Twisting the Heights away
By TMX Archives on 22nd Jul 11
Round five of the BYMX Youth Motocross Championship docked at a cool and damp but beautifully prepared Canada Heights, right next door to Brands Hatch in Kent. The inclement July weather certainly played its part in the entertainment as heavy rain on both days made for a slippery surface and gave new hope to some and crushed the dreams of others.
The main Youth championships have had many twists and turns in the previous four rounds but Canada Heights proved inspiring to Honda men Adam Sterry (Open) and Jack Gardner (BW), while KTM stars were at a loss with Liam Knight (BW) and Jay Hague (SW) now struggling to win their respective 85cc crowns.
To the action then, and a far closer 65cc Junior class than of late.
Alexander Brown aboard a Moto One KTM came into round five as series leader and so he remained holding off the attentions of Twisted Seven Kawasaki star Harry Kimber and Road and Track KTM youngster Jedalicious Jed Etchells.
Brown pinched heat one from Kimber despite falling early doors and gave up heats two and three to Kimber and Etchells respectively while collecting a couple more soil samples.
Despite taking a race each the chasing duo could not match their rivals' consistent results as Brown's three wins and two seconds were enough for his fourth overall of the season.
Kimber and Etchells grabbed the final two podium slots with neither rider carding a race outside the top five. Fourth overall went to a sparkling Callum Meara while Oliver Consterdine and Adam Dunn completed the top six.
The Small-wheel division has been, up to now, a straight fight between Southern former BYMX champ Conrad Mewse and Northern challenger Jay Hague, both racing KTM 85's.
With the title race still in the balance Hague had a weekend he would rather forget. Ducking it out at the front of race four Hague went down in a heap after shearing his triple clamp bolts, crocking himself sufficiently so to hold him back in the final sodden fracas.
Mewse, the benefactor, stole away for three race wins and the overall spoils. Despite not riding at his absolute best and being held to account by wild card Michael Ellis, Mewse's 1-2-1-1-6 card allowed him to extend his series lead to 32 championship points with Hague gutted, down in seventh overall.
Will Keogh has been the man in form of late and he used every ounce of skill he had to steer clear of trouble and record second overall just ahead of Taylor Hammal.
KTM UK-mounted Hammal brought his A-game to the Heights and promptly carded five top fives and his first overall podium of the year.
Jordan Eccles had a typically up and down weekend, nabbing two race wins but a couple of falls meant he could only gather enough points for fourth. Jamie Carpenter and Aaron Piper placed fifth and sixth.
FOR FULL REPORT AND PICTURES SEE T+MX JULY 22
BYMX YOUTH MX CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 5 – Canada Heights (ACU Events Ltd)
Overall Open Youth Class
1 Adam Sterry 42 + 30 + 42 + 45 + 45 = 204
2 Jamie McCanney 36 + 42 + 40 + 42 + 40 = 200
3 Nathan Watson 34 + 45 + 38 + 35 + 38 = 190
4 Jordan Divall 33 + 38 + 34 + 38 + 42 = 185
5 Damon Brooks 29 + 32 + 36 + 40 + 36 = 173
6 Jake Millward 35 + 36 + 32 + 34 + 35 = 172
7 Shaun Southgate 38 + 31 + 29 + 36 + 34 = 168
8 James Dunn 45 + 40 + 45 + 32 + 0 = 162
9 Jordan Keogh 32 + 34 + 33 + 30 + 32 = 161
10 Scott Hamilton 23 + 35 + 35 + 29 + 33 = 155
SERIES STANDINGS after 5 rounds: 1 Watson 218 points, 2 McCanney 208, 3 Sterry 206, 4 Millward 175, 5 Hamilton 158, 6 Mark Perfect 157, 7 Brooks 156, 8 Ryan Houghton 144, 9 Divall 131, 10 Patrick Major 128,...
Overall Big-wheel 85cc Class
1 Jack Gardner 45 + 42 + 45 + 45 + 29 = 206
2 Todd Kellet 40 + 45 + 42 + 35 + 36 = 198
3 Brad Todd 31 + 32 + 35 + 42 + 42 = 182
4 Jason Meara 35 + 25 + 38 + 36 + 40 = 174
5 John Adamson 34 + 38 + 33 + 34 + 34 = 173
6 Stuart Fee 32 + 21 + 36 + 33 + 45 = 167
7 Nathan Dixon 36 + 28 + 34 + 31 + 38 = 167
8 Robert Davidson 38 + 34 + 22 + 40 + 33 = 167
9 Matthew Callaghan 33 + 36 + 26 + 38 + 30 = 163
10 Josh Gilbert 27 + 29 + 32 + 28 + 35 = 151
SERIES STANDINGS after 5 rounds: 1 Liam Knight 208 points, 2 Gardner 199, 3 Todd 199, 4 Meara 175, 5 Callaghan 169, 6 Davidson 166, 7 Adamson 165, 8 Fee 160, 9 Dixon 158, 10 Gilbert 151,...
