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By TMX Archives on 23rd Nov 06
THE True Grit team, led by the inspirational Marytn Field, produced another cracking event at their popular Driffield venue, using a mixture of woodland tracks, open grassland and an interesting quarry section giving a lap time of about 15 mins for the Experts.
The weather was cold with an icy wind leading up to the event but as Sunday dawned the wind had dropped leaving a sunny day. Starting the day's proceedings were the young Hare Scramblers, in total some 70 riders taking part, split into three classes: Senior A, Senior B and Junior.
First away was the Senior class, one minute ahead of the Juniors. Off into an early lead was Josh Bendall closely followed by Liam Ward. Rob Dawson got a poor start but started to make his way through the pack but steadily pulling away from the chasing pack Rob passed Liam Ward to move into second with Will Howe moving into fourth.
As the race drew into the final stages, Josh Bendall managed to get out for an extra lap to take a well deserved victory from Rob Dawson second, Liam Ward third, Will Howe fourth and Thomas Healey fifth.
In The Senior B class, Jordan Maxwell put in a great ride to win by a clear lap from Nathan Williamson, Jack Davis, Sam Jackson and Michael Raymond.
The Junior class was won by Davey Todd who completed seven laps with Luke Flack second on six laps, Ayrton Aldridge third, Michael Tatham fourth and Danny Bewley fifth. With a nice award presentation, that completed the Youth Hare Scrambles day.
Next at 11:30am a massive line up of 350 adult riders were eager to get out and race for two and a half hours. First off was the well-supported Expert class with Kawasaki-mounted Ryan Voase taking the Holeshot and leading the pack into the woods for the first time.
Disaster struck Justin ‘the Daddy' Wilson as his Sandiford Honda fouled a plug costing over 12 mins before he got his bike going, causing him to start dead last and facing a massive task of fighting his way through the entire field of 350 riders.
First back to lap-scoring was Ryan Voase followed by Gav Houson riding his 125 MPS Racing Husqvarna, followed by RAS Sport rider Danny Blakley. Gav was chasing Ryan hard and as Ryan caught the back markers in the woods Gav managed to slip past taking up the lead which he held through the early stages.
Ryan was charging and re-took the lead but he ran into trouble in the form of a puncture which caused him to retire, allowing Gav back into the lead. By now, old timer Mark Houson had moved into second place with DBT rider Rich Milner in third place, having one of his best rides for some time. The riders remained in these positions until the end.
Fastest lap of the day went to the charging Justin Wilson having suffered his bad start he finished in a creditable eighth place.
The Over 40 class was dominated by Jack Twentyman who finished a lap ahead of Andrew Holland in second and Dennis Harrison in third, with Rob Butler having an off day in fourth. The Clubman class was won by Ian Shannon from Lancashire's Aaron Dougdale second and James Clift in third.
The Sportsman class was by far the biggest of the classes was won by Nathan White, Harry Hillas second and Ben Scott third Stephen Thornton finishing fourth. Some of the top Sportsmen will no doubt want to face the challenge in the Clubman class as they are defiantly on the pace.
Event director, Martyn Field, would like to thank all the team of TGOR and to all the riders that supported this event with this incredible entry. They produced another outstanding event which went like clockwork.
TRUE GRIT OFF-ROAD ENDURO
ADULT
Expert: 1 Gavin Houson 10 laps, 2 Mark Houson 10, 3 Rich Milner 10, 4 Darren gill 10, 5 Lee Holland 10, 6 Richard Copsey 10.
Clubman E1: 1 Ian Shannon 9, 2 Chris Whitfield 9, 3 Tom Edwards 9, 4 Steve Jemison 9, 5 Kieran Tomlinson 9, 6 Paul Waterhouse 9.
Clubman E2: 1 Aaron Dugdale 9, 2 James Clift 9, 3 Jeremy Ashby 9, 4 Paul Hawker 9, 5 David Williams 9, 6 Guy Corner 9.
Sportsman Open: 1 Nathan White 9, 2 Ben scott 9, 3 Chris Ball 8, 4 John Bolton 8, 5 Simon Baston 8, 6 Alan Mugglestone 8.
Sportsman E1: 1 Harry Hillas 9, 2 Stephen Thornton 9, 3 David Shann 8, 4 Lee Fisher 8, 5 Matthew Berry 8, 6 Rob wright 8.
Over 40: 1 Jack Twentyman 10, 2 Andrew Holland 9, 3 Dennis Harrison 9, 4 Rob Butler 9, 5 Brett Haley 9, 6 David Christow 9.
YOUTH
Senior A: 1 John Bendall 8 laps, 2 Rob Dawson 7, 3 Liam Ward 7, 4 Will Howe 7, 5 Thomas Healey 7, 6 Ashley Crossley 7.
Senior B: 1 Richard Peers Davies 7, 2 Billy Robinson 7, 3 Jordan Maxwell 7, 4 Nathan Williamson 6, 5 Jack Davis 5, 6 Sam Jackson 5.
Junior: 1 Davey Todd 7, 2 Luke Flack 6, 3 Ayrton Aldridge 6, 4 Michael Tatham 6, 5 Danny Bewlay 5, 6 Aaron Coupland 5.