Round 5 Supported by Maico Only

Cumbria Twinshock Club

Warmingham Lane, Sandbach

Report Geoff Shuttleworth

Pictures Andrew Boardman

Round five of the RDH Auctions sponsored National Twinshock Championships was at Warmingham Lane, last weekend hosted by the Cumbria Twinshock Club, for the now annual double header. It was a real party weekend and there was a tremendous turnout of riders, and apart from a few nasty injuries the event ran like clockwork. As usual the track was graded to perfection and the weeks rain made it just right on the Saturday, but on Sunday the fine drizzle made the early going treacherous, but by the end of play the track dried out and made for some great racing.

Andy Holland took control of the MD Racing Over 50’s class with three wins on the Saturday, but a couple of mishaps on the Sunday gave the overall victory to Martin Snape on his ‘Maico Only’ 490. Snape took five seconds and a third, and although Holland took the final encounter to take his tally of wins to four, it left him in second place. Terry Connor took the race five win and other consistent rides gave him third overall from Stuart Miller.

In the MD Racing Over 60’s it was championship leader Maurice Wharton who came out on top with four wins over the weekend, and was only headed by Jack McEwan, who only raced on Sunday with two race wins. Bill Browns four seconds gave him the runner up berth from Alan Deer in third.

Gary Parker dominated the Wulfsport Experts with five wins out of six to take top spot, with Howard Standfield taking second with a win and four seconds. Reigning Champion Roy Wells rode consistently to take third overall, from Alan Eaves and Matt Murphy. Unfortunately Championship leader going into this round Wayne Butt suffered a broken leg in the second encounter and took no further part in the racing.

Lee Holland, now fully recovered from his wrist injury, dominated the Toughsheet Recycling 125’s with four wins from Sean McCrea who had two wins. McCrea valiantly pushed his machine home in race five to gather nine points in his quest for the title. Wayne Twidle finished top three all weekend to take third position, with Dave Ellis fourth.

Mick Armstrong was the man to beat in the Falcon Shocks 250 class, forcing his little Suzuki to the win in five races out of six, and gave his title chance a real boost. Tom Holland was on his case all weekend and eventually took one win, as was John Littler and Richard Wood. Pat Winter had his best result to date with fourth overall.

In the CI Sport Intermediate class it turned out to be a two way battle between Chris Woodward and Dan Evans, with Woodward easing away to four victories to Evans two. Lee Jackson, just back from injury had some terrific rides storming through the field to take third overall, from Steve Griffiths. Jem Parker had four top three rides on the Marsh HPF Honda but two DNF’s put paid to his chances of a top three overall.

Gary Parker absolutely blitzed the opposition in the Cheshire County Crossers Vets class with six out of six race wins, which left the others to fight over the scraps. Alan Eaves took second, after some great battles with Lee Davies and Steve Ward, and Mick Kendall was unlucky not to finish higher than sixth after a second and a fourth. Mick De Feu was only out on the Sunday but had two fourths and a third.

Lloyd Griffiths lead the charge in the full line up of LPE Clubman riders, taking four wins, with Mark Russell who won the final leg taking second overall. Charlie Kelly also had a solitary victory which helped him tale third overall from local rider Dom Bratt in fourth. Best wishes to Mark Burrows who also broke a leg in race five.

The final class of the weekend was the Motolink Yamaha Evolutions and once again there was one rider in a class of his own and this was reigning champion Roy Wells who had a perfect six out of six. Trailing in his wake were Howard Standfield in second, although he did push Roy all the way in race six. Paul Coward took third, which could have been better had he not had a flat rear in race three. A new rider in this class was Emerson Jones who took a fine fourth over the weekend, and special mention goes to Tom Marsh whose consistent top ten finishes gave him the CNR Burrows Haulage Rider of the Meeting award.

The next round of the championship is at Long Compton, Chipping Norton on August 8.

