ALFORD'S ON TOP
Attracting a wide range of riders from around the country and with the biggest class entry, Scorpa mounted Chris Alford, who took his first adult ACU British Championship win at Hookswood. The early leaders had been the eventual third-place finisher Joel Edwards and fifth place Ben Hemingway. On the second lap, the eventual second-place finisher Tom Affleck moved up the leader board with a superb lap of seven marks lost to put him in the frame for the win. The third and final lap would be decisive, and it was Alford who came back from a poor second lap to secure the welcome victory with a lap of seven marks lost.
ACU BRITISH TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP EXPERT CLASS, ROUND 1
RESULTS: 1: Chris Alford (BVM Scorpa) 28; 2: Thomas Affleck (Sherco) 30;
3: Joel Edwards (Non-stop Scorpa) 31; 4: Joseph Collins (John Lee MCs Beta) 32; 5: Dan Hemingway (Beta-UK) 34; 6: Tyler Rendall (BVM Vertigo UK) 35;
7: Lloyd Price (John Shirt MCs GASGAS) 39; 8: Oliva Kendra (Acklam’s Beta) 40; 9: Tom Culliford (BVM Vertigo) 42; 10: Brad Bullock (Beta-UK) 43;
11: Thomas Swindlehurst (Sherco) 45; 12: Emma Bristow (Sherco) 45;
13: Tom Middleton (Inch Perfect Vertigo) 47; 14: George Gosden (Beta-UK) 48; 15: Ben Sprigg (Beta-UK) 49.