BRITISH YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL REPORT
THE 2024 British Youth Championship concluded over last weekend with the final two rounds taking place at Edinburgh and Glasgow.
It was another successful season for the Youth Championship and all credit goes to not only all 47 riders that took part across the season and the four classes, but also the dedication of all their families.
There were standalone rounds at Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Leicester with Belle Vue, Plymouth, Redcar and Workington hosting rounds alongside their league fixtures.
The 250cc class were involved in all eight rounds, and the 500cc competed in seven rounds with both the 125cc and 125cc Support classes competing in six rounds.
The points system for the Championship is similar to the scoring system in the Speedway GP where the winner gets 18 points, 2nd 16, 3rd 14, 4th 12, then 11, 10, 9 etc etc.
However, to allow riders to drop a round, maybe if they are unavailable because of a family holiday or a school exam for example, each rider’s final scores are based on one dropped round, so for those riders who competed in all their rounds they would drop their lowest score from the series total points.
The series again was very exciting and although the British Champions were all confirmed with a round to go, the battles for the rostrum places went right down to the final heats in each of the four classes.
Many Congratulations to the three British Champions with William Cairns and Cooper Rushen winning their respective classes, 500cc and 250cc respectively, for the first time, whilst Oliver Bovingdon retained the 125cc title that he previously won in 2023.
British Youth 500cc Championship:
1 William Cairns 108
2 Jamie Etherington 87
3 William Hocaniuk 86
4 Stene Pijper 82
5 Ryan Ingram 63
6 Laylen Richardson 47
7 Lee Harrison 44
8= Liam Cox 41
8= Joe Crewe 41
10 Hayden Watts 37
11 Jack Crewe 34
12 Harrison Rogers 33.5
13 Cooper Rushen 16
14 Billy Budd 15.5
15 Harry Fletcher 14
16 Charlie Prior 6
British Youth 250cc Championship:
1 Cooper Rushen 120
2 Seth Norman 110
3 Archie Rolph 98
4 Ollie Binns 96
5 Casper Kluczniak 76
6 Liam Morris 62.5
7 Jayden Bailey 60
8 Charlie Southwick 53
9 Harry Fletcher 35
10 Oliver Bovingdon 19.5
11= Emerson Betty 16
11= Jamie Etherington 16
13 Jack Franklin 15
14 Caydin Martin 12
British Youth 125cc Championship:
1 Oliver Bovingdon 90
2 Lewis Hague 80
3 Rocco Webb 72
4 Charlie Luckman 65.5
5 Kayden Mundy 56.5
6 Archie Whitelam 49
7 Rueben Marsh 35.5
8 Casper Kluczniak 11
9 Kane Newby 10
British 125cc Support Class:
1 Charlie Fletcher 84
2 Tia May Brant 82
3 Adam Sidyk 66
4 Jessica Cox 57
5 Jack Scully-Syer 48
6 Chole Davis 40
7 Rhys Harrow 39
8 Callum Hague 36
Finally the Young Lions would like to thank all the riders and their families for taking part in the 2024 Series, and to the Promotions of Belle Vue, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leicester, Plymouth, Redcar and Workington for allowing the Young Lions to have a round, to the Members of the BSP Ltd and to the British Youth Championship Series Sponsors for all their continued support in the 2024 Season:
Nuneaton Speedway Supporters Club, Wessex Marine, Rentruck of Rochdale, AGF Plant Ltd, Brian Royle Racing, Abrams Insurance Services, Northern Scaffolding Solutions, Friends of Speedway, RMCS Racing, In Memory of Speedway Nut, and also the administration support of KanDysoft Solutions and The Creative Doc Productions.
