Two items of news for the Lancs County site. If you rode in Sunday’s trial at Drunkenbridge you will know that we had to call out the North West Air Ambulance to David Braithwaite who collapsed at section six on the first lap.

He was air-lifted to Lancaster Infirmary and after 24 hours of tests it appears that he has suffered a minor stroke. Thankfully, when Club Chairman Chris Kirkbride and Secretary Mike Rapley visited him on Monday night, it was apparent that after a shaky 24 hours, he was well on the way to recovery and it seemed likely that he would be discharged on Tuesday to return home and told to take things easy for a while.

Dave sends his thanks to all who have enquired after his well being both at the trial and since, and he says that he hopes to be back in action as soon as he is considered well enough.

On a separate note, at the last Wednesday evening trial there were two separate incidents involving riders questioning an observing decision. We know the details of both but don’t intend to repeat them, except to remind everybody that all observing decisions are cut and dried, no matter whether you consider them to be right or wrong.

As a club we try very hard to get everything right by providing sections that are suitable for the event and despite the difficulty in getting observers, we have an enthusiastic nucleus who enjoy what they do, but certainly don’t want any confrontation. Our sport is very low key with nothing to be gained from it except lots of pleasure and the possibility of a £15 Halfords voucher at the end of the year, so no matter what you think, let it rest and accept the decision for what it is.

Thanks folks.