Mr. Fox kindly took myself and Wee Man down there for the 14:30 start.
Course was pretty muddy and twisty, which didn't suit me very well. Although I was gridded, for the first time :-) I slipped back through the field to finish in about 44th place. Had a few offs and found it tricky going on the slippery stuff. Nige and Wee Man were catching me towards the end, but managed to keep ahead of them in the end.
Good turn out from the Wheelers with seven of us riding - Myself, Doug, Nigel, Rupert, Wee Man, Tony and Andy. Doug had a pretty decent result, considering he has lost some fitness of late.
Results and pics
Round 4 was at Chainhurst, a black hole located somewhere in Kent. Weather was beautiful - touching 20 degrees and sunny - so the course was dry and fast with no hard techy bits. Another ideal one for me and I was in a good position at the start having been gridded again. Unfortunately my chain came off about 500m in and took a bit of sorting out. It was gutting to see pretty much the entire field whizzing past as I got the thing on again. Managed to get going, pretty fired up, and set about battling through the field. It was hard work, but I had a good race from there and think I managed to get a vaguely respectable position in the end. Not sure of the full results yet. Debs, Oscar and Bruce came to support which was great - thanks guys :-)
Next week is Herne Hill, which is another quite technical course. I am improving in this area all the time so we'll see how it goes. Going to tinker with my bike a bit beforehand to try and reduce the chances of another mechanical glitch.
