on saturday morning the sun was out and look like a good day i was ready to have fun and do the track i was most looking forward to i got up there at 9:30 i was one of the frist riders down the track . i got 5 runs in before seeding what was going to really be race runs because sunday weather was going to be bad . i went up for the run i had everything the way i wanted it to be i was 5th last down . my run went ok i had a crash on the top section but got down in 13th want was really good with a crash . i think if i didnt have a crash i would of got top 5 .i was happy to get the fort william race over with it was a good learning curve now in a week time the idms round 3 in carrick is my nexted big race i hope to do well there

Full results here

http://rokmor.webspace.virginmedia.com/results/idms2012r2r.pdf

On Friday night me and my dad went down to the track about 7:30pm it took 3 hours to get there . we got the at 12:00 at night it was wet and windy . as soon as we got there we hit the sack .

On Saturday morning we got up early to walk the track we walk it with Joe Ward . The track was really different because it was very old school and hard to keep speed. i went up for my first run of the track about 10:00 and my first thoughts were this is going to be a hard race. I did about 5 runs on Saturday .i had every thing on the Kona ready for the race. When practice finished i went up and walked the track with my dad it was drying out very well after we went down and got dinner by this time it got dark then i went to bed .

on Sunday I got up really early for the first up lift and on my first run i had a very big crash and i thought i was out of the race. I really badly hurt my neck and if i didn’t have the Leatt DBX comp 3 on I think i would of broke my neck it saved my life. My crash was caused by my feet falling off the pedals and my saint brakes were not working then i went head first into a tree.  After the crash . I could not do any practise runs cause the track was closed i had to go and do a seeding run with no practise and was not feeling the best at all for the race. i got down the track with a 1:47 I got 2nd 5 seconds of the leader Luke . i was not very happy with it because i was going way faster in practice .then i went up for my race run feel a bit better my run was alright could have been much worse than it went i came down with then same time . The track got slower every 1 went slow in the second run luke got a 1:44 and i came second behind him. after the racing are van broke down and ian mac had to give us a lift home many thanks Ian. I would like to thank Garry at MBW bike shop , Joe Ward at potato bred , nukeproof and eveyone how helps me out . now i have to rest for Fortwilliam BDS in 2 weeks!!!

On Sunday, I got up early for the uplift because they were every slow. .I got 2 practise runs in before the race.  I went up for my seeding run – I was not in the best place for seeding because I didn’t race this Category last year. I got 8th in my seeding and was really happy because I wanted top 10 because the track didn’t suit me and this Category is really hard! . By this stage I was so ready for my race run. Before my race run, at the top, I gave the track one last think over in my head – my run went really well and I got 7^th, one place better than seeding and I was the fastest 1st year youth in the Category. I was just 1 second off 6th and 5^th, so next time I will try for top 5?s

At the end of the day we had to get the boat at half 2 in the morning and make the journey up home to Dromore . I was very happy with my result and hope to better it next time at Fort William which will suit me better.

Of all the trail bikes I’ve ridden the Tanuki has to be best descender, you can just plough rock gardens like there is nothing there. The Satori seemed well up to the task as well going by Garry’s grin! Can’t wait to get it fully set up and bedded in.