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2002 Results & Race Reports

Round 1 Championship 03/03/2002 Winterbourne Stickland Report Results

Round 2 Championship 17/03/2002

Round 3 Championship 31/03/2002 Trigon Report Results

Round 4 Championship 14/04/2002 Milborne St Andrew Report Results

Round 5 Championship 28/04/2002 Rempstone Report Results

Round 6 Championship 12/05/2002 Bishopstone Report Results

Round 7 Championship 28/05/2002 Cancelled

Round 8 Championship 09/06/2002 Bere Regis Report Results

Round 9 Championship 23/06/2002 Sherborne Report Results

Round 10 Championship 07/07/2002 Milborne StAndrew Report Results

Round 11 Championship 21/07/2002 Winterborne Gunner Report Results

Round 12 Championship 18/08/2002 Milborne StAndrew Report Results

Round 13 Championship 01/09/2002 Rempstone Report Results

Round 14 Championship 15/09/2002 Bishopstone Report Results

Round 15 Championship 29/09/2002 Cancelled

Round 16 Championship 13/10/2002 Bere Regis Report Results

SPRING SPRUNG AT WINTERBOURNE

A NEW YEAR and a new season roared into life for the Hants and Dorset Youth Moto-Cross Club at Winterbourne Stickland on March 3 with an entry nudging 175 – most of them, it seemed, in the novice group.

Upgradings from last year’s senior and novice ranks swelled the Expert Plus line up but it was comparative old hands Mike Walbrin and Pete Broomfield, renewing an on-track rivalry from their own schoolboy days, who held sway at the top of the pecking order.

Just two points separated the top three in the fast and furious novice group where it took a tie break to give newcomer Leigh Adlem the overall verdict ahead of Adam Taylor with first race winner Stephen Bain third ahead of Richard Wareham on his venerable twin shock.

Tommy Hendry had no such trouble in the senior group reeling off three straight gate to post wins while Michael Bailey consolidated his reputation by claiming the runner-up spot ahead of visitor Ben Bowers.

It was a similar story in the Inter Open category where Adam Quincey led home Chris Bennett each time out with Russ Copsey bagging a hat trick of thirds.

Voted most improved rider of last season, Thomas Speer lived up to the title by taking top honours in the Inter 85s but the form of newly-elevated Jake Thompson, Sam Nicholls and Carl Miles who filled the rest of the leaderboard should keep the second year jockeys on their toes.

The vacant positions at the front of the Junior pack following the departure of last season’s front runners were ably filled by a posse of young guns headed by Lewis Trickett Dean Cummings and Ben Weedon although Kyle Newman, Jody Samways and Stephen Bain were never far behind.

Fast-gating by Harry Hanson helped him on his way to an unchallenged maximum in the autos group with Lee Wren and Jessie Arnold respectively second and third each time out.

RESULTS – Winterbourne Stickland, 3rd March 2002

Expert Plus                                                                                             Inter 100
1) 6 Mike Walbrin                                                                  1) 17 Adam Quincey
2) 14 Ashley Hawkins                                                           2) 199 Chris Bennet
3) 42 Wayne Noble                                                               3) 14 Ross Copsey
4) 95 John Courage                                                               4) 18 Daniel Lynn
5) 49 Tim Chard                                                                     5) 2 Buster Whetren
6) 55 Jimmy Hendry                                                              6) 20 Dean Clark

Novice                                                                                                      Inter 85
1) 23 Leigh Adlem                                                                 1) 7 Thomas Speer
2) 42 Adam Taylor                                                                2) 6 Jake Thompson
3) 74 Stephen Bain                                                                3) 27 Robert Hartley
4) 60 Richard Wareham                                                       4) 55 Sam Nicholls
5) 38 Mark Bridgewater                                                       5) 31 Tony Cook
6) 22 Neil Farmer                                                                  6) 63 Carl Miles

Seniors                                                                                                    Junior
1) 99 Tommy Henry                                                             1) 4 Lewis Trickett
2) 57 Michael Bailey                                                            2) 2 Dean Cummings
3) 154 Ben Bowers                                                               3) 5 Ben Weedon
4) 49 Lee Bailey                                                                    4) 3 Kyle Newman
5) 20 Joe Clark                                                                      5) 81 Jody Samways
6) 7 Matt Carter                                                                    6) 74 Stephen Bain

Auto
1) 26 Harry Hanson
2) 50 Lee Wren
3) 27 Jessie Arnold
4) 90 Joseph Butler
5) 10 Jamie Mole
6) 16 Sam Leatham

Expert Plus
Race 1: 6-42-44 49-95-28-55-1-3-16-26-39-22-45-14-51-70-71-12-31-10-4-9
Race 2: 44-6-95-42-55-49-28-1-19-22-16-14-45-71-26-51-10-39-70-31-38-76-12-3-4-9
Race 3: 6-44-95-1-42-49-55-28-51-19-14-26-3-71-16-70-39-10-32-12-45-38-4-9

Senior
Race 1: 99-57-24-54- 20-7-49-9-3-1-10-14-2-80-16-11-22
Race 2: 99-54-49-57- 7-20-10-1-2-14-9-3-24-16-11-22-80
Race 3: 99-57-10-54-20-49-7-1-24-2-9-80-14-11-16-22-8

Auto
Race 1: 26-50-27-90-10-16-57-19-4-9-21-15
Race 2: 26-50-27-16-10-90-57-19-9-4-21-15-2
Race 3: 26-50-27-90-10-19-9-57-16

Junior
Race 1: 4-2-5-81-3-18-74-31-69-22-37-92-26-24-23-10-12-7-41-38-55-15-88
Race 2: 2-4-3-81-5-14-18-22-69-37-92-23-26-12-7-24-55-10-31-41-88-38-15
Race 3: 4-5-2-3-81-74-69-18-31-23-12-37-26-24-55-7-22-92-10-38-88-41-15

Inter 85
Race 1: 7-27-6-88-31-63-4-21-2-55-3-46-111-44-42-34-29-9-57
Race 2: 7-6-55-2-63-4-27-88-21-3-31-111-42-29-34-9-44
Race 3: 7-6-31-27-55-63-4-2-21-3-111-57-46-44-42-34-29-88-9

Inter 100
Race 1: 17-199-14-18-5-2-47-68-7-23-88-20-6-45-11-9-16-21-10-8-15-3-44
Race 2: 17-199-14-20-18-2-885-7-47-48-23-6-11-9-21-8-15-10-44-69-3
Race 3: 17-199-14-20-18-2-7-5-23-88-16-48-9-6-21-8-11-15-44-3-47

Novice
Race 1: 82-74-23-42-60-22-29-38-28-63-51-11-77-17-16-27-7-49-14-68-8-26-13-66-62-15-31-10-39-18-20-81-25-78-57-6
Race 2: 38-60-74-23-29-42-46-28-39-22-51-63-11-27-7-16-81-57-66-77-5-17-68-49-8-69-62-3-14-25-18-26-20-13-31-10-47-52-15-6
Race 3: 42-22-28-23-29-60-38-74-63-46-57-51-16-52-77-27-69-7-66-5-11-8-49-68-14-25-62-26-13-18-15-17-20-10-31-47-39-6
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Trigon 31st March

The sun certainly did not shine on the Hants & Dorset riders for their Easter Sunday race meeting at Trigon, Wareham. Rain, overnight and during some of the first block provided an even more challenging track which thankfully dried out as the day progressed. Young and older riders took several tumbles providing the medics and the ever athletic parents and track marshals plenty of work.

The first group to race were the Expert Plus, twenty four riders began the day with only seventeen completing all three races. Lee Lucas took the chequered flag twice after some hard battling with Ben Milward and Jon Courage to take first overall after Ben was victorious in their second outing.

The Novices were next on the line, with Chris Gunter winning the first two races and Paul Haywood coming up to win from the rear in the last race. With points tallied, Chris took first overall , Leigh Adlam second and Adam Taylor third.

The next group to tackle the course were the Seniors. Here the wins were shared by Tommy Henry and James Bartholomew giving overall positions of Tommy, Joe Clark and James third.

After these all 125cc confrontations it was the turn of the Autos on a drying track. Magnus Manson-Chubb won the first with Harry Hinson winning the next two.

