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Mathew Wimpy Jones Wins 
CTR EVENTS Winter Series Championship Round 3 At Aberbeeg East South Wales.

Mathew Jones came won and conquered CTR WSC RD3 from start to the finish with a very smooth and controlled manner taking his second CTR win of the season and winter championship leading from the start and pulling away with very fast smooth and consistent lap times up on the pegs and pulling big gears on his new 300cc Enduro race bike around CTR’s 6.5 mile cross country Enduro race track with perfect weather conditions the ground was in great condition with fast flowing blasts, little technical bits, lots of different line choices road jumps, chambers, two hard/easy loop options allowing the track free flowing.

At the start CTR dropped the flag releasing the Experts and Vet Experts with Paul Armstrong grabbing the holeshot and the Vet Expert holeshot and Mathew Jones grabbing the Experts holeshot with all the rest close behind and as they spread of onto the distance CTR dropped the flag for the Clubman class with Lewys Ralph grabbing the holeshot, Next set free was the Vet Clubman and Over 50’s with Adrian Llewellyn and Mike Crumb grabbing the holeshots, Last away was the Novice class with Jac George grabbing the holeshot and so as all the riders and their bikes set off to attack the CTR 6.5 mile Enduro track all eyes were focused on lap scoring and who would appear first.

At lap scoring it was the ever improving Mathew Jones to appear in the led with a lap time of 10.07 and a 31 seconds led Next to lap the course was Vet Expert rider Grant Churchward with Gary McCoy 22 seconds behind and 2nd placed Expert Gethin Francombe and Bud Benny close behind, next class leader around was Clubman rider Ryan Nightingale with a 36 second led over Lewys Ralph, next class leader around was Novice class rider Johnathan Xuereb and Glyn Maguire hot on his tail, Next class leader around was in a bunch of Vet Clubman Adrian Llewellyn and hot on tail Ady Stagg and new to the class and still young Ryan Mitchell, Steve Taylor led the Over 50’s around with Mike Crumb stopping to fix his brakes leaving Taylor with a big class lead.

At pit stops Mathew Jones had a big lead and seamed very cool and kept pushing with the hard charging Gethin Francombe pushing hard and now in 2nd overall on his little 125 Grant Churchward was back in control of the Vet Experts after having a small problem on lap 2 with Gary McCoy 2nd and Paul Biggs 3rd, Ryan Nightingale was leading the Clubman class with Lewys Ralph in a confinable 2nd and Gutto Llewellyn 3rd, Ryan Mitchell was leading the Vet Clubman from Adrian Llewellyn and Ady Stagg in 3rd, Steve Taylor had a big lead in the Over 50 class with Mike Crumb nursing his bike around after a brake problem, In the Novice class it was really close with Cory Clement leading from Michael Clark and Dominic Lyons.

At the Chequered flag the ever improving Mathew Jones took the overall win with a very impressive ride with Gethin Francombe 2nd and Bud Benny 3rd, Grant Churchward won the Vet Expert with Gary McCoy 3rd, Ryan Nightingale won the Clubman class from Lewys Ralph and Gutto Llewellyn, Ryan Mitchell won the Vet Clubman from Adrian Llewellyn and Ady Stagg, Steve Taylor won the Over 50 class with Mike Crumb 2nd there was no other finishers in that class, Cory Clement won the closely contested battle Novice class from Michael Clark and Dominic Lyons it was a great days racing enjoyed by all the weather was on our side and CTR was pleased to see everyone have a dry rider friendly enjoyable day, Thanks to all involved all CTR marshals, The awesome medical team, 101 caterers, the lap scorers, and everyone that helped cheered and supported us see you all at the next event CTR WSC RD4 it will be back at Aberbeeg race guaranteed to happen in any weather on the weekend of the 10th and 12th December and we are also doing a new year’s day hangover MotoDuro CTR EVENTS.

Results WSC RD3 06.11.16