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By TMX Archives on 5th Feb 09
JOHN Maxfield, riding a 250 Triumph, made the long trip from Yorkshire to Essex worthwhile by winning Class A, for British made machines, at the Phil King East Anglian National Trial, which incorporated the first round of the ACU's Normandale Traditional Trials Championship.
The Colchester club set out this ‘old school' event which included 25-miles of road-work, and 40 testing sections for the record entry of 121 riders to complete before the forecast snow in the afternoon.
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Maxfield was a hard act to follow as he went all the way to section 11 before he lost his first mark, and with another loss in the next group he looked to be set for a great score. Maxfield only had a couple of twos towards the end of the event, giving him a total of just six marks lost. Second was last year's class winner
Chris Gascoigne on his 250 James, but a couple of twos and threes saw him finish just five behind Maxfield.
Carl Batty, also on a James, couldn't have got off to a worse start as he fived the very first section, but he rallied himself to finish third just three marks behind Gascoign.
James Newstead, on a 175 BSA, a bike that was made before he was born, finished fourth on 17, with four times winner Dave Thorpe riding a 200 Triumph just one point behind him.
In the Twin-shock class, Ian Baker had a great ride with just two single dabs, one at the Alphamstone group, and the other at the first section at Pebmarsh.
He was chased home by all-rounder Chris Koch, who was riding a very special Twin-shock Cotswold Yamaha. However, a three on section 18 cost him the win.
Behind them, Kev Nolan and Steve Monk tied on 13, with Nolan getting third place on most cleans. Andy Berrell was fifth with a total of 17, but a costly couple of sections from the end robbed him of a possible third place finish.
The Air Cooled Mono Class was won by Mark Reason on his 250 Fantic losing ten. Five of which were in the very tricky section 19.
Nic Draper finished just three points behind Reason, he being the only rider in class to register anything other then a five on the dreaded section 19. However he took a five on the relatively easy section three.
Phillip Martin riding a 250 Montesa won the Over Forty class on ten with the next four riders; Andy Collins, David Braithwaite, Simon Levett and Ashley Hall all finishing within three points of Martin.
Clive Charlton on a 250 Beta won the Over Fifties class on ten, with second place man Stephan Farral close behind.
A small amount or riders took part in the Over Sixty class, and that was won by Jon Bliss on 42. One of the most remarkable rides of the day must go to Doug Theobald, age 71, who was making a comeback after badly breaking his leg.
Another remarkable ride went to a rider not taking part in any of the championship classes, and that was Sam Haslam on his 300 JST Gas Gas who completed all 40 sections, and only lost a single mark.
ACU NORMANDALE TRADITIONAL
TRIALS CHAMPS
Rd 1 – Phil King Trophy Trial
(Castle Colchester MCC)
CLASS A: John Maxfield (246 Triumph) 6 marks lost, Chris Dark (280 SWM) 11, Carl Batty (250 James) 14, James Newstead (175 BSA) 17, Dave Thorpe (200 Triumph) 18, Phil Wicket (200 Triumph) 21, Martyn Wilmore (350 BSA) 27, Alan Wright (250 James) 28, David Dench (200 Triumph) 67, Gary Fleckney (350 Triumph) 116.
SERIES STANDINGS: 1 Maxfield 20 points, 2 Gascoign 17, 3 Batty 15, 4 Newstead 13, 5 Thorpe 11, 6 Wicket 10, 7 Wilmore 9, 8 Wright 8, 9 Dench 7, 10 Fleckney 6.
CLASS B: Ian Baker (200 Honda) 2, Chris Koch (250 Cotswold) 7, Kev Nolan (350 SWM) 13 (34x0), Steve Monk (250 Fantic) 13 (31x0), Andy Barrell (156 Fantic) 17, Clinton Leggett (250 Honda) 19, David Pye (250 Fantic) 23, Barry Roads (200 Fantic) 25, Mark Banham (300 Fantic) 31, Clive Dopson (250 Honda) 33, Dave Renham (200 Fantic) 34, Michael Batty (250 James) 36, Mark Stokes (200 Yamaha) 37, Dave Wood (250 Kawasaki) 43 (24x0), John Holland (250 Yamaha) 43 (26x0).