After cutting some of the track for the Autos, the Juniors took their chance on the whole course. Lewis Trickett and Dean Cummings battled for firsts with some excellent racing. Lewis had two wins with Dean on his back mudguard with the positions reversed in their other outing.

In the Inter 85s Michael Kent, in a class of his own, took the first race win, however subsequently Ross Hill upped his pace and gave him a run for his money in the next two races.

The only rider to accumulate maximum points with three race wins was Kurt Freegard in the Inter 100s although Ross Copsey and Dean Clark were not far behind.

RESULTS – Trigon, 31st March 2002

Expert Plus :
1 Lee Lucas, 2 Phillip Whetren, 3 Tim Chard, 4 Ben Milward, 5 Simon Smart, 6 Michael Ross
Novice :
1 Chris Gunter, 2 Leigh Adlam, 3 Adam Taylor, 4 Stephen Bain, 5 Paul Haywood, 6 Chris Kimpton
Senior :
1 Tommy Hendry, 2 Joe Clark, 3 James Bartholomew, 4 Daniel Cox, 5 Danny Nash, 6 James Chard
Inter 100 :
1 Kurt Freegard, 2 Ross Copsey, 3 Dean Clark, 4 Daniel Lynn, 5 Marcus Feltham, 6 Neil Watton
Inter 85 :
1 Michael Kent, 2 Ashley Bailey, 3 Ross Hill, 4 David Ross, 5 Thomas Speer, 6 Daniel Moyse
Junior :
1 Lewis Trickett, 2 Dean Cummings, 3 Ben Weedon, 4 Jody Samways, 5 Stephen Bain, 6 Chris Gunter
Auto :
1 Harry Hinson, 2 Magnus Manson-Chubb, 3 Kieran Maidment, 4 Lee Wren, 5 Joe Butler, 6 Ryan Butler

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FULL BORE AT MILBORNE

FLAT out and full bore was the only way to ride the largely flat, fast and sweeping track at Milborne St Andrew when Hants and Dorset YMC staged its fourth championship meeting of the year on April 14th.

Drought conditions which made the ground rock hard and dusty added extra edge to the off camber corners as tyres clawed vainly for grip on the unyielding surface which brought the throttle-happy down to earth with a painful bump.

For the most part visitors rose to the challenge better than their Hants and Dorset hosts with several home club top dogs destined to eat the dust dished up by their roving rivals.

Dean Woodford reeled off a hat trick maximum over Ben Milward in the expert plus with Mike Walbrin, Pete Broomfield and Matt Welch taking it in turns to follow the leading pair over the finish line.

Regular visitor Ben Bowers once more topped the senior ratings, but only after a last race misfortune befell home hero Tommy Henry, allowing Michael Bailey and Ricky Fenton to fill the podium.

Jack Taylor made a clean sweep through the Inter 85 card with Ryan Gower returning to the H & D fold to make runner up ahead of another new member Ryan Allen while last year’s junior champion Ashley Bailey made his long-promised impact on the bigger capacity crowd.

Lewis Trickett and Ben Weedon battled gamely to uphold Hants and Dorset honour in the juniors but had no answer to visitors Alex Hussey and Ross Keyworth.

Kieron Maidment made mincemeat of the autos class to pick up three firsts with Lee Wren pouncing on a rare slip by Harry Hanson to grab runner up slot.

A first race fall stopped Ross Copsey gaining a hat trick in the Inter Open class where Marcus Feltham with a trio of hard-charging second places shaded more fancied runners Joe Clark and first race winner Daniel Lynn.

Epic duels between Chris Bunter and Neil Farmer characterised the opening encounters among the full house in the novice group but the latter’s third race DNF allowed heat winner Paul Haywood and ever-steady Adam Taylor to complete the podium behind Chris.

RESULTS – Milborne St Andrew, 14th April 2002

Expert Plus Inter 100

1) 129 Dean Woodford 1) 14 Ross Copsey
2) 2 Ben Milward 2) 68 Marcus Feltham
3) 6 Mike Walbrin 3) 18 Daniel Lynn
4) 44 Pete Broomfield 4) 7 Neil Watton
5) 28 Matt Welch 5) 20 Dean Clark
6) 49 Tim Chard 6) 47 Nathan Bridgewater

Novice Inter 85

1) 81 Chris Bunter 1) 122 Jack Taylor
2) 2 Paul Haywood 2) 52 Ryan Gower
3) 42 Adam Taylor 3) 58 Ryan Allen
4) 23 Leigh Adlem 4) 7 Thomas Speer
5) 38 Mark Bridgewater 5) 88 Ashley Bailey
6) 80 Martin Mabey 6) 31 Tony Cook

Seniors Junior

1) 154 Ben Bowers 1) 25 Alex Hussey
2) 57 Michael Bailey 2) 20 Ross Keyworth
3) 55 Ricky Fenton 3) 4 Lewis Trickett
4) 24 James Bartholomew 4) 5 Ben Weedon
5) 99 Tommy Henry 5) 2 Dean Cummings
6) 20 Joe Clark 6) 81 Jody Samways

Auto

1) 29 Keiran Maidment
2) 50 Lee Wren
3) 26 Harry Hanson
4) 16 Samuel Leatham
5) 19 Oliver Jones
6) 57 Daniel Cavendish

RACE RESULTS – Milborne St Andrew, 14th April 2002

Expert Plus
Race 1: 129-2-6-44-95-42-51-3-49-28-1-14-7-45-5-26-191-82-12-10-39-8-11-52-29-9-41-24
Race 2: 129-2-44-6-1-49-28-42-55-51-82-26-3-95-5-7-191-14-39-10-45-11-12-52-8-24-23-9
Race 3: 129-2-28-6-3-49-44-55-95-82-20-191-7-5-42-51-14-10-45-39-52-11-24-29-9-12-23

Senior
Race 1: 99-154-24-57-20-55-7-1-10-4-14-47-9-2-80-3-198-22-8
Race 2: 55-99-57-154-20-24-10-7-9-1-14-47-4-3-2-198-80-22-8
Race 3: 154-57-24-55-10-20-47-7-9-2-14-3-80-1-99-22-198

Auto
Race 1: 29-50-19-16-10-57-26-27-6-8-3-80-2
Race 2: 29-26-50-16-27-19-57-10-6-8-3-80-2-7
Race 3: 29-26-50-16-19-57-27-10-6-3-80-2-7

Junior
Race 1: 25-4-51-20-81-2-5-22-18-74-11-7-52-69-37-26-31-24-23-12-90-55-88-41-38-1-60-15-16
Race 2: 25-20-5-4-2-81-74-22-18-69-11-52-37-31-7-12-26-24-55-90-88-1-23-38-41-60-16-15
Race 3: 25-20-5-4-2-81-31-74-11-18-12-7-52-24-22-26-23-55-90-16-41-88-38-1-15

Inter 85
Race 1: 122-52-31-88-58-7-2-63-62-6-4-00-27-21-3-57-8-46-42-44-34-9-25-12-22
Race 2: 122-7-52-58-88-6-2-27-4-31-62-63-00-3-21-46-8-44-57-34-42-25-9-22-12
Race 3: 122-58-7-52-31-63-88-6- 4-27-00-21-62-2-57-46-3-34-44-8-25-4-9-12-22

Inter Open
Race 1: 18-68-14-7-47-5-23-48-16-20-2-21-9-22-4-27-8-10-15-3
Race 2: 18-68-20-18-7-47-22-5-2-23-48-6-11-9-10-15-27-3
Race 3: 18-68-20-18-7-2-47-23-22-5-48-6-11-9-10-21-15-3

Novice
Race 1: 81-22-2-42-23-38-46-13-51-80-74-7-66-78-77-63-8-68-5-17-40-31-69-3-25-60-14-52-10-50-62-9-18-96-30-6-33-65
Race 2: 81-22-2-42-23-38-80-46-74-60-13-51-63-69-66-68-77-17-8-5-3-96-10-40-14 -15-25-50-62-18-78-31-52-30-9-6-65
Race 3: 2-81-23-38-42-74-80-63-77-68-13-60-78-66-46-40-17-14-3-62-10-69-25-5-15-18-96-52-50-51-31-8-30-6-65

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ROUGH AND TUMBLES AT REMPSTONE

OVERNIGHT rain topped up by showers during the day turned sections of the Rempstone, near Corfe Castle, track into a malevolent morass which claimed countless victims when Hants and Dorset YMC ran its championship meeting on April 28.

