Enduro News - Fast Eddy Round 4: UK Cross-Country Race Series, Ellesmere, Shropshire

5/9/05 Press Release - Fast Eddy Race Organisation

Round 4: UK Cross-Country Race Series, Ellesmere, Shropshire

The fourth round of the '05 UK Cross-Country Race Series saw over 250 riders compete at the lengthened Ellesmere circuit in Shropshire on Sunday September 4th, where Honda rider Paul Edmondson topped the Pro class, Darren Carter, Oliver Moyce and Stephen Grimshaw all claimed Expert class wins and Colin James, Jamie Paget and Jonathan Hayman shared victories in the two-hour, morning Clubman race.

With conditions much drier than they were at the third round of the series, which was brought to a premature halt due to a torrential thunder storm making conditions unsafe to race, the 200 Clubman competitors were the first to compete with 125cc KTM mounted Colin James leading from start to finish. Placing as the only Clubman rider in any class to complete nine laps, Colin finished ahead of Steve Bing and David Grimshaw in the 125cc two-stroke and 250cc four-stroke class. With 60 riders entered into the 125cc/250cc class, racing was close during every minute of the race.

In the Clubman Open two-stroke class it was youngsters Jamie Paget from Plymouth and Luke Meredith from Buxton that lead the way as the pair finished first and second respectively with peter Clark finishing in third. With over 60 riders competing in the Clubman Open two-stroke class 14 riders managed to complete eight laps with over 30 finishing on seven laps. At the head of the Clubman Open four-stroke class Jonathan Hayman and Nigel Batchelor both completed eight laps to finish close to five and a half minutes apart with Michael Willis finishing third on seven laps.

Honda mounted Darren Carter topped the Expert 125cc two-stroke and 250cc four-stroke class completing 11 laps during the near three-hour race to place ahead of Antony Healey and William Midgely. In the Expert Open two-stroke class Husqvarna rider Oliver Moyce finished first on borrowed machinery, competing as one of a number of riders soon to depart for the ISDE in Slovakia. Following Oliver home were Simon Comer and Steven Pettit in second and third position. The smallest of all classes competing at round four of the UK Cross-Country Race Series, the Expert Open four-stroke class was topped by Stephen Grimshaw on 11 laps followed by Tim Stowe and Drew Harvey, both completing 10 laps.

Paul Edmondson claimed the Pro class win at Ellesmere, reversing his defeat to Paul Whibley at round three of the series. Placing second Whibley finished the race just over two minutes behind Edmondson. Kawasaki rider Ryan Voase was the first to lead before he parted company with his machine at high speed and put himself out of the race. Allowing Edmondson and Whibley to pull ahead of the rest of the Pro class, the pair both finished on 13 laps completed, the only Pro class riders to do so. Claiming third Jason Thomas (Photo: Jonty Edmunds) recorded his best ever UK XC result finishing ahead of Si Wakely, who finished as the best placed 125cc rider, and Wayne Braybrook. Behind Wayne Scots Ricky Mair and Richard Hay placed just seconds apart with Chris Hockey, Chris Tett and Andrew Edwards rounding out the top 10.

Whibz 2nd @ Ellesmere - GasGasUK press release

Dear all; Paul Whibley has just finished 2nd to Paul Edmondson (HONDA) at the penultimate round of the 2005 FAST EDDY RACE SERIES. Paul got a good start with Ryan Voase and Eddy, but a high speed crash by Ryan resulting in the Kawasaki rider retiring from the event and sitting in the St. Johns Ambulance for a while, has now destroyed Ryans chances of winning the championship. This retirement by Ryan has made things alot easier for Whibz regarding the Overall Championship standings. Paul now leads the championship by 17 points from Fast Eddy himself and so with only one round to go at the end of the month, all Whibz has to do is 'stay safe' at the I.S.D.E and the Fast Eddy Championship should be his. This is not the ideal way to win a championship with Ryan crashing out but nevertheless crashing is part of racing and i hope Ryan is not too sore this morning.

