Wigg's Scot the Scottish
By TMX Archives on 13th May 10
ALEXZ Wigg is the winner of the 2010 Scottish Six Days Trial. In a nail-biting finish, the 20 year-old Beta rider won in style as, after Alexz went into the final day sharing the lead with long-time leader Michael Brown and eternal SSDT runner-up Ben Hemingway, he handled the pressure superbly to go clean on the final day and as his two rivals both lost marks, the North British Rubber Company Premier Award headed south to Wigg's Buckinghamshire home.
It was a real blow to Brown, the Scarborough rider having had the edge on the 270-strong field through the opening three days until his Sherco failed to start within the one minute time allowance on Thursday morning and the resulting five mark penalty ultimately cost him his first Scottish victory. Michael handled the situation with real dignity and he will surely lift the Premier Award one day soon.
For Ben Hemingway, finishing runner-up in the Scottish has almost become a way of life and the popular Yorkshireman, who really loves the Scottish, actually finished equal on marks with runner-up Brown - but lost-out on the tie-break. Ian Austermuhle finished fourth after a strong week-long challenge while top Scot by a long way was Kinlochleven's Gary Macdonald who was joint Best on Day on Tuesday.
It was a fine week on the weather front and most riders appreciated this although there were still 50 retirements which was a high proportion of the entry, many following mechanical problems but some, including Jack Challoner, retiring as a result of the Novavirus bug that swept through Fort William causing the club a shortage of observers as many were affected by the bug.
2010 SCOTTISH SIX DAYS TRIAL
Day 1 – Monday
1 Michael Brown 3
2 Albert Cabestany 3
3 Ian Austermuhle 5
4 Craig Robinson 5
5 Alexz Wigg 6
6 John Crinson 6
7 Ben Hemingway 6
8 Gary Macdonald 7
9 James Lampkin 7
10 James Dabill 8
11 Ben Morphett 8
12 John Sunter 10
13 Jonathan Richardson 11
14 Jack Challoner 12
15 James Fry 12
16 Ross Danby 12
17 Richard Gaskell 14
18 Ricky Wiggins 14
19 Dan Thorpe 15
20 Tom Sagar 15
Day 2 – Tuesday
Day + Prev = Tot
1 Michael Brown 0 + 3 = 3
2 Alexz Wigg 0 + 6 = 6
3 Gary Macdonald 0 + 7 = 7
4 Ben Hemingway 1 + 6 = 7
5 Albert Cabestany 5 + 3 = 8
6 James Dabill 2 + 8 = 10
7 James Lampkin 5 + 7 = 12
8 Ian Austermuhle 7 + 5 = 12
9 Jack Challoner 3 + 12 = 15
10 Ross Danby 3 + 12 = 15
11 Craig Robinson 11 + 5 = 16
12 John Crinson 12 + 6 = 18
13 Jonathan Richardson 11 + 11 = 22
14 Daniel Hemingway 7 + 15 = 22
15 Darren Brice 5 + 18 = 23
16 Tom Sagar 9 + 15 = 24
17 Sam Connor 8 + 18 = 26
18 Dan Thorpe 11 + 15 = 26
19 Sam Haslam 3 + 24 = 27
20 Joe Baker 3 + 24 = 27
Day 3 – Wednesday
Day + Prev = Tot
1 Michael Brown 2 + 3 = 5
2 Alexz Wigg 1 + 6 = 7
