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Over 40's Rule at Camphill
Rd 3 Motul North Riding Enduro Club Championship

North Riding Enduro held the round of their "Motul / Triple D Hare and Hounds" club championship at Camphill near Ripon in North Yorkshire on 30th August. This fantastic 4.5 mile course is situated in a private estate. As the club only use the event once a year and keep it well maintained, it was in prime condition for all to enjoy.

Following a sighting "lap" the start line was organised to get things under way at 11.00 am in near perfect conditions. Neil Boyd led into the first corner, but over cooked it on the second letting through Tim Pattinson and Andrew Hackett through to dominate the early pace. Andrew won the Championship class by a good margin in the end after Neil Boyd had a huge crash in the trees and poor Tim Pattinson lost his rear tyre off the rim after the bead broke!

This event features an "EXTREME SECTION" consisting of a bomb hole followed by double ditches into a tyre and log section. There is however an alternative (and much longer) "CHICKEN RUN" for anyone not wanting to run the risk of the mud, sweat and gears challenge. The extreme section was situated next to a specially laid on spectator area and this provided top entertainment for the families and friends of those competing. This well marshalled stage proved a fantastic challenge which could be mastered by good control, but caught out the unwary. Well done to the club for getting this just right!

In Experts, Michael Briggs emerged as clear winner of the class by a full lap. The fight for second place saw some very close competition with the next 6 riders all completing 12 laps within a couple of minutes of each other. The rapidly improving Simon Cartwright managed to fend off the experience of Paul Willis and Mark Raynor by maintaining a more consistent pace and a cool head. John Lumley won the MX class showing his stamina for this type of event with his 12 laps.

Reece Emson and Guy Corner had the clubman class under control between them and both managed a n excellent 12 laps, but keep an eye out for young Declan Helliwell who is showing good style on his 125. In the well supported Sportsman entry there were many riders who thoroughly enjoyed their days ride and the course was complemented for its mix of going and free flowing nature, so well done to Pete Weatherill and the rest of the North Riding team for their hard work then!!

Ride of the day had to be the ever green Dave Salkeld. Get this, Dave not only completed the same number of laps as the Championship winner- but he did them quicker!! Proving life begins at the over 40 class…

2008 CAMPHILL HARE & HOUNDS, CARTHORPE, NORTH YORKSHIRE

ROUND 3 NREC CHALLENGE SERIES

NORTH RIDING ENDURO CLUB

WET AND WILD AT CAMPHILL

Sunday the 19th of August saw the 3rd and final round of the North Riding Enduro Club Challenge Series, it was held in the Camphill plantation near Bedale in North Yorkshire. Nearly 100 riders turned out to what they all hoped would be a dry event but it poured down throughout the night before the race. NREC organizers brought in a pump to try and reduce the water level in the infamous "bomb hole" but as fast as they pumped the water out the heavens were filling it. The track was approximately 4 miles long and consisted of mainly woodland going, there was a bomb hole with optional chicken run, and new sections of wide flowing track were added to this years course which ran very well and allowed riders to pass with ease. 11 O'clock saw the first group of riders off the start line this included the experts and championship class who rode for 3 ½ hours followed by the clubman class who rode for 3 ¼ hours then the Sportsman, Moto X, Over 40's and Twinshock classes rode for 3 hours. The rain held off until the race was underway, light drizzle kept the track wet and very slippery for most of the day. The Sportsman race was won overall by Nik Rowbotham who completed 9 laps followed by Dale Wilson 2nd and D Fowler 3rd both on 8 laps. New to the sport 16 year old rider Ben Pattison completed a very respectable 7 laps and earned himself 3rd position in the Sportsman E1 class and 12th overall. The Clubman race was dominated by Richard Dakin who rode 11 laps, 4 minutes behind Dakin in 2nd place was Colin Chapman also on 11 laps, 3rd place went to Phil Corner trailing Chapman by just under 2 minutes. Camphill saw the return of local Rider Steve Carver, Steve managed to complete 10 laps in the Clubman class, a great ride considering a long absence from racing and failing to get his KTM started on the line. Clubman rider Alex Trigg crashed hard on lap two and needed medical attention, NREC marshals and medics responded superbly to assist Alex at the trackside who was eventually airlifted from the scene with a badly broken leg. Top Over 40 riders were all NREC regulars, Steve Parry aboard a KTM300EXC took the win on 11 laps closely followed by Dave Salkeld also on 11, Nigel Hutchinson was 3rd on 8 laps. NREC included a Moto X and a Twinshock class, the MX class was won by Chris Wilson on a Yamaha YZ125. Stephen Watling rode 4 laps on a SWM 250 in the Twinshock class and never even looked at the Chicken run around the bomb hole! Runner up on a Honda Glen Bailey also passed the bomb hole with ease, well done lads! Top Expert was Daniel Field riding a KTM125EXC 2nd place went to Dave Nellis on a KTM250 followed by Mark Raynor also on a KTM250 all 3 clocked up 12 laps. Championship class rider Vince Harker was riding alone as the only other Championship rider Luke Lusher retired after 1 lap with a clutch problem. Although Vince rode 12 laps to take the Championship class first place and clock the fastest lap it was Expert rider Daniel Field who was the fastest rider on the day being nearly 5 minutes faster than Harker.

