2009.

The Clarkes of  Walsham Sponsored 2 Day event at Great Hockham for the Norfolk & Suffolk Junior Motorcycle Club quickly turned from a highly anticipated, action-packed weekend into a rather damp affair. After three weeks of glorious sunshine, the weather turned, as forecasted, and the track gradually deteriorated forcing the committee to make the unpopular decision to cancel the second day.

The Autos started proceedings with birthday boy Tai Elvin-Andrews having his first race. Having failed to score any points he must take consolation from the fact that only half the field finished the final race of the day as conditions deteriorated rapidly after the lunch-break. Experienced Thomas Dutton scored a maximum, Callum Mitchell and Thomas Davey battled with the latter coming out on top, finishing 4th.

Kane Fisher, looking pretty in pink as usual this year, strolled to another maximum this year, followed by a much improved Ashley Rudd, and a hard-chasing Max Bickers. A massive crash in race 1 caused Connor Mountain not to score and, unusually for him, end the day well outside the top 10. Connor Bunkle chased hard through the pack from his trademark anti-holeshot in race 2 and the difficult to pass Josh Bryneton ended just behind Jack Youngs after Jack fell hard in the opening race hurting his knee.

Ben Cole topped the Small-Wheels, 1 point ahead of Declan Whittle. Bens trip to the floor at the first corner of the second moto saw him rejoin dead last. Some fearless riding meant that he ploughed through the sand (and most of the field) to heroically end lap one inside the top ten and the race in sixth. Tyler Gray’s puncture meant that he struggled through race one but winning the second and being runner-up in the final moto placed him third overall. A disappointed Phil Price struggled to come to terms with the rapidly changing conditions, while Blair Herring, Greg Dawson, Jay Hillier and Joe Dawson swapped positions to produce close results at the end of the day.

Young Connor Stoker, obviously still suffering after a big get-off the week previously, uncomfortably brought his Yamaha home mid-pack in all three races. At the sharp end Robert Hales, Shaun Southgate and Kieran Snowling traded places in the Big-Wheels.

The usual suspects hit the front and hotly contested the 125’s. George Foames came out on top with Will Beevor trailing Bruno Van Dyke. Outside the top six, the next 10 riders finished closely with just 10 points difference between Daniel Kemp in 7th and Harvey Mutton in 16th.

In the Adult group; a broken chain in the second heat meant that the perennially happy Justin Green finished 11th, missing out on a trophy in only his second meeting by just one place. Rindy Frost scored a holeshot in race 2 but slid downfield as Paul Bennett ruthlessly dominated the days events.

Results:

Auto’s 1: James Dutton 2: Jake Barsby 3: Travis Smith 4: Thomas Davey 5: Callum Mitchell 6: Fred Clements 7: Louis Thomas 8: Freddie Bond 9: Tai Elvin Andrews

65’s 1:Kane Fisher 2:Ashley Rudd 3: Max Bickers 4: Edward Elers 5: Kyle Jenkins 6: Harvey Thomas

85 s/w 1: Ben Cole 2: Declan Whittle 3: Tyler Gray 4: George Ellis 5:Lewis Wigger 6: Ellis Macbain

85 b/w 1:Robert Hales 2: Shaun Southgate 3:Kieran Snowling 4: Ryan Powley 5: Luke Parker 6: Aidan Wigger

125 s/boy 1: George Foames 2: Bruno Van Dyke 3: William Beevor 4: Travis Frost 5: Sam Wakeham 6: Thomas Mustard

Adult 1: Paul Bennett 2: Mark Rudd 3: Mark Bunning 4: Rindy Frost 5: Craig Parker 6: Paul Richardson

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