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NEEC Round 3- The Stang Enduro, July 13th
“Stang-tastic”
North Riding Enduro Club
The “Husqvarna” North of England Enduro Championship
“Stang Enduro”
David Myers took maximum advantage of a late entry at the “STANG ENDURO” on Sunday 13th July to take outright victory the 3rd round of the “Husqvarna” sponsored North of England Enduro Championships. The event was run at Stang forest near Barnard Castle and the rain affected 17-mile course proved a stern challenge for the 130 strong field. The team at North Riding Enduro did a great job to find a last minute start area (following the regular start field being under water following the heavy rains of Thursday and Friday, and the team of more than 40 marshals worked tirelessly to ensure 83 riders made it to the finish.
The Championship Class completed 4 laps of the course, which included a “special” loop on the upper section of the forest reserved for riders of expert standard and above. And so it was only natural to include this in the “tight time check” where the event was eventually won and lost.
Dave Myers on his KTM300 incurred just 3 minutes of penalties, one better than both David Wood (250 Yamaha) in 2nd and Dan Field (TGOR KTM200) in 3rd who both lost 4 minutes and the advantage they had in the special tests. Dan looked to be having a hard time and tired in the slippery going.
Also with 4 laps of the course to complete, the Expert class was also won on times as well as tests. James Wood steered his 300 KTM to a minutes advantage from Tim Patterson who continues to improve on his 250 KTM at every event. A delighted David Nellis made a welcome return to the Stang and took a very creditable 3rd on his little 125 KTM showing he has lost non of his experience in time card enduros. The Expert Class is growing in depth with many new riders entering this class for 2008. This includes a young Simon Cartwright who put in a good performance spoiled only through his inexperience and he clocked in early, which dropped him down to 9th overall.
The Clubman class was treated to 3 laps of the course and they too had their own tight check. Although shorter in length than the “Expert” check, the best still dropped 5 minutes and it was faster test times that gave Jonathon Hughes (KTM250F) both E1 and overall Clubman honours. Paul Miller (125KTM) confirmed that a big bike is no advantage around the Stang and he took 2nd place in both the E1 and overall standings, from Steve Hunter (250 Yamaha) who was the best in the E2 category. Over 40 winner Ian Coburn (250ktm) was the only other rider on clubman pace to match 5 minutes of penalties helped by his smooth riding style.
In the Sportsman category, times were much more relaxed (and the majority cleaned them with ease). The 2 laps and just one timed special test was right for the tough conditions. There were three father and son combinations riding at the event this year and it was good to see Ian Cartwright on his CRF250 encouraging Simon. Ian Briggs failed to keep up with the pace of son Michael (despite loading his lads ruck sack with about 30 kilos of tools to slow him down. And finally father and som combination Dennis and Daniel Fath fully enjoyed their ride in the sportsman class. The Husqvarna NEEC championships moves on to Kielder forest. See you there
Picture is of David Myers Championship Class Winner.
Report: Tom Banks
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Ryedale Rally, July 5th and 6th
Home & Dry (?) – Ryedale Rally 2008
The Yorkshire Enduro Club members shifted many tons of gravel, built bridges and manoeuvred a landslip to provide a glorious course for the 2008 Ryedale Rally on 5th & 6th July . The two “course marking” days before the event were blessed with blue skies and perfect riding conditions. Good weather encouraged many of the competitors to bring their spectacular motorhomes, caravans and tents to the start/finish during Friday afternoon so by 7pm the weekend event was well underway as friends & fellow competitors were greeted, bottles opened and barbecues lit. A marquee was available for socialising and a convoy of army vehicles had made an encampment ready to provide radio contact and medical support throughout the event.
A full riding list created a buzzing atmosphere by 7.30am on a somewhat dull Saturday morning as bacon butties from the burger van were eaten and machines examined then put into the parc ferme ready for the “off” through the bright red NEEC gazebo.
Around about 8am a weather report spotted on somebody’s B&B TV broke the news that the Met Office has issued a severe weather warning! Sure enough, as the laden trailer trundled off to the fuel stop with its valuable cargo of very expensively filled petrol cans, a fine rain signalled that waterproof riding gear and spare gloves might be a sensible option.
Saturday’s course took riders out through Cropton Forest across purple heathered moorland then down through farmland and into 3 laps of spectacular Langdale forest finishing with a tour of beautiful Wykeham forest then back across the moors – 150 km of the very best of Yorkshire countryside with stunning views of forest, moor and coast. Sadly however global warming in reverse seemed to be happening as the temperature dropped, the wind rose and rain worthy of a January cloudburst beat down onto forest rides which the organisers had yesterday feared may be too dusty!!!! Indeed, an abandoned jetski (!) spotted near a forest gate seemed a far better option that a Sunbeam, a BSA Goldstar or a BMW (especially the one with road tyres which danced merrily across the wet grass of the start field!).
