Greyrthwaite 04

North of England Enduro Championship 2004

Round 1 - Greythwaite - 25th April 2004

An excellent and very tough event - recommended for all those who miss the borders events. Lots of trees, roots and stones. Very well run event - right in the middle of the Lake District with lovely views over Lake Windermere. Fairly tight on time - but there was a 10 minute refueling stop to have a rest.

The test was great fun and involved rocks - wee bogs and hills. Lots of scope for clever riding and avoiding the hazards. Overall a tremendous event and recommended for next year. Oh and it was also very hot !

THE SUN SHINES ON KYLE AT GRAYTHWAITE

Blue sky's welcomed the Motul sponsored North of England Enduro Championship riders to the first of the eight round series last weekend at Graythwaite, Cumbria. The Barrow and District motorcycle club held a superb event which pushed both man and machine to their limits (and for some, maybe a little beyond). The check times took their toll on the 160 riders with nearly all the field loosing time on the going, however most of the field achieved a well deserved finish.
The Championship class proved very tough and demanding with no rider staying clean on time, but it was Bikesport KTM rider Kyle Deswert who came out on top from Will Midgeley and Paul Watson both on Eurotech KTM's. It was a close battle right to the last lap with riders giving it their all. The misfortunes included Justin Wilson (losing his timecard) and Neil Boyd having to retire on the very last check due to a very painful shoulder injury.
The Expert class also proved demanding with only one rider staying clean and that was Sheffield's Jason Eyre with a very impressive ride. All other riders lost time including an unfit Steve Ireland (so he claims) finishing in second and Mike Dowson close behind in third.
The Clubman class was also tight on time. At the end their were only two riders who were clean but most of the clubmen seemed to enjoy it. The king of the clubmen went to Bedale's ever improving Steve Carver on his first win from Ian Hopley in second and Mark Weaver in third.
The sportsmen found this terrain quite difficult but most seemed to battle on, to their credit. First place went to Stuart White second to John Percival closely pursued by Chris Byron.
Many thanks go out to the Barrow club for putting on their third successful event for the NEEC, and thanks go out to all the marshals involved especially the mud-wrestling girls (Sarah and Bridgett) at the last check.
The next NEEC round run by the Ryedale Motorcycle Club is at Langdale Forest near Scarborough, regs can be found in TMX news.

Report written by Jim Wright and Jonathan Wardle

Graythwaite enduro, Sunday 25 April 2004, Round 1 North of England Enduro Championship, provisional results


Overall	Position	Number	First name	Surname	Machine	cc	Capacity	TOTAL	Check	Extra	Special	Special	Special	Special	Special
finishing	in						class	PENALTY	penalty	penalty	test	test	test	test	test
position	capacity							POINTS	points	points	1	2	3	4	penalty
	class														points

Championship

1	1	9	Kyle	Deswert	KTM	250	CH 2 175+	1188	60		270	282	286	290	1128
2	1	4	Will	Midgeley	KTM	125	CH 2 175-	1262	120		290	277	290	285	1142
3	2	7	Paul	Watson	KTM	250	CH 2 175+	1273	180		269	270	275	279	1093
4	1	5	Justin	Wilson	Honda	250	CH 4 250-	1384	180	60	263	279	300	302	1144
5	3	12	Karl	Dungait	Honda	250	CH 2 175+	1409	240		309	289	287	284	1169
6	4	10	Shaun	Bland	KTM	250	CH 2 175+	1517	420		272	321	218	286	1097
7	5	11	Phil	Fallows	KTM	200	CH 2 175+	2839	1680		269	285	298	307	1159
8	2	2	Gary	Lancaster	KTM	125	CH 2 175-	2843	1320		354	340	351	478	1523
		6	Neil	Boyd	Gas Gas	300	CH 2 175+	Ret	240		286	297	299	300	1182
		8	Mark	Anderson	KTM	250	CH 2 175+	Ret	3060		268	382	Ret
		13	Mark	Oliver	CCM	404	CH 4 250+	Ret	1620		332	Ret
		1	Nigel	Finnigan	Gas Gas	125	CH 2 175-	N/S
		3	Ricky	Mair	Gas Gas	125	CH 2 175-	N/S