SERIES STANDINGS: 1 Baker 20 points, 2 Koch 17, 3 Nolan 15, 4 Monk 13, 5 Barrell 11, 6 Leggett 10, 7 Pye 9, 8 Roads 8, 9 Banham 7, 10 Dopson 6, 11 Renham 5, 12 Irving 4, 13 Stokes 3, 14 Wood 2, 15 Holland 1.
CLASS C: Mark Reason (249 Fantic) 11, Nic Draper (270 Yamaha) 14, Wesley Butcher (125 Scorpa) 27, Kevin Peters (212 Fantic) 31, Lee Hutchinson (175 Scorpa) 67, Steven Ransom (250 Yamaha) 129.
SERIES STANDINGS: 1 Reason 20 points, 2 Draper 17, 3 Butcher 15, 4 Peters 13, 5 Hutchinson 11, 6 Ransom 10.
CLASS D: Philip Martin (250 Montesa) 10, Andy Collins (290 Sherco) 11, David Braithwaite (280 Beta) 12, Simon Levett (250 Montesa) 13 (3x1), Ashley Hall (270 Beta) 13 (2x1), Steve Wells (250 Montesa) 21, Trevor Widdowson (250 Montesa) 22, Ali Haigh (250 Montesa) 23, David Burrows (300 Gas Gas) 24, Gary Martin (250 Montesa) 25, Marcus Faulkner (250 Scorpa) 27, Phillip Ducker (250 Montesa) 29, David Brown (250 Montesa) 30, Roy Palmer (250 Beta) 32, Tim Blackmore (250 Gas Gas) 33.
SERIES STANDINGS: 1 Martin 20 points, 2 Collins 17, 3 Braithwaite 15, 4 Levett 13, 5 Hall 11, 6 Wells 10, 7 Widdowson 9, 8 Haigh 8, 9 Burrows 7, 10 Martin 6, 11 Faulkner 5, 12 Ducker 4, 13 Brown 3, 14 Palmer 2, 15 Blackmore 1.
CLASS E: Clive Charlton (250 Beta) 10, Stephen Farrall (250 Gas Gas) 12, Allen Collier (250 Beta) 12, Stephen Butcher (250 Scorpa) 22, Martyn Goodall (250 Gas Gas) 23 (26x0), Kevin Stannard (250 Gas Gas) 23 (25x0), Alan Day (250 Beta) 24, Mike Husband (300 Gas Gas) 27, Simon Thornhill (250 Sherco) 34 (26x0), John Penfold (250 Beta) 34 (23x0), Geoff Muston (125 Honda) 40, John Quigg (250 Montesa) 49, Adrian Parker (250 Beta) 56, Dave Beckett (250 Beta) 66, Colin Mew (250 Beta) 76.
SERIES STANDINGS: 1 Charlton 20 points, 2 Farrall 17, 3 Collier 15, 4 Butcher 13, 5 Goodall 11, 6 Stannard 10, 7 Day 9, 8 Husband 8, 9 Thornhill 7, 10 Penfold 6, 11 Muston 5, 12 Quigg 4, 13 Parker 3, 14 Beckett 2, 15 Mew 1.
CLASS F: Jon Bliss (320 Sherco) 42, Trevor Harvey (290 Sherco) 50, Barry Harber (250 Montesa) 79, Doug Theobald (225 Gas Gas) 127.
SERIES STANDINGS: 1 Bliss 20 points, 2 Harvey 17, 3 Harber 15, 4 Theobald 13.
NON-CHAMPS (Hard): Sam Haslam (300 JST Gas Gas) 1, Jamie Jones (300 Gas Gas) 13, James Gammons (300 Gas Gas) 18.
NON-CHAMPS (Easy): Stuart Woodfield (250 Beta) 13, Richard Woodfield (250 Beta) 33, Richard Winstone (250 Scorpa) 91.
NEXT ROUND: March 14 – Angela Redford Trial (Lancs County MC).
John Maxfield made the long journey south worthwhile, taking a dominant victory in Class A.