Winter Series concludes
The last two weekends have seen the final two rounds of the Scunthorpe Speedway Winter Series take place at the Eddie Wright Raceway. With an additional two classes compared to previous years there were twelve series winners declared with only two riders retaining the titles they won a year ago. Skye Adams was one of those and posted a new fastest time in the flat track class and completed a clean sweep of all four completed winter rounds to retain her title whilst Harry McGurk could afford the luxury of missing the last round to pip Mickie Simpson, who did have the consolation of winning the meeting, by the narrowest of margins in the Youth 125/150 class and repeat his feat of twelve months ago.
The inaugural winners of the new classes were John Boddy in the Road Bike Class and Chris Wright in the Quad Bike Class whilst the headline grabbing Open Class, which once again attracted a large number of league racers, was won by King’s Lynn’s Ryan Kinsley from Jamie Halder and Liam Carr. However, on the day the stars of the show were Edinburgh Monarch’s new signing, Josh Pickering, who completed a 15-point maximum before rain prevented the running of the finals, and Kyle Bickley, who after seven years in the youth classes and eighteen class victories, was competing with adults riders for the first time and manged second place.
In the Upright Class Gary O’Hare went past Bickley’s record but winning nineteenth amateur meeting at Scunthorpe and his fifteenth in the Upright Class. However, after a long string of race wins going back to 2015 he was defeated in one of the qualifying rides by Lee Coleman who obtained his personal best race time (65.3) in the process whilst Coleman also secured the Winter Series title. Luke Gardner won his seventh Junior 110 class meeting to secure that Winter Series title ahead of Max McGurk and Henry Unsworth whilst Jack Bell continued his dominance of the pit bike class by winning for the fourth time in five meetings and securing the Winter Series from Lee Carter and Stuart Foster.
In the Support and Novice classes there was a distinctive Cumbrian influence with both winners on the day, Luke McKenna and Kieran Taylor, hailing from that neck of the woods. The overall Winter Series winners saw another Cumbrian, James Hitchen, claim the Support Class title whilst Tom Spencer was the Novice Class champion.
There was little activity in the remaining youth speedway classes but Jacob Clayton claimed the Youth 250 title and set a new personal best time of 64.67 whilst Carl Basford was declared the Youth 500 champion in his absence.
In total 164 riders took part over the 8 Winter Series meetings with four rounds unable to take place during January and February due to a frost damaged track. After the meeting organiser Richard Hollingsworth paid tribute to all the riders and volunteers who make the Winter Series such a great success. “It was another fabulous winter of racing. The weather wouldn’t play ball for a while but we started well and finished stronglyl. Some years we can race all the way through, others the weather gets the better of us. It is the frosts that kill the track and we then need some winds to sort things out. However, we kept trying to get the meetings on and sooner or later it pays off.
Of course, I have to pay tribute to all the people who help us run the meetings. They are a godsend and without the meetings not only would the club struggle without the income but the sport in the country would be poorer for it. Not only do we give league riders the chance to have some competitive practice before the seasons starts but, more importantly, the progress made by riders between October and April can be massive.
Thankfully there are more opportunities for riders to race during the season but there is still a need for the amateur meetings and we have five scheduled for our Summer Championship which will be the tenth we have run. The first is Saturday 29th April and also incorporates the second running of the Upright Northern Riders’ Championship for speedway bikes with ‘old-style’ upright engines. Last year we had 14 entries and hopefully we will have more this year”.
The full list of Summer Championship meetings are Saturday 29th April, Saturday 3rd June, Saturday 1st July, Sunday 27th August & Sunday 8th October and will be split into two halves. In the first half (starting at 11am) will be the Open Class, Support Class, Quad Bike Class, Youth 500 Class, Youth 250 class, Road Bike Class and Flat Track Class. In the second half (starting between 2pm and 3pm) there will be the Novice Class, Upright Class, Youth 125/150 Class, Junior 110 Class and Pit Bike Class. For information or bookings please text Richard Hollingsworth on 07832-402167.
