Hafren ready for BEC bash
By TMX Archives on 19th Jul 17
After the very successful opening rounds of this years ACU British Timecard Enduro Championship, the series now heads to Llanidloes in the heart of Mid-Wales for the Hafren Two Day Enduro on July 29/30, for rounds five and six
Rowan Jones, Clerk of the course for the "Metzeler/John Paul Transport Ltd Hafren 2 Day Enduro" has spent the last few months busy preparing this year's event.
The start/paddock for the event will be at the fabulous Llanidloes Rugby Club which hosts great facilities including showers, toilets, floodlights and a bar, all of which are only a short walk into the town of Llanidloes.
The start area will also have a parc ferme where all bikes will remain once scrutineering has taken place.
Again Test 1 will be the usual grassy MX test just down the road from the start area and this will be ridden at the start and end of each day, with a "back-to-back" for Championship riders.
The event will then head head for Glynhafren Farm to the rendezvous point where the enduro test and refuelling area will be located.
The enduro test will start and finish on open fields before heading into the Hafren Forest, this will be an old school type enduro test which will take riders in the region of 10 minutes to ride.
From here riders will begin the 30 mile lap all based in the Hafren Forest, with three checks per lap all being approximately 10 miles each, with the most challenging of them being checks one to two.
Within this check there will also be a "split" in the course with Championship/Expert riders using a harder route than the remaining classes.
Current Enduro World Championship leader, Steve Holcombe is confirmed for this year's Hafren BEC on his factory Beta.
Fresh off the back of some strong results in Hungary and Greece this will be his first outing in this years BEC, he has enjoyed previous HDBC events.
EWC stars Danny McCanney and Brad Freeman will both be hoping to fend off Holcombe and gain some valuable points to keep their championship challenges alive.
Not far behind the leading duo are Jack Edmondson fit again after breaking his wrist, flying Welshman Jamie Lewis, British ISDE Trophy Team rider Josh Gotts and Alex Snow.
Other BEC regulars including Tom Sagar, Lee Sealey, local ace Charlie Evans plus Scottish pair Fraser Flockhart and Frazer Norrie will all be hoping to score some good points.
Another young man on a mission will be Dan Mundell who is also having an excellent season in the European Enduro Championships along with fellow GB Junior riders Tom Ellwood and Welsh 2 Day Enduro winner Joe Wootton.
In the highly competitive Expert class in-form Jay Thomas will be hoping to catch series leader Bradley King, while Andrew Bisset still has a slender lead over Alex Walton in the E1 class.
Others to lookout for are the experienced Kevin Murray, Jon Hunt, Roger Holland and youngster Jordan Ridgeway.
In the Clubman class another close battle looks on the cards between Fred Adams, Allyn Taylor, Harry Hillier-Rees and Lewis Ranger, all capable of taking class wins on their day.
Rosie Rowett will no doubt pick up where she left off at Helmsley in the Ladies class, but Ellie Cooke is back in action after recovering from injury.
Both Andrew Edwards (Over 40) and Paul Davies (Over 50) will take some beating in their respective classes.
The event will start from Llanidloes Rugby Club SY18 6LQ.
Signing-on/Scrutineering will take place on the Friday afternoon. First riders will start at 9am Saturday and Sunday.
The Welsh ISDE Enduro Team also plan to organise a fundraising social evening at the rugby club on the Saturday night to keep everyone entertained.
For further information on the event checkout the club website - http://hafrendbc.co.uk
