SSDT: King James of Scotland
By TMX Archives on 13th May 11
Following a nail-biting finish on the final day, James Dabill won the 2011 100th Anniversary edition of the Scottish Six Days Trial.
Dabill, with a relatively early start number, ended Saturday's final day with a loss of four to finish his week on just 13 marks and lift his second SSDT.
Alexz, with a much later start time, began his day on 13 and needed to go clean to stay in the hunt. And he very nearly made it, only succumbing to a dab three sections from home at Nevis Forest.
An unbelieveable five on the final section at Town Hall Brae, with a dislodged chain, piled on the misery for the defending champ who eventually finished a disappointing fourth behind Gas Gas pilot Michael Brown and Montesa debutante Graham Jarvis.
Local ace Gary Macdonald. was easily the best Scot in a fine fifth overall.
Early leader Dougie Lampkin was a shock withdrawal on Saturday morning, the result of a crash at Fersit on Thursday which saw him injure his left ankle. Doug rode in obvious pain on Friday before deciding not to risk further damage, with the opening World Championship round just a week away.
It was a good week for the SSDT with fine weather on all bar Thursday when later starters got a soaking on their way down Glencoe to the opening grouips at Chairlift and Ba House before heading off over Rannoch moor.
There were a total of 240 finishers from 276 starters, one notable casualty being former World No.2 and Over 40 award challenger Diego Bosis – who was returning to Scotland after an absence of more than 20 years – who suffered a mechanical problem on Thursday.
Bosis had the fault fixed and completed the final two days for no award.
FOR FULL REPORT AND PICTURES SEE T+MX NEWS, MAY 13.
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: Alfredo Gomez
Ben Nevis Challenge Trophy – Second best Newcomer: Guy Kendrew
Ian Fender Quaich – Best Scot who has not won any other award: Gary Macdonald
Jimmy McGregor Memorial Trophy – Best Scot Up to 250cc: Neil Dawson
George Baird Memorial Trophy – Best Scot Over 250cc: Lee Shankie
Jimmy Beck Challenge Trophy – Best Foreign rider: Alfredo Gomez
Services Individual Trophy – Best Services rider: Philip Wiffen
Davie Hogg Memorial Trophy – Best Scottish
Newcomer: Scott Gordon
Iain Dubh Memorial Trophy – Best Over 40: Amos Bilbao
Jack Williams Trophy – Best Female: Emma Bristow
Willie Dalling Best Endeavour Award: Walter Traber
DAILY AWARDS
Day One – John Lee Motorcycles: Michael Brown & Dougie Lampkin – clean.
Day Two – Birkett MotoSport Ltd and Off Road Moto: Alexz Wigg – 1 mark lost.
Day Three – Oximoto: Alexz Wigg, Gary Macdonald, Dan Thorpe & Jonathan Richardson – clean.
Day Four – Thistle Access Ltd & Highland Leisure Sport: Ian Austermuhle – clean.
Day Five – Talon Engineering: James Dabill & Alexz Wigg – 2 marks lost.
Day Six – Lift Control Ltd: Michael Brown – 1 mark lost.