MD Racing Over 50’s

1 Martin Snape  2 Andy Holland  3 Terry Connor  4 Stuart Miller  5 Rob Waddington  6 Phil Ryan.

MD Racing Over 60’s

1 Maurice Wharton  2 Bill Brown  3 Alan Deer  4 Jack McEwan  5 Greg Turczak  6 Dick Clayton

Wulfsport Experts Top 20

1 Gary Parker  2 Howard Standfield  3 Roy Wells  4 Alan Eaves  5 Matt Murphy  6 Russ Watson  7 Robin Cowgill  8 Martin Speak

Toughsheet Recycling 125’s

1 Lee Holland  2 Sean McCrea  3 Wayne Twidle  4 Dave Ellis  5 Chris Rowlands  6 Dave Rowsell

Falcon Shocks 250’s

1 Mick Armstrong  2 Tom Holland  3 John Littler  4 Pat Winter  5 Steve Shambrook  6 Tim Mills

CI Sport / DEP Pipes Intermediates

1 Chris Woodward  2 Dan Evans  3 Lee Jackson  4 Steve Griffiths  5 Jem Parker  6 Ian Rowley

Cheshire County Crossers Veterans

1 Gary Parker  2 Alan Eaves  3 Lee Davies  4 Steve Ward  5 Paul Gaylard  6 Mick Kendall

LPE Clubman

1 Lloyd Griffiths  2 Mark Russell  3 Charlie Kelly  4 Dom Bratt  5 Paul Kelly  6 Luke Rees

Motolink Yamaha Evolution

1 Roy Wells  2 Howard Standfield  3 Paul Coward  4 Emmerson Jones  5 Richard Chinn  6 Andy Hinchcliffe

CNR Burrows Transport Rider of The Meeting

Tom Marsh

Round 4 Supported by Jones & Father Ltd

Cumbria Twinshock Club

Bassenthwaite, Cumbria

Report Geoff Shuttleworth

Pictures Andrew Boardman

Hollands Day

The RDH Auctions sponsored National Twinshock Championships reached the half way stage when the Cumbria Twinshock Club hosted round four at Bassenthwaite, north of Keswick. The circuit looked a treat when riders arrived on the Saturday, but with only an overnight shower the track needed watering to dampen the dust before start of practice.

As usual first to the line was the MD Racing Over 50’s and 60’s, and after six months off the bike local rider Pete Lightfoot got the holeshot and led the first lap, until a fall let both Andy Holland and Martin Snape through to finish one-two, with Chris Barker in third. In race two the lead swapped several times as first Snape led before being passed by Brian Littler on lap two, then Snape regained the lead only to relinquish it to Holland who took the flag for his second win. Snape led the third race all the way until on the last lap Holland squeezed through to complete his hatrick, from Snape, Littler and Lightfoot.

In the Over 60’s Jack McEwan rode three flawless wins to take the overall, and it was good to see ex Yorkshire Centre Champion Geoff Stokes back from France taking second overall from series leader Maurice Wharton in third.

In the Wulfsport Experts there were some great battles, and none more so than in race one as Alex Rach battled with Pete Mathia, who showed their class to stay ahead of Wayne Butt, Howard Standfield and Gary Parker. In race two Rach had a poor start, unlike Butt who stormed away with Simon Gower in tow. Butt and Gower finished a fine one-two with Rach coming through to third at the flag from Standfield and Mathia. With it all to play for in race three Butt again got the holeshot from Rach, Gower and Roy Wells, but Rach found his way past on lap two to take the spoils from Butt by just three points. Standfield on the new S1 Maico took third overall.

In the Toughsheet Recycling 125’s John Davis seemed to get the bit between his teeth as he took the first from series leader Sean McCrea with Richard Chinn in third. It was McCrea who hit back in race two, with victory from Richard Chinn and Lloyd Griffiths, after Davis fell and finished a lowly seventh. Race three saw Davis take his second win from Chinn and McCrea. But it was McCreas day by three points from Davis and Chinn who had to be split by the best race three result.

The Falcon Shocks 250 class were up next and Mick Armstrong led the way taking race one from a hard charging Tom Holland and John Littler. Holland took race two from Tim Mills who had his best result of the season as did Pat Winter in third. Race three saw Holland at the front once more and he duly rounded off the day by taking the overall with his second victory from Armstrong and Steve Shambrook.

The CI Sport Intermediate class had a massive thirty rider line up, and first out of the gate in race one was Jem Parker on Garys C&J Honda, who led until lap three when Nigel Sowerby found a way past to take the win from Richard Allen and Parker. Allen led race two until the final lap when Sowerby came from nowhere to ghost past and take his second win, with Llanellis Dan Evans in third. Graeme Clegg led race three until Sowerby came through to claim a clean sweep from Allen and Clegg at the flag. Chris Woodward finished top six all day to take the final podium position.

