Shining little stars!
By TMX Archives on 19th Aug 11
The BSMA Doodson National Championship Finals were held on August 13/14 at Little Silver Moto Parc, near Exeter, Devon. The event was the climax of the season for many of the BSMA members and was run at the superb facility managed by Robin Griffiths and his team. With a full BSMA Series Management team also in attendance the event will be remembered as one of the best 'Finals' staged for many years.
The Open class started proceedings with Portsmouth rider Dexter Marks dominating the group. Danny Iles holeshot the opening heat but once Marks took the lead he was never headed. Mathew Thomas was always close behind. Heat two followed the same pattern.
In the final heat of day one Ashley Thomas scored a fantastic win after passing Marks and holeshot man Iles, having failed to deliver what the spectators had expected in the previous heats.
A crash in heat four for Thomas while trying to pass Iles allowed Marks to take another win.
In the final encounter Thomas was out in front once he had passed Iles, with Sam Harvey third. Marks, with the points in the bag, took no chances to come home fifth and secure the overall National Champion title from Ashley Thomas, consistent Mathew Thomas, holeshot man Danny Iles with George Purchase and Joe Cundle completing the top six.
The AMX group was next to the start line and it produced some of the most competitive and eventful racing. Arron Jenner from East Kent took the overall and two heat wins over the course of the weekend.
Coventry rider Sebastian Osbourne, the man to beat, took a win and second in the opening heats which set up a third heat decider to secure the overnight leadership. Osbourne battled through the pack with Jenner in close attendance at half distance but with only a lap to go Osbourne stalled and took forever for the bike to fire back into life. This gave Jenner the win and Osbourne only able to come home a distant eighth.
Even with two wins on the second day for Osbourne the title of National Champion went to Jenner with second and third finishes on day two.
There was some superb racing behind the leaders with Coventry rider Chuck Davies just edging out Rob Muscat of Portsmouth by two points to take the final podium position.
Senior rider Dan Thornhill of Coventry took the only maximum of the weekend on his 125cc Suzuki and had to work hard to get to the front of the pack. However, once there he was never headed.
Fast starting Ryan Fellows of East Kent, on the 250cc Suzuki, grabbed four holeshots and always looked likely to finish on the podium.
The final heat was Ryan's only poor start, which allowed Thornhill a gate to flag victory, but Fellows battled through to finish fourth. The scrap behind was immense with Sion Talbot (Corsham) taking third from Ryan Butler (Ringwood) on count-back after finishing level on points after five heats.
The Big-wheel 85cc group was dominated by Cornish rider Josh Gilbert who recorded four heat wins. However problems early in heat four left Gilbert to battle through the pack. Despite passing Robert Yates (Cotswold) and chasing down Josh Coleman (Portsmouth) he was unable to pass for the win. A runaway win in the final heat completed the weekend for Gilbert.
The battle for runner-up spot went down to the wire with Coleman just securing second ahead of Yates. Corsham rider Tyron Cleaver started the weekend with a nightmare heat one having suffered both a puncture and clutch problems but three excellent rides secured fourth overall ahead of Dean Symons (Cornwall). A group of Cotswold riders filled the next positions with Jack Briddle ahead of Jack French and Ryan Deacon.
The Small-wheel 85cc group provided some of the best racing of the weekend with the top two riders finishing level on points. The overall went to Michael Ellis of Portsmouth thanks to his victory in the final heat.
Consistency nearly paid out for Henry Williams (Cotswold), who recorded a win and three runner-up placings to finish second overall, just missing the overall on a tie-break.
Having battled hard with Williams, third went to Cornwall rider, Jack Roberts. A mistake in the final heat almost let Alex Walton (Rhayader) to take third but some determined riding by Roberts gave him third by a single point at the finish line. Tommie Schofield was always in the hunt and took a deserved win in heat four.
The Junior Group was dominated by Cotswold's Jayden Murphy who looked set to record three heat wins on day one but lost the front end on a dusty corner while well in front and remounted to finish a close third.