Sunday 12th March
Flat Track
Scores: Skye Adams 36, Connor Jackson 24, Aaron Tuttlebee 24, Joe Burden 23, Odgie Danaan 13, Luke Gardner 6.
Winter Series points: Adams 20, Jackson 19, Tuttlebee 18, Burden 17, Danaan 16, Gardner 15.
Race winning times (all Adams): 7. 112.17, 15. 105.53, 21. 101.67, 29. 99.70, 36. 99.62, 44. 98.31
Final Series standings (top three rounds count):
1st Skye Adams 60 (20-20-20-20)
2nd Aaron Tuttlebee 55 (18-19-17-18)
3rd Joe Burden 52 (17-18-14-17)
Connor Jackson 48 (13-16-19), Odgie Danaan 48 (17-15-16), Luke Gardner 42 (14-13-15), Ian Cramp 29 (15-14), Steve Newsham 19, Neil Martin 19, Lee Sadler 18, Lee Stevens 16, Peter Jordan 16, Richard Rowden 15, Ben Hewitt 11
Roll of Honour:
2014/15 – 1st Ben Wells, 2nd Mike Johnson, 3rd Peter Jordan
2015/16 – 1st Skye Adams, 2nd Joe Burden, 3rd John Boddy
2016/17 – 1st Skye Adams, 2nd Aaron Tuttlebee, 3rd Joe Burden
Pit Bikes
Scores: Jack Bell 45, Lee Carter 41, Stuart Foster 38, Stuart Avery 28, Jeff Robinson 20, Kaylumb Williams 18, Tom Miles 17, Adrian Snowden 9
Winter Series points: Bell 20, L. Carter 19, Foster 18, Avery 17, Robinson 16, Williams 15, Miles 14, Snowden 13.
Race winning times: 6. Bell 86.34, 12. Bell 84.66, 22. Bell 79.57, 28. Carter 79.63, 35. Bell 75.89, 43. Carter 75.67
Final Series standings (top three rounds count):
1st Jack Bell 60 (20-20-19-20)
2nd Lee Carter 56 (19-17-18-19)
3rd Stuart Foster 53 (17-18-15-18)
Jeff Robinson 47 (15-16-14-16), Tom Miles 42 (12-9-16-14), Stuart Avery 35 (18-17), Jack Parkinson-Blackburn 33 (14-19), Jon Dyer 26 (13-13), Adrian Snowden 26 (13-13), Dan Miles 21 (11-10), Thomas Hewitt 17, Ben Basford 16, Kean Dicken 15, Kaylumb Williams 15, Darren Legg 14, Nick Thorp 12, Thomas Spooner 12, Lee Dicken 11, Graham Field 11, Reece Harvey 10, Jordan Palin 8
Roll of Honour:
2014/15 – 1st Lee Carter, 2nd Simon Ellis, 3rd Jeff Howarth
2015/16 – 1st Lee Carter, 2nd Stuart Avery, 3rd Tom Miles
2016/17 – 1st Jack Bell, 2nd Lee Carter, 3rd Stuart Foster
Youth 500
Final Series standings (top three rounds count):
1st Ben Basford 35 (19-16)
2nd= Kyle Bickley 20
2nd= Luke Woodhull 20
2nd= Eryk Borczuch 20
Anders Rowe 19, Sheldon Davies 18, Kean Dicken 18, Alex Spooner 17
Roll of Honour:
2008/9 – 1st Kyle Howarth, 2nd Josh Birkett, 3rd Tom Stokes
2010/11 – 1st Nathan Stoneman, 2nd Tyler Govier
2011/12 – 1st Nathan Greaves
2013/14 – 1st Jack Parkinson-Blackburn, 2nd Luke Whitehead
2014/15 – 1st Jack Parkinson-Blackburn, 2nd Eryk Borczuch, 3rd Jamie Halder
