Results

Report by Viki Taylor.

Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin….

The 11th and penultimate round of the IOWMCC Winter Championship took place at a grey, damp and chilly Knighton Sandpit. Our thanks go to the Morgan family for the use of this land.

A popular venue with many club riders, course setters Adam and Ben Morgan and Daryl Biles certainly tested the abilities of the 38 entrants in all classes with 8 challenging and inventive sections that were already slippery and didn’t get any easier thanks to the recurring misty drizzle. This undoubtedly contributed to the 9 riders who failed to finish the trial and the inordinate number of ‘5s’ scored on sections 6, 7 and 8 in the woods!

Thanks as always go to our observers Richard Crickmore, John Coombes, Leighanne Baker, Steve Kent and to Wayne Brodie for the administration of the event. Extra credit must go to Richard for successfully climbing that huge loose pile that was section 1!!

High scores were the order of the day across all classes with all bar two of the Intermediates getting into three figures. Tom Richards was the sole entrant in the Expert class, his overall score of 60 included a very uncharacteristic four ‘5s’ on section 7, showing just how tricky some of the course was proving to be. On the B route, the course setters took the top three spots with a combined score of 237! Adam Morgan took the class honours with Daryl Biles sandwiched in 2nd place between Adam and his twin brother Ben.

The increasingly popular Open C class produced the lowest score of the day (albeit a non-championship scoring ride) from Simon Morgan dropping just 35 marks. Alan Gosden took 2nd with Ben Ashcroft & Stuart Gummer tied in 3rd spot. Ben was awarded the 3rd place under the tiebreak rule - although their results were more than double Simon’s, with the remaining riders Phil Chase and Simon Strickland (competing on his birthday) retiring from the event. Andy Scott-Jackson had a steady ride claiming victory in the Over-50s class scoring 121 with the conditions getting the better of his sole competition today Simon Newnham, who also succumbed to retirement.

In the Novice group, Sam Jurich came out on top with the only double figure score in the class of 95. Paul Kent on his Electric Motion was runner-up on 104 but there were only 6 marks between Paul and fourth placed Derek Farndell (110) with Mike True slipping into 3rd position with 109.

Most impressive performance of the day must surely go to Rob Payne with the second lowest score of the day. Most of us can empathise with newborns and their sleep (or no sleep) patterns so to drop only 40 and take top spot in the Adult Easy class was no mean feat after a somewhat disturbed night!

Kev Smith took the win in the Sportsman class with 77 and the lone Twinshock competitor Simon Watmough finished on a healthy 42. Three youngsters rode for the honours in the Youth Easy group, with the ever improving Blake Buggy on his Oset grabbing the 10 championship points from Riley Baker. Leo Death made a valiant effort but ended up retiring.

The end of the Winter Championship is looming and the final round (Duver Cup) takes place on Sunday 10th December with the venue to be confirmed.

Thank you to Mike Morris for the use of the land today. Thank you to the course setters and observers for their time in todays trial.

Full report to follow. Thank you to the Morgan family for the use of a great venue. Thankyou to the observers for giving up their time - Richard Crickmore, Kate Baker, Holly Baker, Harry Draper and Steve Kent and not forgetting Wayne Brodie for all the administration!

Results of todays trial. Report to follow. Thank you to the Morgan family for the use of the land and all involved to make a great trial.

Combined results for the two day trial. Report to follow

Amended - Full section scores

Amended - Day two of the two day trial results. Any queries or discrepancies please contact John Coombes directly in the first instance. The combined results will follow in the next couple of days. Day one results will also be republished with some rider class amendments that have been highlighted.

Day one of the two day trial results. Any queries or discrepancies please contact John Coombes directly. Day two and combined results will follow in the next couple of days.

Full section scores

The full report will follow.

What a fantastic way to remember the big man! Well done IOWMCC - Nigel would have loved it.

Very many thanks to Michael Brown for the use of an excellent venue & for the course setting. Big thanks also to the chefs; Jonathan Death & Leighanne Baker for working the BBQ to perfection and Kate & Rob Baker for all their hard work - a really top effort to help celebrate and remember the life of a top man.

If you spot a mistake with the results or you just want to check something - please contact Wayne & not Richard (on this occasion).