From expert plus hot shots to the most junior of jockeys, few escaped the
cloying clutches of the unique terrain that mixes the worst of mud and sand to create sticky traps for the unwary.

Hardest hit was the Inter 85 group where the carnage in the second heat laid low such luminaries as Thomas Speer, Ryan Gower and Ashley Bailey and forced the abandonment of the race. A win in the depleted third leg sealed the overall for Michael Kent ahead of Ryan Allen and Tony Cook.

Evergreen Terry House on his return to the Hants and Dorset fray was made to work for the expert plus laurels, coming from behind to take the first encounter from Ben Milward after front runner Phil Lewis came unstuck and then following Jason Palmer and Phil over the line in the other heats.

In a sparsely-populated senior group, honours went to visitor Ricky Fenton after homegrown hope Michael Bailey succumbed to the Rempstone rigours in the deciding third race leaving Tommy Henry to take overall runner-up spot.

Lewis Trickett posted two wins to top the Juniors whose mini machines were almost swallowed whole by the holes which rapidly developed under their wheels.

Although spared some of the worst trouble spots, the Autos had their own hill to climb with the conditions but nothing could stop Kieron Maidment bagging one of only two hat trick maximums scores.

The other full house came at the opposite end of the age scale where Adam Taylor made light of the going to see off the challenge of Leigh Adlem and Richard Wareham for once forsaking his trusty twin shock.

By contrast there were three different race winners in the Inter 100s but
overall winner Ross Copsey wasn't one them - his trio of seconds enough to outpoint the less consistent Daniel Lynn, Marcus Feltham and Dean Clark.

RESULTS - Rempstone, 28th April 2002

Expert Plus :
1) Terry House 2) Jason Palmer 3) Adrian Tucker
4) Lee Lucas 5) Ben Milward 6) Jonathan Courage
Inter 100 :
1) Ross Copsey 2) Daniel Lynn 3) Dean Clark
4) Marcus Feltham 5) Neil Watton 6) Buster Whetren
Novice :
1) Adam Taylor 2) Richard Wareham 3) Alan Parker
4) Mark Bridgewater 5) Simon Cox 6) Stephen Bain
Inter 85 :
1) Michael Kent 2) Ryan Allen 3) Tony Cook
4) Aaron Carmichael 5) Ashley Bailey 6) Jake Thompson
Seniors:
1) Ricky Fenton 2) Tommy Henry 3) Michael Bailey
4) James Bartholomew 5) Joe Clark 6) Matt Carter
Junior :
1) Lewis Trickett 2) Mitchell Chalmers 3) Jody Samways
4) Stephen Bain 5) Oliver Rusby 6) Adam Arnold
Auto:
1) Keiran Maidment 2) Harry Hinson 3) Lee Wren
4) Magnus Manson-Chubb 5) Samuel Leatham 6) Daniel Cavendish

RACE RESULTS - Rempstone, 28th April 2002

Expert Plus
Race 1:24-2-25-99-124-1-6-49-95-153-82-16-19-28-142-15-55-14-30-4-76-11-10-141-38-45-81-39-9-41
Race 2:25-24-124-99-95-153-6-15-81-2-42-55-49-28-51-14-30-4-11-10-19-45-76-1-38-82-9-41
Race 3: 78-25-24-124-2-99-95-42-6-153-49-82-55-28-141-4-14-1-
39-45-11-76-10-9-38-19-51

Senior
Race 1: 57-99-55-20- 7- 9 -10-2-1- 14-4
Race 2: 55-57-20-99-24-10-9 -7-14-1 -2 -4-8
Race 3: 55-99- 7 -24-10-57-9- 1- 2-20-4-14

Auto
Race 1: 29-26-50-16-57-5-19-10-27-8-6-3-2-7
Race 2: 29-50-26-57-5-16-10-27-19-8-6-3-7-2
Race 3: 29-26-50-5-19-16-27-57-10-8-6-3-7

Junior
Race 1:
51-81-4-74-11-18-14-12-22-46-37-26-5-52-55-24-90-69-23-2-4160-38-88-16-15
Race 2:
4-51-81-18-69-14-5-74-2-11-31-52-22-46-26-37-12-23-55-88-60-90-16-38-41
Race 3: 4-74-2-14-51-81-11-69-22-24-37-26-12-18-55-23-41-60-38-16-88

Inter 85
Race 1: 52-7-89-58-31-88-63-118-4-6-62-27-44-21-00-57-34-99-46-47-9-8-91-29
Race 2:
Race 3: 89-58-118-6-88-4-00-44-2-62-27-63-21-25-46-91-3-70

Inter Open
Race 1: 18-14-7-20-68-88-16-2-9-27-5-6-48-21-3-10-23-96
Race 2: 68-14-18-20-7-2-23-27-6-88-9-5-48-3-10-21-96-15-16
Race 3: 20-14-7-68-18-23-2-48-27-5-21-6-3-10

Novice
Race 1:
42-23-60-77-12-51-74-38-26-99-46-67-8-17-5-3-13-14-25-15-96-50-68-52-62-40-65-63-43-6
Race 2:
42-23-38-60-29-46-77-74-63-99-12-51-78-25-13-5-15-65-17-3-8-26-40-68-52-14-62-50-43
Race 3: 42-60-29-46-77-74-12-38-63-51-13-25-3-78-40-15-5-52-17-8-68-62-26-43

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FLASH JUMPING JACKS AT BISHOPSTONE

VISITORS, new members and other interlopers kept one jump ahead of the home club faithful when Hants and Dorset YMC opened its doors to allcomers at Bishopstone on May 12.

With more artificial mounds than a silicone supermodel the poseurs playground of a track drew glittering line ups in every group to eclipse the local stars.

Only the autos had their somewhat shortened version of the track to themselves and Keiron Maidment revelled in the conditions to reel off three wins while Lee Wren and Harry Hinson squabbled in his wake.

After making the pace in the Seniors as a visitor so far this season, Ben Bowers waved the flag for Hants and Dorset en route to three straight wins while Matt Carter showed his relish for the aerial antics by taking overall runner-up spot ahead of Joe Clark.

Jeff Perrett returned to the club where he made his name to take Expert Plus honours at the expense of Paul Cowshall whose extravagant leaps also led to a couple of falls and prodigal Simon Wakely completed the leaderboard.

Visitors ran riot in the Intermediate groups but ex-pat H & D member Ross Hill secured the 85cc laurels with Michael Kent a fighting third overall and a heat win to his credit.

Aliens ruled the roost among the 100s with fourth placed Kurt Freeguard the only familiar name to appear in the results although some may remember Craig Rogers and Kristian Whatley’s parentage will mean something to the older generation.

Mitchell Chalmers battled gamely to uphold Hants and Dorset honour in the junior ranks also heavily infiltrated by outsiders who carried off the majority of the day’s spoils.

RESULTS – Bishopstone, 12th May 2002

Expert Plus Inter 100

1) 100 Jeff Perrett 1) 161 Jamie Speers

2) 57 Phil Lewis 2) 130 Jordan Carter

3) 121 Paul Cowshall 3) 101 Kristian Whatley

4) 124 Adam Tucker 4) 67 Kurt Freegard

5) 25 Jason Palmer 5) 117 Craig Rogers

6) 68 Simon Wakely 6) 37 Sean Rodford

Novice Inter 85

1) 23 Lee Adlem 1) 64 Ross Hill

2) 141 Jason Conner 2) 154 Jordan Owen

3) 38 Mark Bridgewater 3) 89 Michael Kent

4) 42 Adam Taylor 4) 124 Lloyd Nightingale

5) 198 Sydney Scammell 5) 116 Lewis Tombs

6) 28 Paul Grubb 6) 131 Frank Carter

Seniors Junior

1) 54 Ben Bowers 1) 191 Max Anstey

2) 7 Matt Carter 2) 51 Mitchell Chalmers

3) 15 Joe Clark 3) 120 Ross Keyworth

4) 136 Paul Hussey 4) 125 Alex Hussey

5) 24 James Bartholomew 5) 4 Lewis Trickett

6) 57 Michael Bailey 6) 81 Jody Samways

Auto

1) 29 Keiran Maidment

2) 50 Lee Wren

3) 26 Harry Hinson

4) 57 Daniel Cavendish

5) 27 Jesse Arnold

6) 8 Ryan Owen

RACE RESULTS – Bishopstone, 12th May 2002

Expert Plus

Race 1: 57-48-100-124-2-121-25-68-99-67-6-49-42-44-111-1-3-131-51-28-16-12-88-11-4-38-14-39-23-9-78