2015/16 – 1st Kyle Bickley, 2nd Kean Dicken, 3rd Sam Bebee
2016/17 – 1st Ben Basford, 2nd= Kyle Bickley, Eryk Borczuch & Luke Woodhull
Youth 250
Qualifying scores: Jacob Clayton 15
A Final: Clayton 66.35
Winter Series points: Clayton 20
Qualifying race winning times (all Clayton): 5. 70.88, 13. 68.42, 19. 66.93, 27. 64.67, 34. 65.54
Final Series standings (top three rounds count):
1st Jacob Clayton 59 (20-19-20)
2nd Jordan Palin 20
2008/9 – 1st Reece Downes, 2nd Jack Cornes
2009/10 – 1st Reece Downes, 2nd Connor Mountain
2010/11 – 1st Nathan Greaves & Nathan Stoneman, 3rd Josh Bates & Joe Graver
2011/12 – 1st Dan Miles, 2nd Lewis Whitmore, 3rd Nathan Greaves
2013/14 – 1st Sam Chapman, 2nd Ben Woodhull, 3rd Luke Woodhull
2014/15 – 1st Kyle Bickley, 2nd Kean Dicken, 3rd Ben Woodhull
2015/16 – 1st Jolyon West, 2nd Jason Edwards, 3rd Leon Flint
2016/17 – 1st Jacob Clayton, 2nd Jordan Palin
Youth 125/150
Qualifying scores: Mickie Simpson 15, Jack Bell 12, Freddie Fox-Baron 8, Callum Gill 5, Finley Dimmock 2
B Final: Gill, Dimmock, 78.91
A Final: Simpson, Bell, Fox-Baron, Gill, 66.11
Winter Series points: Simpson 20, Bell 19, Fox-Baron 18, Gill 17, Dimmock 16
Qualifying race winning times: 1. no time, 8. Simpson 74.30, 14. Simpson 72.31, 20. Simpson 70.10, 26. Bell 73.04, 32. Simpson 67.21, 37. Bell 70.54
Final Series standings (top three rounds count):
1st Harry McGurk 59 (20-20-19)
2nd Mickie Simpson 59 (16-19-20-20)
3rd Luke Harrison 49 (16-17-16)
Jack Bell 48 (14-13-15-19), Freddie Fox- Baron 47 (15-14-10-18), Finley Dimmock 38 (11-11-7-16), Jordan Palin 37 (19-18), Sam McGurk 36 (18-18), Corban Pavitt 34 (17-17), Mikey Robbins 33 (12-12-9), Alex Goldsbrough 28 (15-13), Callum Gill 25 (8-17), Max Perry 14, Jacob Clayton 13, Cameron Taylor 12, Aidan Arthur 11, Beau Stonehewer 10.
2010/11 – 1st Josh Bailey, 2nd Kyle Bickley 3rd Ben Woodhull
2011/12 – 1st Jack Parkinson-Blackburn, 2nd Ben Woodhull, 3rd Kyle Bickley
2012/13 – 1st Kyle Bickley, 2nd Jolyon West, 3rd Jamie Halder
2013/14 – 1st Kyle Bickley, 2nd Jamie Halder, 3rd Harry McGurk
2014/15 – 1st Jolyon West, 2nd Harry McGurk, 3rd Leon Flint
2015/16 – 1st Harry McGurk, 2nd Mickie Simpson, 3rd Luke Harrison
2016/17 – 1st Harry McGurk, 2nd Mickie Simpson, 3rd Luke Harrison
Junior 110
Scores: Luke Gardner 42, Henry Unsworth 36, Iona Glover 26, Jack Franklin 22, Lewis Fellows 20, Callum Gill 5 (1 ride), Ryan Ingram 2 (2 rides).
Winter Series points: Gardner 20, Unsworth 19, Glover 18, Franklin 17, Fellows 16, Gill 15, Ingram 14.
