Seth Stephen's Memorial Race

With 3 weeks left until the Seth Stephen's Memorial Race, the main personalities helping to get the course together met at the Mexi in Dorset to start the process of laying out the main area not controlled by the military at Bovington.

Racing has not taken place on the area for some 5-6 years with the last winner being Stan Watt of Front Row GB on a Honda CRF450.

With a brief look around the substantial area, the group split into pairs to set up their particular areas. Area 1 is a large sand bowl adjacent to the Mexi and will be laid out by Rob Sartin from Talon Engineering, Area 2 is the largest and longest area, consists of well worn tracks, which lead from Area 1 to open heathland that contains one of the man bog locations. From there it slips into a wooded section of flowing but undulating tracks before setting out onto the perimeter track where the riders will have there first taste of deep sand which holds two further bog sections before making it's way back and into Area 3.

Area 3 is by far the most technical where riders will climb one of the more difficult sections into a wooded area that will challenge all abilities consisting of a number of extreme sections for those that want to attempt them and alternatives for those not so technically minded. Area 3 naturally drifts into Area 4 which flows through some excellent woodland and includes a wonderful open gravel shicane section before heading back into the woods and back to the sandbowl and the start area.

The course will be a proper hare and hounds enduro, and built to accommodate all abilities but all riders will know they have been riding this area for 3 hours. It will remian flowing and ultimately enjoyable

Let's look forward to 28th for a great day in memory of Seth Stephens

FRGB