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(Left) Current points leader Marc Colomer gave It maximum effort but was frustrated with 65 points and second place after day two. (Above) Relglnlng World Champion Jordl Tarres continues to come along slowly while putting together fairly consistent finishes thus far In the series. The Spaniard was third In Ireland with 72 points. (Below) Coming along: Sixteenyear-old Japanese sensation Takahlsa Fuj inaml finished ninth aboard his HRC prototype. two. Veteran Ital i an rider D on ato Miglio used all his ex p erien ce to net eighth j ust ahead o f Fuj i nami w ith Frenchman Bruno C amozzi com p l eting th e t op 10.0 Redhall Redhall, Ireland Results: April 26-27 (Round 3 of 10) CH A M P IONS HI P; I. Doug Lampkin (Bel) 51 points; 2. Ma rc Co lome r (Mon) 65; 3. Io rd ! Tarres (G-G ) 72; 4. Amos Bilbao (G-G) 79; 5. Kenichl Kuroyama (Bet ) 80; 6. Ste ve Colley (G-G ) 86; 7. Graham ja rv is (Sco) 94; 8. Donato Mig tic (Bet} 101: 9. Takah isa Fujinami (Hon ) 104; 10. Bru no Camozz i (G ~G) 110; 11. Tomoyu ki Ogawa (Ret ) Ill ; 12. Joach im Hindren (G -G) 112; 13. Briefl ' ••• T o m ml Ahvala c o nti nue s to s t r ug g le throuqh an injury·p lagued season and DN Fed in Ireland .after breaking the first finger on his right hand in a big crash on Friday. His assistant and brother Jommi failed to catch the for mer w orld champion at the t op of a steep climb . and t he Fannc 's hand lebars cru shed Tomrni's finger on landing. The injury comes on top of t he disloc ated shoulder he has been carrying from an iridoor trial crash and a broken toe sustained in England . " C all me Mr. Spec tacular,' the big Finn said dryly. Ahvala was one of three first -day retire ment s. Spaniam Jose Antonio Benitez broke his wrist in a .fi rst:section tumble while It alian Darlo Re Delle · Grandine had his hand . pla stere d whe n he brok e ' a scaphoid upon landing. hard from a 5-foot vertic al drop. Diego Bosis (G-G ); 14. Takumi Narita (Bet) 113; 15. Joa n Pan"! (F.m) 114. WO RLD CHAMPIONSH IP OBSER VED T RIALS SERIES PO INTS STANDINCS (After 3 of 10 roun d~): 1. Ma rc Cctome r (54); 2. Doug Lampkin (53); 3. Jord i Tarres (40) ; 4. (TIE ) Am os Bilb ao /Bruno Camozzi r Ken tchl Ku royam a (31); 7. Marcel Ius trtbc (22); 8. G ra hain jarv is (20 ); 9. Steve Colley (19 ); 10. Takahisa Fu jina mi (17); 11. Tak u mi Na ri ta (16); 12. Tom mi Ahv al a (14); 13. Joan Pons (l2); 14. Dona to 'go Miglio (11); 15. DiI.. Be sts (9); 16. To moyu ki Ogawa (6 ); 17.. Joachim Hi nd ren (4); 18, Gabriel Re-yes (2); 19. jose- Anto nio Benitez (1). Upcoming Rounds: Roun d 4 - Exeter, Rhode Island, May 25-26 Round 5 • Alma . Quebec. Canada . June 1-2 start to the season is due to the back injuries he sustained at indoor trials. " I have not been able to pract ice. " Tarres said. "I am st ill not able to move properly. It gets better slowly. Also. I have been trying some different things on my bike . and they don't always work ." Ten -time British Champion and forme' world numbe r two Steve Saunders marked out the sect ions in Ireland as well as in England. Saunders said that he reckoned it was lime that the RM appointed several individuals like him to oversee all World Championship trials. " If someo ne like myself - ideally two people were given responsibility. riders would be guar· anteed conformity of sect ions . " Saunders said. " Some W orld Championship sections are very good . but some Clerks of Courses don't seem to know what is possible. what isn't, and what is downri ght dangerous." . Joachim Hindren . a ham-working rider who operates on one of the smallest budgets in the paddock . was rewarde d wi t h a good 12th Marc Colom~r suffered a knee' injury while place in Ireland. The young Finn. who rides a cras hing in the seco nd sec tio n o n Fr iday , Gas-Gas for Dutch importer Wym Suker, beat requirlnq tWo stitches after the day's riding. On . establ is hed sta rs Diego Bosis , Tak'umi ,sat urday. he said it was no problem, but he . Narita and Joan Pons - who has been wa s com plaining about it on the second lap doing nothinq since his 'switch to Fantic. Curafte r he said the stitches had pulled out. rent European C hampionship leader G abriel Reyes and fellow Spenlard Marcel Justri· bo failed to come to terms With the condit ions . Jordi Tarres explained that his indifferent