Gorrick MBC Spring Series race 5 DERA
Sunday June the 10th saw the Gorrick guys and gals back at the oh so steep DERA Test Track at Bagshot for the final race in the foot and mouth ravished spring series.

The course this time was totally different and much tougher than last time which consisted of five miles of sweet singletrack, drop offs, wide fast open sections and some very steep climbs which saw even the best riders out of the saddle pushing their bike upwards. The final section was a real sting in the tail, it was very peaty and twisty and had lots of riders moaning (lightweights).

There were lots of BOB's racing as usual but we again had some bad luck on the day. Louise Fenwick lost a contact lens so had to pull out, Martin Foad snapped his chain and ended up running the last couple of miles and Steve Kettlewell snapped his seat post during his practice lap so was unable to race.

Anthony Lindsey won the fun race again, it looks like its time for him to move upto the Novices category. You can see all the results below.

Full results

So that's it for another season, the Gorricks will be back again in October by which time we should be as fit as butchers dogs due to all of the riding we will be doing over the summer.

I would like to thank the following people who have supported the club by racing this season in the local area Gorrick series:

Richard Kendall, Mark & Louise Fenwick, Steve Kettlewell, Martin Foad, Peter Hennessey, Paul Howard, Mark Blay, Roy Fowler, Neil Vincent, Anthony Lindsey, Colin Adams, Andy Kingston, Steve Cornish, Marney Magrath, Tom Law, Mark Ranger, Richard Gostick, Mike Nicholson, Craig Corney, Alan Spencer and Colin Brown.

Also thanks to Pete Radband, Steve Cornish and Paul (stumpy) Ayres for towing the club van around for us all to use. Last but not least everyone who came along to cheers us all on.

Kevin Hargreaves

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