Shooting Sterr's!
By TMX Archives on 28th Jun 11
Round four was the mid-point in this years BYMX Series held at Dean Moor and hosted by the very capable West Cumbria club.
Following a weekend of thrills and spills it also proved to be fairly pivotal in the Championship stakes with the balance of power eventually tipping even further towards Alexander Brown, Conrad Mewse, Liam Knight and Nathan Watson.
All four guys now enjoy healthy section leads – but the most impressive presents dished out on Father's Day came from the hands of Brad Todd in the Big-wheels and ‘Man of the Meeting' Adam Sterry in the Youth Open class.
It's well-known in Youth MX circles that Adam Sterry goes well around Dean Moor – but no-one really expected the 14-year-old rookie to grab three clear cut heat wins plus the overall victory to become the youngest ever Youth Open class winner at BYMX.
That's exactly what the rising EVO Tech Honda star did however in both confident and sensational fashion as he eclipsed Mel Pocock's 2007 achievements.
Ultimately, Sterry went home with a 1-4-3-1-1 card and the scalps of heat two winner Jamie McCanney plus that of race three victor Nathan Watson. The full story of the weekend also included a mechanical failure for Watson in heat one and ill fortune yet again for Ryan Houghton. Houghton's weekend started well enough with second place in both of the opening two heats but a time consuming fall when leading race three and then a broken gearbox in race four just about capped a miserable run.
Take nothing away from Sterry, however – his win was all about his dominance and his coming of age in a section where he now moves into third place behind Watson and McCanney.
Elsewhere in the division Scott Hamilton on the Relentless Suzuki won the battle of the rest to claim fourth overall – highlighted by his third place finish first time out. Mark Perfect plugged away stoically for fifth and Jake Millward was equally determined weekend long as he finished in sixth. Damon Brooks also shone at various times over the two day piece with ninth overall a cruel reward for his fast gating efforts.
Without doubt the award for the most entertaining racing division of the weekend has to go to the guys and gals of the Big-wheel section.
Ben Watson was riding as a Championship non-points scorer but ultimately his showcase display absolutely underlined just why he is considered amongst the very best in Europe. Coming from the back on each occasion - Ben totalled with four stunning race wins.
In heat five however the HM Plant Red Bull express didn't quite have enough steam to reel in the sensational race winner Brad Todd or second placed Liam Knight. Over the full course of the weekend only Todd and Knight managed to give Watson any real grief as they both held him at bay quite extensively in races one, two and four before ultimately having to succumb.
The battle for the overall championship win quite obviously lay between Todd and series leader Knight, but it swung Todd's way with his devastating Sunday winning brace. Excluding the Watson factor, Todd finished with a 2-1-6-1-1 card as opposed to Knight's 1-2-5-3-2.
Jack Gardiner took third overall with a super consistent card containing four fourths and one fifth. John Adamson and Jason Meara both rode the wheels off their KTMs to grab fourth and fifth overall respectively with Adamson highly impressive in race four when he finished in second place. Also highly impressive Josh Gilbert on the Albion KTM as he claimed the race three maximum points haul with a terrific little show.
FOR FULL REPORT ANS PICTURES SEE T+MX JUNE 24
