It's a Semi-sonic showdown
By TMX Archives on 21st Jun 07
FINDING themselves precariously positioned in a small window of fine weather in a week of horrendous rainfall was pure luck. Making the most of it however, and well deserved too after recent disappointments was a job well done. The Cotswold Youth and AMX Club pulled off a brilliant success as the course at Bromyard dried out perfectly to provide a superb racing circuit for it's leg of the BSMA Semi-Finals.
With vital qualifying points up for grabs there was no lack ofenthusiasm and commitment from a quality field, all battling for thoseimportant top ten places for the August finals.
When either totally dominating from the front or quickly picking offthe early leaders it was obvious from the opening laps that Mark Gunterwas in a class of his own and he romped away with four superb race winsin the AMX section in a stunning display. Behind him a gaggle of ridersfought it out for the other top positions with Scott Williams the bestof a well matched bunch as Rob Lewis, Terry House, Craig Badman, TimTruman and Andy Watkins all chipped in at various times in acompetitive section.
Ben Field and Lewis Trickett with three race wins between themtotally stole the show in the Senior class, finishing in first andsecond places respectively. Ben topped out courtesy of a last race winafter tying on points, but it was Lewis who took the plaudits for thebest race of the day, ripping his way through the pack in race two andpassing everyone except race winner Rory Merchant. Rory to his creditfinished in third overall while Sam Sunderland, Darren Webster, andLiam Davies finished off a tight top six.
As the gate dropped on the opening laps of the Big-wheel 85ccsection it always looked like being a three way shootout for tophonours, and at the end of the day that's how it turned out. ChambersWhittle and David Sweet, as well as they rode on the day, just couldnot match the pace of a flying Alfie Smith. Alfie ended the day with aclean sweep of four wins in an impressive performance. Chambers Whittletook second place overall from David Sweet with Jordan Richards infourth.
Luke Dean on the Team Relentless Suzuki has been in scorching formall season and it was that fine form that propelled him to two racewins and the overall victory with a super confident display in theSmall-wheel 85cc section. Tom Rodgers took the other two race wins,tying on points with Luke, but had to settle for second overall. Therewere other good performances from Chris Grindle in third overall withChase Neale, Jack Timms and Jordan Goodwin completing the top six.
Corrie Southwood, with a string of polished performances, stood headand shoulders above the rest in the Junior 65cc dust-up. With theability to discount the worst result of four on the day Corrie finishedwith a maximum points haul and top qualifier honours. A greatperformance came from Danny Lanfear as he took a superb second race winand two second places to finish as runner-up. Josh Newell was lookinggood in third, likewise Robert Yates in fourth overall, while othergood individual race rides from Daffid Evans, Ciran Williams, TaylorVernon and Greg Evans.
REGIONAL BSMA SEMI-FINALS
Bromyard (Cotswold Youth and AMXC)
Junior 65cc: 1 Corrie Southwood 135 points, 2 Danny Lanfear 131, 3Josh Newell 116. 4 Robert Yates 115, 5 Daffid Evans 109, 6 CiranWilliams 108, 7 Taylor Vernon 106, 8 Greg Evans 105, 9 Dan Wheeler 105,10 Lewis Hughes 101.
Small-wheel 85cc: 1 Luke Dean 133 points, 2 Tom Rodgers 133, 3 ChrisGrindle 121, 4 Chase Neale 115, 5 Jack Timms 115, 6 Jordan Goodwin 111,7 Jordan Enyon 108, 8 Grant Smith 104, 9 J Cole 96, 10 Curtis Blamey 95.
Big-wheel 85cc: 1 Alfie Smith 135 points, 2 Chambers Whittle 129, 3David Sweet 123, 4 Jordan Richards 119, 5 Matthew Bayliss 115, 6 LiamWright 113, 7 Ben Pearson 101, 8 Kieran Mulloy 100, 9 Adam Kilpatrick99, 10 Luke Saunders 96.
Senior: 1 Ben Field 131 points, 2 Lewis Trickett 131, 3 RoryMerchant 129, 4 Sam Sunderland 110, 5 Darren Webster 110, 6 Liam Davis110, 7 Joe Preston 105, 8 George Purchase 103, 9 Charlie Evans 102, 10Richard Lloyd 99.
AMX: 1 Mark Gunter 135 points, 2 Scott Williams 125, 3 Rob Lewis123, 4 Terry House 123, 5 Craig Bradman 110, 6 Tim Truman 109, 7 AndyWatkins 107, 8 Darrell Simms 104, 9 Anthony Bennett 97, 10 Lee Cummings96.
That's BSMAzing...
By JULIE HAMBRIDGE
THE BSMA semi-final hosted by Coventry at its highly preparedStratford track saw some real awesome racing by the lads and lassies ofEast Anglia, Warley Wasps and Coventry Junior MX club.
Despite all the heavy recent rain the club took the decision to havethe highly graded track watered late on Saturday evening and it provedto be the right decision. A wet night followed with a few showers butSunday dawned bright and sunny and the dust was just starting to appearduring the last race of the day.
Three laps of practice for all groups and then the racing trulybegan with the mighty AMX group out first and a win for Ricky Lethabyfollowed very closely by rival Scott Hubbard second and anotherCoventry rider, Mitchell Bates an excellent third.Scott Hubbard turnedthe tables on Ricky Lethaby and took the win from him leaving NathanBraithwaite to take the third spot. The final race and another win forHubbard despite coming from the back of the field, Braithwaite secondand Lethaby third.
REGIONAL BSMA SEMI-FINALS
Stratford (Coventry Juniors SSC)
Junior: 1 Daniel Neale, 2 George Turner, 3 Alistair Evans, 4 Jack Seaborne, 5 Sid Evans, 6 Jordan Edwards.
