Avill Ball Winter – Rnd 1

As this was the first round of the winter series we knew it would be most likely wet and would require spiked tyres. The forecast before the weekend made sure of this too.

Saturday practice was non-uplifted (push up only), so we sectioned and practiced the track enough to know all the right lines and to be confident on it. I had a few bins and so did my brother, as the track was loose and quite technical. It was hard trying to ride it fast and to keep the speed round the corners and the technical sections.

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Sunday came and we arrived late because of an accident on the motorway which meant we missed an hours practice before the race which wasn’t a good start. Racing went on and my first run came about. My brother told me to just try to cruise down but fast. It worked quite well, except in one corner which everyone was having problems on and I managed to come to a complete stop. This lost me a bit of time but I was reasonably happy with my first run as I was only 5 seconds behind 3rd place at that point. Second run came round and the top section was going very well until I clipped my bottom bracket on a log and managed to get thrown over the bars. I got up as quickly as possible and then managed get the track really nice all the way to the bottom. Unfortunately the crash made my second run slower but only 3 seconds with a crash which would of lost me at least double that so potentially i could have easily beaten my first runs time. I was annoying as I knew I could’ve gone a lot faster. I ended up coming 5th out of 6 which made me think I was rubbish, but then considering I was 2-3 years younger then everyone my brother reminded me that I should be pleased with the result. Looking forward to Combe Sydenham if they use it, which is a longer and faster track so hopefully I can aim to get top 3 and make a Juvenile Podium before I officially become a Juvenile next year.