We will once again have a stand at Telford with all the latest news, so please pop along and join us for a chat or a coffee, and pick up the 2010 calendar of events. I think we are going to be spoilt for choice in 2010, and my only fear is that some events may suffer. As well as the RDH series, there is the all new Circa 74, Dave Thorpe Evo series, Partridge Pre-83 125’s and Cumbria Twinshocks Veterans and Two Stroke series. Check out the updated calendar.

The RDH series kicks off at Polesworth on Easter Sunday April 4, with round two at Gale Common on April 18, then a trip down ‘sarf’ to Wrangway in Somerset now confirmed on May 2. The next two rounds at Lancashire and Bassenthwaite have still to be confirmed, but we will have more info at Telford.

CNR Burrows Haulage will once again be presenting the Rider of the Meeting awards, and all the class sponsors have stepped up to the plate again, so thanks to LPE, CI Sport / DEP Pipes, Wulfsport, MD Racing, Toughsheet Recycling, Falcon Shocks, Cheshire County Crossers and Motolink Yamaha.

For 2010 we have several new sponsors who will be sponsoring an individual round, and we currently have seven of the nine round series covered where they will be able to show you their wares. Thanks go to Demon Tweeks, DLE Construction, West Country Windings, Classic Dirt Bike, Jones & Father Ltd, Maico Only, and Halewood Tapes.

News is spreading of the newly named Wulfsport Top 20, with several new Experts joining the fray, with the top eight at each round overall taking home the bacon. To keep things interesting right up to the final round there will be awards for the top 15 at the end of the year, with demotion for some and promotion from the Inters to look forward to.

The 2010 National Twinshock Championships will again be sponsored by Richard Wood of RDH Auctions for the third year, and Jon Burrows of CNR Burrows Transport will again be sponsoring the Rider of The Meeting awards at each round, both of which are really appreciated.

At the time of writing most of our class sponsors have committed to continue their support as well which is great news. We are also hoping to gain extra support from new sponsors for our re-branded Wulfsport Masters Class which will now be known as the Wulfsport Top 20 Experts. The idea is to keep all the riders in this class interested by having awards down to eighth place at each round and the top 15 overall at the end of the season, with promotion and relegation to and from the class as it’s a big step up for some riders.

Following last weeks AGM at the Awards Presentation evening a calendar of events has been drafted, and we have nine rounds pencilled in, including a two dayer at Warmingham Lane, but please note that these dates have to be agreed with the clubs and landowners, so don’t go booking your holidays just yet.

In order to keep your preferred riding number, you are asked to register before January 31, 2010. After this date your numbers may be allocated to new riders, so you have been warned. Lower numbers are likely to be kept by the regular riders though. Registration for the series will be £15 for each class which entitles you to enter each event for £35 instead of the non registered riders fee of £45, which means by doing just two events saves you money. This money goes towards printing costs, as you will receive a copy of each entry form, event programmes, and to subsidise the annual trophies which are awarded at the end of season bash at the Moat House Hotel, Stoke. Registration forms are now available on our website www.nationaltwinshock.co.uk

Following the AGM the class structure for 2010 remains as follows;
Clubman Twinshock (For novices and beginners – You will be graded by the committee)
Intermediate Twinshock (Graded accordingly)
Top 20 Experts Twinshock (Expert riders, again at the discretion of the Committee)
Over 50’s / 60’s Twinshock
125’s / 250’s Twinshock (All 125/250 riders will be encouraged to ride this class)
Evolution (Monoshock Bikes Pre 1990)
Veterans (Over 40’s Any bike)

For those of you who are new to twinshock racing, the £15 registration fee allows you to score points in your chosen championship class for the end of season awards, although you may ride as many classes on the day as you can afford for trophies. I must point out though that due to the popularity of the series, you must get your entries returned to the club secretaries as soon as you receive the entry forms in February, as the early rounds always tend to be over subscribed.

