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Today was organized as a 'Fun Day' by the man who sponsors James Birkinshaw (Richard Parfrement). It was a chance for the riders to get together for a fun day out before the season started and to blow the cobwebs away. It was also to see if we couldn’t get an official training track record. The riders in the line up were

The riders went out in pairs, starting at opposite sides of the track. The timekeeper was John Todd Jr. There were 15 races, two semis and a final. The racing went as follows………..

RACE	RIDERS	WINNER	TIME
01.	Adam and James	James	52.3
02	Robbie and Simon	Simon	49.7
03.	David and Mark	David	48.9
04.	Adam and Simon	Simon	49.8
05.	James and David	David	49.6
6.	Robbie and Mark	Robbie	49.8
07.	David and Simon	Simon	48.8
08.	Adam and Robbie	Robbie	49
09.	James and Mark	James	50.8
10.	Adam and David	David	48.7
11.	James and Robbie	Robbie	50
12.	Mark and Simon	Simon	49.5
13.	David and Robbie	David	48.6
14.	James and Simon	Simon	49.9
15.	Adam and Mark	Adam	50

In the interval 13-year-old Ben Wilson went out onto the track to practice. John was asked if he could time the youngster. Ben's time over the line was 53.5 seconds

Simon and James contested race sixteen. This race produced the most exciting ride of the afternoon. It’s a pity someone had to lose but James was only a split second behind Simon, Simon’s time was 49.5

Race seventeen saw Robbie and David battling it out with the result that David won with a time of 48.6

The final was between Simon and David. The coin was tossed and David won the call. They shook hands and took up their positions. David won smashing his best time by 0.4 seconds to walk away with a training track record of 48.2 seconds.

It was an absolutely brilliant day all round which saw some top class riding from all the riders involved.

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Sunday 12th March 2000

David and Simon

Simon

48.8