Last Sunday Sittingbourne held their annual charity trial. 56 riders started and although no experts started they set a good test for the remaining routes.
We had 10 riders present including 2 debutants in Mark Smith and Wayne Baas. Mark, who has ridden in the past but not for some time decided to ride the Inter route and on a bike he has not ridden before he went round in a very credible score. Wayne who has recently taken up the sport rode the easy route. From looking at the scores in this class this route wasnt that easy and he finished very well. The rumble in the jungle between messrs Haynes vs Inskip seem to go down to the last section and Craig took a narrow victory but it appears that Glyn may have had some engine gremlins so watch our back next time Craig.
Pete Southcott continues to improve weekly and is showing that he will be a good prospect for the future, it helps having a low centre of gravity so this must help but sometimes this can be a disadvantage. Section 10 was a tricky section with a ditch jump follwed by a steep bank. It was a tricky section especially on the first couple of rounds with lots of riders failng to make it up the bank. A few weeks ago Pete would not have attempted this kind of section but as his confidence grows he took it on. Having failed on the first lap he then went on to master it on laps 2&3. The low centre of gravity was his downfall on the last lap when he got stuck on the top of the bank, one can only liken this to an upside down tortoise watching him trying to escape. However, its really great to see so much improvement and someone so keen.
Huge thanks to the Sittingbourne Team for a great trial and to all the observers.
Results attached