Alex pips Joe to glory...
By TMX Archives on 12th Jul 07
IN A summer where we seem to have been constantly playing a weekend game of Deal or No Deal' with the Great British weather and generally coming up as losers to the rain it was a real surprise to have a weekend of blue skies for round five of the BYMX Championships.
The event, superbly organized and marshalled bythe Cumbria Youth MXC, at Haverigg, on the South West tip of thecounty, had a few more surprises in store also as we witnessed a raftof cracking performances from the likes of Joe Gregory, Mel Pocock,Jack Rowland, David Games, Dan McCanney and Robbie Muscat. Performancesthat didn't end up in overall wins but really caught the eye, had thepaddock talking and definitely rattled the cages of the variouschampionship leaders.
Joe Gregory, in what must surely be the bestperformance of his life, on the Danger UK Honda went desperately closeto snatching an overall win in the Premier class after threemagnificent rides which included a race-long duel with Alex Rockwell inrace one, a fighting charge through the field next time out, andculminated with a well earned win in race three.
Joe went into the final encounter just one pointbehind double day one race winner Alex Rockwell and it proved to be thebest of the weekend in the top class but it was not to be Joe's day.The final plaudits of the weekend went to Mel Pocock as he tore intothe race with just one aim. Reeling in Alex Rockwell at a rate of knotsat the head of the field, Mel was on fire, and with a dramatic last lappass Mel took a truly superb win to add to his previous race secondplace.
When it was all totalled up though Alex Rockwellhad extended his championship lead with yet another overall win asLewis King was left to ponder
his bad luck again after a last race coming together with Luke Burton ended the day on a controversial note and maybe ended his championship hopes too.
National BYMX Championships Haverigg (Cumbria Youth MXC)
Junior 65cc: 1 Ben Watson 180 points, 2 Jack Heath160, 3 Matthew Callaghan 147, 4 Callan Cooper 142, 5 Corrie Southwood140, 6 Michael Eccles 140, 7 Tom Neal 133, 8 Max Acres 128, 9 ChubbieHammond 126, 10 Casey Connelly 119, 11 Luke Smith 110, 12 RobertDavidson 110, 13 Brad Todd 109, 14 Fraser Pohlen 109, 15 Liam Knight104.
Small-wheel 85cc: 1 Matthew Fleming 161 points, 2Rob Muscat 161, 3 Jamie McCanney 155, 4 Andrew Reid 151, 5 BradleyPocock 134, 6 Sonny Oliver 134, 7 Dan Thornhill 134, 8 Bradley Banks129, 9 Ben Howell 126, 10 Josh Brine 125, 11 Luke Norris 125, 12 ScottAldridge 106, 13 James Rutter 104, 14 Damon Brooks 97, 15 Alex Meadows96.
Big-wheel 85cc: 1 Sam Davis 167 points, 2 DanielMcCanney 160, 3 Richie Worrall 143, 4 James Hutchinson 142, 5 ConnorWalkley 142, 6 Alfie Smith 140, 7 Luke Hawkins 134, 8 Ewan McClaren124, 9 Daniel Hutchinson 122, 10 Christian Taylor 118, 11 Josh Spinks117, 12 Jake Millward 116, 13 Jake Shipton 113, 14 Jim O Neil 111, 15Steven Craig 105.
Intermediate 125cc: 1 Will Worden 158 points, 2Jack Rowland 158, 3 David Games 155, 4 Lewis Trickett 148, 5 NathanRooks 142, 6 Lewis Tombs 127, 7 Jamie Jackson 126, 8 George Winn 124, 9Michael McCammond 121, 10 Gary Percival 120, 11 Marc Dean 118, 12Kelvin Townsend 118, 13 Ben Mycock 115, 14 Stevie Worrall 111, 15Callam Walsh 102.
Premier: 1 Alex Rockwell 170 points, 2 Joe Gregory163, 3 Tommy Fenwick 153, 4 Mel Pocock 146, 5 Matthew Moffat 146, 6Sean Devlin 120, 7 Gavin Foulson 119, 8 Jack Hawes 118, 9 Lewis King116, 10 Jamie Sandham 113, 11 Steven McCaughey, 12 Tom Watts 107, 13Josh Waterman 107, 14 Ryan Blair 106, 15 Luke Burton 102.
For full report, results and pictures see T+MX NEWS, Friday, July 13, 2007.