Racing, events & uplifts

Round 5 - Hopton 2018
GENERAL INFORMATION

For the final round of the season we head back to another classic venue that is well versed with downhill racing. Hopton has it all, with its natural well draining ground plenty of grip can be found what ever the conditions. 

We welcome all age groups of riders from 13 upwards. Our courses are designed to both be challenging for elite riders as well as allowing novice riders to get down safely with a smile on their faces.

You can also use any form of downhill, enduro or trail bike of your choice to compete on.

The Pearce Cycles Downhill Series is a British Cycling Regional A Ranking Series.  It sits one level below the HSBC UK National Downhill Series so is a good introduction to racing.  You don't need a British Cycling licence to race our series, but we'd recommend you look at the benefits of British Cycling membership.

Directions

From A49 at Craven Arms. Turn onto B4368 signposted Clun. In approx. 2 miles turn left onto B4367 signposted Knighton. Drive through Clungunford to Hopton Heath. Turn right, over railway bridge and then immediately left towards Hopton Castle. Follow narrow road to Hopton Castle. PLEASE DRIVE WITH CAUTION HERE. Turn left by the castle and follow MTB Race signs along Bedstone Lane to parking field on your right side.

When exiting, all traffic will need to turn right out of the venue towards Bedstone. Please follow the signs. No traffic should leave through Hopton Castle village.

Nearest postcode: SY7 0QF
We recommend not solely relying on your Sat Nav!