Race winning times (all Gardner): 4. no time, 11. 81.31, 18. 81.68, 25. 77.26, 33. 75.72, 41. no time
Final Series standings (top three rounds count):
1st Luke Gardner 60 (20-20-20)
2nd Max McGurk 57 (19-20-18)
3rd Henry Unsworth 57 (19-19-19)
Iona Glover 52 (17-17-18), Mikey Robbins 51 (16-18-17), Jack Franklin 50 (18-15-15-17), Callum Gill 31 (16-15), Lewis Fellows 29 (13-16), Louis Walker 27 (15-12), Jake Dyer 16, TJ Dunn 14, Arran Scott 14, Ryan Ingram 14, Harry Parnaby 11
Roll of Honour:
2012/13 – 1st Sam McGurk, 2nd Ellis West
2013/14 – 1st Bailey Fellows, 2nd Kieran Holt, 3rd Leon Collier
2014/15 – 1st George Hopper, 2nd Bailey Fellows, 3rd Leon Collier
2015/16 – 1st Teddy Wilkinson, 2nd Ryan Ingram, 3rd Leon Collier
2016/17 – 1st Luke Gardner, 2nd Max McGurk, 3rd Henry Unsworth
Road Bikes
Scores: John Boddy 41, Scott Speed 37, James Boddy 29, Luke Brackenbury 25, Denise Lawson 14, Aaron Tuttlebee 11 (5 rides), Darren Brook 10.
Winter Series points: John Boddy 20, Speed 19, James Boddy 18, Brackenbury 17, Lawson 16, Tuttlebee 15, Brook 14.
Race winning times: 3. John Boddy 85.01, 10. John Boddy 84.54, 17. Speed 84.61, 24. John Boddy 78.63, 31. John Boddy 76.99, 40. John Boddy 78.93
Final Series standings (top three rounds count):
John Boddy 59 (20-18.5-19-20)
Scott Speed 57.5 (18.5-20-19)
Denise Lawson 49 (14-17-16-16)
Jeff Tuttlebee 37 (19-18), James Boddy 32 (14-18), Darren Brook 31 (17-14), Jon Lawson 28 (13-15), Odgie Danaan 20, Chas Challis 18, Gary Clayton 17, Jeff Halford 16, Aaron Tuttlebee 15
Roll of Honour:
2016/17 – 1st John Boddy, 2nd Scott Speed, 3rd Denise Lawson
Quad Road Bikes
Scores: Chris Wright 21, Mark Hooker 19, Nick Wright 16, Ian Russel 13, Chris Sellars 6
A Final: N. Wright, Hooker, C.Wright, Russel, Sellars, 62.82
Winter Series points: N. Wright 20, Hooker 19, C. Wright 18, Russel 17, Sellars 16
Race winning times: 2. C. Wright 68.44, 9. C. Wright 67.05, 16. C. Wright 64.84, 23. C. Wright 63.79, 30. Russel 67.28
Final Series standings (top three rounds count):
Chris Wright 58 (20-20-18)
Chris Sellars 49 (19-14-16)
Mark Hooker 38 (19-19)
Ian Russel 35 (18-17), Nick Wright 20, Joe Hodgson 18, Harry Carmichael 17, James Williamson 16, Paul Williamson 15.
Roll of Honour:
2016/17 – 1st Chris Wright, 2nd Chris Sellars, 3rd Mark Hooker
Sunday 19th March – no finals run due to rain
Open Class
Qualifying scores: Josh Pickering 15, Kyle Bickley 13, Ryan Kinsley 11, Jamie Halder 11, Eryk Borczuch 8, David Wallinger 6, Paul Cooper 6 (3 rides), Dan Winterton 6, Mick Skinner 5, Alex Spooner 3, James Hitchen 2, Carl Basford 2, Benji Compton 1 (1 ride)
Winter Series points: Qualifying scores: Pickering 20, Bickley 19, Kinsley 18, Halder 17, Borczuch 16, Wallinger 15, Cooper 14, Winterton 13, Skinner 12, Spooner 11, Hitchen 10, Basford 9, Compton 8.
