MAY 13TH 2003 - TRIGON

SOUL : As a little change this week, Soul wanted to have a go at adding his own words, with his very own little fingers. Here he is - It was very hard Sunday and there was a tricky off camber downhill corner and I crashed 3 times in the day. One of those was when I was trying to clear the step-up, but my front wheel dug into the sand and flipped me off. And I got flipped over the handlebars on my last lap. I tried as hard as I could and I had fun. Thanks to everyone that cheers for me, and to my sponsors.

Fair play Soul! I don't really have anything to add to that, other than to confirm that he really was pushing as hard as he could, finishing, 11th, 12th & 10th equating to 2nd,2nd, & 1st 50cc over the line.

D: STILL NO VAN ! Ahhh! , but with thanks to Alan, Mark & Pete, for bike transportation, I actually made it for my third race of the year. Sketchy!, was a word I used an awful lot on Sunday. Grip, what grip? I think I've got over trying hang off the bike through corners, but when I'm on tarmac I like to scrub off some speed going into a corner with my front. You can't really do that on a MX bike in sand. It's also not a clever idea to use too much front brake going into a sandy corner, as I found out when a rider stopped in front of me in a corner; I banged the brakes on and away went the front. Doh!

To be fair I was just trying to ride my own race. Find my own pace through the sketchy sections, take it easy over the jumps, keep to my lines and have fun. By Race 3 the track had become even more Sketchy, and I was on my first lap, riding down through the woodland sandy section, and all the way down the hill I seemed to catch bumps (holes) in the wrong place, then bounce on to next one wrong and so on. Towards the bottom I was banging it down the gears, trying to get the brakes on thinking that there's no way I was going to set my self up and get it round the right hander. I still gave it a go, the only problem was the bike went round the corner, but I went straight on over the handle bars. I keep doing that, and I must stop it. Thanks to Jade Rudey, for tootling past me taking the mick' - and then I was back on and stayed on for the rest of the race, growing ever more confident with my riding, and also my attempts at the step up and the second tabletop.

The day certainly was an experience and I found I learned a lot, but more importantly I really did have fun. I'm really glad that I'm now able to understand what Soul is experiencing out there, and respect to everyone else out there. As a parent of a little rider, I am also the living test monkey to all other parents out there, that it ain't as easy out there as you might think. So give your kid a break, and pat them on the back - no matter what position they come, and say Well Done! They deserve it.

OLD NEWS

JAN/FEB
 MARCH 2nd 2003 - MARTINSTOWN
MARCH 16th 2003-WINTERBOURNE STICKLAND
MARCH 30th 2003-MILBOURNE ST. ANDREW 
APRIL 13th 2003 - FOXHOLES BISHOPSTONE
 APRIL 27th 2003 - MARTINSTOWN
 MAY 13th 2003 - TRIGON
 MAY 25/26th 2003 - BERE REGIS
JUNE 8th 2003 - HENSTRIDGE
JULY 6th 2003 - MATCHAMS
JULY 20th 2003 - BERE REGIS
AUGUST 2nd/3rd 2003 - MARTINSTOWN
AUGUST 17th 2003 - HENSTRIDGE
AUGUST 31st 2003 - MATCHAMS
SEPTEMBER 14th 2003 F'HOLES BISHOPSTONE
SEPTEMBER 28th 2003 - LANGTON LONG
OCTOBER 10th 2003 - CANCELLED

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