All our events are run by IOPD or ORPA affiliated clubs and therefore annual or day licences will be required. At the time of going to press, annual licences available from club secretaries cost approximately;
IOPD £15, ORPA £11 or day licences are £5 and £3. (Note: An AMCA or ACU licence will cover you for all IOPD events)

We are still on the lookout for sponsors to support the rebranded Wulfsport Top 20 Experts class, so if you are interested and you want to give your company some extra publicity please contact Geoff Shuttleworth for details. Finally, if you have any questions on the above please do not hesitate to ask, and lets have another cracking twinshock season in 2010.

Geoff Shuttleworth 01524-824409 (Home) after 6pm or e mail geoff.shuttleworth@virgin.net

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Round 8

Wilden MXC

Wilden Lane, Stourport

Report Geoff Shuttleworth

Pictures Andrew Boardman

The eighth and final round of the RDH Auctions sponsored National Twinshock Championships was held at Wilden Lane last weekend, hosted by Tom and Mark Arnolds Wilden MXC. The track was prepared and watered to perfection on Saturday, and once more the weather was superb for what was to become an intriguing day with championship titles won and lost.

Martin Snape was the first title winner of the day in the MD Racing Over 50 class, when he finished second to Pete Mathia. This gave Martin an unassailable lead, and in race two he looked to finish off in style by leading the race until the finishing straight, when Pete Mathia found a way past after coming from dead last after a fall. Mathia completed a hatrick of victories in race three, once again from Snape, with Terry Connor finishing a strong third.

The first ever MD Racing Over 60 title went to Jack McEwan who finally saw off the challenge of Michael May, with three comfortable race wins.

With Roy Wells already having wrapped up the Wulfsport Masters title, he opted to miss the class to concentrate on the Evo class, so it was left to Alex Rach to claim all three wins. In race one he just beat Gary Parker who was also out on a Dick Do Maico, with Alan Eaves third. The second race saw Howard Standfield take second from Eaves, which set up a fight to the death in race three for the runner up spot in the championship as both Standfield and Eaves were level on points. But it was Standfields day as he rode his heart out to finish second once more from Eaves. Russ Hartill had a good day finishing top six all day to take fourth overall.

The most open class this year has been the CI Sport / DEP Pipes Intermediate class, and at Wilden it was no different, with the two leading contenders Ivor Gilford and Gary Murfin both suffering machine trouble in race one. This left Mathew Murphy to claim a superb victory from a rejuvenated Danny Hardy and Martin Speak, with Ian Nott fourth. It was Murphys turn to suffer in race two as a fall put him well back, so Nott took the win from Ivor Gilford and Gary Murfin on a borrowed machine. This was enough to give Ivor Gilford the title from Murfin. In race three it was Murphy back in front to win from Hardy, Gav Baldwin and Ashley Wainwright.

In the Toughsheet Recycling 125 class, Lance Marshall was guesting on a Cagiva and came away with three victories. In races one and two he held off the attentions of Lee Holland, Lee Jones and Richard Chinn, and in race three he came home ahead of Chinn and Holland. This meant that Lee Holland had done enough to take the title as unlucky Sean McCrea failed to finish, after disputing the lead all year.

In the Falcon Shock 250 class Chris Whittle won all three legs, and must rue the illness that meant he missed the Warmingham round. In races one and two he beat Chris Woodward, Aaron Jordan and Andy Holland, whilst in race three series sponsor Richard Wood came closest to beating him, but it was Andy Holland who ended the day as champion holding off the challenge of Aaron Jordan.

Gary Parker having already won the Cheshire County Crossers Vets title sat out the class like Roy Wells to save his energies for the Evo shoot out. So it was a new name to the fore in Gary Jones who went out and blitzed the opposition with three straight wins, from Alan Eaves and Lance Marshall in race one, Eaves and Robert Dobson in race two, and Shaun Copeland, Eaves and Paul Baldwin in race three. Unofficially it all meant that Lee Davies ends up as championship runner up from Alan Eaves.

