By Chris Bates
The Welsh Mountain Bike Championship took place at Margam Park in south Wales on Sunday May 19th 2013.
Sosban Riders were out in strong force with 12 children taking part in the Under 8s, Under 10s, Under 12s and Juvenile races and 6 adults in the senior category. The riders had amazing support by all the parents and the kids really pulled together as a team to cheer each other on as the going got tough.
And did it get tough…….!!
Glorious sunshine and warm conditions set amidst a picture postcard venue made for a very enjoyable day by everyone.
The younger riders did amazing – demonstating their fined tuned technical riding skills to cover the short fast technical courses in amongst the action. There were pile ups….there were crashes…there was blood, sweat and tears….there were children bouncing off into ditches some 15 feet off the course.
But at the end…there were smiles all around and a sense of pride and comaradary (and relief by the parents they were all in one piece).
The adults were very brave, tacking a VERY difficult course with extreme climbs and even more extreme descents. Special mention to Logan J and Simon Owens, both taking part in their first ever mountain bike race and doing the club and themselves proud.
The ladies did amazingly well despite numerous crashes – lots of crashes (seriously lots)…and spent a long while after the race comparing wounds and injuries.
Well done everyone.
Click here to visit The Sosban Riders website!
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