A summer of competition, practicing and bike development has left Michael little time to keep us up to date with all his movements, so a quick round up of results is needed. In the World outdoor Championship Michael had two 11th place finishes in the two rounds held in Japan, followed by a couple of 10th's in Italy and Andorra. The final two rounds in Spain and France resulted in a pair of 12th places to enable Michael to end the year in 10th overall in the FIM World Championship. A full break down of the Championship can be found at www.trialonline.org. In the British Championship Michael is holding second place, behind his close mate James Dabill, going into the last round in Kent later this month. Michael has taken his MRS Sherco to a top 3 finish in every round so far this year, and he took 2nd at the last round (the Mckenzie) to stay 6 points ahead of Alexz Wigg in the championship table.. 12 points behind Dibs. Michael also took 2nd place in the very popular North Berks mcc supertrial held in August. He had led after the first round but was beaten into the runner up spot by that man Dabill in the final. Michael also took part in the massive, unique French urban trial in Cahors with all the world regulars. Michael's next event was as part of the British team at the TDN, and a brilliant 2nd place finish for the team was the result... sadly for Michael James Dabill took the points he needed to win the British Championship, with Michael finishing runner up overall for the second year running.