Game, set and match for David
By TMX Archives on 9th Aug 07
ROUND three of the superbly set-up Elite Youth Cup took place at the Motoland complex near Mildenhall, Suffolk. We have come to expect the best from the Elite organisation and, once more, they put on a great show as the four-round series boiled up on a blisteringly hot weekend of wall to wall sunshine, and what a relief it is to finally say that.
Not even a front-wheel puncture and the bikejammed in gear could stop young Ben Watson on his relentless march tostardom as he collected yet another first overall with four scorchingrace wins and a second place finish in Junior 65cc. Second overall,Corrie Southwood is in tremendous form at this point in the season andhe had a great day too as he took the other race win as Ben, hamperedby the machine problems, incredibly pulled through the field behind him.
It was a real tight shoot-out for the other placesas Michael Eccles battled hard in the searing temperatures to claimthird overall, and it was a terrific weekend also for Tom Neal,narrowly missing out on a top three finish. Behind him, Liam Knight andChubbie Hammond impres-sed as they were always in the action at thehead of the field.
Jamie McCanney was on a different planet to therest and quite simply unstoppable in the Small-wheel 85cc class as hecleaned-up with five emphatic race wins and never, ever looked likedropping a single point.
The rest of the top six were quite tightly bunchedas no-one else really managed to put in a full set of five top notchscores. James Dunn, riding superbly at times, with three second places,finished as runner-up overall, and Tom Rogers, like James with one ofhis best results of the season, was third.
ELITE YOUTH CUP Rd 3 - Motoland, Mildenhall, Suffolk
Junior 65cc: 1 Ben Watson 222 points, 2 CorieSouthwood 198, 3 Michael Eccles 163, 4 Thomas Neal 161, 5 Liam Knight159, 6 Chubbie Hammond 154, 7 Robert Davidson 145, 8 Mathew Callaghan140, 9 Callan Cooper 137, 10 Max Acres 100, 11 Joe Jeffries 95, 12 BenCole 94, 13 Michael Burfield 92, 14 Alfie Bowtell 88, 15 Taylor Vernon85.
Small-wheel 85cc: 1 Jamie McCanney 226 points, 2James Dunn 166, 3 Tom Rogers 149, 4 Scott Aldridge 148, 5 Nathan Watson143, 6 Dan Thornhill 142, 7 Lloyd Pettett 140, 8 Bradley Pocock 135, 9James Rutter 132, 10 Luke Newman 128, 11 Ali Meadows 120, 12 JoshTurner 98, 13 Ben Howell 97, 14 Sonny Oliver 87, 15 Liam Garland 75.
Big-wheel 85cc: 1 James Hutchinson 198 points, 2Daniel Hutchinson 192, 3 Luke Hawkins 175, 4 Daniel McCanney 173, 5Richie Worrall 163, 6 Ty Kellett130, 7 Gavin Corsi 126, 8 Ryan Houghton108, 9 David Sweet 107, 10 Chris Johson 101, 11 Jansen Day 95, 12 RyanTurner 91, 13 Alex Vella 74, 14 Aaron Pipon 72, 15 Bryn Clarke 71.
Senior 125cc: 1 David Games 223 points, 2 LewisTombs 189, 3 Will Worden 186, 4 Scott Eldefield 169, 5 Jamie Jackson141, 6 Kelvin Townsend 132, 7 Scott James 126, 8 Marc Dean 116, 9 HarryMcKenna 111, 10 Gerge Baldwin 96, 11 Lewis Abbott 90, 12 Jake Preston86, 13 Stevie Worrall 78, 14 Richard Carter 77, 15 Alfie Smith 74.
Open: 1 Mel Pocock 210 points, 2 Joe Gregory 190,3 Gavin Foulston 189, 4 Matthew Moffat 183, 5 Josh Waterman 180, 6 BenField 148, 7 Nathan Rooks 136, 8 Richard McDermott 128, 9 Jamie Smith114, 10 George Purc04, 11 Aston Johnson 103, 12 Jono Parker-Davies 101,13 Matthew Waterworth 90, 14 Matthew Nash 72, 15 Jake Farnell 62.
For full story and pictures see T+MX NEWS, Friday, August 10, 2007.