Stuart Day (GAS GAS) finished 5th in the Clubmen 250 2T class after recovering from a knee injury which means he now has a VERY narrow '1' point lead going into the last race at Culham at the end of the month!! Jamie Paget (KTM) had a superb ride to win the class yesterday infront of GAS GAS employee Luke Meredith who rode a new "06 EC250 Gasser for the first time. Pete Clark (GAS GAS) was 3rd and our own 'Factory Kev' Hipwell finished 6th on a new "06 EC300. Well done guys! Regards Shirty

Pro class (3 hours) 1. Paul Edmondson 13 laps; 2. Paul Whibley 13 laps; 3. Jason Thomas 12 laps; 4. Si Wakely 12 laps; 5. Wayne Braybrook 12 laps; 6. Ricky Mair 12 laps; 7. Richard Hay 12 laps; 8. Chris Hockey 12 laps; 9. Chris Tett 12 laps; 10. Andrew Edwards 12 laps; 11. Jack Twentyman 11 laps; 12. Darren Wheeler 10 laps; 13. Martin Sandiford 9 laps

Expert 125cc two-stroke & 250cc four-stroke class (3 hours) 1. Darren Carter 11 laps; 2. Antony Healy 11 laps; 3. William Midgley 11 laps; 4. Derek Brawn 11 laps; 5. Anthony Dean 11 laps; 6. Jason Turner 10 laps; 7. Philip Newman 8 laps; 8. Keith Jones 8 laps; 9. Rudy Austin 8 laps; 10. David James 7 laps; 11. Luke Dowsing 4 laps; 12. Philip Gardener 1 lap

Expert Open two-stroke class (3 hours) 1. Oliver Moyce 11 laps; 2. Simon Comer 11 laps; 3. Steven Pettit 11 laps; 4. Richard Warner 11 laps; 5. Ian Mundell 11 laps; 6. Richard Brazier 10 laps; 7. James Jackman 10 laps; 8. Anthony Ayrton 10 laps; 9. Simon Tyas 10 laps; 10. David Livesey 10 laps; 11. Rod Heald 10 laps; 12. Craig Bounds 9 laps; 13. Christopher Roberts 9 laps; 14. Tsar Sheane 9 laps; 15. Ray Wild 8 laps; 16. Neil Turner 7 laps; 17. Jason Crossland 6 laps

Expert Open four-stroke class (3 hours) 1. Stephen Grimshaw 11 laps; 2. Tom Stowe 10 laps; 3. Drew Harvey 10 laps; 4. Paul Hempkins 9 laps

Clubman 125cc two-stroke & 250cc four-stroke class (2 hours) 1. Colin James 9 laps; 2. Steve Bing 8 laps; 3. David Grimshaw 8 laps; 4. Adam Smith 8 laps; 5. Daren Phillips 8 laps; 6. Jason Rowlands 8 laps; 7. Dennis Harrison 8 laps; 8. Michael Gegg 8 laps; 9. Christopher Salt 8 laps; 10. Brendan Clayton 8 laps; 11. Paul Davies 8 laps; 12. Alex Innocent 8 laps; 13. Robert Cockshott 8 laps; 14. Richard Higson 8 laps; 15. Martin Spence 8 laps; 16. Ben Arden 8 laps; 17. Callum Coombs 7 laps; 18. Jon Pucci 7 laps; 19. Jason Mccaffrey 7 laps; 20. Tom Beebe 7 laps; 21. Gary Sims 7 laps; 22. George Dennison 7 laps; 23. Carl Walker 7 laps; 24. Jon Birchall 7 laps; 25. James Binns 7 laps; 26. Joel Davies 7 laps; 27. Sam Robinson 7 laps; 28. James Harvey 7 laps; 29. Jason Box 7 laps; 30. James Snowdon 7 laps; 31. Stelio Scaros 7 laps; 32. Russell Taylor 7 laps; 33. Dean Warren 7 laps; 34. Sean Renvoize 7 laps; 35. Ricki Hopgood 7 laps; 36. Geoff Fell 7 laps; 37. Mark Beresford 6 laps; 38. Ian Beatie 6 laps; 39. Mark Scotter 6 laps; 40. Joshua Christlow 6 laps; 41. Matthew Wilson 6 laps; 42. Ben Harrison 6 laps; 43. Ian Harrison 6 laps; 44. Pete Finney 6 laps; 45. Brett Russell 6 laps; 46. Peter Sargent 6 laps; 47. Simon Carruthers 6 laps; 48. Ben Clayton 6 laps; 49. Jeffrey Tolley 5 laps; 50. Chris Berrill 5 laps; 51. George Murray 5 laps; 52. Darren Butler 5 laps; 53. Stephen Hodder 5 laps; 54. Laura Ward 5 laps; 55. Ian Lively 4 laps; 56. Jeremy Wheadon 4 laps; 57. mark Beattie 3 laps; 58. Sean Baker 3 laps; 59. David Christlow 1 lap; 60. Terence Cookson 1 lap; 61. Nigel Pinfield

