A glorious sunny day in South Wales greeted the riders on Sunday for the St. Davids Trial, round 3 of the ACU British Championship. With only a slight breeze many would leave the event with red arms and faces as the temperature climbed all day.
From the start it was obvious that only James Dabill and Michael would be fighting for the win as the other competitors started to lose marks early on, and they would continue their fight all day!
Michael started well with a mega clean on section 3 then with just two 2's on sections 5 and 6 he ended the lap on 4, 3 in front of dibs. But then disaster struck with a five on the start of section 1 of the second lap, and then a three on section 3... 8 marks in three sections was not what he wanted!  Michael got it back together with a brilliant clean at section five with a new jump line across the rock gap at the end which had caused problems for many riders all day. He then had a dab on 6 and a dab on the exit of the difficult 12th and went clean from then on, but the start of the lap had cost him the win. Close friend Dibs taking the event by just 2 marks.

Michael commented...
" I am happy with my riding today, it has been much better than In previous weeks. I felt confident all day and without a mistake on the first section of the second lap I would have taken the win. I am now looking forward to next weekends wtc round in Portugal.
I would like to thank all the team for their help over the weekend"

Click on the Image below to view images of Michael at the St. Davids..