Fot the first time this season Gary Parker didn’t have it all his own way in the Cheshire County Crossers Veterans class as Steve Ward did what he has been threatening to do all year by taking the overall. Parker took the first race from Ward, Lee Davies and Mick Armstrong. But Wards two stroke power paid dividends taking race two from Parker and Phil Daley. In the final encounter Parker struck trouble on the start straight and had to come from dead last to fifth at the flag. Up at the front Ward sailed to victory from Alan Eaves and Robert Dobson.

There was another good line up in the LPE Clubman class as Lloyd Griffiths took the first race from Martin Barker after early leader Ben Margetson hit trouble. Gav Lowes took third on  one of Bill Browns bikes in race one,  but made no mistakes in the next two by flying to victory and the overall from Griffiths by a single point. Stuart Hodder took third overall and with it the CNR Burrows Transport Rider of the Day trophy to take on his long journey home to the South West.

The final class of the day was the Motolink Yamaha Evolution class, and all the top riders bar Richard Chinn seemed to have one bad result. In race one Roy Wells led from start to finish from Chinn and Michael Smith. In the second Wells again dominated from Paul Coward on his Kwacker with Chinn third. Then in the final skirmish Coward came home victorious from Smith and Chinn. The end result meant only four points separated the top four with Chinn, Wells, Coward and Smith taking the silverware.

The next round of the championship is a two day affair at Warmingham Lane, Sandbach on

July 17/18.

MD Racing Over 50’s

1 Andy Holland  2 Martin Snape  3 Brian Littler  4 Pete Lightfoot  5 Phil Wadsworth  6 Chris Barker

MD Racing Over 60’s

1 Jack McEwan  2 Geoff Stokes  3 Maurice Wharton  4 Bill Findlay  5 Bill Brown

Wulfsport Experts Top 20

1 Alex Rach  2 Wayne Butt  3 Howard Standfield  4 Roy Wells  5 Simon Gower  6 Pete Mathia  7 Alan Eaves  8 Russ Watson

Toughsheet Recycling 125’s

1 Sean McCrea  2 John Davis  3 Richard Chinn  4 Gary Turner  5 Dave Ellis  6 Chris Rowlands

Falcon Shocks 250’s

1 Tom Holland  2 Mick Armstrong  3Tim Mills  4 John Littler  5 Steve Shambrook  6 Pat Winter

CI Sport / DEP Pipes Intermediates

1 Nigel Sowerby  2 Richard Allen  3 Chris Woodward  4 Dan Evans  5 Steve Ryan  6 Rob Margetson

Cheshire County Crossers Veterans

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

LPE Clubman

1 Gav Lowes  2 Lloyd Griffiths  3 Stuart Hodder  4 Martin Barker  5 Ben Margetson  6 Mike Caulfield

Motolink Yamaha Evolution

1 Richard Chinn  2 Roy Wells  3 Paul Coward  4 Michael Smith  5 Derek Read  6 Andy Hinchcliffe

CNR Burrows Transport Rider of The Meeting

Stuart Hodder

Round 3 Supported by West Country Windings

South West Twinshock Club

Wrangway, Somerset

Report Geoff Shuttleworth

Pictures Andrew Boardman

The third round of the RDH Auctions sponsored National Twinshock Championships was hosted by the South West Twinshock Club on Sunday at Wrangway in Somerset. The Club defied the odds when overnight rain turned the brilliant track into a sticky mess for first practice, but were supported by well over 200 riders. The steep hill sided track proved passable for all but a few, and after the first block of racing the two valley sections were cut, giving a shorter but more manageable lap. After the interval the sun came out and the club managed to complete the programme, much to the credit of the club and their band of helpers.

As usual the MD Racing Over 50’s were first to negotiate the testing circuit, and it was local rider Steve Adams who lead  races one and two, before disappearing in the mud which left Andy Holland to take both hard fought wins from Brian Littler and Martin Snape. In race three reigning champion Snape led from start to finish but it was Hollands second place which gave him the overall from Snape and Littler.

