The third round of the 2016 Summer Series Championship took place on Sunday 17th of July at Limerstone Farm. The Club are very grateful to Geoff and Mary Case who welcomed us back to this stunning venue. A big thank you also to Stewart Freeman who presented us with eight very testing sections. Stewart put himself forward as course setter despite knowing he would be unable to ride – excellent effort.
The conditions were difficult for riders, this being the hottest day of the year (so far) together with some really tricky sections that required total concentration. Will West has proved once again just why he is the current Club Expert Champion. Will managed to fend off two other expert riders and completed the trial for just a single dropped mark – brilliant achievement, very well done Will. Meanwhile things were very much closer in the Intermediate class with just six marks separating the first three places. Mark Coombes, after a costly first lap, did just enough to emerge as the winner from Scott Milton, who moved up a class today, in second and Rory Stephens in third. Scott was leading after lap one - but Mark, by now familiar with his new bike, clawed his way back to take the win - Rory finished with an excellent third place on his 70’s Honda, twin shock, TL125! Good effort by all three.
The well contested Novice group of riders was another close affair - Wayne Brodie found himself with the win, by just five marks, from the improving Ben Brodie in second. I’m sure it will not be much longer before Ben notches up his first Novice win. Brian Brockwell was only four marks behind Ben finishing in third spot. Nick Symes, the lone rider in the Twin Shock class finished with the second lowest total of the day (sixteen dropped marks) to seal another ten Championship points - great ride Nick. Phil Silvester bagged himself another Summer Series win in the Adult Beginners. Despite riding unopposed Phil posted a competitive score, the difficult section five accounting for over half of his total.
Three Youth riders today, Harrison Crickmore and Alfie Haydon in the Youth Beginners and Harvey Grieve, Youth Novice. Harvey found the sections pretty tricky – but didn’t most of us? Harvey never the less finished the trial to earn himself another first place finish. Harrison proved to be the clear winner in his tussle with Alfie, who struggled with some of the steep climbs, on his smaller TY80 machine. Very good effort by both youngsters.
The fourth and final round of this year’s Summer Series will be held on Sunday 21st August starting at 12 noon. The venue is still to be confirmed, please check the Club website nearer the time, where the full details will be available.