Kevin Nolan

Mark Elms

Dale Caswell

Toby Luce

Steph Tombling

Pete Haines

 2022 Club Champs Round 2

Report Ken O'Brien

Pictures by Gary Dowzall, others can be found at sliders.photography

Sunny but cold weather greeted 93 riders plus officials for this 2nd round 2022 Ixion championship with four laps of ten to be ridden.

Standlake Pit Woods was the venue a notoriously wet course although on this occasion dust would prevail on most sections as the winter rains had virtually no impact on the going.
 
Cambers Hills Ditches Gullies Roots and loose drops were about to be attempted by riders of different class and ability.
 
An easy starter section 1 saw eventual Expert class winner Kevin Nolan 250 Vertigo clean with ease on three occasions but a lapse of concentration on his third visit culminated in a five on the undulating gentle cambers with a splash of water that eventually dragged up the banks to make for a slightly harder time later on in the event.

Kevin went on to lose fifteen in total with Ben Owen Beta a close second on seventeen marks lost.

 

Marcus Haynes Sherco was best Intermediate riding the hard route with a tally of sixty-seven section 2 a brutal drop over a fallen tree with soft loamy turn then a Vee tree gap to conquer took many marks from all classes Marcus had a couple of superb two's here.

 

Mark Elms Beta mounted for the day ran out a five point winner in the 50/50 class over Sam Cave TRS losing twenty-two. Section 9 was no problem for this pair a tree stump and rooty turn then a splash though the sheep dip bomb-hole and a nagery turn just before the ends cards.

 

The yellow middle route had around fifty Clubman Novice Twinshock and Youth class riders. Best Clubman was Toby Luce Gasser riding for the Jersey Mcc just edging out Reynard Norris Beta on a most cleans tie-break both losing nine marks. Toby had four great cleans at section 6 a series of gravelly cambers drops and climbs that slowly deteriorated as the day panned out.

 

Dale Caswell over from the Peterborough Mcc aced the Novice class with thirty-four returned on his card but Ed Gardener Mont was only one behind with both showing skilled clutch and throttle control at section 7 a fiercely steep drop then skirting the lagoon before a thirty yard cambered climb out.

 

Kayleigh Rich piloted the Beta to a Youth B win with Aaron Watson also Beta mounted taking best Youth C.

 

In the Twinshock class it was Paul Meader who stole the show ripping the aging Bultaco around for a miserly seventeen point tally. The old Bully was gripping like a good thing on the slick loose climbs of section eight.

 

The white easy route had a thirty plus entry ranging from welcome new to the sport and experienced older riders. Best performance for the Sportsman class went to Pete Haines running out a clear winner with a loss of fifteen best Sportsgirl was Steph Tombling whilst Zak Jones and Kasia Pekala-Dayment Oset 24 were also youth class winners.

 

Britbike top dog Wayne Hutton persuaded the Tiger Cub around for a loss of 23 with Kevin Allen Snr 185 Bantam 5 adrift.

 

A superb performance was applied by Steve Clements on the big Triumph Twin. Steve opted for the Britbike 50/50 today and with a tally of twelve this was one of the rides of the day. Steve had plenty of power to hand for the short sharp climbs of sections 4 and 5.

 

Many thanks to all the people on hand to assist today in the smooth running of the event.

  

Class Rider Bike  Points
Red Route      
 Expert  Kevin Nolan  Vertigo 15
   Ben Owen  Beta 17
   Chris Wickham  Beta 22
 50/50  Mark Elms  Beta  22
   Sam Cave  TRS 27
Yellow Route      
 Clubman  Toby Luce  GasGas 9 M/C
   Reynard Norris  Beta 9
   Keith Jenkins  KTM 12
 Novice  Dale Caswell  Beta  34
   Ed Gardener  Montessa 57
 Twinshock  Paul Meader  Bultaco  17
   Steve Chandler  Honda 99
 Youth B  Kayleigh Rich  Beta 31
 Youth C  Aaron Watson  Beta 21
       
       
White Route      
 Sportsman  Peter Haines  Beta 15
   Scott Brown  GasGas 21
 Brit Bike 50/50  Steve Clements  Triumph 2TA  12
 Brit Bike  Wayne Hutton  Tiger Cub  23
   Kevin Allen  Batam 28
 Sports Girl  Steph Tombling  Beta 46
   Sandra Cotton  GasGas 55
 Youth A  Zak Jones  Beta 51
 Youth B  Kasia Pkala-Dayment Oset 110

 

Full results can be found here .