The much anticipated home round (Rd 6 of 7) of the BYMX Nationals was upon us this weekend 28^th/29^th July. GYMCC had done a superb job on the track so all the riders both local and visiting had a lot to look forward to. Oh, and the weather was good !!! (mostly!)

Well done to the club, and of course to Bobby for the fantastic night of music on Saturday (as well as Ian with his pipes!)

 Virtually all of our national riders had mixed fortunes over the weekend, although Matty Fleming (SW 85cc) was once again on form, and despite winning  only one of the four races, he took second overall and stays at the top of the table in the championship.  The Premier (250F) lads had everything to fight for, and for the most part their knowledge of their home track paid off. Sean MacDonald was both fast and consistent all weekend, and finished a fantastic 6^th overall. Tommy Fenwick was as usual fighting it out with the leading riders and took two seconds and a third, but unfortunately had bike problems in the third race leaving him with a dnf. He still managed 8^th overall in what is a hugely competitive class. Ryan Blair had a frustrating weekend, ending up 19^th overall whilst Colin McLuckie also had bad luck with a dnf in race three finishing further down the field than he should.

The 65cc boys had a difficult weekend as the very soft sand made it hard work for their wee wheels to get through. I guess almost every rider in this class had hit the deck at least once over the weekend. Both Fraser Pohlen and Robert Smith struggled through and Fraser finished the weekend in 15^th whilst Robert was 20^th.

What can I say about the BW 85 boys!!!  After taking Haverigg by storm at the last round, Steven Craig was again hitting the headlines but not for the same reasons! During race one he fell hard knocking himself out for a time and was then sent off to hospital by air ambulance for a check over. Fortunately there were no injuries and he was OK. He attempted to race again on day two but was not as OK as he thought so retired from the race and decided to give himself some time to recover properly! Ewan McLaren ended the weekend in 8^th overall but he had his share of the paramedics attention too with a severe asthma attack following race two. Colin Smith had an uneventful weekend riding consistently to take 23^rd overall.

The last round is at the reknowned Hawkestone track way off in October, so we will have to wait until then to see if Matty can take the British Champion title and to see how they all get on.