My Friend Tino Popma and me from the last UEC Round

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We havnt done much the past few months with me going into hospital in March to have an operation ,i have had to have two months off my bike i missed going to China for the worlds
My dad didnt want to waste his money just in case i wasnt fast enough, as it happens im gutted cause even thou i wasnt fit if i just turned up to race i would of got a W plate there were only about 8 riders in my class .

A big well done thou to my friends Broc and Ezra from Zimbabwe who came W2 and W3 .

In the UK my friend Aaron is doing really well in the 9 boys class way to go Aaron.
My first race back was the mansfield national but i didnt do that well on the saturday my dad didnt even let me race the final as i was that bad.
On Sunday i did a bit better and i actually got the holeshot in the main but went super high on the first berm and every man and his dog came underneath me lol ended up 4th
Two weeks later it was chesterfield national i love this track as its so fast down the first straight ,
i won some motos and got a mint gate in the final crossed my lane and hit ethan (sorry)
my dad and tony did tell me to get over .

Then Jamie fell on me after we tangled on the 2nd berm so i ended up 3rd



My local track derby has also been closed for 2 months so it was hard to get up a track and practise in the week after school.



My dad has been training me hard and i also do football at school now so that keeps me fit



UEC RACES IN HOLLAND




My dad surprised me and said we were off to race in holland (i love racing away its great)

i went with my friend Dan Blanche who is in my age group and also rides one of the new gunslinger frames ,Dan rode well both days on sat he just missed the cut for the semi and on sunday he was in 4th to the 2nd berm and ended up 5th in his semi so it was close.

I won all my motos on sat and hit the gate in my semi last to the first berm i got back to 3rd so alls good PHEW final time again my gates suck for some reason im getting too nervous and getting them all wrong i ended up 7th TERRIBLE .

Sundays race again i won all my motos and won my semi but come final time i had first pick and i picked gate 7 so i would get blocked in got a decent gate but just couldnt get over and got a 4th

well done to my friend Tino who won on sunday.


2nd UEC AT Harksbergen


What a track it was great me and my dad went to this one on our own we set off at 4 am on friday to get the ferry it was a long way we didnt make it on time to get any practise on the friday night so i had to wait for saturday to do a few laps and straight into racing.


Saturdays race i won all my motos again and felt good i picked gate 2 next to my friend Tino Popma but again my nervs got me again and my gate sucked but i still finished 2nd so not too bad .

On saturday night me and my dad went to the dirt jumps with Tino and his dad Harry ,i couldnt do any jumps but Tino was brilliant he was jumping everything .

I played with Tino and his friends all night while my dad and Tinos dad watched the elite men i had so much fun.


Sundays race again i won all my motos and was feeling good but again in the final picks gate 2 and blimey what a gate i was 7th to the first jump i just dont know what happens in my finals .

Martin Verhooven got the holeshot and i raced him in all my my motos so i knew i could do it my dad was going mad i could hear him shouting at me coming out the first berm .

I hit the turbos and got mad with myself and got up to 4th by the 3rd berm but a long way off 2nd so i just pumped and peddaled the whole of the last berm and flew down the last straight of rythyms and got 3rd very nearly 2nd so my dad was a bit happier .Well done to Tino who won both days (next time ill have a win once i can get my gate right lol)




The pic is me racing at Harksbergen


Im hoping we are going away for the summer holidays either to stay and train with my friend Tino or my dad said we might go to California and stay with Mr Gunslinger and go to some ABA races and train over there so that sounds good also ,ill keep you posted i will get a few more pics up from the UEC races asap