Maurice Wharton took full advantage of championship leader Jack McEwans absence in the MD Racing Over 60’s, with three clear cut victories from another local Alan Deer and Ray Hartill.

There was a full line up of top names in the Wulfsport Top 20 Experts, with Wayne Butt leading race one until Jason Fraser sneaked past on lap four taking the win from Butt, Kristian Marshall Matt Murphy and Gary Parker. Race two was taken by Howard Standfield, who failed to finish race one, from Fraser, Butt and Alan Eaves. Standfield completed a great comeback by taking leg three from Butt, Murphy and Fraser, and it was Frasers fourth place which gave him the overall on the day from Butt by a solitary point.

In the Toughsheet Recycling 125’s Sean McCrea continues to dominate with another flawless display in taking all three race wins, with his only serious challenger John Davis second and consistent riding from Dave Ellis taking third.

Series sponsor Richard Wood from RDH was just as convincing in the Falcon Shocks 250 class with another clean sweep and three victories, doing his championship position no harm. Tom Holland took second overall with top six finishes from the second round winner Mick Armstrong and John Littler, who took two seconds but bit the dust in race one.

Llanellis Dan Evans took the spoils in the CI Sport Intermediate class with two victories and a second, from second race winner Chris Woodward. Mark Connole had his best result to date with third overall, as did Steve Ryan in fourth.

There was some excellent battles between Gary Parker and Steve Ward in the Cheshire County Crossers Veterans class, with Parker taking all three legs from Ward. Phil Daley just got the better of Mick Kendall to take the final podium position.

In the LPE Clubman class there were three different winners, with Luke Rees taking his first ever race win in leg one from Paul Kelly and Roy Statham. Race two went to Lloyd Griffiths from Paul Bailey and Kelly. In the final encounter Statham held off a strong challenge from Kelly and Griffiths. This meant that Kelly took the overall from Griffiths, with Griffiths deservedly taking the CNR Burrows Transport Rider of the Day award.

Derek Read had a fantastic day in the Motolink Yamaha Evolution class, taking the overall with two wins and a second, from second race winner Richard Chinn. Roy Wells battling with a bad back rode through the pain barrier to take third overall.

The final class of the day was Robbie Savilles Partridge Ventilation Pre-83  125’s championship which as usual had a full line up and had some amazing racing . Reigning champion Steve Ruddock on his Kawasaki came out on top with two race wins, although Lance Marshall did manage to take the third race. Alix Foreman and Warren Berthiaume swapped places throughout, with Foreman just edging it. Colby Walker was also in the thick of it, and ended in fourth overall in front of Marshall.

Round four hosted by the Cumbria Twinshock Club takes place on May 30 at Bassenthwaite, Keswick.

MD Racing Over 50’s

1 Andy Holland  2 Martin Snape  3 Brian Littler  4 Tom Lowe  5 Phil Wadsworth  6 Phil Ryan

MD Racing Over 60’s

1 Maurice Wharton  2 Alan Deer  3 Ray Hartill

Wulfsport Experts Top 20

1 Jason Fraser  2 Wayne Butt  3 Howard Standfield  4 Matt Murphy  5 Alan Eaves  6 Roy Wells  7 Gary Parker  8 Wayne Partington