Clubman Open two-stroke class (2 hours) 1. Jamie Paget 8 laps; 2. Luke Meredith 8 laps; 3. Peter Clark 8 laps; 4. Wayne Johnstone 8 laps; 5. Stu day 8 laps; 6. Darren Dedford 8 laps; 7. Kev Hipwell 8 laps; 8. Lee Jackson 8 laps; 9. Ben Swambo 8 laps; 10. Mark Barton 8 laps; 11. Ian Shannon 8 laps; 12. Darren Worthington 8 laps; 13. Simon Stebbings 8 laps; 14. lee Owens 8 laps; 15. Roy Palmer 7 laps; 16. Graham Lazzari 7 laps; 17. Paul Knibb 7 laps; 18. David Livesey 7 laps; 19. Jan Thundercliffe 7 laps; 20. Rhys Jones 7 laps; 21. Simon Douglas 7 laps; 22. Stephen martin 7 laps; 23. Andrew Fletcher 7 laps; 24. Paul Jones 7 laps; 25. James Dyson 7 laps; 26. Neil Parry 7 laps; 27. Stephan Parry 7 laps; 28. Carl Syme 7 laps; 29. Jonathan Wheeler 7 laps; 30. Joe Martin 7 laps; 31. John Wheeler 7 laps; 32. Brian Hill 7 laps; 33. Paul Sheldon 7 laps; 34. Neil Duncan 7 laps; 35. Neil Hendry 7 laps; 36. Martin Hurst 7 laps; 37. Gary Parkes 7 laps; 38. Douglas Hall 7 laps; 39. Simon Winship 7 laps; 40. Simon Critchlow 7 laps; 41. Peter gall 7 laps; 42. Elliot Coates 7 laps; 43. Ivan Sheane 7 laps; 44. Paul Healey 7 laps; 45. Michael Christlow 7 laps; 46. Luke Warr 7 laps; 47. Robert Hayman 7 laps; 48. Richard Craig 6 laps; 49. Paul Mitchell; 50. John Hebron 6 laps; 51. Saul Roberts 6 laps; 52. Mark Bell 6 laps; 53. Ben Molinar 6 laps; 54. Russel Powell 6 laps; 55. Steven Cook 6 laps; 56. Robert Farrell 6 laps; 57. Dave Cook 6 laps; 58. Philip Cookson 5 laps; 59. Lewis Fairbrother 5 laps; 60. Benjamin Jenkins 3 laps; 61. Alan Reeves 2 laps; 62. Allan Hastings 1 lap; 63. Mark Parry 1 lap

Clubman Open four-stroke class (2 hours) 1. Jonathan Hayman 8 laps; 2. Nigel Batchelor 8 laps; 3. Michael Willis 7 laps; 4. Stuart Keedwell 7 laps; 5. David Bell 7 laps; 6. Royce Machin 7 laps; 7. Lee Hattersley 7 laps; 8. Michael Stead 7 laps; 9. Simon Mountford 7 laps; 10. Richard Cookland 7 laps; 11. Ross Mogford 7 laps; 12. Ian Parsons 7 laps; 13. Ian Hussey 7 laps; 14. Graham Owens 7 laps; 15. Greg Ogilivio 7 laps; 16. Richard Parsons 7 laps; 17. Bryn Williams 7 laps; 18. Andrew Taylor 7 laps; 19. Paul Rice 7 laps; 20. Michael Cook 6 laps; 21. Steve Furr 6 laps; 22. Richard Lewis 6 laps; 23. Steven Hewitt 6 laps; 24. Richard Quance 6 laps; 25. Ian Baddeley 6 laps; 26. Simon Jones 6 laps; 27. Paul Smith 6 laps; 28. John Fillingham 6 laps; 29. Shaune Clorley 6 laps; 30. Richard Bates 6 laps; 31. Neil Ward 6 laps; 32. Paul Jones 6 laps; 33. Jason Wake 6 laps; 34. Gareth Brierley 6 laps; 35. Robert Allen 5 laps; 36. Andrew Moody 5 laps; 37. Mel Bissell 5 laps; 38. Brian Welby 5 laps; 39. Peter Coles 4 laps; 40. Jason Hopgood 3 laps; 41. David Molyneux 2 laps; 42. Richard Thompson 2 laps; 43. Mark Sutcliffe 2 laps

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