Steve takes prize Perce
By TMX Archives on 19th Nov 09
RINGWOOD MCC, one of the oldest motorcycle clubs in the country, and the Perce Simon trial, are synonymous. In Hampshire we are lucky to have two Lords who are very keen on motorcycling, Lord Montague and Lord Normandy who owns the Somerley Estate, where the trials started and finished at Ashley Hollow last Saturday.
At 3am on Saturday morning, I awoke to the house shaking in 100mph winds and horizontal rain and had severe doubts as the whether this great trial, which is now part of the Sammy Miller Championships, could indeed take place. But, by 8.30, the wind had dropped and the sky cleared and we were ready for the start of the penultimate round of the series, which was duly sponsored by Richard and Jackie from Sammy Miller Products.
SAMMY MILLER PRODUCTS BRITISH BIKE
TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 9 – Perce Simon Trial (Ringwood MC&LCC)
PRE-UNIT RIGID: Steve Allen (350 Matchless) 9 marks lost (27x0), Bernard Rodemark (290 BSA) 9 (25x0), Mike Holloway (400 AJS) 43.
Pre-Unit Springer: Mark Parry-Norton (Ariel) 12, Martyn Wilmore (Ariel) 28, Mick Grant (500 Ariel) 31, Steven Thompson (Ariel) 31, Bob Hill (Ariel) 50, Dick Ramplee (500 Ariel) 83, John Jacka (350 Matchless) 84, David Arkell (350 Ariel) 119.
TWO-STROKE: Brad Jones (BSA Bantam) 18, Mark Spencer (175 BSA) 19, Alan Wright (250 James) 21, Peter Gaunt (BSA) 25, Russel Jones (Greeves) 34, Dave Spurgeon (Greeves) 50, George Greenland (185 BSA Bantam) 51, Mike Tizzard (Greeves Anglian) 65.
UNIT FOUR-STROKE: Paul Anstey (BSA) 7, John Kendall (350 Triumph) 23, Barry Stephens (BSA) 27, Barry Barthorpe (Greeves Triumph) 30, John Miles (BSA B40) 62.
TWIN-SHOCK: Phil Wiffen (300 Fantic) clean, Matt McDonald (200 Honda) 8, Geoff Guy (250 Ossa) 9, Ian Peberdy (200 Whitehawk) 11, Kevin Nolan (350 SWM) 12, Jerry Hawker (250 Honda TLR) 14, Jez Bray (200 Fantic) 15, Ian Cobb (250 Yamaha) 17 (23x0), Colin Leese (250 Honda TLR) 17 (20x0), Chris Dark (SWM) 18, Martin Gilbert (300 Fantic) 20 (23x0,2x1), Jeremy Parker (Fantic) 20 (23x0,1x1), Roger Johns (200 Majesty) 20 (21x0), Bill Rhodes (240 Fantic) 22, Geoff Muston (125 Honda ) 26.
PRE-UNIT SIDECAR: Paul Fishlock/ Debbie Merrell (500 Ariel) 34, Mark Kemp/ Bob Chapman (500 Ariel) 46, Neil Hannam/ Pete Pesterfield (552 Ariel AJS) 75.
UNIT SIDECAR: Kevin Morley/ Les Ashby (500 Triumph) 47, Ian Hannam/ Debbie Smith (441 BSA) 49, Rob Cameron/ Andy 'Bludge' Smith (500 Ariel/ AJS) 58, Peter Dale/ Barry Pocock (500 Triumph) 88, Paul Randall/ Richard Gatt (500 Triumph) 106.
Twin-shock Sidecar: Darren Dredge/ Gary Hewlett (250 Fantic) 88.
NON CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSES
TRAIL BIKE (HARD): Mike Husband (272 Gas Gas Pampera) 38.
TRAIL BIKE (EASY): Gary Wooster (200 Beta Alp) 10, Paul Cowley (Shedworks Honda) 17, Alan Cowley (Shedworks Honda) 31.
FINAL ROUND: November 15 – Downland Trophy Trial (North Berks MCC).
Down to business for Kevin
IF the previous day's Perce Simon Trial was held in terrible weather conditions then The Downlands Cup was the exact opposite. The final round of the 2009 Sammy Miller Products Championship hosted by the North Berkshire Club started out from West Hagbourne. It was just a perfect day for a 22-mile ride around this part of the Oxfordshire countryside taking in no less than 35 solo and 33 sidecar sections.
The chairs set out at 9am with the first solos following some ten minutes later to ensure the event was all completed in daylight, but as it turned out, time didn't turn out to be a problem at all.
Nappers Lane was the first group visited and these two subs caused few difficulties. Neither did the following five at The Moors and many remained clean as the entry came around to Seymours Arena.
SAMMY MILLER PRODUCTS BRITISH BIKE TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 10 (Final) – Downland Trophy Trial (North Berks MCC)
CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSES
TWIN-SHOCK: Kevin Nolan (350 SWM) clean (Winston Grove Trophy), Phillip Wiffen (300 Fantic) 1 mark lost (fc), = Martyn Gilbert (300 Fantic) & Matt McDonald (200 Honda) 1 (next fc), Colin Leece (250 Honda) 1, John Holland (320 Majesty) 2, Jez Bray (200 Fantic) 3, Geoff Herbert (Fantic) 4 (33x0), Anthony Rew (340 Bultaco) 4 (31x0), Mark Stokes (200 Majesty) 5, Tim Lightfoot (175 Yamaha) 6, Barry Roads (200 Fantic) 7 (33x0), Geoff Muston (125 Honda) 7 (32x0), = Rob Badland (250 Honda) & Bill Rhodes (240 Fantic) 8 (31x0,3x1).
