2010 Championship
See championship results so far with 1 round remaining:
2 Day Enduro Results
Andy Cannell - Clubman winner
Day 1
The day started with 20 second penalty for David Knight, Juan Knight and Daniel McCanney for not attending scrutineering on Friday night.
First bikes left St Johns at 9.30am on Saturday heading off to Tholt e Will via Lhergy Colvine, Spooyt Vane, Ballacob green lanes. Followed by a thankfully dry climb through Ballaugh plantation. Before checking in and completing a fast test around Tholt e Will well set out by Andy Walton. The 65 mile lap then headed south after refuelling in St Johns and on to the tight check between South Barrule, Corlea and Cringle where a river crossing, deep hole, bog, another river crossing caused blockages and anyone staying on time would be very pleased with their performance.
Al Heginbotham created the second special test of the lap at the Ballacricket motocross track on land owned by longtime club supporter Johnny Massen in Ronague. With large jumps and berms this type of terrain was a welcome releif for most after the gruelling battle in Cringle created by club sadists Gary Cawtherly and Nige Beaumont. Ballacricket did claim one victim when club regular Matt Garside came to grief with an injured shoulder and put himself out of the event. The lap finished with a run home via Glen Rushen plantation, pipeline and Arresey.
Lap2 was a repeat of the above but with worsening weather conditions and thick mist fog on high ground. The South Barrule / Cringle tight check taking lumps of time off people, with competitors stuck in bogs and rivers, finishing off with a tiring battle through Glen Rushen with 3 stoppers in quick succession and help needed from fellow competitors as the ruts deepended to foot rest hieght.
Day 2 was similar but in reverse with Arassey and Eairystane plantations providing a warm up before the Ballacricket MX track which had started to show signs of use with ruts developing in the tight corners. The tight check in Cringle, Corlea and South Barrule was a lot slacker and run in the opposite direction with a large amount cut out to ease the weary bikes and bodies.
One lap of the full course was all Tholty via St Lukes and 1 lap each class followed by a check and return to St Johns via some going in Ballaugh and up Spooyt Vane which caused a few problems for some of the more tired riders but marshalls were on hand to help.
Sportsman class finished their day off at this point with 1 lap of the course and Clubman and Expert classes went off for a 2nd run through the southern loop and Ballacricket.
Results:
2 Day Enduro Results - Day 1
2 Day Enduro Results - Overall
The SMCC wish to thank all the landowners, helpers, timekeepers, marshalls who made this event a great success.
EndurOgasm Results
| The second annual SMCC EndurOgasm social event was held in baking sunshine on dry and dusty land at Carnegrie which made the post race chilled beer taste even better.
The event and the entire clubs future was placed in jeopardy on friday night when an over optimistic pairing of Nige Beaumont and most valuable asset club secretary Brenda Crellin took a hefty tumble off the down hill side of the clubs farm quad and were very nearly squashed - next time Brenda is going to drive! |
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The course used only half the clubs land but still meant a 5min lap for the fastest riders and included a tyre section with alternate ‘chicken run’, start / finish ramp and a recently created, by chainsaw expert Jason McNee, log section complete with see-saws a spectator favourite!
The format was a little different than last year with electronic timing again being used each of the classes could be awarded separately so no handicap system was employed. Winner received alcoholic refreshments and
Sportsman rider Jason Bulliment had a nasty and tumble part way through but got going again after some attention from the Manx First Aid team and probably has a few good bruises today!
The entire SMCC committee would like to thank everyone who attended, helped out with course and section marking for the enduro, trial and sidecar trial events as well as those who helped make the evening entertainment and food a success.
Western Enduro May 16th Results
Settled and dry weather prior to the event made for perfect conditions for round 2 of the SMCC PKF IoM ACU Enduro Championship.
Starting from the Old Railway carpark St Johns, competitors warmed up on the road and green lanes including Lhergy Colvine and Mannanans Chair before test #1 at Eairy Beg plantation. This was the more challenging of the 2 tests and featured a couple of nasty climbs and a bog early on which cost more than a couple of riders penalties on time.
After Eairy Beg the course took riders up The Dowse and its punishing boulders before descending into Greeba and past Brenda Crellins house en route to test 2# in Archallagan.This was longer and less technical than Eairy Beg with a few good blasts along fire roads and the edge of the plantation giving a bit of relief from the more tricky roots and logs sections.
Experts completed 4 laps and it was Danny McCanney that took top honours from Russell Milward both riders having had cracking results at the recent BEC round at Elgin. Kieron Jones put in solid performance for 3rd ahead of Ben Begbie who had an eventful day first getting stuck in the bog in Eairy Beg then loosing his way in Archallagan and finding himself out of position and picking up penatlies.
