The second round of the Worlds Apart-sponsored South West Enduro championship hosted by Pendennis Motor Club was staged at a very muddy and wet Trellowarren venue on the outskirts of Helston on Sunday 19^th February.

With the entry at a maximum 200 competitors and classes starting at one minute intervals, it was the championship class who were away first to tackle a tough and demanding course.

It was reigning champion Jason Fraser who appeared at lap scoring first, with Gareth Andrew, Chris Dustow and Steve Dustow nose-to-tail behind him. The first hour belonged to Fraser, leaving the Dustow brothers to battle it out for the remaining podium places after Andrew went missing.

In the second hour of the event things started to change. Chris Dustow briefly took the lead, then with pit stops coming into play, Fraser regained the lead only to lose it to Steve Dustow on his stop. With two laps to go, Steve pitted, leaving Jason and Chris through, and that was that, with Jason a minute-ten ahead of Chris and Steve a further minute behind.

Being one of last year's top clubmen, Steven Jewell has certainly taken the expert class by storm, proving that his first round result was no fluke. He led from the start and finished nine minutes up on Somerset visitor Charlie Richards who, in turn, was two and a half minutes up on Jamie Paget.

The clubman was a much closer story, with Chris Doidge just pipping Richie Platt by less than a minute and Tim Cotton, after being in close attendance early on, dropping off the pace to finish three minutes adrift. But they were all passed on the last lap by Gary McCoy, who not only claimed the "Clubman" open, but also best "Clubman" overall, and all this after his class started a minute later.

Being the only rider to complete seven laps in the Four Stroke 250, Chris Williams had a full lap advantage over runner-up Kevin Woodley, who came through as the three hour flag went up, missing out on an extra lap, as was third placed Mark Brewer, who was 30 seconds adrift.

With Scott Medlyn having his annual outing in the "Sportsman" class and completing six laps, he comfortably retained the trophy from last year, leaving trials riders Tristan Barnicoat and Ross Youlton to claim second and third places respectively.

The Quad class certainly had a close finish with Peter Badge pipping local man Keith Dawes by just 40 seconds and Daniel Gill pushing "Scorcher" Orchard down to fourth position on his debut ride. But it could have been so different if Micky Whetter did not sustain a puncture.

With 45 minutes remaining and seven laps on his score sheet, he returned to the pits to replace the tyre, but failed to reappear and saw his comfortable class win turn into retirement.

There were also title points at stake for the sidecars with a round of the BSEA championship. With an entry consisting of crews mainly from Wales, the Midlands and Essex, it was Cornishmen Andy Seward and Simon Rogers who had the holeshot and opened up a 20 minute advantage over Graham Jones/Simon Brown in the first hour.

By keeping out of the deep mud holes and returning consistent laps they finished a lap up on Jones/Brown and retained the trophy they won at last year's event.

Pendennis MC Ltd are indebted to a number of people who made the running of this even possible: The landowners, Euro Tool Hire and Sales. Truro Tractors, Cornwall Kawasaki. St Blazey Motocross, Andy Loos, working parties, lap scorers and especially the marshals whose hard work kept the event running in very difficult conditions.

Expert: 1, Steve Jewell, 125 KTM, Nanstallon; 2, Charlie Richards. 250 KTM, Chard; 3. Jamie Paget. 200 KTM. Stithians.

Clubman 220: 1. Chris Doidge. 200 KTM. Yelverton: 2. Richie Platt. 125 KTM. Carbis Bay: 3, Tim Cotton, 200 Gas Gas. St Austell.

Clubman Open: 1, Gary McCoy, 300 KTM, Dartmouth; 2, Mark Tucker, 300 KTM, Barnstaple; 3, Martin Froggatt, 300 KTM, Gweek.

Four Stroke 250:1, Chris Williams, 250 Yamaha, Wendron: 2. Kevin Woodley. 250 Honda, Lanner; 3, Mark Brewer. 250 Yahama, St Austell.

Four Stroke Over 250: 1, Chris Johnson, 400 KTM, Roche; 2. Phil Hull, 450 Honda, Wadebridge: 3. Dave Fair, 450 Gas Gas, Bodmin.

Sportsman: 1, Scott Medlyn, 250 Honda, Carnkie; 2, Tristan Barnicoat, 200 Honda, Perranwell; 3, Ross Youlton. 225 Yamaha, lilogan.

Quads: 1. Pete Badge, 450 Honda, Tavistock: 2. Keith Dawes, 450 Yamaha. Mitchell; 3. Daniel Gill, 450 Honda. Wadebridge.

Sidecars: 1. Andy Seward/Simon Rogers. 500 Honda. EML, Bude; 2, Graham Jones/Simon Brown, 520 KTM VMC. Powys; 3, David Williams Aled Jones. 650 Husaberg, Llandloes.

Full Results:

• Championship, Expert, Clubman220, Clubman Open.
• Clubman 250 4-T, Clubman Over 250 4-T, Sportsman.
• Quads, Sidecars.