Phillips excels in quality field

Cradley Heathen, Danny Phillip took the honours on Sunday afternoon in a highly competitive amateur meeting at Scunthorpe’s Eddie Wright Raceway. He defeated rising star Alex Wilson, veteran Lee Dicken and Kent Kings Rider of the Year Danny Ayres in the ‘A’ Final but there was quality throughout the 13-rider field. Zach Wajtknecht, Luke Harris and Krystian Bialecki missed out to Ayres in the ‘B’ Final whilst Sam Woods, Robert Parker, Danyon Hume, Tom Woolley, Michael Neale and Arron Mogridge also competed in the last meeting before the festive season.

With excellent weather for the time of year the meeting once again saw close to eighty entrants and ninety-five races were completed. The morning session saw six classes competed for:

Eryk Borczuch defeated Jack Parkinson-Blackburn in the Youth 500 class ‘A’ Final whilst Jamie Halder claimed third in his first meeting on a 500cc bike.

Kyle Bickley came back from scoring just two points in his first three rides to win his last qualifying ride and defeat Jordan Jenkins in the the ‘A’ final in the Youth 250s. Both Luke Woodhull and his twin brother, Luke, crashed out of the ‘A’ Final in separate incidents but thankfully the air fence did its job and they were able to walk away.

Jolyon West won his second successive 125/150cc round whilst Harry McGurk and Jordan Palin filled the podium positions after Leon Flint crashed out on the last lap.

Peter Jordan and Mike Johnson took advantage of their more controlled approach in the Flat Track Class to racing as Ben Wells had to settle for third place after winning three of the five races but crashing out of two others

Lee Carter edged out Jeff Carter by one point in the Pit Bike Class whilst George Hopper completed a five ride maximum in the popular Junior Class ahead of Leon Collier

After a short break the four adult speedway classes took to the track around 2.30pm and continued under floodlights until 6pm. Along with the excellent Open Class there was a win for Jamie Halder in the 12-rider Support Class. He defeated Ryan Kinsley, Mark Whitehead and George Rothery in the ‘A’ Final which wasn’t a bad effort for a 15-year old who only earlier in the day had raced his 500cc bike for the first time.

The combined Novice Class and Upright Class final saw David Morgan defeat brothers Craig and Mike out whilst Dave Harvey, racing with Glen Belcher in the inaugural Upright Class meeting at Scunthorpe, split the brother for third place. Second place Craig Hancock was the real surprise in the final because after two falls, one retirement and a non-start in his four qualifying rides he strung four great rides together to win the ‘D’, ‘C’ and ‘B’ finals before just missing out on the top prize.

At the end of the day meeting organiser Richard Hollingsworth confirmed it had been a huge success “It ran so well. We had extra volunteers today and it just helped speed things along. The morning took less than three hours to run and the afternoon about three and a half hours. In December that makes it manageable and I’d like to thank all the volunteers, but especially the new ones who took the plunge to come and join us. It was really appreciated and makes such a big difference.

“Next round we will be splitting the classes out over two days and that should make it even more fun for everyone involved. The standard of the classes was excellent today but now we can welcome even more riders without fear of the meetings dragging on. The next meeting is the Christmas Cracker on Saturday 27th December. It starts at 11am and will include the youth speedway classes along with the flat track and pit bike classes. The old Christmas Cracker Flat Track meeting that Peter Boast used to arrange was a huge success and a great time out after the Christmas festivities. Hopefully we can replicate something like that.

“Then the following weekend, on Sunday 4th January, we have the adult speedway classes race in the New Year Classic meeting and over the last few years there has been high demand from National League riders, and one or two higher league ones, to get back on track. Both meetings start at 11am and are free to enter so hopefully we’ll get a good turnout of spectators too”.

