Amateur Meeting results and report

Henderson Insurance Scunthorpe Scorpions’ new reserve signing, Josh Bailey, has won the Scunthorpe Speedway Winter Series to be awarded the Kenny Smith Memorial Shield.  On Sunday afternoon he finished second to Oliver Greenwood in the Open Class to claim his third runners-up position of the winter. In one on the strongest fields for an amateur meeting there was a whole host of Premier League and National League riders getting some valuable competitive practice ahead of the season.  Scorpions’ heat leader Ryan Douglas was one and he claimed a fifteen point maximum in qualifying before withdrawing from the finals. 

 

Teenage stars Dan Bewley of Belle Vue, Birmingham’s Jack Parkinson-Blackburn and Bailey headed a number of more experienced riders to go straight into the ‘A’ Final whilst Greenwood joined them by winning the ‘B’ Final.  In the ‘A’ Final Greenwood once again raced away from the tape to win a record-breaking eighth meeting at Scunthorpe but Bailey secured the Winter Series by defeating Parkinson-Blackburn. 

 

In the other three classes the final round winner was also the Winter Series champion.  In the Support Class it was Mick Skinner, in Novices it was Stuart Freeman and in the Upright Class Gary O’Hare extended his winning streak.

 

After the meeting organiser Richard Hollingsworth declared the Winter Series a huge success.  “We’ve been really blessed with the weather this winter and it’s great that we’ve had such a good turnout for the first winter series in honour of the late, great Kenny Smith.  We’ve managed to get ten meetings on and had some great days.  I’m sure Kenny would have been very proud.  However, today was spoiled with a couple of nasty injuries.  Our thoughts are with both Sam Darroch and Stoian Stoianov.  They are both regulars with us and is upsetting to see them both going to hospital.  We wish them, and Chris Hay who had a less serious injury, a very speedy recovery.

 

“I must thank riders and volunteers for their patience as we dealt with the injured riders and for sticking around to finish the meeting.  Thankfully the weather was really kind to us and it didn’t become an ordeal.  Now it’s time for the Scorpions to take centre stage and our team of amazing volunteers can take a well-earned break.

 

“We start the 9^th Summer Championship on 1^st May and have six meetings through to the end of September.  I’m sure the warmer weather will bring lots of different riders out and hopefully we can continue to grow these meetings which are such an important income stream for the club”.   

 

The six Summer Championship meetings will include all 12 classes split in two halves.  The exact split will be decided shortly but they are set for 1^st May, 21^st May, 18^th June, 24^th July, 28^th August and 25^th September.

 

Any riders wanting to enter future meetings or anyone wanting to lend a hand running the meetings should text Richard Hollingsworth in the first instance on 07832-402167.

 

Open Class

Qualifying Scores: Ryan Douglas 15, Dan Bewley 13, Jack Parkinson-Blackburn 12, Josh Bailey 11, Oliver Greenwood 10, Eryk Borczuch 10, Luke Clifton 9, Dan Greenwood 9, Jamie Halder 9, Krys Bialecki 7, Lee Dicken 7, George Rothery 6, Ryan Burton 6, Ben Basford 6, Richard Hall 4 (3 rides), Luke Harris 3, Robert Parker 2 (4 rides), Stoian Stoianov 2 (4 rides), Sam Darroch 1 (2 rides)

 

D Final: Hall, Basford, Burton (fell), 62.6

C Final: Hall, Dicken, Rothery, Rothery, Bialecki, 62.7

B Final: O. Greenwood, Halder, Borczuch, Rothery (ns), 62.8

A Final: O. Greenwood, Bailey, Bewley, Parkinson-Blackburn, 62.0

 

Winter Series points: O. Greenwood 20, Bailey 19, Bewley 18, Parkinson-Blackburn 17, Douglas 16, Halder 15, Borczuch 14, Clifton 13, D. Greenwood 12, Hall 11, Dicken 10, Rothery 9, Bialecki 8, Basford 7, Burton 6, Harris 5, Parker 4, Stoianov 3, Darroch 2.

 

Final Kenny Smith Memorial Shield Winter Series standings (top three rounds count):

1^st Josh Bailey 57 (19-18-19-19)

2^nd Jack Parkinson-Blackburn 55 (18-19-18-17)

3^rd Dan Bewley 50 (17-15-18)

Jamie Halder 45 (17-13-12-15), Luke Harris 44 (15-15-14-5), Eryk Borczuch 41 (11-16-14), Stoian Stoianov 40 (14-16-10-3), Ben Basford 36 (16-13-7), Jack Thomas 34 (13-14-7), Lee Dicken 27 (17-10), Danny Phillips 20, Max Clegg 20, Michael Palm Toft 20, Oliver Greenwood 20, George Rothery 20 (11-9), Ryan Douglas 16, Luke Clifton 13, Alex Wilson 12, Kev Whelan 12, Dan Greenwood 12, Dale Lamb 11, Richard Hall 11, Sam Darroch 11 (9-2), Tyler Govier 8, Krys Bialecki 8, Ryan Burton 6, Robert Parker 4.

