Walsingham
Event Report
Uglow & Kingsley in battle of Walsingham
Having missed the opening round of the championship, reigning champions Roland Uglow and Laura Wilks won the Walsingham sporting trial in Hampshire at Head Down following a close battle with Simon Kingsley.
After the first round of eight new hills in a new area in the vast site Uglow tied for the lead with Richard Sharp who continues to improve, however after a further round Kingsley had climbed upto tie with Sharp, three points behind Uglow. Two disasterous hills for Sharp just after lunch dropped him out of the reckoning to fifth place in the end, but top intermediate class. This left Uglow and Kingsley to battle for the trial over the remaining two rounds, but BTRDA championship chairman Kingsley, who was competing in the trial for the first time, could only close a further point and had to settle for second behind Uglow.
Red Hamilton drivers George Watson and Peter Fensom tied on points, each with their wife's passengering, but Watson completed the podium some eleven points behind the aforementioned Uglow and Kingsley. With Sharp in fifth, former Walsingham trial winner Stuart Beare returned in his car to finish in sixth and second in the intermediate class. Andy Wilks finished in seventh, just ahead of Jerome Fack who had won the opening round three weeks ago. However Fack had to borrow his identical brother John's identical MSR after his refused to start the day before. Fellow Cornishman Alan Murton ended his reliability issues to finish in ninth ahead of novice class winner Alan Baker, who was also top live axle.
Phil Haines won the well suppported clubmans section in his Facksimile, on a score that would have put him in the top five of the national runners.
750MC
BTRDA, MSA, ASWMC Championships
31starters
Roland Uglow, Crossle, 15points
Simon Kingsley, Crossle, 17points
George Watson, Hamilton, 28points
Peter Fensom, Hamilton, 28points
Richard Sharp, Cartright, 30points
Stuart Beare, Sherpa Indy, 36points
Andy Wilks, RCAP, 39points
Jerome Fack, MSR, 41points
Alan Murton, BAM, 41points
Alan Baker, Apex 4, 42points
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