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25.1.10
On the23rd January at
St Charles Rhys was still feeling the effects from his heavy fall but
patched up he took part scoring only a single point from two rides.
He was positive going to the meeting but again another difficult tricky
track; in his first ride he was in a comfortable second place when he
drifted wide only to finish 4th. He went out for his second ride and had
to work really hard for the point he scored but afterwards admitted he
was not fit enough but had the cheek to say at least I stayed on!
With this in mind he was preparing for a 3 day trip to Oshawa, Ontario
and being positive he has gone back to preparing his bike for the
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17.1.10
After a week at
Elmira in New York visiting and doing interviews on radio stations Welm
which is just sports and 94.2 Rock, Rhys also had a guided tour of the
radio stations which he found interesting as he has not had the
opportunity in the UK.
With a trip to Landos Lounge were he and the other riders were guests
and a press and photo session on Thursday this was a big build up to the
racing on Friday night. This did not go according plan with a 3rd and a
fall. Saturday night was better, he reached the qualifying heat for the
final where six riders take place and there's not a lot of room. Rhys
did exceptionally well to finish 5th, just missing out on reaching the
final but had a bit of a fall suffering heavy bruising to his left thigh
and shoulder.
He has started a 16 hour trip back to Missouri were he has said he is
going to recover for Saturdays event at the Family Arena St Charles..
Rhys has said that gating is important and staying on is the other
important thing to remember - in his fall he became the filling in the
sandwich after being stuck between two bikes and has now admitted that
he is finding it harder than expected. He would like to thank everyone
that is following his trip.
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5.1.10
Rhys made his debut
on Saturday 2nd January 2010 at Independence MO on the ice. He had a
very good debut finishing with 2 points out of the six that were on
offer; when asked what it was like he replied he found it weird but
enjoyable and was looking forward to the 3rd January when he was racing
again. This time he found it harder and although twice he was
challenging for second/first place but fell ending with zero points
and found he needs to practice his passing technique.
He was encouraged not to give up because he was showing what he can do
once he gains experience and against the more experienced Anthony Barlow
and James Mann, both of whom complimented him on his attitude saying he
was very mature in his approach.
Rhys is now licking his wounds and preparing for Elmira in New York on
15th &1 6th January. Rhys has found acclimatising very hard and said
that -20 is cold!! |
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