FLCUK News and Info

Team FLC donned the new team kit and headed out to hit the newly redeveloped UK bike park, with fast berms, a brand new wall ride and very fast wooded area the weekend would certainly be a test for all the riders to get the fastest time. Saturday practice was very dry and grip was an issue in places especially in the fast single track sections through the forest which could be clearly seen with the chunks out of some of the trees made from pedals and unfortunately one of the rippers who managed to break his leg on one of them. ( wishing him a speedy recovery ).

Tim Daniels from The Mighty Ray Gun http://mrg.photium.com/ was there to capture the thrills and spills.

Race morning saw a light coating of rain which helped bond the track a bit more and keep the dust at bay. The banter in the FLC pit area indicated that the race between the team was going to be a close one, the predicted course time was around 1min 40sec and with the fast section at the top and the fast technical areas the course would draw on the teams stamina as well as technical ability.

Run 1 saw Dan Burchell leading the FLC team with a 1.46.02 11 seconds off the lead with Marc McHale ( FLC Owner / Team Manager) 2 seconds behind with 1.48.42 with Ben Hargreaves ( Entertainments officer) 4 seconds behind with 1.52.92. For the ladies, following a red flag caused by SJ there were a few re runs, Helen Machin ( The boss ) crashed out in the first run so for team FLC there was a lot of time to be made up in the second run.

Run 2 was set to be a faster run, Dan finished 7th in senior, beating Marc by 2 seconds who finished 6th in Masters, Ben ruined his race run in the last 10 metres following an overly ambitious attempt at the final section of the course and finished in 10th in Masters. Helen managed to pull 2nd place out of the bag for the ladies.

Thanks to the gang at UK Bike park they have done a fantastic job with the park and put together an awesome weekend, helped just a little bit by the sunshine!

Results: (top 3 from each category +Team FLC positions in Bold)

Bib. Name Category Time Gap Rank (Rank) Run 1 Run 2 Overall               1 soffe will elite 01:35.4   1 1 01:35.4 01:37.8 2 deakin ben elite 01:38.6 3.23 2 2 01:38.6 01:39.0 22 bradford danny senior 01:39.3 3.86 3 1 01:40.9 01:39.3 elite               1 soffe will elite 01:35.4   1 1 01:35.4 01:37.8 2 deakin ben elite 01:38.6 3.23 2 2 01:38.6 01:39.0 3 hurrell zak elite 01:39.5 4.08 4 3 01:41.3 01:39.5 female               118 lloyd claire female 02:16.9 41.54 125 1 02:16.9 02:18.4 128 machin helen female 02:22.0 46.55 131 2 02:41.7 02:22.0 119 rogers samantha female 02:23.0 47.63 134 3 02:31.9 02:23.0 120 thomas helen female 02:56.2 01:20.8 140 4 02:56.2   hardtail               132 deakin ben hardtail 01:42.5 7.1 11 1 01:42.5 01:43.6 123 brettle simon hardtail 01:42.8 7.41 12 2 01:46.3 01:42.8 11 payne andy hardtail 01:45.4 9.99 23 3 01:45.4 01:47.1 junior               138 rogers calvin junior 01:41.2 5.76 6 1 01:42.4 01:41.2 45 ives harry junior 01:44.8 9.39 17 2 01:44.8 01:46.1 130 hobbs josh junior 01:45.1 9.66 18 3 01:45.3 01:45.1 juvenile               115 battin charlie juvenile 01:53.5 18.1 70 1 01:53.5 02:51.9 109 hoare ed juvenile 01:55.7 20.31 79 2 01:55.7 02:16.1 107 tennant finn juvenile 01:57.0 21.58 83 3 02:01.2 01:57.0 masters               80 atkins steve masters 01:42.3 6.87 8 1 01:43.6 01:42.3 84 gilbert richard masters 01:46.1 10.69 27 2 01:48.0 01:46.1 93 bunce darren masters 01:46.4 10.95 28 3 01:46.4 01:50.1 129 mchale marc masters 01:48.2 12.81 37 6 01:48.4 01:48.2 89 hargreaves ben masters 01:52.9 17.51 66 10 01:52.9 01:58.7 ripper               137 miller jack ripper 02:19.3 43.92 129 1 02:19.3 02:25.9 121 tennant lonnie ripper 02:33.5 58.06 139 2 02:33.5 02:48.5 126 reed jordan ripper 03:09.0 01:33.6 142 3   03:09.0 senior               22 bradford danny senior 01:39.3 3.86 3 1 01:40.9 01:39.3 122 jones ant senior 01:41.0 5.62 5 2 01:41.1 01:41.0 143 saunt liam senior 01:41.9 6.53 7 3 01:42.3 01:41.9 19 burchell daniel senior 01:46.0 10.61 25 7 01:46.0 01:51.5 vets               106 simpson rich vets 01:44.3 8.86 15 1 01:47.5 01:44.3 124 marzetti rich vets 01:50.5 15.07 49 2 01:50.5 01:51.7 102 duffett gary vets 01:50.6 15.17 51 3 01:51.7 01:50.6 youth               75 anderson isaac youth 01:42.5 7.06 10 1 01:42.7 01:42.5 70 rutherford ty youth 01:43.3 7.93 13 2 01:48.8 01:43.3 144 cann bow jango youth 01:45.2 9.83 21 3 01:45.2 01:45.3

Next outing for team FLC is Fort William 8th / 9th May 2010….