Ben Saville Memorial Sprint Enduro

The annual Ben Saville Memorial sprint Enduro at Rogershill Raceway in Dorset.

The classes were stacked with some Top British Championship Level riders turning up to keep the locals on their toes. In the championship class the first test was won by Charlie Chater, but soon the others warmed up and by Test 3 Aaron Gordon was in the lead. Aaron kept it smooth and fought off a charging Alex Snow to win the event overall. Snowy set the fastest lap of the event on the last test closing the gap to first to just 2 seconds. In Third place was the super consistent Alfie Webb.

In the expert class there was a close battle between Ben Harvey Grounds and Joel Tett with the pair even having identical test times on lap 6! In the end Ben's quick start to the day secured him first with Joel close behind in second. Well done also to Joel for being the champion of the charity chase mini extreme race. In Third place was Martin Jessop, who won the last test of the day.

Ben Milward made his annual enduro appearance putting that raw mx speed to good use to win 6 out of 7 tests in the expert vets class. Local Legend Mark Cornick kept Ben on his toes though finishing up in close second despite some mishaps! In third place was Stan Watt.

For this event we introduced a lady's class, offering a discounted entry, having seen how this increased turnout at the recent British Enduro Championship. We were so excited to have 5 women competing at the event. With 3 separate test winners, despite being a small class at this point, the competition was intense. Rheanna Morgan-Rogers took the top spot and set the fastest lap of the class. Close behind in Second was Emily Hall, with Libby Tett keeping it consistent to finish in Third.

The clubman A class was dominated by George Ward fresh out the youth class, finishing over 2minutes ahead of Second place. The action continued with the closest battle of the day taking place between Zac King and Matt Holland, after 7 tests just one tenth of a second separated the pair. Zac finished the day in Second and Holland a hair's breadth behind in third.

Tristan Daniels took the top spot in the clubman B class, with Callum Smith keep him on his toes throughout the day narrowly winning a few tests but having to settle for second place in the end. In third was the consistent Jack Noble.

The clubman vets class was dominated by Morgan Picard who won 6 out of 7 tests. Nic Lee recovered from a steady start to finish the day in second place. Sebastien Picard won the last test of the day but had to settle for the third spot on the podium.

In the sportsman class there was another close battle, with the top three each winning at least one test each. In the end it was Elliot Warren on the top step, with Nathan Baxter in Second and Aaron Webb in third.

The sportsman vets class was won by Sean Massey who gained enough of an early lead to keep second place Stephen Rolls at bay. Third place was local hero Tony Walker on his trusty KDX 200!

In the youth class Zac Perren took the top spot in the group, finishing impressively in 39th overall. In second place was Zayed Mohammad who kept it super smooth to finish ahead of the close competition of third place Oliver Prouse. Thankfully the early class leader Bodie Johns is going to be ok following a nasty crash leading to a broken collar bone, thank you very much to Niel Hawker and James Boyce for stopping to help.

We are so grateful for everyone's support of the event, with this year's race being on Ben's birthday it was an extra special day and amazingly £1890 was raised for the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance. This year the Saville Family awarded Ben's trophy to the very deserving Grace Gillen. Grace was competing for the first time ever and had a fair few big crashes which are to be expected but she didn't quit and showed true determination.

This event was kindly sponsored by some incredible local businesses. Thank you to Crescent Motorcycles for sponsoring the awards and some mega raffle prizes! Thank you also to the friends of the Saville Family, the King Family and Dirtworx for additional raffle prizes. Monsters Of Dirt also kindly sponsored the rider numbers.

On the day shout outs to start marshals Chester and Pete for keeping things rolling. As well as travelling marshals, Cookie, Gypo, Boyce and Ollie. Also big thank you the Brad and Abbie for help track marking.

Thank you for supporting this event and we look forward to seeing you all soon at the start of the Winter Series in September 2025, dates confirmed soon!

Podium photos by Photofinish43