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Lincolnshire Enduro Club. Race Report No.2 "BACK TO BACK JACK ! Lincolnshire may be known as one of the flattest counties in the UK, but the local enduro club managed to find what few hills there are for their latest round of their Hare and Hounds 2025 championship. Backed by ... https://www.dustdevils.net , Lincolnshire Enduro Club once again attracted a large entry list for this, the second round of the year. Taking place at Gonerby, the track was last used by the club in June 2022, and over a 3.5 mile circuit. This time out, an extra mile was squeezed into the area, and with an addition of an extra 50 riders from the last visit, the start line was certainly a packed one. Given that the days leading up to the event were nothing but sunny, conditions for the event were perfect; apart from a little dust being kicked up perhaps. The main "stopper" of the day seemed to be through a slippery tunnel section. Patience prevailed here for some riders as it seemed almost icy at times ! With the sharpness of some of the inclines into the upper reaches of the track, it would have been a different world had it been wet !. Those hills, and the mixed bag of field terrain/off camber turns proved to be no problem to eventual winner, Expert Jack Rowland. With this, his 2nd win in two races, it s a fine start in defence of his 2024 title. The club has recently set up a couple of sponsored "holeshot " prize's and whilst the Ace Suspension KTM pilot couldn't claim one of those, another faultless victory by the Harworth lad was by a full lap over his nearest challengers. Those rivals came in the form of the "usual suspects". Ever present Dan Johnson sealed the runner up place and beat Lucas Travers into third spot by some 2 minutes. These lads were on 18 laps at 3 hours as opposed to Jack's 19.
Into the Sportsman Classes there was another rider with a fairly substantial win. It came in the shape of a full lap victory in the 2T class for Matthew Knowles. Simon Cadman may have his nose in front for 2025 as he added a runner up spot to his win in the clubs maiden event a few weeks ago. Taking the other podium spot was Joe Doel. Not to be overshadowed by the 2 strokes, Ryan Poole had his own clear lap win in the 4T section. Coupled with his 2nd place at Ashby, Ryan is another rider who now has a slender lead for the year. Callum Roe was in 2nd and on the same amount of laps as Spencer Smith (15) but 3 minutes adrift. Another rider with back to back wins this year is Ben Hampel in the Trail/Classic class. In a reverse of round one, Shaun Avison and Kyle Ardito swapped places this time round, Kyle being the runner up and Shaun taking 3rd spot. A shout should also go out to ex LEC Chairman Ian Jackson who in his first race since 2018, managed a creditable 5th in the group. The Novice class seems to grow bigger with every outing, this time with 12 riders on the start line. Well done guys. The club wishes to say thanks to all marshal's, first responders, track setters, food suppliers etc etc... who all give unpaid valuable time and effort to LEC. The next event is at North Willingham on the 11th of May. Details of that will be announced asap. For members . . https://www.facebook.com/groups/LincolnshireEnduroClub And non members . . https://www.facebook.com/groups/LincolnshireEnduroClub Photo's (all by Graham Taylor) are of Jack Rowland heading to his 2nd win of the year (No. 87) and two other group winners....Ben Hampel in the Trail class (No.112), and No.900 Ailbe O' Connell, The Clubman winner Martin Southwick |
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the Over 40's class, and with 17 laps in total, It was Rob Miller who
took the spoils. Rob's win was a little over 2 minutes from Lee
Hattersley in 2nd place. With this placing and his win back at Ashby a
month ago, Lee has a very slender lead on the top of the leader board in
the group. Going a lot better this time out was 3rd placed lad Richard
Price. Richard was 30 seconds behind Lee, with all 3 lads on 17 laps
when the chequered flag descended. Staying with the "elder
statesmen" groups, Julian Cook had a pretty comprehensive win in
the Over 50's class. Himself and Gareth Lodge had 2 more laps under
their belts than anyone else in the class but it was a win by nigh on 5
minutes at the end. With a repeat performance from March, Andy Jackson
took the remaining place on the rostrum. The "venerable
class", the Over 60's, saw a swap of fortunes at the top this time
out. Mark Peckitt took maximum points last month, with Neil Tapper
following closely. Those roles were reversed on Sunday though, with Neil
taking the win by 3 minutes. Kevin Bartle Sr took the Bronze medal
placing.
In the Clubman section, only 2 riders were on 18 laps at the end of
play. Ailbe O' Connell took the victory from runner up Jodie Lambley by
quite a small margin, just over a minute. One lap in arrears was 3rd
placed jockey George Pearce. Its worth noting that the top few in this
class would be well placed in the Experts group ! Its worth noting that
at Gonerby 5 years ago, its the only time in the clubs history that the
quickest rider over all classes has not come from the Experts class. One
or two of these Clubman are sneaking into the top 10 overall though.