Jack and Ben - Elite Youth men!
By TMX Archives on 26th Jul 07
THE second round of the Elite Youth Cup was perhaps the most awaited and anticipated Youth national of the year so far. The question on everyone's mind was could the Matt Bates lead team serve up another stunning success to match the opening round in April? Well, keeping it short and sweet, yes, they certainly did.
The course at Landrake, in Cornwall, was prepared, dressed andpampered to an incredibly high standard, a level of preparation,organization and presentation that if kept up, really will take Youthmotocross to a new level.
The only black spot on the weekend yet again was the weather inmiddle England as it prevented some 40 or so riders from making it toCornwall to enjoy what was a really cracking weekend.
Jack Heath and Ben Watson, with two race wins apiece, stole the show in the Junior 65cc class.
Ben took the opening two race wins brilliantly but it was obviousfrom the speed and tenacity that Jack showed, especially in race onewhere there was less than a second between them as they crossed theline, that there was more to come. So it proved on day two as Jackdominated with the final two race wins and enough points to secure theoverall victory.
The other race win went to Chubbie Hammond as he took a blisteringholeshot and managed to hold off the chasing pack as Ben and Jack wentdown in a heap with others in the middle of the first turn charge.
There were lots of other memorable moments from Corrie Southwood,Micky Eccles, Matty Callaghan and the rest over the course of thefive-race weekend.
With his best performance of the year so far, Dan Thornhill came outall guns blazing in the Small-wheel 85cc class. Dan featured largely inevery holeshot, scorching around the hilltop first turn then maintainedhis pace and power over the opening laps of each moto to end theweekend with a truly impressive three race wins, two second places, abig smile on his face and a really nice trophy to stick on themantlepiece.
Tom Rogers claimed an impressive second place overall and like Danhas proved lately that, given some fast dirt to race on, he can mix itwith the best of them. From Tom's five races, he never finished worsethan fourth and had a best of second.
ELITE YOUTH CUP Rd 2 - Landrake Moto Park, Cornwall
Junior: 1 Jack Heath 210 points, 2 Ben Watson 202, 3 CorrieSouthwood 189, 4 Michael Eccles 183, 5 Mathew Callaghan 174, 6 ThomasNeal 145, 7 Scooter Webster 128, 8 Robert Davidson 110, 9 ChubbieHammond 109, 10 Taylor Vernon 107, 11 Liam Knight 103, 12 MichaelBurfield 101, 13 Todd Kellett 100, 14 Kyle Casement 88, 15 LouisHoughton 78.
Small-wheel 85cc: 1 Dan Thornhill 220 points, 2 Tom Rogers 192, 3Jamie McCanney 192, 4 Scott Aldridge 184, 5 Rob Muscat 168, 6 JamesRutter 147, 7 James Dunn 131, 8 Jordan Godwin 107, 9 Sonny Oliver 98,10 Ryan Butler 98, 11 Josh Turner 98, 12 Nathan Watson 96, 13 LloydPettett 91, 14 Ryan Shepard 77, 15 Zach Peters 67.
Big-wheel 85cc: 1 Sam Davis 203 points, 2 Richie Worrall 201, 3 DanMcCanney 198, 4 James Hutchinson 171, 5 Luke Hawkins 155, 6 ChristianTaylor 153, 7 Alfie Smith 136, 8 Ty Kellett 128, 9 Gavin Corsi 128, 10Jansen Day 105, 11 Anthony Reville 99, 12 Ryan Houghton 98, 13 CraigMaddock 86, 14 Bryn Clarke 83, 15 Robbie Waller 78.
Senior 125cc: 1 Scott James 219 points, 2 Lewis Tombs 208, 3 DavidGames 192, 4 Will Worden 180, 5 Scott Elderfield 148, 6 Steven Smyth148, 7 Lewis Abbott 146, 8 Jamie Jackson 135, 9 Kelvin Townsend 109, 10Jake Preston 97, 11 Marc Dean 96, 12 Michael McCammond 88, 13 GeorgeBaldwin 87, 14 Jamie Houghton 79, 15 Joe Cundle 79.
Open: 1 Matthew Moffat 210 points, 2 Mel Pocock 201, 3 Josh Waterman198, 4 Ben Field 177, 5 Ashley Harland 154, 6 Joe Gregory 149, 7 NathanRookes 140, 8 Max Tranah 126, 9 Scott Meredith 107, 10 Daniel Brough107, 11 George Purchase 105, 12 Matthew Nash 98, 13 Jamie Smith 93, 14Jake Farnell 89, 15 Matthew Waterworth 88.
For full story and pictures see T+MX NEWS, Friday, July 27, 2007.