After a two month break the 2016 G H Motorcycles/Husqvarna/ACU Eastern Enduro Championship resumes on Sunday 8th May as Round 3 is being staged by the Sudbury Motor Cycle Club at Foxborough Quarry Sible Hedingham Essex. It is being run on the Hare & Hounds format with the three Clubman Classes and Sportsman starting at 10am for two hours. This is followed at 1pm by the Championship and two Expert Classes and they ride for 2.5 hours. Entries close on 5
th May and Regulations can be download on the Sudbury Club’s website
www.sudburymcc.co.uk
The provisional positions after two rounds are: Championship; Jamie Roper 35, Chris Hockey 25, Jason Morland 22, Experts Jake Gregory 33, Alex Barkshire 30, Alex Rampton 27, Expert Vets Mark Chapman 40, Gavin Hockey 34, Michael Ridge 28, Clubman Ben Ramus 34, Dan Willis 31, Alex Walton & Kevin Palmer 28, Clubman Vets Kevin Gore, Jeff Turner &Peter Andrews all 28, Clubman Super Vets Graham Mays 35, Andy Mason 34 and Les Rampton 28.
Here is why happened at the first two rounds. Diss Motor Cycle Club organised Round 1 of the G H Motorcycles/Husqvarna/ACU Eastern Enduro Championship in the Thetford Forest. A full entry of 200 riders including some of the top British riders and the Diss Club should be commended for securing such a large entry and putting on such a good event.
Now how did things go, well in the Championship Class Brad Freeman won the second year running, glad to see him recovered from injury, with Joe Wootton 2
nd while surprisingly in 3
rd place Jamie Roper who rode his heart out all day. Behind Jamie were Daryl Bolter, Luke Parker, Aston Bird, Jon Hunt, Chris Hockey and Jason Morland. In the Expert it was a win for Adam James while some of the boys from the East, Alex Rampton, Alex Barkshire, Jake Gregory, Ed Pooley, David Stevens and Ryan McDonnell were 2
nd, 3
rd, 4th, 6
th, 7
th and 8
th. Mark Chapman won the Expert Veteran Class and behind him were Gavin Hockey, Phil Roper, Michael Ridge, Paul Whitehead, David Coles, Paul Spurgeon and John Bishop. In the Clubman Class Nathan Greenaway out did everyone in the Special Tests but sadly for him his bike went sick on him on the last lap but he nursed it home in 27
th place. Dan Willis took advantage of this with the win in the Class followed by Ben Ramus, Katie Walker, Alex Walton, Tom Sargent and George Warren. It was nice to see Wayne Fulcher win the Clubman Veteran Class from Edward Hopkin, Jason Carsboult, Kevin Gore, Jeff Turner, Sten Pringle and Peter Andrews. Out of Centre rider Mark Houson won the Clubman Super Veteran Class from current Champion Andy Mason while riding for the first time in this Class Graham Mays was 3
rd. Les Rampton, Steve Finch, Nick Airey and Clive Stevens filled the next four places. The first three in the Sportsman Class were Raymond Okoto, Malcolm Davies and Aaron Poulter.
Onto Round 2 at Iken in the wilds of Suffolk. The organisers were the Woodbridge Club and despite all the problems that beset them before the day they put on a really good show. There were three tests and Aston Bird simply trounced everyone with best times leaving the rest of the day to ride each session to take the win. Sadly not Aston punctured and had to retire which left a rejuvenated Chris Hockey and Jamie Roper to battle it out. On the last lap Chris was in with 15 seconds to spare and looked like he would win but Jamie some way behind him managed to pass the yellow flags with three seconds to spare and the win was his. Behind them were Jason Morland, Brendon Mayers, Craig Roper and Steve Mason. In the Expert Class the top six were Jake Gregory, Glenn Walsh, Alex Barkshire, Jack Berry, Ed Pooley and Alex Rampton. Mark Chapman was untouchable in the Expert Vets leaving Gavin Hockey, Michael Ridge. Paul Whitehead and John Bishop in his wake. Clubman Class top five were Kevin Palmer, Ben Ramus, Alex Walton, Angus Mann and Dan Willis. Top five in the Clubman Vets were Peter Andrews, Jeff Turner, Kevin Gore, Andy Peck and Duncan Griffin. Birthday Boy Graham Mays took the win in the Clubman Super Vets with Andy Mason, Les Rampton, Nigel Ross and Gary Drage behind him.