4   18 Scott Allen 36 40   76 4
510 Callum McClurg 34 35   69 5 j 145 Tom Burn 38 38   76 5
163 Brad Willis 31 36   67 6 j 16 Aaron Read 34 36   70 6
146 George Cox 35 31   66 7 j 151 Jacob Wills 35 33   68 7
145 Tom Burn 32 33   65 8 j 95 Mindaugas Skema 32 34   66 8
31 Leigh Baum 33 32   65 9   317 Simon Collins 33 32   65 9
321 Lee Andrews 27 37   64 10   23 Cameron Curtis 45 0   45 10
18 Scott Allen 30 34   64 11 j 122 Tom Allsopp 0 35   35 11
9 Alexander Nethaway 29 26   55 12   241 Nicholas Baum 31 0   31 12
16 Aaron Read 24 30   54 13 j 471 Jon-Jo Werts 30 0   30 13
459 Edward Pegram 25 27   52 14   307 Gerard Scott 29 0   29 14
151 Jacob Wills 26 25   51 15 j 147 Steve Gilbey 28     28 15
95 Mindaugas Skema 22 28   50 16 j 119 Jason Mills 27     27 16
317 Simon Collins 23 23   46 17 j 93 Matthew Mason 26     26 17
888 Krzysztof Ujdak 19 24   43 18  
916 James Cobby 40 0   40 19  
770 Alexander Churchill 18 21   39 20  
23 Cameron Curtis 36 0   36 21 j
122 Tom Allsopp 0 29   29 22 j
406 Sean Kettlewell 28 0   28 23  
134 Mark Finn 0 22   22 24  
241 Nicholas Baum 21 0   21 25 j
471 Jon-Jo Werts 20 0   20 26 j
307 Gerard Scott 17 0   17 27 j
Clubman Club Clubman
no. name r1 r2   total pos. no. name r1 r1   total pos.
384 Ricky Wright 45     45 1 536 Layton Billson 45     45 1
j 147 Steve Gilbey 42     42 2 40 Daniel Loveday 42     42 2
550 Lee White 40     40 3 174 Tom King 40     40 3
c 536 Layton Billson 38     38 4 273 Thomas Rose 38     38 4
c 40 Daniel Loveday 37     37 5 90 Arturas Ciplinskas 37     37 5
c 174 Tom King 36     36 6 909 Scott Robertson 36     36 6
966 Darren George 35     35 7 65 Jason Bain 35     35 7
1 Sam Goddard 34     34 8 228 Nathan Skinner 34     34 8
c 273 Thomas Rose 33     33 9 53 Ian Tindle 33     33 9
c 90 Arturas Ciplinskas 32     32 10 144 Simon Tucker 32     32 10
c 909 Scott Robertson 31     31 11 101 Miles Woodhouse 31     31 11
c 65 Jason Bain 30     30 12 19 Richard Jochacy 30     30 12
j 119 Jason Mills 29     29 13 11 James Lewis 29     29 13
j 93 Matthew Mason 28     28 14 80 Mark Stephens 28     28 14
572 Thomas Smith 27     27 15 28 Richard Ford 27     27 15
c 228 Nathan Skinner 26     26 16 117 Rob Ashworth 26     26 16
437 Ryan Gee 25     25 17
c 53 Ian Tindle 24     24 18
c 144 Simon Tucker 23     23 19
c 101 Miles Woodhouse 22     22 20
799 Jack Gibson-Barton 21     21 21
c 19 Richard Jochacy 20     20 22
160 Helen Morgan 19     19 23
672 Chris Smith 18     18 24
c 11 James Lewis 17     17 25
871 Scott Fitzgerald 16     16 26
25 Oliver Cook 15     15 27
c 80 Mark Stephens 14     14 28
c 28 Richard Ford 13     13 29
c 117 Rob Ashworth 12     12 30
183 Ryan George 11     11 31
Premier O40 Club Premier O40
no. name r1 r2 r3 total pos. no. name r1 r2 r3 total pos.
308 Simon Wyse 45     45 1 4 Tony Leishman 45     45 1
c 4 Tony Leishman 42     42 2 901 Justin Carter 42     42 2
c 901 Justin Carter 40     40 3 84 Adam Collins 40     40 3
c 84 Adam Collins 38     38 4 39 Tony Fricker 38     38 4
247 Lee Keyton 37     37 5 317 Simon Collins 37     37 5
153 Daniel Miles 36     36 6 909 Scott Robertson 36     36 6
c 39 Tony Fricker 35     35 7 136 Christian Livesey 35     35 7
c 317 Simon Collins 34     34 8 93 Matthew Mason 34     34 8
411 Andrew Antal 33     33 9 47 Edward Kiernan 33     33 9
c 909 Scott Robertson 32     32 10 307 Gerard Scott 32     32 10
50 Kevin Turnbull 31     31 11
c 136 Christian Livesey 30     30 12
412 Rob Jones 29     29 13
c 93 Matthew Mason 28     28 14
c 47 Edward Kiernan 27     27 15
46 Glenn Brown 26     26 16
c 307 Gerard Scott 25     25 17
Elite O50 Club Elite O50
no. name r1 r2 r3 total pos. no. name r1 r2 r3 total pos.