The LPE Clubman class went right down to the final race with Mike Murphy taking the first from a fired up Rod Spry and Chris Anderton. In race two, and in his first twinshock race Anthony Twidle stormed to a comprehensive victory with Rod Spry once more second, Murphy third and championship leader Anderton down in tenth. With all to play for in race three, Twidle once more coasted to victory, but it was Anderton who claimed the title with his second place from Spry and Murphy. Sprys top three finishes deservedly gave him the Burrows Haulage rider of the meeting award.

Three of the best races of the year were served up in the Motolink Yamaha Evolution class as only 13 points separated Roy Wells and Gary Parker at the start. Parker passed Wells half way through race one to close the gap to ten points, finishing ahead of Michael Smith and Richard Chinn. In race two Smith scored an impressive win from Parker and Smith with Wells down in fifth after a fall. The gap was now three points going into the big finale with Parker knowing that victory would give him the title with most race wins. But they didn’t bargain on Chinn passing Parker on lap two and taking off to win, and Wells hitting the gate and coming round in sixth.

By lap three Wells had taken Parker, and then disaster struck as Parker fell, meaning Wells had retained his title for another year. While all this was kicking off Michael Smith stayed calm and clinched the overall from Chinn and Wells.

Scott Probart won all three Modern MX1/MX2 races from Jake Preston who had two seconds and a fourth, with a consistent Brett Hillman third with three thirds.

MD Racing Over 50’s

1 Pete Mathia 2 Martin Snape 3 Terry Connor 4 Chris Milner 5 Phil Wadsworth 6 Pete Austin

MD Racing Over 60’s

1 Jack McEwan 2 Michael May

Wulfsport Masters

1 Alex Rach 2 Howard Standfield 3 Alan Eaves 4 Russ Hartill 5 Paul Baldwin 6 Jon Rutherford

CI Sport / DEP Pipes Intermediates

1 Mathew Murphy 2 Danny Hardy 3 Ashley Wainwright 4 Ian Nott 5 Gav Baldwin 6 Martin Speak

Toughsheet Recycling 125’s

1 Lance Marshall 2 Richard Chinn 3 Lee Holland 4 Lee Jones 5 Graham Appleton 6 Moto Mark

Falcon Shocks 250’s

1 Chris Whittle 2 Chris Woodward 3 Richard Wood 4 Aaron Jordan 5 Andy Holland 6 Steve Shambrook

Cheshire County Crossers Veterans

1 Gary Jones 2 Alan Eaves 3 Paul Baldwin 4 Robert Dobson 5 Lee Davies 6 Tim Chell

LPE Clubman

1 Anthony Twidle 2 Rod Spry 3 Mike Murphy 4 Chris Anderton 5 Stuart Hodder 6 Lloyd Griffiths

Motolink Yamaha Evolution

1 Michael Smith 2 Richard Chinn 3 Roy Wells 4 Gary Parker 5 Lee Holland 6 Ryan Newbury

MX1 / MX2

1 Scott Probart 2 Jake Preston 3 Brett Hillman 4 Dan Jagielski 5 Andrew Sheard 6 Emerson Jones

Burrows Haulage Man of The Meeting

Rod Spry

Round 7

Cumbria TSC

Howton Court, Pontrilas

Report Geoff Shuttleworth

Pictures Andrew Boardman

The seventh and penultimate round of the RDH Auctions sponsored National Twinshock Championships took place last weekend at Howton Court, Pontrilas hosted by the Cumbria Twinshock Club. Unusually for an RDH round the weather was perfect, and the track which had been heavily used the previous few weeks, had been graded by Phil Roberts and was watered extensively on Saturday night. Following the Sunday morning practice though, it became apparent that more water was required, and this caught out several riders in the opening combined MD Racing Over 50’s and 60’s class. One rider it did not affect was Jack McEwan who coasted to three unbeaten outings in the Over 60’s from Bill Brown and Michael May, in fact Jack even beat his younger counterparts in race one. With championship leader of the Over 50’s class Pete Mathia missing with illness, Peter Lightfoot took the first race from Martin Snape and Terry Connor, and Snape took race two from Connor and Lightfoot. In the decider Lightfoot came round for the win from Snape and Stuart Miller, giving him the overall by a slender one point, but Snape now holds the championship lead going into the final round.

