Jarvis Hooks win to reel Brown in
By TMX Archives on 11th Sep 08
RAIN throughout the week and on Saturday made it very difficult for the Colin Appleyard British Trials Championship at Hook Woods Trials Centre. Clerk of the course, Jim Connor and the hard working Thames MCC put in hours of hard graft re-designing the sections with big log steps and rock boulders.As Sunday dawned dry but cold, hundreds of spectators turned up to witness the cream of Britain's best riders tackling some very spectacular sections.
Alexz Wigg looked very impressive on the Saturday and with his recent form could have been the man to put a spanner in the works.
Section two rode up a concrete step over a log with an exit up a steep bank, followed by a log at the top. Graham Jarvis was superb here with three faultless rides, whilst archrival Michel Brown required a dab on lap one.
Section three was a rocky water gully with two big logs, the problem here was getting out on time. Only Jarvis managed it, taking a three on lap one with the rest all receiving fives on their punch cards.
Nearby number four was also a rocky gully with a big bolder to reach the ends cards. Jarvis was the only rider to go clean on lap one, with Shaun Morris having the only other clean of the day on his third attempt.
Sections five six and seven were situated amongst the trees. Alexz Wigg was the only rider to reach the ends of section five, which consisted of rocks on a hillside with a steep exit up across some sleepers.
Overall victor, Graham Jarvis, spectacularly attacks section four as he reels in Championship leader Brown.
Section eight included a massive concrete slab with a log at the top, however the sting in the tail here was a nasty rocky approach onto a massive log. This was where Brown pulled some vital points back on Jarvis, with two cleans and a one.
The 11th section was the most spectacular of the day - a jump across two logs with a gigantic log wall then out to the ends. Only Wigg and Jarvis managed it, with Alexz actually cleaning the log wall to the crowds' cheers, although it was a shame he had dropped three early in the section.
Coming into the last section Jarvis was home and dry with the win, Brown second, and third yet to be decided. Wigg needed a clean here, but on one of the awkward rock turns a foot went down giving Shaun third place.
COLIN APPLEYARD BRITISH SOLO
TRIALS CHAMPS
Rd 6 – Hook Woods, Thames MCC (Thames Trial)
CHAMPIONSHIP CLASS
1 Graham Jarvis (300 Sher 4T) 24+ 29 + 27+ - = 80
2 Michael Brown (270 Beta) 39+ 33 + 43+ - = 115
3 Shaun Morris (300 Gas Gas) 48+ 33 + 42+ - = 123
4 Alexz Wigg (300 Mont 4RT) 29+ 50 + 44+ - = 123
5 Ross Danby (250 Gas Gas) 48+ 50 + 52+ - = 150
6 Sam Haslam (300 Gas Gas) 54+ 52 + 52+ - = 158
7 George Morton (270 Beta) 56+ 54 + 52+ - = 162
8 Craig Robinson (280 Gas Gas) 56+ 56 + 58+ - = 170
SERIES STANDINGS after 6 (of 7) rounds: 1 Brown 102 points, 2 Jarvis 101, 3 Morris 92, 4 Wigg 69, 5 Haslam 62, 6 Danby 61, 7 Morton 43, 8 Robinson 36, 9 Dabill 34, 10 Sampson 28, 11 MacDonald 26, 12 Lampkin 20, 13 Austermuhle 13, 14 Phillipson 4.
EXPERT CLASS
1 Jack Challoner (125 Beta) 20+ 18 + 15+ - = 53
2 Joe Baker (250 Scorpa) 16+ 20 + 33+ - = 69
3 Ben Hemingway (300 Beta 4T) 20+ 29 + 34+ - = 83
4 James Fry (290 Sherco) 32+ 26 + 25+ - = 83
5 Dan Thorpe (300 Gas Gas) 29+ 29 + 34+ - = 92
6 Liam Walker (300 Gas Gas) 31+ 40 + 24+ - = 95
7 Chris Pearson (290 Sherco) 39+ 26 + 34+ - = 99
8 Dan Farrer (300 Gas Gas) 27+ 43 + 42+ - = 112
9 Ben Wibberley (Gas Gas) 36+ 36 + 41+ - = 113
10 Gary Jenkins (290 Sherco) 46+ 40 + 46+ 2 = 134
11 Mika Vesterinen (250 Beta) 43+ 41 + 51+ - = 135
12 Andy Blackman (Beta) 47+ 48 + 45+ - = 140
13 Josh Law (280 Gas Gas) 47+ 50 + 44+ - = 141
14 Joe Harris (Gas Gas) 48+ 54 + 51+ - = 153
15 Barry Huskinson (Beta) 56+ 58 + 56+ 4 = 174
EXPERT STANDINGS after 6 (of 7) rounds: 1 Joe Baker 114 points, 2 Challoner 106, 3 Thorpe 82, 4 Fry 73, 5 Ben Hemingway 67, 6 Walker 60, 7 Pearson 52, 8 Wibberley 41, 9 Jenkins 35, 10 Matthew Jones 26, 11 Miles Jones 17, 12 Vesterinen 16, 13 Brice 15, 14 Farrer 14, 15 Blackman 10, 16 Adam Jones 10, 17 Ludgate 8, 18 Nick Baker 7, 19 Crinson 6, 20 Kettlewell 5, 21 Law 4, 22 Hancock 3, 23 Bayliss 3, 24 Harris 2, 25 Dan Hemingway 2, 26 Lawer 2, 27 Woods 2, 28 Welch 2, 29 Huskinson 1, 30 Sherwin 1.
EXPERT 125cc STANDINGS after 6 (of 7) rounds: 1 Challoner 120 points, 2 Adam Jones 51, 3 Graham 32.
YOUTH SUPPORT CLASS (Non-champs)
1 Ben Morphett (125 Gas Gas) 28+ 18 + 28+ 4 = 78
2 J Richardson (125 Sherco) 23+ 35 + 38+ 1 = 97
3 Jack Sheppard (Beta) 33+ 34 + 31+ - = 98
4 Jonny Walker (125 Sherco) 31+ 25 + 43+ - = 99
FINAL ROUND: Oct 5 – Skyrakes Farm, nr Skipton (Bradford & DMC).
FOR FULL REPORT SEE T+MX NEWS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2008