James rules in Scotland!
By John Dickinson on 18th May 07
JAMES Dabill, ably shepherded by Jack Lee and shadowed by Andy Huddleston all week long, was victorious in the 2007 Scottish Six Days Trial last week, having led the prestigious event every single day since the opening rain-lashed Monday, when the 21 year-old top-scored with an eight mark loss, right through to the final day. Dibs posted the best score - or joint top score - on no fewer than four of the six days, and eventually ran out the winner by a healthy 14 marks.
James's victory on the beautiful 300cc Future TRW Montesa was actually the first four-stroke win since Alan Lampkin's, back in 1966, on a British-built BSA. Alan's son James was of course riding this year and finished 16th.
Dabill's win more than made up for the disappointment last year when he screwed-up on time on the final day and missed-out on a podium. Said Dibs as he signed off at the finish, ''It means such a lot to win this event, this is my fourth time in Scotland so I knew what it would take to win. The whole team have worked absolutely brilliantly and I just have to thank Jack (Lee) and Andy (Huudleston) for all their support. It was even better on Saturday as my TRW boss Quirino Tironi flew in from Italy and watched. It means a lot when the boss shows such interest!''
Michael Brown, Dabill's team-mate last year when both rode for the TTT Beta squad, pinched the runner-up berth at the death from defending champ Graham Jarvis, but only on a tie-break as Browny made a late Saturday charge to level-peg with Grimbo on 35. Graham, riding the four-stroke Sherco well, suffered a bad opening day and just couldn't gain the ground lost back through the week.
There was drama in the closely-fought Ladies contest as Friday's overnight leader Katy Sunter had a nightmare of a Saturday while arch-rival Iris Kramer had what she herself described as her ''best day of the week'' to take the Ladies award by exactly 30 points from new second-place girl Donna Fox, who pushed Katy down to third, with a typical never-say-die ride.
Most of the remaining Special Awards were won pretty comprehensively with 17 year-old Alexz Wigg having a fantastic week, finishing sixth overall and taking the Newcomers by just short of 100 marks - an amazing achievement by John Shirt's Gas Gas protege.
Dabill's shadow, Andy Huddleston, enjoyed a god ride in his own right to take the Services win by a huge margin while Phil Alderson just continues to improve with age to take a strong win in the massive Over 40 entry from Harold Crawford and Nigel Birkett. Coincidentally, back in the 1980s all three rode for the same Yamaha team!
Best Scot, also by a handsome margin, was Gary MacDonald and the local boy enjoyed a great week, finishing in a fine fifth overall and back to the form that saw him battle for the lead back in 2003. ''That was actually my steadiest ride yet in Scotland, including 2003, I can't wait for next year!'' was Gary's final word.
2006 SCOTTISH SIX DAY TRIAL
INDIVIDUAL TROPHIES AND AWARDS
North British Rubber Company Trophy - Best Performance: James Dabill.
Jimmy Hutchison Memorial Trophy - Second: Michael Brown.
Henderson Trophy - Third: Graham Jarvis.
Ian Pollock Memorial Trophy - Best Newcomer: Alexz Wigg.
Ben Nevis Challenge Trophy - Second best newcomer: Ross Danby.
Ian Fender Quaich - Best Scottish competitor who has not won any other trophy, cup or class award: Gary MacDonald.
Jimmy McGregor Memorial Trophy - Best Scottish competitor Up to 250cc: Crawford Carrick-Anderson.
George Baird Memorial Trophy - Best Scottish competitor Over 250cc: William Gillespie.
Jimmy Beck Challenge Trophy - Best Foreign rider: Jordi Pascuet.
Services Individual Trophy - Best Services rider: Andy Huddleston.
Davie Hogg Memorial Trophy - Best Scottish newcomer: Murray Whittaker.
Iain Dubh Memorial Trophy - Best Over 40: Philip Alderson.
Jack Williams Trophy - Best Female: Iris Kramer.
Willie Dalling - Best Endeavour Award: Walter Traber.
DAILY AWARDS
Day One - Sandiford Montesa: James Dabill.
Day Two - Border Bikes: James Dabill, Michael Brown & Dan Thorpe.
