Martyn's Will' to win
By TMX Archives on 22nd Oct 09
WHAT better place to have an Autumn round of the Sammy Miller Products Trials Cham-pionship than on a very bright and clear Clee Hills with a 34-mile course taking in no less than 11 groups of sections.
Start and finish was the Three Horseshoes at Wheathill and the organising South Birmingham club had laid on coffee and bacon butties prior to the start – most welcome.
The Birmingham rider Stephen Wright got the event underway at 10am with the short ride out to Starvecrow, which will be well known to Vic Brittain Trial competitors. What was unusual however on Sunday was that the ground was bone dry. This really was an unusual state of affairs.
The two subs in the stream and on the banks caused few problems and most riders left with the group punch cards intact.
Brockleton Brook, three miles up the road, had a double subber with just one observer who had to work hard to keep things flowing.
CLASS 1 – RIGID: Steve Allen (Matchless) 5 marks lost, Graham Howes (BSA) 20.
SERIES STANDINGS after 8 rounds: 1 Allen 117 points, 2 Howes 99, 3 Hannam 47, 4 Collins 24, 5 Causer 23, 6 Barton 20, 7 Townsend 19, 8 Stanistreet 17, 9 Tompkinson 17, 10 Harvey 15,...
CLASS 2 – PRE-UNIT SPRINGER: Martyn Wilmore (Ariel) clean, Neil Gaunt (Ariel) 1, Mick Grant (Ariel) 5, Steven Thompson (Ariel) 11, Bob Greenhough (BSA) 27, John Jacka (Matchless) 47, Graham Hutcheson (Matchless) 51, David Arkell (Norton) 79.
SERIES STANDINGS after 8 rounds: 1 Wilmore 94 points, 2 Gaunt 88, 3 Thompson 78, 4 Jacka 70, 5 Arkell 53, 6 MacDonald 32, 7 Grant 30, 8 Harrison 17, 9 Ash 17, 10 Thompson 13,...
CLASS 3 – TWO-STROKE: Brad Jones (BSA Bantam) 1, Mark Spencer (BSA Bantam) 2 (fc), Peter Salt (Francis Barnett) 2, Michael Parkes (Greeves) 4, Peter Gaunt (BSA Bantam) 7, Russel Jones (Greeves) 10, Jim Pickering (BSA Bantam) 12, Harry Stanistreet (James) 26, Graham Roberts (Sprite) 36.
SERIES STANDINGS after 8 rounds: 1 Brad Jones 126 points, 2 Salt 98, 3 Russel Jones 97, 4 Spencer 59, 5 Gaunt 54, 6 Parkes 54, 7 Michael Batty 28, 8 Carl Batty 20, 9 Thorpe 19, 10 Roberts 18,...
CLASS 4 – UNIT FOUR-STROKE: Paul Anstey (BSA) clean, Barry Stephens (BSA) 2, Keith Gardner (Triumph Cub) 16.
SERIES STANDINGS after 8 rounds: 1 Anstey 117 points, 2 Stephens 85, 3 Parry 56, 4 Bliss 54, 5 Hawkins 36, 6 Gardner 36, 7 Maxfield 32, 8 Bennett 29, 9 Clarkson 26, 10 Wood 23,...
CLASS 5 – PRE-UNIT SIDECAR: Mark Kemp/ Bob Chapman (Ariel) 32, Neil Hannam/ Pete Pesterfield (Ariel) 43.
SERIES STANDINGS after 8 rounds: 1 Fishlock/ Merrell 100 points, 2 Kemp/ Chapman 97, 3 Cameron/ Smith 77, 4 Hannam/ Pesterfield 73, 5 Schmollack/ Williams 42, 6 Young/ Young 13, 7 Stanley/ Marchant 10, 8 Abbott/ Keane 10, 9 Abraham/ Marchant 9, 10 Burdge/ Burdge 8.
CLASS 6 – UNIT SIDECAR: Ian Hannam/ Debbie Smith (BSA) 44.
SERIES STANDINGS after 8 rounds: 1 Hannam/ Smith 114 points, 2 Randall/ Gatt 43, 3 Dyer/ Gibson 32, 4 Morley/ Ashby 20, 5 Dale/ Pocock 20, 6 Hannam/ Pesterfield 17.
CLASS 8 – BRITISH SPECIALS & TWIN-SHOCK: Kev Nolan (SWM), Phil Wiffen (Fantic) & Ian Peberdy (Whitehawk) clean, Simon Anderson (Armstrong) 1 (fc), Jerry Hawker (Honda) 1, Martin Gilbert (Fantic) 2, Chris Denny (Fantic) 3 (fc), Mick Thurman (Yamaha) 3, Bill Rhodes (Fantic) 6 (26x0), Rob Badland (Honda) 6 (25x0), Danny Littlehales (Seeley Honda) 7, Malcolm Peberdy (Bultaco) 8 (27x0), Martin Beech (Ossa) 8 (26x0), Alan Miles (Honda) 10, Jez Bray (Fantic) 11.
SERIES STANDINGS after 8 rounds: 1 Wiffen 122 points, 2 Nolan 94, 3 Peberdy 80, 4 Wood 50, 5 Draper 48, 6 Gilbert 38, 7 Aylett 35, 8 Barrow 34, 9 Badland 32, 10 Leece 30,...
CLASS 10 – TRAIL (Non Championship): Keith Wells (Honda) 6, Gray Baker (Honda) 11, Doug Sherbourne (Fantic) 16, John Richardson (Fantic) 20 (24x0), John Kenney (Beta) 20 (21x0), Gary Kirtley Paine (Fantic) 21.
NEXT ROUND: Nov 14 – Perce Simon Trial (Ringwood MC&LCC)
FOR FULL STORY SEE T+MX NEWS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2009
Mark Kemp and Bob Chapman claimed victory in the Pre-Unit Sidecar class.