3 Ben Hemingway 1 + 7 = 8
4 Gary Macdonald 3 + 7 = 10
5 James Dabill 2 + 10 = 12
6 Albert Cabestany 5 + 8 = 13
7 Ian Austermuhle 1 + 12 = 13
8 James Lampkin 5 + 12 = 17
9 Jack Challoner 4 + 15 = 19
10 Ross Danby 4 + 15 = 19
11 Jonathan Richardson 1 + 22 = 23
12 Tom Sagar 1 + 24 = 25
13 Craig Robinson 10 + 16 = 26
14 John Crinson 8 + 18 = 26
15 Dan Hemingway 5 + 22 = 27
16 Sam Haslam 1 + 27 = 28
17 John Shirt 2 + 27 = 29
18 Joe Baker 3 + 27 = 30
19 Sam Connor 6 + 26 = 32
20 Darren Brice 9 + 23 = 32
Day 4 – Thursday
Day + Prev = Tot
1 Alexz Wigg 2 + 7 = 9
2 Ben Hemingway 1 + 8 = 9
3 Michael Brown 5 + 5 = 10
4 James Dabill 1 + 12 = 13
5 Gary Macdonald 5 + 10 = 15
6 Ian Austermuhle 2 + 13 = 15
7 Albert Cabestany 7 + 13 = 20
8 James Lampkin 7 + 17 = 24
9 Ross Danby 6 + 19 = 25
10 Sam Haslam 2 + 28 = 30
11 Jonathan Richardson 7 + 23 = 30
12 Sam Connor 0 + 32 = 32
13 Dougie Lampkin 0 + 33 = 33
14 Darren Brice 1 + 32 = 33
15 John Shirt 4 + 29 = 33
16 John Crinson 7 + 26 = 33
17 Dan Thorpe 1 + 33 = 34
18 Craig Robinson 11 + 26 = 37
19 Joe Baker 9 + 30 = 39
20 Stephen Dixon 7 + 32 = 39
Day 5 – Friday
Day + Prev = Tot
1 Michael Brown 5 + 10 = 15
2 Alexz Wigg 6 + 9 = 15
3 Ben Hemingway 6 + 9 = 15
4 Ian Austermuhle 3 + 15 = 18
5 James Dabill 7 + 13 = 20
6 Gary Macdonald 6 + 15 = 21
7 Ross Danby 2 + 25 = 27
8 Albert Cabestany 10 + 20 = 30
9 Jonathan Richardson 2 + 30 = 32
10 Dougie Lampkin 2 + 33 = 35
11 Sam Connor 3 + 32 = 35
12 Dan Thorpe 1 + 34 = 35
13 James Lampkin 14 + 24 = 38
14 Sam Haslam 9 + 30 = 39
15 John Shirt 8 + 33 = 41
16 Darren Brice 12 + 33 = 45
17 John Crinson 15 + 33 = 48
18 Joe Baker 11 + 39 = 50
19 Stephen Dixon 14 + 39 = 53
20 Craig Robinson 18 + 37 = 55
Day 6 – Saturday
Day + Prev = Tot
1 Alexz Wigg 0 + 15 = 15
2 Michael Brown 2 + 15 = 17
3 Ben Hemingway 2 + 15 = 17
4 Ian Austermuhle 3 + 18 = 21
5 Gary Macdonald 4 + 21 = 25
6 James Dabill 7 + 20 = 27
7 Ross Danby 7 + 27 = 34
8 Dougie Lampkin 0 + 35 = 35
9 Albert Cabestany 7 + 30 = 37
10 Sam Connor 7 + 35 = 42
11 Jonathan Richardson 11 + 32 = 43
12 Dan Thorpe 9 + 35 = 44
13 James Lampkin 9 + 38 = 47
14 Joe Baker 3 + 50 = 53
15 John Shirt 14 + 41 = 55
16 Sam Haslam 17 + 39 = 56
17 Darren Brice 11 + 45 = 56
18 John Crinson 10 + 48 = 58
19 Dan Hemingway 7 + 56 = 63
20 Craig Robinson 12 + 55 = 67
Individual Trophies and Awards
North British Rubber Company Trophy – Best Performance: Alexz Wigg.
Jimmy Hutchison Memorial Trophy – Second: Michael Brown.
Henderson Trophy – Third: Ben Hemingway.
Ian Pollock Memorial Trophy – Best Newcomer: Albert Cabestany.
Ben Nevis Challenge Trophy – Second Best Newcomer: Ben Morphett.
Ian Fender Quaich – Best Scot who has not won any other trophy, cup or class award: Gary Macdonald.
Jimmy McGregor Memorial Trophy – Best Scot Up to 250cc: Neil Dawson.
