Sherco riders Jed Etchells and Nieve Holmes took wins in their respective Elite and Elite Women classes at the Brechfa Enduro today – round seven of the ACU EnduroGB Championship.
Championship leader Etchells narrowly beat EnduroGP star Steve Holcombe at the Welsh event by 1.68s, while Alex Walton was third in the Elite race.
Holmes traded times with series rival Rosie Rowett (Rieju) throughout the day, but emerged 20.89s ahead at the final time control to take maximum championship points.
A titanic battle in the Expert class between Henry Life (KTM) and Frasier Lampkin (Beta) was eventually resolved in the favour of Life. After 47 minutes of riding, he took victory by only 0.93s!
Josh Lister dominated the Clubman class on his Husqvarna machine, with Ailbe O’Connell (Rieju) second and Orry Millward (KTM) third.
Chrissie Harcourt made an impressive return to the series in the Clubman Women class. The Triumph rider saw off the challenge of Ceri-Wyn Jones who was second.
In the other classes, Michael Williams (Husqvarna) took Expert Vet over 35 honours, Tim Saunders (Triumph) won Clubman over 40, while Jason Rees (Husqvarna) came out on top in the Clubman Over 50 battle.
