Sudbury MCC Hosted the Opening round of the GH Motorcycles Eastern Centre Championship at Foxborough

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.

A 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.

Adult Results

Championship

1^st Ben Clark

2^nd Luke Parker

3^rd Ben Cole

4^th Jason Morland

5^th Richard Roper

6^th Jack Sheppard 

Expert

1^st  Jake Roper

2^nd Thomas Sargent

3^rd George Eustace

4^th Shaun Leggett

5^th Joseph Hall

6^th Joe Phillips

Clubman

1^st  Barnaby Knight

2^nd Joseph Henthorn

3^rd Colin Brand

4^th Micheal Wilson

5^th Albert Van Dye

6^th Mitchell Beagrie

Expert Vets

1^st   Phil Roper

2^nd Arran Nicoll

3^rd Alan Morris

4^th Raymond Otoka

5^th Darren Carter

6^th Robert Swann

Clubman Vets

1^st Paul Belton

2^nd Jason Naruszewicz

3^rd Keith Maude

4^th Simon Davies

5^th Jason Carsboult

6^th Carl Lawrence

Super Vets

1^st Alan Vissian

2^nd John Hilton

3^rd Richard Squirrel

4^th Graham Mays

5^th Darren Carter

6^th Robert Swann

Youth Event

A le 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.

Youth Results

1^st Cullen Hawkins

2^nd William Turtle

3^rd James Mangham

4^th Zak Beards

5^th Kymani Street

6^th Owen Baker

7^th Louie Curry