Expert
1	1	35	Jason	Eyre	KTM	250	E 2 175+	886	0		276	311	299		886
2	1	41	Steve	Ireland	Husaberg	450	E 4 250+	922	60		272	284	306		862
3	1	21	Mike	Dowson	KTM	125	E 2 175-	1062	180		288	289	305		882
4	2	30	Michael	Irving	Suzuki	250	E 2 175+	1159	300		273	293	293		859
5	3	25	Paul	Willis	KTM	200	E 2 175+	1205	240		305	327	333		965
6	2	42	Gary	Parr	Husaberg	550	E 4 250+	1326	420		285	310	311		906
7	4	32	David	Petty	Gas Gas	300	E 2 175+	1341	360		313	339	329		981
8	5	28	Conrad	Slack	KTM	200	E 2 175+	1357	540		270	267	280		817
9	6	29	Mark	Houson	KTM	200	E 2 175+	1428	480		302	330	316		948
10	7	26	Paul	Metcalfe	Gas Gas	200	E 2 175+	1769	780		310	321	358		989
11	3	44	Jim	Wright	KTM	450	E 4 250+	2026	540		302	866	318		1486
12	2	20	Darren	Cousins	Gas Gas	125	E 2 175-	2131	1140		295	364	332		991
13	8	45	Anthony	Sutton	Gas Gas	250	E 2 175+	2424	1380		376	325	343		1044
14	3	23	John	Kerwin	KTM	125	E 2 175-	2776	1680		336	374	386		1096
15	1	24	Craig	Beattie	Yamaha	250	E 4 250-	2934	1980		228	346	380		954
16	4	33	Nigel	Fallows	KTM	520	E 4 250+	3186	2340		305	300	241		846
		40	Patrick	Goodwin	KTM	450	E 4 250+	Ret	2340		315	315	316		946
		43	Mick	Seward	Husaberg	450	E 4 250+	Ret	360		306	320	Ret
		38	Paul	Johnson	KTM	450	E 4 250+	Ret	1680		427	350	Ret
		22	Vic	Noble	Gas Gas	125	E 2 175-	Ret	2640		415	401	Ret
		37	A.	Longden	Husaberg	400	E 4 250+	Ret	240		320	378	Ret
		31	Mark	Wilkinson	KTM	200	E 2 175+	Ret	240		325	405	Ret
		27	Paul	Richardson	KTM	200	E 2 175+	Ret	660		325	356	Ret
		34	Alan	Wright	Honda	500	E 2 175+	Ret	120		398	Ret
		39	Andrew	Hackett	KTM	450	E 4 250+	Ret	0		281	Ret
		36	David	Beal	Husaberg	400	E 4 250+	N/S

