Sunday the MPS Racing Husqvarna team had it's second enduro outing of the season with good results all round. The Muntjac enduro, held in the Thetford forest in Suffolk has always attracted the best of UK talent as it was formally known as the John Banks enduro.

The event is always a brilliant enduro with one very good special test and a super rough course to contend with. The race for me was a good training weekend to measure my fitness against other riders, so I was keen to have a good result. The event went straight into a timed test which was good for me because I had made sure my bike was set up and I was in good condition. I had a good time, placing third behind Greg Evans and Paul Edmondson, just 0.4 seconds behind over 5 minutes.

The next special was even better pulling myself up to second only four seconds behind Edmondson and five up on third which was Tom Sagar. The last special test would be at the end of the day but first we had a very fast schedule to keep to. The event organisers gave us six laps of an 18 mile circuit, with each lap being a different check but we would have to complete the lap quicker each time round.

The last three laps were the tightest with us only having 32 minutes on our last lap which meant it was flat out the whole time on the extremely rutted and roughed up course. I had a small problem on my fourth lap having my fuel line ripped off twice losing over two minutes starting the bike again, but managed to stay on time just, by refuelling the other side of the clock but causing me to have less time for the next check! I managed to complete the times with no worrries after that but only four riders managed to do it so i was happy because i had problems as well. Then we went straight into a test at the finish, with myself right at the back of the class on the time schedule the conditions were just awesome! With all the corners having rutted up I felt really confident riding my Husqvarna. Having the confidence you need to compete against the best. Myself and Edmondson were the only riders to complete the test in under five minutes pulling loads of time on our nearest rivals. I was happy because i was the only rider pushing Edmondson the whole day with Sagar in third a distant 18 seconds behind over just three tests. I feel i'm riding well at the moment so I know my prepartions are going well for the first European race in Italy the end of March. Just some practice on drier terrain would help but I don't expect it to dry up by then!

I would jut like to thank Mick Seward, Wyn Hughes, Rob Sartin, Dad and everyone that helped the weekend for making the weekend a success.

SI WAKELY

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