Note from the publisher: The News section will be updated shortly. We’re waiting on both Barry Seppy and Joe McClarry to start reporting and suppling photos on what’s going on in the world of ECEA Off-Road events. If anything?
May
8 2005 Top
3 overall were Fred Hoess in 1st, Ryan
Rodgers in 2nd and Ryan Mcgaha in 3rd.
The location for this years Oxbo Hare Scrambles was just outside
of Tower City, PA. Conditions for the event was Sunny and temperatures
around the mid 60’s. Rider turnout for the event was around
415 riders including youth and peewees. The course was dry and ran
in an old coal mining area with a 50/50 split of open and woods
areas. Riders commented on how they liked the terrain which was
a combination of dirt and rocks. Dust was a problem in the open
areas were the sun had a chance to bake the ground , but in the
woods it was a different story. Course was fast and fun and from
comment at the finish it sounded as though everyone enjoyed the
event. This was the first Hare Scrambles ECEA year do to event cancellations
early on. May
1 2005 (We’re
waiting on Lord Seppy's race report as well as event results ) April
24 2005 Top
3 overall were Richard
Lafferty
in 1st with a 10 point score, Fred
Hoess
in second with 13 points and Wally
Palmer
in 3rd with 15 points. First place Team was South Jersey
Enduro Riders, FastKidz. MCI Stump Jumper Enduro keeps
getting better and better every year and this year was no exception.
The morning ran the area around Coyle field that Meteor MC developed years ago , This area was known as a tight demanding section and hasn't changed much sense we abandened it years ago. This
year was no exception and the riders really worked hard to staying on
time. The Afternoon Loop took you out to Bass River State Forest,
around the Munion Field area and ran mostly Fire Cuts. Weather was
near perfect and all in all the riders enjoyed the event. April
10 2005 Top
3 overall were Michael Lafferty in 1st with a 28
point score, Richard Lafferty in second with 40
points and Fred Hoess in 3rd with 42 points. First
place Team was South Jersey Enduro Riders, FastKidz.
The Tri County Sportsmen went all out this year with the 40th annual
Greenbrier enduro. They had the KTM big rig brought in all the way from Ohio and it was there all weekend. Lots
of prises and gifts were passed out and it was a real festive all weekend. They even
dragged John Penton in (The father of American Enduros). The weather
for the event was real nice. The course was traditional Greenbrier
and the riders liked it. All riders received a T-shirt at the finish
and the club gave out Hyper mountain bikes to a lot of the class
overall finishers. Most riders commented that this might of been
the best New Jersey run that they had ever run. Great job TriCounty
Sportsmen.
Here’s an interesting picture taken recently at the 2005 Greenbrier National Enduro This picture was recently taken at the 2005 Greenbrier National Enduro by our clubs very own Barry Seppy. Pictured from left to right are just some of the past overall winners of the Sandy Lane Enduro. (See Wagonwheel Trophy) Ex-National Enduro Champion Michael Lafferty winner of 1991 and 1992 SLE, Ex-National Enduro Champion John Penton winner of 1960, 1962 and 1964 SLE, Richard Lafferty winner of 1996 and 1998 SLE, Charles Stapleford winner of 1977 SLE, Donnie Tomlin winner of 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1992 SLE and Jack Lafferty Jr. winner of 1982, 1983, 1993, 1995 and 1999 SLE. The only thing missing from this phot was the other 40 something other overall Sandy Lane Enduro winners...Hey by the way, why wasn't Freddy Hoess and Aaron Kopp invited to be in the picture? They both had three wins each at SLE. April
3 2005 The Ridge Riders Hare Scrambles did not run due to land problems and the State of New Jersey’s DEP, saying that they had problems with where and where not the course could go. Funny how they can dictate to what can and can't be done on private property. After the person from DEP reviewed the property there wasn’t enough area to layout a quality course. Something about stay away from that plant or that tree and you might disturb that dirt or turn over a that rock. Apparently in a year or two it’s really not going to matter much, because the land that the event was going to use is going to be leveled and turned into an office complex with paved parking lots with storm water runoff. Try to figure that one out? March
20 2005 Top
3 overall were Michael Bradway in 1st with an 11
point score, Richard Lafferty in 2nd with 12 points
and Fred Hoess 3rd with 13 points. First place
Team was TriCounty Sportsmen’s Team Hammer.
This years event was a 85 mile enduro, laid out by retiring trail boss Dale
Freitas with the assistance of Mike Barr. The event again was an
all start Control format with checkouts at the end of all the sections.
A steady rain had been falling for more than 8 hours as the first
riders were preparing to leave the starting line. The first section
was easily zeroed by all the fast riders, with A and B riders dropping
between 1 and 2 points. After a brief road ride the riders
were checked into another section, but because of a mistake with
mileage the section had to be thrown out. The third and forth section
were again both start controls and most of the fast riders dropped
6 to 8 points in these sections. The riders then went to the midway
gas stop for a 30 minute layover. The rain continued to fall and
some of the riders requested a short way back to the start. The section
right after the gas was another start control with checkout, Fast
riders dropped between 1 and 3 points at the checkout.
From there it was all fire cuts and roads to the finish with two more start controls
and a checkout and known control. At the finish most all the riders commented that the last half was a blast and that they
really enjoyed the event. Scoring and protest was done by 4:00 pm
and the club pulled off another successful event. March
6 2005 Top
3 over all were Chris Smith in 1st with a 19 point
score, Fred Hoess in 2nd with 20 points and Dale
Sweigart 3rd with 22 points. First place Team was TriCounty
Sportsmen’s Team Hammer. The riders commented that
this event was an old style enduro, Where time keeping is always important.
Some were concerned about the weather because of the amount of snow
that fell over the winter, but those fears were put to rest. Yes,
there was some water, but most of it was passable. The afternoon
was fast fire cuts and the speed averages kept the riders busy.
All and all it was an excellent event and all the riders were heard
commenting that they would be back next year.
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