A hat-trick for Trickett
By TMX Archives on 20th Apr 07
ROUND one of the Race Spec-sponsored BSMA Best of British' Youth motocross championships got underway at Matchams Park on Sunday under something of a cloud, or to be more precise, a cloud of dust.
As issues arose concerning the state of thecourse, in particular the watering or lack of it, on day one thisdefinitely took some of the the shine off this showpiece event.
In what seems to have been something of anunfortunate breakdown in communications between the organising club andMatchams Park, riders had to cope with choking dusty conditions andoften virtually zero visibility.
All of that said, the really hard-working membersof the Ringwood club did all they could to remedy the situation and avaliant effort with copious amounts of water laid down overnight meantday two was a great improvement.
IN a series headlined as the Best of British' youexpect top class action and that's exactly what we got with no group ofriders filling the bill more than the Senior 125cc guys.
Lewis Trickett, with his ability to launch himselffrom the start line like an Exocet missile, took full advantage as heblasted away to three impressive race wins.
In race one there was a fantastic effort fromLewis Tombs as he came from dead last after clipping the start gate torip his way through the field to claim fourth place at the flag. Secondtime out, Lewis made no mistake and took a convincing race win fromWill Worden who himself was always there or thereabouts in the thick ofthe battle.
Other highlights included Nathan Rooks who, withhis typically aggressive never-say-die attitude, fought an edgy racelong duel with Lewis Tombs in race three for second place.
Sixteen-year-old Matt Moffat looked to be on theway to successive wins in the AMX class only for the bottom-end to blowon his KTM in heat three. To the cheers and encouragement of the crowdhe pushed the stricken machine over the line to claim points and remainin the hunt for a podium step.
RACE SPEC BSMA BEST OF BRITISH
Rd 1 - Ringwood MXC, Matchams Park, Hants
Junior 65cc: 1 Oliver Osmaston 176 points, 2Corrie Southwood 172, 3 Liam Knight 158, 4 Joe Jeffries 143, 5 ToddKellett 140, 6 Taylor Vernon 134, 7 Jack Wilson 131, 8 MichaelBurfield129, 9 Jordan Moxey 120, 10 Alistair Evans 119, 11 AaronCoupland 117, 12 Alby Whiteman 114, 13 Jordan Bachelor 103, 14 RyanSnaith 102, 15 Jack Seaborne.
Small-wheel 85cc: 1 Paul Coates 180 points, 2 DanThornhill 155, 3 Thomas Rogers 148, 4 Luke Dean 146, 5 Lloyd Pettett144, 6 Ben Howell 142, 7 Josh Brine 140, 8 Bradley Banks 129, 9 LukeNewman 122, 10 Zac Alsop 121, 11 Oliver Paine118, 12 Ryan Fellows 118,13 Jack Timms 118, 14 Jim Lycett 105, 15 Jordan Goodwin 103.
Big-wheel 85cc: 1 Josh Spinks 176 points, 2 ConnorWalkley 157, 3 Luke Hawkins 152, 4 Richie Worrall 150, 5 Alfie Smith144, 6 Jackson Evans 132, 7 Ty Kellett 129, 8 Christian Taylor 125, 9David Sweet 124, 10 Jamie Raynor 119, 11 Daniel Hutchinson 107, 12 JakeShipton 99, 13 Tom Bennett 99, 14 Conor Butler 98, Lloyd Morgan 95.
Senior 125cc: 1 Lewis Trickett 176 points, 2 LewisTombs 168, 3 Nathan Rooks 158, 4 Will Worden 156, 5 Ross Keyworth 141,6 Lewis Abbott 137, 7 Lewis Meadows 137, 8 Ben Mycock 137, 9 DavidGames 133, 10 Mark Wakely 129, 11 Kelvin Townsend 124, 12 Ryan Tomkins123, 13 Matt Rogers 107, 14 Ashley Cotterell 104, 15 Conor Pearce 97.
Senior 250cc: 1 Josh Waterman 178 points, 2 SebOsborne 164, 3 George Purchase 146, 4 Tim Burrows 143, 5 Rowan Hill136, 6 Charlie Evans 134, 7 Richard McDermott 133, 8 James Cotterill131, 9 James Cole 130, 10 Jamie Smith 127, 11 Ryan Pottenger 120, 12Dean Hazeldine 116, 13 Scott Bates 109, 14 Nicholas Wadge 99, 15 TommyRye 95.
AMX: 1 Dominic Foreman 163 points, 2 MatthewMoffat 158, 3 Jamie Webb 154, 4 Mark Young 142, 5 Kirk Richards 139, 6Gareth- Rees- Jones 138, 7 Tim Truman 138, 8 Kieran Coburn 131, 9 RikyLethaby 126, 10 Paul Willis 120, 11 Rob Lewis 113, 12 Darrell Sims 109,13 Luke Blanchard 105, 14 Kevin Hughes 104, 15 Lewis Hall 102.
Next Round: May 13/14, Howton Court, Pontrilas.
For full report, results and pictures see T+MX NEWS, Friday, April 20, 2007.