Despite ruts filling to a level of 2 feet or more with muddy water, riders, check minders and marshals continued to battle the elements with great cheer and enthusiasm making particularly good use of the portaloos in the forest – to procure toilet paper and handtowels for goggle cleaning rather than their intended purpose. On a largely injury free day (thank heavens), Big Evan, the Quad riding Medic patrolled the route constantly at high speed, bouncing his towed stretcher along the tracks behind him to the amasement of all who saw his spectacular ridng skill (while worrying a bit about whether any future casualty might drown as the stretcher filled with rainwater en route).
As the riding day began to draw to a close, the clouds dispersed and within 10 minutes, the temperature must have risen 10 degrees. Layers were peeled off, steam now obscured the view, last riders rode home and the marshals prepared for day 2. But this was the calm before the real storm as, just as quickly, day turned black as night, thunder rolled, hail bounced down and lightning terrified or thrilled shocked riders and organisers as it put on a once in a lifetime pyrotechnic display around the panorama of the North Yorkshire Moors. One Marshal was struck temporarily deaf by a bolt which fizzed as it landed in the moor beside him (an hour’s peace and quiet from that particular Marshal may have been appreciated by the Chief Marshal but it was deaf he was struck, not dumb!!!).
It began to look as though the jolly campsite was a relic from Glastonbury and worries about how the big camping rigs would leave the field started to be voiced but when the storm abated, spirits rose and barbecues again tainted the air as tales of the day’s exploits were shared in many gazebos and awnings. Astonishingly, late in the evening, an unidentified rider took his place in the middle of the field, lit 3 flaming torches and proceeded to juggle with fire, eat fire and blow flames worthy of a Welsh dragon – what a cabaret to round off the day!
The fuel van was unfotunately delayed in getting back to the start due to recovery of 4 broken bikes and 3 riders.
Sunday dawned wet and cold but most of the entry turned up in good spirits to begin the second day’s riding which would take the course round three 90 minute laps of Cropton forest. Course designer and Chief Marshal Jeremy Wilson had to make a few last minute changes as potentially enjoyable cuts through trees had changed to slop with overnight and continuing rain. Nevertheless, competitors still showed great enthusiasm as they called in to refuel bikes and well over half the entry persevered through 3 laps to a planned early finish in the afternoon - at which point the heavy rain turned to utter monsoon and provided the last great entertainment of the event: getting out of the field!!!
Having recovered the most serious casualty of the event out of the forest (Geoff Smithers with a broken ankle and now safely home in London) on his Quad – (fortunately the stretcher was not required), the trusty Medic Evan, Marshal Nigel (also with Quad) & our longsuffering farmer landlord Trevor (with tractor) set about hauling everyone safely out onto the forest road where a handful of tired competitors chose to camp for another night to enjoy the forest ambience (midges?) and recover from a testing but hopefully very enjoyable event.
Those who completed the course were elated (if exhausted) – none more so than Fiona Moran who was noted pushing her bike through a long bog while laughing hysterically, Brian Eland and Pat Keenan who repeatedly tried to push each other off their bikes, Bob Room & Noel Fletcher who the YEC believe rode in our 1st event some 32 years ago, John Guard (with his L plate) who had to ride alone after his Pa Steve broke his Triumph on Day 1 and, for the first time in this event, a handful of 2 stroke riders. Rider 66, Richard Hirst was overjoyed to finish as it meant he had earned over £1000 in sponsorship for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance which will be added to the donations collected by Andy Cole our kind neighbour at High Muffles who provided powerwash facilities for the riders each day.
The YEC would like to thank everyone for supporting the event, for their great enthusiasm and cheerfulness in the face of ghastly weather conditions and most of all, for clearing up the site and taking all the rubbish home!
We hope to see you again next year and maybe we will get 3rd time lucky good weather……
If you enjoyed this event why not enter The Yorkshire Enduro in September, this is an enduro version of The Ryedale Rally Day 2.
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Report by SUE LYNES
NREC Hare and Hounds Challenge, Round 2, Thorpe
The North Riding Enduro Club’s annual “Thorp Hare and hounds” was run on Sunday 1st June in North Yorkshire. The two race format was kicked off in the morning by the Sportsman event and soon after the start, the rains commenced. The fast and flowing course in this private country parkland, became a much more tough and challenging course as the day progresses, with the fastest lap times being set early on. As the course became more slippery the lighter E1 machinery came to the front of the field and it was Brad Keyworth on his 125 Suzuki who maintained his quick pace through to the end of the morning leg, notching up his 8 laps over 6 minutes ahead of Andrew Brass on his 125 Yamaha, who was just 12 seconds ahead of local rider Gareth Jones’s 125 KTM.
