Sunday was the final round of the Gorrick Spring Series and what a contrast to the slippery, claggy trails of last week. The guys at Gorrick had put together a belter! Fast flowing singletrack with very little fire road and a couple of short, stiff climbs to test the legs. The early races helped clear anyway any remaining puddles as the laps times dropped under 20 minutes. Since it was the final round, series positions were to be decided so there was a lot at stake.
In the Masters race Alex slipped past me at the very first corner and then rode away to an excellent 6th place. I was pleased with another top 10 and Matt grabbed the final series point in 15th on a loaned Stumpjumper.
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| Will racing to victory |
Earlier in the day Will Taylor took a narrow win in the Youth category to make it 4 wins in 4 races and take the series.
Ian rode another great race to finish 2nd and more importantly claim the series victory in the Grand Vets
Fay successfully switched to 4 laps in the Expert women.
Again a good turn out for the club and some excellent results. Final series positions will be published next weekend but I’ve done my own calculations below! (Apologies for errors or omissions)
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| Ian collects the series win |
Gorrick Spring Series Positions
1st Ian Petherbridge Grand Vets
1st Will Taylor Youth
4th James Bailey Sport
6th Alex Taylor Masters
11th Ben Connor Masters
Well done to everyone who has taken part this year in one of the best XC racing series in the UK. XC racing continues to flourish, as demonstrated by nearly 600 entries at the 3rd round! Certainly Gorrick are the standard by which other events should be compared – a superb variety of courses and different venues, always meticulously well organised.
Great results
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