Jump Club / TNT’s Racing Under The Lights, Round 4
The 4th and final round of Jump Club / TNT’s Racing Under the Lights winter race series took place at the relatively new and extremely impressive track and skate park facility in Bexhill.
Four intrepid Hawks riders made the journey to the East Sussex coastal town to enjoy an evening of floodlit racing on a 6 gate track, Poppy, Holly and Noah having completed all 4 rounds in the series and Malachi just two.
Poppy, the oldest of the riders and currently world number 3, raced the boys in expert 9 – 10 with steely grit and determination, coming 2nd in 2 of the motos and taking 4th in the final, narrowly beaten by 3 of the best male riders in the region, Ronnie, Adrian and Ahkyn.
An excellent performance and surely an indication of what she has in store for the summer national series about to kick off in a few weeks in Cyclopark, the venue for 2 of the earlier rounds in the series.
Next, to Holly and Malachi, both racing in expert 7 – 8. The first 2 motos saw them racing each other with Malachi taking first and Holly second each time. The final moto saw them in separate races where Holly took first in hers and Malachi second in his. The final proved to be a real battle of wills between Malachi, Holly and a rider from another club, Oliver. No transponders to record time but all three saved the best till last with a thunderous performance to the finish line. In the end it was to be Malachi’s race with Oliver taking second and Holly third.
Finally to little brother Noah in the 6 and under category who enjoyed pedalling and pumping around the track in his colourful riding pants and big smile. He took 3rd in his final combined race and 1st overall in his category. A sterling performance from this little chap!
As this was the final race in the series, the end of racing for the day signalled trophy presentation time.
A big congratulations to Poppy who took overall 3rd in the expert 9 – 10 category, Holly who took 2nd expert 7 – 8 and Noah who took 1st in expert 6 and under.
Well done to all you 4, and thanks to Jump Club and TNT for hosting the series.
Howard Blake, of bmx.photos fame and known for his beautifully composed photos, took all of the photos linked from his Instagram account, https://www.instagram.com/bmx.photos/. Howard is a regular photographer on the South Region scene, and at those Nationals that he’s at too. All his photos are also available on his Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/bmxphotosuk.
This article was submitted by Rose - thanks to her for taking the time to write the race report. If you are interested in making a submission, please let us know!
