SA Downhill #5 2007

Jonkershoek was once again the venue for the 5th and final National. Hosted at home it was great to see all the downhillers I had met during the nationals this year. The course had been changed from the provincial the weekend before and I could not compare my times on the same course. The heavens opened on raceday and made the initial going a little slippery, but all in all not too bad. SA Cycling ONCE AGAIN bungled the medals, leaving the shipping of the medals too late so no one received any medals (No surprise there Mr. Bradley) and it put a damper on the final national. So that's it for the season, should be interesting to see where I placed at the end of it all.

WP Downhill #5 2007

Our final WP downhill was held at Jonkershoek. A brand new course created for the upcoming national to be held next week. Saturday's practice was a wet and slippery affair, but luckely the course dried out nicely for race day. My first run was marred with my chain getting stuck in the chain device, really strange, had not had that happen before, lost a full 4 minutes off my time trying to sort it out. My second run went off way better and I felt comfortable on the course. I'm looking forward to the Nationals this weekend and hope to improve my time.