Venue: Bagshot, Surrey

Result:  1st Overall, Trophy winner

I had spent Saturday in Dorset helping out at a training school with Daryl Bolter and Mike at Track n Trial so was feeling fairly prepared for this race, dispite tweaking my knee on a jump, I thought it might swell up fairly bad over night but seemed to be ok on sunday morning. When I got to the track I fitted my new Leo Vince tail pipe which I had collected from Andy at Poole mc/s last night, thanks Andy, I was on my 250 four stroke for this race and also having just got my race suspension back aswell I was keen to test it out. The flag dropped at 11am and off we went, When we came round the first lap I was third and had seen enough of the track now and made my move to the front by the end of the second lap. I pushed on fairly hard for a few laps to establish a good lead but I had no crew with me today so the lack of pit board meant I never knew how much too push, I also pitted twice, not knowing how long a tank a fuel would go on the four stroke. I won the race race by over 4 minutes which was good but I felt I could have pushed alot harder. The bike was spot on, the engine power was very useable with loads of bottom end for the hills and top end mx power for those fire roads, the suspension was perfect with the new settings and remained consistant through the race.  Big thanks to Poole mc/s for the parts. I had loads of comments about how the bike looked really good and again I can only thank Andy for giving all the trick bits to bolt onto it.  Well done to the Normandy boys, a great event once again,  Great to win the trophy again.

Venue: Sailisbury

Result:  7th Championship

I was looking forward to this race as my mate has been raving about these events for ever and saying how good they were so it had a lot to live up too. I had a walk round the the track and it appeared to be very much a single line in the woods and not much room for passing and the field sections, which there were lots of were just very fast straight lines so keeping up with the big four strokes was going to be hard. I got off the line ok in about 5th but dropped a few places on the off camber corners to follow, down to about 10th, there were about 45 riders on the front line so not too bad. I had a frustrating ride all day, just kept getting caught in traffic in the woods, I would try different lines and there would be riders in the way on those too. It was an ok ride but I never really got into it. Again the course was ok but in my opinion far too many riders for that venue. A bit dissappointed but it was the same for everyone I suppose.

Venue: Castle Park, Dorchester, Dorset

Result:  2nd Championship

This is always a good venue with a great mix of terrian, fast open mx track and soft sandy woodland that always gets cut up and rutted which tends to favour the enduro rider because fittness is a real factor in riding these woods for three hours. Quite a good list of riders on the front line, Hinam, Studley, Biles, Cormick etc. We set of for the sighting lap at full race pace as usual all trying to set the standard for the race. When it was time for the race I didnt get a great start and slotted in to the first corner about 5th, Hinam, Cormick and Twentyman got away and pulled a lead of about 40 seconds or so on the first lap but I wasnt to concerned as I knew I would reel them back in later. My laps were consistant and I moved back up to 2nd behind Hinam, but I could not gain on him, His laps times were very good and he led going into the last lap by 3 mins. I could not understand why my right foot kept coming off the peg untill when the race had finished and I realised I had snapped my foot peg off, Must have hit a stump, Anyway there was not much off it left so that was making riding a little more difficault but I was pleased with my ride and 2nd place finish securing plenty of points for the championship. We had made a few adjustments to the carb at practice in the week, and the bike was running really well. Finally the sun was out aswell which made the day even better.

Venue: Stourport, midlands

Result 18th pro

When we arrived at the event it was clear that Eddy and Steve were out to impress, a great paddock area with ample parking and although we could only see a bit of the track it was looking good and the buzz around the pits was great, Just about everyone was there, except Knighter. We parked up and went to walk the track, There was a good mix of going with some long uphill climbs, tricky downhills and fast flat out field sections. With near on 40 pros on the front line, the first few corners were going to be interesting, The flag dropped and we were away, I got away in the top 10 and managed to avoid the big pile up down the first straight and started to settle in to the race, The race was made a little more exciting when it started to snow about an hour and a half in but the track held up well. I finished 18th which was a fairly good result looking at the line up, Just a shame that the race was cut short, again, to 2 hours. I really think that these races should run for the full time, this seems to be happening more and more lately, but still it was a great race.

Venue: Weatherby fort, Dorchester

Result 3rd overall

The track and weather were looking perfect for this race and I think Mike was right to postpone the race from a few weeks earlier as it would have been a complete nightmare in all that snow. Back on the yz 250 for this race so when the flag dropped I was first off the line but couldnt keep Biles on his 4 stroke behind me down the long straight so dropped to second, I was following him so closely that when he overshot a corner I did too, which dropped us both back behind Phil. Still lacking a bit of confidence it took me a while to settle into the race and the off camber corners but by the end of the race my lap times were quicker and I started to reel them in, I finished three minutes off the lead and just 30 seconds from second place Phil. A good ride and Im starting to find some pace again, the bike was working well, ready for next weeks GBXC, The knee seems to be holding together dispite the snapped ACL.  When I had finished the race Mike kindly let me out on the track to ride my 250f for a couple of hours, so many thanks for that, it was great to be able to train on that aswell.