In the Moto Cross class, friends Dave Salkeld and Nik Rowbotham duelled on their 250 KTM’s all morning for top honours and as the rain set in, it was Dave who managed to stretch out his lead and clock up an additional lap over Nick. In fact, Dave’s 9 laps was the most achieved during the event and demonstrated how the (by now) heavy rain caused conditions to become more difficult as the day progressed.
By the time of the afternoon start for the main event, conditions were very slippery in deed. The organisers cut the duration of riding to just 2 ¼ hours which proved the right thing to do as most riders reached the end of their stamina to endure the energy sapping going. It was Lincoln Brewster on his KTM 200 who proved the master of the mud. He demonstrated superior riding ability and fitness to complete his 8 laps 3 ½ minutes ahead of the smooth experienced Mark Houson on his 250 Husky. Young Daniel Field, dug in deep to put his “TGOR” KTM on the Championship podium, finishing third in class with 7 laps.
The well supported expert class proved to be an extremely closely fought contest with the top eight riders all completing 7 laps. Barnsleys Mark Raynor (3rd)on a 250 KTM, try as he might, could not catch the 2nd place 250 Yamaha mounted Craig Reynolds. But it was a very pleased Tim Pattinson who took the top Expert position with a ride which shows just how much he has learned in the short time he has been riding. Tim rode his 250 KTM with a wise head to stay clear of trouble and into the lead as others slid off the track and into retirement.
The Clubman Class probably had the hardest day of all. They set off at the back of the field and had the worst of the wet conditions. This event was by now far from its usual fast and free flowing nature and had become a real test of skill and endurance. Local Lad, Anthony Cooper was well up to the task however and he took his KTM to an overall Clubman win ahead of Guy Corner in second and Daniel Haswell who made it a KTM clean sweep.
The “Performance of the Day” however has to be by KTM mounted Dave Salkeld. Not only did he win th mornings MX event, but he was also the top Clubman in the over 40’s class in the afternoon! That’s some 15 laps, well done Dave.
The club know they are very privileged to be able to run events at Thorp Perrow which boasts one of the finest collections of trees in its gardens which are open to the public daily. Pete will be out with his digger to ensure Thorp’s enduro course is returned to pristine condition for next year. Meantime, NREC move on to the “Stang Enduro” on the 13th July, which is the next round of the North of England Enduro Championships. See you there.
Tom Banks.
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NEEC Round 2 - Langdale Enduro
With the thermometer nudging 26 degrees, this year's Langdale was a warm day out for all concerned. Sun screen and hydration packs were the essential equipment of the day as 161 starters lined up at the start of an 18-mile figure-of-eight through the forest.
The course wound through the trees with a minimum of fire roads, something for which the riders were extremely grateful as dust was a major factor on the short road sections.
Despite the heat, three weeks of heavy rain prior to the weekend had left a number of interestingly boggy sections under the trees. Some of these were sufficiently wet to worry marshals that they might pose too much of a challenge as they cut up, but in the end little or no alterations were needed. The temperature also claimed relatively few casualties amongst the field.
DNFs were no greater than usual, and the paramedics had only a small number of mild dehydration cases to deal with and no significant injuries. However, a large number of red necks were in evidence at the end of the day. After a hot but enjoyable day, many were looking forward to September's Langdale enduro which uses more of the forest, extending the lap by another 7 miles.
Global warming notwithstanding, lower temperatures might also be welcome.
The winners:
Championship: Michael Irving (6)Expert: David Wilson (21)Over 40: Dave Salkeld (53)Clubman: Jonathan King (121)Sportsman: Nik Rowbottom (208) Special thanks to those riders who obligingly fell off in front of the video camera, particularly Simon Meeson (49) who threw his KTM up a bank in such spectacular fashion.
REPORT BY IAN GOLTON
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Picture is of Michael Irving, Championship Class Winner
NEEC Round 1-Graythwaite Enduro
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The hard working Barrow MCC staged the opening round of the NTB husqvarna sponsored North of England Enduro Championship at the Graythwaite forestry complex near newby bridge Cumbria last weekend 27th april ,
The course renowned for being hard but immensely popular with riders once again lived up to its reputation of providing the ultimate riding challenge, made even harder by the relentless rain in the previous 24 hours the course 16 miles in length was split in to 3 time checks one of which was a fuel check.