George Baird Memorial Trophy – Best Scot Over 250cc: Rodger Mount.
Jimmy Beck Challenge Trophy – Best Foreign Rider: Albert Cabestany.
Services Individual Trophy – Best Services Rider: Jan Peters.
Davie Hogg Memorial Trophy – Best Scottish Newcomer: Andrew Anderson.
Iain Dubh Memorial Trophy – Best Over 40: Harold Crawford.
Jack Williams Trophy – Best Female: Becky Cook.
Willie Dalling Best Endeavour Award: Vince Mackintosh.
DAILY AWARDS
Day One – Lift Control Ltd: Michael Brown & Albert Cabestany 3 marks lost.
Day Two – Highland Leisure Sport & Birkett Moto Sport Ltd: Michael Brown, Alexz Wigg, Dougie Lampkin & Gary Macdonald clean.
Day Three – John Lee Motorcycles: Dougie Lampkin clean.
Day Four – Thistle Access NDT Ltd: Sam Connor & Dougie Lampkin clean.
Day Five – Talon Engineering: Dan Thorpe 1 mark lost.
Day Six – Oximoto: Alexz Wigg & Dougie Lampkin clean.
CLASS AWARDS
Best Performance Up to 200cc: Joanne Coles.
Best Performance 201-250cc: James Lampkin.
Best Performance Over 250cc: Alexz Wigg.
TEAM TROPHIES & AWARDS
Jackie Williamson Trophy – Best Scottish Club Team: Lochaber A.
Mamore Trophy – Best team of private entrants: Richmond A.
John Bull Trophy – Best Services Team: Army.
Jim Birrell Trophy – Best Foreign Team from same country: Spain A.
Eric McNamara Trophy – Best Scottish Team: HLS Gas Gas.
Isle of Iona Medal – Best Club Team: Bradford A.
Orkney Islands Medal – Best One-make Team: Beta A
SPECIAL FIRST CLASS AWARDS:
1 (198) Alexz Wigg (290 Beta UK) 15 marks lost, 2 (267) Michael Brown (290 MRS Sherco) 17, 3 (219) Ben Hemingway (300 Beta) 17, 4 (168) Ian Austermuhle (290 Beta) 21, 5 (81) Gary Macdonald (300 JST Highland Gas Gas) 25, 6 (71) James Dabill (300 JST Gas Gas) 27, 7 (82) Ross Danby (300 JST Gas Gas) 34, 8 (209) Dougie Lampkin (290 Beta) 35, 9 (255) Albert Cabestany (290 Sherco) 37, 10 (25) Sam Connor (290 Beta) 42, 11 (266) Jonathan Richardson (290 MRS Sherco) 43, 12 (59) Dan Thorpe (300 JST Gas Gas) 44, 13 (210) James Lampkin (250 Beta) 47, 14 (118) Joe Baker (250 Scorpa) 53, 15 (72) John Shirt (300 JST Gas Gas) 55, 16 (42) Sam Haslam (300 JST Gas Gas) 56, 17 (124) Darren Brice (250 Birkett Scorpa) 56, 18 (170) John Crinson (290 Beta UK) 58, 19 (218) Daniel Hemingway (290 Beta) 63, 20 (188) Craig Robinson (280 JST Gas Gas) 67, 21 (223) Ricky Wiggins (250 Albion Gas Gas) 69, 22 (44) Stephen Dixon (250 Birkett Scorpa) 70, 23 (83) Adam Norris (250 Beta) 75, 24 (199) Ben Morphett (290 Beta) 76, 25 (162) James Fry (290 MRS Sherco) 78, 26 (169) Thomas Hick (250 Beta) 91, 27 (110) Jordi Picola (300 Gas Gas) 95, 28 (234) Richard Timperley (290 MRS Sherco) 98, 29 (137) John Sunter (250 Montesa) 99, 30 (43) Chris Pearson (290 Thistle Sherco) 101, 31 (46) Chris Dixon (250 Birkett Scorpa) 105, 32 (73) Phil Disney (290 Appleyard Beta) 107, 33 (45) Richard Gaskell (250 Birkett Scorpa) 109, 34 (11) Aran Drachenberg (290 Beta) 116, 35 (102) Ross Crosby (250 Montesa) 121, 36 (197) Harold Crawford (290 Beta UK) 131, 37 (79) Mark Sunter (250 Beta) 133, 38 (28) Mick Boam (250 Scorpa) 145, 39 (29) Nathan Wrigglesworth (290 Beta) 150, 40 (228) Rodger Mount (290 Beta) 151, 41 (84) Scott Cameron (250 Beta) 152, 42 (192) Miquel Vergel (280 Gas Gas) 155, 43 (106) Rob Pollard (290 Beta) 166, 44 (154) Michele Bosi (290 Beta) 172, 45 (53) Pere Marti (317 Sherco) 173, 46 (212) Chris Curtis (280 Gas Gas) 174, 47 (60) Dan Farrer (280 JST Gas Gas) 179, 48 (70) Jack Lee (300 JST Gas Gas) 179, 49 (245) Melcior Estorch (320 Sherco) 180, 50 (121) Pere Borrellas (280 Gas Gas) 184.