ENTRY
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classifications date/time entry fees
Elite Open 19+ 11:00 29 Sep 2018 £ 70.00
Elite Female 19+ 11:00 29 Sep 2018 £ 70.00
Expert Open 19+ 11.00 29 Sep 2018 £ 70.00
Senior Open 19-29 11.00 29 Sep 2018 £ 70.00
Senior Female 19+ 11:00 29 Sep 2018 £ 70.00
Junior Open 17-18 11.00 29 Sep 2018 £ 70.00
Junior Female 13-18 11.00 29 Sep 2018 £ 70.00
Master Open 30-39 11.00 29 Sep 2018 £ 70.00
Veteran Open 40-49 11.00 29 Sep 2018 £ 70.00
Grand Veteran Open 50+ 11.00 29 Sep 2018 £ 70.00
Youth Open 15-16 11.00 29 Sep 2018 £ 65.00
Juvenile Open 13-14 11.00 29 Sep 2018 £ 65.00
CURRENT ENTRANTS
Elite Open 19+
Name Club sponsor
Marc Beaumont Evil Bikes
Gareth Brewin The Trailhead
Kieran Davies Schwalbe/Mudhugger
James Flinders Leisure Lakes Bikes
Jason Gaiger Freeborn/Devinci
Myles James Dirt Fund Project/ Vitus Bikes
Reece Langhorn 2:1 Racing
Shaun Richards Continental Saracen
Matt Rushton Hope Factory Racing
Robert Smith -
Daniel Tay Don Skene Cycles / Kingud / WDMBA
Douglas Vieira Moore Large O'Neal Race Team
Roger Vieira Moore Large O'Neal Race Team
Matt Walker Madison Saracen Factory Team
William Weston -
Elite Female 19+
Name Club sponsor
Sarah Crellin 2:1 Racing/Specialized UK/Burgtec/Rockguards
Lucy Drees Creation Cycles
Becci Skelton -
Abbie Sloan Pearce Cycles, Steele Industries Ltd, Forked Up MTB, MissionMX
Jess Stone Scott Sports UK | Mudhugger
Expert Open 19+
Name Club sponsor
Steven Baldock Unplugged Racing / 2 Wheels Only
Chad Boxall -
Callum Brookes Moore Large O'Neal Race Team
Thomas Davies -
Alex Florian Burgtec
Nathan Foster Spokes Bike Shop
Jonathan Foster-Smith Decade/Burgtec
Ashlee Gough NS Bikes / Hotlines Europe / WTB / InvisiFRAME / SBXtreme
Kyle Hall RAW SPORTS
Charles Hough The Bike Cellar
Owen Martin Moore Large O'Neal Race Team
Glenroy Martin Grips
Billy Matthews Joes Bikes/Burgtec/Fasthouse/D2 Distribution/Stux Gloves
carl newbigging -
Chris Sinden -
David Smith Team Trailhead
Adam Smith Hope Technology/Fasthouse/Muc-Off
Ed Smith -
Oliver Watson Stanton/ Setup
Danny Wenmoth -
Senior Open 19-29
Name Club sponsor
Joel Allport Royal Racing Roots
Isaac Anderson -
Joel Anderson Specialized UK/Loose Riders/Melon Optics
Kieran Baldwin 2:1 Racing/Specialized UK
Geraint Breeze -
Joe Bremner-Foord Roots and Chutes MTB/ JL Cycleworks
Conor Buxton -
Christopher Cockrill Firecrest Mountain Biking
Vini Crighton-Poli The Trailhead
Csaba Csenge Edds Bikes, Oneal, Daytona Coachworx
Will Davis -
David Dean Royal Roots Racing
Josh Dowley -
Toby Down Carder Technology, 661 Protection
Elliot Downes -
Ryan Dunn -
Jasper Edwards -
Tom Evans MIJ Downhill/Royal Racing/Kingud/7idp
Harry Farnhill -
Warren Field 2:1 Racing/Specialized UK
Jordan Fletcher Aunt Bessies Giant
Henry Flower -
Alex Green -
Jack Harvey Red Bull
Eric Harvey-Fishenden Pearce Cycles
Finn Hawes -
Max Jamieson -
tommy jeffs -
Damon Jones Descent21,decade Europe,sbxtreme,afton,royal,7idp,rockguardz
Laurie Kent Harper Adams University
David Kynaston -
George Lunt -
Alex Magee RAF DH Team
Tommy May -
Matthew McGovern -
Josh Mears Army DH Team
Thomas Mills Army DH Team
Josh Morris -
Zak Mumford -
Joshua North Royal Racing Roots / FDHR
Nat Nott -
William Organ -
Thomas Owen -
Jack Reynolds -
Pete Robinson Firecrest Mountain Biking
Matthew schofield -
Doltan Shannon -
Bradley Shields Dirtworks / pivot uk
Morgan Simmons -
Nigel Stanley -
Ian Stark -
Teige Stewart -
Jake Tanner -
Lewis Webber RAAW Mountain Bikes
Darren Williams -
