You Yangs National Round 3

Another National Round done and dusted. After driving all day from Bredbo to Geelong with a minor mishap about 10 minutes from home (thanks Pop for helping us out, yet again. I keep telling Ian I need a new car) Our second stop, after filling up with petrol in Cooma, was to pick up Brock and the van in Berridale.

We arrived at camp and just happened to be camping next to some other mountain biking mates. We set up camp for the next 4 days with Glen and Phil Piazza and Genaro and Danielle Acunzo. We really couldn't have asked for better camping mates, we all got on like a house on fire (only there was no fire because it rained for 3 days!) Phil races U17's and Danielle races U17 women. Also camping in our park were Peter and Mitch Kristiansen and Anna and Jesse Went. Mitch and Jesse are both from Canberra and race the CORC rounds. Mitch is racing the National series U15's also and Jesse is racing in the U19's.

We arrive at the track on Friday morning to get in a good day's practice. Everything went well apart from the fact that the boys decided that the track was way too peddaly and should really be classed as an XC track, not a downhill track! Anyway, after realising it's the same for everyone and there's no use whingeing about it, it's what they've got to work with, practice went along great. Andrew said the track was fun, Thomas just did run after run. Shuttles were really fast and turn around saw them doing a run about every 15 minutes.
Friday night back at camp, after a bbq feed, it rained, and rained, and rained. It actually rained all night, I know because I was awake for most of it. Saturday morning, it was still raining. Practice on Saturday started at 12:30pm so we went to the supermarket to get some food, the hardware store to get a rain coat for Mum and silicone spray for the bikes, and headed out to the track. It was still raining. Arrive at the track and the place was like a bog hole. There was that much mud to walk through that your feet would get lost. You had to really try hard to stay on your feet. We decided to pack in practice at about 4pm and headed back to the park to do some washing. Everything was covered in mud. We were lucky enough to have to drive right past a car wash on the way back to our camp so we could stop off there every day and wash off the bikes (and clothes and shoes).

A great dinner cooked by Glen on Saturday night and we sat in our camp kitchen to watch some of the days video footage and photo's taken by Ian. Lots of laughs had by all.

Back to the track early Sunday morning for a few practice runs before race. There was only a few showers last night so we were all hoping the track would have dried out a bit. Lucky for us the weather held out on race day with no rain and the track was drying up nicely. It was actually quite amazing how quickly the track did dry up by the end of the day although us spectators did have to battle through the mud for most of the day.

After much stress and worrying (from us parents), it was race time. Lots of good lucks and stay safes and they all headed up the hill. First to race was Jesse who did his run and qualified for the U19's finals. Next was Danielle in the U17's women. Danielle was looking really good in her race run but had a bit of a mis hap but still managed to secure a podium with 3rd place. You go girl! Then it was the U17's with Phil and Brock. Phil also had a mis hap and finished 13th. Brock had a great run and came in 10th. There were 37 starters in the U17's and competition is pretty stiff.

Next down were the U15's. Standing at the finish line and the lack of commentary saw us still waiting for the last of the U17's to come down but out of the blue, here comes Thomas over the last jump. He was just about to finish his race run and we didn't even know he was on the track! He overtook one of the U17's riders just before the finish line and the timing took ages to put up his time. Eventually his time came up as 2:49.71. Next we saw Mitch come down and he was placed in 2nd for a while. Then here comes Andrew, posts a time of 3:18.17 which at that time saw him in 3rd position. At this stage in the race, Thomas was first, Mitch second and Andrew third although there were still a few riders to come so we weren't getting too excited. As it turned out, the last 2 riders posted times that knocked Mitch back to 4th and Andrew back to 5th. But still, 11 year old Andrew, in his first National event, came 5th out of 15 riders. Pretty bloody good effort.


Wow, we actually have a few weeks off now until the National Champs at Stromlo on the January long weekend. We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy and prosperous New Year. Remember, if you're ever passing through Bredbo, feel free to call in and have a cuppa or a beer, we're always happy to have visitors.
Check out our latest You tube Post of the track.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGGlTatptdc

Team Crimmins Update

Well, it's been a pretty full on past few weeks, we haven't had time to scratch ourselves (well maybe the boys have but I haven't!!!). Firstly, in November, Thomas applied for and was offered a Scholarship with South East Region Academy of Sport (SERAS) through their Country Energy Program. This will greatly help Thomas with the cost of his racing. I have attached a link to their website on our front page.

