Riders for Round 1 of the 2023/2024 ACU Southern Centre Winter Enduro Series were treated to near perfect conditions at Rogershill Raceway.
In the championship class, Bradley Rowland took 20 seconds out of the rest of the field on the first lap and stayed in the lead to take the overall win. In second place was Daniel Richards who also had a good start and kept it smooth all race to keep third place at bay. In third was Dan Guy, who did an impressive wheelie each lap up the start straight to cheers from his young son!
In the Expert class young Alfie Heard had nearly a minute’s gap to the next rider after the first lap, he kept his head down and his 200 pinned to win the class and finish the day in 4th overall. In second place was Cameron Games who successfully held off Daryl Biles who finished close behind in third place.
The over 40’s expert class saw an intense battle for first place. With last year’s winner Gary McCoy unable to finish, it was left to Mark Kirby and Mark Cornick to go at it, with Mark Kirby making a move in the later stages to take the win. Their first lap times were the same, showing how close the race was. In third place was Adrian Heard.
In the clubman A class Kealan Harvey took the win and set the fastest lap of the group by nearly 40 seconds. Arron Richards was a little way back but came in second and still ended up 19th in the overall standings. In third place was Peter Colmer who gave it his all but didn’t have enough in the tank to make 11 laps, well done Pete.
The winner of Clubman B was last year’s sportsman Champion Jamie Cass, finishing on 10 laps. In Second place was Jed Symes with Joseph Elworthy in third. The top 3 all had fastest lap times within 3 seconds of each other, very close racing!
Alex Lamble took the win in the clubman Vets class and was the only competitor in this group to do 11 laps, finishing 22nd overall! Huw Williams kept it consistent to finish in second and Sebastien Picard finished in third.
The winner of the sportsman Vets class was David Miracca who narrowly missed out on a top 100 overall finishing 103rd. Second was Richard Pennel who was the last rider of this group to do 9 laps. Steve Dodds kept his lap times smooth and consistent to finish in third.
Callum Etheridge was the winner of the sportsman class and set the fastest lap of the group by over 20 seconds. In second place was Josh Kiff and Shaun Eldridge finished in third, all on 10 laps.
For this season we are introducing an award for the highest scoring Lady rider (over all the classes) and were honoured to have 3 ladies booked into the sportsman class for this event!
Thank you to all who helped set up the track especially Brad K who came out even though he couldn’t race. Thank you to Pete, Craig, and Shane for the help during the day and to all our excellent marshals who kept things flowing, as well as the lovely ladies at Sign on, Claire, Danielle, and Alice.
Entries for the next round hosted by PMRC at Woodberry Lane are available now online via the ACU website. This event will be the James Wright Memorial Race with a special prize for the overall winner and the winner of the sportsman Class. The venue has seen recent hard work by the club and the earlier running should see things a little less muddy, so get those entries in!
Race Report by Danny Hall – Images courtesy of PhotoFinish43 & Nicholas Guppy
Results
Championship
Pos
NAME
Laps
Fatest
1
BRADLEY ROWLAND
12
00:15:01
2
DANIEL RICHARDS
12
00:15:12
3
DAN GUY
12
00:15:39
4
TYSON MAYTOM JONES
11
00:16:01
5
WILLIAM WILSON
8
00:16:27
Experts
1
ALFIE HEARD
12
00:15:38
2
CAMERON GAMES
11
00:16:11
3
DARYL BILES
11
00:16:11
4
HARRY HUNT
11
00:16:07
5
JAKE ENDEAN
11
00:16:24
6
JORDAN KIFF
11
00:16:18
7
DEAN SHEA
11
00:16:32
8
ROSS CURTIS
11
00:16:52
9