The second day went to plan with Murphy recording two gate-to-flag victories. Brooklyn Evansm (Cotswold) started the meeting looking likely to finish at least runner-up but an improving Ryan Rowlands (Rhayader) looked likely to steal second away from Evans following a heat win and a second place finish.
However, Evans finished well clear in the final encounter as Rowland was forced to fight back thorough the pack of almost 40 riders but came up just short and finished a safe third overall just two-points off runner-up spot.
Gary Ashley improved over the weekend to finish fourth overall following a last heat second, while Louis Thomas and Jamie Evans completied the top six.
FOR FULL REPORT SEE T+MX AUGUST 19
BSMA YOUTH MOTOCROSS FINALS
Little Silver MP, nr Exminster (BSMA Committee)
AMX CLASS
1 Arron Jenner (East Kent) 43 + 45 + 45 + 41 + 43 = 217
2 Sebastien Osbourne (Coventry) 45 + 43 + 34 + 45 + 45 = 212
3 Chuck Davis (Coventry) 39 + 41 + 39 + 43 + 39 = 201
4 Rob Muscat (Portsmouth) 41 + 39 + 43 + 35 + 41 = 199
5 Matthew Allen (Corsham) 31 + 29 + 41 + 37 + 35 = 173
6 Paul ‘Wildman' Willis (Ports) 33 + 31 + 37 + 32 + 33 = 166
7 Piers Skinner (East Kent) 35 + 28 + 32 + 31 + 37 = 163
8 Mitchell Boyland (Corsham) 27 + 37 + 33 + 30 + 34 = 161
9 Scott Hambridge (Coventry) 34 + 34 + 28 + 34 + 31 = 161
10 Adam Cooper (East Kent) 32 + 32 + 30 + 33 + 30 = 157
OPEN CLASS
1 Dexter Marks (Portsmouth) 45 + 45 + 43 + 45 + 37 = 215
2 Ashley Thomas (Cotswold) 37 + 33 + 45 + 39 + 45 = 199
3 Matthew Thomas (Cotswold) 41 + 39 + 35 + 41 + 39 = 195
4 Danny Iles (Corsham) 43 + 43 + 29 + 35 + 43 = 193
5 George Purchase (Portsmouth) 39 + 27 + 41 + 43 + 35 = 185
6 Joe Cundle (East Kent) 35 + 41 + 37 + 27 + 33 = 173
7 Sam Harvey (Ringwood) 30 + 30 + 33 + 31 + 41 = 165
8 Ben Rocks (East Anglia) 20 + 37 + 39 + 28 + 34 = 158
9 Glen Bixby (East Anglia) 27 + 28 + 34 + 34 + 32 = 155
10 David Taylor (East Kent) 25 + 26 + 30 + 37 + 31 = 149
SENIOR CLASS
1 Dan Thornhill (Coventry) 45 + 45 + 45 + 45 + 45 = 225
2 Ryan Fellowes (East Kent) 43 + 43 + 41 + 43 + 39 = 209
3 Sion Talbot (Corsham) 35 + 37 + 43 + 35 + 43 = 193
4 Ryan Butler (Ringwood) 39 + 39 + 35 + 39 + 41 = 193
5 Christopher Grindle (Corsham) 37 + 41 + 34 + 37 + 32 = 181
6 Jonathan Cole (Ringwood) 41 + 28 + 31 + 31 + 34 = 165
7 Mitchell Bligh (Portsmouth) 32 + 34 + 37 + 27 + 35 = 165
8 Karl Haycock (Cotswold) 33 + 26 + 33 + 34 + 37 = 163