Race 2: 100-121-25-68-57-99-124-2-67-48-49-42-131-158-44-6-111-51-8-28-16-88-4-14-12-11-38-39-3-23-9-45-78

Race 3: 100-57-124-121-68-2-25-48-99-49-158-42-131-111-28-44-67-16-1-3-51-4-14-88-6-9-39-11-12-45-78-38-8

Senior

Race 1: 54-7-57-136-24-71-15-14-1-5-10-155-9-4-126-3-11-48-111-22-47

Race 2: 54-155-15-24-136-126-47-14-71-7-2-10-5-1-9-57-111-4-3-11-48-22

Race 3: 54-7-57-10-15-136-24-47-126-71-14-5-1-9-55-111-3-4-11-48-22

Auto

Race 1: 29-50-26-27-57-8-6-3-21-13-80-7-2

Race 2: 29-26-50-57-27-10-8-21-6-3-7-13-80-2

Race 3: 29-50-26-57-10-27-8-6-21-3-7-13-80-2

Junior

Race 1: 191-51-125-4-120-5-74-81-151-137-2-52-119-18-132-7-22-23-37-69-150-92-12-24-26-1-55-14-88-38-60-41

Race 2: 191-51-120-2-81-74-4-137-5-151-22-119-125-52-14-132-7-23-69-18-37-150-92-12-1-24-55-41-88-16-38-60

Race 3: 191-125-51-120-4-5-81-2-74-137-151-22-119-132-23-7-69-18-52-26-37-92-14-24-150-12-1-88-41-55-38-16-60

Inter 85

Race 1: 64-116-154-52-89-124-7-131-31-63-18-27-62-175-2-4-88-55-6-21-54-44-3-57-8-19-34-46-9-99-91-12-84-70

Race 2: 89-154-64-124-131-88-7-52-18-175-31-63-27-116-62-4-2-55-6-54-44-3-19-21-34-46-99-57-8-9-12-91-84-70

Race 3: 64-89-154-124-116-131-7-18-63-175-27-55-4-62-31-6-2-54-44-21-19-3-34-8-57-9-42-99-46-12-91-84-70

Inter Open

Race 1: 161-130-67-101-117-18-37-14-7-19-71-20-5-68-121-22-27-34-47-23-2-220-9-44-6-16-10-3-48-8-25

Race 2: 161-130-101-67-117-37-18-14-20-19-68-71-22-34-5-27-48-121-23-47-16-2-6-220-44-9-10-3-25

Race 3: 130-161-117-101-67-37-18-71-14-20-22-19-34-68-5-27-23-2-47-6-220-44-9-121-16-10-3-25

Novice

Race 1: 38-141-198-42-74-23-28-80-60-12-164-40-52-18-4-100-5-17-51-77-13-10-66-68-8-14-25-50-62-9-6-65-43

Race 2: 23-42-60-198-28-74-141-4-164-100-38-80-51-40-77-3-12-66-8-17-5-52-18-10-25-14-68-62-78-13-50-9-43-6-65

Race 3: 141-23-38-4-28-74-42-198-164-80-60-78-5-51-66-12-77-74-13-40-52-17-100-68-25-10-8-14-3-62-50-18-9-43-65-6

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RAIN REIGNS AT BERE REGIS

THE weather gods that cursed the last meeting at this venue were in spiteful mood again on June 2 when an unseasonal deluge turned a damp and dismal day into muddy mayhem – and then the sun shone.

A hillside track that was surprisingly dry when walked before practice was turned into a morass as drizzle turned into incessant driving rain and the only thing that was not clogged by the cloying clag was the clock which ticked round at alarming pace as the first – and only scorable block of races made its painful progress.

By the mid-afternoon lunchtime the racing had descended into virtual farce but all but the best and bravest of the younger riders and the lapscorers had no chance of deciphering obliterated numbers through the downpour.

Then, the damage done and the meeting reduced to a single straight race for each group, the rain stopped, the sun shone, the track dried and the youngsters who had had the worst of the conditions earlier could revel in the afternoon’s fun block.

But for the most of the grown ups there was no point and very little fun to be had in struggling around the slippery surface collecting bucket loads of the Bere Regis ready mix concrete formula of lime, gravel and clay.

Results, such as they were, spoke for themselves with the expert and experienced more often profiting at the expense of the fast and furious who rapidly became less of the first and more of the latter with every slip and slide along the way.

RESULTS – Bere Regis, 2nd June 2002

Expert Plus                                     Inter 100
1) 111 Daniel Lillington                   1) 100 Daniel Smith
2) 57 Phil Lewis                             2) 14 Ross Copsey
3) 2 Ben Milward                           3) 20 Dean Clark
4) 134 Mark Popperwell                4) 22 Lewis Hall
5) 161 Neil Long                           5) 68 Marcus Feltham
6) 51 Chris Kimpton                      6) 24

Novice                                          Inter 85
1) 38 Mark Bridgewater              1) 88 Ashley Bailey
2) 30 Andy Leach                        2) 18 Mark Hamblin
3) 98 Syd Scammell                      3) 31 Tony Cook
4) 42 Adam Taylor                       4) 63 Carl Miles
5) 60 Richard Wareham               5) 62 Liam Perry
6) 40 Gerhard Wallis                   6) 27 Robert Hartley

Seniors                                       Junior
1) 54 Ben Bowers                      1) 125 Alex Hussey
2) 14 Ashley Smith                     2) 120 Ross Keyworth
3) 10 Danny Nash                      3) 119 George Bayliss
4) 15 Joe Clark                         4) 81 Jody Samways
5) 24 James Bartholomew        5) 4 Lewis Trickett
6) 57 Michael Bailey                6) 74 Stephen Bain

Auto
1) 29 Keiran Maidment
2) 50 Lee Wren
3) 26 Harry Hinson
4) 27 Jesse Arnold
5) 9 Jack Jenner
6) 19 Oliver Jones

RACE RESULTS – Bere Regis, 2nd June 2002

Expert Plus
Race 1: 111-57-2-134-161-51-28-16-12-6-121-55-49-37-14-77-15-7-82-26-40-184-11-76-38-124-81-45-35-12-86-39-99
Race 2:
Race 3:

Senior
Race 1: 54-14-10-15-24-57-71-9-7-1-2-37-3-4-65-80-48-42-11
Race 2:
Race 3:

Auto
Race 1: 29-50-26-27-9-19-57-16-8
Race 2:
Race 3:

Junior
Race 1: 125-120-119-81-4-74-51-14-5-69-22-11-7-23-37-90-88-1-41-38
Race 2:
Race 3:

Inter 85
Race 1: 88-18-31-63-62-27-55-99-21-3-54-111-44-9-20
Race 2:
Race 3:

Inter Open
Race 1: 100-14-20-22-27-68-24-23-71-48-27-34-5-18-9-99-6-13-15
Race 2:
Race 3:

Novice
Race 1: 38-30-98-42-60-40-74-23-57-77-51-63-17-80-8-52-62-68-15-5-13-25-3-9-10-6-70
Race 2:
Race 3:

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MIDSUMMER BIKES SCREAM AT SHERBORNE

A FAST and flat track at North Wootton on the outskirts of Sherborne provided several spills but few thrills among another huge entry for Hants and Dorset’s 9th championship meeting of the season on June 23rd.

But 24 hours after Midsummer Day the sun finally shone on the Club and its riders who enjoyed a welcome respite from the cold and wet that bedevilled its previous outings.

Early and hard on the gas and late and hard on the brakes was the technique for success on the series of straights and corners that made up the course but a lush grass surface, peppered with cow pats, caught out those who overdid the heavy acceleration or braking, especially in the morning session.

And those who came to Earth did so with a painful bump, necessitating paramedic attention not least for Vince Dodd whose sterling efforts aboard his son’s 100cc Kawasaki ended with a broken leg.