FIRST CLASS AWARDS:
51 (144) Boyd Webster (250 Beta) 185, 52 (173) Martin Hemmer (290 Beta) 188, 53 (21) Carlos Casas (250 Montesa) 192, 54 (80) Kevin Dignan (300 Thistle Gas Gas) 195, 55 (206) Ian MacPhail (290 Sherco) 197, 56 (237) Adam Thiger (300 Gas Gas) 197, 57 (5) Lewis Peart (280 Gas Gas) 202, 58 (152) James Duxbury (300 Gas Gas) 203, 59 (136) Roger Williams (250 Gas Gas) 205, 60 (98) Glen Scholey (250 Beta) 205, 61 (172) Magnus Liljeblad (320 Sherco) 209, 62 (90) Darren James (290 Beta) 213, 63 (108) Marcel Albos (300 Gas Gas) 216, 64 (12) Graham Tales (300 Beta) 217, 65 (120) Nigel Birkett (250 Scorpa) 220, 66 (134) Diego Urreta (250 Montesa) 221, 67 (150) Sam Myers (250 Gas Gas) 221, 68 (189) Neil Dawson (250 Beta) 222, 69 (187) Liam Robinson (280 JST Gas Gas) 223, 70 (86) Jan Peters (290 Beta) 230, 71 (200) Paul Nicholson (249 Montesa) 231, 72 (155) Matteo Rochon (280 Gas Gas) 233, 73 (211) Matthew McDonald (250 Beta) 233, 74 (51) Andrew Blackman (300 Gas Gas) 239, 75 (15) David Pye (250 Fantic) 241, 76 (107) George Pollard (250 Beta) 241, 77 (180) Dave Mawer (290 Beta) 245, 78 (23) Stephen Larkin (290 Beta) 246, 79 (31) Anthony Ayrton (280 Gas Gas) 246, 80 (231) Paul Bennett (290 Sherco) 247, 81 (40) Andrew Sagar (250 Scorpa) 250, 82 (105) George Edyvean (290 Beta) 250, 83 (99) Mark Kent (250 Beta) 252, 84 (191) Grant Adamson (250 Scorpa) 252, 85 (54) Jorge Alonso (300 Gas Gas) 253, 86 (16) Phil Mayfield (300 Gas Gas) 254, 87 (135) Miguel Angel Bermejo (250 Montesa) 255, 88 (1) Stuart Rockett (260 Montesa) 258, 89 (145) James Moorhouse (250 Beta) 260, 90 (203) Becky Cook (290 MRS Sherco) 261, 91 (127) Ben Robinson (250 Gas Gas) 262, 92 (41) Darren Williams (300 Gas Gas) 268, 93 (163) Emma Bristow (250 JST Gas Gas) 269, 94 (216) Iain Robinson (250 Gas Gas) 269, 95 (112) Joanne Coles (125 Gas Gas) 274, 96 (139) Christopher Birch (250 Gas Gas) 274, 97 (178) Keelan Hancock (250 Gas Gas) 275, 98 (257) Andrew Brown (270 Sherco) 277, 99 (138) Paul Dennis (250 Gas Gas) 280, 100 (49) Guy Chandler (290 Beta) 283, 101 (47) Andrew Anderson (125 Gas Gas) 285, 102 (52) Alberto Bordoy (290 Sherco) 286, 103 (215) Gary Pears (250 Scorpa) 290, 104 (91) Rob Wrayford (250 Gas Gas) 291, 105 (258) Glen Quinn (280 Gas Gas) 293, 106 (183) John Luff (300 Beta) 299, 107 (35) Lee Shankie (250 Sherco) 301, 108 (264) John Battensby (125 Off Road Moto Sherco) 304, 109 (101) Chris