The final day of the 2025 World Championships at Great Blakenham would see the Over 40’s, Junior, Women’s and Open World Individual Champions crowned in their respective finals. The Over 40’s World Final was the first final of the day and this saw Poland’s Lukas Nowacki claim the title with 19 points, suffering his only defeat to the outgoing World Champion Gavin Wheeler whose 17 points saw him claim the runners-up spot after defeating Lee Aris in a run-off
Lukas Nowacki (Poland) 19, Gavin Wheeler (England) 17*, Lee Aris (England) 17^, Pawel Kozlowski (Poland) 16, Adam Peck (England) 16, Mark Boaler (England) 14, Craig Marchant (England) 12, Craig Norton (Ireland) 12, Daniel Pudney (Australia) 12, Mark Winwood (Wales) 12, Toby Millen (Wales) 11, Tomasz Wlodarczyk (Poland) 10, Paul White (Australia) 10, Richard Williamson (Ireland) 6 (Withdrew injured), Jacek Wleklik (Poland) 6, Lukasz Rajewski (poland) 5, Chris Jewkes (England) (Res) 1 (1 ride)
*-after run-off
Referee: Rob Fleming (Australia)
The Junior event followed and saw history made as Kenzie Bennett became the first rider to successfully defend the title which he won in 2024. Bennet scored 17 points from his 5 rides but had to wait for the outcome of heat 20 as Poland’s Adrian Olkowski needed to win that race to take the title or finish 2nd to force a run-off with Bennett for the title. Olkowski could only finish 3rd in the rece which gave him 16 points, the same as Australia’s Cody Petty and Poland’s Pawel Szkludarek which meant the 3 of them had to have a run-off for 2nd and 3rd which was won by Olkowski from Petty and Szkludarek.
Kenzie Bennett (England) 17, Adrian Olkowski (Poland) 16*, Cody Petty (Australia) 16*, Pawel Szkludarek (Poland) 16*, Arek Graczyk (Poland) 15, Leon Penketh (England) 15, Luca Woodhouse (England) 15, Josh Candy (Australia) 12, Sebastian Wielinski (Poland) 12, Shaun Kell (England) 12, Albert Seweryn (Poland) 11, Corey Burt (England) 11, George Whale (England) 10, Filip Balcer (Poland) 8, Finley Myall (England) 6, JJ Wildman (England) 4
*-after run-off
Referee: Krystian Gorniaczyk (Poland)
The Women’s event followed and this saw Emily Burgess add the World Title to the British title she won at Southampton and the Under 16 Girls title she won in 2019. The Astley & Tyldesley rider reeled off a 20 point maximum to finish 3 points clear of Maddie Saunders whilst Lizzie Rigley claimed 3rd place after a heavy fall in her 2nd race. The youngest rider in the field, 14 year old Amberley Gant, finished in a tie for 4th with Under 16 Girls World Champion Lily Parr
Emily Burgess (England) 20, Maddie Saunders (England) 17, Lizzie Rigley (England) 16, Lily Parr (England) 15, Amberley Gant (England) 15, Rebekah humphries (England) 14, Lacey Ackroyd (England) 14, Lucy Whitehead (England) 12, Laura Watson (England) 12, Rachel Lammin (England) 10, Kayleigh Clarke (England) 10, Zuzanna Klett (Poland) 9 (withdrew after 4th ride), Ella Case (England) 8, Esmae Lewis (Wales) 7, Holly Greenhalgh (Australia) 6, Nel Bialowas (Poland) (reserve)1 (1 ride)
Referee: Terry Ashford (England)
The Open World Final brought the 2025 World Championships to a conclusion and this saw Lewis Brinkhoff claim the crown on his home track with 19 points. his only defeat came at the hands of Pawel Szkludarek in heat 16 and it looked at one stage that it would come down to a run-off as Brinkhoff was chasing Daniel Robb in heat 18 but the Australian rider slid off coming out of the pit bend, bringing down Brinkhoff and earning himself an exclusion. Brinkhoff raced away in the re-run to clinch the title with Szkludarek 2nd on 18 points and Will Jeffery 3rd with 16 points after defeating Feroze Langoo in a run-off
Lewis Brinkhoff (England) 19, Pawel Szkludarek (Poland) 18, Will Jeffery (England) 16*, Feroze Langoo (Poole) 16*, Dawid Bas (Poland) 14, Ben Clarke (England) 13, Josh Brooke (England) 13, Kenzie Bennett (England) 12, Noah Woodhouse (England) 12, Reece Pollitt (England) 11, Ashley Hill (England) 10, Kosma Sykorski (Poland) 10, Zac Payne (England) 8, Daniel Robb (Australia) 8, Scott Millward (England) 7, Matt Hill (Ireland) 4
*-after run-off
Referee: Bob Prince (England)
The next World Championships are scheduled to take place in Australia in 2027 from November 20th until December 5th inclusive
