Race Reports 2011

Apologies for not posting this years reports, but anyway here it is. First race was at Hopton Castle, the Saturday was as usual nice and dry then came race day Sunday it poured down like a wet afternoon in the early hours of Sunday morning but spotting the rest of the day. It was fun over the weekend, people coming off on Saturday and then again on free practice on Sunday then came the race, it was hilarious people where riding the track ok untill they came into the field to the finishing line, flipping or sliding over the line. All in all a wet and happy weekend.
Second race was at Bringewood, it was identical to Hopton slip, sliding away all over the place on the track. There was a new bottom section, they had moved the "Tabletop" or jump with still the dirt inbetween the jumps, and before that there where steps four or five in all. Had a quick look at it before hand, thought it was a bit tricky but when I rode it it was as easy as anythink. I f that was bad at the top people were coming of right at the start and before I went down that part they had to close it due to being far to danderous so on a very rare thing a new designed starting top. I loved it as I was training on that type of terrian which is covered all over the place with leaves. Nice. Another good race weekend.
Third race was back at Hopton, what a weekend that was, nice dry Saturday and wet Sunday. There was a new section to this track we used, it was known at the end of the day as "The Waterfall" and it was also steep and rideable even with the water running down it. It added that extra bit of riding skill which happily everyone had got. Another great and funpacked weekend with happy faces all round.
Round 4 was at Bala and with some miracle "DRY". Some one must have been looking down on us Favourably. It has been the same track as in previous years but guess what a little change three quaters of the way down which was no problem for the riders. But one of my fellow team mates noticed that I must have had a slow puncture, I soon changed the inner tube. And for the better, I stormed down that hill like a person been chased by a Ghost. The best weekend of the year.
At Round 5 and final it was a mixture of all the round thrown together. I was lucky the rain had stopped at least twenty minutes before my to timed runs, and managed to go faster than all the rounds in the prevoius four rounds. And on top of all that I managed to get on the podium in first place. My jaw dropped with astonishment. My face was a picture. Look at the website. A few laughable moments with riders skidding all over the place. Another brilliant two days racing.