Wayne shares this latest report from the Isle of Wight Motorcycle Club. Ed
The fourth and final round of the Isle of Wight Motorcycle Club’s 2016 Pat Death Summer Series took place at Duxmore Chalk Pit, courtesy of Mr Kieron Read. The Club is very grateful to Kieron for welcoming us back to this excellent venue. Thanks also to course setter – Mark Coombes for six testing sections. Mark was assisted by Ross Haydon and Nick Symes. Very many thanks to Viki Taylor for her photographic skills, Viki captured all the action for us to look back on.
The Club would like to welcome three new members – Rob Howard, Dan Wise-Mellor and Aaron McGrath. We hope all three enjoyed the trial and we look forward to seeing them at future events.
Reigning supreme
Will West (pictured above), once again, reigned supreme in the Expert class of riders. Will finished the trial for a miserly two marks. New member, Rob Howard, pushed Will hard to finish in second spot – just six marks between them.
Simon Newnham finished third, sections three and four making all the difference. Five Intermediate riders today – headed up by course setter Mark Coombes. Mark also finished dropping just two.
The improving Scott Milton took second place – only four marks separated these two, great effort by both riders. Mike Taylor should be really pleased with his third place finish in the Inters, returning from a (non- trials related) back injury earlier in the year – very well done Mike.
The very well contested Novice class was convincingly won by Brian Brockwell, Brian kept his head while others seemed to struggle. Second place was claimed by Steve Wood with a very composed performance. Ben Brodie took third spot, only two more marks adrift.
Nick Symes (pictured above) won in the Twin Shock class dropping just fifteen marks from Stewart Freeman (pictured below) in second. John Townsend, the lone rider in the British Bike class, put in a solid ride to earn himself ten Championship points. Meanwhile, Phil Silvester took another win in the Adult Beginners, despite riding unopposed Phil finished with the fourth lowest score of the day.
Harvey Grieve headed up the Youth classes, taking the win in the Youth Novice class. Harrison Crickmore took the win in the Youth Beginner’s from Alfie Haydon in second and Josh Morris in third.
Stolen bike returned
Harrison (along with his parents) are very thankful to all – following the safe return of his stolen bike. For a ‘nail biting’ time it wasn’t clear if Harrison would even have a bike to ride!
Whilst the bike was found, relatively undamaged, the Club is appealing for any information on those responsible for the theft. The bike was stolen from the Northwood area at some point on Fri 5th/Sat 6th August. Please get in touch if you can help.
Next trial
The next Club trial (the GES Cup) will take place on Sunday 4th September – when the 2016 Winter Championship resumes. The venue will be announced nearer the time on the Club’s Website
Image: © Viki Taylor
