Richardson’s on top of the world after Andorra win (From Darlington and Stockton Times)

Richardson’s on top of the world after Andorra win

11:03am Friday 3rd July 2009

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SKEEBY teenager Jonathan Richardson ruled the Youth Cup standings with a third place result that gained him his world championship title.

Jonathan’s first full year in the world series has been sensational.

On current form, his results have outclassed all the MRS Sherco team riders. He can only get better as he gathers more world trials experience.

THE Richmond club stage their annual Applegarth Trial on Saturday at Richmond where computer expert Malcolm Tennant rode his Sherco machine to victory in the Clubman class.

Dave Allison won the battle of the over-40s, but retired road racer Mick Jackson was the star turn with his pristine Majesty machine and equally concourse condition Morris Minor 1000 pickup truck.

Cousins Chloe and Hannah Richardson kept the boys on their toes by winning Class B and C youth classes.

Ten sections and three laps sufficed to find winners in all eight classes. the clerk of course, Paul Terry, laid out the course which was blanketed in thick mist as the event started, then it lifted only to return as the riders completed the course.

BROTTON’S finest, Karl Dodderidge, is beginning to show signs of returning to something like his best form, snatching the premier award at Guisborough DMC’s trial at Wayworth Farm Commondale on Sunday by just two marks from Roger Williams. With the ground drying out after the heavy drizzle on Saturday night, Dodderidge piloted the AM Scorpa around the four lap ten section course for a loss of just 18 marks.

YEADON-GUISELEY ran their fifth club championship trial at Brimham Rocks as a shakedown for the penultimate round of the ACU British Trials Championship which is scheduled to take place on August 2 at the Nidderdale venue. A total of 54 riders tested their skills on a Mel Harrison- devised trials course.

BRADFORD moved from Airedale to Wharfedale and the disused Yarnbury lead mines, high above Grassington, for their renewal of trials.

Healaugh builder John Sunter won the trial from expert Phil Disney with Glusburn self-employed builder Nathan Wriggleworth in third place.

The clubman route on the three-lap, 14-section course was won by Silsden’s Philip Armstrong.

THE fickle English weather hit the Wetherby club’s trial on Saturday afternoon high above Pateley Bridge. One minute, 56 riders, officials and friends were taking in the spectacular view of Nidderdale, but 15 minutes later and visibility was down to feet.

So dense, in fact, that those observers were having difficulty seeing, rather than scoring, the competitors.

Harrogate teenager Joel Sadler was the most adept fog navigator on the David Weatherald-designed course.

Harrogate’s David Mawer and Otley inter grade rider Danny Cockshott shared the podium.

GUISBOROUGH DMC held the fourth round of their summer series on Saturday night at the popular venue of Wayworth Farm, Commondale.

Scorching hot weather before the trial, broke with a heavy drizzle making sections slightly harder than expected for the 90-strong entry. Adam Milner, from Malton – with ‘Uncle’ Roy Jarvis teaching him all he knows – made his trip worthwhile as he claimed the premier award from Yarm’s Tom Affleck. Both riders were in superb form as they battled it out over the three-lap, ten-section rock strewn moor-side.

CONSETT and District Motor Club had 61 entries at their Knitsley Mill in County Durham venue on Wednesday evening.

Louis Grey, on one, repeated his win in the last meeting here, but this time was joined by Lee Shankie, also on one, who had travelled all the way from Scotland for the trial.

The pair could not be separated after dropping their single dabs on the relatively easy stream section number five on the same lap.

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