The Year:
First event of the year - the Bath Half Marathon. I got an entry
but after a heavily disrupted training schedule (tooth extraction followed be weeks of appalling weather) decided
to scratch from the event.
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March 16th
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Early season testing - my busiest March in
years with a day at Combe with WPR, a day at Llandow with the HSA and a day at Curborough, with Chris Jones.
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March
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Combe - A Wayne Poole Racing test day and the first time
out in the RF89. Couldn't get comfortable to start with (until Olly Bull suggested I tried sliding down and forward) and the pedal
set up was all wrong but in the final session managed a 1m 17.38s which was my best time at Combe and suggests the 16s
are within reach. Promising
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March 17th
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Combe - The British Sprint Championship round.
Cold but dry and unfortunately the other FF didn't make it but a couple of good runs with a best of 154.85s so good
Championship points.
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March 28th
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Loton Park. A Westfield round so plenty of
friendly competition. Cold and damp but not streaming wet. Should have made third (well up on the splits) but a missed gear exiting the last
corner lost me the place so ended up fourth (out of a dozen or so) with a 63.37s.
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March 28th
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Pembrey - The British Sprint Championship round.
Cold and damp to start with. Only one practice but at least we got a timed run in before the heavens
fully opened. Not really dialled in but first (out of 3 FFs entered) with a 128.75s to take the lead in
the BSC Junior Challenge!
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June 6th
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Prescott - A 2 day meeting and the 4 runs made it seem like a lot of effort. Not my favourite
way of spending a week-end. The cherries were good though! Had to mix it with the up to 2 litre runners
so no chance of a result. A pretty mediocre 52.61s.
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June 28th
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Llandow - Decided to take the Van Diemen for a bit of competition but
no other FFs turned up so a solo class win with an 85.77s
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July 18th
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Colerne - Back to the British Sprint. Only 3 in the up to
1600cc class but managed a win with a PB of 85.18s
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August 31st
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Mallory Park - First time at Mallory for a Sprint. Three FFs but in different classes.
Keith Sollis was way ahead but managed to beat Dennis Pickett's Quest in the British Sprint class with an 80.04s
despite a tank slapper at the Esses on the second run. Just missed out of the British Sprint Championship
Junior Challenge but second place not a bad result.
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September 6th
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Curborough - A 1 lapper with only 3 runners. Second to John Palmer
with a 37.33s but too busy with the event (the first to be run in house by the HSA for quite a while) to concentrate properly!
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October 11th
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