Issue 11 SJC News 2021

Year 11 student Flynn recently competed in the King of Ballarat Mountain Bike Race and has written of his experience below, congratulations to Flynn on a great effort! 

King Of Ballarat Round 1, a downhill MTB race.

You get 2 timed race runs on the track. Your racing against the clock and going down over tricky obstacles like jumps, rocks, roots and steep terrain.

I came 3^rd out of 15. Had a crash on my first race run, which knocked me back to 4^th and then pushed hard on my 2^nd race run and brought my time back to a 3^rd.

I was very tired on the Sunday but just kept my head up and tried to control what I can control. Kept a positive attitude and pushed my way through the tiredness.

It was feezing cold and got as low as 2 degrees but the sun came out for racing which was great!

There are still another two rounds to go, Round 2 at the end of July and Round 3 at the end of August, after which we will find out who gets named the King Of Ballarat.

I am training hard for the up coming National Champs at the end of the year and the up coming State rounds which will start in November. If the pandemic gets better I am aiming to race a few overseas races during next year. Fingers crossed!!