2010 Hare and Hound Championship
Round 2 Melville MC Lochouses #1
22nd Nov 2009
One of the best races at Lochouses with Tom Sagar ending up the
winner. - full final results Click
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More pics from Daniel Palmer - Click here
Bag pipes and an aerobatic display preceded an eventful 2nd round of the
Scottish Hare and Hound Championship at Lochhouses farm East Lothian on Sunday the 12th
December. A record 228 entries lined up on another beautiful December day to take part in
this extremely popular race. The sandy course was in ideal condition and despite the large
entry stood up to the pounding with perfect berms with no ice this year. There were riders
of all abilities including complete novices and for the first time a couple of classic
bikes taking advantage of a decent ride before Christmas.
The Fast Eddy Team made the trip to
Scotland for a Melville training day on Saturday with thirty lucky riders receiving
tuition from Paul Edmondson, brother Lee and Tom Sagar. Paul opted not to ride on Sunday
although Tom and Lee could not wait to try out their new Suzuki’s in a race
environment.
D3 Racing’s Murray Thompson took the
holeshot from Neil Chatham although he passed Murray on the second corner and led for half
the first lap. Tom Sagar took command at the half way point and never looked back taking
the overall. Tom revelled in the excellent conditions and said that it was as good an
event as he had ridden anywhere in Britain. Neil
and Lee battled it out for a lap with Mark Roberts and Neil Flockhart giving chase
followed by Fazer Norrie, Allyn Scotland and Murray Thompson in their own battle.
Motocrosser and Melville regular Craig Trew had problems in the early laps dropping him
down the order. Lee was riding superbly in a safe second place with Mark Roberts third and
Neil Chatham fourth when he failed to appear with twenty minutes remaining. Word came back
to the parc ferme that he had broken his foot and he would have to head to hospital. The
latest news is that he will need an operation on Tuesday, the Melville Club deeply regrets
that this has happened at one of our events and everybody would like to wish him a speedy
recovery.
Click here for Campbells full report on the
event and all the classes