In the Wulfsport Masters class Alex Rach on his Dick Do Maico once again took three straight victories with only Howard Standfield heading him for three laps in race one. Standfield took second overall with three excellent runner up places, and Alan Eaves had a good day with three third places. Champion elect Roy Wells decided to miss the Masters class to concentrate on his quest to retain the Evolution class for the second year running.

The CI Sport / DEP Pipes Intermediate class once again threw up three different race winners, and it really is one of the most open classes this year. Race one was taken by Chris Woodward from Graeme Clegg and Ian Nott. Race two was won by new championship leader Ivor Gilford from Nott and Clegg, while Nott took the third from Woodward and Ashley Wainwright, giving him the overall on the day.

There was a big shake up in the Toughsheet Recycling 125 class as Lee Holland continued his championship assault with three faultless victories, and he now takes a slender lead into the final round after both John Davis and Sean McCrea had days to forget. Although McCrea had two fine thirds, he went missing in the final encounter and came round dead last and lost vital points. The same could be said for John Davis who finished second in race one before an injured hand in race two put paid to his days racing. Tom Holland and Graham Appleton had their best results to date taking second and third overall.

Chris Whittle took an excellent overall in the Falcon Shocks 250 class with a pair of victories and a last race third, but it was runner up Mick Armstrong who made all the running leading all three races before succumbing to the pressure of the regular front runners in the latter stages of each race. Championship leader Andy Holland extended his points lead over Aaron Jordan with his third overall.

In the LPE Clubman class, Championship leader Chris Anderton came back from injury to try and preserve his lead, but was shown how it‘s done by young gun Dom Bratt in race one, taking his second victory of the year from Anderton and Mike Murphy. In race two Zak Todd rode faultlessly taking the win from Craig Gabbitas and Murphy. Todd repeated his victory in race three from Murphy and Anderton, but this gave Murphy his second overall on the trot.

Gary Parker only needed to score in the first race of the Cheshire County Crossers Veterans class to take the title, and although guest rider Ricki Priest took victory in race one from Lance Marshall, Parker finished third on his 1989 Kawasaki meaning he could miss the next two races to concentrate on the Evolution class. Priest continued his winning ways in the second from Marshall and Alan Eaves, but could not stop Marshall taking the third from Priest and Steve Ward.

The Motolink Evolution class goes to the final round with Roy Wells and Gary Parker slugging it out, Parker took races one and three and Lance Marshall won race two. Roy Wells had an indifferent day with two fifths and a second, but still leads the title chase. Michael Smith took second overall with three consistent rides.

The event also incorporated the final round of the Partridge Ventilation Pre-83 125 championship, and although Steve Ruddock had wrapped up the title, there was still some excellent scraps right down the field. Championship runner up Warren Berthiaune took a hatrick of victories from Ruddock, with Kevin Jewell and Richie Partridge battling for the final podium place.

Darren Hudson was deservedly awarded the Burrows Haulage Man of the Meeting for his unstinting work in organising so many of this years championship meetings under the Cumbria Twinshock banner.

Don’t miss he series finale which now moves on to Wilden Lane on September 27 hosted by the Arnolds Wilden MXC.