Clubman
1	1	77	Stephen	Carver	KTM	200	CL 2 175+	653	0		307	346			653
2	2	107	Ian	Hopley	Honda	250	CL 2 175+	692	0		368	324			692
3	1	116	Mark	Weaver	KTM	525	CL 4 250+	746	60		367	319			686
4	3	50	Anthony	Crowe	KTM	250	CL 2 175+	888	240		314	334			648
5	4	89	Neil	Atkinson	Gas Gas	250	CL 2 175+	908	240		326	342			668
6	1	68	Martyn	Field	Yamaha	250	CL 4 250-	923	240		329	354			683
7	1	52	John	Sidwell	Yamaha	125	CL 2 175-	947	300		310	337			647
8	5	94	Craig	Hunter	KTM	200	CL 2 175+	966	180		352	434			786
9	2	60	Geoff	Dale	KTM	125	CL 2 175-	969	300		327	342			669
10	3	56	Gavin	Houson	Yamaha	125	CL 2 175-	1000	300		342	358			700
11	6	80	Rob	Elliot	KTM	250	CL 2 175+	1037	420		306	311			617
12	4	55	Tim	Spencer	TM	125	CL 2 175-	1159	480		346	333			679
13	7	83	Chris	Cannon	Yamaha	250	CL 2 175+	1161	420		335	406			741
14	8	102	Mark	Franklin	Suzuki	250	CL 2 175+	1171	540		355	276			631
15	5	62	Ian	Parker	KTM	125	CL 2 175-	1239	420		368	451			819
16	9	87	Darryl	Worthington	KTM	300	CL 2 175+	1240	660		312	268			580
17	10	106	Paul	Miller	KTM	200	CL 2 175+	1265	540		350	375			725
18	11	109	Colin	Cunningham	Gas Gas	200	CL 2 175+	1282	420		497	365			862
19	2	124	Michael	Way	KTM	450	CL 4 250+	1411	720		351	340			691
20	12	95	Ryan	Fallows	KTM	250	CL 2 175+	1447	780		325	342			667
21	13	99	Brad	Ireland	Yamaha	250	CL 2 175+	1484	780		339	365			704
22	14	84	Kevin	Pinder	KTM	200	CL 2 175+	1484	840		322	322			644
23	15	91	Mat	Keeling	KTM	250	CL 2 175+	1587	840		350	397			747
24	16	101	Trevor	Dodgson	Honda	250	CL 2 175+	1700	1020		343	337			680
25	17	79	Nigel	Griffin	Gas Gas	300	CL 2 175+	1715	960		387	368			755
26	2	73	Geraint	Rogers	TM	250	CL 4 250-	1721	900		427	394			821
27	18	78	Paul	Knibb	KTM	250	CL 2 175+	1799	1020		386	393			779
28	3	66	David	Myers	Kawasaki	250	CL 4 250-	1976	1260		329	387			716
29	3	112	Matthew	Hartley	KTM	525	CL 4 250+	2055	1260		385	410			795
30	4	113	Patrick	Langan	Husaberg	450	CL 4 250+	2295	1500		332	463			795
31	4	65	Steve	Dent	Honda	250	CL 4 250-	2322	1500		347	475			822
32	19	81	Iain	Irving	KTM	250	CL 2 175+	2589	1860		343	386			729
33	6	51	Mark	Boardman	KTM	125	CL 2 175-	2718	1920		379	419			798
34	20	90	Martin	Hurst	KTM	250	CL 2 175+	3041	2160		433	448			881
35	21	105	Carl	Readshaw	KTM	200	CL 2 175+	3046	2160		388	498			886
36	22	110	Mark	Hartley	KTM	250	CL 2 175+	3147	2220		391	536			927
37	5	115	Steve	Hewitt	KTM	450	CL 4 250+	3482	2520		525	437			962
38	23	88	Thomas	Webb	KTM	200	CL 2 175+	4108	3180		436	492			928
39	7	61	Paul	Garland	KTM	125	CL 2 175-	4213	3300		451	462			913
40	24	96	David	Baldwin	Gas Gas	250	CL 2 175+	4222	3300		445	477			922
		64	Jose	Vega-Lozano	Yamaha	250	CL 4 250-	5551	4620		489	442			931
		92	Dave	Knaggs	KTM	300	CL 2 175+	Ret	1500		386	504			890
		57	Andy	Chapman	KTM	125	CL 2 175-	Ret	600		400	Ret
		93	Steve	Hunter	Honda	250	CL 2 175+	Ret	120	60	Ret
		121	Richard	Milner	KTM	450	CL 4 250+	Ret	600		486	Ret
		74	Sean	Harrop	Gas Gas	300	CL 2 175+	Ret	840		379	Ret
		98	Tony	Sims	Gas Gas	200	CL 2 175+	Ret	1560		510	Ret
		75	Jim	Robinson	KTM	200	CL 2 175+	Ret	2160		510	Ret
		104	Matthew	Raywood	Gas Gas	300	CL 2 175+	Ret	2940		456	Ret
		71	David	Murphy	Yamaha	250	CL 4 250-	Ret	3540		433	Ret
		120	Adam	Stones	Yamaha	426	CL 4 250+	Ret	4860		1012	Ret
		123	Neil	Ashton	Yamaha	426	CL 4 250+	Ret	0		759	Ret
		85	Gary	Long	KTM	200	CL 2 175+	Ret	0		337	Ret
		86	Alex	Williamson	HRD	250	CL 2 175+	Ret	480	60	439	Ret
		63	Charles	Mackenzie	Yamaha	250	CL 4 250-	Ret	1320		432	Ret
		54	Ben	Clayton	KTM	125	CL 2 175-	Ret	2940		825	Ret
		100	Mark	Hewitson	Honda	250	CL 2 175+	Ret	480		759	Ret
		70	Andrew	Darwent	Yamaha	250	CL 4 250-	Ret	1620		Ret
		59	John	Taylor	KTM	125	CL 2 175-	Ret	1680		Ret
		114	Chris	Rainford	Yamaha	450	CL 4 250+	Ret	####		Ret
		53	Tony	Wood	Honda	125	CL 2 175-	Ret	0		Ret
		125	Neil	Pentland	KTM	450	CL 4 250+	Ret	300		Ret
		67	Scott	Lees	Yamaha	250	CL 4 250-	Ret	600		Ret
		118	Sean	Clayton	KTM	450	CL 4 250+	Ret			Ret
		126	Graham	Towns	Yamaha	400	CL 4 250+	Ret		60	Ret
		69	Daniel	Field	Yamaha	250	CL 4 250-	Ret			359	Ret
		72	Gary	Switzer	Honda	250	CL 4 250-	Ret			403	Ret
		76	Michael	Robinson	Gas Gas	300	CL 2 175+	Ret			317	Ret
		82	Robert	Butler	Yamaha	250	CL 2 175+	Ret			Ret
		108	Stuart	Dent	Gas Gas	300	CL 2 175+	Ret			556	Ret
		119	Steph	Butterworth	KTM	450	CL 4 250+	Ret			325	344			669
		58	Stuart	Lowson	KTM	125	CL 2 175-	Ret			385	473			858
		103	Karl	Greenall	KTM	200	CL 2 175+	N/S
		111	Stephen	Baker	Honda	450	CL 4 250+	N/S
		117	Adam	Woodhead	KTM	525	CL 4 250+	N/S
		122	Mark	Welburn	Husaberg	400	CL 4 250+	N/S