Day Three - Scottish Trial, Delay & Xispa: Graham Jarvis.
Day Four - Birkett Scorpa: James Dabill & Michael Brown.
Day Five - Talon Engineering: James Dabill.
Day Six - Gas Gas Motos Ltd: Joe Baker.
CLASS AWARDS
Best performance Up to 200cc: Ross Danby.
Best performance 201-250cc: Michael Brown.
Best performance Over 250cc: James Dabill.
TEAM TROPHIES AND AWARDS
Jackie Williamson Trophy - Best Scottish club team: Dunfermline & DMC.
Mamore Trophy - Best team of private entrants: Richmond A.
John Bull Trophy - Best Services team: Fed of British Police MC.
Jim Birrell Trophy - Best Foreign team from same country: Spain A.
Eric McNamara Trophy - Best Scottish team: Edinburgh St George MC.
Isle of Iona Medal - Best Club team: Yeadon Guiseley A.
Orkney Islands Medal - Best One-make team: Gas Gas A.
Isle of Skye Medal - Best Foreign club team: MC Olot.
2007 SCOTTISH SIX DAY TRIAL
Final Finishing Order
SPECIAL FIRST CLASS AWARDS: 1 (264) James Dabill (300 Montesa) 21 marks lost, 2 (124) Michael Brown (250 Beta UK.com) 35, 3 (80) Graham Jarvis (290 MRS Sherco) 35, 4 (109) Jordi Pascuet (Beta) 43, 5 (62) Gary MacDonald (290 MRS Sherco) 43, 6 (34) Alexz Wigg (300 JST Gas Gas) 44, 7 (168) Marc Colomer (250 Scorpa) 48, 8 (17) Shaun Morris (300 JST Gas Gas) 48, 9 (115) Ben Hemingway (270 Repsol Beta) 50, 10 (40) Dan Thorpe (300 JST Gas Gas) 61, 11 (174) Joe Baker (250 Birkett Scorpa) 61, 12 (133) Ian Austermuhle (270 Repsol Beta) 67, 13 (176) Sam Haslam (250 Birkett Scorpa) 68, 14 (18) Sam Ludgate (250 Repsol Beta) 73, 15 (33) Wayne Braybrook (300 JST Gas Gas) 77, 16 (117) James Lampkin (250 Repsol Beta) 79, 17 (156) Tom Sagar (250 Scorpa) 86, 18 (66) Lee Sampson (290 MRS Sherco) 89, 19 (266) Andy Huddleston (250 Sandiford Montesa) 106, 20 (116) Dan Hemingway (270 Repsol Beta) 110, 21 (271) Tommi Ahvala (250 Sandiford Montesa) 111, 22 (227) Philip Alderson (290 Sherco) 119, 23 (41) Chris Pearson (290 MRS Sherco) 120, 24 (16) Liam Walker (300 Gas Gas) 122, 25 (35) John Shirt (300 JST Gas Gas) 126, 26 (190) Hans Greiner (300 Future Montesa) 128, 27 (118) Harry Lampkin (250 Montesa) 136, 28 (268) Stephen Dixon (250 Birkett Scorpa) 136, 29 (59) Richard Timperley (280 JST Gas Gas) 137, 30 (184) Paul Bolton (250 Sandiford Montesa) 138, 31 (25) Ross Danby (125 JST Gas Gas) 139, 32 (206) Tsuyoshi Ogawa (280 Montesa) 147, 33 (30) Adrian Harry (250 Beta) 151, 34 (140) John Crinson (290 MRS Sherco) 153, 35 (159) Takumi Narita (163 Scorpa) 154, 36 (88) Pere Marti (272 Sherco) 157, 37 (58) Dan Farrer (300 JST Gas Gas) 164, 38 (14) Adam Norris (250 Beta) 166, 39 (212) James Fry (290 MRS Sherco) 166, 40 (102) George Morton (270 Repsol Beta) 169, 41 (26) Mark Sunter (250 Scorpa) 172, 42 (103) Craig Robinson (280 JST Gas Gas) 173, 43 (270) Richard Gaskell (250 Beta) 177, 44 (182) Roger Williams (250 Gas Gas) 178, 45 (203) Aran Drachenberg (250 Repsol Beta) 178, 46 (160) Benjamin Delamotte (250 Scorpa) 182, 47 (32) Boyd Willcocks (270 Beta) 190, 48 (71) Andrew Cripps (300 KB Gas Gas) 191, 49 (24) Robert Andrews (125 JST Gas Gas) 191, 50 (132) Ashley Smith (280 JST Gas Gas) 193.