The future amateur meetings over the closed season are:

Saturday December 27th (AM – Junior 110, Adult Pit Bike, Flat Track; PM – Youth 125/150, Youth 250 and Youth 500)

Sunday 4th January (Open, Support, Novice and Upright classes)

Sunday 25th January (AM – Junior 110, Adult Pit Bike, Flat Track; PM – Youth 125/150, Youth 250 and Youth 500)

Sunday 1st February (Open, Support, Novice and Upright classes)

Sunday 22nd February (AM – Junior 110, Adult Pit Bike, Flat Track; PM – Youth 125/150, Youth 250 and Youth 500)

Sunday 1st March (Open, Support, Novice and Upright classes)

Sunday 22nd March (AM – Junior 110, Adult Pit Bike, Flat Track; PM – Youth 125/150, Youth 250 and Youth 500)

Sunday 29th March (Open, Support, Novice and Upright classes)

For more details, to volunteer some help or to make a rider booking please text Richard Hollingsworth on 07832-402167. If you need to speak to him please text him to say so and he will call you back when available. Alternatively you can contact him via Facebook (www.facebook.com/rh1967) or email him (richard@scunthorpespeedway.com).

Open Class:
Qualifying scores:
Lee Dicken 12, Danny Phillips 10, Alex Wilson 10, Zach Wajtknecht 9, Danny Ayres 7, Luke Harris 7, Danyon Hume 6, Sam Woods 5, Michael Neale 5, Krystian Bialecki 4, Tom Woolley 3, Robert Parker 3 (3 rides), Arron Mogridge 1 (3 rides).
D Final: Bialecki, Parker, Woolley, 65.8
C Final: Bialecki, Woods, Parker, Hume (fell), 65.8
B Final: Ayres, Wajknecht, Harris, Bialecki, 62.3
A Final: Phillips, Wilson, Dicken (fell, excluded), Ayres (fell, excluded) 61.9
Winter Series points: Phillips 20, Wilson 19, Dicken 18, Ayres 17, Wajtknecht 16, Harris 15, Bialecki 14, Woods 13, Parker 12, Hume 11, Woolley 10, Neale 9, Mogridge 8.

Winter Series standings (after round 2): Luke Harris 34 (19-15), Alex Wilson 34 (15-19), Tom Woolley 30 (20-10), Sam Woods 30 (17-13), Krystian Bialecki 30 (16-14), Reece Downes 18, Lee Dicken 18, Danny Ayres 17, Zach Wajtknecht 16, Martin Pearce 14, Robert Parker 12, Danyon Hume 11, Tom Woolley 10, Michael Neale 9, Arron Mogridge 8.

Qualifying heat winning times: 46. Wilson 61.5, 49. Hume 63.0, 52. Wajtknecht 61.1, 55. Ayres 60.9, 58. Dicken 61.2, 61. Phillips 61.4, 64. Wajtknecht 62.0, 67. Wilson 61.1, 70. Dicken awarded, 73. Wajtknecht 62.5, 76. Dicken 61.8, 79. Dicken 62.5, 82. Neale 64.4, 85. Phillips 64.3.

Support Class:
Qualifying scores: Ryan Kinsley 11, George Rothery 11, Jamie Halder 9, Mark Whitehead 8, Lewis Griggs 7, Sam Darroch 6, Bradley Seal 6 (3 rides), Luke Whitehead 5, Chris Bambury 4, Matthew Sewell 3, Dan Miles 1, Saul Bulley1.
C Final: Bambury, Sewell, Miles, L. Whitehead, 71.2
B Final: M. Whitehead, Griggs, Bambury (fell, excluded), Seal (fell, non-starter in re-run), 72.0
A Final: Halder, Kinsley, M. Whitehead, Rothery (excl. tapes), 67.1

Winter Series points: Halder 20, Kinsley 19, M. Whitehead 18, Rothery 17, Griggs 16, Bambury 15, Seal 14, Darroch 13, Sewell 12, Miles 11, L. Whitehead 10.

Winter Series standings (after round 2): Sam Darroch 32 (19-13), Ryan Kinsley 31 (12-19), Bradley Seal 31 (17-14), Lewis Griggs 31 (15-16), Luke Whitehead 26 (16-10), Matthew Sewell 25 (13-12), Danyon Hume 20, Jamie Halder 20, Ben Basford 18, Mark Whitehead 18, George Rothery 17, Chris Bambury 15, Trevor Bebbington 14, Dan Miles 11.

