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UKGE at AE – Carrie Poole – 3rd Elite

It was quite the weekend for Sheffield racers last weekend at the first UK Gravity Enduro of the year. Ae played host and Pocket Rocket Carrie Poole came away with 3rd place in Elite Women. Not bad for a 4 footer.

The boys did good too; Local Pinner Craig Evans also came away with 10th in Elite men, reet good for his first ever Enduro race for the On-One Team. Team mate Freddie Oxley picked up 23rd in Elite as well. Josh ‘LooseDog’ Lewis is now riding for Stif Cycles and picked up 14th in Elite, pretty good for a lad that blew his knee out 3 weeks ago. The Cotic-Steel City Media Whores were also out in force. Chays has moved up to Elite this year and took 22nd on the day. New Recruit and wannabe hipster, Rich Norgate, took 4th in Masters but both of them said they were somewhat disappointed and wanted better. Watch out for them all in future rounds.

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Rob Jolley on his new steed has been finding his speed and not worrying about grip
Will Swinden finding the edge of grip
Rob Jolley on his new steed has been finding his speed and not worrying about grip
Jolley on the roost
Richard Baybutt taking on a little passenger #respectthepoles
James Irwin, Chrissy P and the lady with the fast fingers: Steph Anderson
What are the chances?
Would this have happened with 26 inch wheels?
Matt Jamieson suffered mechanicals
Timmy leading out Gordan
Is that an enjoyable push up?
Baybutt getting loose
Steph and Baybutt: The timing team.

Winter Dual 11 – Series Final

62 people have raced this Dual season but it is finally over for another year and we went out in style. Employing the fast grass at Jacks we rendezvoused in day light! I do love BST. It makes for an unusual atmosphere at the race but also makes for some great practice. To say conditions were prime would be a bare faced lie. We had thick fog which meant that even in day light you could not see one end of the track from the other. Steph was once again kind enough to time the race but the only sign of her was her whistles and hollas. When racers dropped of the edge of the steep hill they disappeared in to oblivion. At times it got so bad, you couldn’t really see the next post. As ever, this did not dampen spirits.

Considering that any of the top three in the overall could have taken the win, stakes were high and the determination palpable. The course was fast bar one killer left before the lip of the hill. Watching everyone overshoot it while they got its measure was most amusing. Once over the lip, it was nearly a straight line down the steepest part of the hill bar a sneaky chicane which got some tanks slapping later on. Watching the lads pedal as hard as they could down this section was unreal, seeing who could carry the speed in to the final right hander was even more impressive. D.R.I.F.T.

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Winter Duals 9 and 10 – Jacks Birthday

This was supposed to be a series of 10 dual races over the winter; it just became 11! With the advent of Farmer Jacks 40th Birthday we persuaded him that the best way to celebrate would be to have a dual race on his farm, then go to a big beer festival. He agreed.

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Winter Dual – Round 8 – SO FAST

When I turned up to Farmer Jacks last week just before dual he became a bit flustered; he’d forgotten to move the horses out of the field we were going to race in. I tried to placate Jack as it I knew we’d have just as much fun over on the Dual track… however, I didn’t quite expect that much fun.

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Winter Dual – Round 7 – Birthdays are best

It was a week of Birthdays… and what better way to celebrate than with Dual and Rum!

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Biblical! Photo: Duncan Philpott

Winter Dual – Round 6

Its hard to believe we are already in the closing half of the dual season, but this was race 6 of 10 and Farmer Jacks dual track was the venue. Conditions were biblical but the racing was epic.

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Photo: Ruari Hallam

Winter Dual – Round 5

Half way through the season already! Its hard to believe it goes so quickly… which is a good thing, as it means it will soon be Summer, the nights will be long and the sun will shine for days on end. We can live in hope eh

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Winter Dual – Round 4

Last night saw the first Dual Race of 2014, round 4 in the winter series. We were back in our celestial home of the park and conditions were prime. I say prime, they were slick, sideways and so much fun. The racing was tight and quick with back ends fishtailing and tyres cutting through loam.

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The Soggy Santas - Photo: John Horscroft

Winter Dual – Round 3

Twas the night before Christmas, well about a week actually, and the 3 wise men were no where to be seen. Well, maybe they were tucked up warm and dry in bed or perhaps having a pint with some dry friends. Because, there were certainly no wisemen present in the Park last night.

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Winter Dual – Round 2

That was the most mental dual ever. Last night, we raced dual in a blizzard, with temperatures well below zero, with gusting winds and the sloppiest of mud. We were all wet, cold and grinning. There were a couple of cases of near hypothermia, many hands didnt work well enough to pull brake levers let alone hold on to bars. The chattering of teeth could be just about heard over the wind and there were many shouts of “Cant we just go home now?”.

In short.

WE LOVED IT.

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