MD Racing Over 50’s

1 Pete Lightfoot 2 Martin Snape 3 Terry Connor 4 Stuart Miller 5 Phil Wadsworth 6 Jon Burrows

MD Racing Over 60’s

1 Jack McEwan 2 Bill Brown 3 Michael May

Wulfsport Masters

1 Alex Rach 2 Howard Standfield 3 Alan Eaves 4 Russ Hartill 5 Paul Baldwin 6 Sean Dodders

CI Sport / DEP Pipes Intermediates

1 Ian Nott 2 Chris Woodward 3 Graham Clegg 4 Ivor Gilford 5 Ashley Wainwright 6 Robin Cowgill

Toughsheet Recycling 125’s

1 Lee Holland 2 Tom Holland 3 Graham Appleton 4 Sean McCrea 5 Adrian Hoskins 6 Chris Chegwyn

Falcon Shocks 250’s

1 Chris Whittle 2 Mick Armstrong 3 Andy Holland 4 Pat Winter 5 Aaron Jordan 6 Chris Rowlands

Cheshire County Crossers Veterans

1 Ricki Priest 2 Lance Marshall 3 Alan Eaves 4 Phil Daley 5 Mick Armstrong 6 Steve Ward

LPE Clubman

1 Mike Murphy 2 Chris Anderton 3 Zac Todd 4 Craig Gabbitas 5 Richard Hawkswood 6 Stuart Hodder

Partridge Ventilation Pre-83 125’s

1 Warren Berthiaune 2 Steve Ruddock 3 Kevin Jewell 4 Richard Partridge 5 Colby Walker

6 Adrian Hoskins 7 John Jarvis 8 Oliver Partridge

Motolink Yamaha Evolution

1 Gary Parker 2 Michael Smith 3 Roy Wells 4 Lance Marshall 5 Ryan Towells 6 Lee Holland

Burrows Haulage Man of The Meeting

Darren Hudson

We have picked the Midlands venue due to its central location, good access to the M6 motorway, and larger function room facilities, hopefully enabling more of you to attend. The Hotel also has full leisure facilities, including heated pool and air conditioned gym / spa, is close to the Potteries Shopping Centre and adjacent to Waterworld, one of Europes largest waterparks.

There were a few hiccups last year with the hotel, all of which they assure me will be sorted this time.

They have promised more staff and better service, and we intend to be seated for 7-30pm, so that the presentation will begin at approx 8-30pm. I will be speeding the presentation up by inviting all six winners in each class up for their trophies at once instead of individually, so that the kids (and adults) don’t get restless. Hopefully this will give everyone more time to enjoy the evening whether it be dancing or just socailising (Note! No Chippendales this year please!!!). Please also note we have subsidised the tickets to a very reasonable £15 each.

Send the attached form and S.A.E to Geoff Shuttleworth to reserve your tickets and order your preferred menu before the end of September. Cheques should be made payable to ‘National Twinshock Association’.

For accommodation at the hotel call 0870-2254601, and Quote ‘Twinshock’ for discounted twin room rate of £80 (Normally £135) for Bed & Breakfast.

The Best Western Moat House Hotel, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffs. ST1 5BQ.

Off Jnc.15 or 16, M6.

Saturday October 31st, 7-00pm for 7-30pm.

Tickets £15-00 each including dinner and disco.

Childrens Menu £10-00 each (Fruit juice, Burger/chips, Chocolate cake)

Menu

Starter Selection

Cream of Vegetable Soup

or

Feta Cheese and Olive Salad finished with a tapenade dressing

Main Courses

Traditional Roast Turkey

Served with traditional accompaniments

or

Roast leg of lamb

With a mustard mash

Vegetarian Option

Red Berry and Brie Tart

Desserts

Chocolate Sponge Pudding with chocolate sauce

Apple pie with creamy custard

Freshly Brewed Coffee and Mint Chocolates are included with your meal

If you wish to attend, then download your form from the ‘Entry Forms’ page. Complete & send to Geoff Shuttleworth.

Round 6

Cumbria TSC

Long Compton

Report Geoff Shuttleworth

Pictures Andrew Boardman

The sixth round of the RDH Auctions sponsored National Twinshock Championships took place last weekend at Long Compton, deep in the Cotswolds hosted by the Cumbria Twinshock Club.

