Carver Barracks provided a brand new venue for the second round of the Mud Sweat & Gears mountain bike race series. The course featured some tough technical challenges requiring deft skills and strong nerves. There were a total of eight West Suffolk Wheelers & Triathlon Club riders involved of which four claimed top 10 finishes.

In the Grand Veteran race, Paul Watson produced another superb performance finishing 6^th. In the sport male category, Malcolm Borg finished 35^th despite arriving too late for a warm-up/reconnaissance lap and having to learn about course as he raced it. Not ideal!

Earlier in the day, Sam Asker left it to the final lap before making his move to claim a hard fought  3^rd place in the male juvenile race. Rhys Holland-Jones finished 8^th in the same race. Robin Lines finished 10^th in the youth race.

In the Open male category, Garth Collier finished 21^st and Dick Lines 58^th but Richard Holland-Jones had to retire on lap 2.

The series stays in Essex where Codham Park hosts round 3 on 18^th May.  Full details on their website   http://mudsweatgears.co.uk/