PRE-UNIT RIGID: Ian Watkins (350 AJS) 2 (fc), Bernard Rodemark (290 BSA) 2, Graham Howes (404 BSA) 3, Steve Allen (350 Matchless) 5, Mike Holloway (400 AJS) 10, Graham Duller (375 Panther) 76.
Final Series Standings (Prov): 1 Steve Allen 150 points, 2 Graham Howes 114, 3 Godfrey Hannam 47, 4 Rodemark 34, 5 Holloway 26, 6 Collins 24, 7 Causer 23, 8 Watkins 20, 9 Barton 20, 10 Townsend 19,...
PRE-UNIT SPRINGER: Len Hutty (410 Matchless) clean, Paul Ray (410 Matchless) 12, Mick Grant (500 Ariel) 15 (30x1), Martyn Wilmore (500 Ariel) 15 (29x1), Steve Thompson (400 Ariel) 15 (26x1), John Jacka (350 Matchless) 80, David Arkell (350 Norton) 81.
Final Series Standings (Prov): 1 Martyn Wilmore 124 points, 2 Steve Thompson 102, 3 Neil Gaunt 88, 4 John Jacka 79, 5 Arkell 61, 6 Grant 60, 7 MacDonald 32, 8 Hill 22, 9 Hutty 20, 10 Parry-Norton 20,...
UNIT: Scott Faulkner (Triumph Cub) 2, Darren Snell (450 BSA) 5, Barry Stephens (350 BSA) 6, Peter Hampton (Triumph Cub) 8, Jim Ashford (350 BSA) 16, Paul Anstey (250 BSA) 19, Keith Gardner (225 BSA) 24, Michael Austin (Triumph Cub) 86.
Final Series Standings (Prov): 1 Paul Anstey 137 points, 2 Barry Stephens 85, 3 David Parry 56, 4 Bliss 54, 5 Gardner 45, 6 Hawkins 36, 7 Stephens 32, 8 Maxfield 32, 9 Bennett 29, 10 Clarkson 26,...
TWO-STROKE: Mark Howse (BSA Bantam) 2, Peter Gaunt (BSA Bantam) 3, David Spurgeon (246 Greeves) 4, Julian Wigg (250 Dot) 7 (fc), Brad Jones (BSA Bantam) 7, Mark Spencer (BSA Bantam) 8, Russell Jones (250 Greeves) 9, Mike Metcalfe (250 Cotton) 20, Mike Tizard (246 Greeves) 29, Ken O'Brien (250 Cotton) 58, Robin Hoare (250 Dot) 64.
Final Series Standings (Prov): 1 Brad Jones 146 points, 2 Russell Jones 110, 3 Pete Salt 98, 4 Gaunt 84, 5 Spencer 86, 6 Parkes 54, 7 Batty 28, 8 Spurgeon 34, 9 Metcalfe 21, 10 Howse 20,...
PRE-UNIT SIDECAR: Paul Fishlock/ Debbie Merrell (500 Ariel) 1, Mark Kemp/ Bob Chapman (500 Triumph) 8, Neil Hannam/ Pete Pesterfield (552 Ariel AJS) 15, Rob Cameron/ Andy 'Bludge' Smith (500 Ariel/ AJS) 16.
Final Series Standings (Prov): 1 Fishlock/ Merrell 140 points, 2 Kemp/ Chapman 131, 3 Hannam/ Pesterfield 103, 4 Cameron/ Smith 90, 5 Schmollack/ Williams 42, 6 Young/ Young 13, 7 Abbott/ Keane 10, 8 Stanley/ Marchant 10, 9 Abraham/ Marchant 9, 10 Burdge/ Burdge 8.
UNIT SIDECAR: Ian Hannam/ Debbie Smith (441 BSA) 7, Kevin Morley/ Les Ashby (500 Triumph) 16, Paul Randall/ Richard Gatt (500 Triumph) 30, Peter Dale/ Barry Pocock (500 Triumph) 32.
Final Series Standings (Prov): 1 Hannam/ Smith 134 points, 2 Dale/ Pocock 46, 3 Randall/ Gatt 43, 4 Morley/ Ashby 37, 5 Morley/ Ashby 32, 6 Hannam/ Pesterfield 17, 7 Cameron/ 'Bludge' Smith 15, 8 Randall/ Gatt 11.
TWIN-SHOCK SIDECAR
Final Series Standings (Prov): Dredge/ Hewlett 20 points.
NON-CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSES
Trail Bike (Hard): Gavin Moore (237 Gas Gas) 3, Dave Renham (Gas Gas Pampera) 6, Rob Faulkner (175 Yamaha DT) 14.
Trail Bike (Easy): Graham Lavis (320 Gas Gas) clean, Keith Wells (185 Honda XL) 1, Gary Wooster (200 Beta Alp) 4.
For full story see T+MX News, Friday, November 20, 2009
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