Liaison Officer Peter Weatherill was delighted with the way the track ran throughout the day "the track was very slippy and challenging for all riders, despite the wet conditions the track continued to ride very well" NREC Chief Marshal Andy Cooke "the event ran extremely well and was a fantastic team effort from everybody involved, thanks to all the riders who stuck it out until the end". Special thanks to our medics and Ambulance / Air Ambulance Staff. Also many thanks to the landowner Robert Ropner, Yorky Bar Catering for supplying top quality food, and all the marshals and helpers who made the event possible.

Full list of results, photos and videos are available on www.enduro-neec.org.uk  and www.northridingenduro.co.uk  Report By Jim Wright, NREC

Sean robs the Camphill spoils

The North Riding Enduro Club held their final event of 2006 at the Camphill venue near Ripon. The team lead by Tim Gilbank and Pete Weatherall had made extensive changes to the course in the proceeding weeks, adding in new sections of woodland and tracks, major work was also completed on a new extreme section, which featured the bombhole that had been deepened, then onto the log and tyre section which proved to be challenging for the riders. The weather was looking grim on Friday and Saturday, But on Sunday fortune smiled on the NREC boys, as the sun shone which then started to dry out the slippery racing conditions.

At 9am the motocross and sportman class lined up for the off, in a two hour, fifteen minute race, Straight into an early lead in the mx class was veteran rider John Kerwin on board his DBT KTM 125 increasing his lead over Colin Kermode on his YZ 125, John eventually finished a lap clear of Colin with Phillip Marsden in third, The sportsman overall win went to Ian Knowles on his KTM 525,second overall was a tie between Christopher Wilson the E1 winner and E2 winner Robert K Watson both completing seven laps and incurring 1117 penalty points.

12.15 saw a good championship class line up with Justin Wilson, The Houson boys, Sean Robinson, The Biffster, Mark Horner and Luke Lusher all ready to do battle The course by now had dried considerably and was ready to do justice to the premier race of the day, Straight into the lead was the Daddy Wilson on board his Sandiford Honda, He started to build a commanding lead over the chasing pack,who were swapping places throughout the early stages. On lap five Justin set the fastest lap of the day at fifteen minutes fifty nine seconds, But disaster was to strike the Daddy on lap eight when his Sandiford Honda expired leaving MPS Racing teamster Sean Robinson on his Husky 250 to take up the lead from Mark Horner who was forty seconds ahead of DBT rider Luke Lusher this lead was reduced by super fast refuelling by Lukes pit crew which brought them out of refuelling neck and neck These two fought it out with Mark hanging on for a well deserved second place with Luke only seconds behind, Gavin Houson had a good ride taking fourth place on his RAS Sport TM 125 NREC teamster Paul Watson finished in fifth place all completing twelve laps, The overall Expert win went to Manchester 17 rider Patrick Goodwin, second place went to Sheffield man Paul Willis with local lad Gary Hutchinson taking third despite some hilarious stunts over the extreme sections.

In the Clubman class David Myers was the clear winner followed by Ben Rennison in second and making the long trip from Liverpool worth while Steve Parry took a solid third place and the over 40s win all completing eleven laps.

The riders had a cracking days sport, The spectators were treated to the fun watching the antics on the extreme section NREC would like to thank all the team for their efforts and especially the land owner.

Results

Next event for the NREC is New Zealand and the six days see you all next year at Woodhouse.

Report and pictures by the Dirtbike-Dawg.