ACU
EASTERN ENDURO CHAMPIONSHIP
FINAL ROUND REPORT 18-11-2018
Report Roger Chaplin
Photos Anthony Ridge
On a cool and frosty day in Thetford Forest the final round of the G H
Motorcycles/Husqvarna/ACU Eastern Enduro Championship took place last Sunday
and again there were surprises, drama and disappointment. The organisers Diss
Motor Cycle Club laid out a cracking 20-mile course for their Muntjac Event
which attracted some of the Country's top riders and the ACU Eastern Moto
Cross Champion Shaun Southgate.
Who was going to be ACU Eastern Enduro Champion Jason Morland had the lead
over Luke Parker at the start of the day but Parker the young pretender was
determined setting the best times in all six special tests while Morland
struggled making some silly mistakes and was placed 11th. So Morland's hopes
were on the last final fast lap to finish without any penalties with Parker
securing penalties but both riders came in clean. Parker took the win with
Lewis Tombs 2nd, Tom Grimshaw 3rd, Ben Clark 4th, Aaron Gordon 5th, Sam Nunn
6th, Shaun Southgate 7th, Charlie Evans 8th, with Morland pushed down to 11th.
The provisional final Class positions are 1st Parker 115 points, 2nd Morland
102 points and Will Hughes 87 points.
Lewis
Ranger and Craig Norrey battled away in the Expert Class with Ranger having
the best special tests times by just under 5 seconds and took the win on the
day. All eyes were on Class leaders James Barker and Jack Berry with one point
separating them and it was Barker with some great rides in the tests who
finished 3rd while Berry could only finish 7th with Jay Brooker, Harvey Thomas
and James Jackman above him. Barker wins the Class Title for 2018 joining the
ranks of Lewis Bond and Alex Rampton of winning the Clubman Title and Expert
Title in successive years with Berry 2nd and George Eustace 3rd who created
history today being the only rider to finish 3rd in the Clubman and Expert
Classes in successive years.
Rob Warner won the Expert Veteran Class from John Shirt with Contest
Sponsor Gavin Hockey 3rd, Michael Ridge 4th, Phil Roper 5th and Paul Spurgeon
6th. The battle for the 2018 Class Title was between Hockey and Ridge and
although Hockey finished in front of Ridge, he could only reduce Ridge's from
5 points lead to 3 points so Ridge takes the Title.
Charlie
Chater won the battle for first place in the Clubman Class over Jack Collins
and Jack Flannigan with best Eastern Centre rider Rob Aldridge 4th followed by
Jake Taylor 5th and Jack Austin 6th. However, Aldridge had already won the
Class Title before the day.
Bo Anderson, Jonathan Lee and Trevor Buckley were first, second and third
in the Clubman Veteran Class but the battle for the 2018 Class Title was
between Steve Youngs, Dean Curry and Michael Wyatt. Youngs had the
disappointment of having to retire with machine problems and Curry took
advantage of this by taking 4th on the day to win the Title for the second
time with Youngs 2nd while Wyatt 11th place on the day secured him third
overall.
There was drama in the Clubman Super Veteran Class when Class leader fell
on a log in the special tests and had to retire which left Graham Mays with
the chance to take the Title and although he had some good test times, he was
two minutes late on the last lap and finished 5th which gave the Title to
Mason for the 4th time in a row. Keith Readman won on the day with Jez Moss
2nd, Gene Womack 3rd and Alan Ranger 4th.
MUNTJAC 2018 PROVISIONAL RESULTS
Championship Class
1st Luke Parker 1528.79 2nd Lewis Tombs 1542.76 3rd Tom Grimshaw 1548.89 4th
Ben Clark 1574.36 5th Aaron Gordon 1580.00
Expert Class
1st Lewis Ranger 837.81 2nd Craig Norrey 842.43 3rd James Barker 851.51 4th
Jay Brooker 855.94 5th Harvey Thomas 857.11
Expert Veteran Class
1st Rob Warner 862.02 2nd John Shirt 867.88 3rd Gavin Hockey 891.12 4th
Michael Ridge 896.55 5th Phil Roper 904.56
Clubman Class
1st Charlie Chater 557.51 2nd J\ck Collins 588.71 3rd James Flannigan 598.98
4th Rob Aldridge 597.22 5th Jake Taylor 599.75
Clubman Veteran Class
1st Bo Anderson 639.50 2nd Jonathan Lee 749.58 3rd Trevor Buckley 768.05 4th
Dean Curry 771.72 5th Carl Davies 772.59
Clubman Super Veteran Class
1st Keith Readman 631.26 2nd Jez Moss 639.39 3rd Gene Womack 696.41 4th Alan
Ranger 704.44 5th Graham Mays 761.50
PROVISIONAL FINAL POSITIONS ACU EASTERN ENDURO CHAMPIONSHIP
Championship Class
1st Luke Parker 115 points 2nd Jason Morland 102 points 3rd Will Hughes 87
points
Expert Class
1st James Barker 108 points 2nd Jack Berry 101 points 3rd George Eustace 76
points
Expert Veteran Class
1st Michael Ridge 122 points 2nd Gavin Hockey 119 points 3rd Paul Spurgeon 70
points.
Clubman Class
1st Rob Aldridge 130 points 2nd Dan Hunt 87 points 3rd George Wolfe 75 points
Clubman Veteran Class
1st Dean Curry 82 points 2nd Steve Youngs 71 points 3rd Michael Wyatt 69
points
Clubman Super Veteran Class
1st Andy Mason 102 points 2nd Graham Mays 94 points 3rd Jez Moss 85 points
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