Next was the National Round in Geelong on the weekend of 13 & 14 December which we will do another post about but needless to say, Thomas won and Andrew came 5th. Go Team Crimmins.

On the School front, Bredbo Public School had their presentation night on the Thursday night that we arrived in Geelong. Whilst we were setting up camp Andrew received a phone call from one of his school mates. This phone call was to inform Andrew that he had been voted in as School Captain for 2009. Yay Andrew. He was also told that he had received the Sportsmanship Award for 2008. Great effort Andrew!

Monaro High School had their presentation on Tuesday 16th December where Thomas was recognised with an award for both his Interschools Mountain Biking results and also his National results.

On returning home from Geelong last weekend, I had to race to the Servo first thing Tuesday morning and get some milk for the coffee (can't start the day without my coffee) and collected the mail while I was there. There was a large envelope in the mail addressed to Thomas. Upon opening this envelope, it contained a certificate and letter to inform Thomas he had been awarded the "ClubsACT Sportstar Special Achievement Award for the Month of November 2008". This came as a total surprise to us all as we had no idea he had even been nominated. This award now puts Thomas in the running for the ClubsACT Sportstar of the year award which is announced in October/November 2009.

National Series Round 2 Illinbah Queensland

Thomas Takes 1st Place


National Downhill series round 2 Illinbah Queensland
Team Crimmins once again hit the road or as it was the Airways with a huge long weekend up in sunny Queensland. We flew out on Thursday to Brisbane where we were then chauffeur driven back to my mate Mick's house at Ormeau. We quickly settled in to our base camp for 4 days. A Big Thank you Mick, his lovely pregnant partner Renee and his daughter the one and only Shona! We were made to feel at home from start to finish and were also set up with all the accessories like a Van, esky, chairs, tools and maps. Thursday night also saw Thomas initiated into the exciting game of cane toad golf, producing several drives John Daley would be proud of.

Saturday practice













Mick and his mate George help Thomas wash his bike.


Friday we were out early and the trip to the track was a scenic 35min cruise. Rego, then walk the track, looked good till we got to a section about 2/3rds way up and inspected a section called the woods. An 80m section of steep wet rocks, roots and mud. This section was without a doubt the most technical section Thomas has encountered. The rest of the track looked good and was drying up fast after the previous days rain. The track is about 3.7k's long and drops 500m.
Thomas then started practice runs laying down around 6 and also doing some sections, the woods proving to be as difficult as envisaged. I walked up and it was absolute carnage in there but i got some good footage on the camera. Harro's crew turned up from Berridale for a late inspection run. Track closed at 4pm All good..
Back to base camp and we were treated to the freshest king prawns and bugs tasted in a long time deluxe!!
Upper section in the woods


like this all the way only wetter



Saturday, we got to sleep in a bit due to practice not starting until 12pm. All went well and Thomas said he was getting the woods dialed and the rest of the track flowed well. In the arvo we could see this storm approaching and just as Thomas was on his forth run it erupted, smashing the village and blowing tents everywhere, it dumped about 3 inches. Track closed and we escaped just before the river crossing flooded, game over for the day!!
We later went over to catch up with our good friends Steve and Estelle and their kids Evelyn and Sarah.

Log Jump on lower section


Sunday Race Day!
Up and out early. Track was a muddy wet mess after the storm and it was decided to lay down only one practice run. We also changed to new mud tyres, this went extremely well considering the conditions. With a start time of around 2.30pm Thomas got to kick back while dad washed and serviced the bike.



Around lunch time Thomas' cheer squad turned out in force. He would like to thank the following: Mick and Shona, Shona's friend, Spud, Ben and family, Steve, Estelle and family. All making the journey out to the track to cheer him on.
As the anticipation grew we saw Brock scream down in a time that would have put him on the podium only to have a massive stack on the last corner.
With the open sections of the track starting to dry Thomas came down first rider in under 15's past us flat out and finished in a time of 4;48.45 he was then seated in the hot seat next to Nathan Rennie and interviewed. This time was good enough to take out first by 56 seconds and retain the converted 741 series leader plate



From there it was on to the podium and to the after party back at base camp.
Monday we headed down to Surfers Paradise with Harro's crew for a swim at the beach. I can tell you the lads were very impressed that it was schoolies week and the eye candy on offer!! Then it was time to leave sunny old QLD and we were once again chauffeur driven back to the airport for the flight home.
A top weekend was had.
Next Chapter National Series round 3 at You Yangs Gelong Vic. 11-14 December.
Team Crimmins will be taking the whole crew with Andrew Pinner Crimmins taking on his first National race and Kerry joining the support crew. Stay Tuned!!!!!!