FIRST CLASS AWARDS: 51 (163) Crawford Carrick-Anderson (250 Scorpa) 194, 52 (231) John Sunter (250 Sandiford Montesa) 199, 53 (23) Harold Crawford (280 Gas Gas) 202, 54 (181) James Noble (280 Gas Gas) 205, 55 (220) Gary Jenkins (290 MRS Sherco) 210, 56 (196) Nathan Wrigglesworth (290 Sherco) 210, 57 (272) Tomi Luhtasuo (250 Sherco) 211, 58 (223) Geoff Aaron (260 Montesa) 214, 59 (100) Diego Garrido (250 Sherco) 215, 60 (265) Jack Lee (250 Montesa) 218, 61 (222) James Duxbury (300 Gas Gas) 219, 62 (167) Nigel Birkett (250 Birkett Scorpa) 220, 63 (114) Dominique Guillaume (250 Scorpa) 221, 64 (269) Chris Dixon (250 Birkett Scorpa) 223, 65 (172) Carles Casas (250 Montesa) 227, 66 (127) Rob Pollard (270 OAS Beta) 229, 67 (202) Boyd Webster (250 Sandiford Montesa) 233, 68 (249) Gavin Johnston (250 Scorpa) 235, 69 (44) Richard Ely (270 Inta Repsol Beta) 235, 70 (83) Trevor Campbell (270 Beta) 237, 71 (69) Miquel Vergel (320 Sherco) 243, 72 (207) Phil Disney (250 GB Beta) 245, 73 (171) Diego Urreta (300 Gas Gas) 246, 74 (274) Andrew Carter (250 Montesa) 248, 75 (54) Marcel Albos (300 Gas Gas) 265, 76 (248) Mark Terricabres (250 Montesa) 266, 77 (193) Duncan Macdonald (250 Scorpa) 267, 78 (247) Ignasi Nogue (250 Montesa) 277, 79 (257) Mitchell Willcocks (270 Beta) 279, 80 (214) Magnus Liljeblad (320 Sherco) 280, 81 (139) Paul Nicholson (250 Montesa) 281, 82 (165) Barrie Darrell (250 Montesa) 282, 83 (55) Jorge Alonso (320 Sherco) 284, 84 (79) Mark Jackson (250 Montesa) 285, 85 (48) Paul Bennett (290 Sherco) 287, 86 (197) Ross Crosby (250 Montesa) 288, 87 (162) Grant Smith (250 Scorpa) 288, 88 (125) Shaughan Galway (250 Beta) 291, 89 (229) Michael Lee (290 Sherco) 292, 90 (141) Gary Pears (250 Scorpa) 292, 91 (195) Michael Fothergill (250 Scorpa) 296, 92 (148) Neil Dawson (250 Scorpa) 296, 93 (108) Joan Baylina (270 Beta) 297, 94 (42) Tim Pearson (290 MRS Sherco) 297, 95 (150) Ian Shedden (249 Scorpa) 300, 96 (77) Russell Carter (250 Montesa) 302, 97 (157) Paul Sagar (250 Scorpa) 302, 98 (235) Phil Wiffen (250 Beta) 305, 99 (126) Nick Life (280 Gas Gas) 306, 100 (78) Paul Heys (250 Montesa) 308, 101 (225) David Watson (250 Appleyard Montesa) 308, 102 (120) Stephen Irving (250 Beta) 309, 103 (189) Stuart Rockett (249 Lift Control Montesa) 314, 104 (216) Ian Strickland (250 Montesa) 315, 105 (198) Philip Harris (300 Gas Gas) 317, 106 (94) Glen Scholey (250 Beta) 320, 107 (92) William Gillespie (290 ORM Sherco) 324, 108 (147) Grant Adamson (250 Scorpa) 326, 109 (226) Andrew Brown (290 Sherco) 326, 110 (56) Alberto Bordoy (249 Montesa) 327, 111 (164) David Hardy (250 Montesa) 328, 112 (238) Stuart Gaskell (250 Scorpa) 