The start to the out check would prove the hardest of the day.
At 10.30 am the first of the full entry were off, with the elite championship riders leading the way to time check 1 with 4 laps of the course ahead of them , 11 time checks 3 special test to decided the winner gav houson fresh from his adventures in Italy was setting a brisk pace on the mps racing husky during the early stages, but by lap 3 he had retired with a holed casing despite his best efforts to effect a repair , by lap 4 the championship class would be decimated with retirements, the biffster sandiford Honda crashed on route to the first check.
Vince Harker MPS racing husky crashed on the second lap dislocating and breaking his finger, Danny Field suffered mechanical failure on lap 2 mark Anderson retired on lap 2 this left Andrew Hackett David wood and Michael Irvine to fight it out.
Woods looked visibly quicker through the 2 mile fell side special test and this was proved in the results with David wood taking the win from Andrew Hackett sandiford Honda with Michael Irvine 3rd
In the expert class all the young pretenders to the championship crown where out ridden by the old chap from Batley Mark Houson on his mps racing husky who took a fine win from D3 rider Gavin hazlett, The clubman class which is split into 3 capacity groups saw dirtbike-traxs rider john Bradford win the E2 class and the clubman class overall , Jonathon Hughes won the E1 clubman class while Levi Johnson took top spot in the E3 class, mark bell on his Sandiford Honda finished second in the sportsman E1 class despite having to free his back wheel which became entangled in fencing wire on his last lap while fighting for top spot .
This was a tough opening round to the championship made worse by the heavy rain and all the riders that finished can count themselves as personal winners , the first time check certainly caught out a large amount of riders who found themselves late ,
Great respect must be given to the Barrow club who keep this event going on a small piece of land in forestry terms, always finding new routes and repairing old routes
The championship moves to Langdale in North Yorkshire where the Ryedale club will host the second round of this prestigious time card championship on the 11th of May
Pic is of Gavin Houson Expert Class winner.
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NREC Hare and Hounds Challenge, Round 1, Masham
This was the first time the club has used this spectacular piece of land.
Track Marshall Peter Weatherill and his team designed a technical flowing 5 mile lap which consisted of forestry going with many challenging hill climbs and decents, the technical nature of the going gave riders little or no time for rest and demanded rider concentration for the full 3 hour duration.
Riders were started off in groups of 10 at 60 second intervals from 10:30am onwards, this spread riders around the course from the outset and allowed the track to run free with no hold-ups.
Championship rider Dave Nellis was the first rider to score the first lap followed by Vince Harker on his 250 Husqvarna, Vince retook the lead and was persued by Danny Field and Nellis until Field retired on lap 6 with problems.
Harker was the overall winner on 11 laps with a lead of nearly 3 minutes on Nellis. With riders separated from the start by 60 second gaps it was unclear to them and spectators who was the fastest round the track, in the middle of the field of riders it was Eurotek rider Mark Jackson in the MX class who was setting the fastest lap times towards the end of the race to become MX class winner on 11 laps followed by local rider Howard Rodney on 10 laps and Andrew Hornshaw in third place on 9 laps.
The Expert E1 class was won by Richard Dakin who crossed the finish line only 19 seconds over second place Paul Willis. Expert E2 winner was Tim Pattison on 11 laps who was followed by James Clift who narrowly missed out on a 11th lap.
The Clubmen E1 class was won by Liam Ward who managed to cross the finish line only 5 seconds in front second place rider Daniel Haswell. Clubman E2 winner Simon Cartwright completed 10 laps and was also overall Clubman winner, Colin Chapman was second on 9 laps he was denied a 10th lap by 19 seconds. Clubman E3 winner was Adam Stones on 9 laps. The over 40 class was won by Graham Charlton on a Gas Gas 250 he completed 9 laps, Dave Salkeld was second.
All trophy winners were treated to a well deserved bottle of beer which was donated by local event sponsor Paul Theakston from the Black Sheep Brewery
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NTB Racing, D3 Racing, Graham Charlton Motorcycles and Bikesport sponsor the North Riding Enduro Club Hare and Hounds Challenge series. The North Riding Enduro club would like to thank all riders for supporting this event and hope to see them all at round 2 Thorpe on 1st June; entry form is on the calendar page. Many Thanks to all supporters and helpers from the enduro club who organised a great days riding and special thanks to the landowners who allowed this event to take place.
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Report by Jim Wright
Pic is of overall winner Vince Harker
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NEEC Rounds 4 and 5 - Kielder 2 Day Enduro Update
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Dave Scott of The Northern Cross Country Club is happy to announce that planning for the new 2 day Kielder Enduro is going well.
