Ben & Brooklyn Get The Triple At Rhayader!
Report By Hayley Walton
Photos By MX247.com


RYMXC held the Third Club Championship Round at Cymithig track, Rhayader on Sunday 6th April `08. Turning up to two inches of snow on the ground the Committee were uncertain to run the event.  Then with a change in the weather the sun appeared changing the racing conditions to the best yet and perfect track conditions all day, with a heavy hail storm in the last race.

The Adults were out on the fast track first with Charlie `Angels` Evans and Lee `Stanley` Edmondson pushing each other to the limit and practically wheel too wheel!  It was nail-biting stuff all day with Charlie taking two well-deserved wins, but Stanley just taking the chequered flag in the last race with a great handshake from the Charlie at the end!  It was a very close call for the rest of the field, with positions changing every race!  Chris Morris was back on form taking third and battling with him were riders Tim Foreman, Luke Davies and Wyn Hope, with Crag Malloy and Chris ‘Cubby’ Price in reach of them all!

Seniors hit the starting gate next and a bad pile-up at the first corner which took out four riders stopping the racing with unlucky Tom Northcote taking the brunt of it!  After restarting they were back on track with winner Rhys Jones just coming out on top against rider Ryan James and Daniel Evans who were both awesome, all giving their best!  In the second race Ryan Davies took home second position with Shaun `Fast Buc` Buchan battling it out with Ryan James and Daniel with `Fast Buc` taking an excellent third place!  It was great to see Tom Nicholls back in the saddle for the first time this season and he took a brilliant fourth place in the first race.

 The Inter-Open class was very exciting too watch with Aled Thomas taking pole position with one win and two second places.  Aled battled with riders Adam Morris who had the win in the first race finishing second overall and Rory Crisp finishing in third overall.  Kieron Mulloy had the win in the second race and took home a well deserved fourth place overall with Ben Francis having a great day in fifth.  Ever improving local riders Ryan Evans and Shane Slatcher had a fantastic day and lady riders Hannah Hope, Rhain George and Jody Anmer were all very close!

Some outstanding racing was shown off in the Inter-85 class and oh-boy what a result for young Ben Nicholls! With his first ride on his bike this season Ben took all three race wins of the day riding in a class of his own!  Adam Evans rode out of his skin taking all second place positions. But the battle of the day was between local rider Hywel Mills and Joel `The Joker` Hughes they pushed each other to the edge!  After some intense riding Hywel beat Joel by just two points to finish in third overall and Joel settling for fourth.  The one to look out for is rider Danny Morris who had is best result to date finishing in fifth and is getting quicker and quicker!  Danny battled with Adam `ET` James and behind them were Matthew Northcote and Kieron Watkins both were very strong  and having his first ever ride was Matthew Betinson who did really well.

The wild Juniors were let out on a different track to normal with some very close starts off the gate the spectators never knew who would get the `hole-shot`!  Jack `Fast Eddy` Edmondson  finished in first position overall with yet another great display of  style, but not making it easy for Jack was  Callum Crockett who took first in the second race.  Daniel Earle and local rider Alex `Bubba` Walton battled it out ending up on joint points but Daniel took second overall after Alex had a bad crash with Callum in the last race of the day.  Local rider Wild Will Jones had another great day finishing in fourth after a bad fall at the start in the second race.  Charlie Price took a well deserved fifth overall after having a great battle with Alex in the last race!  

Well, is there any stopping Brooklyn `The Brookster` Evans?  Getting every holeshot and winning all three races yet again with another great display for everyone to watch finishing in first position overall, with Ryan Rowlands hot on his tail taking all three second places of the day riding better than ever!  Battling it out all day shoulder to shoulder were Harry Edmondson and Ben Evans both having their best ride yet.  Harry finished in third overall after Ben had a very bad crash in the last race and did not finish!  The Brookster’s younger cousin Jamie “Javelin” Evans kept it in the family by finishing in fourth overall with a very consistent ride and Iwan Mills took a very good fifth and Alfie Roberts in sixth.

RYMXC would like to thank all marshals and riders.

RESULTS:

ADULTS
1st Charlie Evans, 2nd Lee Edmondson, 3rd Chris Morris, 4th Tim Foreman, 5th Luke Davies.

SENIORS
1st Rhys Jones, 2nd Ryan James, 3rd Daniel Evans, 4th Scott Donativo, 5th Ryan Davies

INTER-OPEN
1st Aled Thomas, 2nd Adam Morris, 3rd Rory Crisp, 4th Kieron Mulloy, 5th Ben Francis

INTER-85
1st Ben Nicholls, 2nd Adam Evans, 3rd Hywel Mills, 4th Joel Hughes, 5th Danny Morris

JUNIORS
1st Jack Edmondson, 2nd Daniel Earle, 3rd Alex Walton, 4th Will Jones, 5th Charlie Price

AUTOS
1st Brooklyn Evans, 2nd Ryan Rowlands, 3rd Harry Edmondson, 4th Jamie Evans,
5th Iwan Mills.