The G H Motorcycles/Husqvarna/ACU Eastern Enduro Championship reaches its climax this coming Sunday 4th September when the fifth and final round takes place at Butley organised by the Woodbridge Motor Cycle Club. Five of the six Titles are up for grabs and in the prestigious Championship Class two riders are vying for the Title.
This year Jamie Roper (Sudbury) has Jason Morland breathing down his neck and if Morland is successful he would become the first Halstead Club member to win this Class which would be an added bonus as it is that Club’s 90
th year. Morland is nine points behind Roper which seem a daunting task but as the riders best four scoring rounds out of five counting it will make his task easier as his current worst position is 9
th to Roper’s 4
th. A win for Morland with Roper third or a second place to Morland and a fourth place to Roper will give Morland the Title but the most interesting situation is a win for Morland and a second to Roper will give them equal points and the tie break rule will not be able to separate them so they would share the Title. Any other results will give Roper a fourth Title.
The Expert Class is between two riders with Alex Rampton (Sudbury) 68 points and Jake Gregory (Stowmarket) 63 points. Gregory’s chances of winning the Class Title are good if you win on the day with Rampton 5
th the Title is his but if Rampton finish 4
th the Title will be shared as the tie break rule will not separate them. If Rampton finish 3
rd on the day the Title will be his and he will equal Lewis Bond’s feat of winning The Clubman and Expert Classes in successive years. Mark Chapman (Diss) has already won the Expert Veteran Class this year.
The Stowmarket Club rider Dan Willis leads the Clubman Class on 68 points with Alex Walton (Sudbury) on 63 points and Ben Ramus (Sudbury) 49 points. Ramus who has only scored in three rounds need to win on the day with Walton 2
nd and Willis 5
th to take the Class Title which would be a nice reward for him as he became a father four months ago. However Walton who himself became a father three weeks ago has a greater chance of taking the Title but it looks odds on for a Willis win.
The battle for the Clubman Veteran Title has been between Peter Andrews (Woodbridge) and Jeff Turner (Sudbury) throughout the series and if Andrews can finish 1
st, 2
nd, 3
rd 4
th or 5
th with Turner behind him then the Class Title is his. It will be down to Turner to have a consistent ride and finishing in front of Andrews to win this Title and if both slip up Dean Curry (Sudbury) is waiting in the wings.
Sudbury members have the first four places in the Clubman Super Veteran Class with Graham Mays 69 points, Nigel Ross 56, Less Rampton and Andy Mason 54 points. The good news for Mays is that Ross and Rampton cannot catch him but the bad news is Mason can as he has only scored in three of the rounds so all the points he score will count. Mason needs a first or second place with Mays behind him to win the Class Title for another year however a third place for him would see the tie break rule go in favour of Mays.