The flat and flat out nature of the track made a clean start essential and Tim Chard was the quickest off the blocks in the Expert Plus with a maiden race win before succumbing to visitor Paul Ayres and former club hunk Wayne Noble.

Peter Wright and Michael Bailey locked horns each time out in the Seniors with James Bartholomew third each time out.

A hat trick for Lee Wren nudged Keiron Maidment off his customary top perch in the Autos, where the strict pecking order extended over the first four places each time out.

Lewis Trickett bagged the opening Junior encounter before Mitchell Chalmers restored normal service to take the overall and Dean Cummings pushed his KTM further up the finishing order each time to claim the third podium place.

Thomas Speer racked up a high speed hat trick in the Inter 85s with Ryan Gower and Liam Perry in hot pursuit.

Jamie Anstis spoiled the perfect record of visitor Matthew Jones in the Inter Open class, but couldn’t prevent the interloper loping off with the overall laurels.

A hairy first race start left Adam Taylor in the Novices with too much to do to catch Mark Bridgewater, but he made no such slip in the other heats to secure the overall in a group whose competitiveness increasingly belies the age and status of the combatants.

RESULTS – Sherborne, 23rd June 2002

Expert Plus

1) Paul Ayres 2) Wayne Noble 3) Tim Chard 4) Mike Walbrin
5) Katie Carne 6) Trevor Barton
Inter 100
1) Matthew Jones 2) Jamie Anstis 3) Ben Courage 4) Ross Copsey
5) Daniel Lynne 6) 7 Neil Watton

Novice
1) Adam Taylor 2) Mark Bridgewater 3) Paul Grubb 4) Syd Scammell
5) Leigh Adlem 6) Stephen Bain

Inter 85
1) Thomas Speer 2) Ryan Gower 3) Liam Perry 4) Carl Miles
5) Robert Hartley 6) Harry Seymour

Seniors
1) Michael Bailey 2) Peter Wright 3) James Bartholomew 4) Joe Clark
5) Ashley Smith 6) Lee Bailey

Junior
1) Mitchell Chalmers 2) Lewis Trickett 3) Dean Cummings 4) Jody Samways 5) Stephen Bain 6) Ben Weedon

Auto
1) Lee Wren 2) Keiran Maidment 3) Harry Hinson 4) Jamie Mole
5) Mitchell Ayres 6) Jesse Arnold

RACE RESULTS – Sherborne 23rd June 2002

Expert Plus
Race 1: 49-165-3-42-64-133-82-4-37-18-34-20-51-95-8-7-55-81-12-92-6-14-45-84-70-39-11-15-9-36
Race 2: 6-165-42-49-3-133-18-95-37-82-34-8-14-51-55-20-4-84-39-64-7-81-15-70-36-11-9-45-28-12
Race 3: 165-6-42-82-64-133-34-8-49-28-81-14-4-18-20-3-95-55-51-84-12-7-15-37-39-11-9-45

Senior
Race 1: 57-37-24-14-15-49-139-7-4-2-10-9-1-71-100-65
Race 2: 37-57-24-14-49-15-7-139-10-4-2-1-9-100-65
Race 3: 57-15-24-37-49-10-9-14-139-1-4-2-7-100-65

Auto
Race 1: 50-29-26-10-27-57-114-8-6-21-2-80-47
Race 2: 50-29-26-10-114-27-6-21-2-80-47
Race 3: 50-29-26-10-114-8-27-6-21-2-80-47

Junior
Race 1: 4-51-181-2-5-74-81-18-52-11-31-22-37-69-12-24-88-23-26-38-15-41-55-8-115-16-60

Race 2: 51-4-2-74-81-18-22-23-5-31-37-26-181-52-24-12-88-69-15-38-55-8-41-1-16-115-60

Race 3: 51-2-81-5-74-4-418-11-52-31-22-26-69-37-24-88-181-12-1-115-8-16-41-15-60-38

Inter 85
Race 1: 7-131-52-62-63-71-27-121-6-4-15-2-31-3-21-44-34-20-8-9-79-24
Race 2: 7-52-62-31-27-71-63-121-6-2-4-15-3-21-44-20-8-34-9-79-24
Race 3: 7-52-62-131-63-27-15-71-6-2-121-31-3-44-34-21-20-8-9-24

Inter Open
Race 1: 123-28-33-7-14-68-18-199-20-71-5-27-741-23-16-48-41-6-11-13-11-8-51-3-15-180
Race 2: 28-123-33-741-14-18-199-5-7-68-19-27-23-41-48-16-6-11-13-61-8-3-15-51-180
Race 3: 123-33-14-28-18-68-199-741-7-23-5-27-48-41-11-6-13-61-8-3-51-15-180

Novice
Race 1: 38-42-74-28-98-23-60-51-66-X-77-113-7-25-57-8-17-5-3-31-68-13-18-62-71-50-9-15-6-41
Race 2: 42-28-38-98-60-74-23-66-51-113-8-X-18-7-3-17-25-13-5-68-50-15-62-31-9-70-77-6-71
Race 3: 42-23-98-38-28-74-60-66-3-25-13-51-7-113-8-71-18-5-17-70-31-9-62-50-15-68-41-6

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MILBORNE MELEES

A STEEP learning curve provided an object lesson for the over exuberant when Hants and Dorset YMC pitched camp on a hillside track at Milborne St Andrew for its 9th championship meeting of the season on July 7th.

Green grass, damp in the air and off cambers on every corner caught out the inexpert and incautious and even when the herbage was scrubbed off the loose stuff underneath quickly dug out into rugged ruts and loose berms.

Conditions on the uphill first corner resulted in frequent first lap melees, especially in the intermediate groups where the pack was shuffled to produce some unpredictable results, not least in the Inter Open where once again visitors, including fast lady Gemma Huntley, stole the show.

Likewise in the Inter 85s home hero Thomas Speer had no answer to interloper Lewis Palmer while inconsistencies and spills among the chasing pack relegated regular front runners behind their more durable rivals Ryan Allen, Ashley Bailey and never-say-die Tony Cook.

In a rerun of the previous meeting Lewis Trickett drew first blood in the Juniors with overall winner Mitchell Chalmers upping the pace in the other heats to claim mastery of the group.

Lee Wren was the high flyer in the autos reeling off three straight wins while Oliver Jones ruffled the feathers of Kieron Maidment and Harry Hinson in their scrap for podium perches.

In a depleted Senior field Joe Clark, visitor Nicky Huntley and Michael Bailey took the race wins with the last named securing the overall victory.

Phil Lewis and Ben Milward played high speed follow the leader at the front of the experts group with returning visitor Paul Ayres coming under increasing pressure from hard-charging Jon Courage for third spot as the day went on.

Mark Bridgewater bounced back from a fearsome first race spill but couldn’t muscle in on the front runners in the novice group where Martyn Hardwill took a hat trick of race wins from Geoff Wiltshire and Leigh Adlem.

RESULTS – Milborne St Andrew, 7th July 2002

Expert Plus                             Inter 100
1) 57 Phil Lewis                      1) 110 Lewis Palmer
2) 2 Ben Milward                   2) 33 Ben Courage
3) 615 Paul Ayres                  3) 123 Matthew Jones
4) 95 Jon Courage                 4) 162 Gemma Huntley
5) 42 Wayne Noble               5) 14 Ross Copsey
6) 15 Brian Henderson           6) 68 Marcus Feltham

Novice                                  Inter 85
1) 30 Martyn Hardwill          1) 191 Lloyd Evans
2) 29 Geoff Wiltshire             2) 7 Thomas Speer
3) 23 Leigh Adlem                3) 58 Ryan Allen
4) 38 Mark Bridgewater       4) 88 Ashley Bailey
5) 42 Adam Taylor               5) 31 Tony Cook
6) 76 Peter Small                  6) 131 Scott Manor

Seniors                              Junior
1) 57 Michael Bailey          1) 51 Mitchell Chalmers
2) 15 Joe Clark                 2) 4 Lewis Trickett

3) 24 James Bartholomew 3) 11 Adam Arnold
4) 49 Lee Bailey               4) 74 Stephen Bain
5) 10 Danny Nash             5) 81 Jody Samways
6) 2 Richard Pile                6) 5 Ben Weedon

Auto
1) 50 Lee Wren
2) 29 Keiran Maidment
3) 26 Harry Hinson
4) 19 Oliver Jones
5) 10 Jamie Mole
6) 57 Daniel Cavendish

