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Midlands Champs & MSS Round 6
Eastridge
James - 1st August 2004
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The sun was shining down hard, it was warm and the course was dry. It was going to be a great day of racing!
Over 100 riders turned up in Pontesbury to ride the Eastridge course for the Midlands Champs..
The course began right up the top of the hill, straight out off the start you're faced with a fast, twisty and rocky route through the trees, then its out of the saddle to sprint into the dry heavily wooded section, once again twisting between the trees, then you're thrown straight off a 4/5ft stepdown and then round a loose rocky corner and back out of the seat again! Cross the fireroad into a quick drop which goes straight into a wide corner and then race through the rooty section, some very tight corners between trees and round the berm into the finish field, then you're dropped straight off the step down, some very hefty stacks here, but fortunately all but one got straight up and rode away on the final race runs. Round the long grassy corners and across the finish line. The best times on this course were sub 1:40 but there werent many slow riders on the last section!
The course was very pedally, but fun and less challenging than previous rounds.
Elite
1. Dave Smith
2. Dan Stanbridge
3. Danny Harper
In a very closely fought battle with only 2 seconds seperating the top three, there were some tense faces in the finish field at the end of the day but Dave Smith coming down to win it for Pearce Cycles.
Expert
1. James Hughes
2. Micheal Gray
3. Philip Shucksmith
Junior
1. Tom Deacon
2. Phil Roberts
3. Glenn Despres
In a big field of riders for the event Tom Deacon comes in to take the win with a very good time for Junior.
Juvenile
1. Joseph Smith
2. Sam Dale
3. William Ellery
Master
1. John Finney
2. Si Paton
3. Steve Parr
Senior
1. Adam Willmott
2. David List
3. Tim Green
Adam Willmott taking a deserved win after very bad luck at some previous races on the big Foes machine.
Veteran
1. Chris Waddup
2. Dai Jones
3. David Doig
Chris Waddup takes the win, but Doig takes the title of Midlands Champ!
Youth
1. Darrell Upton
2. Stephen Thompson
3. Frank Gallagher
Female
ELITE
1st Jules Coventry
JUNIOR
1st Kirsty Price
SENIOR
1st Suzy Osborn
2nd Lucie Griffiths
MASTER
1st Nicky Belton
2nd Lynda Davies
3rd Louisa Raven
4th Helen Dixon
Big thanks to Pearce Cycles, Gary Brain and Chris Roberts for organising it, the uplift drivers, marshals, the farmer for using the field, and all the riders for turning up!
Results here
Full race photos here
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