72 Fraser Law 45     45 1 c 72 Fraser Law 45     45 1
3 Bruce Garside 42     42 2 c 3 Bruce Garside 42     42 2
147 Steve Gilbey 40     40 3 c 147 Steve Gilbey 40     40 3
26 Keith Andrews 38     38 4 113 Greg Cox 38     38 4
113 Greg Cox 37     37 5 c 13 Stephen Cole 37     37 5
13 Stephen Cole 36     36 6 c 21 Nick Boot 36     36 6
511 Phil Gee 35     35 7 81 Barry Burbidge 35     35 7
21 Nick Boot 34     34 8 c 65 Jason Bain 34     34 8
901 Kevin Cole 33     33 9 144 Simon Tucker 33     33 9
49 Andrew Mason 32     32 10 651 Ian Thompson 32     32 10
81 Barry Burbidge 31     31 11 c 89 Andrew Brightman 31     31 11
65 Jason Bain 30     30 12 c 80 Mark Stephens 30     30 12
144 Simon Tucker 29     29 13 c 117 Rob Ashworth 29     29 13
651 Ian Thompson 28     28 14 c 242 Andrew Green 28     28 14
78 Kevin Franklin 27     27 15 38 James Higgins 27     27 15
89 Andrew Brightman 26     26 16 c 28 Richard Ford 26     26 16
134 Mark Finn 25     25 17 54 Martin Raynor 25     25 17
80 Mark Stephens 24     24 18 c 156 Peter Chapman 24     24 18
761 Stephen Morgan 23     23 19
52 Ivano Chiesa 22     22 20
117 Rob Ashworth 21     21 21 c
242 Andrew Green 20     20 22 c
38 James Higgins 19     19 23 c
28 Richard Ford 18     18 24 c
54 Martin Raynor 17     17 25 c
156 Peter Chapman 16     16 26 c
107 Patrick Winter 15     15 27
Super O60 Club O60
no. name r1 r2 r3 total pos. no. name r1 r2 r3 total pos.
68 Nigel Miller 45     45 1 19 Richard Jochacy 45     45 1
19 Richard Jochacy 42     42 2 57 Reg Willis 42     42 2
57 Reg Willis 40     40 3 44 Trevor Roberts 40     40 3
44 Trevor Roberts 38     38 4              
EVO
no. name r1 r2 r3 total pos.
52 Darryl Sturt 45     45 1
141 Rob Mead 42     42 2
113 Greg Cox 40     40 3
3 Bruce Garside 38     38 4
931 Ian Mead 37     37 5
241 Nicholas Baum 36     36 6
211 Trevor Bedford 35     35 7
33 Robert Bull 34     34 8
2 Stroke Club 2 Stroke
no. name r1 r2 r3 total pos. no. name r1 r2 r3 total pos.
861 Tom Grimshaw 45     45 1 4 Tony Leishman 45     45 1
4 Tony Leishman 42     42 2 c 281 Todd Bucknall 42     42 2
818 Ben Huckerby 40     40 3 773 Guy Marchant 40     40 3
281 Todd Bucknall 38     38 4 c 53 Ian Tindle 38     38 4
773 Guy Marchant 37     37 5 c 136 Christian Livesey 37     37 5
9 Alexander Nethaway 36     36 6
153 Daniel Miles 35     35 7
52 Darryl Sturt 34     34 8
770 Alexander Churchill 33     33 9
53 Ian Tindle 32     32 10 c
68 Nigel Miller 31     31 11
136 Christian Livesey 30     30 12 c
431 Keir Tett 29     29 13
227 Robin Scott 28     28 14
Friends of Bob Twinshock
no. name r1 r2 r3 total pos. no. name r1 r2 r3 total pos.
72 Fraser Law 45     45 1 777 Rupert Hills 45     45 1
13 Stephen Cole 42     42 2 431 Richard Tett 42     42 2
40 Daniel Loveday 40     40 3
273 Thomas Rose 38     38 4
155 Jamie Nelson 37     37 5
46 Eagan Bruley 36     36 6
136 Christian Livesey 35     35 7
57 Reg Willis 34     34 8
211 Trevor Bedford 33     33 9
156 Peter Chapman 32     32 10
777 Rupert Hills 31     31 11
431 Richard Tett 30     30 12
354 Lisa Jones 29     29 13
Workers Club Workers
no. name r1 total pos. no. name r1 total pos.
651 Ian Thompson                

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