The Sporting
T S I L C Y C R O T MO
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May 2018
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MOTORCYCLIST
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Editor
(Southern Centre) John Bramall
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Editor
(South Midland Centre) Bob Twigg
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MAY 2018 VOL. 18 ISSUE 5 PUBLISHED ON THE 1ST OF EACH MONTH
All material for TSM should reach the editor by the tenth day of the month preceding publication.
FROM THE EDITOR'S CHAIR n By Bob Twigg
"Very interesting" to see in a recent issue of TMX the auction of a collection of off road bikes. I often wonder how many machines have been stored or recycled over the years. I'm sure that there are quite a few bikes that have been just "put away"in sheds and barns and almost forgotten by their owners. Some years ago I went with and old friend to see a trials Tiger Cub that had been advertised. It was a hundred mile round trip to see it and when we eventually saw it we were amazed, The bike had been left in an old farm barn for a long time and it was covered with hay, dust and chicken droppings, needless to say it was hardly a "works replica"and our trek was truly a wasted journey. Where do stolen bikes go? I can understand to an extent thieves being attracted to motocross bikes for their speed and excitement, but what do you see in a trials "iron". They are very slow compared to a MX bike and only useful to a trials competitor. How many end up in Eastern Europe (that's not very PC Bob) or are they just dumped when the fuel runs out along with the interest of the thieves. I know that several machines have been recovered after their loss was reported on Facebook which of course is good. Of course if the bike is insured that can be a help in refunding any money but it doesn't help if your much loved bike is lost forever. Immobilising your machine whilst it is stored must help , I used to remove one of the wheels of my bike, whilst risking the wrath of my better half when they had to share the bedroom with a large block treaded lump of bike! It was nice to see Alexz Wigg back on a bike after a break, I know he will be soon showing the form that won him various "titles" in the past. By the time all you avid readers have read this the motocross world championships will have started. Will Champions Cairoli and Jonas have things all their own way in 2018? Again being slightly controversial, I do wonder why there are World championship rounds in places like Argentina and Indonesia and elsewhere. Maybe I am being a little unfair, but I haven't see many MX "aces" from some of the host countries. However, I do wish them all a good and hopefully an injury free season, especially our UK aces. I'm sure all of you are looking forward to a warm dry Summer, good riding folks! Contributions in this issue from: Tom Grimshaw, Dave & Sue Blanchard, Chris Downs, Fraser Law, Bob Brown, Roy Phypers, Ken O'Brien, Ted North, John Bramall, Alan Turner, Chris Fletcher, Mick Auger, John Sapsard, Mike Wiseman, Kirsty Telford, John Eckhart.
Cover Photo: A monowheel launch at Shakespeare County Raceway. Photo by: Carol Green
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Centres Officials
Chairmen South Eastern: Roger Brown Tel: 01273 563931
Official News
Southern Centre Meeting Minutes 20
Grasstrack
Maidstone Aces First Meeting Postponed 7 Just Dreaming... 36
Motocross
Tom's Racing Diary SMC Round 1 at Long Buckby Marshals Required
Speedway
Kent Kings Speedway Fixtures
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Trials
Flying Ryan 13 Feet-Up-For Cancer Charity Trial 14 Good Friday Trial 15 SM Tough Ten Trial 16 Waltham Chase Re-schedule 26 Bill Beeson Trial 30 SE Centre TVTC Championship 42 S Centre Trials Championship 42 South Eastern Trials Championship 43 SM Meteor Group Trials Champs 44
South Midland: John Coles Tel: 01865 361735 Southern: Bob Hewson Tel: 023 9259 2919
Secretaries South Eastern: Peter Burrell Tel: 020 8300 5572 40 Annandale Road, Sidcup, Kent, DA15 8EL email: pj.burrell@btintternet.com South Midland: Terry Golds Tel: 01582 455714 Mobile: 07747 855264 21 Buckingham Drive, Stopsley, Luton, Beds, LU2 9RA email: terrylgolds@ntlworld.com Southern: Chris Fletcher Tel/Fax: 01256 242214 Mobile: 07443048362 1 Fairclose, Whitchurch, Hampshire, RG28 7AN email: chris-fletcher@tiscali.co.uk