Once the riders had negotiated the long trek up the farm lanes to the track they were greeted by what most described as an old school scramble track with not a man made jump in sight. John Pounders crew had power harrowed the circuit to perfection, and it had plenty to test the riders with up hill sweeps, drop offs, and ditches to test the technical ability of everyone from the start.

As usual the MD Racing Over 50’s class were first to test the interesting terrain, and it was Pete Lightfoot who seemed to stroll to victory after two months out of action from Stuart Miller and Phil Wadsworth. It only became apparent later that title contender Martin Snape had to borrow a bike and was late to the line, something that was later to cost him dearly, although he did make amends in the next two races as he roared home victorious from Lightfoot each time. Lightfoot had done enough to secure the overall, with Snape second and Stuart Miller third overall with a third and fifth from consistent Wadsworth on the big Dick Do HPF. Jack McEwan had to come from behind in the Over 60’s class as he fell in race one gifting victory to Michael May with John Pounder second. McEwan took the overall though by the tiniest of margins in taking the next two wins.

A poor turnout in the Wulfsport Masters meant that they had to race with the CI Sport / DEP Pipes Intermediate class, and it was Russ Watson who got the holeshot only to be passed by eventual winner Brad Nixon on lap two. Watson finished second and reigning champion Roy Wells managed to haul himself up the leaderboard into third at the flag after an unusually poor start. Wells made no mistake in the next two though, leading from start to finish to take the overall from Watson and Russ Hartill who managed a couple of third places to boost his position in the championship. As usual the Intermediate class threw up three more winners as Ivor Gilford, Ashley Wainwright and Matt Murphy each won a leg, but it was Gilford who was the most consistent taking it from Martin Small who finished top three all day. Wainwright let it slip in leg three with a lowly eighth place, but still took third overall.

In the Toughsheet Recycling 125’s Lee Holland once more showed a clean pair of heels to the rest as he raced to three convincing wins, from John Davis and Sean McCrea who were only separated by the best third leg result.

There were three separate winners in the Falcon Shocks 250 class as series leader Andy Holland took the first from James Hunt. Title challenger Chris Whittle beat Holland and Lee Hartill in race two, before Aaron Jordan got his act together in the final race, beating Whittle, Holland and Hartill. Come the final reckoning and it was Holland who took overall from Chris Whittle by the slenderest of margins.

Championship leader Gary Parker was absent from the Cheshire County Crossers Veterans class, which left Lance Marshall to reign supreme over the full line up with three classy victories from Craig Davis who was runner up each time, and Lee Davies who rode consistently to take third from a somewhat surprised Robert Dobson fourth overall.

Another full line of LPE Clubmen were next out, and it was guest rider Tim Mills who took the first leg from the old warhorse Stuart Sims and Martyn Williams. With the unfortunate Championship leader Chris Anderton absent through injury Mike Murphy took advantage with the next two wins and with it the overall, although he had to work extremely hard to pass Dom Bratt in leg two, only making his move with two laps to go. In the third Rod Spry kept Murphy honest finishing a fine runner up from Richard Hawkswood, who rode well to take runner up overall from Sims in third.

The final class to the line was the Motolink Yamaha Evolutions, with some great battles, and it was Roy Wells who had a real test with Brad Nixon pushing him all the way in leg one with Richard Chinn third and Steve Ward fourth. Wells repeated his victory in leg two this time from Lance Marshall, Nixon and Chinn, but Chinn saved his best till last as Wells faltered on lap three, giving him the lead which he kept until the end from Nixon. This performance gave Chinn the Burrows Haulage Rider of the Meeting award, but did not prevent Wells securing the overall from Nixon and Chinn.