Saturday 27th July will be NEEC round 4 and Sunday 28th July will be NEEC round 5.
Most riders are expected to ride both days but NXC realise that for some people it may not be possible to ride on the Saturday so it will be possible to just ride round 5 on the Sunday.
Dirtbike-traxs and NXC have been working hard over the last few months in Kielder forest complex and the course has progressed very well.
Sunday`s course is 28 mile long and Saturdays route is slightly shorter.
Most of the going has never been ridden before with wide grassy breaks and flowing trails through the mature pines linked by sweeping fire roads.
NXC / DBT have secured the use of a green field start area where riders can make a week end of it by camping over from the Friday night , although Saturday’s event is not expected to start until midday giving riders a chance to travel up on the Saturday morning .
Entries will be limited to 200
Regs for this event will appear in due course on the calendar page.
Riding for Leukeamia Research
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Air Ambulance Appeal
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2008 NREC Hare and Hound Challenge Series update
Round 2 is the popular venue of Thorpe this will run on 1st June.
The final round will take place on the 17th August at Camphill.
Regs are available for all these events. Go to the Calendar page and press download regs
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Ryedale Rally 2008 Update, regs available
The course will once again be a long course using several North Yorkshire Forests.
BUT this year there will be a 2 STROKE ENDURO CLASS.
This will have its own award and run behind the big rally bikes, the trail bikes and sports bikes.
There will be a limit of 30 bikes in this class.
Which class will your bike be in when you enter the Ryedale Rally?
Go to The Yorkshire Enduro Club page to download listings for Trail and Sports bikes.
REGS ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD FROM THE CALENDAR PAGE
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NEEC 2008 DATES
Graythwaite Enduro, NEEC Round 1, 27th April 2008
Langdale Enduro, NEEC Round 2, 11th May 2008
Thorpe, NREC H+H Round 2, 1st June 2008
Ryedale Rally, 5th and 6th July 2008
Stang Enduro, NEEC Round 3, 13th July 2008
Kielder 2 Day Enduro, NEEC Rounds 4 and 5, 26th and 27th July 2008
Camphill, NREC H+H Round 3, 17th August 2008
Kielder Big Bike Rally, 23rd and 24th August 2008
Langdale Enduro, NEEC Round 6, 14th September 2008
Yorkshire Enduro, NEEC Round 7, 21st September 2008
White Horse Enduro, NEEC Round 8, 5th October 2008
NEEC Round 7, THE YORKSHIRE ENDURO.
The course was thoroughly soaked but dried out a little on Saturday.
Sunday dawned cloudy but dry, athough rain was forecast. First riders were away at 10am.
Check times were brisk with most riders only having a couple minutes to wait at the checks.
The third check was the refuelling check with all classes having a 15 to 20 minute breather before leaving for the next check.
The course was very varied and seem to suit all classes with short stretches of fireroad to give the sportsmen and clubmen a rest before the next offroad section.
The Championship and Experts tackled 4 laps of the 29 mile course, the Clubmen 3 laps and Sportsmen 2 laps.
All riders having an untimed sighting pass through the test on lap 1.
After being accussed of "riding like a tatey" by Mark Anderson, Jim Wright pulled out all the stops to take the Championship Class by 23 seconds over David Myers.
In the Expert Class Langdale victor Daniel Field was pipped by Adam Smith with only a 9 second gap after 3 timed special tests.
Meanwhile in the Clubman Class David Wilson was setting blistering test times that would have beaten most of the Championship riders!!
James Clift took second place in the Clubman Class riding a 250 KTM he was also setting incredible times his 2 tests only 1 second slower than Daniel Field`s first 2 test times in the Expert class!
Honda`s took first and second in the over 40`s class Ian Cartwright taking the win by just 1 second after 2 timed special tests over Dave King.
The sportsmen had a good ride out with only 4 DNF`s in the class, Russel Taylor taking the win from Dale Wilson.
Bryan Rowley suffered the only injury reported, finishing 8th in the over 40`s class, he then went to casualty once he had got home to find he had broken his wrist.
Fellow fireman Andrew "jiggsy" Giggle also suffered misfortune seizing his Gas Gas.
The final round of the NEEC 2007, the general consensus from the riders was that "The Yorkshire" was a cracker, possibly the best round of the series.
Check out the forum for comments on this event.
FOR RESULTS GO TO CALENDAR PAGE, YORKSHIRE ENDURO.
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CLICK HERE TO SEE SPECIAL TEST VIDEO Video by JOHN KERWIN
Report by BOB WILSON