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McCanney too hot for Helmsley! After the very successful opening round of this year’s ACU British Timecard Enduro Championship taking place in Hampshire back in February, the series headed to the picturesque market town of Helmsley, North Yorkshire, for last weekend’s Putoline Yorkshire 2 Day Enduro. Clerk of the course John Kerwin had drafted in the experience of Paul Edmondson & his Fast Eddy crew to assist in the design & set up the X-Country styled special test for the event. In addition to this John & his hard working Dirtbike Action club had set up a route that was challenging, technical & with the recent spell of dry weather & ground conditions bone dry, the event was set up to be another top quality round in this year’s series. DAY 1 In the hotly contested Expert class it was Aaron Gordon who took the well deserved win beating Max Ditchfield by 43 seconds. Another great performance saw Ben Murphy take 3rdplace from Richard Ely in 4th. Luke Flack had to settle for 5th a further 2 seconds down on Ely, while Harry Hillier Rees completed the top 6. A strong performance by Luke Thomas saw him snatch the Clubman class win by 16 seconds from the ever-consistent Harry Houghton. A much improved ride by Jake Purcell saw him narrowly take 3rd from up & coming youngster Lewis Ranger in 4th. In the Ladies class both Rosie Rowett & Nieve Holmes came out of the 1st test with matching times, then on test 2 Rosie had pulled a 3 second lead, but by the end of the day Nieve had slipped further back due to a slow 3rd test. Chloe Richards was completed the podium in 3rd. Andrew Edwards is again the man to beat in the ultra competitive Over 40’s class taking yet another win, beating off nearest rival Richard Hay by 26 seconds. Russell Millward & Simon Comer were next up taking a well respectable 3 & 4th places. In the Over 50’s Paul Davies put in a sterling shift taking class win by 21 seconds over Jason Rees. The battle for 3rd saw Round 1 winner Julian Oakes pip Paul Armstrong by 44 seconds. Simon Walker headed the small Sportsman class entry, with Jack Mackley 2nd& Reilly Dennison 3rd. DAY 2
Lewis Ranger was the winner of the Clubman class with a very well deserved win beating Harry Houghton Adams by just over a minute. Joshua Kirby put in fine display to take home 3rd just beating Day 1 winner Luke Thomas by 14 seconds. Darren Kiff, James Palmer, Jake Purcell & Ross Kerr completed the top 8, what a battle this class is turning into! Rosie Rowett seems to be going from strength to strength with another strong performance to take the Ladies class win, Runner up was Nieve Holmes who kept battling away until the end. Runner-way Over 40’s leader Andrew Edwards was in commanding form on Sunday, the old master eventually beating runner up Russel Millward by a convincing 1 minute 40 seconds. Simon Comer battled on in the tough conditions for a pleasing 3rd place while Vince Harker brought home 4th. Paul Davies took maximum points from his weekends good work with another win in the over 50’s closely followed by Jason Rees, with Stewart Gilchrist taking 3rd. Lastly but not least Simon Walker was the lone finisher in the Sportsman class.
2018 ACU British Timecard Enduro Championship: Round 1 –Sunday 11th February Rounds 2/3 – Saturday/Sunday 12th/13th May Rounds 4/5 – Saturday/Sunday 26th/27th May Rounds 6/7 – Saturday/Sunday 7th/8th July Rounds 8/9 – Saturday/Sunday 25th/26thAugust Round 10/11 – Saturday/Sunday 8th/9th September More photos by Matthew Rudd
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With
weather conditions being warm & course conditions dry, it was set up to be
another great day of action in all classes. By the end of lap1 it was Tom
Sagar who was setting the pace early on to take an 8 second lead from series
leader Danny McCanney, closely followed by Joe Wootton, Alex Snow & Jack
Edmondson. Test 2 saw McCanney claw back 5 seconds from Sagar, while Wootton
& Edmondson still on Sagar’s tail had to settle for 3rd & 4th.
McCanney again took a win on test 3, but it was Wootton who took the win on
the 1st of the back to back tests on the final lap. On the final test of the
day Wootton going for another test win took a heavy tumble & was lucky to
come away unscathed, from this point MCcanney was in total control for the
class win. Sagar remained in 2nd spot come end of play, while Jack Edmondson
took a well deserved 3rd place. Next up it was Alex Snow showing great
consistency, Tom Ellwood produced a career best 5th overall only 5 seconds
behind Snow. After his heavy fall on the final test Wotton rounded off the top
6 while youngster Daniel Mundell took home best E1 2 stroke in 7th with
Scottsman Fraser Flockhart in 8th.
In
the Experts class Richard Ely took the class win with a 45 second margin over
day 1 winner Aaron Gordon. Richard Tucker improved on his day 1 performance
lifting himself to 3rd place 4 seconds behind Gordon & the experienced
Luke Flack finishing 4th only 6 seconds behind Tucker. Max Ditchfield didn’t
have quite such a good day slipping to 5th while Jon Hunt in 6th.
The
overall view from riders & supporters was this was well organised &
enjoyable event, well worthy of its BEC status!
