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Sudbury MCC Report and Photography Paula Day Sudbury Motorcycle Clubs first long awaited event of the
season dawned bright and chilly after a record sell out of entries in 8
minutes. A venue change was made to accommodate a record number of 80 team
entries in the 2 man Enduro across 3 classes for the first in the Eastern
Championship Series. The recent warm dry weather in the weeks leading up to
Sundays event meant the 2.8 mile course over established farmland and woodland
was fast and dusty with the bog claiming a number of brave entries who
succumbed to its depths, normally a big crowd pleaser in more normal times,
the riders had to resort to brutal strength sapping ways of getting unstuck
without the usual help from It was noted and reflected upon at the Sudbury Motor Cycle Club's event last Sunday of the passing of member Stuart Cooper of Great Cornard former competitor and supplier of photos to go with the Club's event reports along with His Royal Highness Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh who has been since 1952 the Patron of the Auto Cycle Union (ACU) the national governing body of Motor Cycle Sport to which the Sudbury Club has been affiliated to since 1958. Championship 1st Jamie Roper & Craig Roper 31 Laps Expert 1st Adam Durkin & Tom Sargeant 28 Laps Clubman 1st Barnaby Knight & Archie Gunton 24 laps
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and spectators alike. Championship Winning team Jamie Roper and Craig Roper
made the bog look easy and sped across the black mass of deep ruts on each lap
clocking up the most within the 4 hour race, James Cotterell and Dan Cummings
were just 3 laps behind and third placed Ben Cole & Luke Parker were
penalised by going over the allocated time despite clocking up 30 laps. Expert
placed riders Adam Durkin and Tom Sargeant were fractionally ahead despite
identical times for the special test section and were closely followed by
Shaun Palfrey and Toby Rogers. Archie Gunton & Barnaby Knight repeated
their 2man Clubman win from March 2020 at the same venue in much wetter
conditions and were keenly pursued by Lloyd & Luke Barker who came second
and Nigel Ross and Graham Mays third to them with just seconds in the special
test separating the top three teams.