DMR Dirt Wars Round 7 The Final 2019 Series P.O.R.C

posted by Cliff Barbeary on Thu, 11/07/2019 - 13:31

 

Considering it was the Dirt Wars UK 10th Anniversary Series 2019 could not of been more up and down for DWUK if it tried.

The first two rounds of the year went off amazingly well and were filled with dry trails and beating down sunshine but then the UK just seemed to get beaten with bad weather. Round 3 was scheduled at the Mighty Gt Malverns Classic Festival but after a solid week of rain the festival had to be cancelled on safety grounds so we had to re-schedule the round. We then had the gutting news that RocketWorld had closed its doors due to unforseen circumstances so we had to re-schedule that round too. Come Round 7 (The Final) We had nothing but bad weather which saw us have to postpone the final twice, But in true DWUK Style we have pulled all 7 rounds out the bag and had a full series.

The Final.

Saturday saw nothing but rain and strong winds which left us thinking we would have to postpone the final for a third time but waking up at the venue on Sunday morning (Finals day) we were greeted with awesome sunshine over the misty valley and not a peep from the wind.

The Open Class of riders soon filled up and the Pro turn out was pretty good too (Some still injured and some off doing other stuff). Dirt wars is all about the Open Riders really as we set out to progress riders through the sport and get them up to Euro and worldwide competing level, so with the Open Class stacked with riders we were super stoked. It was great to see new faces and some old faces from the past who turned up to compete.

The Little rippers were out in force and it was great to see the smaller riders pushing each other on and giving each other support and getting encouragement from the older Open class riders and the Pro’s.

After a few hours of practice we racked the Open riders up and started the seeding ready for the final (We like to run seeding instead of knockout rounds as this gives all the riders a second chance to throw it down and get the run they want) and there were Tyre Grabs, 360 attempts, 360’s, Barspins and Backflips being thrown all over the place. All the riders were cheering each other on as each rider dropped

Local Boy Jonathan Neal was throwing down Moto Whips and 360’s whilst young Logan Joao hit out with Tyre Grabs, Tuc’s and Backflips followed by the other little ripper Jamie Scriminger with his Backflips and Tuck No Handers.

Nial Greenstreet came out swinging with 360’s, Backflips and X-Up’s but trying to out do him was our South African rider Antony Brooks throwing out tailwhip attempts and 360’s.

Our Flying Scotsman Aiden McMillan wasn't having the best day and didnt really get any of the runs he wanted but still put out the Backflips, Fully Extended Tuc’s and 360’s whilst Caleb Holford had his heart set on getting the flip on the last (which he eventually did super clean) Dan Vickery couldnt work out what way he wanted to X-up so sent them both ways followed by some sweet 360’s.

After all the riders had 3 runs each (Best run counts) it was over to our Pro riders to unleash the big tricks.

The Supermans and Superseat grabs were flowing from Freddy Pulman (Corsair bikes), Tom Isted (GT Bikes), Harry Campbell (Rose Bikes) and Matt Scott (Privateer) whilst Zac Rainbow (NS Bikes) was spinning the Double Backflips and Sam Hodgson (Saracen bikes) throwing out the Candy Bar Backflip. Tom Reynolds (HopeTech/Salice) was whipping out the Superwhips as Cam Crozier (Radio Bikes)hit back with Double Trucks. 3 runs down and the riders were all stoked to get their tricks out on a still damp course… With Pro Seeding over it was back to the Open riders and the Final, The Top Ten riders runs were as follows.
10th James Forbes SeatGrab Backflip 360 TableTop 9th Andy Lehman Tuck 360 Table Tailwhip 8th Fin Davies Tuck Nac Nac 360 Table 7th Harry Gascoyne Tyre Grab Backflip 360 6th Darren Eastall Corkflip Truck Driver 360 Invert 5th Harry Bolton Bar to X Tuck 360 Double Truck
4th Rhys P Griffiths Backflip 360 X-Up Truck 3rd Kerry Pert Backflip Tailwhip 360 Table 2nd Joe Simkins Flip Table 360 X-Up Oppo 360 1st Wig L Booth Backflip Truck Driver 360 Tailwhip So that means that the Overall Top 3 Open Series Winners were 1st Joe Simkins 2nd Rhys Pryce Griffiths 3rd Harry Bolton Well done and well deserved Guy’s…
8th Freddy Pulman Corsair Bikes FlipBar FrontFlip Tuc Crash 7th Matt Scott Pioneer Rider 360 Back Flip Flip No Hands To No Feet 6th Tom Reynolds Hope/Salice Flip Flip Table Double Tailwhip 5th Harry Campbell Rose Bikes Superman FrontFlip Flip X-Up to 1 FT Can
4th Sam Hodgson Saracen Bikes Tuck Barrel 1ft Can Superseat Grab 3rd Cam Crozier Radio Bikes Flip Can 360 Tuck Flip Double Bar 2nd Zac Rainbow NS Bikes Flip Table Flip Tuck Double Backflips

1st Tom Isted GT Bikes Flip Tuck Flip Superman Cash Roll

So with the podiums for the day all tied up the Pro Overall Top 3 was as follows.

1st Cam Crozier Radio Bikes

2nd Harry Campbell Rose Bikes

3rd Zac Rainbow NS Bikes

 

Well done to the top 3 and all riders who rode through out the year.

At every round we hold the TeamMT3/Bike Chcin Ricci Best Trick award and for the final time this series it go’s to the young 10 year old ripper Fin Davies for his awesome Nac Nac Look Back, It was so clean and super steezy. Well Done little fella….

Thats 10 Series’s over and done with and set in the history books.

A Massive thank you to this years Series Sponsors

DMR Bikes, Smuggling Duds, Praiseworthy Apparel, AtomLab UK, Salice Eyewear, Triple8 NYC, MAD4Bikes, Monster Energy, Pinkbike, Bell Helmets, Guy Martins Proper Cleaner, TeamMT3, BikeChain Ricci, Pinkbike and The Malverns Classic.

A Massive Thank You to our Venues

Radical Bike Park, Chicksands Bike Park, Ramps Dirt Park, Penshurst Bike Park and Freddy’s Yard.

A Massive Thank You to the DWUK Crew for keeping the UK Dirt Comp Scene Alive (You know who you are).

And a Massive Thank You to all the Riders, Spectators and Supporters for being with us throughout 2019.

 

We will be back next year as always bigger and better than ever with a few extra surprises in store.

See you all in 2020. Have a safe Winter….

 

Cliff and the Team…….