BRITISH UNDER 18 SEMI FINAL 1
 
Scott McLeish was the comfortable winner of this meeting and he was joined on the rostrum by Craig Leonard, runner-up in this competition last year, and Darcy Broad in making progress to the final as expected.  Michael Plant scored 11 and a trio of riders, Michael France, Cameron Monk & Ralph Whelan, picked up 10 points as the top 7 looks well ahead of the rest of the field in this meeting.  15 year old France was highly impressive and looks to have the making of a champion in the next couple of seasons, if not this year even, and he will be the youngest rider in the final.  The final place was taken by Ben Case who surprised a few in the crowd with a solid performance that saw him stay ahead of rider who had been perhaps more highly fancied such as Cormack, Bettes and Trott.  Betts was perhaps a touch unlucky to suffer an engine failure in his second ride when up against Whelan and Case who took the final 2 places in the next round, but at just 16 he will have another chance next season.
 
  1. Scott McLeish............. 3  2  3  3  3  14
  2. Craig Leonard............. 3  3  0  3  3  12
  3. Darcy Broad............... 3  3  1  2  3  12
  4. Michael Plant............. 2  3  3  1  2  11
  5. Michael France............ 3  R  2  3  2  10
  6. Cameron Monk.............. 1  3  2  1  3  10
  7. Ralph Whelan.............. 2  2  3  2  1  10
  8. Ben Case.................. 1  1  2  3  1   8
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  9. Robbie Cormack............ 1  2  3  0  1   7
 10. Ryan Betts................ 0  R  2  2  2   6
 11. Jordan Trott.............. 2  0  1  1  2   6
 12. Jake Osgood............... 0  N2 1  2  1   4
 13. Simon Leadbitter.......... 2  1  0  R  0   3
 14. Chris Ford................ 1  1  1  0  0   3
 15. Richard Dempsey........... 2  -  -  -  -   2
 16. John Bowen................ 0  1  0  1  0   2
 17. Mitchell Spink............ 0  0  0  0  0   0
 18. Rocky Reason.............. Did not ride
 
 No. Results
  1: Craig Leonard, Michael Plant, Ben Case, John Bowen 
  2: Michael France, Jordan Trott, Cameron Monk, Ryan Betts 
  3: Scott McLeish, Ralph Whelan, Robbie Cormack, Jake Osgood 
  4: Darcy Broad, Simon Leadbitter, Chris Ford, Mitchell Spink 
  5: Michael Plant, Scott McLeish, Chris Ford, Jordan Trott 
  6: Darcy Broad, Ralph Whelan, Ben Case, Ryan Betts (R) 
  7: Craig Leonard, Richard Dempsey, Simon Leadbitter, Michael France (R) 
  8: Cameron Monk, Robbie Cormack, John Bowen, Mitchell Spink 
  9: Michael Plant, Ryan Betts, Jake Osgood, Mitchell Spink 
 10: Robbie Cormack, Ben Case, Jordan Trott, Simon Leadbitter 
 11: Scott McLeish, Cameron Monk, Darcy Broad, Craig Leonard 
 12: Ralph Whelan, Michael France, Chris Ford, John Bowen 
 13: Michael France, Darcy Broad, Michael Plant, Robbie Cormack 
 14: Ben Case, Jake Osgood, Cameron Monk, Chris Ford 
 15: Craig Leonard, Ralph Whelan, Jordan Trott, Mitchell Spink 
 16: Scott McLeish, Ryan Betts, John Bowen, Simon Leadbitter (R) 
 17: Cameron Monk, Michael Plant, Ralph Whelan, Simon Leadbitter 
 18: Scott McLeish, Michael France, Ben Case, Mitchell Spink 
 19: Craig Leonard, Ryan Betts, Robbie Cormack, Chris Ford 
 20: Darcy Broad, Jordan Trott, Jake Osgood, John Bowen 
 
 21: Craig Leonard, Darcy Broad 

 

