Know your A, B, see?
By TMX Archives on 3rd Mar 10
TWO names topped the results columns at Bracken Rocks on Sunday at the opening round of the ACU British A and B Youth Trials Championship, Kent's hot property Chris Short, and MRS Sherco teamster Luke Walker. However, to say they took the opposition apart would be the biggest understatement of the year.
In Youth A, 16-year old Short managed to get his JST Gas Gas through all but two sections, the fearsome fifth and the diabolical seventh where huge angled steps created havoc. Hard to take in but Shorty beat 2009 Bracken winner Chris Stay by a massive 41 marks, and Chris is no mug at Holloway and never has thrown up a poor result.
Meanwhile, in Youth B, Luke Walker rode his new MRS Sherco in such style that he had 30 marks in hand over Bradley Cox and Iwan Roberts.
CHALLENGE LUSKY BRITISH YOUTH A&B TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 1 – Bracken Rocks, Holloway, nr Matlock (Mansfield Maun MC)
Youth A: Chris Short (Gas Gas) 53 marks lost, Chris Stay (Gas Gas) 94, Tom Dexter (Gas Gas) 95, Jack Howell (Beta) 97, Jake Evans-Luter (Beta) 107, George Gosden (Gas Gas) 114, Corey Dubik (Gas Gas) 128, Jonathan Lunney (Sherco) 145, Jac Welch (Gas Gas) 150, Joel Edwards (Beta) 155, Sam Yeadon (Beta) 157, Matthew Maynard (Gas Gas) 158, Joe Jennings (Gas Gas) 160, Daniel Knaggs (Gas Gas) 162, Jason North (Gas Gas) 166.
SERIES STANDINGS after 1 (of 8) rounds: 1 Short 20 points, 2 Stay 17, 3 Dexter 15, 4 Howell 13, 5 Evans-Luter 11, 6 Gosden 10, 7 Dubik 9, 8 Lunney 8, 9 Welch 7, 10 Edwards 6,...
Youth B: Luke Walker (Sherco) 33 marks lost, Bradley Cox (Gas Gas) 64, Iwan Roberts (Beta) 65, Jack Burch (Gas Gas) 75, Jack Stones (Gas Gas) 76, Jack Price (Gas Gas) 83, Dec Bullock (Sherco) 86, Billy Bolt (Beta) 89, Rob Waite (Sherco) 98, Connor Evans (Beta) 102, Josh Atkinson (Gas Gas) 104 (3x0), Brad Bullock (Gas Gas) 104 (2x0), Joe Clements (Gas Gas) 107, Aaron Marklew (Sherco) 127 (3x0), James Hayhurst (Sherco) 127 (1x0).
SERIES STANDINGS after 1 (of 8) rounds: 1 Walker 20 points, 2 Cox 17, 3 Roberts 15, 4 Burch 13, 5 Stones 11, 6 Price 10, 7 Bullock 9, 8 Bolt 8, 9 Waite 7, 10 Evans 6,...
NEXT ROUND: March 21 – Wolversleigh Farm, Sidbury, Sidmouth, Devon (Otter Vale MCC).
FOR FULL STORY SEE T+MX NEWS, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2010
Youth A contender Jack Howell exerts maximum effort in the gruelling event.