CLASS AWARDS
Best performance Up to 200cc: Jack Sheppard
Best performance 201-250cc: Graham Jarvis
Best performance Over 250cc: James Dabill
TEAM TROPHIES AND AWARDS
Jackie Williamson Trophy – Best Scottish club team:Dunfermline
Mamore Trophy – Best team of private entrants: Bradford
John Bull Trophy – Best Services team: BAFMA
Jim Birrell Trophy – Best Foreign team from same country: Spain B
Eric McNamara Trophy – Best Scottish team:
Lanarkshire MCC
Isle of Iona Medal – Best Club team: Yeadon Guiseley & DMCC A Team
Orkney Islands Medal – Best One-make team:
Sherco A
Isle of Skye Medal – Best Foreign club team: MC Olot
SPECIAL FIRST CLASS AWARDS: 1 (248) James Dabill (290 Beta UK) 13 marks lost, 2 (208) Michael Brown (300 JST Gas Gas) 16, 3 (33) Graham Jarvis (250 Pidcock Montesa) 19, 4 (39) Alexz Wigg (290 MRS Sherco) 19, 5 (199) Gary Macdonald (300 HLS Gas Gas) 32, 6 (180) Sam Connor (290 Beta) 33, 7 (129) Ian Austermuhle (290 Beta UK) 37, 8 (193) Ben Hemingway (300 Beta UK) 39, 9 (85) Alfredo Gomez (250 Montesa) 45, 10 (194) James Lampkin (250 Beta UK) 45, 11 (101) Joe Baker (280 Scorpa) 45, 12 (209) Sam Haslam (300 JST Gas Gas) 46, 13 (166) Tom Sagar (250 Montesa) 46, 14 (269) Jack Challoner (290 Beta) 47, 15 (28) Ben Morphett (290 MRS Sherco) 51, 16 (239) Dan Thorpe (300 JST Gas Gas) 52, 17 (130) John Crinson (290 Beta) 52, 18 (84) Amos Bilbao (250 Montesa) 53, 19 (198) Ross Danby (300 Gas Gas) 62, 20 (26) Jonathan Richardson (290 MRS Sherco) 63, 21 (121) Guy Kendrew (280 Ossa) 64, 22 (87) Michael Burton (290 Beta) 68, 23 (44) Richard Sadler (290 AG Sherco) 70, 24 (147) Dan Clark (290 Appleyard Beta) 72, 25 (78) Adam Norris (250 Beta) 73, 26 (146) Ricky Wiggins (300 RCM Gas Gas) 76, 27 (111) Darren Brice (280 Birkett Scorpa) 78, 28 (76) Craig Robinson (300 JST Gas Gas) 86, 29 (250) Jack Sheppard (125 Beta) 86, 30 (42) Jordi Picola (300 Gas Gas) 90, 31 (254) Aran Drachenberg (290 Appleyard Beta) 93, 32 (237) Chris Pearson (290 MRS Sherco) 94, 33 (214) John Shirt (300 JST Gas Gas) 96, 34 (131) Thomas Hick (250 Beta) 105, 35 (192) Dan Hemingway (290 Beta UK) 106, 36 (17) James Fry (290 MRS Sherco) 107, 37 (102) Gabriel Reyes (280 Ossa) 107, 38 (55) Stephen Dixon (280 Birkett Scorpa) 112, 39 (204) Josh Brain (300 Gas Gas) 113, 40 (37) Andy Chilton (290 MRS Sherco) 114, 41 (133) Juan Knight (300 Knight Gas Gas) 114, 42 (27) Richard Timperley (290 Trials UK Sherco) 137, 43 (206) Ivan Peydro (280 Gas Gas) 137, 44 (222) Harry Lampkin (300 Gas Gas) 137, 45 (58) Jan Cardinaels (300 Gas Gas) 138, 46 (38)
Harold Crawford (290 MRS Sherco) 140, 47 (196) Philip Alderson (280 Gas Gas) 140, 48 (207) Pere Borrellas (280 Gas Gas) 141, 49 (56) Chris Dixon (250 Birkett Scorpa) 143, 50 (155) Ross Crosby (250 Pidcock Montesa) 143.
