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ROUND FIVE REPORT by Roger Chaplin It was a hot, dry, and sunny and the going was bone hard for the 5th Round of the G H Motorcycles/Husqvarna/ACU Eastern Enduro Championship held at Foxborough Quarry Sible Hedingham Essex last Sunday. The organisers Sudbury Motor Cycle Club having receiving advice from its National Governing Body the Auto Cycle Union reduce the duration of the event to two hours and eased the difficult parts and this paid off as the medical services were kept idle and all competitors finished in good condition.
What a battle there was in the Expert Class James Barker (Sudbury) winner of the last two rounds took the lead from Jack Berry (Sudbury) with George Eustace (Sudbury) not far behind. Barker seems to be in control during the session but at the latter stage Berry was gaining every lap but Barker took the win by 4 seconds from Berry with Adam Johnson (TBEC) 3rd, Eustace 4th and Nathan Greenaway (Sudbury) 5th. Berry still leads the Class with 75 points, Barker 73 points and Eustace on 53 points. Michael Ridge (Stowmarket) won the Expert Veteran Class from Gavin Hockey (Sudbury) with Paul Spurgeon 3rd and Damian Long 4th (both) Woodbridge. Ridge has regained the lead on 92 points with Hockey on 89 points.
G H MOTORCYCLES/HUSQVARNA/ACU EASTERN ENDURO CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 5
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ACU
EASTERN ENDURO CHAMPIONSHIP 
The
Championship Class started this Hare and Hounds event first with Craig Roper
(Sudbury) taking the lead at the first bend which he held at the end of the
first lap with Jason Morland (Halstead) and Luke Parker (Norwich) closely in
pursuit followed by Ben Cole (Norwich) and Will Hughes (Braintree). Roper was
still in the lead at the end of lap two but lost vital seconds while swiping
his transponder and Morland took advantage of this passing Roper on the next
bend. Morland was in a determined mood once in the lead and controlled the
rest of the session although at times Parker was closing in. At the end four
riders had completed 18 laps with Morland first over the line fifty second
ahead of round 4 winner Hughes who worked his way into 2nd place from Parker
with Roper 4th, Cole 5th and Rob Nicoll 6th. Unofficially Morland lead the
Class on 84 points, Parker 2nd on 75 points and Hughes 3rd on 66 points.
It
was back to winning ways for Rob Aldridge (Diss) in the Clubman Class who
paced himself throughout the session with Dan Hunt (Diss) 2nd, George Wolfe
(Sudbury) 3rd and 16 year old Joe Phillips (Sudbury) being watched by his
grandma for the first time 4th. Aldridge has a comfortable lead with 97 points
with Hunt on 69 points and Wolfe 55 points. Steve Youngs (Lowestoft) had his
first win in the Clubman Veteran Class one lap ahead of Dean Curry (Sudbury)
and Michael Wyatt (Diss) with Martin Gunton (Sudbury) 4th and Adam Richards
(Sudbury) 5th. Youngs lead the Class on 71 points with Curry on 52 points and
Wyatt on 51 points. Sudbury riders took the first five places in the Clubman
Super Veteran Class with Andy Mason 1st, Jez Moss 2nd, Graham Mays, 3rd, Gary
Drage 4th and Nigel Ross 5th. Mason heads the Class with 85 points, Mays on 73
points and Drage on 65 points.