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2010 Scottish Six Days Trial |
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Written by Becky Cook
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Tuesday, 11 May 2010 11:14 |
MRS Sherco rider, Becky Cook completed her second Scottish Six Days Trial last week coming home with a first class award and Best Lady award after a close week long battle with Emma Bristow.
In complete contrast to last year when the weather was atrocious, the Scottish Highlands were blessed with blazing sunshine throughout the six days of competition.
Becky finished Monday with eight time penalties as the time limit proved to be very tight but she was still four marks ahead of Emma. The next two days didn’t go so well for Becky as struggled to find a good rhythm in the natural sections and by the end of the third day she was now eleven marks down on Emma. However there were still three days to go and Becky was confident she could pull it back, supported and encouraged by minder, Craig Talbot and his family.
Thursday is the longest day of the week with a twenty eight mile ride out to the first section. Becky excelled in these tough conditions though and finished the day on half the score of Emma and move back into the lead in the Ladies class. Friday was Becky’s early day and by the end of the day Becky’s lead was cut to just five marks again making for a very tense final day on Saturday! She held her nerve though to finish the week as Best Lady eight marks in front of Emma and in ninety first place out of two hundred and seventy starters.
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British Ladies Championship Round 3 |
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Written by Becky Cook
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Wednesday, 21 April 2010 20:04 |
The third round of the British Ladies Championship was held last Sunday by Lincoln MC at Manton Quarry, on what turned out to be a hot, sunny day with no shade and little breeze.
MRS Sherco rider, Becky Cook hasn’t had the best of luck this year in the British Championship and was eager to get back into it. Unfortunately it seems like Becky’s bad luck still isn’t over as she stalled the bike in the first section and could not keep her feet on the pegs resulting in a five, where all the other riders had little difficulty on. Then on section two which was also an easy section the bike stalled again but Becky managed to keep her feet up this time for a clean.
After a very shaky start to say the least Becky never really recovered and was five marks down on the leader after the first lap. Her next two laps were much improved with her recording the best lap of the day on her final lap, a loss of just two marks. She was disappointed not to have a ‘clean’ lap as those two marks were lost in the easy part of the sections. The final scores were Joanne Coles on sixteen, Becky on twenty two and Emma Bristow on thirty eight.
Becky will be riding the Victory trial this weekend as final preparation for the SSDT where she’s hoping for a good ride and better weather than last year!
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Written by Administrator
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Sunday, 08 March 2009 19:38 |
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Craig Talbot offered to take over minding duties this year in all competitons at home and abroad following the last round of the 2009 Adult British Championship. Although he had no minding experience before this year he has regularly ridden in British Championship and Novogar events. Craig works at bvm moto in Stroud who sponsor Becky and owner Mark Kemp kindly agreed to let him have the time off to support her. |
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Last Updated on Saturday, 24 April 2010 20:39 |
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European Ladies Championship Round 1 |
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Written by Becky Cook
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Wednesday, 07 April 2010 19:32 |
The opening round of the European Ladies Championship was held last weekend in Coazze, Northern Italy . There was a wide range of terrain from rock steps, root banks, steep climbs and some nasty drop offs! MRS Sherco rider, Becky Cook aided by her new minder for this year, Craig Talbot was determined to put in a good result after her recent poor showings at the British Championship. She started off well as she was the first rider to clean section one after seeing many struggle and fail, with even Laia Sanz taking a dab she decided to go for the more direct route straight up the loose steep climb. Section two saw some questionable marking for Becky as only three feet ever went down on this section but a three and a two were punched on her score card! The next two sections went well cleaning the big rock faces and large undercut drops where many fived, after that there were only odd marks being lost due to loss of balance and Italian observing! Becky felt that the second lap went a lot better although her punch card was one more than the first, she was happy with second place losing nineteen marks well in front of fellow Brit, Joanne Coles on thirty six. However, Becky knows there is still plenty of work to do if she is going to beat winner, Laia Sanz who dropped just two marks.
Becky also rode in Sunday’s event in the International class against the men. The sections were quite a bit harder but after a nervous start she slowly improved and rode much more confidently in the technical sections to take the win much to her surprise!
Becky’s next event will be the third round of the British Ladies Championship next weekend at Lincoln.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 07 April 2010 19:33 |
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British Ladies Championship Round 2 |
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Written by Becky Cook
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Monday, 29 March 2010 19:11 |
Round two of the British Ladies Championship was held last Sunday at Sharpcliffe Hall. Conditions were quite damp with several short sharp showers throughout the day. Becky Cook on her MRS BVM Sherco struggled to get into a rhythm on the first two laps having some good rides on the more difficult sections but then throwing it away by having two fives including one for missing a flag. Becky finally got her act together on the final lap helped by minder, Craig Talbot and fellow competitor, Donna Fox to post the best lap score of just three marks. It wasn’t enough though and Becky had to settle for second behind Joanne Coles.
Becky and Craig set off this week to Italy for the first round of the European Ladies Championship on Saturday.
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