Greenwood (250 Gas Gas) 306, 110 (240) Philip Harris (280 Gas Gas) 307, 111 (3) John Charlton (290 Sherco) 308, 112 (22) Eusebio Gago (250 Beta) 309, 113 (148) Lee McGee (250 Beta) 311, 114 (230) Moray MacNiven (290 Sherco) 313, 115 (113) Joe Bradley (250 Acklams Beta) 318, 116 (244) Manel Jane (290 Beta) 320, 117 (263) Andrew Battensby (250 Beta) 321, 118 (270) Jonathon Hughes (300 Gas Gas) 321, 119 (220) Armando Ugarte (250 Montesa) 322, 120 (62) Charley Lee (250 Beta) 325, 121 (125) Henry Bendall (250 Montesa) 330, 122 (97) Scott Alexander (249 Montesa) 334, 123 (166) Shaun Martin (280 Gas Gas) 336, 124 (33) Pere Camp (250 Montesa) 341, 125 (253) Vince Mackintosh (250 Beta) 341, 126 (55) Trevor Willans (250 Beta) 342, 127 (88) Steve Moore (250 Montesa) 345, 128 (274) Kolja Schmitt (290 Beta) 347, 129 (260) Michel Front (290 Sherco) 347, 130 (171) Per Berggren (300 Beta) 348.
SECOND CLASS AWARDS:
131 (74) Gavin Thornton (250 Appleyard Beta) 349, 132 (190) Chris Lord (250 Scorpa) 350, 133 (175) Lewis Bell (250 Montesa) 351, 134 (246) Dougie Gibson (300 Gas Gas) 351, 135 (122) Terry Craig (250 Gas Gas) 352, 136 (176) Jamie Reid (250 Beta) 353, 137 (78) Katy Sunter (250 Gas Gas) 353, 138 (252) Darren Heselton (250 Beta) 354, 139 (143) Alan Mudd (300 Gas Gas) 355, 140 (50) Martin Hawyes (290 Beta) 356, 141 (9) Duncan Mitchell (250 Scorpa) 356, 142 (56) Kevin Chapman (250 Gas Gas) 358, 143 (24) Alberto Arana (280 Gas Gas) 361, 144 (179) Stefan Goodman (250 Beta) 369, 145 (7) Andrew Clayton (270 Beta) 371, 146 (58) Dave Knaggs (280 Gas Gas) 373, 147 (61) Jonathan Lee (250 Beta) 375, 148 (202) Craig Talbot (290 BVM Sherco) 378, 149 (275) Darren Mitchell (250 Montesa) 379, 150 (109) Josep Maria Prat (300 Beta) 380, 151 (85) Mark Cameron (290 Sherco) 387, 152 (92) Simon James (290 Beta) 390, 153 (205) Damian Owen (250 Beta) 394, 154 (149) Christopher Myers (250 Yamaha) 395, 155 (111) Chris Kilhams (225 Gas Gas) 399, 156 (140) Ian Braithwaite (290 Beta) 400, 157 (93) Murray Whittaker (300 Beta) 402, 158 (273) Grant Reid (250 ORM Gas Gas) 409, 159 (268) Ross MacDougall (290 Beta) 410, 160 (30) Darren Holmes (250 Beta) 412, 161 (27) Neil Bowker (250 Beta) 415, 162 (247) Tony Moulder (250 Beta) 416, 163 (242) Ian Rutter (250 Gas Gas) 421, 164 (221) Sergio Alvarez (249 Montesa) 424, 165 (158) Mick Croome (250 Montesa) 425, 166 (174) Sam Jennings (250 Gas Gas) 429, 167 (251) Neil