Toughsheet Recycling 125’s

1 Sean McCrae  2 John Davis  3 Dave Ellis  4 Chris Rowlands  5 Dave Rowsell  6 Gary Turner

Falcon Shocks 250’s

1 Richard Wood  2 Tom Holland  3 Mick Armstrong  4 John Littler  5 Chris Hewgill  6 Tim Mills

CI Sport / DEP Pipes Intermediates

1 Dan Evans  2 Chris Woodward  3 Mark Connole  4 Steve Ryan  5 Dave King  6 Barry Ranson

Cheshire County Crossers Veterans

1 Gary Parker  2 Steve Ward  3 Phil Daley  4 Mick Kendall  5 John Littler  6 Alan Eaves

LPE Clubman

1 Paul Kelly 2 Lloyd Griffiths  3 Roy Statham  4 Mick Caulfield  5 Paul Bailey  6 Stuart Hodder

Motolink Yamaha Evolution

1 Derek Read  2 Richard Chinn  3 Roy Wells  4 Howard Standfield  5 Andy Hinchcliffe  6 Carl Pope

Partridge Ventilation Pre-83  125’s

1 Steve Ruddock  2 Alix Foreman  3 Warren Berthiaume  4 Colby Walker  5 Lance Marshall

CNR Burrows Transport Rider of The Meeting

Lloyd Griffiths

Round 1 Supported by Demon Tweeks

Polesworth TSC

Stipers Hill, Polesworth

Report Geoff Shuttleworth

Pictures Andrew Boardman

The opening round of this years RDH Auctions sponsored National Twinshock Championships was hosted by the Polesworth Twinshock Club at their Stipers Hill track. It was testament to the clubs hard work in the weeks before the event that it actually went ahead, as several other events up and down the country were cancelled due to waterlogged land. The sandy terrain had been extensively graded, but was inevitably soft in places which gave the 240 riders plenty to think about in the sticky practice. The meeting started in overcast conditions, but as the day wore on the sun came out and the track eventually dried out.

The MD Racing Over 50’s kicked off the 2010 season with its first ever full gate of 36 riders, and it was one of the new boys Phil Ryan who showed his class with two race victories and a third to take the overall. Reigning champion Martin Snape stayed with Phil in all three races and got better as the day went on taking the third leg for second overall. Brian Littler took third with two thirds and a second, ahead of the furthest travelling rider Irelands Davy Johnston in fourth.

The MD Racing Over 60’s raced alongside the Over 50’s and it was business as usual for current champion Jack McEwan who had a hat trick of race wins, but new ‘kid’ on the block Maurice Wharton pushed him all the way with three seconds and Alan Deer took three thirds.

The eagerly anticipated revamped Wulfsport Top 20 Experts didn’t disappoint, and first to show was Racebase rider Simon Gower, who led race one from start to finish, from last years runner up Howard Standfield, and Gary Parker debuting the Marsh C&J completing the top three, with Roy Wells in fourth. In race two the gremlins hit Gower and Standfield, and Wells capitalised taking the leg from new boy Wayne Butt, with Russ Watson coming through to third at the flag, with Alan Eaves fourth. In the final leg Butt got the holeshot, only for Wells to pass him on lap two to take the overall, Parker came through to take second at the flag from Butt and Eaves.

Some of the Toughsheet Recycling 125 riders suffered with the energy sapping conditions, but it didn’t affect runaway winner Sean McCrea who had a clean sweep with three wins. The only rider who came close to him was RDH Raceteam rider John Davis with two seconds. Graham Appleton eventually took runner up despite charging from the back of the field in race two. Dave Ellis took the final podium place with three consistent rides.

In the Falcon Shocks 250 class it was a real battle at the front with Tom Holland looking a dead cert for the overall after his first two race victories, but machine trouble in race three dropped him to fourth overall. This left guest rider Jon Cowgill to take his first overall victory with two seconds and a third, and series sponsor RDH’s Richard Wood claimed second overall, from hard charging Mick Armstrong who had led leg two in third.

The CI Sport Intermediates class is always an unknown until after the early rounds, but taking first blood in races one and two was Phil Martindale, but a fall in leg three saw him drop to third overall. This gifted the overall to Llanelli’s Dan Evans, who had battled for the lead all day, and finished with three seconds. Race three winner Neil Eardley took second overall finishing top three all day, from Chris Woodward in fourth.

In the Cheshire County Crossers Veterans class Prestons reigning champion Gary Parker led every lap bar one to take three comfortable victories on his Honda, with Steve Ward trying everything he could to close the gap at the front. Ward eventually took second overall, but was beaten in race three by Alan Eaves who grew stronger as the day went on. Special mention should go to Daryl Wilkinson on the only two stroke who took fourth overall.

There was another full line up for the LPE Clubman class, and the unluckiest rider of the day was Paul Kelly who but for a fall whilst leading race on would have taken the spoils. This left Lloyd Griffiths to take his first ever overall with two wins and a second. In race one Stuart Hodder followed Griffiths over the line, and two further consistent rides gave him second on the podium. Rob Paine had his best result to date taking fourth overall.

