bolton by bowland
Biff sails to Bowland winNational putoline hare scramble championship round 9Bolton by bowland Returning to the normally fast and flowing bowland venue for the second and last time this year for round 9 of the national putoline hare scramble championship, the dirtbike-traxs crew had there work cut out to stage the event with weeks of preceding rain the ground was very wet underfoot, rerouting the wettest parts of the course to firmer ground, the event would again test the riders determination not what the dirtbike-traxs crew had in mind for a bank holiday august summer event. The weather had provided us with some rest from the daily heavy rain that the area has endured over the past weeks with a sunny Saturday, the action kicked off at 1300 hours with the youth and ladies event, with a well supported youth classes and a small but growing ladies class the race got underway at 1 pm sharp as time keeper and starter Martyn Field set the event in motion. In the senior B class Davey Todd was in a class of his own mastering the slippery conditions to complete 9 laps to win from Luke Flack 8 laps, with Luke Gorse a further lap down completing 7Harrison Bell from Barnoldswick was by far the best junior rider making the long trip to Bowland worthwhileJade Gordon seems to shine in the slop with another fine performance in the ladies class resulting in her second win in 2 weeks Gina Bewlay was second and Anita Gordon third well done to all the ladies a youth riders who persevered in tough conditions Sunday dawned after the now obligatory heavy rain which only eased just before the start this was going to make the off cambers and hills treacherous for the full entry , the dritbike-traxs team had installed bridges across the river for the adult race giving access to a loop around the scar .The council imposed an early start on the event so the start time was 9.30 am. as the expert line set of around the bowland course Adam Smith took the famous RAS sport hole shot award , Andy Cripps Kawasaki took an early lead and started to build a comfortable lead it was in the early stages that he set the fastest lap of the day at 9 mins28 sec , meanwhile the Biffster Sandiford Husqvarna was fighting his way through the chasing pack of experts he hit second place on the 4 lap , he then set about reeling the stylish Andy Cripps catching and passing Cripps at the 70 minute mark while Cripps refuelled , Harry Hillas was doing well holding a comfortable third place Cripps then started to pressure the Biffster as they reeled off 4 laps before Biff broke free two win by a small margin from Andy Cripps with Harry Hillas in third Clubman E1 was won by dbt/ntb Husqvarna mounted Josh Bendell from Chris Ball, Dom Garnham struggled around for his best finish of the year to take the final podium position in clubman E1David Wilson once again dominated the clubman open with a comfortable win from Marcus firth, John lofthouse continued in his winning ways after take the win at Burnley 2 week ago he was top 040 again, George Knowles won the senior A class from Josh Luckup in second and Jordan Johns third. Mick Thompson was best open sportsman while Tom Healey was best E1 sports man . it was clear at the awards presentation after the event that even in such arduous condition most of the riders enjoyed themselves , for the first time riders it not always like this so don’t be put off the sun shines sometimes !! the dirtbike-traxs team would like to thank all the riders and marshals who supported the event in tough conditions this is not how we envisage summer hare scramble events, hopefully September will provide us in the north with some well deserved sun shine in time for Gisburn on the 21 September. View Event