Meeting Report 6th April 2008 06 Apr 2008

Cornwall Solo Grass Track Club held the first of this year’s Championship Rounds on Sunday in wintery conditions at St Erme.

Those who braved the frequent snow and hail showers witnessed a competitive meeting in sometimes testing conditions. Whilst the number of competitors may have reduced as the meeting went on the quality of racing in the sometimes tricky conditions never diminished.

In the solo classes Charlie Saunders was the dominant force claiming winning all five rides on route to claiming the 500cc Solos, Experts and Open Classes. Plymouth Devils Speedway rider Ben Hopwood claimed the Restricted Licence Holders race along with a heat win and 3rd in the final of the 500cc class and 3rd in the Open final. Rod Melksham claimed 2nd in the 500cc and Experts Classes with Paul Derrick taking 2nd in the Open Final.

Derren Harris claimed the Pre 75’s ahead of Gerry Smith and Pete Randall. Tom Perry took the 250cc solo’s ahead of Lee Pitman and Richard Warry who also claimed the Invitation race. Wayne Barrett claimed the 350’s from Perry with Dan Berwick. Notable performances for local riders included Jason Prynne claiming 3rd in the Experts and Chesney King taking 2nds in the Restricted and Invitation classes. Rounding off the top three’s were Max Sanford in the Restricted Licence Holders and Keith Snelling in the Invitation Race.

The 1000cc Sidecars provided plenty of close action with Myles Simmons coming out on top. First up was the National Licence holders with the heats going to Alfie Pearn/Terry Pearn and Myles Simmons/Kevin Woodley. Simmons to the final ahead of Richard Thomas/Phil Stoneman with Neil Owen/Kevin Colborne 3rd on the Godden V Twin. Anthony Power/Lee Burrows took the Restricted Licence Holders after the Simon Heal/Wayne Richards outfit failed on the line.

The 1st Open served up 4 different race winners in the 6 heats with Owen/Colborne and Mark Warren/Mark Courtney taking two each with Simmons and Thomas taking one apiece. Simmons won the final ahead of Thomas with Owen in third. The 2nd Open was truncated after a number of outfits withdrew from the meeting leaving Simmons to take the final from Owen and Thomas.

In the Youth Jack Dummett took the Auto Cadet honours ahead of Mary Gribble in 2nd and Keiron Vaughan 3rd. Max Cornes took the Cadets on a single point from Edmund Best with Callan Phillips 3rd. The Junior class was dominated by Jack Cornes with a maximum 60 points ahead of Ashton Webb in 2nd and James Shanes 3rd. Lewis Leah was unbeaten in the Inters taking class honours ahead of Josh Dingle 2nd and Lloyd Barrett 3rd.

The clubs next race meeting will be on Sunday 25th May at the same venue.

Results Summery

Solos
Pre 75’s 1st Derren Harris, 2nd Gerry Smith, 3rd Pete Randall
250’s 1st Tom Perry, 2nd Lee Pitman, 3rd Richard Warry, 4th Simon Warry, 5th Ben Ilsey, 6th Rob Worthing, 7th Pete Randall
350’s 1st Wayne Barrett, 2nd Tom Perry, 3rd Dan Berwick, 4th Max Sanford, 5th Barry Powell, 6th Richard Andrews, 7th Jon Shanes, 8th Stefan Maunder, 9th Declan Richings, 10th= Steve Pearce & Jody Hodgeson
500’s 1st Charlie Saunders, 2nd Rod Melksham, 3rd Ben Hopwood, 4th Jason Prynne, 5th Paul Derrick, 6th John Weeks, 7th Rob Worthing, 8th Jack Meridith, 9th Dean Garton, 10th Derren Harris
Restricted Licence Holders 1st Ben Hopwood, 2nd Chesney King, 3rd Max Sanford, 4th Rob Worthing, 5th Ryan Julian, 6th Pete Randall
Experts (National Licence Holders) 1st Charlie Saunders, 2nd Rod Melksham, 3rd Jason Prynne, 4th Paul Derrick, 5th John Weeks, 6th Jack Meredith
Invitation 1st Richard Warry, 2nd Chesney King, 3rd Keith Snelling, 4th Jon Shanes, 5th Max Sanford, 6th Ryan Juilan
Open 1st Charlie Saunders, 2nd Paul Derrick, 3rd Ben Hopwood, 4th Ryan Julian, 5th Keith Snelling, 6th Derren Harris, 7th Eddie Julian

Sidecars
Experts (National Licence Holders) 1st Myles Simmons/Kevin Woodley, 2nd Richard Thomas/Phil Stoneman, 3rd Neil Owen/Kevin Colborne, 4th Lee Hicks/Phil Collyer
Restricted Licence Holders 1st Anthony Power/Lee Burrows
1st Open Myles Simmons/Kevin Woodley, 2nd Richard Thomas/Phil Stoneman, 3rd Neil Owen/Kevin Colborne, 4th Mark Warren/Mark Courtney, 5th Alfie Pearn/Terry Pearn, 6th Phil Syms/Gareth Bemister
2nd Open Myles Simmons/Kevin Woodley, 2nd Neil Owen/Kevin Colborne, 3rd Richard Thomas/Phil Stoneman, 4th Phil Syms/Gareth Bemister

Youth
Auto Cadets 1st Jack Dummett, 2nd Mary Gribble, 3rd Keiron Vaughan, 4th Edward Tait
Cadets 1st Max Cornes, 2nd Edmund Best, 3rd Callan Phillips, 4th Josh Hardwick, 5th Joseph Nicholls, 6th Saul Bulley, 7th Owen Woodley
Juniors 1st Jack Cornes, 2nd Ashton Webb, 3rd James Shanes, 4th Zach Wajtnecht, 5th Jack Jones, 6th Tyler Govier, 7th Keiron Hicks, 8th David Abraham, 9th Aaron Pascoe, 10th Mawgan Watts, 11th Callum Walker, 12th Shannon Derrick
Inters 1st Lewis Leah, 2nd Josh Dingle, 3rd Lloyd Barrett, 4th Nathan Stoneman, 5th Darryl Richings, 6th Oliver Greenwood, 7th Jake Quintrell