Friday July 1, 2011 at 11:30am
What’s on Weekly 2nd and 3rd July
This weeks ‘What’s on Weekly’ features more events from around the country. Here is a selection of just a few events taking place.
Motocross
On Sunday 3rd July the Halstead and District MCC will be hosted their Annual Richard Fitch Memorial meeting. Richard Fitch was one of the Club most promising riders, but unfortunately Richard passed away six years ago while competing in a National Meeting at Hawkstone. Sunday’s meeting will feature both Expert and Junior line ups and the main event, the Richard Fitch Trophy Race. Practice will start at 10am with the first race taking place at 11am.
Rhayader and DMCC Ltd once again plays host to some of the nation’s best riders when it holds the final round of the Welsh Open Motocross Championship at Cwmythig Hill on Wednesday 6th July. After nearly 2000 spectators turned out to watch the previous rounds the Club are expecting more of the same this time around. The stunning circuit features a number of all action jumps. The entry list includes Brad Anderson, Stephen Sword and his former team mate Tom Church. With Practice at 6:15pm and the first race at 6:45, there will be the normal 11 race programme with each class getting three races. The final race of the night is the big money Grand Final ‘Dash for Cash’. The entry fee for the evening is just £5 for adults and children under 14 free.
After the drama at Duns, this weekend the third round of the Goldspeed ACU British Quad Championships travels to the recently revamped Tinker Hill Motocross Track in Newry, Northern Ireland. With all the action taking place on Saturday 2nd July, organised by Quad Racing Ireland, riders and spectators alike will be looking forward to watching the next chapter in what has so far been an exhilarating 2011 championship. Round two was a tale of consistency and pace in muddy conditions as current British Champion Paul Winrow on board his Honda 450 showed his winning instinct in race one. Round two also saw a start to the championship campaigns of Paul Holmes and Jason Macbeth, who were unavailable for the opening round due to european race commitments. With no youth championships taking place, the first race will start at 11am. Admission is £5 while under 12’s go free. The postcode for Tinker Hill motocross track is BT34 1QJ. Further information about the track can be found at www.quadracingireland.com.
The ACU Motocross department regrets to announce that the second round of the British Ladies Championship scheduled to take place on the 16th and 17th July has been cancelled. The event was due to take place on the 16th and 17th July at Canada Heights alongside the fifth round of the BYMX Championship. Unfortunately with just over two weeks until the event is due to take place, the decision as be taken to cancel the event due to lack of entries. With less than 10 riders entered for the Ladies Championship after contacting all female riders within the ACU the unfortunate decision has been made to cancel the Second Round.
Enduro
The 2011 Husqvarna ACU British Sprint Enduro Championship has almost come full circle as the series’ final weekend of racing fast approaches, taking the 10-round tour back to Wales where it all began in early February. From the wet, Welsh trails of the opening round at Saints Well the series now draws to a close in spectacular fashion at Berwyn Leisure Park near Oswestry. With eight rounds completed and now just two remaining, the fight to be crowned champion in the prestigious Elite class has been whittled down to just a two-horse race. In command of the points lead is Fast Eddy Racing's Tom Sagar who, when the points are added up, holds a slender seven-point advantage over KORR Racing's Greg Evans. But with 40 points up for grabs nothing is certain just yet. Rounds nine and ten of the Husqvarna ACU British Sprint Enduro Championship take the series to the exciting venue of Berwyn Leisure Park, which will provide enjoyable racing for competitors while again offering great viewing for spectators. The course comprises of farmland, a motocross track, and a newly built man-made ‘extreme’ section. The start area will be sign posted off the D4500 at Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog. Approx 30 minutes west of Oswestry. Postcode: LL20 7LH. Adults £7.50, includes complimentary event programme. Under 14 year-olds are free. Racing starts at 9.00am both days. Catering and toilet facilities will be available on site.
Trials
On Sunday 3rd July Brocader MCC will be hosting the third round of the ACU Luscombe Suzuki Leeds British Youth A and B Trials Championship. Round 3 of the championship will be taking place Cesailgwn Bach in the Snowdonia National Park. The current points leader in the Youth A class is Chris Stay following two class victories from the opening rounds, second place is currently Bradley Cox and Luke Walker in third. In the Youth B class it is Jack Price that leads Iwan Roberts in second place and Dan Peace. The event will be made up of 12 sections to be completed on 3 different laps within a 5½ hour time limit.
On Sunday the second round of the Sammy Miller Products Trials Championship will be taken place at Cartmel Racecourse, Cartmel in Cumbria. The event will be hosted by the Westmorland Motor Club and will be starting at 10am. With a course made up of one lap consisting of 35 sections with a mixture of off-road and on-road section. The event is set to be approximately 20 miles in length.
This weekend round 6 of the ACU British Womens and Girls Trials Championship will be taking place at Dob Park Area, Otley in West Yorkshire. With the Championship drawing to a close all the riders will be looking to score as highly as possible. Currently leading the Women’s Class is Becky Cook with Emma Bristow close behind. In the Women’s Inter class current leader Catherine Alford holds a healthy lead over Harriet Shore, while in the Girls Classes Chloe Richardson leads the A class and Jess Brown the A Class Inter. The B Class sees Nikita Smith leads the way and in the C Class the current leader is Beth Waite. The event will be starting at 10:30am and will consist of 3 laps of 12 laps.
Grass Track
The Frittenden and District MCC Ltd will be hosting the South Eastern Centre Grass Track Championship on Sunday 3rd July. The meeting is being held at Sandhurst Bridge Farm, Frittenden in Kent and the meeting will be featuring solo racing in the 250cc, 350cc, 500cc and Upright Solos. Alongside all the Solo action will be the 1000cc Right Hand and Left Hand Sidecars. The meeting will also feature the Preece Memorial Trophy for the Unlimited Solo Class. Racing will start at 1pm and there will be free camping, toilets, hot food and a Beer Tent.
Also on Sunday the Lancashire Grass Track Junior Riders Club will be running the Stuart Mellish Memorial meeting. The meeting will include the third round of the club championship and the third round of the Top Gun MX Championship. Sunday’s event will be taking place at Station Road, Much Hoole in Preston. Racing features all the youth classes, 250cc, 350cc, 500cc Solos, Adult MX and Unlimited Novices. Racing will start at 12pm prompt and entrance is £5 for Adults and Under 16’s free.
Road Racing
On Saturday July 2nd 2011, the National Hillclimb Association will hold a club restricted competition for solo motorcycles, sidecars and three wheelers at Shelsley Walsh. The event will be featuring five classes for the Solos and one for Sidecars and one class for the three wheelers. The track is laid out over 1000 yards of bends on a steep tarmac surfaced hill. Camping in tents is not allowed in the camping field and is strictly Caravans or Campers only. There will be a fee collected by the Car club. Shelsley Walsh is situated approximately 10 miles north-west of Worcester off the B4204.
If your club is running an event in the coming weeks and would like to be a part of this feature please contact Richard Blyth on [email protected] with details of your event.