Great day had by all

Midlands champs XC at Hanchurch Woods. It was a fine sunny day at a pictureress woodland setting, with some trade stands and the all essential burger van. The course was technical and physically demanding, but the best that I had ridden all season with it’s lose rocky and rooty climbs. The descents were steep and tricky with man made drop offs, good twisting single track and some log jumps. The best part of the course was a big bomb hole which you rode into flat out and just hoped for the best as you took off on the way in! Then only needing a few pedal strokes to get back out due to the speed gained on the way in. I had a great race finishing 3^rd in the masters, only 12 seconds down on 2^nd place and 38 seconds down on the winner Matt Barrett. Tom and Tim Skinner both had respectable finishers with 18^th and 25^th in the sport race, two up and coming XC riders for the team!