Been a bit slack lately with updating the blog but better late than never I suppose.
The first of the NSW State Rounds was held a Thredbo on the weekend of the 4th & 5th of April 2009. Ian took the boys up on Friday for a bit of practice. After lunch it rained and the track got really muddy which the boys loved! Not so much Mum once they got home and needed all their muddy clothes washed. Ended up getting a lift back up with the Maggs' on their way through from Sydney on the Friday evening, getting back up to Thredbo about 11pm.
Practice on Saturday morning while Mum and Dad leisurely made their way to Thredbo for the weekend.
Thomas decided he would race the U17's division to give himself a bit more competition. Andrew would be racing U15's as that's the youngest division in the State Series. A very cold Sunday morning came around and we got the start lists. There were 52 riders in U17's and 30 in U15's. The boys sure would have their work cut out for them. A few practice runs on Sunday then head up for race run. It was freezing waiting at the top or the mountain and as always they were running late so start times were delayed.
Andrew was seeded 2nd in the U15's so he was the second rider in that division to come down the mountain. He came down in a very respectable time of 7:00.84 which put him in the lead for quite a while, eventually being knocked into 2nd place by an unbelievable point 4 of a second. Can't get much closer than that. Very proud of Andrew's result as he is still only 11 and he was very happy with his podium result.
Seemed like forever before Thomas came down as he was rider number 35 out of the 52 riders in U17's. He came flying out of the trees and crossed the finish in a time of 6:30.27, taking the win by point 3 of a second from the kid who had been in the hot seat for quite a while. Thomas' time would have seen him win the U19's and place in the top 10 in Elites. Pretty impressive.