 

 

 

BRITISH UNDER 18 SEMI FINAL 2
 
No real surprises in the leading finishers in this meeting as the 4 pre-meeting favourites, according to the bookies, filled the top spots.  Defending champion Ray France rode to an immaculate maximum to finish a point ahead of Lewie Carr with Shane Dwyer and Tommy Davey, 3rd in last year's competition, behind them.  Lee McAuliffe was a bit of a surprise package in scoring 10 to progress with some comfort, the same score as Marcus Jay.  16 year old Noah Nicholson scored 8 to reach the final and the last spot went to Richie Sampson who overcame a fall to score in each of his other races before beating Mikey Frost in a run-off.  No hugely fancied rider failed to progress although Frost and Broadbank were possibly expected to do better by many in their last season riding at this level.
 
  1. Ray France................ 3  3  3  3  3  15
  2. Lewie Carr................ 3  3  3  3  2  14
  3. Shane Dwyer............... 1  3  2  3  3  12
  4. Tommy Davey............... 2  2  3  1  3  11
  5. Lee McAuliffe............. 2  3  2  1  2  10
  6. Marcus Jay................ 3  2  1  2  2  10
  7. Noah Nicholson............ 3  1  1  3  0   8
  8. Richie Sampson............ 2  F  2  2  1   7
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  9. Mikey Frost............... 1  1  3  1  1   7
 10. Brian Broadbank........... 0  1  0  2  3   6
 11. Boyd Beaton............... 1  2  1  2  0   6
 12. Alex Golden............... 1  2  0  0  1   4
 13. Tim Luckhurst............. 0  0  1  N2 2   3
 14. John Honey................ 0  F  2  0  0   2
 15. Andrew Knapkin............ 2  0  0  0  Fx  2
 16. Davy Walsh................ 0  1  0  0  1   2
 17. Ethan Ashby............... 1  -  -  -  -   1
 18. Frankie Young............. Did not ride
 
 No. Results
  1: Noah Nicholson, Andrew Knapkin, Alex Golden, John Honey 
  2: Ray France, Lee McAuliffe, Shane Dwyer, Davy Walsh 
  3: Lewie Carr, Tommy Davey, Boyd Beaton, Tim Luckhurst 
  4: Marcus Jay, Richie Sampson, Mikey Frost, Brian Broadbank 
  5: Ray France, Marcus Jay, Noah Nicholson, Tim Luckhurst 
  6: Shane Dwyer, Tommy Davey, Mikey Frost, Andrew Knapkin 
  7: Lewie Carr, Alex Golden, Davy Walsh, Richie Sampson (F) 
  8: Lee McAuliffe, Boyd Beaton, Brian Broadbank, John Honey (F) 
  9: Lewie Carr, Shane Dwyer, Noah Nicholson, Brian Broadbank 
 10: Ray France, Richie Sampson, Boyd Beaton, Andrew Knapkin 
 11: Mikey Frost, Lee McAuliffe, Tim Luckhurst, Alex Golden 
 12: Tommy Davey, John Honey, Marcus Jay, Davy Walsh 
 13: Noah Nicholson, Boyd Beaton, Mikey Frost, Davy Walsh 
 14: Lewie Carr, Marcus Jay, Lee McAuliffe, Andrew Knapkin 
 15: Ray France, Brian Broadbank, Tommy Davey, Alex Golden 
 16: Shane Dwyer, Richie Sampson, Ethan Ashby, John Honey 
 17: Tommy Davey, Lee McAuliffe, Richie Sampson, Noah Nicholson 
 18: Brian Broadbank, Tim Luckhurst, Davy Walsh, Andrew Knapkin (Fx) 
 19: Shane Dwyer, Marcus Jay, Alex Golden, Boyd Beaton 
 20: Ray France, Lewie Carr, Mikey Frost, John Honey 
 
 21: Richie Sampson, Mikey Frost