MATTHEW LAWRENCE
11
00:16:58
10
ALAN STRINGER
11
00:16:49
11
ROB WATTS
11
00:17:18
12
KIT SZABO
10
00:16:17
13
CRAIG OSMENT
10
00:17:35
14
JAMES RICHARDS
10
00:17:27
15
HUGH BENSON
9
00:16:53
Over 40 Expert
1
MARK KIRBY
11
00:15:52
2
MARK CORNICK
11
00:15:57
3
ADRIAN HEARD
11
00:16:34
4
JAMES DRINKWATER
11
00:16:21
5
TONY COTTY
11
00:16:22
6
PAUL ARMSTRONG
11
00:16:39
7
JACK TWENTYMAN
11
00:16:31
8
SHANE TROTTER
11
00:16:49
9
KARL LANGFORD
11
00:17:07
10
SIMON THOMAS
10
00:17:21
11
CEFYN GAMES
10
00:17:33
12
SHAUN PHILIP
10
00:17:16
13
GRAHAM REID
10
00:17:49
14
STEPHEN MULLINER
10
00:17:28
Clubman A
1
KEALAN HARVEY
11
00:16:17
2
ARRON RICHARDS
11
00:16:48
3
PETER COLMER
10
00:16:51
4
DAVID TAYLOR
10
00:16:59
5
STUART WILLIAMS
10
00:17:13
6
OLLIE HEARD
10
00:17:10
7
SHAUN ASH
10
00:17:25
8
FINLAY TAYLOR
10
00:16:56
9
JACK SHINER
10
00:17:43
10
CHRISTOPHER STANDEN
10
00:17:27
11
ROB SHANAHAN
10
00:17:42
12
RYAN GUY
10
00:17:38
13
EDWARD HEARD
10
00:17:26
14
JAMES MOLLER
10
00:17:37
15
JAMIE HARRIS
10
00:17:32
16
MIKE NORMAN
10
00:17:46
17
MARTIN SEWELL
10
00:17:36
18
MATT HOLLAND
10
00:17:48
19
MARK BUCKELL
10
00:17:53
20
MARCUS FELTHAM
10
00:17:59
21
HARVEY BOSWELL
10
00:18:06
22
BRADLEY LEACH
10
00:18:02
23
MATTHEW YATES
10
00:18:03
24
EDWARD LEWIS
9
00:17:50
25
NEIL DEAKIN
6
00:15:48
Clubman B
1
JAMIE CASS
10
00:17:17
2
JED SYMES
10
00:17:19
3
JOSEPH ELWORTHY
10
00:17:18
4
ALEX WESTLAKE
10
00:16:54
5
BEN DYER
10
00:17:48
6
RYAN DUNNING
10
00:17:36
7
JAKE OUTRIM
10
00:18:11
8
JOHN HILL
10
00:18:15
9
CARL POORE
9
00:18:52
10
TYLER TUMBARELL
9
00:18:41
11
IAN YEO
9
00:18:52
12
JAKE HILLIER
9
00:19:01
13
ASHLEY GRUNDY
9
00:18:56
14
JACK ALLEN
9
00:17:40
15
GEORGE WATSON
9
00:19:42
16
TOM LEWORTHY
9
00:20:52
17
PETER FROMANT
8
00:17:26
18
JAMS ANDERSON
8
00:21:46
19
JAMES SHORT
8
00:21:35
20
LIAM TURNBULL
8
00:19:45
Over 40 Clubman
1
ALEX LAMBLE
11
00:16:29
2
HUW WILLIAMS
10
00:17:42
3
SEBASTIEN PICARD
10
00:17:56
4
JAMES GREEN
10
00:18:11
5
RUSSELL BENSON
10
00:18:20
6
STUART BOWERS
10
00:17:56
7
ROBERT NORMAN
10
00:18:24
8
DEREK ADAMS
10
00:18:18
9
DAI BEER
10
00:18:20
10
ALEX BUCKINGHAM
10
00:18:09
11
ANDY ELLIOTT
10
00:18:46
12
PETE NIXEY
9
00:18:42
13
GRAHAM EKE
9
00:18:44
14
NIC LEE
9
00:17:23
15
ROBERT UNDERHILL
9
00:18:57
16
GARETH KNOWLES
9
00:19:02
17
PAUL OCONNELL
9
00:19:10
18
NATHAN COLES
9
00:18:59
19
MARTIN BAMPINI
9
00:19:29
20
OLLY ELWORTHY
9
00:18:57
21
MARK HARRIS
8
00:19:53
22
SEAN RENVOIZE
8
00:20:00
23
GEOFF MARSHALL
8
00:20:57
24
DAVE WRIGHT
8
00:20:24
Over 40 Sportsman
1
DAVID MIRACCA
9
00:19:39
2
RICHARD PENNELL
9
00:19:58
3
STEVE DODDS
8
00:20:32
4
GARETH ALLEN
8
00:19:23
5
TIM ODOWD
8
00:21:20
6
STEPHEN ROLLS
8
00:20:58
7
ANDY PENNELL
8
00:22:43
8
JORDEN PONTIN
8
00:21:37
9
RICHARD WRIGHT
8
00:23:11
10
STEVE RICKETTS
7
00:22:29
11
TONY WALKER
7
00:21:54
Sportsman
1
CALLUM ETHERIDGE
10
00:17:10
2
JOSH KIFF
10
00:17:36
3
SHAUN ELDRIDGE
10
00:18:10
4
TIM MATHERS
9
00:18:26
5
HENRY WALSH
9
00:18:45
6
MACIEJ CAPUTA
9
00:18:34
7
DANIEL TIMMS
9
00:18:37
8
CHARLIE CROOK
9
00:18:31
9
LEWIS HIGHAM
9
00:19:18
10
WILLIAM GILLEN
9
00:19:07
11
KEVIN HANN
9
00:20:01
12
CHRISTINA PILLAR
9
00:19:40
13
CHARLES GREEN
9
00:18:48
14
DAN DRAKE
9
00:20:34
15
ELLIOT PICARD
9
00:19:27
16
MATTHIEU PERRIER
8
00:18:06
17
JOE SMITH
8
00:20:11
18
ASHLEY CORBY
8
00:20:17
19
JAIRM WOOLDRIDGE
8
00:20:42
20
JAMES DERBYSHIRE
8
00:20:05
21
HENRY WARREN
8
00:19:47
22
JOE CARPENTER
8
00:18:42
23
NICK BROOM
8
00:20:34
24
TY MAYTOM JONES
8
00:19:06
25
MIKE JACKSON
8
00:19:19
26
DARREN HUGHES
7
00:21:21
27
DOMINIC LEE
7
00:20:05
28
ANDREW WARD
7
00:21:18
29
ROB HAILSTONE
7
00:19:54
30
IAIN GILLAM
7
00:20:51
31
SAMUEL COKES
7
00:24:01
32
JACOB PIPPARD
7
00:24:38
33
JACK MACEY
6
00:24:06
34
BEN BLIGHT
6
00:26:34
35
JENNIFER BELL
5
00:27:13