RACE RESULTS – Milborne St Andrew, 7th July 2002

Expert Plus
Race 1: 57-615-2-15-127-42-95-14-6-28-4-34-49-18-8-55-5-21-76-70-45-86-12-19-32-10
Race 2: 57-2-95-615-6-28-42-15-4-18-8-127-5-34-55-49-19-7-76-10-14-12-21-70-45-35-32-86
Race 3: 57-2-615-42-95-7-5-15-34-28-49-55-127-4-14-6-8-76-18-10-19-35-45-32-21-86-70-12

Senior
Race 1: 15-57- 24-49-7-10-14-5-2-1-4-173-3-9-11-8
Race 2: 145-57-15-24-5-49-10-9-4-2-7-14-3-1-173-11
Race 3: 57-145-15-24-2 -1- 10-9-4-7-49-5-3-14-173-11

Auto
Race 1: 50-19-29-26-10-57-114-6-7-47-2
Race 2: 50-26-29-19-10-57-114-8-6- 7 -2-47
Race 3: 50-29-47-26- 6-19-10-57-8-114-7

Junior
Race 1: 4-51-2-11-81-74-181-5-31-52-22-26-37-69-23-24-12-90-1-55-38-60-16-15-41-80
Race 2: 51-4-11-181-74-81-5-2-69-31-52-22-37-12-24-26-55-1-90-60-16-38-41-15-80-23
Race 3: 51-4-74-5-81-31-11-22-52-26-2-37-181-55-69-90-24-1-60-41-12-15-16-80-38

Inter 85
Race 1: 191-7-58-88-31-52-63-131-62-4-121-27-55-2-3-50-44-122-57-8-25-20-42-9-12-106-29
Race 2: 191-7-88-63-58-131-31-121-2-4-62-52-27-55-122-3-44-57-20-8-50-25-42-12-9-106-29
Race 3: 191-58-7-52-131-88-27-2-62-121-4-122-3-55-63-20-44-57-8-42-50-9-12-106-29

Inter Open
Race 1: 110-33-123-162-68-14-19-20-18-5-27-7-48-23-16-13-6-8-11-44-9-3-15-61
Race 2: 162-14-68-110-123-7-5-33-23-48-6-27-19-11-13-16-18-8-61-3-44-9-15
Race 3: 110-33-123-19- 14-20-162-5-7-18-68-23-27-48-13-16-11-9-6-8-61-3-15

Novice
Race 1: 30-76-29-42-28-23-38-74-51-40-66-77-46-79-24-98-18-80-70-68-17-3-5-15-25-8-9-13-65-52-41-71-50-62-6-34
Race 2: 30-29-38-23-42-77-3-28-80-98-24-76-74-79-46-51-40-66-25-17-68-5-15-13-9-8-50-52-62-70-71-41-65-34
Race 3: 30-29-23-38-42-76-77-74-24-98-80-51-79-25-28-66-68-18-46-5-13-40-70-17-15-52-8-50-62-41-3-65-34

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HIGH FLIERS GUNNERED DOWN AT WINTERBOURNE

THE HIGHER they fly the harder they fall was the maxim proved at Winterbourne Gunner on July 21st when a welter of visitors and the uncompromising terrain shot down many of the regular Hants and Dorset stars.

Interlopers made the Inter 85s their own with only Ryan Gower of the home challengers squeezing into the top six after a bone-crunching crash sidelined Ashley Bailey.

The homegrown heroes fared little better in the Inter 100s where Ross Copsey, Daniel Lynn and Jamies Anstis renewed their regular rivalry in a three-way battle for the overall third spot.

Luke Hawkins dominated the Junior group with a verve and maturity beyond his years and the battle in his wake centred on second spot with Mitchell Chalmers eventually getting the better of Ross Keyworth.

In the absence of regular runners gone to play elsehwere, returning prodigal Ashley Hawkins was left to play piggy in the middle in a high-speed game of follow the leader at the top of the expert plus ranks.

Ben Bowers returned to Hants and Dorset to sweep the board in the Seniors where a second race slip by Michael Bailey allowed visitor Danny Foreman and erstwhile home favourite Craig Rogers to claim the minor placings.

Keiran Maidment bounced back to top form to dislodge Lee Wrenn from the top of the Auto podium with early season front runner Harry Hinson never far behind.

Victory in the first and third encounters was enough for Mark Bridgewater to secure the overall verdict in the novices from Adam Taylor and Leigh Adlem while club stalwarts Steve Bain, Alan Parker and Chris Kimpton filled the rest of the leader board.

RESULTS - Winterbourne Gunner, 21st July 2002

Expert Plus Inter 100

1) 126 Matthew Stoke 1) 142 Brett Fisher

2) 48 Ashley Hawkins 2) 123 Lewis Waugh

3) 130 Greg Woods 3) 14 Ross Copsey

4) 37 Lee Homewood 4) 18 Daniel Lynn

5) 64 Simon Homewood 5) 28 Jamie Anstis

6) 49 Tim Chard 6) 121 Lee Hillier

Novice Inter 85

1) 38 Mark Bridgewater 1) 152 Freddie O'Connor

2) 23 Leigh Adlem 2) 127 Jamie Foreman

3) 42 Adam Taylor 3) 114 Mark Young

4) 74 Stephen Bain 4) 137 Gary Matlin

5) 77 Alan Parker 5) 149 Joe Cundall

6) 51 Chris Kimpton 6) 52 Ryan Gower

Seniors Junior

1) 54 Ben Bowers 1) 191 Luke Hawkins

2) 135 Danny Foreman 2) 120 Ross Keyworth

3) 171 Craig Rogers 3) 51 Mitchell Chalmers

4) 57 Michael Bailey 4) 4 Lewis Trickett

5) 15 Joe Clark 5) 5 Ben Weedon

6) 5 Daniel Cox 6) 3 Kyle Newman

Auto

1) 29 Keiran Maidment

2) 50 Lee Wren

3) 26 Harry Hinson

4) 19 Oliver Jones

5) 57 Daniel Cavendish

6) 10 Jamie Mole

RACE RESULTS - Winterbourne Gunner, 21st July 2002

Expert Plus

Race 1: 126-48-130-37-5-64-49-3-7-18-112-55-5-28-76-4-12-30-14-10-8-45-70-88-9-19-26-11-75

Race 2: 126-48-130-37-3-28-18-49-56-64-1-7-55-76-14-5-4-12-30-10-70-88-45-19-26-9-8-11-36

Race 3: 126-48-130-64-37-49-28-18-14-7-56-112-1-55-3-4-88-26-12-10-70-45-76-5-9

Senior

Race 1: 54-135-57-171-15-125-49-5-14-7-24-10-111-122-126-4-2-80-3-38-16-8

Race 2: 54-125-135-171-15-5-122-57-126-181-14-111-49-4-1-10-3-16-80-24-38-7-8

Race 3: 54-135-57-171-10-5-122-24-15-49-1-7-126-181-2-111-4-14-3-80-16-38-8

Auto

Race 1: 29-50-26-19-10-57-8-3-6-21-13-2-141-7-80-47-131

Race 2: 29-50-26-19-57-10-8-21-3-6-13-141-2-47-7-80-131

Race 3: 29-50-26-19-57-10-8-21-6-13-141-3-47-2-131-80

Junior

Race 1: 191-120-4-51-5-2-11-3-74-81-52-22-23-114-26-37-111-90-24-14-1-7-12-60-38-16-41-72

Race 2: 191-120-4-51-25-5-52-3-2-74-81-11-114-22-111-37-14-23-26-90-1-7-12-24-55-41-60-16-15-72

Race 3: 191-51-25-120-5-4-81-3-52-2-111-11-74-114-22-23-26-37-24-1-90-12-7-55-41-60-16-72

Inter 85

Race 1: 114-152-137-127-52-88-63-161-149-27-15-4-54-62-121-31-21-57-44-42-2-8-9-46-12-22-84-25

Race 2: 114-152-127-137-149-52-31-62-15-27-63-4-2-161-44-21-3-8-121-42-57-46-12-9-25-84-22

Race 3: 152-161-127-149-137-52-121-31-62-15-27-63-114-4-2-57-44-3-21-8-42-46-9-25-12-84-22

Inter Open

Race 1: 142-123-18-121-14-19-23-28-5-20-7-27-99-6-11-2-13-48-16-61-26-9-8-3-21-51-15

Race 2: 142-123-28-14-18-121-20-5-23-19-27-6-48-26-13-2-99-11-9-61-3-51-8-15

Race 3: 142-123-14-28-19-18-20-5-121-23-27-2-99-6-13-48-61-9-8-51-15-3-11

Novice

Race 1: 38-23-42-74-4-51-77-5-40-72-79-66-25-7-17-18-26-57-13-8-68-50-70-62-15-9-6-34

Race 2: 42-23-38-4-74-40-51-77-7-5-44-66-79-18-8-70-80-25-13-17-68-62-26-50-15-9-6-34

Race 3: 38-23-42-77-74-40-51-44-7-72-80-18-66-5-79-26-8-68-13-17-9-62-50-15-6-34-4

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MILLING AROUND AT MILBORNE

REVERSAL of direction brought some reversal of fortune among regular front

runners and the nearly men when Hants and Dorset YMC returned to the

Milborne St Andrew slopes on August 18.

