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Andy Gillett Wins CTR Summer Series Championship Round
3 Andy Gillett was very impressive on his 2008 KX 250 2 stroke to eventually take to win at this fantastic CTR race venue with 5 miles of varied cross country Enduro going with fast flowing fields and big hills, Plenty of open wooded areas with some steep down hills and climbs including cambers tight and sweeping corners with most of it being viewed from the start area. At 11am with all the riders lined up ready and waiting CTR dropped the flag to release the group of Experts with Brad Williams grabbing the holeshot from Time Foreman and Andy Gillett, Next away was the Vet Experts with Grant Churchward getting the holeshot from Ryan Leary, Next to be released was the Clubman with Scott Hoskins getting the hole shot, Next let loose was the Vet Clubman and Over 50’s with Phil George grabbing the Vets Clubman holeshot From Liz Childerley and Mark Evans and Mark Saunders and grabbing the Over 50’s hole shot from Mike Crumb and Adrian Evans, Last to get away was the Novice-Beginners with Jacko Thomas getting the holeshot from Chris Bailey and Andrew Jones. As all the riders were now out tacking the course all eyes were focused on lap scoring and at just over 10 minutes 1st to appear was number 5 Brad Williams with 30 seconds behind and Tim Foreman right on Gillett’s tail and the rest of the Experts chasing hard just behind, The next class leader around was Vet Expert Grant Churchward followed by Ryan Leary with Toby Bevan and Andy Morgan not far behind with Scott Hoskins splitting them and leading the Clubman around with Ryan Nightingale, Ryan Cox and Nathan Newman not too far behind, Next class leader around the lap was Over 50’s class rider Mark Saunders with a good lead over Mike Crumb and Harry Thomas, Phil George led the Vet Clubman all way around with wonder women Liz Childerley and Joe Gittings-Jones just 30 seconds behind, Andrew Jones was the 1st Novice class rider around with Jacko Thomas and Ben Gittoes close behind. As the race progressed early leader Brad Williams had arm pump dropping to 3rd with Andy Gillett now leading from Tim Foreman as the day went on the top 3 were swopping and changing places and with pit stops coming into the mix With Foreman leading he had to pit leaving Gillett and Williams past with it all changing again and again with pit stops ETC, Grant Churchward was in command of the Vets Expert with Ryan Leary a confinable 2nd and Andy Morgan circulating in a good 3rd, The Over 50’s was led by Mark Saunders with Adrian Evans a good 2nd and Mike Crumb moving upto 3rd, Vet Clubman was led by Phil George with Joe Gittings-Jones 2nd and Liz Childerley 3rd, The Clubman was handed over to Ryan Nightingale and Ryan Cox with Nathan Newman close behind after Scott Hoskins pulled out, The Novice class was led by Andrew Jones with Ben Gittoes and Chris Bailey pushing hard behind. At the closing stage of the gruelling 2 and a half hours and with a great days racing the well deserved win went to Andy Gillett with Tim Foreman finishing a great 2nd and young gun Brad Williams with a controlled 3rd place, Grant Churchward won the Vet Expert Ryan Leary 2nd and Andy Morgan 3rd, Mark Saunders won the Over 50’s from Adrian Evans with Mike Crumb 3rd, Phil George won the Vet Clubman with Joe Gittings-Jones 2nd with Liz Childerley 3rd, Ryan Nightingale won the Clubman from Ryan Cox with Nathan Newman 3rd, The Novice Class was won by Andrew Jones with Ben Gittoes 2nd and Chris Bailey 3rd the weather played its part with a few light spots of rain and a heaving mist to start the day finishing in warm sunshine,. It was a great days racing enjoyed by all a massive thanks to the land owner, Marshals, Lap scorers and Marshals and a big Thankyou to the Pontypool people that stayed behind to help out, See you all at CTR SSC RD4 21st & 22nd June at Fan Farm Myddfai Llandovery. Details