Overall Small-wheel 85cc Class
1 Conrad Mewse 45 + 42 + 45 + 45 + 35 = 212
2 Will Keogh 40 + 40 + 33 + 42 + 38 = 193
3 Taylor Hammal 36 + 38 + 42 + 40 + 36 = 192
4 Jordan Eccles 38 + 45 + 32 + 30 + 45 = 190
5 Jamie Carpenter 35 + 32 + 38 + 36 + 40 = 181
6 Aaron Piper 26 + 36 + 40 + 38 + 30 = 170
7 Jay Hague 42 + 35 + 35 + 29 + 29 = 170
8 Alfie Mountford 33 + 29 + 34 + 35 + 34 = 165
9 Daniel Bewley 30 + 31 + 30 + 33 + 33 = 157
10 Lewis Campbell 28 + 28 + 29 + 32 + 32 = 149
SERIES STANDINGS after 5 rounds: 1 Mewse 244 points, 2 Hague 212, 3 Eccles 185, 4 David Keet 171, 5 Hammal 165, 6 Mountford 160, 7 Carpenter 158, 8 Piper 156, 9 Will Jeonney 147, 10 Sid Evans 146,...
Overall Junior 65cc Class
1 Alexander Brown 45 + 42 + 42 + 45 + 45 = 219
2 Harry Kimber 42 + 45 + 38 + 42 + 40 = 207
3 Jed Etchells 38 + 40 + 45 + 36 + 42 = 201
4 Cailum Meara 35 + 38 + 40 + 40 + 27 = 180
5 Oliver Consterdine 36 + 33 + 35 + 34 + 38 = 176
6 Adam Dunn 28 + 35 + 36 + 38 + 35 = 172
7 Denny Rapson 34 + 36 + 31 + 33 + 34 = 168
8 Rossi Beard 32 + 34 + 34 + 31 + 33 = 164
9 Colin Scott 30 + 27 + 33 + 35 + 36 = 161
10 Jordan Hearn 29 + 31 + 32 + 30 + 30 = 152
SERIES STANDINGS after 5 rounds: 1 Brown 238 points, 2 Etchells 218, 3 Kimber 200, 4 Meara 193, 5 Scott 176, 6 Dunn 174, 7 Consterdine 161, 8 Rapson 158, 9 Jake Winnard 156, 10 Rossi Beard 153,...
BRITISH TWO-STROKE CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 4 – Canada Heights, Swanley, Kent (ACU Events Ltd)
Overall 250cc Class
1 Stuart Edmunds 25 + 22 + 25 = 72
2 Carlton Husband 22 + 25 + 20 = 67
3 Steve Bixby 18 + 20 + 22 = 60
4 Warren Field 20 + 18 + 18 = 56
5 Jamie Scott 16 + 16 + 16 = 48
6 Timmy Andrews 15 + 15 + 15 = 45
7 Harry Pallett 14 + 14 + 14 = 42
8 Paul Austin 0 + 0 + 13 = 13
SERIES STANDINGS after 4 rounds: 1 Edmunds 278 points, 2 Husband 255, 3 Ryan McLean 156, 4 Pallett 147, 5 Richard Stephenson 116, 6 Jake Gowan 97, 7 Christian Lyth 78, 8 Graham Riley 69, 9 Bixby 60, 10 Ben Magee 60,...
Overall 125cc Class
1 Luke Remmer 25 + 25 + 25 = 75
2 Jim Davies 22 + 22 + 22 = 66
3 Fraser Viner 20 + 20 + 20 = 60
4 Lewis Meadows 18 + 16 + 18 = 52
5 Sam Winterburn 15 + 18 + 16 = 49
6 Jamie Houghton 16 + 14 + 15 = 45
7 Mark Bland 13 + 13 + 14 = 40
8 Nicki Banks 14 + 12 + 13 = 39
9 Ryan Pottenger 12 + 15 + 12 = 39
SERIES STANDINGS after 4 rounds: 1 Remmer 294 points, 2 Davies 253, 3 Winterburn 191, 4 Ben Howell 177, 5 Glenn McCormick 145, 6 Pottenger 118, 7 Houghton 115, 8 Meadows 107, 9 Banks 89, 10 Callum Slowman 78,...
NEXT ROUND: August 5/6 – Porters Pit, Desertmartin, NI (Cookstown & DMC).
