Bolton secures Putoline crown
By TMX Archives on 20th Sep 07
The Dirtbike-Traxs team produced another outstanding weekend's sport at the superb Gisburn venue, set in the heart of the stunning Ribble Valley with parts of the course following the banks of the scenic River Ribble itself.
Over the weekend over 420 riders competed in thevarious races that formed the eighth round of the UK's most popularHare Scramble series, and, because of cancelled events during thesummer, the final round of the Sinisalo championship.
The Dirtbike-Traxs team had spent weeks preparingthe course and an impressive start area. On Saturday the Youth, Juniorand Senior B riders got their chance to sample the awesome course,using just a portion of the full Championship course.
In glorious sunshine, the start signal was givenand 50 youngsters blasted off. In Senior B, Joe Deakin, and BillyRobinson set the early pace but Deakin soon started to edge away and heeventually claimed a clear cut win, completing 14 laps.
The chasing pack contained Billy Robinson second, Davey Todd third, and William Hillas fourth, who all completed13 laps.
In the Junior race Luke Flack and Michael Tathambattled for top spot and the winner was only decided by 0.4 of a secondin favour of Flack. Both riders completed 12 laps. Third, on 11 laps,was Dan Bewlay.
NATIONAL PUTOLINE HARE SCRAMBLE CHAMPS Rd 8 - Gisburn, Lancashire (Dirtbike-Traxs)
MAIN RACE
Expert: 1 Paul Bolton 15 laps, 2 Biff Smith 15, 3Martin Sandiford 15, 4 Lincoln Brewster 15, 5 Gav Houson 14, 6 AnthonyAyrton 13.
Over 40: 1 Mick Kendall 14, 2 Manny Smith 13, 3 Leo Cordingley 13, 4 Ian Coburn 13, 5 Anthony Crowe 13, 6 Brett Haley 13.
Clubman E1: 1 Harry Hillas 14, 2 James Harvey 13, 3 Craig Altass 13, 4 Steve Jemison 13, 5 Guy Corner 13, 6 Rob Taylor 13.
Clubman Open: 1 James Clift 14, 2 Adrian Clarke 13, 3 Marcus Firth 13, 4 Steven Watson 13, 5 Ben Airlie 13, 6 Warren Hazlett 13.
SPORTSMAN RACE
Sportsman E1: 1 Gary Daniels 13, 2 Terry Watson 13, 3 Karl Waltho 12, 4 Rob Wright 12, 5 Liam Ward 12, 6 Wayne Boothman 12.
Sportsman Open: 1 Simon Foulke 13, 2 Peter Carr13, 3 Stuart Gordon 13, 4 Ben Hamilton 12, 5 John Hedley 12, 6 RobCartwright 12.
Senior A: 1 Michael Briggs 11, 2 Josh Taylor 10, 3 Josh Bendill 10, 4 Rob Dawson 10, 5 Joe Deakin 10, 6 James Allinson 9.
Novice: 1 Chris Harrison 12, 2 Ian Holt 12, 3 Andrew King 11, 4 Scott Almond 11, 5 Richard Birkett 11, 6 Iain McGuigan 11.
SATURDAY RACE
Senior B: 1 Joe Deakin 14, 2 Billy Robinson 13, 3 Davey Todd 13, 4 William Hillas 13, 5 Edward Field 12, 6 Jack Colley 12.
Junior: 1 Luke Flack 12, 2 Michael Tatham 12, 3 Dan Bewlay 11, 4 Billy Steinman 11, 5 Harrison Bell 11, 6 Max Griffin 11.
For full story and pictures, see T+MX NEWS, Friday, September 21, 2007.