FIRST CLASS AWARDS: 51 (57) Richard Gaskell (250 Birkett Scorpa) 146, 52 (75) Jan Peters (290 Beta) 147, 53 (137) Russ Rooksby (300 Gas Gas) 148, 54 (257) Martin Hemmer (290 Beta) 159, 55 (123) Nathan Wrigglesworth (290 Beta) 161, 56 (210) Mick Boam (290 Birkett Scorpa) 163, 57 (65) Oscar Giro (250 Montesa) 164, 58 (256) Adam Thiger (300 Gas Gas) 165, 59 (221) Paul Dixon (250 Beta) 181, 60 (175) Sam Myers (280 Gas Gas) 186, 61 (152) Matteo Rochon (250 Beta) 192, 62 (213) Boyd Willcocks (280 Gas Gas) 193, 63 (60) James Duxbury (300 Gas Gas) 197, 64 (90) Mark Jackson (300 Beta) 199, 65 (70) Marc Terricabas (250 Montesa) 203, 66 (91) Woody Hole (250 Gas Gas) 203, 67 (268) Michele Bosi (290 Beta) 204, 68 (157) Rob Pollard (290 Beta) 205, 69 (264) Roger Williams (250 Yamaha) 210, 70 (106) Joshua Woods (250 JST Gas Gas) 212, 71 (35) Carlos Casas (250 Montesa) 215, 72 (275) Paul Nicholson (249 Montesa) 47, 73 (132) Andrea Soulier (280 Ossa) 217, 74 (187) Jack Lee (300 John Lee Gas Gas) 221, 75 (263) Stuart Blythe (250 Beta) 224, 76 (95) Boyd Webster (250 Montesa) 225, 77 (34) Stephen Larkin (290 Graham Charlton Beta) 228, 78 (105) Lee Shankie (290 Sherco) 229, 79 (245) Gavin Johnston (290 Beta) 230, 80 (1) Neil Dawson (250 Beta) 233, 81 (68) Martin Craven (300 Beta) 234, 82 (252) Patrik Sjoberg (280 Gas Gas) 235, 83 (219) Diego Urreta (250 Montesa) 239, 84 (135) David Pye (250 Fantic) 241, 85 (161) Duncan Macdonald (250 Scorpa) 241, 86 (16) Emma Bristow (280 Ossa Motos UK) 242, 87 (270) Ian Macphail (250 Gas Gas) 47, 88 (271) Andrew Anderson (250 HLS Gas Gas) 47, 89 (261) Ben Robinson (280 Gas Gas) 259, 90 (100) Nigel Birkett (280 Ossa) 260, 91 (159) George Edyvean (290 Beta) 260, 92 (164) Philip Mayfield (300 Gas Gas) 261, 93 (184) Daniel Greatorex (250 Pidcock Montesa) 262, 94 (173) James Johnson (250 Beta) 264, 95 (7) Richard Kendra (300 Gas Gas) 269, 96 (236) Danny Haslam (300 John Lee Gas Gas) 271, 97 (267) Philipp Bertl (290 Beta) 274, 98 (15) Iain Robinson (250 Gas Gas) 275, 99 (77) Liam Robinson (280 JST Gas Gas) 276, 100 (10) Colin Ward (290 ORM Sherco) 277, 101 (9) John Charlton (300 ORM Sherco) 279, 102 (240) Jorge Alonso (300 Gas Gas) 281, 103 (165) Paul Sagar (250 Montesa) 282, 104 (186) Steve Swanson (250 John Lee Beta) 284, 105 (94) James Moorhouse (250 Beta) 286, 106 (149) Becky Cook (290 MRS Sherco) 289, 107 (127) Carl Hollis (300 Gas Gas) 290, 108 (51) David Hardy (250 Montesa) 291, 109 (69) Ignasi Nogue (250 Montesa) 292, 110 (73) Jonathan Hughes (300 White Bros Gas Gas) 292, 111 (41) Stuart Rockett (260 Montesa) 294, 112 (63) Philip Wiffen (250 Montesa) 296, 113 (158) George Pollard (290 Beta) 298, 114 (53) Oriol Vilarnau (250 Montesa) 299, 115 (67) Simon Sharp (280 Gas Gas) 299, 116 (228) Henry Bendall (300 Gas Gas) 302, 117 (241) Alberto Bordoy (290 Sherco) 304, 118 (139) Rob Wrayford (250 Gas Gas) 309, 119 (235) Steve Peat (290 Beta) 310, 120 (274) Gary Pears (250 Scorpa) 47, 121 (3) Ian Shedden (280 Ossa) 315, 122 (142) Gavin Lowther (300 Gas Gas) 315, 123 (148) Paul Bennett (290 Sherco) 315, 124 (50) Barrie Darrell (249 Montesa) 316, 125 (86) Philip Harris (250 Gas Gas) 318, 126 (233) John Battensby (290 ORM Sherco) 318, 127 (231) Mark Kent (300 Beta) 323, 128 (112) Andrew Battensby (250 Beta) 325, 129 (13) Michel Front (250 Sherco) 332, 130 (92) Robert Sheldon (290 Beta) 342.