BYMX YOUTH MX CHAMPIONSHIP Rnd 4 – Dean Moor, nr Workington, Cumbria (West Cumbria MCC)
Overall Open Youth Class 1 Adam Sterry 45 + 38 + 40 + 45 + 45 = 213 2 Jamie McCanney 35 + 45 + 42 + 42 + 42 = 206 3 Nathan Watson 20 + 40 + 45 + 40 + 40 = 185 4 Scott Hamilton 40 + 34 + 36 + 34 + 34 = 178 5 Mark Perfect 36 + 35 + 38 + 32 + 35 = 176 6 Jake Millward 32 + 36 + 33 + 36 + 38 = 175 7 Murray Clunie 38 + 30 + 34 + 38 + 31 = 171 8 Jordan Keogh 33 + 32 + 32 + 31 + 33 = 161 9 Damon Brooks 31 + 29 + 29 + 35 + 36 = 160 10 Patrick Major 28 + 33 + 35 + 28 + 32 = 156 SERIES STANDINGS after 4 rounds: 1 Watson 178 points, 2 McCanney 164, 3 Sterry 156, 4 Houghton 144, 5 Millward 140, 6 Mark Perfect 137, 7 Scott Hamilton 127, 8 Brooks 120, 9 Major 114, 10 Cameron Pendreich 95,... Overall Big-wheel 85cc Class 1 Brad Todd 42 + 45 + 35 + 45 + 45 = 212 2 Liam Knight 45 + 42 + 36 + 40 + 42 = 205 3 Jack Gardner 40 + 40 + 40 + 38 + 40 = 198 4 John Adamson 34 + 36 + 38 + 42 + 36 = 186 5 Jason Meara 35 + 38 + 42 + 35 + 34 = 184 6 Matthew Callaghan 38 + 35 + 34 + 36 + 35 = 178 7 Josh Gilbert 19 + 34 + 45 + 34 + 38 = 170 8 Stuart Fee 30 + 31 + 28 + 32 + 31 = 152 9 Ben Cole 27 + 29 + 32 + 33 + 30 = 151 10 Robbie Dawson 31 + 33 + 30 + 28 + 27 = 149 SERIES STANDINGS after 4 rounds: 1 Knight 182 points, 2 Todd 159, 3 Gardner 149, 4 Meara 137, 5 Callaghan 137, 6 Robert Davidson 133, 7 Adamson 129, 8 Tom Neal 128, 9 Fee 125, 10 Nathan Dixon 124,... Overall Small-wheel 85cc Class 1 Conrad Mewse 45 + 45 + 45 + 45 + 45 = 225 2 Jay Hague 42 + 42 + 34 + 34 + 40 = 192 3 Will Keogh 38 + 38 + 31 + 42 + 42 = 191 4 Jamie Carpenter 40 + 36 + 33 + 40 + 38 = 187 5 Taylor Hammal 35 + 34 + 38 + 38 + 35 = 180 6 Aaron Piper 36 + 35 + 36 + 35 + 33 = 175 7 David Keet 25 + 33 + 40 + 36 + 36 = 170 8 Jordan Eccles 27 + 32 + 42 + 29 + 34 = 164 9 Alfie Mountford 32 + 31 + 32 + 31 + 32 = 158 10 Jake Edey 31 + 30 + 29 + 33 + 28 = 151 SERIES STANDINGS after 4 rounds: 1 Mewse 194 points, 2 Hague 178, 3 Eccles 147, 4 Sid Evans 146, 5 Keet 142, 6 Mountford 127, 7 Hammal 125, 8 Carpenter 122, 9 Piper 121, 10 Will Jeonney 119,... Overall Junior 65cc Class 1 Alexander Brown 45 + 45 + 42 + 45 + 45 = 222 2 Callum Meara 40 + 38 + 45 + 42 + 40 = 205 3 Jed Etchells 42 + 40 + 35 + 34 + 42 = 193 4 Harry Kimber 38 + 42 + 38 + 26 + 36 = 180 5 Adam Dunn 33 + 34 + 36 + 38 + 38 = 179 6 Harry Wichman 36 + 36 + 33 + 40 + 34 = 179 7 Colin Scott 34 + 33 + 40 + 35 + 35 = 177 8 Oliver Consterdine 35 + 35 + 31 + 36 + 30 = 167 9 Rossi Beard 29 + 28 + 29 + 33 + 31 = 150 10 Jake Winnard 26 + 32 + 34 + 32 + 26 = 150 SERIES STANDINGS after 4 rounds: 1 Brown 188 points, 2 Etchells 178, 3 Kimber 156, 4 Meara 155, 5 Scott 144, 6 Dunn 139, 7 Jake Winnard 126, 8 Consterdine 125, 9 Denny Rapson 124, 10 Beard 120,... NEXT ROUND: July 16/17 – Canada Heights, Swanley, Kent (ACU Events Ltd). BRITISH TWO-STROKE CHAMPIONSHIP Rd 4 – Dean Moor, nr Workington, Cumbria (West Cumbria MCC) Overall 250cc Class 1 Stuart Edmunds 20 + 25 + 25 = 70 2 Graham Riley 25 + 22 + 22 = 69 3 Ben Magee 22 + 18 + 20 = 60 4 Jake Gowan 18 + 16 + 16 = 50 5 Ryan McLean 16 + 15 + 18 = 49 6 Carlton Husband 15 + 20 + 14 = 49 7 Ryan Staveley 7 + 14 + 15 = 36 8 Richard Stephenson 11 + 12 + 13 = 36 9 Christian Lyth 13 + 11 + 9 = 33 10 Kit Delaney 9 + 9 + 11 = 29 Overall 125cc Class 1 Luke Remmer 25 + 25 + 22 = 72 2 Jim Davies 22 + 22 + 25 = 69 3 Sam Winterburn 20 + 15 + 20 = 55 4 Ben Howell 18 + 20 + 15 = 53 5 Glenn McCormick 16 + 16 + 18 = 50 6 Ryan Pottenger 15 + 18 + 16 = 49 NEXT ROUND: July 16/17 – Canada Heights, Swanley, Kent (ACU Events Ltd).