Lush grass early on, rugged ruts and dust as the day wore on - and the track

wore out - caught out the unwary and unlucky and the high rate of attrition

as the heat and bumps took their toll on men and machines meant several

surprise, if well deserved, successes for those who kept everything going in

the right direction.

Alan Parker whose form has improved by leaps and bounds leaped into

contention among the Novices with two storming rides and bound up his first

overall win by taking a debut race win in the final heat after Adam Taylor

was sidelined with broken exhaust.

A second race fall by Inter Open hot shot Ross Copsey allowed Marcus Feltham

to take the chequered flag en route to overall runner up spot ahead of a

close scrap between Daniel Lynn, Dean Clark and a fast-gating Neil Watton

for the final step of the podium.

Lewis Trickett bagged the first two Junior races and Ben Weedon the third

but it was the consistency of three times runner-up Mitchell Chalmers which

earned the overall laurels.

Things were even closer in the Autos where the lap scorers could not

separate Keiron Maidment and Harry Hinson at the line in the first heat

before the first named established his customary dominance on the rest of

the day's proceedings.

Ben Bowers sailed to a clear cut hat trick in the Seniors ranks where Danny

Nash pipped Joe Clark for the second spot.

Wayne Jacobs was the visitor who showed home grown hero Thomas Speer the way

home each time in the Inter 85s with Tony Cook making the rostrum in third.

Phil Lewis's superiority in the Expert Plus meant he could give the rest of

the field a head start and still come home in front with Mike Walbrin

enjoying a typically up and down day to take second prize on a tie break

with Richard Skuse.

RESULTS - Milborne St Andrew, 18th August 2002

Expert Plus

1) 57 Phil Lewis 2) 6 Mike Walbrin 3) 603 Richard Skuse

4) 34 Chris Adlem 5) 7 Simon Smart 6) 49 Tim Chard

Inter 100

1) 14 Ross Copsey 2) 68 Marcus Feltham 3) 18 Daniel Lynn

4) 20 Dean Clark 5) 7 Neal Watton 6) 23 Michael Lynn

Novice

1) 77 Alan Parker 2) 38 Mark Bridgewater 3) 76 Peter Small

4) 28 Paul Grubb 5) 74 Stephen Bain 6) 79 Richard Beattie

Inter 85

1) 141 Wayne Jacobs 2) 7 Thomas Speer 3) 31 Tony Cook

4) 131 Scott Monagh 5) 18 Mark Hamblin 6) 88 Ashley Bailey

Seniors

1) 54 Ben Bowers 2) 10 Danny Nash 3) 15 Joe Clark

4) 21 Ben Ashley 5) 24 James Bartholomew 6) 4 Keith Martin

Junior

1) 51 Mitchell Chalmers 2) 5 Ben Weedon 3) 4 Lewis Trickett

4) 142 Guy Jacobs 5) 81 Jody Samways 6) 74 Stephen Bain

Auto

1) 29 Keiran Maidment 2) 50 Lee Wren 3) 26 Harry Hinson

4) 10 Jamie Mole 5) 57 Daniel Cavendish 6) 24 Thomas Barrington

RACE RESULTS - Milborne St Andrew, 18th August 2002

Expert Plus

Race 1: 57-6-603-34-55-7-8-20-54-18-49-16-95-1-76-39-30-10-45-70-12-14-38-9-51

Race 2: 57-34-603-1-95-7-55-6-49-18-8-39-30-51-20-54-4-14-45-12-70-10-38-9-76

Race 3: 57-6-49-76-603-1-34-7-14-8-20-39-18-45-10-51-9-38-70

Senior

Race 1: 54-57-15-24-7-21-10-4-14-9-2-3-16-80-40-20-42-22-8

Race 2: 54-24-10-21-4-7-14-9-2-3-15-20-16-42-40-80-22-8

Race 3: 54-15-10-21-4-9-3-14-7-2-16-40-42-24-80-22

Auto

Race 1: 29/26-50-10-57-24-151-8-47-3-2-7

Race 2: 29-50-26-10-57-24-151-8-47-3-2-7

Race 3: 29-50-10-26-151-24-8-47-3-57-2-7

Junior

Race 1: 4-51-5-142-81-2-74-18-22-69-26-37-117-24-23-55-88-41-15-16-1-80-60-38

Race 2: 4-51-5-142-2-81-74-18-22-69-26-37-23-55-88-16-24-80-1-60-41-15-38-117

Race 3: 5-51-142-74-26-81-22-4-18-2-23-37-69-24-88-16-55-1-60-41-38-117-15

Inter 85

Race 1: 141-7-52-31-18-131-88-54-4-63-2-6-27-62-21-20-57-34-8-42-9-12-22

Race 2: 141-7-31-131-18-52-88-4-62-63-6-54-34-57-27-8-21-20-42-12-9-22

Race 3: 141-7-31-131-18-63-62-27-6-88-2-21-34-54-4-57-20-9-12-42-8-22

Inter Open

Race 1: 14-7-68-18-20-23-27-34-2-5-16-48-6-11-9-13-15-51-3-8-50

Race 2: 68-14-18-20-23-2-27-7-5-34-16-11-13-48-6-9-8-51-15-50-3

Race 3: 14-68-20-18-7-23-27-34-5-48-6-11-2-9-51-15-3-50

Novice

Race 1: 42-4-38-77-28-23-76-51-74-80-37-5-99-18-7-13-17-68-79-3-15-10-8-98-16-26-62-25-71-50-34-6-45-87

Race 2: 42-77-38-99-76-4-28-79-74-37-18-5-98-3-17-13-16-15-8-51-26-68-62-25-50-34-6-45-87

Race 3: 77-76-38-79-51-98-74-3-18-68-13-5-17-37-62-16-25-10-26-8-50-15-34-6-45

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ROUGH UNREADY REMPSTONE

UNGRADED grains made for lumps and bumps when Hants & Dorset YMC switched its scheduled Tincleton track on September 1st for the sandy ruts of a Rempstone course still bearing the scars of April's muddy meeting there.

Stirring in a heavy curtain of black dust and a sweltering airless day to the unremitting Rempstone roughness made for an unsavoury mix in groups where too many cooks were battling to spoil the broth.

In the pressure cooker atmosphere of the Expert Plus encounters 'Factory' Phil Lewis was the maitre de cuisine, but after another of his self-imposed delayed starts he left himself too much to do to catch Lee Lucas in the final heat.

A change of machinery saw Adam Taylor cooking on gas again at the head of the queue in the Novice category where Mark Bridgewater and Leigh Adlem, recovered from the bug that sidelined him a fortnight earlier, relegated Alan Parker to fourth.

Michael Bailey was the cordon bleu among the Seniors where KTM pilots Joe Clark and Lee Cummings added a dash of orange to spice up the proceedings.

Kurt Freeguard and Ross Hill, missing ingredients for much of the season from the Inter Open and Inter 85 menus respectively, returned to the Hants and Dorset fray to good effect leaving Ross Copsey and Ashley Bailey to stew in their wakes.

Mitchell Chalmers was the toast of the Junior group after a grilling from Ben Weedon who has turned up the heat considerably in the last few weeks. Regular front runner Lewis Trickett suffered machine failure in one race but went out later to win on an Auto borrowed from a younger competitor.