David Kip Herring wins David Kip Herring made the journey over the valleys to take a well-deserved win in the most dramatic brutal weather conditions possible with strong winds, heavy rain turning into hail turning into sleet turning into big heavy snow in very cold temperatures, Team CTR had work very hard all week to build a very interesting technical fast flowing Enduro race track at the fabulous Aberbeeg east south Wales with grassy and muddy flowing corners, ditches, drop offs, hill climbs, 1 hard loop, and deep dark woods throne in the mix it was all set for a great finally to a great CTR winter series championship. At the start and with a quick chat from CTR the racers were al lined up and ready for the 11 O’clock start and 1st away was the Experts with Brad Williams grabbing the holeshot from Neil Thomas as they spread away next was the Vet Experts with Jamie Jenkins getting the holeshot, next away was the Clubman with Scott Hoskins getting the holeshot from Jack Heath and Co, next realest was the Vet Clubman with Ady Stagg getting the holeshot from Len Giles and Paul Higgs, last to be let loose was the Novice class with Dan Davies getting the holeshot from Lee Willoughby, Ben Brodrick and Bret Skyrme, As all the riders were now realised onto the 4.5 mile Enduro race track all eyes on lap scoring as to who would lap 1st as it was Tim Foreman followed by Roger Holland, Charlie Frost, David Kip Herring, Kalem Hicks and early leader Brad Williams, The next class leader around was new Vet Expert Grant Churchward with Ryan Leary hot on his tail and Jamie Jenkins 41 seconds behind, Next class leader around was big Sam Skyrme followed by Scott Hoskins and Jack Heath not too far behind, Paul Higgs was the 1st Vet Clubman around with Len Giles 35 seconds behind and Ady Stagg a further 31 seconds behind Len, The 1st Novice class rider around was Dan Davies with Rhys Davies on his new bike next around with a whole bunch of CTR racers right behind. As the race progressed and the weather conditions not letting up and possibly getting worse riders were pitting randomly some for fuel some for repairs the lead of the race was now commanded by David Kip Herring with Charlie Frost snapping at his heals with Tim Foreman now in 3rd, The Vet Experts was now lead by Jamie Jenkins and with both Chuchward and Leary in the pits at the same time Grant Churchward managed to get out in front of Ryan Leary to hold on to 2nd with Leary 3rd, With Sam Skyrme now out of the race Scott Hoskins was in a comfortable lead with Jack Heath 2nd and Tyrone Jones holding a safe 3rd, Leading the Vet Clubman all the way was CTR new comer Paul Higgs who it has to be said was 1 of a few that was smiling all day with Ady Stagg in 2nd and Jeff Morris in 3rd, The Novice class was being lead all the way by Dan Davies with Tomas Mahoney 2nd and David Orme 3rd. At the chequered flag and after 2 and half gruelling hours CTR put the flag out to welcome all the finishers home with David Kip Herring taking a well-deserved win from Charlie Frost and Tim Foreman this race was a real tester of both bike and rider spirit with riders crossing the line with a real sense of achievement all saying they enjoyed it even with locked frozen hands and the loss of felling in many parts of their body, A massive Thankyou and Congratulations to all involved and the WSC champions, the presentation for today and the championship will be at the next CTR Event on the 29.03.2015 CTR Summer Series Championship SSC 2015 RD1 Venue Bronydd Mawr Farm, Llywel, Trecastle, Llandovery, LD3 8RD on a new part of the farm the north track see you all then.
