Paul Timms chases Len Sanders at Malpas,Cheshire,UK..Photo Ron Hinsley

After weeks of warm dry weather it was light rain that greeted the riders at Malpas in Cheshire,as the FGA Championship visited for Round Five of the 2006 series.

The precipitation falling on top of a dry hard field made traction difficult to find in the early races as the Honda 125 engines struggled for grip.Thankfully the rain passed over and the race action hotted up as the track dried out.

The Golden Helmets were raced for before the main meeting and Tom Perry retained the Junior award, whilst Sam Flowers became the new holder of the Senior prize.

It was good to see the Auto Cadets back on the race card and Sam Conway, of host Club Whitchurch MCC, had everyone talking with his bursts of speed and excellent control.

Conway took victory from Devlin Mann (Son of senior rider Craig Mann) who was making his race debut.To see both riders walking back to the pits, side by side, and talking about their race was great to see.
The Cub Class was won by Rocco Casale who is looking like one to watch for the future.

In the Juniors it was rising star Tom Perry who was victorious,dropping just two points on the day to Claire Frays who took second overall.Third was taken by the fast improving Richard Guest,who is riding really well for a first year novice.Chris Timms took fourth and the hard charging Gary Leadbitter was fifth.

In the Senior Class the other riders were given a masterclass on how to ride in the wet or dry by Dave Meredith who romped to a six race maximum.In second place was Steve Carvill from Coventry who scored many of his points with great overtakes through the field.Defending FGA Champion Len Sanders rode well for third and Sam Flowers kept himself in contention for a tilt at the overall title with steady fourth place.Adrian Guest and Paul Timms shared fifth place on the day with both clocking up a fair few overtakes when required to do so.

It was good to see the track return of Dave Carvill and Glyn Edwards.
Carvill who was returning from a broken wrist scored steadily,but Edward was beset with mechanical problems.

The next round of the Championship takes place at Chetton, near Bridgnorth on Saturday August 12th.
 
Auto Cadets
1st Sam Conway 42pts, 2nd Devlin Mann 30pts

Cub
1st Rocco Casale 42pts 

Juniors
1st Tom Perry 40pts, 2nd Clair Frays 36pts, 3rd Richard Guest 31pts, 4th Chris Timms 25pts, 5th Gary Leadbitter 24ps, 6th James Williams 23pts, 7th equal Sam Carvill & Steve Frays 21pts, 9th  Michael Guest 19pts

Seniors
1st Dave Meredith 42pts , 2nd  Steve Carvill 35pts, 3rd Len Sanders 31pts, 4th Sam Flowers 25pts Joint 5th Adrian Guest & Paul Timms 24pts , 7th Dave Carvill 21pts, 8th Andy Binns 20pts, 9th Ross Wharton 14pts, 10th Craig Mann 9pts, 11th Austin Reed 8pts, 12th Glyn Edwards 6pts

Golden Helmet Junior
Tom Perry beat Rocco Casale and Michael Guest

Golden Helmet Senior
Sam Flowers beat Paul Timms and Craig Mann