The first two laps were a bit harsh for me as my bike and myself were not really working together and this inevitably resulted in three really lame crashes and some lost skin. You have days like that when your bike and yourself just don’t speak the same language… Anyway after a while I started to understand my bike again and therefore felt better. When the night was not far from arriving, I stopped to put my lights on which took me a wee while as the plug was unplugging itself every time I was putting the helmet on. That was because I did not push the plug in hard enough, my dusty brain understood that eventually and off I went for the fun night laps. I did not really know where I was rank wise and to be really honest I did not really care as it was so much fun. Towards the end of the 4hr my contacts were fuzzy and I could not see as well so on my second to last lap, I stopped and I asked where I was then decided that a last lap would not hurt me and I was just happy to go back there for another lap to secure first position. Also I think it is really rewarding when you start something to finish it properly. I mean you start a 4hr you do a 4hr, then you don’t have any room for “if I would have gone for my last lap I would …” I finished with a smile and 10 laps in my pocket in the solo women category.

All up it was a FANTASTIC event and I would like to thank Blackman Cycles for supporting this event. I also would like to congratulate the 8 solo women who gave this challenging 4hr a go. In the solo women, second place Kate Heynes and third place Stephani Pfaffmann did really well with impressive 9 laps and 8 laps respectively, well done girls! The Solo men were flying around corners and over rocks with leading Andrew Lumley smashing 12 laps, less than 4 min behind Tim Kerle and in third place David Ludenia who had a really consistent race even with a broken chain. In the single speed category the win went to Michael Churchward who put in 10 strong laps. Damien Wood, who strongly turned the lonely gear up the hill, took second place from Sean Couley by just over 1 min at the finish. Well done guys!

Congratulations again to WSMTB and everyone who helped to make this event a BIG success! Riders were just genuinely nice and the vibe was just perfect as always with Western Sydney club races!

The series will be running the following Categories and Costs:

Solo Men, Solo Women, Solo Single Speed:
$27.50 [+ 1 x day licence $15.00 for each rider if a non-MBA member]

Pair's Men, Pair's Women, Pair's Mixed:
$45 [+ 1 x day licence $15.00 for each rider if a non-MBA member]

Three's [any combo - Mens, Womens, Mixed]
$60 combined [+ 1 x day licence $15.00 for each rider if a non-MBA member]

Three’s Juniors [Mixed]:
$55 combined [+ 1 x day licence $15.00 for each rider if a non-MBA member]

You can purchase a day licence for each round of the 4hr Summer Enduro Series or better still join WSMTB Club and come and compete in 2010 at our Cross Country XC club races.

WSMTB Club would like to thank the following companies for their on going support