The Bob Sharp Trophy

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Courtesy of Mick Holder:

 

Meeting report

The Bob Sharp Trophy held by the NSWSSR club at Nepean speedway,castlereagh,saturday 3rd may 2008,

 

Held on a well prepared track and clear blue skies the meeting was a cracker,coffs harbour rider Hugh Skidmore rode a blinder in the final to take out the title for 2008.The diminutive young rider didn't make the start in the final but rode a very smart and calculated race to pounce on the 3rd lap to take a very deserving win,this would be hughie's first big win of his career

.Top pointscorer after the heats was richard sweetman 14pts,who dropped his only point to comeback kid kurt sheilds, joining him in the final was mildura's justin sedgman 12pts,then hughie skidmore also on 12 pts and the surprise packet in kurt sheilds 11pts.

As the tapes rose in the final it was justin sedgman who jumped out of the start to lead a tight first corner from hughie,kurt and sweetman all very close in pursuit, positions stayed that way until the second lap when sweetman started to find the lines to squeeze past hughie and then start to line up justin who was doing a good job up front not knowing what was happening behind him,into the 3rd lap and sweetman made a big outside move on the pit corner only to find skidmore sneaking past to then challenge sedgman,going 3 wide down the back straight into the 3rd bend breaths were held as the 4 riders jostled for the lead,outstanding stuff!,as the riders crossed the line for the last lap skidmore drew alonside sedgman with sweetman on the outside,sheilds tucked in to take advantage of any mistake from the front 3,skidmore held his composure for the last lap as sweety tried everything to make a pass,unfortunalely he ran out of room and had to run off the track to avoid coming down,hughie punched the air as he took out the A final from justin sedgman and kurt shields. Arguably the best final held at the venue in years!!

score chart;

 

1; R Wallace 0,2,1,3,2, = 8

2; R sweetman 3,3,3,3,2 = 14 4TH

3; R sedgman 1,3,EF,3,3,=10

4 J sedgman 2,3,1,3,3 = 12 2ND

5 A perks 3,3,0,1,1 = 11

6 T heffernan 2,1,2,EX,2 = 7

7 K sheilds 1,2,3,2,3 = 11 3RD

8 T platt 0,2,3,0,EX = 5

9 L Kinsella 0,0,1,1,0 = 2

10 H skidmore 3,2,2,2,3 = 12 WINNER

11 S masters 2,1,3,2,2 = 10

12 J anderson 1,1,2,1,dns.= 5

13 D north 2,1,0,1,1 = 5

14 J gurney 0,0,2,0,0 = 2

15 M penfold 3,0,1,2,1 = 7

16 M dyer 1,0,0,0,1 = 2

 

Junior 350 class

6 riders displayed control beyond their years in this class,times just a fraction slower than the senior boys. No less than 4 current Australian champions in alex davies,daniel begley,mason campton and 350 champ todd kurtz joining them were taylor poole and bryce johnson.

Poole and Davies dominating the heats of the 6 rider format with Kurtz and begley,campton and johnson riding well.

score chart;

1 B johnson 2,1,0,dns,= 3

2 M campton 3,3,2,1 = 9 3RD

3 D begley 1,2,1,2 = 6

4 T kurtz 1,1,2,2 = 6

5 T poole 3,2,3,3 =11 2ND

6 A davies 2,3,3,3 =11 WINNER

 

Junior 125.

8 junior's rode on a difficult track with the final contested by M campton,J holder,T king and D cartwright,unluckiest rider on the day came in this class with poor ben russell taken to hospital with a suspected lower leg injury,the result of a simple slide down in the first corner and tangling with an oncoming rider,special mention also to sharnelle sipple who helped the fallen rider and to show she knows her stuff by signalling to the first aid in the correct manner and attending to the rider.

score chart;

1 J holder 2,3,2,3 = 10 2ND

2 T king 3,dnf,1,2 = 6 3RD

3 M watson 1,1,1,1 = 4

4 S sipple 0,2,0,1 = 3

5 D cartwright dnf,1,2,3 = 5 WINNER

6 B russell 2,dns,F,dns 2

7 A davies 1,2,3,dns = 6

8 M campton 3,3,3,3 = 12 4TH (ef while leading final)

 

Evolution Class

Good numbers from the old boys in this class,some good racingand some spills also.

Jack stevens and dave stevens saved the best till last with them both turning back the years to crash out of the final in the first corner ,unfortunately dave had to be taken to hospital to be checked for a shoulder injury,he was in good spirits as he was loaded into the ambo after the meeting,great to see an old face in the form of ex middlesborough bear rider dave edwards, who was grinning from ear to ear and having a ball ,he told the crowd it had been 12 years since the last time he rode,well done dave.

score chart;

1 N brett 2,0,0,=2

2 D bennett ef,f,f = 0

3 D edwards 3,3,3 = 9 2ND

4 D clifton 1,2,3 = 6

5 L white 1,2,1 = 4 WINNER

6 J stevens 2,3,3 = 8 F/ex

7 D stevens 3,3,2 = 8 F/ex

8 B hojberg 0,1,2 = 5

9 A burns 2,2,1 = 5

10 D elliot ef,1,0 = 1

11 D burns 3,1,2 = 6

12 M carscadden 1,0,1 = 2

 

Thanks to all the volunteer's and officials and helpers that made the day a great day, Sharpie would be proud .Sharpie was instrumental in the careers of many leading riders by running meetings at Appin s/way in the late 80's and early 90's riders including boyce,wiltshire,colquhoun,primmer to name a few

 

next meeting scheduled for 3 June (tbc) check website for details www,centralcoastspeedway.com.au

 

"keep ya wheels in line till next time"

 

 

 

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Cheers for the updates Brynmore, you will enjoy watching the Sedgey's when they come over.