Qualifying heat winning times: 48. Kinsley awarded, 51. Seal 64.2, 54. Rothery 64.8, 57. Rothery 61.7, 60. Griggs 65.4, 63. Kinsley 64.9, 66. Seal 65.1, 69. Darroch 65.1, 72. Rothery 66.8, 75. Kinsley 64.5, 78. M. Whitehead 70.4, 81. Halder 64.9

Novice Class:
Qualifying Scores: David Morgan 11, Mike Hancock 11, Kyle Roberts 9, Jack Flynn 8, Danny Wright 6, Luke McKenna 6, John Gaskell 6, Damon Hall 5, Lloyd Brown 4, Jeff Robinson 1 (3 rides), Jake Isherwood 1, Craig Hancock 0 (3 rides).

D Final: C. Hancock, Isherwood, Robinson, Brown (fell), 81.6
C Final: C. Hancock, McKenna, Gaskell, Hall, 71.0
B Final: C. Hancock, Flynn, Roberts, Wright (fell), 69.0
A Final: Morgan, C. Hancock, Harvey (see Upright Class) M. Hancock, 68.3

Winter Series points: Morgan 20, C. Hancock 19, M. Hancock 18, Flynn 17, Roberts 16, Wright 15, McKenna 14, Gaskell 13, Hall 12, Isherwood 11, Robinson 10, Brown 9.

Winter Series standings (after round 2): David Morgan 36 (16-20), John Gaskell 30 (17-13), Craig Hancock 29 (10-19), Mike Hancock 29 (11-18), Luke McKenna 29 (15-14), Lloyd Brown 27 (18-9), Damon Hall 25 (13-12), Jeff Robinson 22 (12-10), George Rothery 20, Chris Bambury 19, Stuart Freeman 14, Derek Hunt 9, James Andrews 8, Colin Clarke 7.

Qualifying heat winning times: 47. Flynn 78.7, 50. M. Hancock 73.4, 53. Wright 72.9, 59. Flynn awarded, 62. M. Hancock 74.1, 68. Morgan 72.6, 71. M. Hancock 72.2, 74. Roberts 70.9, 80. Morgan 75.0, 83. Brown 79.8, 84. Morgan 69.1

Upright Class (for upright engines):
The class was mixed in with the novice class due to the low entry numbers

Qualifying Scores: Dave Harvey 11, Glen Belcher 1.

Winter Series points: Harvey 20, Belcher 19.

Qualifying heat winning times (all Harvey): 56. 70.8, 65. 70.8, 77. 74.6

Youth 500 Class:
Qualifying Scores: Eryk Borczuch 10, Jack Parkinson-Blackburn 9, Jamie Halder 8, Sam Chapman 5, Sam Woolley 3, Tom Miles 1.

B Final: Chapman, Woolley, Miles, 69.9
A Final: Borczuch, Parkinson-Blackburn, Halder, Chapman, 61.8

Winter Series points: Borczuch 20, Parkinson-Blackburn 19, Halder 18, Chapman 17, Woolley 16, Miles 15.

Winter Series standings (after round 2): Jack Parkinson-Blackburn 39 (20-19), Sam Chapman 36 (19-17), Sam Woolley 34 (18-16), Tom Miles 32 (17-15), Eryk Borczuch 20, Halder 18.

Qualifying heat winning times: 2. Halder 70.3, 9. Parkinson-Blackburn 65.6, 17 Parkinson-Blackburn 64.5, 24. Parkinson-Blackburn 64.8, 29. Borczuch 63.7, 34. Borczuch 65.3.

Youth 250 Class:
Qualifying Scores: Jordan Jenkins 11, Ben Woodhull 7, Kyle Bickley 5, Luke Woodhull 4, Kean Dicken 3.

B Final: L. Woodhull, Dicken, 65.3
A Final: Bickley, Jenkins, B. Woodhull (fell, excluded), L. Woodhull (fell, excluded), 63.1

Winter Series points: Bickley 20, Jenkins 19, B. Woodhull 18, L. Woodhull 17, Dicken 16.

Winter Series standings (after round 2): Kyle Bickley 40 (20-20), Ben Woodhull 36 (18-18), Kean Dicken 35 (19-16), Luke Woodhull 34 (17-17), Jordan Jenkins 19.