Charlie Frost wins a testing CTR EVENTS Winter Series Championship Round 5 Charlie Frost popped over the bridge to take a well-deserved win at CTR WSC RD5 in some challenging winter conditions but he didn’t have it all his own way, Team CTR built yet another great new 5 mile H&Hs Enduro track with a complete mix of off road going, after grabbing the holeshot Charlie Frost to took the lead only to get passed half way around the lap by Brad Williams Frost lost the front wheel on a tree root snapping his front mudguard and smashing his front light, The young flying Brad Williams led the 1st lap just 2 seconds infront of the charging Charlie Frost followed by Sonny Parker and James Paczynski , Ryan Leary led the holeshot and lap in the lead of the Vet Experts, Jack Heath led the Clubman around with a good lead over his competitors, Ryan Cox led the Novice class around after just grabbing the holeshot from Ryan Bevan and with Adam Keil just a few seconds behind Cox needed to be on his toes as Keil was up for the battle, The 1st Vet Clubman around the lap was Ady Stagg with Richard Lewis splitting the Staggs up as Andy Stagg was 3rd around. At the midway point Charlie Frost had a 2 & half minute lead over Brad Williams as they were starting their fuel stops Richard Perkins had moved up into 3rd just ahead of James Paczynski, Ryan Leary had a commanding lead over Richard Holland with Andrew Edwards now in 3rd, Jack Heath was still in the lead of the Clubman battle with Tyrone Jones in a safe 2nd ahead of Lewys Ralph and Lee Howells as Ralph and Howells were pushing each other swopping and changing places, The Vet Clubman affair was mostly a battle of the Staggs with Andy now leading from Ady circulating in 3rd was Richard Lewis with Len Giles and Jeff Morris charging hard just behind, In the Novice battle young Ryan Cox was in a comfortable lead but he needed to stay cool with Adam Keil, Ryan Mitchell, Ceri Nicolas and Jordan Crutterden all on the same lap and pushing hard behind. At just over midway Charlie Frost’s adventure was still challenging him as he had to pull into the pits and change his front wheel and after borrowing a wheel from team Ryan Cox he re-joined the race still in the lead as if he was riding his luck Brad Williams had a little problem getting stuck behind another rider slowing his lap as we all expected him to come around infront of Frost, Frost’s 4 & Half minute lead was only cut to 2 minutes so they were off again into the closing minutes of the race. At the finish it was Charlie Frost on his new CTR-Mounter KTM 250 with the win on 12 laps with Brad Williams just a few minutes behind to take a well-deserved and impressive 2nd place also on 12 laps, 3rd was Mr consistent Richard Perkins, Ryan Leary won the Vet Experts with 11 laps 2nd was Richard Holland 10 laps with Andrew Edwards 3rd 10 laps, Jack Heath won the Clubman class 10 laps ahead of Tyrone Jones 2nd 9 laps 3rd was Lewys Ralph 8 laps, The Vet Clubman was won by Ady Stagg 9 laps 2nd was Andy Stagg 9 laps with Richard Lewis 3rd also 9 laps, The Novice class was won by Ryan Cox on 9 laps with Adam Keil 2nd on 9 laps and 3rd was Ryan Mitchell also on 9 laps. It was another great days racing at CTR EVENTS WSC RD5 in the fantastic Aberbeeg venue thanks to all involved in making this happen looking forward now to WSC RD6 the final on the weekend of 21st 22nd February see you all then CTR.
Neil Thomas Wins CTR EVENTS MotoDuro Neil Thomas popped along to CTR MotoDuro to take the overall win with 2 Moto wins, Neil was pushed all the way by hard charging RLC rider Kalem Hicks with A win in Moto 1, Over the Christmas period team CTR worked against some wet windy weather to put together a 3 mile MotoDuro course with fast top gear blasts a few ditch crossings a full MX track the deep dark woods where the big bad mouse lives some drop offs and steep short climbs to keep the CTR racers on their toes and warm them up. Moto 1 start As the grounds crusty layer defrosted away with A high late Decembers winter sun and At just before 11am CTR sent the riders out for a sighting lap as the riders lined up for the start CTR dropped the flag to release the group of Expert and Expert Vets with Kalem Hicks getting the M1 holeshot from Neil Thomas and Rhys Davies in the Experts and Ryan Leary getting the Expert Vets holeshot as they blasted away up the straight CTR dropped the flag releasing the Clubman with Sonny Parker getting the holeshot from