Gethin, Joe, Dominic and Jack take the honours at round 3!
Report: G.Turner

Beautiful summer conditions greeted the young Cross Country riders as they took on the third round of the superb FMF JUNIOR HARE SCRAMBLES championship of 2008.

This six round series is now half way through and is proving to be e resounding success with riders and parents alike enjoying the safe and professional racing that WOR Events provide.

The race ran for 1 and a half hours and on the bumpy, dusty and demanding Maeshafn circuit it was certainly a case of well done to all the young riders taking part.

In the up to 65cc class it was once again the flying little Jack Edmondson that took a comprehensive class victory from runner up, Brad Edwards.
Third place went to Joe Smith. Both Edwards and Smith were on 8 laps, Edmondson completed 9.
Fair play considering the length of the lap was over 4 miles.

The small wheeled 85cc group was topped by Dominic Thomas as he coasted to the win from a very jetlagged Charlie Nichols. Nichols did very well to take the runner-up spot after just returning from a family holiday in Florida.
Out on his new bike was Sion Skinner, and what a ride he had collecting his first trophy and podium appearance. Well done Sion.

Joe Wootton had to chase down Simon Jones in the 85cc big wheelers to get the lead. Jones held the lead for a fair distance before Wootton got into his stride and started picking his very intelligent lines and using his very impressive corner speed. Come the end of the race Joe had took a 3 minute lead over Simon.
The final rostrum placing went to the flying Kawasaki of young Sophie Thomas.
Always on the pace and revving her green machine to it peak, young Sophie can never be accused of letting the boys have their own way.

In the big group, the up to 150 cc’s, it was that young man Gethin Humphries that took the win.
Almost cruising around the circuit knowing he was leading had the strong young Welshman over 1 and a half minutes clear of runner up Adam Barrat at the end of the 90 minutes.
Bronze went to Morgan Lewis with another determined ride on his KTM 125.

With the conditions being so dry and hot all these riders really excelled in their efforts and fully deserved their finisher’s medals at the chequered flag.

The series point’s standings are now out (www.worevents.com) and with the championship at its halfway phase there is still some great racing to be had at the remaining three rounds.

The next round is on 5th July in Powys.