Clarke And McLaughlin Dominate The Opening Round Of The Irish Enduro Championship  (Mar 13, 2010)

Electraction TM UK riders Gordon Clarke and Philip McLaughlin showed their WEC experience by finishing 1st and 2nd at the opening round of the Irish Enduro Championships held at a very wet Glendalough last weekend.
Heavy rain for the preceeding weeks and on the event made for a very wet route but the ground held up well and there were only a few parts of the course that cut up badly. A 40km lap with 3 checks, ridden 3 times and a test which was very fast at the start and more technical at the end greeted the riders.
Gordon now back to something like full fitness following a series of injuries was to pip Philip at the post with a 0.75 second win following 3 tests. Philip on the TM 450 EN was to win the first 2 tests but lost 11 seconds to Gordon riding the TM 300 EN on the final run through the forest to be beaten by less than a second. Former North of England champion Andrew Reeves was to finish 3rd followed by local Trials turned Enduro rider Paul McLaughlin 4th but there was some margin of time between them and the flying TM boys.
All in all a successful weekend for the Electraction TM riders in an event that eventually saw 60% of the entry DNF.

Commenting afterwards:

Gordon:..."Yea that was ok, it was a bit sketchy on the fast part of the tests but i had good runs each time. No problems on the course, but it was wet and cold. Good to be back on the pace."

Philip:..."i took it easy on the first part of the tests as i was concerned not to hurt myself, got caught up with some other riders but genrally was ok. I found the route quite easy even though there were guys stuck everywhere but it was a good run out, even if cold. Fair play to Gordon."

Philip will travel to the next round of the GBXC in Devon on the 7th of June and then Gordon and Philip will travel to Finland and Slovakia for the 4th and 5th rounds of the World Enduro Championships.

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