MD Racing Over 50’s

1 Pete Lightfoot 2 Martin Snape 3 Stuart Miller 4 Phil Wadsworth 5 Terry Connor 6 Chris Smejkal

MD Racing Over 60’s

1 Jack McEwan 2 Michael May 3 John Pounder

Wulfsport Masters

1 Roy Wells 2 Russ Watson 3 Russ Hartill 4 Dugald Cullen 5 Paul Baldwin 6 Dave Fisher

CI Sport / DEP Pipes Intermediates

1 Ivor Gilford 2 Martin Small 3 Ashley Wainwright 4 Gary Murfin 5 Martin Speak 6 Graham Clegg

Toughsheet Recycling 125’s

1 Lee Holland 2 John Davis 3 Sean McCrea 4 Mark Hobbs 5 Tom Holland 6 Graham Appleton

Falcon Shocks 250’s

1 Andy Holland 2 Chris Whittle 3 Lee Hartill 4 Aaron Jordan 5 Brent Cummings 6 Chris Rowlands

Cheshire County Crossers Veterans

1 Lance Marshall 2 Craig Davis 3 Lee Davies 4 Robert Dobson 5 Phil Daley 6 Rob Mosley

LPE Clubman

1 Mike Murphy 2 Richard Hawkswood 3 Stuart Sims 4 Martyn Williams 5 Lloyd Griffiths 6 Rod Spry

Motolink Yamaha Evolution

1 Roy Wells 2 Brad Nixon 3 Richard Chinn 4 Lee Holland 5 Dean Warren 6 Steve Ward

Burrows Haulage Rider of The Meeting

Richard Chinn

Round 5

Cumbria TSC

Warmingham Lane, Sandbach

Report Geoff Shuttleworth

Pictures Andrew Boardman

The fifth round of the RDH Auctions sponsored National Twinshock Championships took place last weekend at Warmingham Lane, Sandbach hosted by the Cumbria Twinshock Club. A thunderstorm hit the circuit on Friday evening leaving the track very wet come Saturday morning for the first of two days racing, although it did dry out midway through the day leaving the track at its best with each class getting their three races in. Things didn’t go to plan on Sunday morning either as more rain left the club with no option than to curtail racing after the first block, but what racing there was definitely separated the men from the boys, with only the best riders getting around the saturated track.

The MD Racing Over 50’s were first out and it was Martin Snape who led the charge, but on lap two Pete Mathia swept past to take the win from Snape, Phil Wadsworth and Pete Austin. Mathia managed to hit the front early in leg two, once more keeping Snape and Terry Connor at bay. Leg three saw Snape chase Mathia down all the way to the flag with Alan Hardy third. But Martin Snape saved his best till last when on the Sunday in the muddy conditions, he came round well in front after Mathia had a tumble which left him dead last. Snape coasted home to victory, but Mathia came through the pack to finish second, from Hardy and take the overall spoils.

In the MD Racing Over 60’s it was business as usual for Jack McEwan who took four straight victories, even managing to beat most of the Over 50’s in the process. Once more Bill Brown took runner up finishing in the top three all weekend, although Michael May pushed him in races two and three.

Next up was the Wulfsport Masters with Alex Rach starting as he left off at Bass with victory from Dick Do team mate Matt Stephenson, and fast finishing Carl Lillywhite, although Rachy was to play no further part as machine gremlins put paid to his weekend. Race two was a different story as reigning champion Roy Wells took a start to finish victory holding off Howard Standfield and Lillywhite. Race three was a cracker with Stephenson seemingly assured of victory until a last lap mistake gifted victory to Standfield from Wells, Stephenson and Russ Hartill. With all to play for in the final leg it was Standfield who emerged victorious and with it took the overall and a set of tyres kindly donated by Brian Williams from Wildmoor KTM. Alan Eaves was second and Russ Watson third with their best results of the weekend. Wells had done enough though and took the runner up overall from Hartill.

This years CI Sport / DEP Pipes Intermediates class is a real treat as different winners emerge at every round, and so it proved once more with a maiden win from Martin Speak, Chris Woodward swapped to this class and took leg two, Graham Clegg out for over a year took leg three and finally Mark Connole tamed the mud on the Sunday for his first win. Come the final reckoning and it was Chris Woodward who took the overall from Gary Murfin on best last race result, with Martin Speak taking the final podium place.

