THERE was a small turn out for the first Gravity night of 2025 on Tuesday 28 January.

It is possible that the heat of the day had discouraged some, however by 6pm the temperature was quite tolerable; certainly less severe than had been experienced a week earlier for the first XC night.

But even with small numbers there is always a high level of competitiveness.

Lots of points to prove and many different battles between riders.

Two courses were set, with Cam Dobson and Adam Baker setting the first course and yours truly arranging a second challenge.

Both courses were long by Rifle Butts standards.

As usual the riders started at 30 second intervals.

For me, I was most happy to complete both runs without incident and I am glad that this seemed to be the case for all the competitors.

Ryder proved once again that he is a talented rider across most racing disciplines.

He produced the fastest time on both courses and with a combined time of 9 minutes 46 seconds, he was 25 seconds faster than Damian Grundy with a combined time of 10 minutes 11 seconds.

Archie Smith was 2 seconds behind Damian and finished in 3rd.

Results at www.mmbcc.org.au

I would like to thank Cam and Adam for setting the course, and then Cam again and Tim Ross for managing the timing.

Hope to see you all at our next event.