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Heard that because of the bad crash at the start the race was abandoned. How bad were the injuries anyone know?
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Weston Beach cancelled
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Posted 12 October 2009 - 08:22 PM
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Posted 14 October 2009 - 09:32 AM
Nigel Dabster, on Oct 12 2009, 09:22 PM, said:
Heard that because of the bad crash at the start the race was abandoned. How bad were the injuries anyone know?
I heard that one rider has a broken back and another serious head injuries. 17 injured taken to hospital at the time.
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Posted 14 October 2009 - 10:00 PM
The news still not good on any account looks as thou there may not be another Weston beach race, but worst of all the injured rider still in a very bad way with head & neck injuries badly broken leg and some internal injuries, never nice to hear of such horrific injuries to a fellow off-roader im sure all thoughts are with the rider and his family at this time.
http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/Weston...il/article.html
http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/Weston...il/article.html
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Posted 15 October 2009 - 05:25 PM
with my 20 20 hindsight goggles on and having viewed the video on youtube a mass start in those weather conditions was not a sound option
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Posted 15 October 2009 - 06:57 PM
The conditions became almost impossible to see once a few riders had kicked up spray, is it always this bad?
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Posted 16 October 2009 - 11:50 AM
50% of the problem was that the tide was in when the race started. Weston super Mare has the 3rd highest difference between high/low tide in the world, this years start straight was about 100m wide, if they delayed the start for a couple of hours it would have been half a mile wide, which would have helped the problem.
The injured rider was Ty Kellett from Langport in Somerset, I'm sure there are many TC regulars that will know his dad Nibs Kellett who was a regular rider in South West/Wessex/National trials back in the 70/80's before going on to become a downhill mountain biker.
I would like to send my best wishes to Ty and family for a speedy conclusion to this nightmare.
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Martin
The injured rider was Ty Kellett from Langport in Somerset, I'm sure there are many TC regulars that will know his dad Nibs Kellett who was a regular rider in South West/Wessex/National trials back in the 70/80's before going on to become a downhill mountain biker.
I would like to send my best wishes to Ty and family for a speedy conclusion to this nightmare.
Regards
Martin
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