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The north riding team started work on the Thorpe track some weeks ago set in the beautiful grounds of Thorpe Perrow estate near beadle north Yorkshire, with flowing woodland tracks linked by fast grassy trails and powdery berms, with a ride time per lap of 13 mins even for the championship riders, this event was to provide the 170 competitors with a quality days sport in the second round of the north riding clubs hare and hound 07 challenge, The day was split into 2 races with the sportsman and motocross class setting off at 9 am and the main race starting at 12.15, the weather was hot and sunny and some of the riders would find the heat testing. If not exhausting... At 9 am the sportsman E1 race got underway first back to race control was Brad Keyworth on his rm 125 , a lead he was going to increase during the race, Oliver Prosser was holding a comfortable 2nd place , while Craig Midas Thorpe got a poor start and was stuck behind slower riders but after some cool overtaking manoeuvres had moved into third place, these three would finish in this order and all completed 9 laps , in the E2 sportsman class the victory was claimed by john Wilson 2nd place going to Gareth Wilkinson and third john Hedley all completed 9 laps, in the mx class David Selkeld on his Honda put in a fine performance to take victory the only rider in the morning races that was to complete 10 laps in 2nd place was John Kerwin and Michael Mundy in 3rd both completing 9 laps. After a short break, were the north riding boys repaired the track , the main race of the day got under way with the championship class off first as they disappeared into the woods, all eyes were then focused in on race control and it was mps husky rider Gavin "airtime" Houson who was back first with a 12 second lead over local man Vince Harker as the race progressed Gavin steadily increased his lead with his effortless style and set three of his fastest laps in the final stages of the race and then going on to win by a lap from Vince Harker in second and Gary Hutchinson in 3rd .the expert class was dominated by S Austin who took the overall win from Shaun Wilson and Dave Nellis all completed 14 laps, Stuart Mowbray won the overall clubman class completing 13 laps from Tim Pattinson on his dbt ktm 200 who had refuelling problems and narrowly missed getting out for the 13th lap by 4 seconds in third was Nathan kennel. While the riders from the morning race were having a rest, the mornings motocross class winner elderly Dave selkeld went out in the 040 race and kicked there butts as well, winning by over 2 minutes from Glen Woodhead in second and Steve parry in third, well it's a great shame we will now have to wait for another year to get a chance to ride Thorpe again, but the final round of the championship moves to the camp hill estate near Ripon on the 19th of August. Talking at the end to the north riding's Pete Weatherill said "the event has gone fantastically well. This course is one of the best around and we must thank Sir John Ropner of Thorpe Perrow estates for the use of his grounds". Thorpe Hare & Hounds 2002 The second round of the North Riding Enduro "BIKESPORT" Challenge was run at Thorpe Hall Near Bedale in North Yorkshire on Sunday 2nd June. It was local ace Mark Jackson who took the top spot in the expert class, closely pursued by Paul Watson. Indeed, Paul had passed Mark just before the interval, only to run out of petrol just before the end of the lap. But Mark stamped his authority on the event in the afternoon session to end with a margin of some 12 minutes. Jason Eyre made it a KTM 1, 2, 3 finishing third in his first competitive ride in the sport. The 4 mile course in private grounds was run for 2 hours in the morning and then in the reverse direction for another 2 hours in the afternoon. This gave another dimension to the route for the 114 starters, which is a mixture of woodland tracks and parkland. Best Clubman 125, Paul Willis followed by Tim Spencer (2nd) were just two of the many riders who were obviously enjoying their day. The good riding conditions contributed to close competition in all classes. None more so than in the 250 Clubman class where Mark Houson held off the challenges of Mark Holmes and Shaun Bland who all completed 19 laps. Another tight tussle in the 4 Strokes revealed John Bowden the victor over Kevin Cowie (again, both finishing on 19 laps). Although Anthony Briggs took another Sportsman win, the performance of the day in this class belonged to Adele Witham who finished a creditable 16th and fully deserved her Best Lady Rider award.
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2 of the NREC Challenge Thorpe , 3rd june