Old blokes rule, okay?

ANOTHER perfect evening for Gravity Enduro with mild temperatures and a very dry track. It was a very pedally downhill utilising both sides of the mountain bike park and on average a four to five minute track. In a turnaround from last week, the more seasoned riders tended to prevail without last week’s winner Rueben Bateup having to sit this week out due to a dirt nap at the VDHS Downhill at Barjarg on the weekend. In first position was Matthew Empey. He didn’t have it all his own way with Ant Bateup taking the first run by three seconds. However, Matt went nine seconds faster on his second run. He must have woken up and realised it was a race. Ant Bateup came in second just four seconds behind Matt and Luke Vivash pulled one out of the bag for a third closely followed by Cam Dobson and Spencer Carmen on the same time, with Cam taking the honours on a count back having the fastest time over Spencer by just one second. Stu Clark may have done better but due to being geographically embarrassed he lost a little time on his first run. Dan Friday may have picked the wrong bike, big travel and lots of pedalling don’t seem to equate going as fast as you normally do. Dave Blunden turned up for his first race EVER and finished in the top ten, so well done to Dave. We had another full class for the women’s race again this week, with Nicole taking the honours (despite an ‘off’ and some bruising/scratching) ahead of Serena and Ariel. Well done to everyone who raced last night. Having big numbers makes the race a lot more fun and interesting.

Old blokes rule, okay?

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