9 Jordan Pasquale (East Anglia) 28 + 31 + 28 + 33 + 26 = 146
10 Jack Stevens (South West) 29 + 25 + 30 + 30 + 30 = 144
BIG-WHEEL 85cc CLASS
1 Josh Gilbert (Cornwall) 45 + 45 + 45 + 43 + 45 = 223
2 Josh Coleman (Portsmouth) 41 + 41 + 39 + 45 + 43 = 209
3 Robert Yates (Cotswold) 39 + 43 + 43 + 39 + 41 = 205
4 Tyron Cleaver (Corsham) 29 + 28 + 41 + 41 + 39 = 178
5 Dean Symons (Cornwall) 35 + 39 + 32 + 35 + 37 = 178
6 Jack Biddle (Cotswold) 34 + 37 + 35 + 34 + 35 = 175
7 Jack French (Cotswold) 33 + 32 + 37 + 33 + 34 = 169
8 Ryan Deacon (Cotswold) 28 + 31 + 30 + 27 + 28 = 144
9 Gary Dalton (Portsmouth) 27 + 27 + 27 + 30 + 32 = 143
10 Joe Jefferies (Portsmouth) 37 + 10 + 24 + 37 + 33 = 141
SMALL-WHEEL 85cc CLASS
1 Michael Ellis (Portsmouth) 41 + 45 + 45 + 39 + 45 = 215
2 Henry Williams (Cotswold) 45 + 43 + 41 + 43 + 43 = 215
3 Jack Roberts (Cornwall) 43 + 41 + 43 + 35 + 34 = 196
4 Alex Walton (Rhayader) 37 + 37 + 39 + 41 + 41 = 195
5 Tommy Schofield (???) 27 + 39 + 37 + 45 + 39 = 187
6 Joe Eiffert (Cornwall) 39 + 35 + 35 + 33 + 37 = 179
7 Mitchell Warhurst (Coventry) 32 + 34 + 34 + 34 + 35 = 169
8 Harry Pritchard (Ringwood) 34 + 33 + 33 + 30 + 30 = 160
9 Brendon Cooper (South West) 35 + 27 + 31 + 37 + 23 = 153
10 Corey Coombes (Cotswold) 28 + 28 + 29 + 32 + 28 = 145
JUNIOR 65cc CLASS
1 Jaydon Murphy (Cotswold) 45 + 45 + 43 + 45 + 45 = 223
2 Brooklyn Evans (Cotswold) 43 + 43 + 41 + 41 + 41 = 209
3 Ryan Rowlands (Rhayader) 39 + 41 + 45 + 43 + 39 = 207
4 Gary Ashley (East Kent) 25 + 32 + 30 + 35 + 43 = 165
5 Louis Thomas (South West) 28 + 34 + 39 + 30 + 30 = 161
6 Jamie Evans (Cotswold) 34 + 33 + 35 + 29 + 27 = 158
7 James Bates (Cotswold) 6 + 35 + 37 + 39 + 37 = 154
8 Henry Bees (Corsham) 41 + 22 + 24 + 31 + 34 = 152
9 Harry Smith (Cotswold) 23 + 29 + 28 + 37 + 35 = 152
10 Thomas Andrew (Cornwall) 24 + 24 + 33 + 32 + 29 = 142
AUTO CLASS
1 James Hyett (Cotswold) 37 + 45 + 45 + 45 + 45 = 217
2 Jack Scally (Corsham) 33 + 43 + 43 + 43 + 41 = 203
3 Liam Gale (Cotswold) 39 + 27 + 34 + 41 + 43 = 184
4 Toby Potter (Corsham) 41 + 39 + 39 + 29 + 33 = 181
5 Ike Carter (East Kent) 27 + 33 + 41 + 35 + 39 = 175
6 Liam Brosnan (Portsmouth) 35 + 37 + 35 + 33 + 28 = 168
7 Louie Kessell (Cornwall) 45 + 35 + 0 + 37 + 34 = 151
8 Archie Bees (Cornwall) 32 + 34 + 20 + 26 + 35 = 147
9 Liam Ware (Cotswold) 29 + 30 + 25 + 32 + 31 = 147
10 Trystan Jones (Cotswold) 31 + 32 + 37 + 15 + 30 = 145