Ryan Nightingale and Rhian George next released was the Clubman Vets with Lewis Davies getting the holeshot to lead the pack away last away was the Novice group with Chris Hamer getting the hole shot, As all the riders now away on their journeys all eyes were at lap scoring and 1st was Expert Kalem Hicks closely followed by Neil Thomas, Roger Holland and Co, The 1st Expert Vets around was Jamie Jenkins with Ryan Leary and Gary McCoy hot on his tail, The 1st Clubman around was Sonny Parker with Scott Hoskins stuck to his back wheel, Next class leader around was Novice class rider Ryan Cox with nearly all his group hot on his tail with Clubman Vet leader Owen Cooper leading the charge of his class around, Kalem Hicks won M1 from Neil Thomas and Roger Holland. Moto 2 started at 12.30 and with the ground in perfect condition CTR dropped the flag to release the Experts and Expert Vets with Rhys Davies getting the holeshot and Ryan Leary getting the Expert Vets holeshot, Next away the Clubman with Sonny Parker getting the holeshot from Scott Hoskins, Next away the Clubman Vets with Owen Cooper and Andy Stagg fighting the 1st corning with Andy Grabbing the holeshot, Last away the Novice with Ryan Cox again getting the holeshot Kalem Hicks again led the CTR racers around followed by Rhys Davies and Neil Thomas, Ryan Leary led the Expert Vets around with Jamie Jenkins and Gary McCoy a small gap behind, Sonny Parker was the 1st Clubman around with Scott Hoskins and Nathan Newman close behind, Andy Stagg led the Clubman Vets around with Owen Cooper not too far behind, Ryan Cox led the Novice class around with the rest of the group snapping at his tail not too far behind, Neil Thomas won M2 from Kalem Hicks and Rhys Davies. Moto 3 started at 2pm still in glorious winter sunshine and with CTR ready to drop the flag for the last time in 2014 to release the CTR MotoDuro racers 1st away was the Experts and Expert Vets with Neil Thomas grabbing the last holeshot from Kalem Hicks and Jamie Jenkins grabbing the holeshot form Gary McCoy, Next away the Clubman with Sonny Parker getting the holeshot from Scott Hoskins and with a drag race up the straight Scott out dragged Sonny, Next away the Clubman Vets with Owen Cooper grabbing another holeshot from Andy Stagg, Last away the Novice with Ryan Cox tussling with Joe Parfitt for the holeshot and Joe passing Ryan up the straight to give Cox a battle, At lap scoring 1st to complete the lap was Expert Neil Thomas with Kalem Hicks and Tom Ellwood close behind, Jamie Jenkins led the Expert Vets around from Gary McCoy and Ryan Leary not far behind, Sonny Parker led the Clubman around with a gap over Scott Hoskins and Nathan Newman, The next class leader around was Novice Ryan Cox with Owen Cooper leading the Clubman Vets around, Neil Thomas won M3 from Kalem Hicks and Roger Holland. It was a great end to 2014 at a fantastic venue in beautiful weather and company thanks to all involved see you all next year for CTR Winter Series Championship Round 5 17th & 18th January 2015.
Derek Bawn Wins CTR EVENTS Winter Series Championship Round 4. Derek Bawn made the short trip over to CTR to take an impressive and well deserved win at CTR but he didn’t have all his own way with Charlie Frost, David Herring taking the early leads and Richard Perkins and Roger Holland not too far behind and pushing a good steady pace, CTR got the riders underway a bit late after track repairs from the heavy overnight winds and rain snapping track tape and pulling out track sticks ETC but with the track now ready it was time to unleash the Enduro Racers. CTR Events switched round 3 course around with a few changes and built an impressive very rideable flowing yet challenging 6 mile Cross county Enduro race track with every bit of Enduro going needed fast farm tracks, Streams, Woods, Hills, Descents, Chambers, Fields and bogs with a few hard easy options around the way to give a 17 and half minute lap for the fastest riders. At the start and after a little chat with CTR Santa and the riders CTR dropped the flag to release the pack of hungry Expert and Expert Vets with Ryan Leary getting the holeshot from Roger Holland and Co, Next group away was the Clubman and Clubman Vets with Ryland Jones grabbing the holeshot and Ady Stagg getting the Vets Clubman holeshot and last away was the Novice class with Ryan Cox getting the holeshot. At lap scoring the 1st rider to appear was Charlie Frost with David Herring 