In the Motolink Yamaha Evolution class it was Michael Smith who took the honours with two race wins and a second to Roy Wells in race one. This class looks wide open this year, although Smith does look the real deal, but Richard Chinn on the 250 always shines and took second overall with a brace of thirds and a second in the finale. Third overall and the CNR Burrows Transport Rider of the Meeting award went to new boy Derek Read who finished in the top five all day. Wells eventually took fourth overall with Paul Coward fifth.

The second round is on April 18 at Gale Common, Whitley, Selby hosted by the NOE MXC.

MD Racing Over 50’s

1 Phil Ryan  2 Martin Snape  3 Brian Littler  4 Davy Johnston  5 John Bennett  6 Steve Farthing

MD Racing Over 60’s

1 Jack McEwan  2 Maurice Wharton  3 Alan Deer  4 Bill Brown  5 Ray Hartill

Wulfsport Experts Top 20

1 Roy Wells  2 Wayne Butt  3 Russ Watson  4 Alan Eaves  5 Gary Parker  6 Ian Nott  7 Matt Murphy  8 Russ Hartill  9 Sean Dodders  10 Gary Murfin

Toughsheet Recycling 125’s

1 Sean McCrae  2 Graham Appleton  3 Dave Ellis  4 John Davis  5 Adrian Hoskins  6 Chris Rowlands

Falcon Shocks 250’s

1 Jon Cowgill  2 Richard Wood  3 Mick Armstrong  4 Tom Holland  5 Lee Hartill  6 Steve Shambrook

CI Sport / DEP Pipes Intermediates

1 Dan Evans  2 Neil Eardley  3 Phil Martindale  4 Chris Woodward  5 Aaron Stephenson  6 Mark Connole

Cheshire County Crossers Veterans

1 Gary Parker  2 Steve Ward  3 Alan Eaves  4 Daryl Wilkinson  5 John Iddon  6 Phil Daley

LPE Clubman

1 Lloyd Griffiths  2 Stuart Hodder  3 Paul Kelly  4 Rob Paine  5 Tom Siebert  6 Scott Curtis

Motolink Yamaha Evolution

1 Michael Smith  2 Richard Chinn  3 Derek Read  4 Roy Wells  5 Paul Coward  6 Andy Hinchcliffe

CNR Burrows Transport Rider of The Meeting

Derek Read

Round 2 Supported by DLE Construction

North of England MX Club

Gale Common, Whitley

Report Geoff Shuttleworth

Pictures Andrew Boardman

The North of England MX Club hosted the second round of the RDH Auctions National Twinshock Championships on Sunday at a sunny Gale Common. The track was run in the opposite direction this year, and although there were some problems with the dust, it was kept at bay by the clubs watering system. The track held up well which produced some excellent racing throughout the programme.

As usual the MD Racing Over 50’s were first to the line, and Pete Mathia stamped his authority on the race from the outset, easing to victory, with Phil Ryan and Martin Snape following him home after starting sixth and seventh on the opening lap. Mathia took the second leg as expected, but it was Andy Holland who took second, with Snape charging through to third from twelfth  on the first lap. In the final encounter Mathia missed the start but flew through the field to complete his hat trick, passing Snape on lap four. This gave Snape the runner up overall from Ryan in third.

Jack McEwan continued his winning ways and took the honours and a clean sweep of wins in the MD Racing Over 60’s, from Maurice Wharton with three seconds and Bill Findley in third.

Roy Wells was the man to beat in the Wulfsport Experts, and took the first two legs leading from start to finish. Gary Parker on the Marsh C&J Honda finished runner up in race one, from Simon Gower and Howard Standfield. Runner up in race two went to Standfield complete with broken finger, Parker took third from Wayne Butt in fourth. In the final race Standfield went one better, claiming victory after demoting Wells on lap four. Parker again finished second, with Butt third and Wells fourth. Come the final reckoning and it was Wells who took the overall by three points from Standfield and Parker.

In the Toughsheet Recycling 125’s it was series leader Sean McCrea who took the first two race victories and the overall from a determined RDH rider John Davis following him home. Davis got the better of McCrea in race three, but it was too little too late, as he was left trailing by three points. Gary Turner rode really well and took third overall with a trio of third places. Unluckiest rider of the day was Graham Appleton who was left nursing a broken arm after an off in race one, and may now miss the rest of the season.

