Fast Tracks At Saints Well!
Report By Hayley Walton
Photos By MX247.com

RYMXC held the first round of the BSMA Welsh Championship at the Saints Well track Nr Rhayader on Sunday 4th May 2008. It was a beautiful warm dry day with plenty of entertainment and serious racing on the new track!

With perfect track conditions the Autos were out of the gate first with the ever talented Brooklyn ‘The Brookster’ Evans hungry for the starts and Ryan ‘Rocket’ Rowlands piling on the pressure!  ‘The Rocket’, riding better than ever on the fast track, was very quick to follow ‘The Brookster’ in the first two races, both showing great riding ability.

Iwan Roberts had a fantastic third off the line in the last race of the day and held off Ben Evans and Jamie ‘The Javelin’ Evans for the whole race, showing them he means business!  Ben and ‘The Javelin’ battled all day with some very strong riding, both getting a brilliant result! Declan Roden , Iwan Mills, Archie Collier and Elgan Daives putting on a real show and taking some very fast corners!

The crazy juniors seemed to love the fast track as they all shot round like bullets! With Jordan Saunders getting two firsts and an unlucky fifth in the first race it was anybody’s! Pushing Saunders all the way were Kieron Cooke and Luke Craig all three pulling away with some fantastic riding.  Alex ‘Bubba’ Walton had some great starts and showed confidence.  Behind the top four were some brilliant battles with Callum Crockett, Wild Will Jones and Connor Clewett. ‘Wild Will’ keeping his cool in second race with a much better start as Ieuan Morgan tried to reel him towards the end! Oh boys, look out for Adelaide Watkins, she’s on fire, with Jac Rhys-Jones trying hard to pass in the third race -but oh no!  With a superb first ride of the season was Mr Huw Nicholls letting everyone know he’s back! 

In an absolute class of his own was Ciran Williams in the Inter-85 with an incredible display of speed and control, flying round the track with a huge lead taking all three race wins. Ben Nicholls is back with style and his hard work paid off as he finished in second overall with outstanding riding.  But the most exciting racing of the day was between Hywel Mills and Joel ‘The Joker’ Hughes wheel to wheel with some awesome lines testing each other to the limit! Everyone was on the edge of their seats in the second race as Joel pulled out all the stops to pass Hywel but unfortunately Joel crashed on the last lap, but what a display of shearer guts from both of them!  Dan Craig upped his game in the second race taking second off the gate and holding off Hywel and Joel for three laps! Josh Ford took home a well deserved fifth place overall after battling with Adam James in the first race.

The Inter-open class was dominated by Kieron Malloy riding like a true champion working very hard out in front making sure he took all the quick lines. There was unbelievable pressure between Aled Thomas and Adam Morris out on the track, both wanting that second place position. Aled just held onto second overall by two points while Adam got a fantastic third.  The drier conditions always suite Jody Amner as she certainly proved to everyone by an outstanding forth position and big smile, after having a brilliant battle with Will Nicholls in race two! It was good to have Will Nicholls back on board with a consistent ride. Daryl Prisk upped his game in third race of the day taking fourth at the chequered flag. Hannah Hope and Ryan Evans had a very close finish in race three while Sam Newell and Jamie Webb fought hard!

Super big line up in the seniors with some superstars! Matthew Thomas took the win on the day with two firsts and a second, but not making it easy for Matthew was Matt Burrows taking a first position in the second race it was awesome to watch as Ryan James joined in as well! Tim Burrows finished in a very healthy fourth overall while Daniel Evans took fifth both having an excellent day. Julian Eckley and Luke Lucas had a great battle in race two with Luke just getting the better of Julian at the finish line!

Well the RYMXC ‘Angel’ did it yet again in the AMX!  Charlie ‘Angel’ Evans showed complete ability on his bike, cornering like he was on two wheels (HA HA)!! Angel sorted out Cool Chris Morris in all three races as Cool Chris had some amazing starts and didn’t make it easy for anyone with two seconds and a third! Third position was taken by the ever fast Daniel Rees who gave Cool Chris a run for his money in race 1, Luke Davies battled with Chris Walton and Jonathan Evans soon sorting the oldies out!!  In a superb fifth was Wayne Price who looked like he loved it! Both Kevin Hughes and Wyn ‘sexy’ Hope were on the top of their game as they pushed each other all the way!

REULTS:

AUTOS
1st Brooklyn Evans, 2nd Ryan Rowlands, 3rd Ben Evans, 4th Jamie Evans, 5th Iwan Roberts, 6th Declan Rhoden

JUNIORS
1st Kieron Cooke, 2nd Jordan Saunders, 3rd Luke Craig, 4th Alex Walton, 5th Callum Crockett, 6th William Jones

INTER-85
1st Ciran Williams, 2nd Ben Nicholls, 3rd Hywel Mills, 4th Joel Hughes, 5th Josh Ford, 6th Danny Morris

INTER-OPEN
1st Kieron Malloy, 2nd Aled Thomas, 3rd Adam Morris, 4th Jody Amner, 5th Daryl Prisk, 6th Will Nicholls

SENIOR
1st Matthew Thomas, 2nd Matt Burrows, 3rd Ryan James, 4th Tim Burrows, 5th Daniel Evans, 6th Nick Morris

ADULT (AMX)
1st Charlie Evans, 2nd Chris Morris, 3rd Daniel Rees, 4th Luke Davies, 5th Wayne Price, 6th Kevin Hughes