23 seconds behind 3rd was Derek Bawn, The 1st Vet Experts around was new to the over’s Jamie Jenkins with Richard Holland over 3 minutes behind with early leader Ryan Leary stuck in the mud crossing the line 8 minutes later, The next class leader around was Clubman Mathew Davies with Ryan Nightingale 17 seconds behind with a big bunch of riders hot on his tail Jack the next class leader around was Ryan Cox with Karl Rogerson from Newcastle just 32 seconds behind and the next Novice rider Ryan Mitchell 3 minutes behind the 1st Vet Clubman around the lap was Ady Stagg with his Bro Andy just 13 seconds behind. As the race progressed and riders were fighting the ever changing conditions and options Charlie Frost after a good battle for the lead was forced to pull out late starter Sonny Parker also pulled into the pits for repairs, Also with refuelling in the mix the top 3 class leaders were swopping and changing places with David Herring dropping the lead in the pits ever charging Derek Bawn pounced on the lead to pull away then after a lap or 2 Herring pulled out leaving Richard Perkins and Roger Holland chase each other with Chris Bryant hovering around just behind with a pack of riders battling behind, In the Vet Experts Jamie Jenkins was in control of the lead with Richard Holland and Adrian Evans pushing each other Ryan Leary was charging hard to make up for lost time, The Clubman race was really hot with early leader Mathew Davies crashing out of the lead Ryan Nightingale pulled out of the lead, CTR new comer Ryland Jones was in the lead with early leader Mathew Davies back in the mix and holding 2nd with Tyrone Jones pushing close behind, In the Vet Clubman race Ady Stagg was in control and leading from Len Giles and Rob James, The Novice class was led by Ryan Cox with Karl Rogerson and Co pushing each other hard behind. At the closing stage the top 3 were Experts and event overall Derek Bawn, Richard Perkins and Roger Holland the Vet Experts Jamie Jenkins, Ryan Leary, and Richard Holland the Clubman was Ryland Jones, Mathew Davies and Tyrone Jones the Vets Clubman was Ady Stagg, Len Giles and Rob James the Novice was won again by Ryan Cox from Karl Rogerson and Ryan Mitchall. It was another great days racing in perfect weather conditions at a fantastic CTR race venue we are looking forward to running our Mot Duro Final just after Christmas on the 28th December which is going to be at Aberbeeg using a smaller part of the farm focused more on the closer racing with a planned 3 mile Moto Duro lap see you all then and a massive Thankyou to all involved in making great racing and entertainment for all CTR EVENTS.
Tom Crump Wins CTR EVENTS Winter Series Championship Round 3 at the Awesome Aberbeeg. Tom Crump made the trip down from Worcester to take an impressive wins at CTR but he didn’t have all his own way with Roger Holland sticking close behind and at midway point grabbing the lead for a lap or 2 as Crump pitted Holland past him for the lead however when Holland pitted a lap Crump managed to regain the lead and push to the end. CTR Events built an impressive very rideable flowing yet challenging 6 mile Cross county Enduro race track with every bit of Enduro going needed fast farm tracks, Streams, Woods, Hills, Descents, Chambers, Fields and bogs with a few hard easy options around the way to give a 17 minute lap for the fastest riders. At the start and after a little chat with CTR and the riders CTR dropped the flag to release the pack of hungry Expert racers with Roger Holland getting the holeshot from Jeremy Callow and Co, Next away the Vet Experts with Gary McCoy getting the holeshot the next group away was the Clubman with Scott Hoskins grabbing the holeshot next released was the Vet Clubman with Len Giles getting the holeshot and last away was the Novice class with Ryan Cox getting the holeshot. At lap scoring the 1st rider to appear was Crump with Holland 3 seconds behind 3rd was Gethin Francombe after getting away last but 1 off the start with Brad Williams after starting very last even starting at the same time as the Vet Experts, The 1st Vet Experts around was Ryan Leary with Gary McCoy just 8 seconds behind and Jack Twentyman 22 seconds later, The next class leader around was Clubman Scott Hoskins hanging onto his woolly tail was Sam Skyrme and Jack Heath the next class leader around was Ryan Cox with a big lead over the next Novice rider Joe Parfitt the 1st Vet Clubman around the lap was Andy Stagg Gary Standen and Alun Cude just a minute behind. As the race progressed and riders were fighting the ever changing
