Sudbury MCC Report - GH Motorcycles & Husqvarna ACU Eastern Solo Enduro Championship 3rd Round

What felt like the hottest day of the year welcomed the first of Sudbury events open to spectators and riders did not disappoint as a gorgeous day was had by all, in the multi lap penalty determined event.

The 121 competitors tackled the 5-mile track through woodland and farmland from 10am till mid-afternoon with ever decreasing time to complete the lap and a timed special test on laps 2 & 3. All laps included the infamous Bog with back markers holding up some of the leaders as the lines got more rutted and congested.

Championship & Expert Riders completed 9 laps and Clubman class 7 laps as the day grew hotter and the dust more apparent over the beautiful rolling Hertfordshire countryside. This 3^rd round kept the solo riders in the top 6 from the previous rounds on their toes and with 4 of the 5 rounds to count towards the championship, todays win strengthened the Lead for Luke Parker in Championship Class, Paul Belton in Clubman Vets and John Hilton in Clubman Super Vets.  The Expert Class championship is divided by just a few points with Joe Phillips winning on points after a win at Blaxhall last week beating todays winner Jake Roper currently in second place.  Paul Spurgen leads the Expert Vets after his second place today and there is a tie for second place with Phil Roper and Darren Nicolaou neither who tackled the Home Farm track today.

With all eyes on the next round on the 15^th August it looks to be an exciting finish for the Championship title with two remaining rounds to go.

Championship

1^st Luke Parker

2^nd Ben Clark

3^rd Will Hughes

4^th Jason Morland

5^th Ben Coles

6^th Myles Saunders

Expert

1^st Jake Roper

2^nd Tom Sargent

3^rd Rob Blackman

4^th Joe Phillips

5^th Jack Austin

6^th Adam Durkin

Clubman

1^st Joe Henthorn

2^nd Mitchell Beagrie

3^rd Michael Wilson

4^th Luke Womack

5^th Oliver Brinkley

6^th Scott Chaplin

Expert Vet

1^st Stephen Revett

2^nd Paul Spurgeon

3^rd Paul Owen

Clubman Vet

1^st  Jason Naruszewicz

2^nd Jason Green

3^rd Paul Belton

4^th Raymond Otaka

5^th Jason Carsbolt

6^th Mark Waller

Sportsman Vet

1^st John Hilton

2^nd Graham Mays

3^rd Robert Swann

4^th Andrew Arden

5^th Richard Squirrel

6^th Dean Curry

Photography & Report by Paula Day