Peace treaty
By TMX Archives on 16th Apr 09
RUNNER-UP to Jack Price on round one at Dartmoor, Dan Peace comprehensively scooped the South Shropshire MCC's headlines when he so easily won round two in the C class high on the Longmynd area of the county on Saturday, losing his one solitary mark on the tough section ten of the 12-section course on his first of three laps, relatively far ahead of Price who recorded two on lap one, added his only failure on section three on his second lap where he, Billy Bolt and Peace were the only three riders in the class to record clean rides on any laps.
The rest seemed quite amazed that Peace made the hazard look so easy, as Price ended his day eight in arrears, but level at the top into round three.
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Runner-up to Iwan Roberts in the 2008 championship, Billy Bolt ended his day four behind Peace after a disastrous first lap where he recorded 13 of his final total of 14 marks.
Bolt added one on lap two and easily cleaned lap three to leave host club member, Thomas Minta, far behind but well clear of James Hayhurst and Matt Whelan who were one mark apart in that order in fifth and sixth places.
Keeping the Peace name in the headlines, Jack Peace matched brother Dan with a superb win over round one winner, Toby Martyn, in the D class, adding totals of four, four and three far ahead of Martyn.
Martyn failed to
master the tricky course, recording double digit scores on every lap, but eventually far ahead of the hard-working Kade Edwards, who at least beat the rest of the class who went over the dreaded ton.
Best of the six entry Small-wheel D class, Joe Faunthorpe ended lap one a single mark behind Ben Teasdale, on a total of 15, but improved with six and five scores on his second and third circuits to eventually win top points, four ahead of Teasdale.
Teasdale finished ten clear of round one winner Zak Collinson, who somehow managed to throw away 22 marks, (four short of the winner's total on lap one), but is now level in the points table at the top with Faunthorpe, just one ahead of consistent runner-up Teasdale, who will pounce on any mistakes before the end of the six-round championship.
BRITISH YOUTH C&D TRIALS CHAMPS
Rd 2 – Womerton Farm, All Stretton
(South Shropshire MC)
YOUTH C: Dan Peace (Beta) 1 mark lost, Jack Price (Beta) 10, Billy Bolt (Beta) 14, Thomas Minta (Beta) 27, James Hayhurst (Sherco) 41, Matt Whelan (Beta) 42, Sam Yeomans (Beta) 48, Michael Todd (Beta) 65, Curtis Fitzsimmons (Beta) 71, Dominic Feaks (Beta) 88, David Woodward (Beta) 92, Daniel Pollard (Beta) 111, Sam Johnson (Beta) 116, Jake Hoare (Beta) 130, Joe Dawson (Beta) 136.
SERIES STANDINGS after 2 (of 6) rounds: 1 Peace & Price 37 points, 3 Bolt 30, 4 Minta 26, 5 Hayhurst 19, 6 Yeomans 19, 7 Whelan 17, 8 Todd 17, 9 Owens 11, 10 Feaks 11,...
YOUTH D MEDIUM: Jack Peace (Beta) 11 marks lost, Toby Martyn (Beta) 38, Kade Edwards (Gas Gas) 88, Adam Kelly (Beta) 122, Harry Colman (Beta) 128, William Tolson (Beta) 157.
SERIES STANDINGS after 2 (of 6) rounds: 1 Martyn 37 points, 2 Peace 37, 3 Kelly 28, 4 Colman 24, 5 Edwards 15, 6 Tolson 10.
YOUTH D SMALL: Joe Faunthorpe (Gas Gas) 26 marks lost, Benjamin Teasdale (Gas Gas) 30, Zac Collinson (Gas Gas) 40, Sam Minta (Gas Gas) 67, Aidan Bowker (Yamaha TY80) 80, Deryn Edwards (Gas Gas) 157.
SERIES STANDINGS after 2 (of 6) rounds: 1 Faunthorpe 35 points, 2 Collinson 35, 3 Teasdale 34, 4 Bowker 22, 5 Minta 13, 6 Green 13, 7 Edwards 10, 8 Roberts 10.
NEXT ROUND: May 2 – Bracken Rocks, Holloway, nr Matlock (Mansfield Maun MCC).
Keeping the Peace – Jack won the Youth D Medium class by an almighty margin!