1st Round SACU Hare and Hound Championship 2012. Melville MC at Lochhouses on 4th Dec 2011

Results Ver 2 - MX and Enduro - click here

Full report on the day - by Campbell Chatham. Click here

More photos of the day by Chris Humphries  http://www.chrishumphreys.net/Motorcycles/Lochhouses-Dec-2011

Yellowhat video taster of Sundays racing. click here  http://youtu.be/lo31tErqNCk

Well done to all the riders who took part - and to those riders moving up a class  on great performances on the day. And welcome back to riders in the over 40 class who haven't ridden for a year or two - but will make 2012 interesting - Derek and Grant.

2012 looks like being a great year again.

Motocross Scotland started their assault on the Scottish cross country championship with mixed results.

The Team consisting of Allyn and Garry Scotland for the first round at loch houses. Allyn riding his brand new Suzuki RM 250, had troubles from the start. His bike failed to start on the line and took a few kicks to get going. As he rode away he realised the bike was bogging and misfiring. He continued to ride the track having to stop several times to restart the bike during the first lap. The bike started to clear after 3/4 of the lap, he then set about moving his way to the front of the field aware that he had lost a fair amount of time on the leaders.

He caught and passed Derek Little now riding in the O40 class when disaster struck again. His handle bars had come lose in the clamps which resulted in a spectacular dismount from the bike. He had to return to the pits to correct this problem. Returning to the track to salvage some points, just after the hour mark again disaster struck. His pit crew not realising the time let him go out for one more lap than he should, resulting in him running out of fuel at the furthest most part of the track. He decided that he wasnt giving up and pushed his bike back to the pits following the track. Where he refulled, putting in consistantly fast laps until the finish.

Allyn said after the race " this has got to be one of the toughest races I have ever done. Pushing my bike back to pits took me about 40 minutes. Towards the end of the race I was getting cramp all over my body." Garry, his first race back after 3 years away due to a bad crash at Pathhead which resulted in him staying in hospital for a week, rode a steady race in the clubman class. Garry commented on the race saying "due to my lack of bike time and the fact I'm still having problems with the shoulder I damaged a few years ago I'm happy with the result.

 

 

Neil Chatham wins at full Chat

Drysdale Motorcycles Neil Chatham won the first round of the SACU Scottish Hare and Hound Championship at Lochhouses Farm near Dunbar in East Lothian. Nearly 160 riders made the start despite snow on most of the roads around East Lothian. The Melville Motor Club event did not start well for Neil as Frazer Norrie and Drew Harvey clashed on the first corner giving him nowhere to go but straight into Drew. The pair took a moment or two to get them selves untangled and they continued in last place. Frazer took the holeshot and led around the motocross section, when they re appeared after their first lap it was Ricky Mair leading Frazer with Neil in third place having fought his way through the Experts in the woods. Read full article .....click here

 

 

 

 

 

Photos by Scottishenduros
Sun - and bikes - great start to the Championship	Steven sets the scene	Corner one pile up
Great racing	Ricky Mair on the case	Gary Turner at speed
Rab Moir	Neil Chatham - winning start	Derek Little - back in the saddle
The Evil Snapper strikes	Phil the Bike	Gordon McGregor
The hard working lap scorers	Steven Currie Jnr - new Expert ( Photo C Chatham)