Rhys Holland-Jones took an impressive second place (Juvenile Classification) at round 6 of the Mud Sweat & Gears Mountain Bike Series at Hinchingbrooke Park in Huntingdon.

On a new bike and working together with club mate, Robin Lines (9^th Youth Classification), Rhys achieved  his best ever performance and is the second WSW&T rider  to make the podium in the MSG Eastern Region Series  this season.  New member Ross McKenzie finished 8^th in the Youth Classification of the same race.  All three young riders are making great progress this season.

The slightly cooler (than of late) and dry conditions were ideal for mountain bike racing (unless like some you prefer mud and rain!).  The course was flat and fast. The recent heat wave had hard baked the clay which made up about half the course producing a very fast surface.  In contrast there were a couple of long cut grass sections to slow and sap the strength of the riders.  The sections in the woods were a maze of tape arranged to test riders’ cornering skills to the maximum. There weren’t many technical features but the speed achievable on the faster sections rendered an element of danger to otherwise fairly straightforward features.

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