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Event Report for Round 3
MWMCC Cross Country Championship June 19th 2011 – Adult Round 3, Youth Round 2
The latest round of Midwest MCC cross country championship at Cley Hill, Nr Warminster was held on 300 acres of woodland owned by the Longleat Estate, it proved to be a tough challenge for the riders as it was the first time in 3 years that the course started off wet due to heavy rain the previous day and overnight.
The riders were greeted Sunday morning with clear skies and with the promise of sunshine throughout the day it meant the racing would be interesting as the course started to dry out.
The Experts were first away to tackle the 5miles of technical terrain which would require 100per cent concentration to negotiate the various forest tracks and meandering woodland, this proved to suit Welshman Jon Hinam riding his Husaberg 300 as he appeared at the lap scoring on the first lap nearly 1minute ahead of Si Wakely, the next rider through was the ever youthful Jack Twentyman followed by Jeremy Box, Tyson Maytom-Jones and Arran Smith who were in a close battle for fourth place. Si Wakely chased down Jon Hinam and on lap 3 managed to pass him for the lead, it remained a close battle throughout and as the track dried the lap times became quicker allowing the 2 team mates to complete 13 laps with Si winning by the smallest of margins being only 3 seconds. After completing the first lap in ninth place Derek Bawn relentlessly pursued the early leaders to finish a commendable 3rd place after completing 12 laps followed 3mins later by the ever consistent Jeremy Box in fourth place. Also completing 12 laps were Jack Twentyman, Arran Smith and Tyson Maytom-Jones in 5th 6th and 7th positions respectively.
Gary Baker was in a class of his own in the Veteran Experts beating his closest rivals by a clear lap, Stephen Grimshaw finished a comfortable 2nd 9minutes ahead of Jason Rees who both completed 11 laps. Regular rider Marcus Barnes finished 4th followed by Shaun Price then Adrian Francis completing 10 laps.
With 11 laps to his name Richard Perkins was outstanding in the Clubman 2stroke winning his group by a lap from Jesse Say who rode the whole race with a front wheel puncture 2minutes ahead of Robert Ellick. After his bike failed to start on the line Sam Hoskins battled his way through to finish in 4th place followed by Shaun Couzens and Simon Prideaux all on 10 laps.
The Clubman 4stroke group was a closely fought affair with only nine minutes separating the top five finishers which was headed by Reg Sheppard who was 4minuets ahead of Pete Ballinger in second place with George Fraser, James Heath and Matthew Lefevre . A closely fought battle between Kevin Butcher and Roger Billam meant that they finished a lap ahead of their rivals with Kevin topping Veteran group by a minute, and then came a solitary Gary Clarke on 9 laps with Andrew Taylor, Andrew Trott and Alan James a further lap behind.
Matthew Jones dominated the Sportsman 2stroke class with a lap advantage over the young Mitch Frost who finished 2mins ahead of Iain Randall, with David Threadingham, Alex Knott and Callum Collins also achieving 9 laps.
The young Jack Liddiard proved to be learning fast since leaving the youth class to win the Sportsman 4stroke group a clear lap ahead of his nearest rivals by completing 9 laps. Tom Austin was in 2nd place 5mins ahead of Steve Curtis with 4mins separating the remaining riders who were Anthony Mallet, Steve Rolstone and Andrew Rippa.
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