Return to Racing- Long Buckby 16/08/20
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NMCC made a triumphant return to racing after almost a
full year’s absence, caused by last autumn’s terrible weather and then the
global pandemic. Utilising all of the latest ACU Covid-19 regulations, the club
finally felt in a position to attempt to run racing once again. The new track
prep. crew had worked wonders with the circuit, helped by heavy overnight rain
which made conditions close to perfect. With signing on and entering all being
done on-line in advance the pre-race admin went very quickly and smoothly, and
soon practice was underway. As heavy rain was forecast for the afternoon it was
vital that racing started on time, but miraculously the sun came out and the
rain stayed away until everyone was well on their way home.
First away was the Expert Class where Shane Holmes got
faster as the track dried. After a third place first time out he soon found his
groove and dominated the two remaining legs. Lewis O’Sullivan also favoured the
drying track taking second place in the final two races but had to settle for
third overall after a lower position in race one. Consistent top three places
gave second overall to Ethan Etheridge. In the Junior Class Shaun Robinson took
a clean hattrick of wins. Second and third places were traded each time out by
Dan Whitehead and Charlie Sellick. Charlie finally finished in front in the last
moto, but fast starting Dan had already done enough to secure second overall.
The Clubman Class which is meant to be effectively Junior B featured some fast
riders on this occasion. David Edge took all three wins to secure the top step
of the virtual podium. Jan Howells finished second overall after being runner-up
twice. John Flynn stayed inside the top four all day to finish overall in third.
In the Premier O40 class the result was never really in
doubt. Laurence Wiltshire took all three wins showing incredible speed, and lap
times that would have put him top five in the Expert Class. Second place each
time out went to John Barnes who was also looking impressive. Stuart McClurg
returned to racing with a fine third place overall. The Elite O50 class has now
become by far the largest of the age group categories. Chris Koch revelled in
the early tricky conditions to make a triumphant return to racing in first
overall. Second place overall just went to recently promoted Tony Fricker, by a
single point from hard charging Greg Cox. John Smith looked to have the Super
O60 class sewn up after winning the first two encounters, before a dnf in the
third dropped him down the order. First place overall then went to Ross Dover,
with Reg Willis claiming second overall from Stephen Hollins by a single point.
Expert winner Shane Holmes also took on the 2 Stroke and
U40 combined class taking the overall once again with two wins and a second
place. Corey Blackwell finished second overall in the U40 category, while John
Holmes was runner up in the 2 stroke classification. Ashely Batten stormed the
workers race, doing just enough to stay in front of the rapidly closing Cameron
Curtis. Luke Twelvetree finished third ahead of Sam Waterman.
Now that the club are confident
of running under Covid-19 regulations, we’ll be back with another meeting on
September 20th.
Expert:
1 Shane Holmes, 2 Ethan Etheridge, 3 Lewis O’Sullivan, 4 Thomas Allsopp, 5 Jacob
Russell, 6 Simon Wyse
Junior:
1 Shaun Robinson, 2 Dan Whitehead, 3 Charlie Sellick, 4 James Thompson, 5 Sam
