# Essex BikeTrial Championships - Round 6 of 7

*Shamley Green Farm, Surrey, UK*

**Report by [Dave Dennis](mailto:davetrials@hotmail.com) from Norfolk, UK:**

(Edited by Paul Thomson)

The penultimate round of the E.B.T.C championship was held near
Guildford, Surrey, an area which had recently made the news for heavy
flooding. However to the pleasant surprise of the riders, the sections
were dry, the sun was out and it all made for an exciting trial. The
sections were all in the woods with the occasional rocky patch in some
sections adding variety. Scattered through one or two of the sections
were man made obstacles; mainly old car tyres lodged into the ground
but with a 4ft high concrete pipe for one elite section, which caused
a big crash for at least one of the riders. It was typical terrain of
Britain's original Biketrial club.

The Elite category saw the unexpected entry of national number 4, Matt
Tongue riding for Pashley, fighting for top spot with Stevie Thompson
(5th in Britain) who was riding a 20" Megamo after leaving Team
M.A.D. Saracen. Both flew through the sections with Stevie beating
Matt by one dab despite his two fives; a very close result. Junior
rider Kris Leeson came in third, behind Matt Tongue by just two
dabs. The other four elite riders were over ten dabs behind Kris.

In the expert category world number 3 in the cadet class, Ben Savage
(20" Megamo) had a good ride, beating Tom Griffiths (Monty) by four
dabs, and Simon Harvey (Pashley) by six dabs.

11 year old Richard Coe, who came 2nd overall in the national minime
class, dropped 8 dabs to beat Robin Howard by most cleans in the
intermediate class and 26" Pashley rider James Bouchard on 11.

**Results:**

Elite (7 riders entered)

Pos Rider Bike Overall Dabs

1st Stevie Thompson NSE Megamo (20") 18
2nd Matt Tongue Pashley 19
3rd Kris Leeson Leeson 660 21
4th Barry Huskinson NSE Megamo (26") 36
5th Dave Holmes NSE Megamo (26") 39
6th Jon Taylor Pashley 44
7th George Gori Orange Zero 65

Expert (16 riders entred)

1st Ben Savage NSE Megamo (20") 15
2nd Tom Griffiths Monty (20") 19
3rd Simon Harvey Pashley 21
4th Michael Graves Giant 23
5th Ben Coath Orange Zero 31
6th Lee Sadler Monty (20") 46
7th Elliot Firth Sunn 48
8th David Lowe Mission 63
9th Jon Rowles Black Mountain 67
10th Darren Hill MTB 67
11th Lee Majewski Monty (?") 69
12th James Steele Saracen 71
13th Adam Hall Mission 71
14th Chris Towes M.A.D Saracen 73
15th John Pitman Pashley 87
ret Adam Barrett Saracen Retired

Intermediate (40 riders entred)

1st Richard Coe SMC Monty (20") 8
2nd Robin Howard Monty (20") 8
3rd James Bouchard Pashley 11
4th James Davis Megamo 15
5th Alex Kerr Club Roost 17

Novice (8 riders entred)

1st Daniel Wills Megamo (20")
2nd Tom Savage NSE Megamo (20")
3rd Lewis Coulson Megamo (20")

Out of Class 26" (14 riders entred)

1st Scott Robbens Scott USA 3
2nd Stuart Buckmaster Ultimate Hardware 11
3rd Ryan Foster DDG Shooter 11

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