Winning team photo

The Isle of Man centre achieved their best ever inter-centre team motorcycling award with a gold medal winning performance easily beating the 
much fancied Wessex centre into third place behind a Yorkshire team that featured adopted Manxman Gary Holmes in place of honeymooning 
Robin Luscombe. 
The torrential rain on the previous day made the going very difficult with big rocks & climbs, this seemed to suit the early pace setters Yorkshire 
finishing the first lap 10 in front of the Manx representatives on a superb 74, with Wessex centre trailing in fourth place 13 marks behind the 
Midlands/East Midlands centre of Robin & Gill Morewood who were 11 marks behind the Isle of Man at this stage. The best individual crew by 
some distance at this point on 13 were the Morewoods demonstrating why they are the current British championship leaders, with Yorkshires 
British expert regulars Kevin Morley/Ben Dickson second on 21 & Manxmen Jamie Teare/James Caine  - the leading British newcomers - third best 
on 24. Gary Flowers then rallied the Manx troops before starting the second lap in an effort to turn the tables on Holmes & co stating that 
second place was probably safe.... but not good enough!!!
The team’s response was fantastic with father & son Adi & Aaron Smith returning a second card of 13 to equal the benchmark set by the 
Morewoods & in turn secure best individual crew on lap 2. Tying for second on lap 2 with 14 apiece were Gary Flowers/Ant Smith & Steve/Harvey 
Radford with the Morewoods a further 3 adrift. 
The success of the Manx team effort showed as the final totting up revealed the 3 best scorers had bettered Yorkshire by some 57 marks for the
lap & to take the win by 47 - the Yorkshire team picked up a further 7 on time. The hotly tipped Wessex were a disappointing 3rd at the close 1 
mark further back & in turn 12 ahead of Midland/East Midland in 4th.
Such was the Manx teams dominance that the much experienced Mark Bimson & Ffinlo Crellin, who suffered somewhat with the physically 
demanding terrain, returned a score that meant any aggregate of three Manx riders would still have won the event easily. 
A gold medal gives Fin a complete set with the elder statesman already picking up a silver & bronze in the past.
Thanks go to the Manx ACU & to Chemical Services for financial support of the winning team.

Congratulations go to the Isle of Man team, along with Bro-Cader for an excellent event.

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