Family Outing

WELL, WELL, WELL! YOU CAN DRESS 'EM UP!
Just wanted to share a photo with you all of the boys dressed up for their cousin's wedding in Canberra on 22 November. I think they look great.

CORC round 8 Thredbo

Round 8 saw the opening of Thredbo (about bloody time that white stuff melted). As it was Ian's annual AEFPU fishing trip to Tuross, Kerry took the reins and did the trip on Saturday for practice with all going well. Then backing up for another day on the mountain for the stressful day of race runs. Andrew came down first in the U13's in a 7.24 and revealed he had a stack with his main rival David pinning a 7.09. Thomas pinned a fast run in the U15 at 6.14, 9 seconds ahead of second place. Second run and Andrew laid one down with a 7.05 and this was good enough to take out 1st place by 4 seconds!! Go Andrew. Thomas maintained his good form on his second run and rode a smashing time of 6.12 to come in 11 seconds ahead of second, this time placed him 1st in the 17s, second in 19's and 5th in elite men. He says he is looking forward to the Gold Coast in 2 weeks.

Andrew Takes out Thredbo by 4 seconds

While Dad was away fishing we were having fun up the mountains

This was my first trip to Thredbo and defiantly not the last I loved the fast rough track with lots of arm pump. I had a crash in my first run but lucky to have a great second run.

Thomas Wins Round 1 of the National DH series in Adelaide

Thomas' Take on the track; The track was heaps of fun to ride with a few jumps and a couple of cool bridges and a heap of good burms and a teco rock garden. The track was great for the loads of cheering spectators that lined the track all the way down, they also had the music pumping which made for an awesome atmosphere. The race was really well organised and ran like clockwork.

Friday and Saturday were jam packed with practice runs and sectioning of the track.

Sunday, we woke up to the sound of rain which fortunately cleared after breakfast. After a couple of cruisy inspection runs of the track which was now nice and tacky after being blown out and dusty all weekend. Thomas kicked back in the luxury of the Wicked Van to wait for his start time at 2.45pm.

Seems that the practice combined with pre season bike and fitness training paid off.

Race run went according to plan with Thomas pinning down the hill and recording a time of 2;12.54 much to the delight of Nathan Rennie who was commentating at the finish. This time won him the U15's by 19 seconds. To put this time in perspective here are some other stats:

his time was the 35th fastest out of 247 riders, he placed 3/32 U17's 7/44 U19's and 27/73 in Elite men, not to bad for a 13 year old.

Check out the track and keep an eye out for Thomas in the first few minutes.

http://www.pinkbike.com/video/46093/

Next Race is at the Gold Coast on 30th November.

One section of the rock garden

Adelaide Nationals

Our Fully Pimped out ride in Adelaide!

On Thursday 30 October Thomas and Ian flew out of Canberra Airport, with the Harrison's from Berridale, headed for Adelaide for the first of the National Rounds for 2008/09. After a bit of heated discussion with the girl at check in who was going to charge us $48 excess baggage, we managed to get it down to $16. Amazing what happens when you stand your ground.

Anyway, all was well after arriving in Adelaide via a stopover in Melbourne with all their luggage including bikes, phew!!! Picked up the Wicked van and they're on their way. "BEST" is in reference to English soccer legend, George Best, from what I've been told.

Walk the track on Thursday arvo, good lot of practice on Friday and Saturday. Will have a full update when they arrive back home on Monday. Go Thomas!

