That's a Morlais
By TMX Archives on 3rd Jun 10
After just a two-week break, it was back to the ACU Events sponsored British Trials Championships last Sunday with The Mitchell Trial, held once again at the excellent Morlais Quarry, just outside of Merthyr Tydfil. East South Wales Centre were the organisers and as is the norm with the Championship there were 12 subs to be ridden over three laps with a five-hour, 30-minute time allowance.
In the Championship and Experts B it was business as usual with Gas Gas ace James Dabill and defiant Scorpa wizard Darren Brice maintaining their 100 per cent British Championship record. There was change though in the disappointingly small Experts A group when young Eastern Centre rising star Jack Sheppard claimed his first class victory with a narrow single-mark win over class leader, Scot Gary Macdonald.
ACU EVENTS BRITISH SOLO TRIALS
CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 4 – Mitchell Trial (East South Wales Centre)
CHAMPIONSHIP CLASS
1 James Dabill (Gas Gas) 9 + 10 + 5 + - = 24
2 Shaun Morris (Gas Gas) 22 + 7 + 9 + - = 38
3 Alexz Wigg (Beta) 23 + 11 + 6 + - = 40
4 Michael Brown (Sherco) 24 + 10 + 17 + - = 51
5 Ross Danby (Gas Gas) 34 + 26 + 40 + - = 100
6 Sam Haslam (Gas Gas) 34 + 39 + 33 + - = 106
7 Jonathan Richardson (Sherco) 33 + 41 + 34 + 3 = 111
8 George Morton (Beta) 47 + 39 + 29 + - = 115
9 Ben Morphett (Beta) 56 + 55 + 53 + 1 = 165
SERIES STANDINGS after 4 (of 8) rounds: 1 Dabill 80 points, 2 Brown 64, 3 Morris 54, 4 Wigg 52, 5 Danby 42, 6 Haslam 40, 7 Morton 37, 8 Richardson 35, 9 Morphett 26, 10 Robinson 18, 11 Challoner 15.
EXPERT A CLASS
1 Jack Sheppard (125 Beta) 17 + 12 + 10 + - = 39
2 Gary Macdonald (Gas Gas) 12 + 20 + 8 + - = 40
3 Andy Chilton (Sherco) 18 + 10 + 16 + - = 44
4 Jack Spencer (Beta) 18 + 22 + 11 + - = 51
5 Ricky Wiggins (Gas Gas) (14x0) 22 + 29 + 11 + - = 62
6 James Fry (Sherco) (9x0) 22 + 22 + 18 + - = 62
7 Ben Wibberley (Gas Gas) 22 + 28 + 20 + - = 70
8 Josh Brain (Gas Gas) 33 + 27 + 31 + - = 91
SERIES STANDINGS after 4 (of 8) rounds: 1 Macdonald 72 points, 2 Sheppard 63, 3 Austermuhle 54, 4 Spencer 49, 5 Wiggins 44, 6 Fry 36, 7 Chilton 35, 8 Jonny Walker 34, 9 Wibberley 30, 9 Wibberley 30, 10 Brain 24, 11 Thorpe 16, 12 Hemingway 8.
SERIES STANDINGS (Exp A 125cc) after 4 (of 8) rounds: 1 Sheppard 80 points.
EXPERT B CLASS
1 Darren Brice (Scorpa) (27x0) 9 + 3 + 9 + - = 21
2 John Crinson (Scorpa) (24x0) 10 + 2 + 9 + - = 21
3 Guy Kendrew (Sherco) (24x0,6x1) 11 + 6 + 7 + - = 24
4 Josh Woods (Beta) (24x0,5x1) 15 + 5 + 4 + - = 24
5 Robert Harries (Montesa) (22x0,9x1) 7 + 10 + 7 + - = 24
6 Richard Timperley (Sher) (22x0,7x1) 9 + 10 + 5 + - = 24
7 Dan Farrar (Gas Gas) 12 + 7 + 10 + - = 29
8 Danny Gamble (Beta) (21x0) 11 + 19 + 2 + - = 32
9 Buster Regan (Beta) (19x0) 11 + 6 + 15 + - = 32
10 Ben Sprigg (Beta) 16 + 15 + 18 + - = 49
11 Tom Nicholas (Gas Gas) 28 + 20 + 7 + - = 55
12 Alan Ayres (Sherco) 25 + 16 + 16 + - = 57
13 Grant Laming (Gas Gas) 21 + 21 + 21 + - = 63
14 Lee Whelan (Montesa 4RT) (8x0) 26 + 20 + 19 + - = 65
15 Vince Branch (Gas Gas) (7x0) 28 + 15 + 22 + - = 65
SERIES STANDINGS after 4 (of 8) rounds: 1 Brice 80 points, 2 Crinson 59, 3 Kendrew 49, 4 Farrar 42, 5 Regan 38, 6 Timperley 35, 7 Woods 30, 8 Robert Harries 29, 10 Gamble 24, 11 Sprigg 18, 12 Milner 16, 13 Carr 15, 14 Sherwin 11, 15 Fox 11.
YOUTH SUPPORT CLASS (Non-champs)
1 Jake Evans-Luter (Beta) 29 + 27 + 17 + - = 73
2 Chris Short (Gas Gas) 42 + 36 + 34 + - = 112
3 Chris Stay (Gas Gas) (5x0) 53 + 41 + 35 + - = 129
4 Tom Dexter (Gas Gas) (2x0) 45 + 44 + 40 + - = 129
5 George Gosden (Gas Gas) 50 + 45 + 56 + - = 151
NEXT ROUND: Jun 19/20 – St David's Trial at Lletty Rafel Farm, Ynys Arwed, Aberdulais (Neath MCC).
FOR FULL REPORT SEE T+MX NEWS, FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 2010
Despite a disappointing first lap which saw Shaun Morris drop 22 marks, he bounced back to post scores of seven and nine in the remaining laps to claim second overall in the Championship class.