Chapman, 6 Josh Young
Clubman:
1 David Edge, 2 Jan Howells, 3 John Flynn, 4 Jason Mills, 5 Michael Owen, 6
Corey Blackwell
Premier O40:
1 Laurence Wiltshire, 2 John Barnes, 3 Stuart McClurg, 4 Bryan Rouse, 5 Scott
Robertson, 6 Matthew Mason
Elite O50:
1 Chris Koch, 2 Tony Fricker, 3 Greg Cox, 4 Rupert Fairclough, 5 Fraser Law, 6
Garry West
Super O60:
1 Ross Dover, 2 Reg Willis, 3 Stephen Hollins, 4 Richard Jochacy, 5 Andy Sturt,
6 Peter Chapman
U40:
1 Shane Holmes, 2 Corey Blackwell, 3 Josh Young, 4 Aaron Smith, 5 Jacob Wills, 6
Sean Kettlewell
2 Stroke:
1 Shane Holmes, 2 John Holmes, 3 Josh Young, 4 Josh Ford, 5 Richard Cox, 6
Thomas Elliott
Workers:
1 Ashley Batten, 2 Cameron Curtis, 3 Luke Twelvetree, 4 Sam Waterman
Expert | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | Expert club | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | ||||
Shane Holmes | 40 | 45 | 45 | 130 | 1 | Thomas Allsopp | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | 1 | ||||
Ethan Etheridge | 42 | 40 | 40 | 122 | 2 | Simon Wyse | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 | 2 | ||||
Lewis O'Sullivan | 37 | 42 | 42 | 121 | 3 | Joe Wyse | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 | 3 | ||||
Thomas Allsopp | 38 | 38 | 37 | 113 | 4 | Cameron Curtis | 38 | 38 | 38 | 114 | 4 | ||||
Jacob Russell | 35 | 37 | 38 | 110 | 5 | Tim Soane | 37 | 37 | 37 | 111 | 5 | ||||
Simon Wyse | 36 | 36 | 36 | 108 | 6 | ||||||||||
Joe Wyse | 34 | 35 | 34 | 103 | 7 | ||||||||||
Aiden Maloney | 33 | 34 | 35 | 102 | 8 | ||||||||||
Tom Harwood | 32 | 33 | 33 | 98 | 9 | ||||||||||
Cameron Curtis | 31 | 32 | 32 | 95 | 10 | ||||||||||
Tim Soane | 30 | 31 | 31 | 92 | 11 | ||||||||||
Gabrielle Hamlet | 29 | 30 | 59 | 12 | |||||||||||
Junior | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | Junior club | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | ||||
Shaun Robinson | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | 1 | c | Shaun Robinson | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | 1 | |||
Dan Whitehead | 40 | 42 | 40 | 122 | 2 | Sam Chapman | 40 | 38 | 42 | 120 | 2 | ||||
Charlie Sellick | 38 | 40 | 42 | 120 | 3 | Max Nethaway | 35 | 42 | 40 | 117 | 3 | ||||
James Thompson | 35 | 38 | 38 | 111 | 4 | George Cox | 38 | 37 | 37 | 112 | 4 | ||||
Sam Chapman | 36 | 35 | 37 | 108 | 5 | c | Corey Kay | 37 | 36 | 38 | 111 | 5 | |||
Josh Young | 33 | 34 | 35 | 102 | 6 | Alexander Churchill | 36 | 35 | 36 | 107 | 6 | ||||
George Cox | 34 | 29 | 33 | 96 | 7 | c | Ashley Batten | 34 | 33 | 35 | 102 | 7 | |||
Brett Wykes | 32 | 32 | 31 | 95 | 8 | Jacob Wills | 33 | 34 | 34 | 101 | 8 | ||||
Max Nethaway | 20 | 37 | 36 | 93 | 9 | c | Rob Harwood | 42 | 40 | 82 | 9 | ||||
Henry Maynard | 30 | 30 | 32 | 92 | 10 | ||||||||||
Corey Kay | 29 | 28 | 34 | 91 | 11 | c | |||||||||
Edward Pegram | 27 | 31 | 29 | 87 | 12 | ||||||||||
Stephen Edmunds | 31 | 27 | 28 | 86 | 13 | ||||||||||
George Robinson | 28 | 26 | 30 | 84 | 14 | ||||||||||
Aaron Smith | 22 | 33 | 26 | 81 | 15 | ||||||||||
Alexander Churchill | 26 | 25 | 27 | 78 | 16 | c | |||||||||
Rob Harwood | 37 | 36 | 73 | 17 | c | ||||||||||
Lewis Evans | 21 | 24 | 25 | 70 | 18 | ||||||||||
Ty Atkins | 23 | 23 | 46 | 18 | |||||||||||
Jamie Richmond | 42 | 42 | 20 | ||||||||||||
Stephen Atkins | 25 | 25 | 21 | ||||||||||||
Sean Kettlewell | 24 | 24 | 22 | ||||||||||||
Thomas Elliott | 19 | 19 | 23 | ||||||||||||
Clubman | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | Clubman club | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | ||||
