 | | Double UK SX champion Tom Church. |
It was home rule for the Red Rose on Saturday as the Buildbase CCM duo of Tom Church and Stephen Sword dominated the final round of the British SX Championship at the Liverpool Echo Arena, TC ending the night with two titles - SX1 and the British Open.
The CCM duo advanced to both finals with victory in their heats, Swordy taking the holeshot to win with ease, whilst TC clinched the series title despite an error one lap from the end which pushed him back down to third in the race after he had earlier advanced from mid-pack to second.
The culmination of the evening was the SX1 Pro Main and the Buildbase pairting ran 1-2 from the drop of the gate, TC recovering from an early fall to reel in Swordy for the race win and title.
Buildbase CCM Racing's sporting director Dave Thorpe commented: "The team came here to build on winter training in preparation for the British Maxxis opening round. Taking the win and the titles will increase the riders' confidence. As you can see from tonight's performance both riders have prepared well and the whole team is looking forward to Little Silver on March 6."
Jack Brunell took the SX2 Main and title by the narrowest of margins from Ashley Greedy as the pair of them showed the benefit of racing SX all winter in Germany.
LIVERPOOL SX
BRITISH OPEN
1 Stephen Sword (Buildbase CCM)
2 Adam Chatfield (LPE Kawasaki)
3 Tom Church (Buildbase CCM)
4 Alex Snow (KTM)
5 Jack Brunell (Rabbit Kawasaki)
6 Ashley Greedy (LPE Kawasaki)
SX1
1 Tom Church (Buildbase CCM)
2 Stephen Sword (Buildbase CCM)
3 Gordon Crockard (Tas Relentless Suzuki)
4 Jack Brunell (Rabbit Kawasaki)
5 Alex Snow (Lanes Kawasaki)
6 Ashley Greedy (LPE Kawasaki)
SX2
1 Jack Brunell (Rabbit Kawasaki)
2 Ashley Greedy (LPE Kawasaki)
3 Adam Chatfield (LPE Kawasaki)
4 Matthew Bayliss (Wooldridge Honda)
Author: Alex Hodgkinson
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