Sudbury MCC GH Motorcycles Solo Enduro Championship Round 3- 8th May 2022 Foxborough Quarry

Friday May 13, 2022 at 12:20pm

A beautiful sunny morning welcomed competitors to Foxborough Quarry for the 3 hour endure event split into 2 x 90 minutes sessions with a lunch break in between. The course was reversed for the afternoon, and it certainly posed some questions for the riders with an equal split on preferred session. With heavy rain the few days before Sunday’s event the going could have gone either way with mixed woodland, pasture and tone of the notorious bogs in the course, but a drying breeze provided a hard fast surface throwing up plenty of dust as the racing progressed. To score points both the morning & afternoon session had to be completed and there were some surprising withdrawals due to mechanical issues which would hamper chances of making up the points at this the third round of the Championship. Ben Cole led from the first corner and with a win across both races setting the pace for Jake Roper to chase, making his first season in championship class look easy matching Bens laps each time out, ending with a solid second place in front of Will Hughes in 3^rd and Jack Sheppard in 4^th both finishing on 12 laps each time out. George Eustace finished on 11 laps then 12 in the afternoon narrowly beating Neive Holmes in 6^th place. It was great to see some women out on the track again so well done Neive! Jack Berry made his win in the Expert class look easy despite the top 6 Expert places all finishing on 11 laps in each session. The Clubman class was well subscribed and saw Robert Armitage holding his position in front of Lloyd Barker in 2nd place both on 11 laps per session and Charlie Aldridge in 3^rd ahead of Thomas Brinkley on 4^th place and Oliver Brinkley in 5^th with Bryce Hagger in 6^th place. All three Vets races saw some seriously competitive riding with some healthy dialogue between the riders who have obviously been racing together for many seasons.

In Expert Vet class- Last season’s 3^rd placed championship Expert Vet Phil Roper took 1^st place over Philip Waldron in 2^nd and Clubman Vets Winner last year Jason Naruszewicx in 3^rd with Paul Spurgeon last years Expert Vets Champion in 4^th.

Clubman Vets saw last seasons champion Simon Davies finish 1^st with Jason Green in 2^nd, Jason Carsboult in 3^rd, and 4th place proved a welcome return for Thomas Morris after some health issues and David Griffiths in 5^th place. Eastern Centre Super Vets championship Winner 2021 John Hilton finished in 1^st place and 3rd placed last season -Graham Mays took Second place over Wayne Barker in 3^rd, Jeremy Moss in 4^th. 5th for Stephen Prior & 6^th for Nigel Ross.

The Next Sudbury Motorcycles Solo round is at Home Farm, Hadham on the 12^th June.

A big thanks must go out to our landowners for all the hard work put into making Foxborough look as good as it does and the very hardworking crew who set it all up and made the day run so smoothly from entries scrutineering, starting, timing course changes, constant tape and peg replacement and putting it all away again after the youth race – Thank you for joining us and thank you for riding!

Championship Class

Overall position / Laps race 1 / Am Race 2 Pm

1^st Ben Cole 12+13 laps

2^nd Jake Roper 12+13 Laps

3^rd William Hughes 12+12

4^th Jack Sheppard 12+12

5^th George Eustace 11+12

6^th Neive Holmes 11+12

Expert

1^st Jack Berry 11+12

2^nd Joseph Hall 11+12

3^rd Adam Durkin 11+12