David Edge | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | 1 | Jason Mills | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | 1 | ||||
Jan Howells | 42 | 42 | 40 | 124 | 2 | Corey Blackwell | 40 | 38 | 42 | 120 | 2 | ||||
John Flynn | 38 | 40 | 38 | 116 | 3 | Charlie Allsopp | 42 | 40 | 37 | 119 | 3 | ||||
Jason Mills | 40 | 38 | 36 | 114 | 4 | c | Ryan Blackwell | 38 | 37 | 40 | 115 | 4 | |||
Michael Owen | 31 | 36 | 37 | 104 | 5 | Lee Hayward | 37 | 36 | 38 | 111 | 5 | ||||
Corey Blackwell | 34 | 34 | 35 | 103 | 6 | c | Sam Waterman | 36 | 35 | 36 | 107 | 6 | |||
Charlie Allsopp | 37 | 37 | 26 | 100 | 7 | c | Simon Tucker | 32 | 34 | 35 | 101 | 7 | |||
Russell Diggin | 29 | 33 | 33 | 95 | 8 | Jack Duggins | 34 | 32 | 34 | 100 | 8 | ||||
Ryan Blackwell | 33 | 29 | 32 | 94 | 9 | c | Luke Twelvetree | 33 | 33 | 32 | 98 | 9 | |||
Lee Hayward | 32 | 28 | 31 | 91 | 10 | c | Richard Ford | 31 | 31 | 31 | 93 | 10 | |||
Ashley Batten | 30 | 26 | 28 | 84 | 11 | c | Mark Stephens | 30 | 29 | 33 | 92 | 11 | |||
Josh Ford | 24 | 24 | 30 | 78 | 12 | Richard Jochacy | 35 | 30 | 65 | 12 | |||||
Jamie Epplestone | 8 | 35 | 34 | 77 | 13 | t | |||||||||
Callum Busey | 27 | 25 | 25 | 77 | 14 | ||||||||||
Richard Oatridge | 20 | 22 | 29 | 71 | 15 | ||||||||||
Jack Leahy | 22 | 31 | 18 | 71 | 16 | ||||||||||
Kevin Turnbull | 18 | 23 | 27 | 68 | 17 | ||||||||||
Ben Cannings | 36 | 32 | 68 | 18 | |||||||||||
Sam Waterman | 25 | 20 | 22 | 67 | 19 | c | |||||||||
Jacob Wills | 28 | 27 | 12 | 67 | 20 | c | |||||||||
Rhys James | 35 | 30 | 65 | 21 | |||||||||||
Jamie Cowell | 21 | 19 | 24 | 64 | 22 | ||||||||||
Matthew Mason | 19 | 18 | 23 | 60 | 23 | c | |||||||||
Simon Tucker | 13 | 17 | 21 | 51 | 24 | c | |||||||||
Jack Duggins | 16 | 14 | 20 | 50 | 25 | ||||||||||
Ben Richley | 26 | 21 | 47 | 26 | |||||||||||
Luke Twelvetree | 14 | 15 | 17 | 46 | 27 | c | |||||||||
Sean Kettlewell | 42 | 42 | 28 | ||||||||||||
Mark Stephens | 10 | 11 | 19 | 40 | 29 | c | |||||||||
Richard Ford | 11 | 13 | 14 | 38 | 30 | c | |||||||||
Dan Pattison | 9 | 10 | 15 | 34 | 31 | ||||||||||
Jack Hunton | 15 | 16 | 31 | 32 | |||||||||||
Richard Jochacy | 17 | 12 | 29 | 33 | c | ||||||||||
Sam Appleton | 12 | 16 | 28 | 34 | |||||||||||
Cameron Millward | 23 | 23 | 35 | ||||||||||||
Neil Varden | 22 | 22 | 36 | ||||||||||||
O40 | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | O40 club | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | ||||
Laurence Wiltshire | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | 1 | Stuart McClurg | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | 1 | ||||
John Barnes | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 | 2 | Scott Robertson | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 | 2 | ||||
Stuart McClurg | 40 | 38 | 40 | 118 | 3 | c | Matthew Mason | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 | 3 | |||
Bryan Rouse | 38 | 40 | 38 | 116 | 4 | ||||||||||
Scott Robertson | 36 | 37 | 36 | 109 | 5 | c | |||||||||
Matthew Mason | 35 | 36 | 35 | 106 | 6 | c | |||||||||
John Holmes | 37 | 37 | 74 | 7 | |||||||||||
Richard Cox | 34 | 34 | 8 | ||||||||||||
O50 | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | O50 club | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | ||||
Chris Koch | 42 | 45 | 45 | 132 | 1 | Tony Fricker | 45 | 45 | 40 | 130 | 1 | ||||
Tony Fricker | 40 | 42 | 37 | 119 | 2 | c | Fraser Law | 42 | 40 | 45 | 127 | 2 | |||