Sportsman
1	1	139	Stuart	White	KTM	300	S 2 175+	361	0		361				361
2	1	159	John	Percival	Yamaha	250	S 4 250+	377	0		377				377
3	1	131	Chris	Byron	KTM	125	S 2 175-	395	0		395				395
4	2	143	Scott	Wilson	KTM	300	S 2 175+	414	0		414				414
5	2	130	Adele	Willis	KTM	125	S 2 175-	419	0		419				419
6	3	138	Andy	Grimshaw	KTM	200	S 2 175+	438	0		438				438
7	2	158	Lou	Cousins	Husaberg	400	S 4 250+	512	0		512				512
8	4	141	Anthony	Lemon	KTM	200	S 2 175+	642	0		642				642
9	5	134	Howard	Davis	Gas Gas	200	S 2 175+	709	60		649				649
10	6	137	Mark	Gaskell	Gas Gas	250	S 2 175+	964	60		904				904
11	3	153	Richard	Gallacher	Suzuki	400	S 4 250+	3091	2220		871				871
12	?	132	Baz	Clapperton	?	?	?	3880	2940		940				940
		135	John	Beatty	KTM	250	S 2 175+	Ret	0		479				479
		145	Ian	Smith	TM	300	S 2 175+	Ret	0		Ret				Ret
		157	Chris	Jones	KTM	400	S 4 250+	Ret	60	60	668				668
		151	Bill	Pennington	Yamaha	400	S 4 250+	Ret	2280		Ret				Ret
		136	Paul	Devenport	Gas Gas	200	S 2 175+	Ret	0		Ret				Ret
		154	James	Croft	KTM	200	S 2 175+	Ret	300		Ret				Ret
		150	Stewart	Bunton	KTM	450	S 4 250+	Ret	420		Ret				Ret
		146	Joe	Pammenton	Kawasaki	220	S 2 175+	Ret	540	60	Ret				Ret
		142	Craig	Thorpe	Yamaha	250	S 2 175+	Ret	1260		Ret				Ret
		149	Chris	Woodend	Suzuki	400	S 4 250+	Ret	1680		Ret				Ret
		147	John	Pullan	KTM	400	S 4 250+	Ret	2880		Ret				Ret
		148	Paul	Burney	Yamaha	400	S 4 250+	Ret	2640		Ret				Ret
		133	Bob	Donnell	KTM	200	S 2 175+	Ret	4740	60	Ret				Ret
		140	Michael	Van Tonder	KTM	250	S 2 175+	Ret			Ret				Ret
		156	Duncan	Dixon	Husaberg	450	S 4 250+	Ret			Ret				Ret
		152	Jeremy	Hackett	Husaberg	501	S 4 250+	Ret			Ret				Ret
		155	Rob	Shannon	Suzuki	400	S 4 250+	Ret			Ret				Ret
		144	Mike	Arnold	KTM	200	S 2 175+	N/S

Trail															0
1	1	168	Mike	Moffatt	Honda	185	T 4S 250-	400	0		400				400
2	2	166	Matthew	Wren	Yamaha	250	T 4S 250-	479	0		479				479
3	3	165	Jonathan	Wren	Yamaha	250	T 4S 250-	495	0		495				495
4	1	171	Simon	Critchley	Sherco?	250?	T 2S 250- ?	1338	1020		318				318
		167	Graham	Swindlehurst	Honda	200	T 4S 250-	Ret	120		Ret				Ret
		170	Jake	Lomax	Suzuki	400	T 4S 250+	Ret	7860		Ret				Ret
		169	John	Hughes	Honda	250	T 2S 250-	Ret	0		Ret				Ret

Thanks to the landowners Mr Myles Sandys and Mr David Mallett for the use of this terrific and testing venue; your generosity is appreciated by all who took part. Thanks also to the St. John’s Ambulance crews who this year got to put their skills into practice; the rider concerned in particular appreciates your help, and all the riders are reassured by your presence. We are most grateful too to the event’s sponsors: ADT Motocross, Ulvertson; Crooks Suzuki, Barrow; John Wren Motorcycles, Barrow; Birkett Motosport, Broughton; Wulfsport International, Workington; Glendinning & Co. Building Contractors, Workington; The White Hart, Bouth. All the bike shops mentioned sell mousses and would be pleased to take your orders… And, of course, thanks to all officials, timekeepers, marshalls and working parties; without the many, many hours put in behind the scenes in the weeks and months before the event, and on the day, this enduro simply would not happen. All of which makes it both annoying and upsetting that one rider told one of the officials to “P*ss off” when quite reasonably asked to wear a helmet when riding on the entry road to the parc ferme… Hope to see all (but one?) of you next year; remember to get your entries in early to make sure of a ride, as we had to turn away more than 50 entries this year.

Last Updated on 01/05/04
By cwm

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