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AMCA / CLASSIC DIRT BIKE BRITISH CLASSIC MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP 2022

: Date: 10 January 2022

Over the past couple of weeks, the new Championship committee have been working hard to organise the details for the 2022 championship.

Championship 2022 Dates

Round1 – 24th April - Bath Classic – Yatton Keynell

Round2 – 15th May – Mid-Wales – Abbeycwmhir

Round3 – 12th June – Acorns – Butterton

Round4 – 16th/17th July – Mortimer – Theale

Round5 – 25th September – Llanthony – Court Farm

As a committee we have an aim to enhance the championship to encourage more and more classic riders into or back into our great sport. We have been busy thrashing out lots of ideas and using feedback we have received so far from the survey, we have made a few enhancements to the 2022 championship.

Registration – this year we will be running a registration process for all classic riders that wish to compete in the 2022 championship. This will be an online form via a link which we will post on the Facebook page and on the AMCA Classic website pages (paper forms will also be available at the Classic Dirt Bike show at Telford). Feedback from the survey was that riders were happy to pay a registration fee which we have set for 2022 at £20. We will use the monies collected to plough back into the championship and events.

Categories for 2022 will be as 2021; Pre60, Pre65, Pre68 and Pre74. We will for 2022 being having awards for the best 250cc riders in each category. At each event in 2022 there will be 2 championship races for each category, and we will be looking to run the Pre60 and Pre65 classes together and the Pre68 and Pre74 classes together, meaning at each championship event there will 4 championship races! Feedback from the survey told us that riders were looking for good length races, so all championship races in 2022 will be 15 minutes + 1 lap.

We have been working with our sponsors to introduce from 2022 class bibs. These bibs will be given to each registered championship rider and will be a different colour for each category to match the AMCA category number plate colours.

Prizes and awards at each championship event came out as a must for many from the survey, so for 2022 we will be having a podium for the top 3 from each championship category at the end of the day at each event, with a “Red Plate” award given to each category championship leader!

At the final round of the series at Llanthony we will also be running a “Champions of Champions” race. The top 6 riders at the end of the championship from each category will race in 1 race all together to fight to be crowned British Classic Motocross “Champion of Champion” 2022!

We are looking at the end of the year to have a awards presentation evening, more news to come on this later in the year.

So, as you see for 2022, we have made so great changes and improvements which we hope people will find enhances the championship, of course we will not be stopping there, the committee is working on many more enhancements from 2023 and we still would love your feedback to help us with this, so if you have not yet filled in the survey please do so. We have been discussing as a committee the potential to run a “Blueprint” “Test” event this year which will showcase what the 2023 championship events may look like, more details of this soon.

As we start to think about getting those bikes out from under their winter blankets, we are all excited for the 2022 AMCA / Classic Dirt Bike British Classic Motocross Championship.

Classic Scrambles - Rider Survey

: Date: 17 December 2021

The Classic Scrambles clubs have produced a rider survey

2021 AMCA/CDB BRITISH CLASSIC MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP - STANDINGS

: Date: 08 October 2021

2021 AMCA/CDB BRITISH CLASSIC MOTOCROSS

CHAMPIONSHIP

2021 AMCA/CDB BRITISH CLASSIC MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP

: Date: 04 August 2021

2021 AMCA/CDB BRITISH CLASSIC MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP

When we last published the leading positions in the 2021 series some mistakes occurred in the points totals of one or two (not all) individual riders. Andy Withers has put me back on the straight and narrow so here are the corrected totals after 4 rounds:

Pre-60:

(1) Joe Chell 120 points

(2) Peter Hollinshead 110

(3) Simon Chell 105

(4) Micky Allen 101

(5) Ian Lovelock 56

Pre-65

(1) Lewis Bell 108

(2) Ricky Pedder 107

(3) Keith Plumtree 77

(4) Geoff Taylor 73

(5) Gene Womack 62

(6) James Thompson 40

Pre-68

(1) Keith Best 112

(2) Chris Collins 104

(3) Nick Archer 95

(4) Mitchell Harris 82

(5) Neil Hiscock 47

(6) Martin Kemp 39

Pre-74

(1) Kristian Marshall 130

(2) Chris Chell 97

(3) Kris Winder 84

(4) Wayne Partington 80

(5) Keith Rice 62

(6) Jos Goddard 49

(7) Nathan Jones 44

(8) Sam Oliver 43

(9) Greg Speed 42

Two rounds remain:

On Sunday, 29th August at Clun, Shropshire (on A488 between Knighton and Bishops Castle) the Moseley club host the 5th round Some felt the lap was too short when it was last used in 2019. I understand this has been remedied.

Then on Sunday, 26th September the final round takes place at Llanthony, near Abergavenny courtesy of the Llanthony club. Earlier problems with this venue have been sorted.

For more details have a look at the AMCA website. For championship information e-mail me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or ring 07971-365177.

David Gittins

Westmorland 26/27 June

: Date: 12 May 2021

Entry for the CCM Wulfsport Kendal Classic Revival 26th/27th June 2021 go live around 6pm Friday 7th May, follow the link. Many thanks to Malcolm Herbert for organising the entry system.

2021 AMCA/CLASSIC DIRT BIKE BRITISH CLASSIC MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP

: Date: 23 March 2021

It looks like all systems go for the 2021 series. After a blank 2020 there are signs that many riders are just raring to go.

Scrambling & Trials Yearbooks

: Date: 07 May 2020

A choice of 1964-65 issue, 1971 issue or the latest in the series - 1972.

Each of these superb books contain a complete record of events, results, photographs, programmes and memorabilia from each of the years currently available.

They will make an ideal unusual and inexpensive gift. All books in the series are £20 each plus any optional Benevolent Donation you wish to make.

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2021 AMCA "Classic Dirt Bike" BRITISH CLASSIC MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP

: Date: 05 December 2019

2021 AMCA/CDB BRITISH CLASSIC MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

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