CREDITON 16TH MAY 2010 RACE REPORT

South West Motocross Club continued its 2010 club championships with a meeting at it’s home track of Crediton.

The track on which the club will host the BSMA semi finals has been modified from its early days. The introduction of a variety of jumps has made the track more interesting to ride and positioned in a natural basin, the whole circuit can be viewed easily.

Out to race first were the Seniors, with 35 bikes on the gate,Harry Sellwood made a clean break from the chasing Kawasaki’s of Liam Curtis Stevens and 14 year old Jack Stevens out on a new KXF. Whilst Harry was winning race two and Three, Liam and Jack grabbed a second place each, Jamie Orchard had a good ride with third in race two edging a points advantage over Stuart Smith.

20 Auto racers gave their dads the run around when the conditions were slick,. Morgan Timms took the first win from Louie Kessell and Archie Bees, Jordan Hayman made up for only finishing sixth in race one with a pair of thirds. Louie took the other wins and top honours with Morgan behind. Jason Down and Cody Berry rounded out the top six.

The small wheel class top three places were shared amongst different riders in each race. Overall winner Dean Symons,just back from injury had to work hard to stay ahead of race one winner Dan Mundell and visiting rider Michael Burfield who won race two but crashed within sight of the finish whilst leading race three. Brendon Cooper was in contention in every race. Miles Jones getting to grips with his CRF bagged a third place finish and fifth overall.

A full line up of AMX and Open riders, filled the tight turns of the track whilst Dan Wyatt and Wayne Shimmel had a clear run at the front for a few laps , Matt Holcombe had a great first race in the more slippery conditions gaining third place, Gary Down

taking the other thirds. Wayne Back and Steve Stutt both finished in side the top six.

A smaller than usual group of Big Wheels was won easily by Olly Jones, but riding well in runner up spot Jordan Hembrow seemed to have the better of Jason Brooke and George Burrows . Conner Palmer and Danielle Marsh both having consistent ridesin fifth and sixth positions.

Local boy from Crediton Junior Rider Matthew Treen has really found his form and won all of his races, An unusual blip in race one dropped Aiden Williams to third behind Henry Bees in the overall standings. Consistant Todd Sawyer fourth ,Callum Jago fifth and the fast starting Lucy Calvert sixth .

The next meeting is a two day on the fantastic Tiverton track over the weekend of 30/31 of May

AUTO JUNIORS

1 LOUIE KESSELL 1 MATTHEW TREEN

2 MORGAN TIMMS 2 HENRY BEES

3 JORDAN HAYMAN 3 AIDEN WILLIAMS

4 ARCHIE BEES 4 TODD SAWYER

5 JASON DOWN 5 CALLUM JAGO

6 CODY BERRY 6 LUCY CALVERT

SMALL WHEEL BIG WHEEL

1 DEAN SYMONS 1 OLLY JONES

2 DAN MUNDELL 2 JORDAN HEMBROW

3 MICHEAL BURFIELD 3 JASON BROOKE

4 BRENDON COOPER 4 GEORGE BURROWS

5 MILES JONES 5 CONNOR PALMER

6 JOE EIFFERT 6 DANIELLE MARSH

SENIORS AMX

1 HARRY SELLWOOD 1 DAN WYATT

2 LIAM CURTIS STEVENS 2 WAYNE SHIMMEL

3 JACK STEVENS 3 GARY DOWN

4 JAMIE ORCHARD 4 MATT HOLCOMBE

5 STUART SMITH 5 WAYNE BACK

6 RICKY BRITTON 6 STEVEN STUTT