IT was the first gravity enduro of the year on Tuesday and following on from the huge turnout for the XC the week before we had 26 riders turn out in near perfect conditions.

The trail work that has been done recently has been a big improvement and made racing a lot more pleasant (if there is such a thing as pleasant racing?).

Racing was tight but Rueben Bateup showed everyone a clean pair of heels and took the win by 10 seconds from Ryder Chadd and family bragging rights.

In third place we had Ant Bateup with a solid performance.

Ant, may I suggest buying Rueben, a 26-inch bike that weighs 30 kilograms?

We had a dead heat for fourth in the battle for All Terrain Cycles workshop bragging rights with Archie Smith and Shannon Rademaker not being able to be separated, even on a count back.

Another significant family contest that took place was Ross’, with Tim being outdone by Ben; although Tim did have quite the dirt nap at the last corner.

The Vivash’s also had a three-way family battle with Luke coming out on top followed by Sienna and Serena.

It was great to see The Workshop team turn en mass with Stu Clarke, Ronnie and Fred all racing.

It is good to see so many new faces and old faces turning up and enjoying the racing.

We had a full class of female riders last night again; this is very pleasing!

Sienna Vivash took the win over Serena Vivash closely followed by Arial Stava.

Many thanks to Ant Bateup, Damian Grundy and Cameron Dobson for the work they have done in rectifying the trail damage of the past wet years.

It’s a great improvement on the past trail conditions.