Kowen Forest

Saturday; After a big game of footy Andrew still managed to put together a few quality practice runs ( thanks to dad push ups and shutels)
Thomas spent a fair chunk of the day on track, practicing and hanging out with his mates

Sunday: The boys were hoping for rain and they were not to be disappointed.The track started out fairly dry but there were showers all morning. Kowen track runs down a fairly steep ridge through the pine forest on Sutton Rd in Canberra, The run is fast and flowing with small jumps and some rocky patches. Thomas laid down a couple of really hot runs and posted a time of 1:35.92 and 1;36.08 which secured first place in U15s by 5.69 seconds ahead of his mate Matt, with Connor finishing a very close third. 16 riders in U15s. Thomas's run would of placed him 2nd in U17's and 2nd in U19's

Andrew also pinned it down the wet and slippery hillside in near record time of1;53.22 and 1;51.16 . He certainly looked the goods but unfortunately was pipped into second place by his mate "Maggs" by .84 of a second .Ben rounded out the top three 1.88 seconds later. 9 riders in U13s
I good day was had by all, Next race Stromlo in a Month!

Runners Up - Cooma Colts U11's

Well done to the U11 Cooma Colts who played their hearts out today at Canberra Stadium but couldn't pull off the win against Bungendore. They did themselves proud by just making the Grand Final and we're all very proud. The final score was 30 to 18. After the game today, Ian took Andrew out to Kowen to meet up with Thomas and his mates to do a few practice runs. Practice done and now looking forward to the race tomorrow. Good luck boys!!!

Cooma Colts U11 into Grand Final

Andrew's rubgy league team has made it into the Grand Final next Saturday 13th September. They will play against Bungendore at Canberra Stadium (home of the Canberra Raiders) at 12pm. GO COLTS!!!

AWABA NSW State Championships

Ian and Thomas travelled to AWABA, about 50Ks from Newcastle on 8th-10th of August for the NSW State Championships. After taking out the series, Thomas was hopeing to carry over his good form.

After arriving Thursday night, Friday saw an early start to practice. After the track walk we hooked up with the old crew from Nowra and dad put in a solid day of shuttles.

We stayed in Toronto about 15mins from the track. After an early night we were back at the track, practice went well till a mate from Del Rio pulled out on one of the elite riders causing him to stack big time (OMG it was Brad Kelly)! Brad was then airlifted by chopper. Game over track closed for the arvo.

Sunday; early practice was going well till some rider got smashed up in the rock garden producing another air lift. It was at this stage that the race marshals decided that the rock garden (best part of the track) be taken out of play. Thomas was disappointed as this was where he had the advantage over his competetors.

Race run went well with Thomas winning on the remaining track by 5 second in a time of 2.18.81

Thomas's Take on Track:

AWABA
This would have to be one of the coolest tracks on the planet it has everything I like, big rock gardens, heaps of jumps, fast downhill fire road, switch backs and drops. Only problem was they closed top of the track for race run due to carnage. I had three awesome days of downhill riding!






Play short Vids.



A 6 hour drive home arriving at 11.30pm and up to School and work on Monday all good!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDREW!!!

ANDREW TURNS 11 ON 08/08/08

Dual Slalom & 4X - State Rnd 4

Another weekend of racing for Thomas. He decided that he'd like to give the Dual Slalom and 4X a go at Stromlo on the weekend of 2 & 3 August. Thomas's mate Shane and his Mum Jill picked up Thomas and Kerry on Saturday morning to head to Stromlo for the Dual Slalom. Not knowing quite what to expect, having only ever raced a Dual Slalom at Thredbo for Interschools, we were very suprised to see that the track was straight down a fire road. All Mum could see was gavel rash! Due to the lack of numbers, they decided to race the 13's, 15's and 17's together. Everyone had to do a timed qualifying run to see where they would run in the race. Thomas qualified fastest in his whole group so he got lane choice for all his races. After 4 race runs down the track, Thomas finished first in his group. They were then broken down into their correct age division and he had to race the final against the kid who was coming second in the 15's. Thomas pinned it down the track, cornering extremely well, nearly got taken out by the his competitor who was a bit out of control but luckily managed to avoid a collision and crossed the finish line first. Another Gold medal to add to the collection. YEAH THOMAS.

After an early rise Sunday morning to watch the closing stages of the world Dh series in Canada on the net, Mum, Dad and Andrew headed off to football in QBN, Thomas was picked up by the Cooma crew for a solid morning of 4x practice. Andrew scored a solid win against the Roos bagging a couple of tries and a goal Result 16-12 then we headed to Stromlo. Racing kicked off around 1pm. Thomas's first heat went well with a convincing second place. In the second heat about 10 mins later Thomas got the bad end of the "bear trap", stacked and got tangled up with another rider, still finished a gutsy third. Third heat 10mins later Thomas posted another third place to secure a place in the semi finals. It was at this stage it was noted that he was not looking or feeling too flash. We then noticed that he was absolutely buggered. We worked out that a combination of the flu, way overpracticing in the morning and a big day before all took its toll. It was decided that he should retire to save himself for the State Champs at AWABA next weekend. Put that one down to experience!

