Llety good times roll
By TMX Archives on 23rd Apr 08
WINNER on a most cleans tie-break the week before, Michael Brown also scooped round two of the Colin Appleyard ACU British Solo Trials Championship by a clear eight mark margin in the Neath club's St David's trial. Run over three laps of the mighty rocks at Llety Rafel Farm on Sunday, Michael won this time from reigning champ Graham Jarvis, who although with a tongue-in-cheek smile said he is getting too old, has no intentions of giving up his title lightly. Last week's runner-up, James Dabill, was on duty in the Italian Championship for his Future TRW Montesa team
Recording four failures on lap one from his 25-mark total, three right at the end of the opening lap after the leading contenders found themselves exceedingly tight on time and asking for fives. Brown and Jarvis both lost two time faults at the end of the lap with Morris just one. Browny then settled down to business with a stunning seven-mark second circuit, but closely
followed by Jarvis on just eight, both leaving Alexz Wigg and Shaun Morris far behind.
A rushed final lap with time again a problem caused Brown no further penalties as he reeled off a podium top spot winning mark total as Jarvis added a further 18, plus two on time, to finish comfortably clear of Morris as Wigg matched his first lap 32 mark lap one on his final circuit, as fifth placed Sam Haslam went over the dreaded ton again, as did sixth finisher Ross Danby who rushed his final lap to a heartbreaking 47 marks.
It was a close call for seventh finisher Lee Sampson as he had just one mark to spare ahead of Gary MacDonald, but six of Sampson's total were time faults, both closely followed by George Morton again ahead of Craig Robinson as the lower order struggled throughout the day.
Making the whole exercise look very easy, previous week's Expert runner-up Joe Baker, who lives amongst almost identical rocky terrain in Devon, rode his first lap for a gentle three-mark total on his Scorpa, as round one winner, 125 Beta-mounted Yorkie Jack Challoner, went into double figures, followed by Gas Gas's Dan Thorpe, who rode most of his first circuit with no back brake after a chunk of wood split the brake hose, followed by Chris Pearson and Liam Walker.
COLIN APPLEYARD BRITISH SOLO TRIALS CHAMPS
Rd 2 St David's Trial (Neath MCC)
CHAMPIONSHIP CLASS
1 Michael Brown (270 Beta) 25 + 7 + 15 + 2 = 49
2 Graham Jarvis (300 Sherco 4T) 27 + 8 + 16 + 4 = 55
3 Shaun Morris (300 Gas Gas) 33 + 16 + 24 + 1 = 74
4 Alexz Wigg (300 Montesa 4RT) 32 + 22 + 32 + 2 = 88
5 Sam Haslam (300 Gas Gas) 39 + 24 + 37 + 1 = 101
6 Ross Danby (250 Gas Gas) 34 + 32 + 47 + 7 = 120
7 Lee Sampson (290 Sherco) 40 + 44 + 47 + 6 = 137
8 Gary MacDonald (290 Sherco) 47 + 44 + 45 + 2 = 138
9 George Morton (270 Beta) 45 + 49 + 46 + 1 = 141
10 Craig Robinson (280 Gas Gas) 55 + 51 + 48 + 4 = 158
SERIES STANDINGS after 2 (of 8) rounds: 1 Brown 40 points, 2 Jarvis 30, 3 Morris 30, 4 Wigg 23, 5 Haslam 22, 6 Danby 18, 7 Dabill 17, 8 MacDonald 17, 9 Sampson 14, 10 Morton 14, 11 Robinson 9, 12 Austermuhle 6, 13 Phillipson 4.
EXPERT CLASS
1 Joe Baker (250 Scorpa) 3 + 6 + 11 + - = 20
2 Jack Challoner (125 Beta) 10 + 13 + 17 + - = 40
3 Dan Thorpe (300 Gas Gas) 16 + 11 + 19 + - = 46
4 Ben Hemingway (300 Beta 4T) 22 + 14 + 14 + - = 50
5 James Fry (290 Sherco) 25 + 10 + 16 + - = 51
6 Matthew Jones (290 Sherco) 21 + 15 + 20 + - = 56
7 Mika Vesterinen (250 Beta) 28 + 11 + 19 + - = 58
8 Chris Pearson (290 Sherco) 17 + 17 + 27 + - = 61
9 Liam Walker (300 Gas Gas) 19 + 25 + 19 + - = 63
10 Gary Jenkins (290 Sherco) 25 + 19 + 30 + - = 74
11 Miles Jones (Montesa 4RT) 27 + 28 + 24 + - = 79
12 Ben Wibberley (Gas Gas) 31 + 31 + 21 + - = 83
13 Jason Bayliss (290 Sherco) 28 + 36 + 32 + - = 96
14 Simon Welch (270 Beta) 32 + 44 + 30 + - = 106
15 Adam Jones (125 Sherco) 44 + 34 + 31 + - = 109
EXPERT STANDINGS after 2 (of 8) rounds: 1 Baker 37 points, 2 Challoner 37, 3 Hemingway 28, 4 Thorpe 26, 5 Fry 21, 6 Walker 20, 7 Matthew Jones 18, 8 Pearson 17, 9 Vesterinen 11, 10 Jenkins 10, 11 Wibberley 9, 12 Brice 7, 13 Crinson 6, 14 Miles Jones 6, 15 Adam Jones 4, 16 Bayliss 3, 17 Welch 2.
EXPERT 125cc STANDINGS after 2 (of 8) rounds: 1 Challoner 40 points, 2 Adam Jones 34, 3 James Graham (Gas Gas) 15.
YOUTH SUPPORT CLASS (Non Champs)
1 J Richardson (125 Sherco) 22 + 21 + 29 + - = 72
2 Jonny Walker (125 Sherco) 30 + 26 + 22 + 1 = 79
3 Jack Sheppard (Beta) 26 + 26 + 43 + - = 95
4 Ben Morphett (125 Gas Gas) 36 + 23 + 36 + 5 = 100
5 R Wiggins (125 RCM Gas Gas) 38 + 35 + 33 + - = 106
NEXT ROUND: May 20 Mitchell Trophy Trial (ES Wales Centre).
For full report see T+MX NEWS, Friday, April 25, 2008