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The Sun Shines for NREC Round 3
Round 3 of the NEXC Championship was held at Woodhouse Farm, Great Ayton near Stokesley. Woodhouse NE-XC was a brilliant success with the fast and flowing track designed by the Northern Branch of the NREC. With the track not been used for several years it was in prestige condition and ready to race. At the start of the youth race it was a chilly –2'c with weather
conditions normally found in the Artic Circle. Spectators huddled round to
watch the youth race fire away at 9am. NREC team rider Nathan Cooke took the
holeshot closely followed by Ross Johnson. He lead the way for half a lap
before being passed by Ross who held the race for 1 hour closely followed by
Nathan and Ben Turner who all battled with each other through out the race. It
wasn’t until the last 15minutes that Ben took the lead and held it to the
end, taking the win from Ross in second closely followed by NREC team rider
Nathan. At 11.30am the Sun came out as promised. The Championship and Experts were away. Tom ‘Turbo’ Healey took the holeshot closely followed by Luke Flack, making the first greasy hill climb look easy. After battling for 1st between Healey and Flack, Healey saw the opportunity to up his game keeping his race consistent. Turbo Tom not long back from a broken leg took the win with a 5-minute lead ahead of Luke Flack in second. Closely followed by Sean Robinson. With a depth of similar talent in the Expert class it was always going to be a close battle. Damian took the win on 24 laps ahead of Anthony Tempest on 23 laps, who battled with Michael ‘Spike’ Gilby for an hour before running out of fuel, allowing Tempest to take second place ahead of Spike in third. TGOR’s rider Dan Bewlay had a brilliant ride taking the holeshot for Clubman E1, he battled his way through the tough conditions, after some technical problems with his chain he managed to take the win ahead of Ryan Heinz closely followed behind by NREC team rider Chris Raynor all on 20 laps. George Stanley took the win on 20 laps in clubman E2, just under 2 minutes ahead of Rodger Winspear. The result could of been very different if Roger had not arrived at the start line late and set off 4 minutes behind the rest of the field, when he found himself trapped behind the field of sportsmen, on the start line. Clubman E3 Acklams rider Joel Sadler new to the Enduro riding took the holeshot on his KTM 300. It wasn’t until the ice-like conditions forced Sadler to finish early due to a previous arm injury. It was Ryan Burton who lead the race in clubman E3 taking the win on 22 laps ahead of Michael Gorst in second and George England in third. As usual there was a fierce battle in the Over 40s class with Dave Salkeld and John ‘bullet’ Bradford. The battle continued throughout the 3 hours duration, with Salkeld taking the win from Bradford 12seconds behind. Followed in third place was Tony Briggs. At 12 o’clock the Sportsman and Over 50s riders filtered into the course showing their potential in the two and half hour race. In sportsman E1 Doltan Shannon showed his ability through smooth riding taking the win one lap ahead of NREC rider Will Trigg, who was closely followed by Ben Clemit in 3rd. Also NREC rider Rhys Bradford was not far behind taking 4th position. With such a large class for Sportsman E2 the competition was going to be high. Mark Mccormack took an easy win one lap ahead of Ashley Brown on 16 laps and Ian Todd in third. Ross Hall took a firm win Sportsman E3 on a solid 16 laps in front of Jason Gragg on 13laps, closely followed by Nickey Ferguson also on 13 laps. In the Over 50s class Phill Rowett took the win on a consistent 17 laps ahead of John Kerwin and Gary Court in third on 15laps. The ‘famous Red Hill’ proved to be a delight with all riders. However due to experienced riders jumping off the top, a lot of accelerations bumps developed. In which NREC rider Chris Raynor cartwheeled down the hill headfirst. To the amazement of the spectators Chris was determined to finish his race shaking himself down and carrying on. True enduro rider! A special thank you goes Paul Mason who drove the tractor in the car park
& all the NREC team members who have made
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