328, 113 (93) Mark Kent (290 Sherco) 331, 114 (258) Mats Ohlsson (250 Montesa) 331, 115 (121) Steve Swanson (250 Montesa) 332, 116 (143) Oliver Hart (250 Scorpa) 334, 117 (213) Henrik Lettesjo (280 Gas Gas) 334, 118 (149) Chris Lord (250 Scorpa) 344, 119 (183) Glen Quinn (290 Sherco) 358, 120 (241) Sean Mackay (290 HLS Ascol Sherco) 360, 121 (142) Nick Shield (250 BMS Leisuresport Beta) 362, 122 (144) Manel Jane (320 Sherco) 365, 123 (151) Iris Kramer (250 Scorpa) 377, 124 (63) Alister Morrice (290 Sherco) 377, 125 (254) Alasdair Fraser (250 Scorpa) 378, 126 (259) Per Berggren (250 Beta) 380, 127 (211) David Clinkard (250 Beta) 384, 128 (178) Ben Robinson (270 Beta) 385, 129 (205) Duncan Mitchell (250 Yamaha) 385, 130 (85) Jamie Reid (250 Beta) 400.
SECOND CLASS AWARDS: 131 (70) Gavin Thornton (250 Beta) 401, 132 (113) Jack Aebi (250 Scorpa) 403, 133 (230) Shane Lovett (290 Talon Sherco) 404, 134 (81) Donna Fox (250 Sherco) 407, 135 (13) Christopher Myers (250 Yamaha) 409, 136 (201) James Moorhouse (250 Montesa) 410, 137 (61) Neil MacNiven (250 Montesa) 412, 138 (27) Katy Sunter (250 JST Gas Gas) 412, 139 (255) Dougie Gibson (250 Scorpa) 415, 140 (76) Michel Front (315 Sherco) 419, 141 (245) Steve Moore (250 Montesa) 426, 142 (39) Richard Suffell (249 Sandiford Montesa) 426, 143 (15) Julian Page (250 Beta) 427, 144 (199) Luis Diaz (250 Montesa) 428, 145 (122) Richard Taylor (250 White Foundry Beta) 431, 146 (28) Mark Cameron (270 Sherco) 432, 147 (252) Paul Lamplough (250 Montesa) 436, 148 (155) Darren Williams (300 Gas Gas) 437, 149 (243) Michael Watson (250 Montesa) 437, 150 (233) Darren Butcher (250 Montesa) 441, 151 (38) Murray Whittaker (250 Montesa) 443, 152 (45) Geoff Fielding (250 Gas Gas) 443, 153 (123) Steven Taylor (270 Beta) 447, 154 (6) Craig Talbot (250 Beta) 450, 155 (138) Mark Reason (250 Beta) 451, 156 (104) Mick Croome (250 Montesa) 453, 157 (218) John Isherwood (250 Montesa) 453, 158 (11) David Luff (250 Montesa) 455, 159 (90) Colin Davidson (250 Gas Gas) 456, 160 (173) Javier Aldecoa (250 Montesa) 461, 161 (10) John Luff (250 Montesa) 465, 162 (57) Joan Gaspar (320 Sherco) 466, 163 (242) Donald MacSween (270 Beta) 467, 164 (50) Ian Rutter (250 Gas Gas) 467, 165 (8) Angel Magrina (250 Montesa) 473, 166 (253) Mark Lamplough (250 Feetup Trialsport Montesa) 478, 167 (170) Robert Barber (250 Beta) 479, 168 (275) Paul Jackson (250 Montesa) 488, 169 (101) Peter Archer (250 MRS Sherco) 491, 170 (186) Neil Bowker (270 Beta) 493, 171 (95) Scott Alexander (270 Beta) 495, 172 (177) Blair Barrie (300 Gas Gas) 495, 173 (234) Vince Mackintosh (250 Sherco) 500, 174 (84) Liston Bell (250 Beta) 