Small-wheel 85cc: 1 Jim Lycett, 2 Thomas Kirk, 3 Brad Freeman, 4 Jack Weaver, 5 Daniel Clark, 6 Zac Derry.
Big-wheel 85cc: 1 Josh Spinks, 3 Jake Page, 3 Tom Bennett, 4 Rose Clarke, 5 Aaron Paskin, 6 Shaun Cole.
Senior: 1 Ashley Harland, 2 Richard McDermott, 3 Xenon Piggott, 4 Adam Paxton, 5 George Baldwin, 6 Scott Bates.
AMX: 1 Scott Hubbard, 2 Ricky Lethaby, 3 Nathan Braithwaite, 4 Mitchell Bates, 5 Joe Severn, 6 Sean Doyle.
Top ten go through to the final. The BSMA office will forward all final receipts to the riders direct.
...AND IN THE RING
By ANGIE JOHNSON
THE BSMA regional Semi-Final was hosted by East Kent at the MidSussex track at Ringmer, on Sunday, where they were joined by Moredonand Portsmouth and the top riders from each of the three clubs battledfor a place at the prestigious BSMA Finals to be held in August. Adownpour during the morning left the track very muddy but by theafternoon the sun had made conditions more favourable.
The Seniors were the first group out to race. Portsmouth rider ScottElderfied had no problems in the sticky conditions as he led the way tothe chequered flag chased by East Kent's Ashley Watt and fellowPortsmouth rider Jamie Tempest. The next two motos saw Jamie lead andsecure first place overall, followed by Scott in second and Ashley inthird.
East Kent rider Dexter Marks won the first moto in the AMX group,followed by Moredon riders Mark Young and Carl Luke. A painful crashduring the next moto took Dexter out of the race and left Mark to stormahead and take the win pursued by fellow Moredon rider Paul Wildman'Willis and Portsmouth's Harvey McDonald.
REGIONAL BSMA SEMI-FINALS
Ringmer (East Kent SSC)
Junior: 1 J Wilson, 2 P O'Neil, 3 J Moxey, 4 J Batchelor, 5 CDennis, 6 J Wood, 7 T Aspden, 8 C Heasman, 9 B Farmer, 10 H Clements.
Small-wheel 85cc: 1 J Brine, 2 J Dunn, 3 L Pettett, 4 T Harkness, 5L Newby, 6 Z Peters, 7 O Paine, 8 R Fellowes, 9 K Clarke, 10 L Moyle.
Big-wheel 85cc: 1 C Walkley, 2 J Shipton, 3 A Jenner, 4 S Springer,5 J Alsop, 6 J Bunce, 7 L Dowsett, 8 J Divall, 9 B Crane, 10 J Moyle.
Senior: 1 J Tempest, 2 S Elderfield, 3 A Watt, 4 R Keyworth, 5 PAnderson, 6 C Pearce, 7 H Seymour, 8 J Scott, 9 D McDonald, 10 E Reeves.
AMX: 1 M Young, 2 C Luke, 3 H McDonald, 4 A Foreman, 5 N Midgley, 6 T Moore, 7 D Marks, 8 L Wharton, 9 P Willis, 10 L Martin.
CORNISH PICK THESE.....
By DON GRIBBLE
CORNWALL SSC hosted its BSMA Area Qualifier at the well-known Landrake Motopark, on Sunday.
First to qualify for the BSMA final was the flying 65cc Junior riderTodd Kellet while second and third slots went to Josh Gilbert and DylanBaynton.
Ayrton Forensio took the number one berth in the Small Wheel 85ccwith three straight wins, while the consistent Marley Howlett securedsecond place with Joshua Ebbutt third.
Ty Kellett took all three race wins for another maximum in the BigWheel 85cc races while Leighton Holmes was on form securing second withGerwyn Pritchard in third.
In the Seniors, Matt Holcombe and Daniel Gilbert battled for first and
second places and Matt took two wins and Daniel one first place, third slot going
to Josh Dare.
Daniel Smith took the the overall in AMX while the flying SebbBartlett took a race win, securing second slot overall with Will Payneclaiming third.
CORNWALL SSC BSMA Area Qualifier
Landrake Motopark
Junior 65cc: 1 Todd Kellett, 2 Josh Gilbert, 3 Dylan Baynton, 4Conrad Mewse, 5 Billy King, 6 Steven Gilbert, 7 Henry Ebbutt, 8 DominicThomas, 9 Luke Oldfield, 10 Luke Williams.
Small-wheel 85cc: 1 Ayrton Forensio, 2 Marley Hewlett, 3 JoshEbbutt, 4 Josh Roddick, 5 Mitchell Ayres, 6 Oliver Jones, 7 JackJenner, 8 Charlie Elliot, 9 Joe Monk, 10 Jack Stevens.
Big-wheel 85cc: 1 Ty Kellett, 2 Leighton Holmes, 3 Gerwyn Pritchard,4 Liam Curtis-Steven, 5 Darren Toy, 6th Steve Holcombe, 7 BradleyElliot, 8 Harry Selwood, 9 Max Flint, 10 Ben Griffiths.
Senior: 1 Matt Holcombe, 2 Daniel Gilbert, 3 Josh Dare, 4 Mike Oram,5 Aaron Jenkins, 6 Joe Pagett, 7 Mitchell Charmers, 8 Louis Jenkins, 9Ben Butler, 10 Ryan Gower.
AMX: 1 Daniel Smith, 2 Seb Bartlett, 3 Will Payne, 4 MichaelWilliams, 5 Luke Heaver, 6 Sam Chapman, 7 Simon Matta, 8 JamesWilliams, 9 Colin Butler, 10 Johnny Hawkins.
See T+MX NEWS, Friday, June 22 for full BSMA reports and pictures