A classic move!
By TMX Archives on 3rd Jan 07
HE move from the old Lime Kiln Hill Quarry site to the new Keinton Lane Quarry venue seems to have had little detrimental effect on the Somerton Classic Club's traditional post-Christmas Charity Trial, which attracted a good entry of 87 competitors.
The entry included a sidecar class with Brian Ayres being tasked with setting out some chair sections for the first time in some 20-odd years!
Keinton Lane Quarry is similar in many ways to the previous venue but the main area is of hard packed soil and various rockery, with less mud except for one or two peripheral sections on the boundary banking.
There was certainly plenty of standing water but this had little or no effect on the hard packed banking and clerk of the course, Vic Burgoyne, had to use plenty of loops and cambers to take some marks off the more expert competitors. With just three cleans on the B route, he judged the more difficult going about right but found he had been more than a little generous on route B, resulting in ten Twin-shock cleans plus another in the Pre-70 class.
Mike Mackenzie made one of his occasional trips from Hampshire to challenge the regular exponents on route A in the Pre-65 Pre-Unit Class and his two mark total took the win from Somerset Ariel man Bob Hill on eight and BSA-mounted George Greenland, who dropped an early five for going the wrong side of a marker.
Somerton Classic Charity Trial
Pre-65 Pre-Unit: Mike Mackenzie (497 Ariel) 2 marks lost, Bob Hill (497 Ariel) 8.
Pre-70: Barry Stephens (250 BSA) clean, Doug Williams (200 Triumph) 1, Mike Fear (200 Triumph) 3.
Twin-shock: Steve Hand (250 Triumph) & Barry Barthorpe (250 Yamaha) clean, Roger Hand (250 Triumph) 1.
ROUTE B
Pre-65 Pre-Unit: John Pym (350 Trifield) 5, Nigel Smith (350 Triumph) 12.
Pre-70: Alan Hicks (200 Triumph) clean, Tim Hancock (200 Triumph) 3, Neil Radford (200 Triumph) 6.
Two-stroke: Dave Cole (175 BSA) 7, Steve Salmon (250 Cheetah) 10, Steve Holland (250 Greeves) 10.
Tele-rigid: Paul Anstey (500 Triumph) 5, John Scott (350 Matchless) 9, Clive Causer (350 Matchless) 12.
Sidecar: Neil Hannam/ Debbie Smith (340 Beta) 3, Tony & Scott Beeching (500 Triumph) 5, Dave & Steve Burdge (500 Ariel) 10.
Twin-shock: (Ten clean sheets) Mike Lovell, Len Vincent, Roger Harding, Tim Male, Danny Booker, Roger Neale, Andy Blacker, Mark Geen, Danny Ings, Mike Naish.
For full report, results and pictures see T+MX NEWS, Friday, January 5, 2007