Friday, 13 July 2007

Sunshine and Skis with Dr Foster

Gloucester Club National
Saturday 7th July –

Doctor Foster went to Gloucester in a shower of, erm, sunshine! and let's be honest - it's been a while since we could say that. With Glasgow attracting a few of the Telford racers, the more local (and infinitely more sensible option) was the short drive down the M5 to the Club National at Gloucester.

The Minis race, awash with Telford debutants, saw Emma Taylor claim a fine 7th place in her first ever outing, a feat impressively matched by her brother Daniel in the boys race. Equally impressive was the 8th place finish achieved by William Lucas. Kirran however was no so fortunate, as a promising morning was lost with a third run ruined by a mid course fall.

In the Girls race Charlotte Gould led the way for Telford, squeezing into the overall top 20 and 6th in Junior 1 with times that improved throughout the day. Charlotte Shrimpton overcame a 2nd run straddle to claim 29th overall and 9th in chi 2 and George Gould claimed 12th in the same category. Our fourth debutant Kirsty Thomas also impressed, claiming 9th in Junior 1 and sub 200 seed points.

In the Boys Marco Furio led the charge with 14th place in the always competitive Children 2 category and Tarran Noble secured 18th in the same class in his first race of the summer.

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