The micro-wave of Auto pilots were brought to the boil by Keiron Maidment and with Harry Hinson and Lee Wren bubbling away behind him.

RESULTS - Rempstone, 1st September 2002

Expert Plus

1) 57 Phil Lewis 2) 99 Lee Lucas 3) 2 Ben Milward

4) 1 Phil Whetren 5) 37 Lee Homewood 6) 49 Tim Chard

Inter 100

1) 67 Kurt Freeguard 2) 14 Ross Copsey 3) 28 Jamie Anstis

4) 20 Dean Clark 5) 18 Daniel Lynn 6) 68 Marcus Feltham

Novice

1) 42 Adam Taylor 2) 38 Mark Bridgewater 3) 23 Leigh Adlem

4) 77 Alan Parker 5) 95 Paul Feltham 6) 74 Stephen Bain

Inter 85

1) 64 Ross Hill 2) 88 Ashley Bailey 3) 7 Thomas Speer

4) 27 Robert Hartley 5) 4 Ryan Carter 6) 6 Jake Thompson

Seniors

1) 57 Michael Bailey 2) 15 Joe Clark 3) 10 Danny Nash

4) 7 Matt Carter 5) 3 Lee Cummings 6) 2 Richard Pile

Junior

1) 51 Mitchell Chalmers 2) 5 Ben Weedon 3) 81 Jody Samways

4) 2 Dean Cummings 5) 74 Stephen Bain 6) 7 Alex Gillingham

Auto

1) 29 Keiran Maidment 2) 26 Harry Hinson 3) 50 Lee Wren

4) 10 Jamie Mole 5) 24 Thomas Barrington 6) 88 Jordan King

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BISHOPSTONE

A GALAXY of visiting stars threatened to eclipse regular Hants and Dorset hot shot Phil Lewis in a battle of the Titans at the head of the Expert Plus field.

Paul Cowshall, at home on a track he helped his father Brian design, led the way with three straight wins and although Phil had to play third fiddle behind Daniel Lillington (twice) and Dean Woodford his greater consistency earned him the overall runner up spot with another visitor, James Richman, in third.

Another new broom sweeping all before him was Aaron Shirley one of nine visitors in the Inter 85 group where Ross Hill clung on to overall second despite a last race slip which allowed the chasing Chris Ayres to narrow the gap to just two points.

The day's only other maximum was bagged by Keiron Maidment in the Autos where Lee Wren and Harry Hinson traded places in his wake to maintain their close rivalry.

After a first Junior race win Jake Shipton went missing to give Max Ansty a clear run to the flag in the next two encounters en route to an overall victory ahead of a resurgent Lewis Trickett while Mitchell Chalmers found himself on the unaccustomed third step of the podium.

While DNFs dented the challenge of visitors Craig Rogers and Joe Stephens who each won a race in the Seniors, home grown hero Michael Bailey had already shown them the way home in the first leg on the way to another overall victory.

Neil Watton snatched first race honours in the Inter 100s but normal service was resumed thereafter as Ross Copsey won the next two heats to securing the laurels from closest challenger Daniel Lynn.

Usual suspects Leigh Adlem, Mark Bridgewater and Adam Taylor finished in that order after three fast and furious three-way scraps in the Novice ranks.

RESULTS - Bishopstone, 15th September 2002

Expert Plus
1) 112 Paul Cowshall 2) 57 Phil Lewis 3) 125 James Richman
4) 126 Daniel Lillington 5) 6 Mike Walbrin 6) 68 Simon Wakely

Inter 100
1) 14 Ross Copsey 2) 18 Daniel Lynn 3) 7 Neil Watton
4) 22 Lewis Hall 5) 20 Dean Clark 6) 68 Marcus Feltham

Novice
1) 23 Leigh Adlem 2) 38 Mark Bridgewater 3) 42 Adam Taylor
4) 74 Stephen Bain 5) 28 Paul Grubb 6) 77 Alan Parker

Inter 85
1) 177 Aaron Shirley 2) 64 Ross Hill 3) 521 Christopher Ayres
4) 7 Thomas Speer 5) 135 Jordan Owen 6) 31 Tony Cook

Seniors
1) 57 Michael Bailey 2) 24 James Bartholomew 3) 7 Matt Carter
4) 15 Joe Clark 5) 2 Richard Pile 6) 47 Will Thompson

Junior
1) 19 Max Anstey 2) 4 Lewis Trickett 3) 51 Mitchell Chalmers
4) 5 Ben Weedon 5) 74 Stephen Bain 6) 3 Kyle Newman

Auto
1) 29 Keiran Maidment 2) 50 Lee Wren 3) 26 Harry Hinson
4) 10 Jamie Mole 5) 24 Tom Barrington 6) 19 Oliver Jones

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RAIN REIGNS AGAIN AT BERE REGIS

WEATHER gods didn't smile on Hants and Dorset - they laughed in their faces as wind and rain turned Bere Regis into a muddy mockery for the third time this season on unlucky October 13th.

The stubble field which took the place of the regular Bere Regis track was quickly turned into a paddy field and finally a morass where the rivulets of water running through the ruts made faster progress than the clag-clogged tyres vainly searching for grip.

Starting lines, already decimated by the foul weather forecasts, were halved in most groups for the day's second and final outings as the weather took its toll on men and machines with the gallant marshals on occasion outnumbering the riders on the track.

But muddy meetings are an integral part of a moto-cross season and those who stayed the course did their end of term points tallies no harm at all.

Ben Milward ploughed his way to two expert plus wins while the never-say-die Mike Walbrin made second overall following the demise of other more fancied runners and stalwarts Jimmy Hendry, Tim Chard and Lee Bailey showed their grit to fill the remainder of the leaderboard.

It was a similar tale among the novices where Leigh Adlem and Adam Taylor topped the pile but other regular front runners went missing in the mire to let some new names in to the results.

Seniors also suffered a rapid rate of attrition with first race winner Ben Paine and season-long supremo Ben Bowers among those falling by the way while Michael Bailey, James Bartholomew and Joe Clark carried on regardless.

Max Anstey was peerless in the junior ranks and the rest of the field was powerless to stop Oliver Rusby achieving his finest hour with a brace of second places.

Come rain or shine the outcome of the Autos followed the same pattern with Keiron Maidment leading home Lee Wren and Harry Hinson.

Thomas Speer was also a double winner in the Inter 85 group where Rory Pickering scored a personal best second overall and mini mud maestro Carl Miles forced his way into the results at the expense of the usual big boys in the group.

Visitor Alex Snow's bike sounded as rough as the weather when he ground to a halt while leading the first Inter Open heat but he made no mistake in the second race to head overall winner Alex White across the line while Ross Copsey slid to the third step of the podium behind the consistent Dean Clark.

RESULTS - Bere Regis, 13th October 2002

Expert Plus

1) 2 Ben Milward 2) 6 Mike Walbrin 3) 130 Greg Woods

4) 55 Jimmy Hendry 5) 49 Tim Chard 6) 54 Lee Bailey

Inter 100

1) 19 Alex White 2) 20 Dean Clark 3) 14 Ross Copsey

4) 22 Lewis Hall 5) 68 Marcus Feltham 6) 99 Charlie Enticknap

Novice

1) 23 Leigh Adlem 2) 42 Adam Taylor 3) 4 Mark Williamson

4) 74 Stephen Bain 5) 3 Mark Honeybun 6) 18 Kevin Portt

Inter 85

1) 7 Thomas Speer 2) 31 Tony Cook 3) 2 Rory Pickering

4) 63 Carl Miles 5) 27 Robert Hartley 6) 88 Ashley Bailey

Seniors

1) 57 Michael Bailey 2) 24 James Bartholomew 3) 15 Joe Clark

4) 27 Luke Hill 5) 7 Matt Carter 6) 9 James Chard

Junior

1) 19 Max Anstey 2) 14 Oliver Rusby 3) 2 Dean Cummings

4) 74 Stephen Bain 5) 5 Ben Weedon 6) 22 Jordan Murphy

Auto

1) 29 Keiran Maidment 2) 50 Lee Wren 3) 26 Harry Hinson

4) 19 Oliver Jones 5) 8 Ryan Owen 6) 57 Daniel Cavendish

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