Greg Cox | 38 | 40 | 40 | 118 | 3 | Garry West | 38 | 38 | 42 | 118 | 3 | ||||
Rupert Fairclough | 45 | 36 | 36 | 117 | 4 | Richard Ford | 37 | 36 | 38 | 111 | 4 | ||||
Fraser Law | 37 | 35 | 42 | 114 | 5 | c | Mark Stephens | 36 | 35 | 37 | 108 | 5 | |||
Garry West | 34 | 34 | 38 | 106 | 6 | c | Simon Tucker | 35 | 37 | 36 | 108 | 6 | |||
Andy Duggins | 32 | 33 | 35 | 100 | 7 | Steve Bottoms | 40 | 42 | 82 | 7 | |||||
Kevin Franklin | 33 | 29 | 34 | 96 | 8 | ||||||||||
Kevin Turnbull | 30 | 32 | 33 | 95 | 9 | ||||||||||
Richard Ford | 29 | 30 | 32 | 91 | 10 | c | |||||||||
Simon Tucker | 27 | 31 | 30 | 88 | 11 | c | |||||||||
Mark Stephens | 28 | 28 | 31 | 87 | 12 | c | |||||||||
Stephen Atkins | 36 | 38 | 74 | 13 | |||||||||||
Steve Bottoms | 35 | 37 | 72 | 14 | c | ||||||||||
Nick Hunton | 27 | 29 | 56 | 15 | |||||||||||
Philip West | 31 | 31 | 16 | ||||||||||||
O60 | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | O60 club | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | ||||
Ross Dover | 42 | 38 | 45 | 125 | 1 | Reg Willis | 42 | 42 | 45 | 129 | 1 | ||||
Reg Willis | 38 | 40 | 42 | 120 | 2 | c | Stephen Hollins | 40 | 45 | 42 | 127 | 2 | |||
Stephen Hollins | 37 | 42 | 40 | 119 | 3 | c | Richard Jochacy | 45 | 40 | 38 | 123 | 3 | |||
Richard Jochacy | 40 | 37 | 37 | 114 | 4 | c | Andy Sturt | 38 | 37 | 40 | 115 | 4 | |||
Andy Sturt | 36 | 35 | 38 | 109 | 5 | c | Peter Chapman | 37 | 38 | 37 | 112 | 5 | |||
Peter Chapman | 35 | 36 | 36 | 107 | 6 | c | Trevor Roberts | 36 | 36 | 72 | 6 | ||||
John Smith | 45 | 45 | 90 | 7 | |||||||||||
Trevor Roberts | 34 | 35 | 69 | 8 | c | ||||||||||
U40 | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | U40 club | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | ||||
Shane Holmes | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | 1 | Corey Blackwell | 40 | 45 | 42 | 127 | 1 | ||||
Corey Blackwell | 33 | 37 | 40 | 110 | 2 | c | Jacob Wills | 42 | 40 | 82 | 2 | ||||
Josh Young | 37 | 42 | 79 | 3 | Rob Harwood | 45 | 45 | 3 | |||||||
Aaron Smith | 36 | 40 | 76 | 4 | Cameron Curtis | 45 | 45 | 4 | |||||||
Jacob Wills | 36 | 37 | 73 | 5 | c | Max Nethaway | 42 | 42 | 5 | ||||||
Sean Kettlewell | 35 | 38 | 73 | 6 | Alexander Churchill | 38 | 38 | 6 | |||||||
Rob Harwood | 42 | 42 | 7 | c | |||||||||||
Cameron Curtis | 42 | 42 | 8 | c | |||||||||||
Max Nethaway | 40 | 40 | 9 | c | |||||||||||
Joshua Ford | 38 | 38 | 10 | ||||||||||||
James Thompson | 38 | 38 | 11 | ||||||||||||
Richard Cox | 35 | 35 | 12 | ||||||||||||
Sam Appleton | 34 | 34 | 13 | ||||||||||||
Ty Atkins | 34 | 34 | 14 | ||||||||||||
Thomas Elliott | 33 | 33 | 15 | ||||||||||||
Alexander Churchill | 32 | 32 | 16 | c | |||||||||||
2St | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | 2St club | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | ||||
Shane Holmes | 45 | 45 | 42 | 132 | 1 | Alexander Churchill | 45 | 45 | 1 | ||||||
John Holmes | 37 | 40 | 45 | 122 | 2 | ||||||||||
Josh Young | 40 | 42 | 82 | 3 | |||||||||||
Joshua Ford | 36 | 40 | 76 | 4 | |||||||||||
Richard Cox | 34 | 38 | 72 | 5 | |||||||||||
Thomas Elliott | 35 | 37 | 72 | 6 | |||||||||||
James Thompson | 42 | 42 | 7 | ||||||||||||
Alexander Churchill | 38 | 38 | 8 | c | |||||||||||
Workers | Workers club | ||||||||||||||
Ashley Batten | 45 | 1 | Ashley Batten | 45 | 1 | ||||||||||
Cameron Curtis | 42 | 2 | Cameron Curtis | 42 | 2 | ||||||||||
Luke Twelvetree | 40 | 3 | Luke Twelvetree | 40 | 3 | ||||||||||
Sam Waterman | 38 | 4 | Sam Waterman | 38 | 4 |