Page 5 - Jaymee Garrood Follow Your Dreams

However, after some close racing in the first couple of laps, she could
barely hold onto the iTech Husky, seeing her drop down the field well
behind riders who she had regularly beaten, there was clearly nothing
left in the tank. A disappointing end to the day and the resulting
journey back was very quiet, but there was still a massive feeling of
pride and thanks to have represented Team GB again.
During the following week, Team G had a meeting to regroup and
plan the racing to the end of the season, as it was clear balancing full
time work, assessments and training alongside top class racing was
taking its toll. So action had to be taken with Jaymee taking the
chance to build in some rest days and more excitedly book a well-
earned holiday for later in the year!

Next up it was back to BWMA action at Ollerton for round 5! On a tight track, quality and race starts would be key to results on
the day, so it was good to deliver a top ten in qualifying.

Race one start was good, coming out of the turn one in the top 5, then
an early red flag crash brought proceedings to an abrupt end, after
contact between Claire Bates and Georgia Potter saw both girls go down
hard after the table top jump, but great to see both remount and make
it back to the line for the restart.

From the restart race pace was good, holding position in 6th behind the
regular players, with the gate drop seeing the fast starting Dunston get
the better of everyone early on.
Race two proved a little bit more eventful, with once again a good start
lap one ended in 7th place chasing down the ever improving Lily
Moreland, then looking at an opportunity to overtake on the inside line
of the table top jump, disaster struck, seeing the #999 machines front
wheel embed itself into the freshly formed bomb hole, violently pitching
the iTech racing rider over the handle bars with both rider and bike
cartwheeling down the track to a juddering halt. With rider and bike
some 15 metres apart and Jaymee needing medical attention in the
middle of the track, the incident was red flagged.

After some minutes of medical attention, the young rider was taken to the Ambulance for
a quick assessment whilst the #999 Husqvarna received similar attention trackside.

Somewhat battered, bruised and dazed Jaymee cleared herself from the medics and
began the walk back to the pits. Then on noticing the girls had all reformed on the start
gate came the response “Dad, is the bike ok to ride as I need the points” after checking
the iTech riders condition and seriousness Dad replied “give me two minutes it can be “

So with a frantic dash to the pits to get the bike, straighten the handlebars and attach the
transponder the bike was ridden back to the start line where the race was about to begin.