Qualifying heat winning times: 3. L. Woodhull 70.8, 11. Jenkins 67.2, 18. Jenkins 66.8, 26. Jenkins 66.1, 33. Bickley 64.7.

Youth 150cc Class:
Qualifying scores: Jolyon West 12, Leon Flint 11, Harry McGurk 9, Jordan Palin 9, Jack Shimelt 6, James Hitchen 6, Mickie Simpson 6, Danny Curl 3, Jacob Clayton 0 (2 rides)

C Final: Simpson, Curl 73.7
B Final: Palin, Simpson, Hitchen, Shimelt, 67.6
A Final: West, McGurk, Palin, Flint (fell) 64.9

Winter Series points: West 20, McGurk 19, Palin 18, Flint 17, Simpson 16, Hitchen 15, Shimelt 14, Curl 13, Clayton 12.

Winter Series standings (after 2 rounds): Jolyon West 40 (20-20), Leon Flint 36 (19-17), Harry McGurk 35 (16-19), Jordan Palin 31 (13-18), James Hitchen 29 (14-15), Danny Curl 28 (15-13), Mickie Simpson 27 (11-16), Jack Shimelt 26 (12-14), Jacob Clayton 19 (7-12)Jason Edwards 18, Taylor Hampshire 17, Taya Thirtle 10, Carl Basford 9, Ryan Morris 8.

Qualifying heat winning times: 1. West no time, 4. McGurk 70.3, 7. Flint 71.9, 10. Shimelt 76.8, 13. West 67.5, 16. Palin 71.0, 19. West 69.5, 22. West 66.6, 25. Flint 70.0, 28. Flint 68.2, 31. McGurk 68.3.

Junior Pit Bike Class:
Scores: George Hopper 45, Leon Collier 40, Jacob Fellows 34, Bailey Fellows 29, Kieran Holt 26, Stephanie Tovey 16, Luke Harrison 16, Thomas Tovey 14, Joe Farrugia-Howarth 5.

Winter Series points: Hopper 20, Collier 19, J. Fellows 18, B. Fellows 17, Holt 16, S. Tovey 15, Harrison 14, T. Tovey 13, Farrugia-Howarth 12.

Winter Series standings (after 2 rounds): George Hopper 40 (20-20), Leon Collier 37 (18-19), Bailey Fellows 36 (19-17), Jacob Fellows 33 (15-18), Luke Harrison 30 (16-14), Stephanie Tovey 29 (14-15), Kieran Holt 25 (9-16), Thomas Tovey 24 (11-13), Joe Farrugia-Howarth 24 (12-12), Kean Dicken 17, Thomas Towle 13, Maddy Fellows 10.

Qualifying heat winning times (all Hopper): 6. 79.8, 14. 82.0, 21. 77.3, 30. 76.8, 40. 72.7.

Adult Pit Bike Class:
Scores: Lee Carter 13, Jeff Howarth 12, Yazmin Burrows 5.

Winter Series points: Carter 20, Howarth 19, Burrows 1Willerton 16, C. Smith 15, M. Smith 14

Winning heat times: 54. Ellis 83.5, 62. Carter 83.0, 70. Carter 83.1, 85. Halder 84.3, 96. Halder 85.5, 110. Halder 89.5.

Flat Track Class:
Qualifying scores: Peter Jordan 24, Mike Johnson 23, Ben Wells 19, John Boddy 16 (4 rides), Stuart Avery 12, Jim Boddy 7 (4 rides).

Heat winning times (all six laps): 8. Wells 112.4, 15. Jordan 118.9, 23. Wells 107.2, 32. Wells 110.5, 41. Johnson 110.0.

Winter Series points: Jordan 20, Johnson 19, Wells 18, Jo. Boddy 17, Avery 16, Ji. Boddy 15.

Winter Series standings: Ben Wells 38 (20-18), Mike Johnson 37 (18-19), Peter Jordan 35 (15-20), Stuart Avery 30 (14-16), Mike Hill 17, John Boddy 17, Andrew Murphy 16, Jim Boddy 15.