Hawker (250 Beta) 429, 168 (119) John Holland (250 Scorpa) 430, 169 (6) Robert Barber (300 Beta) 431, 170 (164) Gordon Murray (300 Beta) 434, 171 (100) David Moffat (249 Montesa) 434, 172 (182) Richard Suffell (280 Gas Gas) 438, 173 (34) Ramon Palau (290 Beta) 440, 174 (132) Richard Taylor (250 Appleyard Beta) 442, 175 (64) Graham Peace (290 Sherco) 452, 176 (157) Chris Howman (250 Montesa) 454, 177 (66) Allan Milligan (250 Scorpa) 455, 178 (271) Derek White (250 Gas Gas) 459, 179 (18) Thomas Pederson (290 Beta) 462, 180 (241) John Isherwood (250 Beta) 465, 181 (193) Cesar Lopez Pasca (250 Montesa) 466, 182 (238) Geoff Fielding (250 Gas Gas) 468, 183 (229) Gary Maclennan (250 Beta) 471, 184 (261) Didier Valade (290 Sherco) 473, 185 (67) Darren Palmer (250 Montesa) 479, 186 (13) Joan Moncanut (300 Gas Gas) 480, 187 (233) Chris Tett (300 Gas Gas) 484, 188 (214) Thorne Beckley-Pett (290 Sherco) 490, 189 (165) Frank Mackle (250 Beta) 492, 190 (17) Andrew Keel (250 Gas Gas) 493, 191 (126) Martin Ehrenreich (249 Montesa) 495, 192 (68) Russell Hodgson (250 Montesa) 504, 193 (103) Leopold Steiner (250 Montesa) 506, 194 (4) Phil Clark (300 Gas Gas) 509, 195 (184) Stephen Baird (290 Sherco) 511, 196 (26) Kevin O'Reordan (250 Beta) 516, 197 (235) Mark Timperley (250 Sherco) 519, 198 (19) Peter Weiss (250 Montesa) 533, 199 (36) Iain Shankie (250 Sherco) 543, 200 (57) Robert Metcalfe (250 Beta) 545, 201 (10) Mark Grant (250 Montesa) 548, 202 (239) Alex Bennett (290 Sherco) 549, 203 (69) Duncan Hutchison (290 Beta) 550, 204 (95) Hamish Jamieson (250 Beta) 560, 205 (146) Alfred Riegler (250 Beta) 566, 206 (232) Michael Flanagan (280 Gas Gas) 574, 207 (194) Joan Berenguer (280 Gas Gas) 584, 208 (65) Kristie McKinnon (250 Scorpa) 591, 209 (204) Andrew Kelly (200 Beta) 594, 210 (77) Jamie Dobb (280 JST Gas Gas) 605.
FINISHERS AWARDS:
211 (272) Stuart Anderson (250 Gas Gas) 609, 212 (20) Jesper Antonsen (290 Beta) 631, 213 (207) Joan Farres (290 Sherco) 638, 214 (208) Joan Cubi (250 Montesa) 673, 215 (96) Mark McComisky (250 Scorpa) 673, 216 (38) Neil Coleman (250 Gas Gas) 676, 217 (94) Ross Mackay (250 Beta) 725, 218 (87) Pauline Schmitt (250 Beta) 735, 219 (147) Jordi Serra (290 Beta) 832, 220 (196) Christophe Edouin (270 Beta) 852.
FOR FULL STORY SEE T+MX NEWS, FRIDAY, MAY 14, 2010
Gary Macdonald was in contention for the Premier all week but had to be content with the Best Scot Award.