conditions and options also with refuelling in the mix the top 3 class
leaders were swopping and changing places with a pit from Crump giving Roger
Holland the lead for a lap then Holland pits giving the lead back Francombe
was out of the race Jeremy Callow moved up into 3rd with a pack of riders
battling behind, In the Vet Experts Gary McCoy had moved into the lead Ryan
Leary was 2nd and Jack Twentyman was now 3rd, The Clubman race was really
hot with Sam Skyrme Scott Hoskins and Jack Heath pushing each other very
hard even at the pit area as Heath came through in the lead followed by
Hoskins Heath fell off so Hoskins past him only to fall off 20ft later but
supper cool Skyrme was there at the end passing both on the penultimate lap
to take the class win, In the Vet Clubman race Andy Stagg was in control and
leading from Richard Lewis and Jeff Morris, The Novice class was led by Ryan
Cox with Joe Parfitt and Richard Wozencroft and Co pushing each other hard. It was another great days racing in perfect weather conditions at a fantastic CTR race venue we are looking forward to WSC Round 4 just before Christmas on the 7th December which is going to be again at Aberbeeg with the Moto Duro Final just after Christmas and rounding of 2014 on the 28th December see you all then and a massive Thankyou to all involved in making great racing and entertainment for all CTR EVENTS.
Roger Holland Wins Roger Holland took a well deserved and impressive win in some very challenging and ever changing race conditions at the awesome Bronydd - Mawr Trecastle deep in Wales, Roger Holland dominated the race from lap 2 after a little battle with Gethin Francombe until Francombe crashed heavily on a ditch jump Holland managed then to start his assault on this 5 mile Enduro XC course and with the weather playing its part with the ground ever changing this CTR race track, Team CTR sent over a week plotting and building a flowing yet slightly demanding course and with the change of not only the clocks the winter weather started to kick in to the Welsh hills overlooking the Brecon Beacons the team battled against the heavy winds and rain of the hurricane Gonzalo to successfully build a 5 miles Enduro XC race track which although challengeable it was still rideable for everyone believe we could have made it hard!. At 11 o’clock and with all the willing CTR Enduro racers all sat on the
line and reay to race CTR dropped the flag to unleash the riders on to the
course 1st away was the experts with Danny Morris on his new ride grabbing
the holes shot to lead the pack down the long start line dropping and
turning in 300 yards they dropped some 100ft to the 1st corner leading them
left to for 200 yards into a right hand corner before entering the 1st of
the woods, Next released was the Vet Experts with Leighton Roberts grabbing
the holeshot setting of on their race adventure, Next to be released the
Clubman with Ryan Nightingale getting the holeshot, Next let loose the Vet
Clubman with Owen Cooper getting the holeshot, Last to be released was the
Novice class with Ryan Cox getting the holeshot. As the race progressed Roger Holland seemed to be well in control of his
lead with Francombe recovering but still circulating it was down to Tim
Foreman who had moved up Charlie Frost, Lloyd Price, Sonny Parker and the
others were all close Churchward, Williams, Perkins, Morris and Co Frost had
a few nightmare laps dropping him on lap 3 and to 7th place, Poor Mike Pratt
had a nasty crash and had to have full medical attentions closing of part of
the track get well soon Mike, Jack Twentyman and Sean O’Neill were hard at
it battling for the lead in the Vets Experts, Sam Skyrme seemed in charge of
the Clubman until his chain came of leaving Craig Thomas, Brad Copeland and
Richard Baxter to fight for top spot, The Vets Clubman was lead now by Andy
Stagg with Ady Stagg now 2nd and Len Giles upto 3rd, Ryan Cox had control of
the Novice class race with Dan Stone and Mike Smith chasing behind. CTR WSC RD2 was yet another great race event a massive thanks to all involved see you all at RD3 23rd November at the great Aberbeeg, Next from CTR is Saturday 8th November Enduro Practice and training day at A472 Pontypool and 22nd November at Aberbeeg Thanks CTR EVENTS.
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