Qualifying race winning times: 1. Kinsley 61.9, 2. Pickering 62.3, 3. Winterton 70.3, 9. Borczuch 64.3, 12. Borczuch 63.6, 15. Pickering 61.1, 18. Halder 65.2, 21. Bickley 63.1, 24. Pickering 60.8, 27. Cooper 61.3, 30. Pickering 60.7, 33. Pickering 60.7, 36. Bickley 61.4, 39. Bickley 62.3, 42. Kinsley 61.9
Final Series standings (top three rounds count):
1st Ryan Kinsley 58 (20-20-14-18)
2nd Jamie Halder 53 (19-14-17-17)
3rd Liam Carr 36 (18-18)
David Wallinger 32 (17-15), Krystian Bialecki 31 (16-15), Ryan MacDonald 30 (17-13),Taylor Hampshire 29 (18-11), Mick Skinner 28 (16-12), Luke Woodhull 26 (14-12), Dan Winterton 21 (8-13), Ryan Blacklock 20, Josh Pickering 20, Ben Shields 19, Dan Bewley 19, Kyle Bickley 19, Tom Perry 16, Eryk Borczuch 16, Lewis Whitmore 15, Scott Campos 15, Paul Cooper 14, Kean Dicken 13, Luke Harris 13, Tim Webster 12, Kev Whelan 12, David Holt 11, Alex Spooner 11, William O’Keefe 10, James Hitchen 10, Robert Parker 9, Ben Basford 9, Benji Compton 8, Josh Embleton 7, James Sarjeant 6, Josh Bailey 5, Saul Bulley 4
Roll of Honour:
2008/9 – 1st Richard Franklin, 2nd Adam Wrathall, 3rd James Sarjeant
2009/10 – 1st Ashley Birks, 2nd Luke Chessell, 3rd Steve Worrall
2010/11 – 1st David Holt, 2nd Adam Kirby, 3rd Shaun Tedham
2011/12 – 1st Tom Young, 2nd Stefan Nielsen, 3rd Oliver Greenwood
2012/13 – 1st Oliver Greenwood, 2nd Shane Waldron, 3rd Josh Bates
2013/14 – 1st Oliver Greenwood, 2nd Danny Phillips, 3rd Arron Mogridge
2014/15 – 1st Alex Wilson, 2nd Luke Harris, 3rd Sam Woods
2015/16 – 1st Josh Bailey, 2nd Jack Parkinson-Blackburn, 3rd Dan Bewley
2016/17 – 1st Ryan Kinsley, 2nd Jamie Halder, 3rd Liam Carr
Support Class
Qualifying scores: Luke McKenna 14, Luke Whitehead 13, Chris Bambury 8, Sam Chapman 4, Lloyd Ditchburn 3.
Winter Series points: McKenna 20, Whitehead 19, Bambury 18, Chapman 17, Ditchburn 16.
Qualifying race winning times:7. McKenna 69.1, 10. Whitehead 67.6, 14. McKenna 68.3, 19. McKenna 66.6, 25. McKenna 64.9, 31. Whitehead 62.8, 37. Whitehead 63.9
Final Series standings (top three rounds count):
1st James Hitchen 59 (19-20-20)
2nd Sam Chapman 53 (18-17-18-17)
3rd Alex Spooner 52 (20-13-19)
Chris Bambury 50 (14-18-18), Luke Whitehead 36 (17-19), Gavin Parr 34 (19-15), Ben Woodhull 17, Sheldon Davies 16, Chris Timms 16, Trevor Bebbington 16, Lloyd Ditchburn 16, Stuart Freeman 15, James Chattin 15, Jake Isherwood 14, Connor Fletcher 14, Simon Bence 13.