 

Qualifying heats winning times: 1. Douglas 59.7, 2. Burton 65.1, 3. Bailey 62.0, 4. Borczuch 61.6, 5. Parkinson-Blackburn 60.6, 8. Borczuch awarded, 11. Dicken 61.7, 14. O. Greenwood 61.0, 17. Douglas 61.0, 20. Clifton 61.8, 23. Clifton 61.3, 26. Douglas 61.8, 29. O. Greenwood awarded, 32. Douglas 61.8, 35. Douglas 62.0, 38. Bailey 62.8, 41. Bailey 62.4, 44. Bewley 64.1, 46. Parkinson-Blackburn 63.9, 48. Parkinson-Blackburn 63.2, 50. Bewley 63.2, 52. D. Greenwood 64.8, 54. Bewley 63.0, 56. Hall 62.6

 

Support Class

Qualifying Scores: Kieran Douglas 14, Mick Skinner 13, Luke Whitehead 10, Alex Spooner 9, James Hitchen 9, Saul Bulley 9, Sam Chapman 8, Mark Whitehead 8, Lewis Austen 6, Mitchell Beckett 6, Connor Fletcher 6, Chris Hay 3 (4 rides), Lloyd Ditchburn 3.

 

D Final: Beckett, Ditchburn, Fletcher (fell), 68.2

C Final: Chapman, Austen, M. Whitehead (fell), Beckett (ret), awarded

B Final: Chapman, Hitchen, Spooner, Bulley, 65.6

A Final: Skinner, Douglas, L. Whitehead, Chapman, 64.5

 

Winter Series points: Skinner 20, Douglas, 19, L. Whitehead 18, Chapman 17, Hitchen 16, Spooner 15, Bulley 14, Austen 13, M. Whitehead 12, Beckett 11, Ditchburn 10, Fletcher 9, Hay 8

 

Final Winter Series standings (top three rounds count):

1^st Mick Skinner 60 (20-20-11-10)

2^nd Chris Bambury 54 (19-19-16)

3^rd Sam Chapman 53 (16-18-18-17)

Luke Whitehead 37 (19-18), James Hitchen 36 (20-16), Sam Woolley 32 (17-15), Milosz Chojnacki 30 (17-13), Jamie Fenn-Smith 26 (18-8), Alex Spooner 29 (14-15), Ben Fenn-Smith 25 (15-10), Luke McKenna 25 (16-9), Lloyd Ditchburn 22 (12-10), Kieran Douglas 19, Ryan Burton 17, Trevor Bebbington 15, Blair Smith 14, Saul Bulley 14, Lewis Austen 13, Mark Whitehead 12, Mitchell Beckett 11, Connor Fletcher 9, Chris Hay 8.

 

Qualifying heats winning times: 10. L. Whitehead 66.1, 12. Chapman 66.4, 13. Skinner 66.3, 15. Hay 66.4, 19. Skinner 64.9, 24. Douglas 65.1, 27. Hitchen 66.5, 30. Skinner 64.9, 33. Douglas 65.8, 36. Bulley 64.5, 39. Douglas 65.2, 42. Douglas 64.1, 45. L. Whitehead 65.1, 49. L. Whitehead 65.4, 51. Austen 67.7, 53. Chapman awarded, 55. Spooner 66.4

 

Novice Class

Qualifying Scores: Stuart Freeman 13, David Chiles 11, Craig Nethercott 9, Joe Greenwood 9, Kris Forster 3, Jake Isherwood 2 (3 rides)

 

B Final: Greenwood, Forster, 78.1                                 

A Final: Freeman, Chiles, Nethercott, 73.1

 

Winter Series points: Freeman 20, Chiles 19, Nethercott 18, Greenwood 17, Forster 16, Isherwood 15

 

Final Winter Series standings (top three rounds count):

1^st Stuart Freeman 57 (17-15-20-20)

2^nd David Chiles 53 (18-14-16-19)

3^rd Jake Isherwood 52 (19-18-15)

Dan Harrison 36 (20-16), Chris Hay 35 (18-17), Damon Hall 32 (19-13), Ian Rawlings 30 (15-15), Danny Wright  26 (12-14), James Hitchen 20, Craig Osborne 19, Craig Nethercott 18, Ryan Burton 17, Joe Greenwood 17, Kevin Wallace 16, Kris Forster 16, David Brayshaw 14, Francesca Kirtley-Paine 13, Arran Butcher 13, Connor Hulme 12, Aaron Hay 11.

 

Qualifying heats winning times: 6. Nethercott 76.4, 7. Freeman 74.4, 16. Freeman 76.1, 21. Greenwood 75.3, 25. Freeman 72.8, 31. Chiles 73.8, 37. Chiles 73.6, 43. Nethercott 74.2

 

Upright Class

Qualifying Scores: Gary O’Hare 15, Ian Leverington 6, Phil Kynman 5 (3 rides), Lee Coleman 3.

 

A Final: O’Hare, Leverington, Coleman, 64.3

 

Winter Series points: O’Hare 20, Leverington 19, Coleman 18, Kynman 17.

 

Final Winter Series standings (top three rounds count):

1^st Gary O’Hare 60 (20-20-20)

2^nd Lee Coleman 57 (20-19-14-18)

3^rd Shaun Bickley 53 (17-17-19)

Ed Gooch 52 (18-18-16), Ian  Leverington 34 (15-19), Phil Kynman 32 (15-17).Dave Harvey 19, Trevor Bebbington 18, Alec Gooch 17, Scott Cook 16.

 

Qualifying heats winning times (all O’Hare): 18. 64.9, 22. 63.2, 28. 64.3, 34. 63.8, 40. 64.2