The 1ST round of the Irish NPS was held by 021 Racing in Scarragh Woods in county Tipperary. I headed down to my good friend Adams house on the Thursday who was also racing. We had 2 days to kill before we headed down to the race. So we decided to go out on the bmxes and just have a bit of fun on the Thursday evening. Come Friday it poured down all day so we were house bound. We decided it would be a good time to give our bikes the final once over before the race. We had an early night so we could get up bright and early for the weekend. Drove down on Saturday morning and arrived at the track at about 9am we walked the track and were ready to head off for our 1st practise run at ten. Saturday was going well until the end of the day when I had a big crash and smashed my elbow into a rock this made my elbow swell up big time. Got all packed up and headed off to a garage in town to clean the bikes, We then checked into the B and B we were staying in and had dinner
Pictures from Saturday Practice
Woke up early on Sunday morning and had a nice breakfast and was ready to go despite my elbow still being very sore. I managed to get 2 practise runs in before the finals. These kicked off at 12 and i watched a few of the u14 and u16 riders come down before i got ready to go to the top. Looked over a few lines at the top and then started to warm up. First run went ok, had a few sketchy moment on some roots but managed to stay on, I set a time of 2.30.876 which put me in 3rd place only 2 second off the leader Gavin Carroll. My 2nd run went far better but the course was running slower as there were huge ruts forming despite the track conditions i managed to post a 2.29.6 which bumped me up to 2nd place in the junior category. I was happy to secure some good points with my injured elbow. Next up is the 1st round of the British NPS in Wales next weekend.
Thanks again to all my sponsors that are supporting me this year.
Novatec, Southern Extreme, MSC Bikes, Gamut, Green Oil, Bike Tart
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