Fabulous Farleigh

This year’s Vets Motocross des Nations (MXDN), held at Farleigh Castle in September, commemorated the 40th anniversary of Graham Noyce’s 500cc world championship victory, when the then 22-year-old Hampshireman took the world by storm on his factory Honda, clinching the premiership crown at the penultimate round at Namur in Belgium.

His win followed a hiatus of 14 years since Jeff Smith’s back-to-back titles in 1964/65.

So it was a privilege to witness Noyce out racing at Farleigh, in the