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and Dustowed Report Mike Roose
On Sunday 2nd October Camel Vale Motorcycle Club ran the Dunmere Enduro near Bodmin in mid Cornwall which was also the final round of the 2011 South West Enduro Championships, sponsored by Thor Motorcycles. 102 entries and a 12 mile lap of classic woodland going plus a flowing cross country test in unexpected sweltering conditions and with many classes still to be decided things were guaranteed to soon reach boiling point.
The experts had 7 laps and four special tests to complete, with only two points standing between Ian Martin and Ross Blackmore for victory in the class it was also going to be another close battle. In the end it was to be by the narrowest of margins, Ross taking it by just 0.6 of a second from Ian on the day to secure victory overall. In third was Michael Williams just 1.2 seconds behind Ian. In the Over 35 Experts it was six laps and four test, Charlie Richards who had already secured the title was a clear winner from Tim Cotton and Andrew Pownall. Steve Jose and Dave Lanyon started the day equal on points for third place in the championship which Steve ended up securing by finishing fourth on the day.
In Clubman E2 the championship positions were already decided, Daniel Richards confirmed his dominance in the championship by taking the class win from Darrel Clemo and Daniel Hull third.
The clubman over 40 class had most to play for with four riders still in with a chance of winning the class. Geoff Varker took the win and secured the title while Hannes Tanzer finished second which also secured second in the championship. Third place in the event was Arthur Johnson and Chris Williams finished fourth which meant he just beat Tim Edwards to the third place spot n the Sportsman class evergreen Dave Muller was the clear winner from Ian Farthing and David Trewin. Results
Round 3 of the 2011 South West Enduro Championship, sponsored by Thor motorcycles was staged by the Camel Vale Motorcycle Club on Sunday 17th April at Hustyn Woods near Wadebridge. The eleven mile course of mixed going with a long and technical special test was bathed in glorious sunshine which attracts many tourist to Cornwall in the summer but this wasn't going to be a holiday for the 120 riders as the terrain gradually wore many of them down. The Championship class faced 8 laps and four special test, Gasgas mounted Chris Dustow comfortably took the win with consistent test times which only varied by 8 seconds from Suzuki rider Nick Life who was down on power and seriously hampered after colliding with a stump and flattening his exhaust pipe, Richard Tucker riding a KTM was third and Shaun Martin on a Gasgas fourth.
In the Expert Over 35's Charlie Richards victory was made even more impressive as he rode the last two laps minus his rear brake calliper which had been ripped off his KTM. Second place just went to Andrew Pownall on a Gasgas with Yamaha mounted Richard Jay only 2 seconds behind after 4 special test in third.
In E2 Peter Wilson riding a CR250 took a narrow win from Daniel Richards and Richard Philp, both KTM mounted with Kevin Martin on a TM fourth. Scott Medlyn took a comfortable win in E3 from Martin Froggatt and Trevor Nation, all KTM mounted.
After four laps and two test the KTM story continued in the Sportsman class with Richard Holmes taking the win from Stuart Cooper and Dave Muller in third. Round four will be on June 12th by the Camborne and Redruth Motor Club. Report by Mike Roose |
In
the Championship class Thor Gasgas mounted Chris Dustow started the day equal on
points with Suzuki rider Nick Life, having had a year long battle where there
has never much between them everyone knew this was going to be extremely close.
After 8 laps and over 22 minutes of special test times, Dustow came out on top
by just 1.7 seconds to retain his title. Making a rare appearance Max Hembroke
finished in third from Richard Tucker fourth.
The
Clubman classes all completed 5 laps and 3 special test. In E1 Gareth Marshall
was another who had already clinched his class title and rode with the experts
in readiness for 2012, finishing an excellent fifth leaving his brother Josh,
Ali Gilbert and Ollie Hicks to fight for second and third places. In the end
Josh and Ollie both retired, Chris Bennetto took the win while Ali took the
runner up spot and secured second overall.
In
E3 Martin Froggatt and Scott Medlyn also started the day equal on points at the
top of their class, Martin was to be the clear winner while Scott finished
second and Richard Holmes was third.
Dustow
turns up the heat.
The
Expert classes completed 7 laps, Ross Blackmore finished top of the timing sheet
from fellow KTM rider Gary McCoy and Josh Gotts riding a 125 TM third, closely
followed by Tom Merritt on a KTM and Suzuki mounted Mike Williams fifth.
All
Clubman classes completed 6 laps and three test, in E1 Gareth Marshall on a 125
KTM continued his winning ways in the championship from Ben Johnson on a Yamaha
and Chris Bennetto KTM. Making an impressive debut was Cameron Young who only
recently turned 16 and finished 5th in his first event.
In
the hotly contested Over 40's the first four were also KTM mounted, Geoff Varker
taking the win from Hannes Tanzer, Chris Willams third, Chris Shorey fourth then
Arthur Johnson on a Gasgas fifth and Chris Luscombe on a TM sixth.