4 June 2009

Shillingstone Forest Hare & Hounds (aka Bluebell Enduro) 28th June


The beautiful forest in the heart of Dorset provides enduro riders with a taste of the good life. Meandering paths, fast fire-roads, winding nadgery trails, and huge hills. It's all there and with a good 8 mile loop there's enough of it to go round. Carl Tiley justified the trip down and took the overall win ahead of local hotshot Mark Cornick. Tyson Maytom-Jones took the Expert win and with it the 'Lee Wheatley Memorial Trophy'. The racing in the Vets class was nail biting stuff with Craig Beattie and Martin Brown arriving at the scanning point for the final time together - they were awarded joint first with local lad Glen Axon within spitting distance. Andy Claxton fought his way through following a poor start to take the Clubman E2 class while Jet Ski wizz kid and newcomer to the sport Jake Forward dominated the E1 class. The Ladies class was won by Dakar hopeful Tamsin Jones, but it took her till the last lap to get by Clare Taylor. Full report to follow....