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Cotswold Enduro Club 2-man and Ironman Extreme series and the Emlyn Prole memorial Meeting.
Rockfield . Monmouth.

Cotswold Enduro Club's 2-man Extreme series saw round 4 packed out at the superb Rockfield venue near Monmouth on Sunday.
This large and flowing venue had fast and open field sections dotted with woodland breaks which gave an excellent balance to the course and held up really well for the four hour duration of the event.

Teams and Ironman riders alike enjoyed sunshine all day long as battle commenced over a course designed to test the fast and the technical amongst the large entry.

The number of combinations for teams or solo riders was mindboggling, 13 in all. In the case of teams at least it gave riders who are normally in different class the chance to compete together against similar combinations.

Jack Penhaligon nailed the Ironman Expert win and took first overall, one of only two riders to clock up 20 laps, second placed Derry Milling being the other rider. Brendan Griffiths joined the leading pair to make it an Ironman 1-2-3 at the top of the leader board. Richard Baxter lead the charge of the Ironman Clubman riders, winning with six minutes to spare over Tom Collett in second who was followed by Sam Keen in third place.

Ellis Frend made it home as first Ironman Sportsman to cross the line, seventeen laps to his credit and just over a minutes advantage from Luke Adams, on the same lap, while Michael Clark took third but three laps down on the leading pair.

Andrew Keyte led the charge of the Ironman Veterans 40plus. He had pushed hard in the final hour of the race to build nearly two minutes gap over Keith Jenkins in second spot as Rob Sewell took the final podium place in the class.

Team Francombe & Francombe won the Expert/Expert team challenge and were the top team overall, eventually finishing in four spot. They were joined by Hoskins and James in second and Casteldine/Dennahay in third.

The Expert/Clubman pairing of Barnes and Adams proved hard to beat as they topped their group ahead of Ayliff/Varden and Breakwell/Farr.

The Expert/Veteran pair of Smailers/Smailes clocked 17 laps on their way to their class win.

Sullivan and Kirkpatrick headed the Clubman/Clubman class ahead of Glackin/Sullivan while Waters/Leighfield nailed the Clubman/Sportsman combined class, beating Flannigan/Flannigan and Vaughan/Vaughan along the way.

Cave and Cave were the top Clubman/Veteran pair finishing seven minutes clear of the competition, Dorell/Nutman. Bedford and Freeman finished a lap ahead of their closest rivals in the Veteran/Veteran class. Bishop and Elway took second with Sweeney/Hutchinson third.

Clements and Collett were clear winners of the combined Sportsman teams although second placed Ratcliffe/Fowkes were on the same lap after four long hours and only a handful of minutes adrift. Arbuthnot and Varden completed the top three in this class.

A cracking day at Rockfield once again. Cotswold Enduro Club uses this treasured venue just once a year and it shows. It is always fresh and well maintained as it rolls through the Monmouth countryside and the fact that the sun shone all day long was an added bonus for riders and spectators alike.