THE tables were turned at the top of the ACU Luscombe Suzuki Leeds Youth C championship when round one winner Daniel Slack was pipped by Billy Green over four laps of 10 sections at Zona 1 MCC's Nettleton Quarry venue. With the top three covered by a spread of just two marks, there was no room for error, and Slack paid for four dabs on lap one, as did Joe Faunthorpe with a five on section two – the only marks he lost all day. Green cleared the first lap, and almost lost his lead on lap two with three dabs, but the top three didn't change as all went clean on laps three and four. It means Slack and Green have a championship round win apiece.
The sections set by clerk of the course Andy Colbourne wore in well as the total entry of a healthy 40 riders set out for their third and fourth laps, and improved dramatically on their scores. Jacob Snowden's second half charge cost him only four, for the top place off the podium. Single figure scores were also recorded by Benjamin Heycock, Gus Oblein, Oliver Smith, Thomas Constantine and Oliver Smith on the last two circuits. Cleaning laps three and four saw Charlie Mosley to victory in the Medium Wheel C class. He and Edward Earle swapped the lead on laps one and two but Earle's two and five in the second half of the trial meant he finished three marks behind but both were way ahead of the rest.
Jacob Smith posted a best lap score of four for the Medium Wheel D class on the last lap but it wasn't enough to overhaul Jack Dance, who after a lap one for 10 marks, kept his losses down to single figures on each lap after that.
Harry Hemingway's perfect performances on laps three and four were achieved with a series of flowing rides, which captured the spirit of the “no-stop” rules. Those zero scores also won him the Small Wheel D class dominated by electric bikes, as Lewis Hurdsman paid for a pair of dabs on the same laps, and Henry Stephenson couldn't overcome a five on lap one.
Wet weather threatened to fall all day but the event stayed largely clear of rain, and a prizegiving on a podium appropriately fashioned from Cotswold stone for the occasion was enjoyed under sunny skies.
The club would like to thank the observers who braved a chill wind to man all the sections.
Report: Ben Falconer Pictures: Steve Workman
Provisional Results
C Class Standard Wheel
(All Beta 80 unless stated)
1 Billy Green, 3 marks lost; 2 Daniel Slack, 4; 3 Joe Faunthorpe, 5; 4 Jacob Snowdon, 29; 5 Benjamin Heycock, 41; 6 Gus Oblein (Gas Gas 80), 49; 7 Charlie Smith 56; 8 Thomas Constantine, 61; 9 Oliver Smith, 65; 10 Deryn Edwards, 70; 11 William Stansbie, 87; 12 Joel Tett, 102; 13 Luke Constantine 104; 14 Luce Beardshall (Gas Gas 80), 131.
C Class Medium Wheel
(All Beta 80)
1 Charlie Mosley, 20; 2 Edward Earle 23; 3 James Marsland, 76; 4 Alice Minta, 77; 5 Mathias Salin, 96; 6 Elliott Woodall, 100; 7 Hannah Moore, 102.
D Class Medium Wheel
(All Beta 80 unless stated)
1 Jack Dance (Gas Gas 80), 28; 2 Jacob Smith, 39; 3 Dale Freeman, 44; 3 Elliot Laws (Gas Gas
Cadet), 62; 5 Harvey Mosley, 75; 6 George Clarke, 98; 7 Elizabeth Tett, 146.
D Class Small Wheel
(All Oset unless stated)
1 Harry Hemingway, 4; 2 Lewis Hurdsman, 6; 3 Henry Stephenson, 8; 4 Alex Davies, 12; 5 Harry Turner, 14; 6 Dominic Home, 18; 7 Harry Bowyer (Gas Gas 50), 19; 8 Cynan Jones (Gas Gas 50), 28; 9 Archie Yeomans, 29; 10 Finlay Rule, 52; 11 Amory Falconer (Yamaha TY80), 125 (no award).
Next round: August 3rd. The Arthur Smith Youth C & D Trial organised by the North Eastern Centre.