SECOND CLASS AWARDS: 131 (160) Alan Macdonald (250 Gas Gas) 342, 132 (226) Stuart Tate (300 Gas Gas) 344, 133 (224) Chris Greenwood (250 Gas Gas) 346, 134 (153) Eric Lejeune (280 Montesa) 356, 135 (117) Stefan Goodman (250 Beta) 356, 136 (238) Katy Sunter (250 JST Gas Gas) 359, 137 (2) Grant Adamson (250 Scorpa) 360, 138 (31) Mark Cameron (250 Sherco) 360, 139 (46) Glen Quinn (250 AG Sherco) 362, 140 (251) Per Berggren (300 Beta) 367, 141 (174) Christopher Myers (250 Yamaha ) 368, 142 (4) Chris Lord (250 Scorpa) 370, 143 (93) Alan Mudd (300 Gas Gas) 370, 144 (116) Eddy Lejeune (300 Gas Gas) 370, 145 (72) Steve Moore (250 Montesa) 373, 146 (64) Bill Rhodes (250 Beta) 376, 147 (212) Mitchell Green (280 Gas Gas) 378, 148 (232) Paul Battensby (290 Eddie Aitken Sherco) 381, 149 (247) Joseph Bradley (249 Acklam Beta) 382, 150 (190) Murray Whittaker (250 Beta) 384, 151 (244) Eusebio Gago (290 Beta) 386, 152 (43) Josep Prat (280 Gas Gas) 387, 153 (49) Chris Howman (250 Montesa) 387, 154 (140) Simon James (250 RCM Gas Gas) 389, 155 (220) Armando Ugarte (250 Montesa) 390, 156 (211) Paul Jackson (250 Gas Gas) 391, 157 (18) Lee Rogan (300 Beta) 392, 158 (205) Jack Faragher (280 Knight Gas Gas) 392, 159 (96) Billy Craig (250 Pidcock Montesa) 393, 160 (260) Daniel Watson (290 Sherco) 394, 161 (89) Stuart Robinson (250 Gas Gas) 399, 162 (25) Ewoud Lalkens (290 Beta) 401, 163 (30) Peter Carmichael (290 Thistle Beta) 402, 164 (23) Andrew Noad (250 Montesa) 403, 165 (156) Philip Scott (300 Pidcock Montesa) 404, 166 (255) Gavin Thornton (250 Beta) 409, 167 (62) Neil Hawker (250 Beta) 410, 168 (61) Darren Heselton (250 Beta) 414, 169 (8) George Noble (250 Sherco) 415, 170 (189) Kevin Chapman (250 Gas Gas) 418, 171 (29) John Sandison (290 Thistle Beta) 421, 172 (120) Richard Suffell (272 Gas Gas) 424, 173 (191) Duncan Mitchell (250 Yamaha ) 425, 174 (225) David Moffat (249 Montesa) 425, 175 (47) Mick Croome (250 Montesa) 430, 176 (230) Joseph Bendall (290 Sherco) 431, 177 (54) Ramon Palau (280 Gas Gas) 432, 178 (195) Salvador Aguado (280 Gas Gas) 433, 179 (144) Dougie Gibson (300 Marine Harvest Gas Gas) 435, 180 (188) Jonathan Lee (250 John Lee Gas Gas) 437, 181 (201) Darren Palmer (250 Montesa) 440, 182 (71) Paul Lamplough (250 Montesa) 441, 183 (107) Robert Barber (300 Beta) 442, 184 (79) Paul Mountstevens (250 Beta) 444, 185 (272) Grant Reid (250 ORM Gas Gas) 47, 186 (22) Ian Fortune (290 Sherco) 451, 187 (182) Neil Bowker (250 Beta) 455, 188 (203) Damian Owen (250 Beta) 456, 189 (170) Philip Hanlon (280 Greeves) 457, 190 (181) Joan Gaspar (280 Gas Gas) 457, 191 (218) Dan Jorgense (290 Sherco) 457, 192 (197) Enric Tordera (280 Gas Gas) 458, 193 (259) Lewis Johnson (250 Barrier Sherco) 461, 194 (83) Gordon Murray (300 HLS Beta) 467, 195 (32) Euan Campbell (250 Scorpa) 471, 196 (124) Sam Boocock (290 Trials UK Sherco) 471, 197 (109) Oliver Fortune (250 Gas Gas) 472, 198 (200) Sam Jennings (250 Trials UK Gas Gas) 473, 199 (98) Geoff Herbert (249 Montesa) 475, 200 (177) Javier Aldecoa (250 Montesa) 477, 201 (183) Steve Kenny (250 Pidcock Montesa) 480, 202 (97) Tony Moulder (250 Beta) 482, 203 (134) Andrew Keel (250 Gas Gas) 482, 204 (145) Mark Timperley (249 Sherco) 483, 205 (11) Louis Grey (250 ORM Sherco) 486, 206 (215) James Dobb (250 Montesa) 488, 207 (119) Lewis Bell (250 Honda) 489, 208 (99) John Holland (280 Beta) 490, 209 (138) John Gornall (280 Gas Gas) 490, 210 (202) Colin Barrie (250 Montesa) 492.
FINISHERS AWARDS: 211 (136) Peter Archer (250 Sherco) 495, 212 (141) Mark Vaughan (250 Gas Gas) 506, 213 (12) Didier Valade (290 Sherco) 508, 214 (128) Phil Clark (300 Gas Gas) 508, 215 (82) Frank Mackle (250 HLS Beta) 510, 216 (88) Scott Faulkner (300 Gas Gas) 510, 217 (216) Kurt Hansen (250 Honda) 510, 218 (52) Angel Magrina (280 Ossa) 518, 219 (258) Kevin Johnson (250 Barrier Sherco) 522, 220 (114) Scott Gordon (250 Montesa) 527, 221 (217) Joan Berengue (280 Gas Gas) 536, 222 (227) Martin Ehrenreich (250 Montesa) 537, 223 (179) Fernando Echazarra (250 Montesa) 558, 224 (81) Gavin Brown (300 Gas Gas) 559, 225 (74) Jens Hinrichs (290 Beta) 566, 226 (40) Iain Buckner (249 Montesa) 570, 227 (108) Tim McParland (300 Beta) 576, 228 (104) Iain Shankie (290 Sherco) 580, 229 (80) Gary MacLennan (290 HLS Beta) 600, 230 (176) Jonathan Wren (290 John Wren Beta) 604, 231 (125) Richard Hardwick (250 Beta) 605, 232 (6) Guy Smeeth (280 Gas Gas) 622, 233 (185) Alistair Allan (250 Beta) 628, 234 (229) Jason Bendall (300 Gas Gas) 655, 235 (24) Ian Shuttleworth (250 Gas Gas) 669, 236 (151) Walter Traber (250 Yamaha ) 682, 237 (66) Moises Pujol (250 Montesa) 687, 238 (178) Pedro Andres (249 Montesa) 787, 239 (14) Bruno Royer (250 Beta) 796, 240 (143) Josep Casas (280 Gas Gas) 811.
