Elite Swansong
By TMX Archives on 23rd Oct 08
THE WP-supported Elite Youth Cup series brought the schoolboy motocross season to a resounding finale at the beautifully prepared Canada Heights circuit, near Swanley, Kent, in what can only be described as the most successful Youth Motocross event this country has ever seen. Despite most of the championships being as good as decided, the crowd was entertained by some thrilling racing across all classes. And, to top the season in style, many of Britain's top Pro riders gave their support to what should be a taster of things to come for next year's ground breaking Pro and Red Bull Elite Youth Cup Series.
In the Junior 65cc class, the season's best riders ran the show once more. Champion elect, Ben Green won heat one at a canter after title rival, Danny Lanfear, crashed on the opening lap. The pair then exchanged wins in the next four races, showing a clean pair of heels to the rest of the field.
Green and Lanfear actually produced some of the best races of the year, especially in heats two and three where the outcomes were decided on the very last lap. Green secured his title on Sunday morning and promptly won the overall ahead of Lanfear who truly did push him all the way. On the day Todd Kellett recorded five top- five finishes which were good enough for 186 points and the third place trophy. Local lad Alfie Bowtell had some cracking battles with the brightly helmeted Ryan Snaith over both days and nicked fourth overall, 180 points to 177.
The Small-wheel division is always an ultra competitive class. Suzuki front-runner, James Dunn, confirmed his championship crown with two classy wins in the opening two motos ahead of Ben Watson. Dunn then sat back and watched Watson take a win and then Cheshire flyer Adam Sterry deservedly grab heat four honours.
Dunny' nailed the final race of the weekend to win the overall trophy and cap his year's work.
Liam Garland held himself together to score a healthy 189-points for the final podium spot, and this was sufficient to stave off Watson for second in the series. Sterry's heat four victory bumped him up to fourth although things may have been different were it not for a purler of a crash while leading heat one.
Brad Pocock grabbed the bragging rights in Big Wheel 85cc with a hard-fought victory over championship rival Luke Hawkins. Pocock book-ended his weekend with two gate-to-flag triumphs while having to put in workmanlike results in the middle three heats because of bad starts due to a slipping clutch.
Hawkins won those three races and looked every inch the champion, riding with grace and elegance, while being devilishly fast. The pair have been a cut above in 2008 and have truly made the Big-wheel class one to watch.
Ryan Houghton made a welcome return to form. He looked fast throughout, especially in the final moto when he kept Hawkins at bay, and will no doubt be looking to win this crown in 2009. Jamie McCanney switched from KTM to Honda power at the weekend and it did him no harm at all as he ousted fellow Honda-mounted riders Jansen Day and Ali Meadows.
WP ELITE YOUTH CUP MOTOCROSS SERIES
Rd 7 Canada Heights, Swanley
(MC Federation)
JUNIOR 65cc
1 Ben Green 45+ 45 + 42+ 42+ 45= 219
2 Danny Lanfear 16+ 42 + 45+ 45+ 42= 190
3 Todd Kellett 39+ 33 + 39+ 36+ 39= 186
4 Alfie Bowtell 42+ 36 + 36+ 33+ 33= 180
5 Ryan Snaith 30+ 39 + 33+ 39+ 36= 177
6 Callum Heasman 36+ 30 + 30+ 22+ 30= 148
7 Joshua Gilbert 20+ 28 + 26+ 30+ 26= 130
8 Joshua Coleman 33+ 26 + 22+ 24+ 17= 122
9 Jake Deacon 24+ 17 + 14+ 26+ 28= 109
10 Lewis Houghton 26+ 18 + 18+ 20+ 24= 106
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS: 1 Green 1378 points (CHAMPION), 2 Lanfear 1292, 3 Kellett 1161, 4 Snaith 1150, 5 Gilbert 945, 6 Conrad Mewse 903, 7 Coleman 862, 8 Jack Seaborne 751, 9 Heasman 738, 10 Houghton 690.
Small-wheel 85cc
1 James Dunn 45+ 45 + 42+ 42+ 45= 219
2 Ben Watson 42+ 42 + 45+ 39+ 30= 198
3 Liam Garland 39+ 39 + 33+ 36+ 42= 189
4 Adam Sterry 14+ 33 + 39+ 45+ 39= 170
5 James Harrison 36+ 36 + 36+ 16+ 36= 160
6 Tom Neal 26+ 26 + 30+ 24+ 28= 134
7 Corrie Southwood 33+ 16 + 24+ 26+ 24= 123
8 Rickie Roderick 0+ 28 + 28+ 33+ 33= 122
9 Daniel Clark 12+ 22 + 26+ 30+ 26= 116
10 Liam Knight 30+ 30 + 20+ 22+ 8 = 110
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS: 1 Dunn 1418 points (CHAMPION), 2 Garland 1213, 3 Watson 1195, 4 Roderick 1111, 5 Sterry 899, 6 Josh Turner 892, 7 Oliver Osmaston 818, 8 Tom Neale 774, 9 Southwood 711, 10 Harrison 707.