Roll of Honour:
2008/9 – 1st Montana Jowett, 2nd Mark Whitehead, 3rd Sam Woods
2009/10 – 1st Andy Mountain, 2nd David Holt, 3rd Cam Hoskins
2010/11 – 1st David Lidgett, 2nd= Liam Carr & Montana Jowett
2011/12 – 1st David Lidgett, 2nd Lee Springthorpe, 3rd Martin Wrathall
2012/13 – 1st Callum Harris, other records lost
2013/14 – 1st Liam Sanderson, 2nd Alex Wilson, 3rd Sam Darroch
2014/15 – 1st Jamie Halder, 2nd Sam Darroch, 3rd George Rothery
2015/16 – 1st Mick Skinner, 2nd Chris Bambury, 3rd Sam Chapman
2016/17 – 1st James Hitchen, 2nd Sam Chapman, 3rd Alex Spooner
Novice Class
Qualifying scores: Kieran Taylor 12, Tom Spencer 12, Joe Alcock 11, Bartek Langner 10, David Pye 9, Callum Foy 9, Russell Davis 7, Darren Clarke 5, Brandon Kay 2 (3 rides), Edward Hopkins 0.
Winter Series points: Taylor 20, Spencer 19, Alcock 18, Langner 17, Pye 16, Foy 15, Davis 14, Clarke 13, Kay 12, Hopkins 11.
Qualifying race winning times: 4. Langner 76.0, 5. Alcock 73.1, 6. Taylor 80.0, 11. Pye 73.6, 16. Taylor 68.1, 20. Spencer 67.1, 23. Clarke 74.9, 26. Taylor 66.5, 29. Spencer 65.2, 32. Alcock awarded, 35. Taylor 64.9, 38. Spencer 73.4, 41. Alcock 67.9
Final Series standings (top three rounds count):
1st Tom Spencer 58 (19-18-20-19)
2nd Bartek Langner 55 (20-18-17)
3rd Joe Alcock 54 (17-19-18)
Callum Foy 51 (16-20-14-15), Danny Wright 35 (18-17), Russell Davis 47 (14-19-14), David Chiles 30 (17-13), Dean Douglas 25 (13-12), Liam Little 24 (10-14), Simon Gale 16, Edward Hopkins 27 (16-11), Mick Sutton 15, Mike Copestake 15, Brandon Kay 27 (15-12), Darren Clarke 26 (13-13), Mick Keeling 12, James Spencer 11, Andy Coles 11, James Jessop 10, Tony Raybould 9
Roll of Honour:
2009/10 – 1st Trevor Bebbington 2nd Craig Whitehead, 3rd Ricky Anderson
2010/11 – 1st Mike Gittings, 2nd Sam Darroch, 3rd Sean Phillips
2011/12 – 1st Mike Russell, 2nd Ivan Howarth, 3rd Mick Keeling
2012/13 – 1st Ross Wharton, other records lost
2013/14 – 1st Mick Keeling, 2nd Dan Miles, 3rd Jack Flynn
2014/15 – 1st Craig Hancock, 2nd Danny Wright, 3rd John Gaskell
2015/16 – 1st Stuart Freeman, 2nd David Chiles, 3rd Jake Isherwood
2016/17 – 1st Tom Spencer, 2nd Bartek Langner, 3rd Joe Alcock
Upright Class
Qualifying scores: Gary O’Hare 14, Lee Coleman 9, Shaun Bickley 4, Eddie Rouse 2
Winter Series points: O’Hare 20, Coleman 19, Bickley 18, Rouse 17
Qualifying race winning times: 17. O’Hare 64.4, 22. Coleman 65.3, 28. O’Hare 63.4, 34. O’Hare 62.8, 40. O’Hare 68.2
Final Series standings (top three rounds count):
Lee Coleman 59 (20-19-20-19)
Gary O’Hare 40 (20-20)
Shaun Bickley 36 (18-18)
Ian Leverington 19, Paul Timms 18, Trevor Bebbington 17, Eddie Rouse 17, Phil Kynman 16
Roll of Honour:
2014/15 – 1st Dave Harvey, 2nd Shaun Bickley, 3rd Gary O’Hare
2015/16 – 1st Gary O’Hare, 2nd Lee Coleman, 3rd Shaun Bickley
2016/17 – 1st Lee Coleman, 2nd Gary O’Hare, 3rd Shaun Bickley
