Eddy's Eddy!
By TMX Archives on 25th May 07
THE fourth round of the Putoline XC Champion-ship, organised by Fast Eddy Racing, was staged at the superb Cwm Derwyn Farm, near Welshpool. The four-mile course was a proper Welsh Enduro, which took in open moorland, rocky stream-beds and steep ravines with a few peat bogs thrown in for good measure. It was without doubt the most impressive venue yet in this prestigious Championship Series.
A full weekend's activities saw a busy Youth race on Saturdayafternoon followed by the Clubman and Novice classes on Sunday morningand the Pro, Expert and Super-Clubmen on Sunday afternoon.
The weather was wet and windy for the Saturday training session andrace but Sunday enjoyed glorious sunshine, with no wind, which made fornear perfect conditions.
The series has thrown up three winners from three events in the Proclass. Maximum Solutions' Paul Edmondson took the first, LPE Kawasaki'sRyan Voase the second and Red Bull KTM's David Knight the third, so theChampionship was wide open going into the fourth round.
The afternoon race saw quite a few DNFs as the morning race hadreally improved the bog monsters' appetites and the going got reallytough in a few places.
As the Pro's blasted off the line around a fast right-hander andthen up a farm track, Edmondson and Voase were neck-and-neck. They bothchose different routes around the first big bog section and as theycleared it they came together and both hit the deck. D3 Racing's TomSagar took full advantage and put some distance between himself and thechasing pack as a dozen riders streamed past the two fallen riders.Edmondson, on his 250 Maximum Solutions Suzuki, was first to re-mountand had blasted back through to second place by the end of the openinglap.
The leading pair swapped positions a couple of times beforeEdmondson pulled an ever growing lead over Sagar, who had a big crashat one point and was visibly shaken. The D3 KTM rider hung tough thoughand continued to the chequered flag, 100 seconds behind the victoriousFast Eddy', both having completed 18 laps.
PUTOLINE X-COUNTRY CHAMPS
Rd 4 - Cwm Derwyn Farm, Welshpool
(Fast Eddy Racing)
Pro: 1 Paul Edmondson, 2 Tom Sagar, 3 Paul Bolton, 4 Ryan Voase, 5Rowan Jones, 6 Dylan Jones, 7 Andrew Edwards, 8 Tim Foreman, 9 LincolnBrewster, 10 Chris Tett, 11 Darren Wheeler, 12 Ash Wood.
Expert: 1 Barry Kinley, 2 Derek Bawn, 3 Jon Hinam, 4 James Jackman, 5 Stu Day.
Super Clubman: 1 Martin Jones, 2 Warren Hazlett, 3 Gavin Hazlett, 4 Anthony Crowe, 5 Sam Robinson.
Clubman 2T: 1 AJ Stead, 2 Neil Donoghue, 3 Adam Lovett, 4 Mark Mealham, 5 Matt Holcomb.
Clubman 4T: 1 Stuart Mowbray, 2 Sean O'Neill, 3 Gareth Delahay, 4 Stu Keedwell, 5 Royce Machin.
Novice 2T: 1 Kev Freeman, 2 John Holt, 3 Chris Lloyd, 4 Phil Ball, 5 John Batchelor.
Novice 4T: 1 Shaun Buchan, 2 Wayne Gurnhill, 3 Mark Sherry, 4 Liam Beaty, 5 Karl Rees.
Veteran/ Ladies: 1 Andy Watkins, 2 Peter Clark, 3 Dave Grimshaw, 4 Steve Davies, 5 David Salkeld.
Youth 125cc: 1 Gary Daniels, 2 Nathan Holby, 3 Greg Clark.
Youth 150cc: 1 Danni Sutton.
Youth 150cc 4T: 1 Joe Jones, 2 Liam Garbett, 3 Tom James.
Junior 65cc: 1 Jordan Pyne, 2 Jack Edmondson, 3 Aaron Coupland.
Inter 85cc: 1 Aaron Paskin, 2 Joe Deakin, 3 Jonathan Jones.
For full report, results and pictures see T+MX NEWS, Friday, May 25, 2007.