Day 4 of the World Championships saw all the action staged in Norfolk with the World Cup Qualifying Rounds taking place at Norwich and the World Under 16 Open Individual Championship Semi-Finals and Final taking place at Hethersett.
The action at Norwich began with the Junior World Cup Qualiying round where England, Wales, Ireland and Australia would compete to see which 3 teams would join 2023 winners Poland in the final. It was England who were the comfortable winners with 73 points ahead of Australia on 50, Ireland on 41 and Wales were the team to miss out on qualification with 29 points. For Ireland this will be the 1st time since 1995 that they will be represented in a Junior World Cup Final
England 73: Oliver Saunders 18, Kenzie Bennett 16, Shaun Kell 15, Leon Penketh 15, JJ Wildman 9
Australia 50: Cpdy Petty 18, Connor McCormick 11, Josh Candy 8, Max Lowick 7, Aiden McCormick 6
Ireland 41: Mason Martin 14, Jude Wilcockson 13, Joe Gillespie 6, Ethan Lawrence 4, Lola Martin 4
Wales 29: Tom Alexander 12, Oscar Belt 7, Kalem Martin 5, Mitchell Baker 3, Maisy Baker 2
Referee: Artur pisarek (Poland)
The Over 40’s World Cup Qualifying round followed with Scotland, Wales, Ireland and Australia competing to see which 2 teams would join the 2023 winners Poland and runners up England in the final. After taking the lead in heat 5 Ireland never looked back on their way to winning with 59 points ahead of Wales on 55, Australia on 46 and Scotland on 30
Ireland 59: Craig Norton 16, Richard Williamson 16, Paddy Wenn 12, David martin 9, Gary Colby 6
Wales 55: Toby Millen 18, Mark Winwood 15, Lee Galley 13, Mark Whitehead 9, Andy James dnr
Australia 46: Paul White 13, Daniel Pudney 13, Brad Hoppo 11, Chris Wood 6, Darrell Candy 3
Scotland 30: Niel McPherson 9, Danny Peoples 6, Pete Young 6, Ewan Tulloch 5, Marianne Cameron 4
Referee: Shaun Dyball (England)
The Open World Cup Qualifying round was the final match at Norwich and this would see Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England compete to see which 2 teams would join the 2023 winners Poland and runners-uo Australia in the final. It would be England and Wales who qualified with 67 and 53 points respectively with Ireland finishing 3rd with 40 points and Scotland 4th with 37
England 67: Lewis Brinkhoff 15, Ben Clarke 14, Paul heard 13, Ashley Hill 12, Noah Woodhouse 12
Wales 53: Ben Mould 14, Mark Carmichael 13, Sean Bennett 10, Ryan Jones 10, Adam Bennett 6
Ireland 40: Mason Martin 13, James Porter 12, Ricki Johnson 6, Matt Hill 5, Leon Mower 4
Scotland 37: Kayden Davidson 12, Luke Draisey 10, Jake Slight 8, Nathan Groves 5, Niel McPherson 2
Referee: Cody Chadwick (Australia)
World Under 16 Open Individual Championship at Hethersett
Semi-Final 1
Qualifiers
Luca Woodhouse (England) 20, Jude Wilcockson (Ireland) 17, Albert Seweryn (Poland) 16, Noah Lyon (England) 15, Emil Kozlowski (Poland) 14, Marcel Asendrych (Poland) 13, Tyler Wood (Australia) 13, Lily Parr (England) 13
Reserve: Charlie Spurgeon (England) 12 (after run-off)
Non-Qualifiers:
Joe Gillespie (Ireland) 12, Frank White (England) 12, Krzysztof Kaczmarek (poland) 11, Connor Jarrett (England) 8, Dominik Szpakowicz (Poland) 8, Sebastian Wyrwal (poland) 8, Hugo Kemp (Scotland) 6
Referee: Terry Ashford (England)
Semi-Final 2
Qualifiers:
Teddy Curtis (England) 18, Jerzy Labedzki (Poland) 17, Filip Balcer (Poland) 16, Max Lowick (Australia) 16, Ivo Kubala (Poland) 16, Jamie Randall (England) 16, Mateusz Kozlik (Poland) 15, Mitchell Baner (Wales) 13
Reserve: Karol Golis (Poland) 11 (after run-off)
Non-Qualifiers:
Oliver Banyard (England) 11, Xavier Whitehead (Australia) 10, Aiden McCormick (Australia) 10, Oskar Szczepaniak (Poland) 8, Antoni Bujnowski (Poland) 7, Isaac Powling (England) 7, Kalem Maertin (Wales) 7, Connor Scriven (Australia) 1 (1 ride)
Referee: Bob Prince (England)
Final
Teddy Curtis (England) 19, Albert Seweryn (Poland) 18, Luca Woodhouse (England) 17, Jerzy Labedzki (Poland) 15, Filip Balcer (Poland) 14, Ivo Kubala (Poland) 13, Jude Wilcockson (Ireland) 13, Max Lowick (Australia) 12, Tyler Wood (Australia) 12, Noah Lyon (England) 12, Jamie Randall (England) 11, Marcel Asendrych (Poland) 10, Emil Kozlowski (Poland) 9, Mateusz Kozlik (Poland) 8, Lily Parr (England) 6, Mitchell Baker (Wales) 6
Referee: Tomasz Wlodarczyk (Poland)
Tomorrow it is World Cup Finals Day at Ipswich and the second World Individual Champion will also be crowned as the Under 16 Girls Championship will be decided. The day’s action gets underway at 10am with a Pre-Qualifying round for the Under 16 Girls with their final at 1pm. The 4 World Cups will be decided starting with the Over 40’s at 11.15am, the Juniors at 2.45pm, the Women’s at 4.30pm and the Open at 6pm
