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James Dabill wins Rd6 of British Championship

03/08/2010

James Dabill, No.1 JSTGG rider has just won the 6th round of the 2010 British Trials Championship.

The Yeadon and Guiseley club organised a superb event at the ‘Brimham Rocks’ venue near Harrogate in North Yorkshire. The sections were spot on for most but slightly easy for the very top boys making for a nervy event.

Dibs prefers it hard where he seems to relax more. Easy events make him nervous but I have to say he really impressed me yesterday with his cool attitude and focus. There was no ‘showboating’, he just got on with the job in hand. He took the lead on the first lap with 4 marks lost.

His second lap was going equally as well until section 7 which was the hardest. A really tricky jump onto some really slippery rocks. Dibs jumped and landed short which wasn’t a problem because he could use a big dab to get back online. One more inch was ‘needed’ advised his minder Jack Lee but Dibs felt happy, set off and slid off for an instant ‘5’. Dibs knew instantly that Jack was right and nothing needed to be said.

What dibs did next impressed me…he totally shut the ‘5’ out of his head, focused, and levelled the very next section for an easy clean. He then finished the lap in a confident mood. So, the bad ‘5’ didn’t bother him…head was firmly ‘on’.

Then with a 10 mark lead going into the last lap, Dibs relaxed and won with ease. He was very mature on section 11 which was possible to clean but dodgy…He went for a deliberate ‘dab’ each lap which was mature riding from the Dibsta.