Alex Worrall -
Jordan Wright -
Senior Female 19+
Name Club sponsor
Emily Beckett Flow MTB
Emma Bradley AQR Holidays & Coaching
Corinna Brisbourne -
Ellie Dewdney Moore Large O'Neal Race Team
Jo Frost -
Sarah Gamsjaeger -
Nicole Harris -
Caroline Heathcote Racers Guild Squadron
Brittany Littlewood -
Lucy Morgan MIJDOWNHILL/Kingud/G10PT/GlantaweLandscapes/7Protection
Pasca Nicholson -
Helen Roddis -
Rene Stent -
Katie Sweeting RAFCA
Jo Tucker -
Junior Open 17-18
Name Club sponsor
Drew Alker MTB Monster Race Team
Harry Attwood Ridgehill Race Syndicate / Indibike / Armavelo / Redkite cycles
Rhys Barter Wheelies Bike Shop/Cwmdown
Joe Bower Pearce Cycles Race Team
Jamie Cable Atherton/RMFS
Jordan Colclough Recoil Suspension
James Cudbertson
Joseph Derrick -
Jake Gaskell Team Skene
Alexander Gray Rider down but not out
Oakley Haines -
Tom Hildred -
Riley Jenner Moore Large O'Neal Race Team
Luke Knight J e James cycles
Sam Lawson -
Michael Maiden Muc-Off | CrankBrothers | Sixth Element
Owen Mapleson Gravity Racing
Josh Mead Josh Mead MTB Coaching
Hamish Melvin Pearce Cycles
Jack Mills -
Remy Mills -
Jim Monro -
Jack Morris Pearce Cycles Race Team
George North -
Sidney Pengilly SDR - BIKES DIRECT UK - SOUTH COAST SUSPENSION
Ben Phillips -
Ethan Pickett Team Skene
Paul Rollason -
Cameron Ross SDR - SOUTHCOAST SUSPENSION
alexander scott -
William Thompson Whitchurch MOT
Morgan Tyrrell Intense racing uk
Drew Whatley MIJ RACING
William White BB racing
Dec Willicombe Brink UK/Plush Suspension/Smith Optics
Junior Female 13-18
Name Club sponsor
Ellie Jones Whyte Bikes
Katie Purvis Creation Cycles
Emily Walker Rockguardz
Master Open 30-39
Name Club sponsor
Simon Aplin -
Iain Baird -
Joseph Boswell -
Ivor Bowen -
Toby Box -
Nathan Cavalier -
Jordan Cavalier -
Mathew Clark -
Neil Clarke -
Peter Couldridge -
Pete Crookes -
Matthew Davies Rockguardz
Will Davies -
Sean Day -
Ben Deakin Focus Bikes/Muc-Off/DMR
Olie Dillon -
Chris Edmunds Ace Bicycles
Rob Escott Hotlines Europe
Chris Field -
Seb Frost Rootsandrain.com/Intense
Richard Goodyear Tree Magnet Racing
Az Grant ARMY, HELYX, ABF, ONEAL, ISON
Steve Gudgeon -
Stephen Hardcastle -
James Heal ARMY
Peter Heyward -
Kevin Hill Nitro Shox
Rob Hill Pearce Cycles Race Team
Steven Holroyd -
Ben Horne SDR - Southcoast Suspension
Robert Hughes -
James Hughes Santa Cruz Bicycles/Antur Stiniog/1868 Racing
Andrew Hughes -
Rikki Hynam -
Mark Jewell -
Gareth Johnson Traction Fabrication Ltd
Stuart Jones Impact Racing
Craig King -
Steven King -
Gareth Lake 2:1Racing/Specialized UK/Burgtec/RockGuardz
Daniel Leigh -
Marcus Loyley -
Nick Lumb -
Luke Marshall MBUK
Nick Masters Inside Line DH / Trailhead / Bottlecraft Stoke
Tristan Mayor -
Robert McClurg ARMY - HELIX - ABF
Oliver Medcalf S4P. Proform Tyre Tool
Clive Middleton -
Jonathan Newnham Dream Doors Southend
Matthew Parker -
Adam Pearson Crow MTB
David Pearson-Smith -
Nick Platt D&D Cycles
Jason Preen MIJ Downhill / Decade Europe /Sprung Suspension / Visor Leaf / Fusion MX / Muc - Off / Five Ten / Continental Tyres / Colebrook Transporters
Will Priestner -
Allan Pugh -
Matthew Redman Royal Air force CA
Ben Robinson -
Toby Savage -
Ste Simms BRINK
Lee Snowball -
Neil Swain -
Craig Taylor Freeborn/SBxtreme
Justin Towle -
Robert Wanless MIJ down hill
Sam Waters -
James Weames Ride Southern Spain
Ryan West -
Neil White #makingupthenumbers
Aled Williams Setchfield Cycles
Andrew Wilson -
Michael Wilson -
