2019 Hendley Park Cup

On April 7^th, Lightweight Motorcycle Club at Hendley Park in Whitby, presented the much anticipated Hendley Park Cup 2019.

This annual event honours the late Don Hendley, whose generosity made it possible for motocross events to take place on the very site where Lightweight operates today and the Hendley Park Cup has over the years become one of the well-known Open motocross events in Western Australia.

This year, the buzz in relation to the event was stronger than ever before, as Lightweight Motorcycle Club spent the last couple of months redesigning its motocross track under the lead of Willie Thomson of Dirt High Promotions. With its exciting design, riders were keen to test it out for size, in particular since this was one of the first opportunities to do so for non-members and members alike. Based on the comments overheard on the day, it looks like the new track is set to be a roaring success.

The day saw a huge range of riders, from nippers in their first year of competition, all the way through to the pros, battling it out on the track. With both junior and senior classes on offer and around 100 riders attending, the cup certainly delivered some bar-banging action, spectacular riding and a few upsets, with excitement levels reaching fever pitch at the end of the day, with the Senior and Junior Hendley Park Cup feature races. The Junior Hendley Park Cup race was a new feature this year, and will no doubt return again next year, as it was very popular with the riders.

The Senior Hendley Park Cup race was taken out by Mat Fabry, with Dean Porter hot on his heels in second place and Ashley Whisler in third. The Junior Hendley Park Cup race equally thrilling was won by Jake Turner, with Brock Flynn in second and Jay White in third place.

Presentations at the end of the day capped off an action-packed day, with trophies and prize money going to the seniors, and vouchers being raffled out amongst the junior riders.

Hendley Park Cup 2019 results

50cc Auto

1. Mason Brown
2. Deegan Fort
3. Sol Pellicano

65cc 7-U12

1. Kayden Minear
2. Seth Shackleton
3. Mason Brown

85cc 9-U12

1. Kayden Minear
2. Seth Shackleton
3. Charlie Weightman

85cc 12-U16

1. Brodie Taylor
2. Max Devery
3. Tadhg Venn

100-125cc 2st 13-U16

1. Brock Flynn
2. Jay White
3. Riley Phillips

128 2st/250cc 4st 13-U16

1. Jake Turner
2. Mitchell Killeen
3. Ross Harron

MX2 Clubman

1. Paul Williamson
2. Richard Crosbie
3. Damien O’Brien

MX2 Intermediate

1. Maverick Scott
2. Harry Phillips
3. Michael Young

MX2 Pro

1. Mat Fabry
2. Dean Porter
3. Jamie Higgs

MX1Clubman

1. Leighton Madden
2. Benjamin Treloar
3. Chad Mckay

MX1 Intermediate

1. Peter Freight
2. Kirk Shier

MX1 Pro

1. Mat Fabry
2. Dean Porter
3. Mario Dercole

Women’s

1. Hannah Bagnall
2. Megan Bagnall
3. Storme Green

Veterans

1. Trevor Unstead
2. Peter Freight
3. Paul Bagnall

Hendley Park Cup Senior

1. Mat Fabry
2. Dean Porter
3. Ashley Whisler

Hendley Park Cup Junior

1. Jake Turner
2. Brock Flynn
3. Jay White

Photo Credit- Richard Polden from Examiner Newspaper