The Falcon Shocks 250’s was probably the closest class on the day with the top four riders swapping places all day. First to show was series sponsor RDH’S Richard Wood who took the first leg from early leader John Littler with Mick Armstrong third. Race two went to Armstrong, who held off the late charging Tom Holland with Littler third, but Wood hit the deck at the first corner and suffered facial cuts. It was all to play for in race three and Holland managed to squeeze past Armstrong on lap two taking the victory from Littler in second. At the end of the day Armstrong took the overall by a solitary point from Littler and Holland, and with it took the CNR Burrows Rider of the Day award.

Guest rider Ben Lightbown took all three victories on his Dads’s bike in the CI Sport Inters class, but he didn’t have it all his own way as for a time Dan Hardy managed to keep him honest. Mark Connole took runner up in race one from Hardy, and Graeme Clegg did the same in races two and three from Hardy each time. Hardy had the last laugh though pipping Clegg by one point for second overall.

Nobody seems to be able to get close to Gary Parker in the Cheshire County Crossers Veterans class this year, and as usual Gary led every lap of every race to take a comfortable overall victory. Steve Ward, back on his four stroke Honda after his two stroke outing at Polesworth took runner up in race one from Alan Eaves and Phil Daley. But Eaves got the better of Ward in the next two encounters to take second overall from Ward.

The LPE Clubman class threw up three different winners with Roy Stantham taking the first from Charlie and Paul Kelly. Trevor Guy excelled in race two and won from Lloyd Griffiths and Paul Kelly, before Paul Kelly took the final leg from Guy and young Kyle Hobson, and it was this win that separated him from Guy as they finished on equal points, but Kelly’s better last race finish settling it.

The final class to the line was the Motolink Yamaha Evolution class, which is always hotly contested by the first six or so riders. As at Polesworth it was Michael Smith who took the overall honours, winning the first leg from Roy Wells, Richard Chinn, Derek Read and Aaron Jordan. Wells took the second leading from start to finish from Smith, Chinn, Jordan and Carl Pope, who was making his debut in this class. Smith was out on his Dad’s Kwacker in race three and went even faster taking the win from Chinn, Wells and Jordan.

The third round run by the South West Twinshock Club is on May 2 ay Wrangway, Somerset.

MD Racing Over 50’s

1 Pete Mathia  2 Martin Snape  3 Phil Ryan  4 Brian Littler  5 Andy Holland  6 Chris Smejkal

MD Racing Over 60’s

1 Jack McEwan  2 Maurice Wharton  3 Bill Findley

Wulfsport Experts Top 20

1 Roy Wells  2 Howard Standfield  3 Gary Parker  4 Russ Watson  5 Wayne Butt  6 Matt Murphy  7 Phil Martindale  8 Sean Dodders  9 Alan Eaves  10 Robin Cowgill

Toughsheet Recycling 125’s

1 Sean McCrae  2 John Davis  3 Gary Turner  4 Dave Ellis  5 Chris Rowlands  6 Lewis Spademan

Falcon Shocks 250’s

1 Mick Armstrong  2  John Littler  3 Tom Holland  4 Richard Wood  5 Chris Pritchett  6 Chris Hewgill

CI Sport / DEP Pipes Intermediates

1 Ben Lightbown  2 Dan Hardy  3 Graeme Clegg  4 Ian Rowley  5 Steve Ryan  6 Mike Murphy

Cheshire County Crossers Veterans

1 Gary Parker  2 Alan Eaves  3 Steve Ward  4 Phil Daley  5 Lee Davies  6 Andy Morris

LPE Clubman

1 Paul Kelly 2 Trevor Guy  3 Kyle Hobson  4 Dave Lightbown  5 Lloyd Griffiths  6 Darren Wilcock

Motolink Yamaha Evolution

1 Michael Smith  2 Roy Wells  3 Richard Chinn  4 Aaron Jordan  5 Carl Pope  6 Andy Hinchcliffe

CNR Burrows Transport Rider of The Meeting

Mick Armstrong

National Twinshock Scramble Championships 2010

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

Have you got a product or business you would like to advertise to the 1000+ visitors each month? It only costs a one off £50 to put your advert to our site and then £100 for 6 months. Interested? Contact  Mark today on 01406 380620.

Own a business or have a website? Why not help spread the word and help us by puting a link through to www.nationaltwinshock.co.uk on your site.

Thanks, editor.