Permit Secretaries South Eastern: Stephen Westley Tel: 01959 575732 4 Kembleside Road, Biggin Hill, Kent, TN16 3NL NEW email: stephenwestley58@outlook.com South Midland: Ian Reynolds Tel: 0208 9079856 Mobile: 07803766314 186 Regal Way, Harrow Middlesex, HA3 0SQ email: reynolds.russell@virgin.net Southern: Claire Ballard Tel/Fax: 0118 981 2595 26 Droxford Crescent, Tadley, Hampshire, RG26 3BA email: ballardclaire@hotmail.com
Benevolent Fund Representatives South Midland: Dave Porter Tel: 01582 651189 22 Belper Road, Luton, Beds, LU4 8RG Southern: Stan Earle Tel: 01489 785482 Flat 10, Laburnum House, Hedge End, Southampton, Hants, SO30 0QC
Regulations Grasstrack
Frittenden, 27th May
Motocross
Sidcup, 13th May
Trials
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OWLS, 13th May Tongham, 13th May Folkestone, 20th May Kenton & Kingsbury, 20th May Nene Valley, 20th May Milton Buzzard, 27th May Witley, 28th May Bexleyheath, 2nd-3rd June Hillingdon & Uxbridge, 3rd June Erith, 10th June Talmag and Witley, 10th June Entry Forms
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South Eastern: Hazel Collins Tel: 01189 421534 14 Brookside, Calcot, West Berks, RG31 7PJ
Rights of Way Officers South Eastern (Sussex): Bevis Billingham Tel: 01243 585128 182 Elmer Road, Middleton on Sea, Bognor Regis, PO22 6JA South Eastern (Kent): Steve Neville 40 The Sandpipers, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 5QB South Midland: Chris Hurworth Tel: 01494 446198 23 Cambridge Crescent, Totteridge, High Wycombe, HP13 7NE Southern: Martin Down Tel: 01264 365084 18 Barcelona Close, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 1JQ. email: martin.down1@gmail.com
Tom's Racing Diary
QQ By Tom Grimshaw
My season is in full swing and I am having a time (if you can call it that) in the deep end!!! Maxxis British Championship at Culham was next and the weather was again wet wet wet, however Sunday race day was dry. RHL Promoters had done a great job of track and pit area given the cards that was being dealt to them. Qualification went okay with 23rd position but not a great gate pick. In Race 1 I had a good start but unfortunately half way round lap one I crashed. I battled back to 27th but knew I was riding well for top 20 which was my goal. So I re-grouped for Moto 2 and banged in another good start. A few battles I eventually ended up 16th and points in the bag which was my goal. I was happy how the day went and look forward to round 2. Then we all moved to Preston Docks for Round 1 of MX Nationals which I am racing the Expert MX2 class. You guessed it on day 1 wet wet wet. I qualified 2nd which was great and was able to nail
a great race win in the wet (very tough for everyone). MX National team only run one block on the Saturday and as the weather was looking good for Sunday conditions had vastly improved which resulted in some great racing throughout the groups. After some great battles and the track getting so rough, I went on to record a 3rd and 2nd for Sunday's racing which netted me a solid 2nd overall. This was a great start to my championship campaign and I look forward to the other rounds.
Round 2 of the Maxxis British Championship at Canada Heights came round very fast. The conditions were perfect especially with the sun shining. Qualification went really well as I posted a brilliant 14th place and 2.9 seconds off pole. I raced to two points scoring rides 18th & 19th however I did suffer in the second Moto with bad hand blisters which hindered my progress, however I still enjoyed the day and boy I did suffer on Monday with the aches and pains. Thinking back I have still managed my goals which is finish in the top 20 in each race and keep building the blocks. I am learning so much every time I roll out onto the track and loving every minute of it. My full Maxxis debut was less than a month ago and obviously I'm still finding my feet but I've got a great team behind me and with every race there's a new lesson. I'm looking forward to the next round in two weeks time and hope to continue to score points. See you soon. 5
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