BIG-WHEEL 85cc
1 Bradley Pocock 45+ 42 + 42+ 39+ 45= 213
2 Luke Hawkins 30+ 45 + 45+ 45+ 39= 204
3 Ryan Houghton 33+ 36 + 39+ 30+ 42= 180
4 Jamie McCanney 17+ 39 + 24+ 36+ 33= 149
5 Jansen Day 39+ 33 + 13+ 26+ 28= 139
6 Ali Meadows 36+ 20 + 28+ 24+ 30= 138
7 Ty Kellett 24+ 28 + 30+ 20+ 26= 128
8 Rob Muscat 42+ 30 + 36+ 0 + 0= 108
9 Jack Timms 26+ 18 + 26+ 19+ 17= 106
10 Aaron Pipon 22+ 26 + 20+ 33+ 3= 104
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS: 1 Hawkins 1463 points (CHAMPION), 2 Pocock 1374, 3 McCanney 1116, 4 Kellett 885, 5 Houghton 880, 6 Bryn Clarke 867, 7 Muscat 860, 8 Anthony Reville 841, 9 Meadows 754, 10 Pipon 601.
SENIOR YOUTH
1 Ryan Turner 36+ 45 + 39+ 26+ 45= 191
2 Mitchell Bligh 30+ 39 + 33+ 36+ 42= 180
3 Jordan Moyle 28+ 36 + 36+ 39+ 39= 178
4 Jasper Uphill 33+ 26 + 22+ 42+ 36= 159
5 Kieron Clarke 26+ 33 + 30+ 33+ 33= 155
6 Christian Taylor 45+ 0 + 45+ 45+ 0= 135
7 Liam Gill 22+ 28 + 26+ 28+ 30= 134
8 Jack Plowman 42+ 42 + 42+ 0 + 0= 126
9 Nicole Hatcliffe 20+ 24 + 24+ 24+ 28= 120
10 Dexter Wharton 24+ 30 + 28+ 30+ 0= 112
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS: 1 Taylor 1437 points (CHAMPION), 2 Turner 1377, 3 Uphill 1233, 4 Hatcliffe 980, 5 Jamie Houghton 948, 6 Gill 748, 7 Bligh 585, 8 Jordan Richards 351, 9 Ben Gillett 335, 10 Joshua Snowden 295.
OPEN
1 Matt Moffatt 39+ 45 + 39+ 39+ 39= 201
2 David Goosen 10+ 39 + 42+ 45+ 45= 181
3 Josh Waterman 45+ 30 + 0+ 42 + 42= 159
4 Ben Field 19+ 33 + 33+ 26+ 36= 147
5 Daniel McCanney 22+ 28 + 28+ 24+ 33= 135
6 Arron Jenner 30+ 16 + 26+ 28+ 30= 130
7 Scott Elderfield 42+ 42 + 45+ 0 + 0= 129
8 Lewis Trickett 7+ 24 + 30+ 36+ 20= 117
9 Will Worden 36+ 0 + 16+ 30+ 28= 110
10 Lewis Tombs 0+ 36 + 36+ 33+ 0= 105
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS: 1 Elderfield 1385 points (CHAMPION), 2 Tombs 1144, 3 Waterman 1115, 4 Trickett 934, 5 Field 925, 6 Nathan Rooks 820, 7 James Hutchinson 756, 8 McCanney 756, 9 Worden 729, 10 Kelvin Townsend 669.
ADULT PRO CLASS: 1 James Noble 45 + 42 = 87 points, 2 Carl Nunn 36 + 45 = 81, 3 Gordon Crockard 42 + 36 = 78, 4 Brad Anderson 33 + 39 = 72, 5 Elliot Banks-Brown 39 + 28 = 67, 6 Ashley Greedy 28 + 33 = 61, 7 Martin Barr 30 + 26 = 56, 8 Danny Smyth 24 + 30 = 54, 9 Scott Elderfield 26 + 24 = 50, 10 Steve Bixby 19 + 22 = 41.
For full report see T+MX NEWS, Friday, October 24, 2008
The Junior 65cc class get away and Ben Green (3) who had battled all year with Danny Lanfear won the title.