Second by a second and a win for Neil Chatham (Apr 4, 2011)

Second by a Second and a Win for Neil Chatham

Neil Chatham finished second by a second to Ricky Mair on Saturday and won on Sunday at the first and second round of the Scottish Enduro Championship. Neil is not riding the full Scottish Enduro Championship in 2011 as he is concentrating on the British Enduro Sprint and British Enduro Championship. Following a request from Johnny Little to support the new Elgin Endurance Club who are taking over Enduros from GMCC, Neil found time in his busy schedule to ride in the first two rounds of the Scottish Championship. This is one of the most enjoyable and tough events of the year utilising the special test that is used in Lossie forest for the biannual British Enduro Championship.

Neil was feeling the effects from a recent cold on Saturday that took the edge off his performance but after an early night on Saturday he was feeling much more up for the challenge on Sunday.

I fell off too many times on Saturday and I was not feeling my best but on Sunday I was feeling much better and it was a slightly shorter day. My Drysdale KTM was running brilliantly and it never missed a beat. I have always enjoyed the events at Elgin and Johnny Little, Barry Hamilton and Kevin Gauld did not disappoint with this event again. I am using every opportunity as training for the ISDE in August and this was ideal with over six hours riding on Saturday and four on Sunday.

Neil Chatham would like to thank his sponsors, KTM UK, Drysdale Motorcycles, Shell, Fox, Metzeler, Hardcore Racing and Jewelultra Diamondbrite.

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