Report: Enduroland's Timber X goes down
By Team TMX on 27th Jan 16
The aim of the Enduroland Team was to bring an indoor event that would suit all abilities, not extreme, not mx but a happy medium to give the average Joe rider their own world championship and we think it delivered in every aspect.
Riders came from all corners of the UK including the Isle of Arran and Liverpool with a great camping paddock and hook-up available.
The morning racing started as usual with the Kids and Youths and Enduroland had enticed eight Elite riders to attend and race free of charge by commiting to assist in the morning and give up their Saturday to mentor and give the younger riders some
pointers. Practice for the kids got underway with a few tweaks to the track for the Autos and 65s.
Racing began with the mixed 50cc/65cc class followed by the Small-wheels and two groups in the Big-wheels.
Our favourite little rider of the morning was Archie Pottinger on his pw50 but some great action from the youths showing the big difference in ability, which makes the course build so testing.
In the Big-wheel class Sam Nunn took the final win with cousin Harry Nunn in second and Mathias Salin in third. In the Small-wheels Luke Blake took the win followed by Mitchell Raine and Harvey Fagg. The 65cc win went to John Stanley with Alfie Carter holding second from Jack Sandland.
Last but not least the Auto win went to Louis Wallis with Jack Gray runner-up and hero of the day Archie Pottinger in third.
In the Youth Super final, which was the top two from each class not including the Autos, and Sam Nunn again took the win
A short break followed with lunch before the ‘big boys' practice, which was followed by hot action all afternoon.
With this type of event lots of race action is guaranteed and Timber X delivers in abundance with spectators commenting on ‘not actually knowing where to look with so much going on'.
Notably Connor Blake's crash into the restaurant window, Hayley Rilings continous kissing of every log in the log garden and Dan Boam's double jump straight onto a competitor.
A clean sweep from John-Joe Wright saw him take the Youth 14-17 win and progress into the Superfinal.
In the Ladies Katie Walker took the overall with a couple of cracking crashes attempting the infamous grandstand double with Docklands rider Jemima Salt taking second.
In the Sportsman class it was Tony Cadman who took the win followed by Aaron Collins and Richard Blunt.
The Clubman win went to Ryan Comer with Scott Hoskins runner-up and Connor Blake in third.
In the Vets Ryan Griffiths fought hard all afternoon to take the win closely followed by Docklands rider Chris Salt.
The masters was blitzed by Ross Dover who ended up racing with the Vets in the end and the Expert win went deservedly to Dan Boam with Luke Smith second and Sonny Parker third.
Smashing the Elite was MX rider James Hutchinson with Dan Mundell in second and Gary Daniels a tidy third.
The Superfinal win also went to James Hutchinson with Sportsman rider Tony Cadman taking second place.
Results
Elite: 1 James Hutchinson, 2 Dan Mundell, 3 Gary Daniels.
Experts: 1 Dan Boam, 2 Luke Smith, 3 Sonny Parker.
Clubman: 1 Ryan Comer, 2 Scott Hoskins, 3 Connor Blake.
Sportsman: 1 Tony Cadman, 2 Aaron Collins , 3 Richard Blunt.
Vets: 1 Ryan Griffiths, 2 Chris Salt, 3 Darren Bedford.
Masters: 1 Ross Dover.
Ladies: 1 Katie Walker, 2 Jemima Salt, 3 Gemma Holtham.
Youth: 1 Johnjoe Wright, 2 Tim Hammond, 3 James Dover.