Lee Holland was head and shoulders above the rest of the Toughsheet Recycling 125’s and had a clean sweep of four wins, with Sean McCrea coming close in race one, John Davis was runner up in races two and three, and Ryan Newbury got in on the act in the muddy fouth race. It really was a war of attrition for the smaller capacity bikes as power was required throughout, and it was no surprise that only seven bikes finished on the Sunday. Davis managed to take runner up though with four top four finishes ahead of Newbury and McCrea,

As usual there were some great battles in the Falcon Shocks 250’s, with Lee Hartill, Dean Haughton, Andy Holland, Chris Whittle and Aaron Jordan trading place all weekend, when you could throw a blanket over all five of them. That was how it was to finish overall, with Hartill and Haughton taking two wins apiece. Haughton will be kicking himself as he led going into the last lap of the final race but came to ground dropping to fourth and ruining his chances, gifting it to Hartill.

Gary Parker had another clean sweep in the Cheshire County Crossers Vets class, but Lance Marshall really pushed him in all four races finshing a fine runner up. Considering Parkers bike is twenty years old it is even more remarkable and shows he knows how to prep a race bike. Lee Davies rode consistently to grab third place with Steve Ward fourth.

In the LPE Clubman class Phil Bayman was on course to take his first ever race win until on the last lap the bike suddenly stopped, leaving a delighted Dom Bratt to take his first ever win, with Martyn Williams in third. Series leader Chris Anderton got back to his winning ways in race two from a rejuvenated Rod Spry and Trevor Guy. But it was Mike Murphy who came good with a brace of victories in races three and four to take the overall from Anderton and Williams. The performance from Martyn Williams in negotiating the final mudbath was recognised with the award of the Burrows Haulage Rider of the Meeting award.

The final class to the line was the Motolink Yamaha Evolutions, and once again it was the green Kwacker of Gary Parker that took the field by storm, only losing out to a flying Lance Marshall in race three. Richard Chinn amazingly kept with the larger capacity Kawasaki on his 250 Honda in both races two and four, and this meant he finished runner up in the overall standings from Marshall who made some errors earlier in the weekend.

The Cumbria Twinshock crew of the Hudsons, Todds and Richard Sharples should be applauded for another fantastic weekend.

MD Racing Over 50’s

1 Pete Mathia 2 Martin Snape 3 Phil Wadsworth 4 Terry Connor 5 Peter Austin 6 Alan Hardy

MD Racing Over 60’s

1 Jack McEwan 2 Bill Brown 3 Michael May 4 Dennis Slythe 5 Bill Findley

Wulfsport Masters

1 Howard Standfield 2 Roy Wells 3 Russ Hartill 4 Alan Eaves 5 Matt Stephenson 6 Russell Watson

CI Sport / DEP Pipes Intermediates

1 Chris Woodward 2 Gary Murfin 3 Martin Speak 4 Mark Connole 5 Gav Baldwin 6 Steve Thornton

Toughsheet Recycling 125’s

1 Lee Holland 2 John Davis 3 Ryan Newbury 4 Sean McCrea 5 Adrian Hoskins 6 Graham Appleton

Falcon Shocks 250’s

1 Lee Hartill 2 Dean Haughton 3 Andy Holland 4 Chris Whittle 5 Aaron Jordan 6 Steve Kitching

Cheshire County Crossers Veterans

1 Gary Parker 2 Lance Marshall 3 Lee Davies 4 Steve Ward 5 Robert Dobson 6 Phil Daley

LPE Clubman

1 Mike Murphy 2 Chris Anderton 3 Martyn Williams 4 Rod Spry 5 Trevor Guy 6 Dom Bratt

Motolink Yamaha Evolution

1 Gary Parker 2 Richard Chinn 3 Lance Marshall 4 Roy Wells 5 Paul Coward 6 Chris Whittle

Burrows Haulage Rider of The Meeting

Martyn Williams