EVERY LITTLE CLOUD HAS A SILVER LINING The 1st of May saw South Somerset Motocross Club stage Rnd 4 Club Champs and Rnd 3 of the Elite Youth League at the immaculate Little Silver Motoparc. It’s the first time the club had ridden the track in some four years and with the 1st Rnd of the Maxxis British Championship there in March the paddock was full of enthusiastic school boys and adults alike. The forecast of overnight rain didn’t materialize so two men armed with tractor and bowser set about the task of dampening down the dust and what a great job they did. By the time practice started there was hardly any dust to be seen.
With over 170 riders signed on and ready to race at pricicesely 9.15, our timing crew were buzzing with confidence considering this was the first meeting they were running on their own with no help from MCF, apparently they were given the all clear at our last meeting to go it alone and I’m glad to say the y accomplished it with considerable ease.
With the track well watered and racing underway all seemed to be running smoothly, that is until the small wheels took to the line. As the 15 second board flashed so did the sky and down came the un forecast rain, just what these small chargers didn’t want. But as the old saying says “every cloud has a silver lining” and in this case it was to be believed as whilst the shower was sharp it was only little and soon fizzled out . The sun then started to shine, and the track was looking perfect and I’m glad to say that’s how it stayed until we had just finished packing up, then the heavens opened again but by this time the only thing of concerned was woulod my windscreen wipers go fast enough! Another great day at a great venue well done all concerned. Roll on Rockhampton 15th May. Results as follows, Auto, 1 Liam Gale 2 Jason Down 3 Connor Jago 4 Ben White 5 Jordan Williams 6 Bradley Taylor. Junior, 1 Louis Thomas 2 Archie Hicks 3 Callum Gasson 4 Callum Gordon 5 Dan Roberts 6 Todd Sawyer. Small wheel, 1 Jack Roberts 2 Callum Ford 3 Bradley Flagg 4 Jack Jones 5 Alfie Crocker 6 Matt Wintersgill. Big wheel, 1 Josh Gilbert 2 Loukas Maggio 3 Greg Hyett 4 Dean Symonds 5 Luke Williams 6 Gareth Artus. Rookie, 1 Scott Wintersgill 2 Olly Jones 3 George Parfitt 4 Luke Sturgeon 5 Jack Stevens 6 Josh Blackwell. MX2, 1 Ryan Allen 2 Harry Selwood 3 Carl Dezis 4 Gareth Northam 5 Ryan Redwood 6 Cameron Packer.
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