The team had a great weekend all round at the first NPS race of the season. Four podiums - In Youth, Junior, Elite and Veteran. Veteran rider Paul French bagging himself the TFTuned £200 cash prize for the biggest winning margin of the day.



The track itself really sorted the men from the boys; four minutes of super steep roots, rocks and dust; with a technical top section which kept even the best riders on their toes. Followed by lower sections with large jumps and drops, the track got so cut up over the weekend but the times kept getting faster. Some riders were hitting the line into the lower woods at over 40mph, now that was an impressive sight!



The team where rolling on fresh rubber over the weekend; the brand new Nokian Shuttle proved perfect for the dry and dusty conditions check out Windwave.co.uk for more and we where all kept hydrated courtesy of our friends at Relentless Energy.

On Saturday's seeding we had Matt Simmonds flew down the track to seed third on the same second as Steve Peat and Gee Atherton with Joe Smith seeded fourth in Junior. Our other factory riders put in some strong runs to seed highly in their categories.

Come Sunday (Race Day) Matt stepped up and put together an awesome run to take fourth in Elite just behind Marc Beumont, Gee Atherton and Steve Peat, a line up which wouldn't look out of place at a World Cup round. Elite rider Dave Young was flying all weekend but came unclipped in the final section of track; catching his foot between the bike and the tyre stopping him painfully, he got back on to finish in 25th. New Elite Fergus Lamb had a strong run to take 18th.

Joe Smith racing on a borrowed bike took fifth in Junior closely followed by new team rider Jack Geoghegan who still posted a time fast enough for seventh; despite an unlucky crash on the flat grassy corner within sight of the finish line. Paul French took 1st in Veterans with a time 14 seconds up on the rest of the field. Expert rider Richard Thomas took a well deserved 26th place; back on the bike for his first major race of the season after a year out recovering from a horrific injury he sustained whilst racing abroad.

Stefan Thomas was on the podium placing fifth in Youth and Alistair Wilson seeded fifth the day before suffered a few unlucky crashes in his race run placing ninth. Co-factory rider Pete Robinson had a good run to take 20th in Youth at his first ever National event. Well done Guys!