Stromlo World Cup Track - CORC Rnd 5 - 27 July 2008

Saturday morning James and Jack from Tura Beach turned up, arriving to a huge frost and fog, keen to get going to Stromlo for practice and test out the new track. CORC organised shuttles for the day and the boys managed to get in quite a few runs as there wasn't as many people there as expected. Very happy with their days effort and looking forward to race day tomorrow.

Sunday saw an early start as Andrew had a game of league to play in Belconnen before the race so he and Mum headed out first at 8:00am. After finishing breakfast and loading up the car and trailer, the rest of the gang headed off to Stromlo to do a couple of practice runs before race time. After just getting beat by 2 points by the team that is leading the competition, Andrew was pretty happy with the result and ready to do the mad dash to Stromlo to at least get in one run before race.

Race time arrived and the support crew headed up to triple treat to watch the action from there in the freezing cold, watching the snow clouds coming over the hills behind, hoping the weather would hold out until after the race. Yet again, it was great to see some of our mates from Cooma at the race also. Team Sacred Ride Rider, Brock also made an appearance although not riding because he broke his arm skiing a couple of weeks ago! Bad luck Brock, we told you that skiing is no good for your health. Race time and all the boys passed with much cheering from the crowd, all looking to be pinning it, Thomas the only one in the U15's to do the hip jump. As soon as Andrew passed the road gap in his second run, with all our boys finished now, we decided we were'nt actually dedicated enough to stay and watch the rest of the divisions as we were frozen to the bone by now. We headed down the hill to meet up with the boys in the carpark, only to find out Jack had locked the keys in his Dad's car. Go Jack!!! Oh well, the boys wanted to hang around to find out the results anyway. You wouldn't believe it but the girl who parked next to us had locked the keys in her car too. Lucky she was in the NRMA and it only took them about 20 minutes to arrive and he helped James out as well. Phew, lucky for you Jack.

Anyway, in the mean time the results had been announced (no print outs this week due to lack of power for the printer) U15's Winner - Thomas Crimmins, U13's Winner - Andrew Crimmins. YEAH TEAM CRIMMINS. With no official results in print, as soon as we arrived home (after driving through a snow storm at Williamsdale), onto the computer to check for results. Finally about 7:45 they were there. It was official, Thomas won by 1.47 seconds and you wouldn't believe it, although watching Andrew in his race runs he was absolutely pinning it, he won by a whopping 20.27 seconds. Thomas and Ian will be heading off to Awaba in 2 weekends time for the State Championships.

State Round # 4 - Funnelweb (Nowra)

Thomas Crimmins - 2008 NSW/ACT State Series Champion

On the second weekend in July, we headed off to Nowra for the 4th and Final Round in the 2008 NSW/ACT State Series. With Thomas narrowly leading the series, the pressure was always going to be on for him for the weekend.

Thursday afternoon we headed down to South Durras to stay with Aunty Trudy and her gang for the night so we could get an early start on Friday morning. After a good sleep, we headed off early.

We arrived at the track after 4 wheel driving the "Falcon Crap box" (according to Andrew) along a long, windy, sump caving dirt track to be greeted by gale force winds. Huge gum trees all around, no-one was game enough to get out of the car at first but finally parked the car and went for a seriously up hill track walk. Three quarters of the way up, we hooked up with a couple of guys, Tom and Joey from Orange who asked if we would be interested in doing some shuttle runs with them. Great for us as Mums old "Falcon Crap Box" wouldn't have made it up the snotty shuttle road anyway. We proceeded to have a great day with our new mates and got in about 8 runs on the Friday. We found out later in the afternoon that our new mate Tom was ranked 3rd in the State in Elite Men and Joey was also doing well in the Experts. After a great day of practice, we headed to our home away from home which we were sharing with some friends from Cooma and Berridale. Very nice house we stayed in at Sanctuary Point thanks to Sue's great investigating skills.