502, 175 (204) Alan Mudd (250 Gas Gas) 503, 176 (91) Phillip Hodgson (250 Montesa) 505, 177 (232) Ian Myers (272 MRS Sherco) 507, 178 (105) Chris Howman (250 Montesa) 509, 179 (260) Darren Hessleton (250 Sherco) 510, 180 (43) Jason Cole (250 Beta) 512, 181 (20) Mathew Rennison (250 Beta) 512, 182 (65) Chris Kilhams (290 Sherco) 512, 183 (5) Mark Talbot (250 Beta) 514, 184 (240) Charley Lee (250 Sherco) 516, 185 (244) Sandy Mack (250 Montesa) 516, 186 (60) Mark Timperley (250 Scorpa) 516, 187 (53) Kevin Johnson (270 Beta) 518, 188 (228) Andrew Keel (250 Montesa) 532, 189 (166) John Holland (175 Scorpa) 533, 190 (12) Bretton King (249 Montesa) 537, 191 (64) Mark Kilhams (320 Sherco) 548, 192 (251) Mark Taylor (250 Montesa) 549, 193 (86) Andy Muir (280 Gas Gas) 558, 194 (19) Rebecca Rennison (250 Repsol Beta) 559, 195 (52) Barry Johnson (270 Beta) 560, 196 (4) Cesar Lopez Pasca (249 Montesa) 561, 197 (75) Didier Valade (290 Sherco) 563, 198 (97) Allister Stewart (290 Sherco) 563, 199 (112) Gordon Murray (280 Highland Leisure Gas Gas) 564, 200 (46) Michael Flanagan (300 Gas Gas) 565, 201 (110) Gary MacLennan (250 HLS Beta) 567, 202 (146) Antony Barber (250 Beta) 571, 203 (154) Mark Harper (250 Scorpa) 571, 204 (185) Geoff Herbert (250 Montesa) 573, 205 (9) Thierry Couret (250 Gas Gas) 578, 206 (145) Jose Maria Prat (250 Montesa) 590, 207 (194) Ashley Wood (270 Beta) 601, 208 (262) Vojta Klecka (290 Sherco) 601, 209 (169) Tim McParland (250 Beta) 603, 210 (191) Graham Hutcheson (250 Montesa) 604.
FINISHERS AWARDS: 211 (98) Horacio San Martin (250 Gas Gas) 604, 212 (106) Mark Samuel (250 Montesa) 611, 213 (137) Wesley Butcher (250 Scorpa) 614, 214 (21) Walther Luft (300 Gas Gas) 618, 215 (47) Thomas Bennett (280 Gas Gas) 620, 216 (158) Jean-Louis Dechorain (250 Scorpa) 624, 217 (263) Guy Smeeth (272 Gas Gas) 626, 218 (3) Joan Berenguer (250 Gas Gas) 634, 219 (111) Frank Mackle (250 Highland Leisure Beta) 644, 220 (215) Scott Hemsworth (250 Beta) 649, 221 (187) Tony Moulder (250 Beta) 652, 222 (29) Iain Shankie (125 Sherco) 653, 223 (261) Bill Rhodes (250 Sherco) 663, 224 (136) Nick George (250 Beta) 686, 225 (96) John Garrioch (290 Sherco) 716, 226 (135) Richard Fogg (250 Beta) 744, 227 (219) Brian Curran (250 Beta) 750, 228 (74) Thomas Collett (250 EDS Beta) 750, 229 (179) John Hamblin (290 Sherco) 755, 230 (51) Bruno Royer (250 Beta) 755, 231 (119) Robert Griffiths (250 Beta) 764, 232 (180) Mark Wray (300 Gas Gas) 792, 233 (73) Mark Booth (250 EDS Beta) 801, 234 (134) Andy Foot (249 Montesa) 818, 235 (221) Chris Poel (250 Montesa) 820.
For full report, results and pictures see T+MX NEWS, Friday, May 18, 2007.