Pete Wogan MIJ/Decade Europe/Continental Tyres/Fiveten/Sprung Suspension/Colebrook Transporter/visor leaf/muc-off/crank brothers/fusionmx graphics/rock guardz
John Wootton -
Richard Yockney Army-Helix-ABF
Veteran Open 40-49
Name Club sponsor
Adam Baverstock Squid Squad
Pete Crump Pearce Cycles/Hope/Renthal/Hutchinson/SBXextreme/Rockguardz/Granite
David Fairservice -
Phil Gray Rider down but not out
Philip Hall -
Lee Hammett -
Jason Hicken -
Ross Holding -
Stu Hughes Can’t Quit Cartel/Kev Factory Racing
Barry Husband 67 Race Team
David Johnston -
James Kennell -
Eamonn Lawless Never Ready Racing
David List Makingupthenumbersracing
Shane Maciak -
Andrew Macmillan RAF Cycling
Stewart Manning -
Andrew Old -
Lee Pettitt Racers Guild Squadron
Sandy Plenty The Trailhead/Santa Cruz
Gareth Quinn -
Steven Smith -
Guy Theron Whisper/BikeTart
Michael Whyte Racers Guild Squadron
Grand Veteran Open 50+
Name Club sponsor
Ian Bray MIJ Racing, Royal Racing, 7idp, RSR Bikeworks Tag, Zerobikes, Kingud
Mark Buckingham Army Cycling Union
Irvin Creighton Steve Peat Syndicate
Malcolm Dunn Caersws dh/uplifts
Nicholas Eyre Barracuda Bob Racing
Trevor Harvey -
Joe Killner Michelin/Troy Lee Designs/Squirt Lube/ ODI Grips
Paul Le Maitre -
Steven Lewis -
Peter Little Pedalabikeaway /Sprung
Matthew Patrickson -
Dave Scurfield -
Jono Simpson Pearce Cycles Race Team
Shaun Tandy Racers Guild Squadron
Youth Open 15-16
Name Club sponsor
Ewan Armer -
Oscar Barker -
Ben Barnett -
Harry Barrett J-TECH Suspension
Luke Benger Pearson YM Racing
Joshua Bennett The Trailhead
Alvaro Boswell-Hidalgo -
Lewis Brown Trailmaps/Michelin Tyres
Ryan Cambridge -
Tomas Carter -
Jeremy Coe -
Daniel Cope teamwideopenmag
Henry Crease Kustom Bikes
Travis Diwell-Wilson DC Cycles
Tomas Elsmore Impact Racing (UCI MTB Team)
Matthew Foster Spokes Bike Shop
Sam Hall -
Callum Hard -
Matthew Hicken -
Charlie Holt -
Travis Hopkins -
Connor Husband 67 race team
Robby Johnston -
Grady Jones Pave your way racing
Alfie Lloyd -
Dennis Luffman Transition,Muc-Off Factory Team
Sion Margrave Moore Large Oneal Race Team
Boyd Martin Bad Ass Bikes
James McCarthy -
Lucas Mead SDR - SOUTHCOAST SUSPENSION
Charlie Mosley -
Harry Patrickson Steve Peat Syndicate / Maxxis Tyres
Lewis Perks Team Creation Cycles
Oliver Raja-Brown Firecrest Team
Elis Roberts Antur Stiniog/Beics Brenin
Conor Roberts Sorted Racegear TLD
Liam Ross -
Thomas Shakespeare -
Dan Slack Gravity School by Sr Suntour
Connor Smith Wideopenmag
Louie Smith Y M Racing
Calum Tolley Pearce Cycles Race Team
Sam Tyrrell -
Jack Williams Pearce Cycles Race Team
Luke Williamson 555 Gravity Racing
Juvenile Open 13-14
Name Club sponsor
Alonso Barbour Firecrest MTB
Zak Bonney -
Sam Brady -
Joshua Brazier Team Trailhead
Jake Cartlidge Schwalbe Tyres, Uncrafted UK, Works Components, Silverfish, Mudhugger, sprindex.
Joshua Davies -
Toby Driscoll -
Rudi Eichhorn Canyon Collective FMD
Jacey Harris Moore Large ONeal Race Team
Jordi Hart -
Ben Hicken Rockguardz
Tyler Hughes Can't Quit Cartel/Kev Factory Racing
Josh Jukes Pearce Cycles
Josh Lancett-Edwards DHaRCOClothing/Schwalbe Tyres
Fin Luter -
Luke Madley BRINK.UK
James Mcdouall Hot Pursuit Cycles
Harvey Mosley -
Finn New Rockguardz
Dominic Platt D&D Cycles
Charlie Savery -
Will Savery -
Jackson Smith -
Sion Smith JRTF Racing
Jack Strutt -
Archie Townsend -
Brandon Turner Blazing Bikes
Fin Wanless MIJ
Sam Westgate -
Jordan Williams Madison Saracen Factory Team
Joe Willoughby Sorted Racegear TLD
Thomas Youe Pedalabikeaway / Sprung Suspension
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