Thursday December 21, 2017 at 3:40pm
2017 proved to be a very successful year for the ACU British Timecard Enduro Championship, with rounds in Scotland, Yorkshire, Mid Wales & Norfolk & racing tight in all respective classes. After recovering from an injury early on in the season World Junior Enduro Champion Brad Freeman has never looked back & added the British Enduro Championship to his list of growing honours. Isle of Man rider Danny McCanney had to settle for the runner up spot whilst newly crowned European E2 Enduro Champion & winner of the C2 class at the recent International Six Days Enduro in France Jamie Lewis completed the top 3. Youngster Jack Edmondson was next up, although “little ed” suffered a wrist injury mid season which didn’t help his title ambitions. A strong consistent performance from ex motocross star Alex Snow saw him earn himself a very creditable 5th place overall closely following in by Cornish star Josh Gotts, another rider to pick up a wrist injury during the season. Hard charging Lee Sealey rounded off the season in 7th, while the flying Scotsman Fraser Flockhart 8th & World Enduro Champion for the 2nd season running Steve Holcombe 9th. Young hotshot Dan Mundell had a great 1st season in the championship class finishing 10th as well as putting in some excellent results in the European Enduro Championships & ISDE. Championship: 1st Brad Freeman 131 points 2nd Danny McCanney 116 3rd Jamie Lewis 77 4th Jack Edmondson 71 5th Alex Snow 62 6th Josh Gotts 61 7th Lee Sealey 48 8th Fraser Flockhart 40 9th Steve Holcombe 34 10th Dan Mundell 29 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The very strong Expert class saw one the closest battles in years, with three riders taking it to the very final round to decide who was going to take this year’s crown. It was Bradley King who came away champion beating Jay Thomas by 1 point, with Alex Walton a further 3 points to take third. Jon Hunt brought home 4th with Andrew Bisset taking 5th a further 2 points behind Hunt. Expert: 1st Bradley King 103 points 2nd Jay Thomas 102 3rd Alex Walton 99 4th Jon Hunt 74 5th Andrew Bisset 72 6th Kevin Murray 65 7th Aaron Gordon 57 8th Jordan Ridgeway 46 9th Richard Ely 41 10th Roger Holland 39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Clubman class saw a very interesting battle throughout the year with several different class winners, but it was Fred Adams who took the overall title, with runner up Allyn Taylor 5 points adrift. The ever improving Harry Hillier-Rees took an impressive third, while ex pro rugby player Tom James taking 4th just infront of up & coming youngster Lewis Ranger. Clubman: 1st Fred Adams 108 points 2nd Allyn Taylor 103 3rd Harry Hillier-Rees 100 4th Tom James 74 5th Lewis Ranger 70 6th Max Ditchfield 67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seasoned campaigner & pre season favourite Andrew Edwards was pretty much unstoppable in the ever popular Over 40’s class. Taking 2nd was Mr consistent Russell Millward, whilst the battle for 3rd saw Andrew Reeves just pip hard charging Scotsman Richard Hay by a single point. Over 40’s: 1st Andrew Edwards 114 points 2nd Russell Millward 99 3rd Andrew Reeves 75 4th Richard Hay 74 5th Vince Harker 57 6th Karl Greenall 52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Paul “Elvis” Davies capped off a great season taking the Over 50’s class championship along with coming home with a well deserved silver medal from this year’s International Six Days Enduro in France. Paul Armstrong finished a fine runner up while Darren Osbourne although missing from the final round rounded off the top three. Over 50’s: 1st Paul Davies 129 points 2nd Paul Armstrong 99 3rd Darren Osbourne 84 4th Paul Spurgeon 75 5th Colin Blunt 73 6th Philip George 58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the ever-growing Ladies class, young Rosie Rowett showed her class by winning every round of the series. The battle for 2nd went down to the final check of the final round, with Ellie Cooke narrowingly beating rival Chloe Richards by a slender two points. Ladies: 1st Rosie Rowett 140 points 2nd Ellie Cooke 64 3rd Chloe Richards 62 4th Glesni Jones 32 5th Abi Childs 25 6th Nieve Holmes 17 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stop press: Witley & District MCC are pleased to announce that they will be hosting round 1 of the 2018 ACU British Timecard Enduro Championship. The event will take place on Sunday 11th February at Warren Heath, Hampshire, RG27 0QB. Utilising an 18mile loop of mixed forestry going, and with two special tests planned the club are working hard to put together a top class event. Entries will open at 8am on Saturday 6th January through the ACU Members website. For further details – www.witleymcc.org