OSET youths on show at Nord Vue
By TMX Archives on 17th Jun 15
Tony Bou may have bossed the World Round at Nord Vue last weekend, but for many, the real action took place down at the 2 Machs OSET Arena Trial on Saturday night.
Drawing a crowd of over 200 people, 54 young riders on electric machines were unfazed by the attention as they headed out to ride five man-made sections.
Among the obstacles were, Bou's Boulders which saw Beginners, Intermediates and Hard route riders negotiate a series of rocks. Cabestany's Crunch took some of the riders over a graffiti- covered car.
Fugigas It! Included two big upturned skips and Don't Dab'ill was a mixture of rocks and locks.
Simon Armstrong from OSET Bikes, said, "The event was a great success! With 52 OSETs making up the entry, we were oversubscribed a week before the event closed.
"It really demonstrates just how much the sport is beginning to grow at a grass roots level.
There was some fantastic riding and who knows, one of these kids could just be the next Tony Bou”
Watching the event were world stars Eddie Carlson and Alex Ferrer, while new dad, James Dabill kindly took time away from Team Vertigo to present all the competitors with awards and trophies.
After a busy day commentating, Dan Hemingway minded for son George in a nail-biting, D-Class Hard route that saw young Hemo finish second behind Dominic Horne and joined by Myles Hutchinson on the podium.
Two C-Class boys went head to head on the hard route too, which saw Mason Meadows from Kent take the win from Frodsham rider, Kieran Skehan.
Sophie Bailey continued her winning ways on the OSET 24.0 to enjoy the win from Bassenthwaite MC rider Jack Long and taking the final podium place was Joshua Dear.
D-Class intermediate was won by Jasper Fox losing a lucky-for-some 13 marks, with Alex Horne not far behind on 21 marks dropped and Toby Shaw on 25.
The largest class was the D-Class Easy route with 17 riders in total.
The top four riders finished on single figures. Callum Heath who rides with Frodsham took the win on just four marks lost.
A whisker away was Northern Ireland's Harry Smith on five, with Llangollen‘s Jess Widdowson in third on six – it couldn't have been closer, while Rowan Dean from Kent just missed out on eight.
Little dynamo Kennie Brierley bossed the E-Class on 10 marks - it won't be long before he moves up to the next level!
Toby Tyson who rides for Bootle SC enjoyed the second step with 15 marks lost and Ruari James Younie from Lochaber secured third, after dropping 25.
Exhibition rider, Oliver Smith impressed all the youngsters and onlookers with some serious back wheel riding skills, hopping his OSET 24.0 over the obstacles with ease!
Thanks go to Simon Armstrong and 2 Machs Motorcycles for organising and MHB for helping at the event.
FOR YOUTH STORIES SEE TMX NEWS, JUNE 18, (ISSUE 1976)
