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Sudbury MCC- GH Motorcycles Eastern Centre Round 1 Foxborough Quarry Sible Hedingham Essex Solo - 16th May 2021 Report and photos Paula Day The first solo round of the Eastern Centre Championship sponsored by GH Motorcycles at Foxborough Quarry took place Sunday. With a full adult entry of 130 riders across 6 classes the track was always going to busy and after the heavy rain fall Saturday and a dismal forecast predicted on the Sunday the pocket of land in Sible Hedingham managed to escape the downpours and the course held out for the two and half hour adult race.
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fierce tussle between the Championships class riders ended up with the bog
taking a few casualties as always and providing ample entertainment for any
witnesses, with Ben Clark taking the top spot on 19 laps with Luke Parker in
second on 18 Laps and Ben Cole less than two seconds slower on the same.
Sudbury Club members Jake & Phil Roper took both expert podium positions
after second place last month in the two man at the clubs first event of the
year, son Jake Roper took the expert title and father Phil Roper taking the
Expert vet. title so much to celebrate in the Roper household. Another Sudbury
member and part of the Dave Roper team took first place in Clubman Class for
the second time this year, having won the 2 man back in April a consistent
result for Suffolk based Barnaby Knight, second place went to Joe Henthorn no
stranger to the numbered boxes and third place to Colin Brand who sadly didn't
make the presentation and missed the fun of spraying a bottle of bubbly over
fellow winners. This entertaining challenge was duly accepted by the remaining
winners and runners up, cementing a new tradition for the rest of the year as
we celebrate coming out of lockdown and look forward to the remaining series
of events.
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Mans start following the mornings adult race enabled the youth competitors to
ride half of the track duly shortened and adjusted for just an hours race,
with a fierce fight for pole position the field soon became strung out and the
pressure of keeping up the pace lap after lap on a track that still posed lots
of questions proved difficult for some who after a strong start fell back down
the field. With so much talent evident in this series of youth races kindly
sponsored by GH Motorcyles & GB Finch Ltd. It will be exciting to see the
progress made by these young riders over the course of the year. Open to
riders age 12-16 the opportunity to get into Enduro racing at a local level
has never been easier and plenty of help and advice is available to anyone
thinking of joining or looking at the sport in general Enquiries to Paul
Belton 07770 673323 Chairman Sudbury MCC.