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Melville MCC winter series

Rd 2 press release

2 nd January 2006-01-03

The first Melville Motocross of 2006 was a tough start to the season with much milder weather than expected. The warmer climate softened the course plus a couple of wet days leading up to the event caused pools of water on a large portion of the track. Following the New Year formalities the practise started sharp at 9.30am with the Quads away first. The 65 riders rode on a shortened track that ultimately became the circuit for everybody as the water level rose and the second field became unusable. Despite the shortened course there was still a reasonable track although it was very fast for all classes.

The Quads were dominated by Leon Beda who was in a class of his own lapping a large proportion of the competitors. Leon was in determined mood and rode every race as if his life depended on it, which provided a spectacular show for the spectators. John Lindsay finished runner up in each race with Ian Neill third, John Aitkenhead fourth and Dougie Meek fifth. As the day wore on the track had to be widened to stop the Quads bottoming out on the sandy ruts. There were a few breakdowns and a lot of steam from hot engines as they revved through the deep wet sand.

In the 65 Class there was one accident were Fraser Pohlen broke his leg and he was taken away to Edinburgh Sick Kids Hospital, unfortunately a bad start to the season for him. The Melville Motor Club would like to wish him a speedy recovery. The rest of the competitors enjoyed the shorter track from the beginning that avoided the pools of water. Ryan Livingston won the class after improving his results as the day progressed finishing with a win in the last race. Reece Wilson finished second with good consistent results in each race. If you wandered too far off the racing line the wet sand was very soft, swallowing up the wheels of a little 65’s. Ben McNeil started well but a poor start in his last race saw him fighting his way through the field to finish third overall. Sean Williamson finished Fourth and Greg Queen fifth. The large and small wheel 85’s were on the same grid with a staggered start, unfortunately this arrangement caused difficulties for the lap scorers especially when leader Peter Kelly dropped out with mechanical problems. By the end of the day it was all sorted out, it did cause an unfortunate delay during a day that was restricted by the light available. Following the upset and separate races for the 85’s Ryan Johnson won the big wheel class with consistent rides to take the overall. Gary Moran won the confusing first race but finished second overall. Alex Jeffery finish third, Rory Sutherland fourth and Peter Kelly finished fifth.

The small wheel class was a runaway success for Matthew Fleming who won every race. Matthew has recently moved up from the 65’s and has continued his winning ways. Fraser Flockhart rode each race with full commitment to second overall, but he could not catch Matthew Fleming. Daniel Monks finished third, Jason James fourth and Marc Watson finished fifth.

Two strong Youth 125 competitors went out in the first race. Neil Chatham was caught out by the deep sand and went down as he tried to pass a rider. Colin Lapinskie ran over Neil and his bike, this fall left Colin with a suspected broken collar and Neil with slight concussion and both were out for the remainder of the day. Colin McLuckie stormed to the first race win and he was looking good for the top result. Colin’s luck changed in the second race as he stalled his bike and this effectively ended his challenge and he ultimately finished fourth. Sean MacDonald won the second and third race taking the overall win on his 250 four stroke KTM. Once Colin was out the picture Sean continued to dominate this class and looked like he was enjoying the new bike. Sean is going to be a strong Challenger for the 2006 season. Dale McCauley was never far from the action in each race and emerged a credible second overall. Lewis Carey finished a hard charging third and Gregor Findlay fifth. In the

Adult A’s Craig Trew won every race with dominating style. With Chris Hay away in America trying his hand at Supercross there was no one able to get close. Craig was half a lap ahead after just three laps and he lapped most of the field. Justin Edgar improved his results throughout the day and finished second overall. Sean Straughan was delighted to finish third, Paul Chatham fourth and Drew Harvey fifth.

It was a different story in the Adult B class with three different winners. Ryan Dick won the last race giving him the overall win but it was Adam Wark that took the first win. A poor second race dropped Adam to second place, Sandy Queen finished third, second race winner Fraser Watson finished fourth with Jim Allan fifth.

The Adult C’s was by far the largest grid and Craig Stevenson won every race with Douglas Page a strong second. Ivan Williamson Jnr finished third, Martin Taylor fourth and James Harvey fifth.

The Auto Class was run on a separate track and the warmer weather made it a more enjoyable event for the young ones. Matthew Beasley won overall with James Bell second and Cairn Bell third. Lewis Rollo and Gary Clarkson tied for fourth place with Ryan Garthwaite sixth. The first event of the season for the Melville Motor Club was full of action and incidents that tested the new team. All the organisers had a busy day one-way or another but there was plenty of compliments at the end of the event. The next race is a Motoduro on the 22 nd January with an extended track at Lochhouses again. Results

Rd 1 press release

The new team at the Melville Motocross enjoyed an excellent days racing at Lochhouses Farm East Lothian on Sunday.Following Vice Chairman Campbell Chathams' appeal for helpers there was a number of new faces at the track. The weather was much better than had been expected on Saturday and certainly not as cold as predicted. A trouble free day enabled the club to run a full programme.

The best races of the day were between A riders Craig Trew and Chris Hay. Chris took the first race win and looked convincing but his fortunes changed in the second A race. Chris led the first lap until a mistake on the second lap allowed Craig through into the lead. Chris worked his way back onto his tail but ran out of time to catch the charging Honda mounted rider. In the third race again Chris Hay lead initially but Craig Trew now had the confidence and caught and passed Chris back as the light faded nearing the end of the day to take the overall. Gavin Robertson finished in third place with Paul Chatham and Ian Wilson tying for fourth.

In the B's Shane Straughan won with Mark Dembey second, Craig Jagla third and Nick Adam fourth.

The C's were dominated by Alan Reid winning all three races on his Honda 250. Douglas Page finished second and Melville motocross regular Iain Clark third.

Sean Macdonald won the Youth 125 class by winning the first two races and settling for a safe second place in the third. Colin Lapinskie had a poor start to the day but finish on a high with a win in the last race. Colin McLuckie had three consistent results to second place, although his up and down performances are not reflected in his score. In the first race he fell twice and fought back to third place having a close challenge from Neil Chatham near the end of the race. Colin rode extremely well but he is still trying to regain his confidence following his crash in Ireland. Dale McAuley was in charging mood and was running well until he dropped down the order in the last race finishing third. Colin Lapinskie finished fourth on his Yamaha.

Peter Kelly won with a clean sweep in the Big Wheel 85 class with Carlton Husband second and Gary Moram third and Ryan Johnson fourth. In the Small Wheel 85 class Mathew Fleming won with Fraser Flockhart second, Daniel Monk third and Mark Watson and Liam Walshaw tying in fourth place.

In the 65's B McNeil won with D Stalker a close second following his first race win. G Queen finished third with F.Pohlen finishing fourth.

The Auto Class was run on a separate track which proved very popular with the youngest riders. Frankie MacDonald won with Matthew Deasley second, Lewis Rollo third and Cairn Bell fourth.

The Quads were out in force with a large grid and there was excellent racing G. Bruce taking the overall. The racing at the front was always close and the cold hard surface seemed to suit the Quads. J.Lindsay was second with two wins, I.Neil third and G Mcillan fourth.

The next race at Lochhouses is on Monday 2nd January. Gordon Paterson is the secretary once more and we expect a very good turnout, e-mail gordon.paterson3@virgin.net

The Melville Club would like to thank  track builders Iain and Stephen Gilhooley and all the helpers new and old for their assistance.