Clubman was the hardest fought class of the 3 with less than a minute separating the first 4 riders. The advantage was with Robert ‘Bodger’ Quayle at the end but only by 18sec from Andy Cannell, Sid DeBacker a mere 8 secs behind in 3rd. Ryan Corkill was only 17secs back in 4th.
Sportsman was convincingly won by trials rider Damian Owen from Craig Ferguson and Adam Huxam.
Event organisor Nigel Beaumont and the SMCC committee would like to thank everyone involved with the event including Timekeepers Bob and Peter Clague and partners, Phil Dearden, Gorden Ashead, Robbie Turner and Danni Carswell, Helen Beaumont as well as the ambulance staff and DAFF for supporting the sport.
Western Enduro Final Results 16th May 2010
Next event is Sunday 13th June 2010, Northern Enduro. Postal Entries only.
Easter Monday Fun Enduro Results
| SMCC ran its annual Easter Monday Enduro at land outside Castletown.
The multilap Hare & Hounds event was advertised as a fun event but over night rain added to the standing water already collected on the fields along side Castle Rushen High School making the going considerably more challenging than the field had hoped for. |
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The event was a fundraiser for Breakthrough Breast Cancer and riders sporting womens underwear and various fancy dress were given a front row start. One rider who capitalised on this advantage was expert rider Kieron Jones who led the first lap by a considerable margin.
Given the ‘fun’ nature of the event the committee took the decision to give electronic timing a try, with no championship points to be contended the timing was left to Graham Hughes of Manx Timing Solutions. Each competitor was required to carry a plastic ‘dibber’ which needed to be swiped each lap. With 5 classes in total a short and incredibly muddy course with over 100 competitors meant that it was a baptism of fire for the system which performed flawlessly. As it happened traditional lap scoring would have been nearly impossible due to the mud covered bikes.
Dalby teenager Kieron Jones lead the field for much of the event and made light work of the slippy logs and tyres in the harder but shorter section of the course. But an overheating bike forced him to pit and let Antony Smith take a well deserved and close win with the always fast Ben Begbie in 3rd aboard his less powerful 4 stroke 250 Husqvana.
Clubman was won by Sid Debacker from bikini wearing Matt Garside with 3rd placed Robert ‘Bodger’ Quayle proving fossils can still be fast.
Sportsman honors went to Richard Hulme, Richard Curphy and Ian Braley. Rob Temple had a nasty spill in the early stages and the club wishes him well.
Novices class was won by Aiden McDermott with a notable performance by Kathryn Sentence who brought her Gas Gas to the finish and recorded 6 laps 3 more than her boyfriend (ex Centre MX Champion Chris Stokes) could manage.
The above all recived easter eggs and donated prizes from Jason Griffith, Isle of Man Honda and Road & Track bike shops. Over all winner Antony Smith won the top prize of a Fatted Lamb from landowner Paul Costain.
Event organisor Graham Taubman and the SMCC Committee would like to thank the Southern 100 Club for use of the paddock, Willy Clucas and the team of scrutineers, Timekeepers Helen Beaumont and Michelle Turner, Jimmy Vickers for some excellent jumps and groundwork, Mark Crellin for logs and obsticles and Paul Costain for help of all kinds as well as the use of the land.
The committee would also like to thank all the club members who helped with the setting out and clearing up of the course which made life much easier for all concerned.
Dalby Mountain Results
Rescheduled Round 1 of the PKF Enduro championship at Dalby Mountain was run in far better conditions than the usual January date.
69 riders entered including 1 visiting UK rider Sheepskull 09 ISDE team rider Karl Greenall. Competitors had the unusal pleasure of getting grip on Jonny Massons normally treacherous field. Mike Turner devised a new route over the land that meant all bikes had a chance to get up on the pipe a luxury that wouldnt be possible later on in the excellent long, tight and technical course layout in Cringle. Gary Cawtherly did a cracking job of making the most use of the available plantation along with a few extra logs thrown in for good measure.
Top 3 in each class were as follows:
Expert
1 David Knight
2 Juan Knight
3 Daniel McCanney
Clubman
1 Mark Oates
2 Andy Cannell
3 Ady Smith
Sportsman
1 Damian Owen
2 Adam Huxham
3 Richard Curphy
Many thanks to all helpers, timekeepers and a special thank you to the lad from JLS Motorcycles who were press ganged taking in most of the going on their new quads!
Next event is Northern Enduro March 7th .