Saturday morning we headed back out to the track with Thomas's mates, Brock and Shane, and their Mum's following in their REAL 4wd (lucky for them). Got to the track early enough to get a fairly close parking spot, registered without a hassle, got the numbers and the boys were all kitted up and ready to take on the hill with about 200 other riders (lucky we got those runs in on Friday). Good to see all the familiar faces and friends from previous races all on course and practicing hard. Mum and Dad walked the course a number of times over these couple of days on photo duty. Saw some awesome stacks but luckily none of our crew. The track as described by the boys was gnarly, with some big items, 25 ft gap jump, 7 ft drop, log ride, the spine, and the really tight rock gardens and of course "The GAY fireroad" that sucked so much. All in all, an excellent track.

Sunday RACE DAY. Headed out early and still had to park up to woop woop but way closer than other people at woop woop, woop! Boys only had a couple of runs to see how blown out the track had become and felt prepped and pumped. After a red bull, they headed off to the bus amongst lots of good luck's from the support crew. Our mate Shane was the first down the hill in the U19's and posted a clean run with no mishaps. Yeah Shane!!! Next up was U17's Team Sacred Ride rider, Brock with a time that he was very happy with (and pipped his arch rival by 10seconds). Yeah Brock!!! Next up was the U15's with Thomas heading out first as series leader, with Dad half way up the mountain and Mum at the finish line watching the clock tick by, each second feeling like a minute. Thomas pinned it down with a time of 4:21.51, which was enough to clinch a victory in the U15's and take out the Series as well. Yeah Thomas!!! This time put Thomas 25th out of 188 riders for the weekend. Next down the hill was Andrew, with huge support crew on the track and at the finish line, Andrew crossed with a time of 4:59.24 making him 11th out of a field of 28 starters. Yeah Andrew!!! Mum and Dad get next weekend off before heading to the new Worlds track at Stromlo for a CORC round.

CORC Rnd 4 - Majura 6/07/2008

Majura has been run and won. There was a great turn out on the day including some of our friends from Cooma, Bredbo and Bemboka. A field of 16 in the U15's saw Thomas place third. After losing his chain in his first run, he still managed to post a very respectable time. Dad fixed the chain for his second run and he managed to wipe another second off his time finishing in a time of 1:18.96. The U13's saw a field of 12 starters. Mum apparently saw the wrong time on the timing system after Andrew crossed the finish line for his first run and told him there were a couple of kids with faster times (BIG mistake). Well, Andrew decided to give it everything he had in his second run, hit a tree stump and ended up with a flat tyre. The results came out and it turned out Andrew placed 1st with his first run time of 1:31.18. Mum will make sure she gets it right next time. The track was extremely chopped up by the end of the day with many of the riders coming to grief after the finish line either wrapped around a tree or wound up in the timing board. Always a good day riding and hanging out with mates.

Team Crimmins Update

Well, I've finally worked out how to set up a blog!!! I actually got the idea from our good friends the BAD boys in down town Bemboka. Was very impressed with their site so decided to start one up ourselves.
Introducing ourselves, we are a family into mountain biking (well the kids are into it, we just pay for it).
Thomas; has been racing for just over 12 months. At just 12 years of age, Thomas managed to score himself a Bronze Medal in the U15's DH at the National Championships at Stromlo in January 2008. The following week he placed 3rd at the National Round at Mt Beauty. In March 08, Thomas took out the DH at the Interschools Championships on the Canonball Run at Thredbo in what was described as one of the fastest times ever posted in Div 3 (6:50.37). Since then, Thomas placed First in the U13 2007/08 CORC Series. To date, Thomas has raced all three U15 NSW/ACT State Rounds for 2008 and is the current series leader. There is one round to go at Nowra on 13 July and then the NSW State Champs in Awaba in August. Thomas has been lucky enough to pick up sponsorship from The Sacred Ride, Jindabyne. http://sacredride.com.au/

Andrew; is just new to the sport of DH racing. As Andrew is only 10 years old, Mum and Dad have been trying to hold him back from racing up until now. Andrew is just starting to get into DH racing seriously this year and will be doing all the CORC rounds. He didn't race the first round as it was a State round but since then has taken out first place in the following 2 races at Isaacs and the Stromlo burms track. Andrew also raced the third NSW/ACT State Round at Coffs Harbour and placed a very respectable 10th in a field of 31 in the U15's division. Not bad for a 10 year old. Andrew also loves Rugby League and plays in the U11 Cooma Colts.

Anyway, heading off to Majura this weekend for another CORC round. Should be fun.