Anglesey Review
Posted on 5th October 2024 at 18:53
Round 7: The final Race of the Year CRMC Anglesey - Our annual trip to Anglesey’s ‘Trac Mon’ is a long one for many, but always worth the effort – the fabulous scenery and super circuit makes for some great racing, and we certainly had this in abundance. Although one year we did use the International circuit, the ‘Coastal’ is most riders preferred option, as this uses the ‘Corkscrew’, which is pretty unique with it’s tricky downhill left and right and the short run into the final corner of the lap.
CRMC Anglesey: 28-29 September 2024 - Race Report by Jono Yardley
Danny Imberg at the "corkscrew"
The tricky corkscrew nearly always claims at least one rider over a weekend, but fortunately not this time, although there were several near misses, notably Danny Imberg, who somehow managed to catch a big high-sider.
Danny actually had an excellent weekend with multiple wins on both his CBR 600 and YZF 750, remarkable considering he had never raced the circuit before. Although he took class wins on the YZF, the actual race winner was Ant Hart, who looked as strong as ever on the Ducati 916.
Hefyn Owen on his Armstrong 350
Neil Watson (181) is pipped at the post for the win, chasing Joop Van de Pol (41) and Mark Cronshaw (8)
Another rider who had an excellent weekend was Hefyn Owen, who used his local knowledge to great effect on both the Armstrong 350 and YZF 750 to put in some outstanding rides. One rider who, despite riding brilliantly all year, is yet to win a Classic 350 race outright is Neil Watson. On Saturday’s first race, it looked as if that was going to change and managed to lead Mark Cronshaw and Joop Van de Pol for most of the race, only for him to lose a contact lens. Holding onto the lead with only one eye proved impossible. Next year I’m sure he will get those wins he deserves so much. He has won the classic 350 Twins Championship though, which hopefully is more than enough recompense.
Kevin Van de Worp (18) on his big Guzzi ahead of Chris Saltinstall (55) on his Guzzi
Paul Allender back on the powerful Yamaha TZ750 (73) ahead of Hefyn Owen (100) and Chris Saltinstall (55)
Also catching our commentator's eye...
We have enjoyed watching the antics of the two big Moto Guzzi’s of Chris Saltinstall and Kevin Van de Worp all year. And this meeting was no exception. In their first race Kevin took the win from a re-vitalised Paul Allender – prior to this year, his superb TZ 750 had been retired and he seriously considered packing in, but this was his third outing on it this year and is obviously thoroughly enjoying his racing. But come the second race, Kevin was given a 5 second penalty for jumping the start, which although he was first on the road, put him back in 5th place. It looked unlikely that he would be able to gain sufficient lead to be able to take a second win, but with a brilliant performance, somehow he managed to do this. These two fine rides made the ‘Commentators Choice / Rider of the Day award’ fairly easy to decide. Well done Kev.
Three Yamaha TZ350s
battling for supremacy!
John Bolsover swooping down to the corkscrew (142) ahead of Rob Mawbey (37) and Phil Godber (50)
Another battle we have witnessed all year has been the scraps between the TZ 350’s of John Bolsover, Rob Mawbey and Phil Godber. All great riders with many years of racing experience between them. Always impossible to call and great to watch. Rob has won the rider over 55 years championship, and John has won the Post Classic 350 GP Championship.
It’s not often that a rider wins three championship in one year, but that’s exactly what Adam Sheriff has done. He’d already won the production class at Oulton Park, so parked his FZ 600 for this weekend, and concentrated on the Superstock 750 (VFR 750) and Supersport 600 (CBR 600). Things didn’t go so well for Adam, a couple of DNF’s looked like everything might go pear shaped, but fortunately for him an early off for Mark Roxborough meant that Adam had done enough to keep the Championship wins.
Adam Sheriff (911) leads the pack down through the corkscrew
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Next up is the CRMC AGM , Trophy Presentation and Dinner Dance on Saturday 7th December 2024
The last Race of 2024: Round 7: Anglesey 28-29 September 2024
Of course all the Championships have been decided now and with this clearly in mind, we very much look forward to the clubs annual Dinner & Dance on the 7th December. It’s always a great night and we look forward to celebrating everyone’s achievements together. It’ll be another great night.
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