Saturday, 16 May 2009
2009 DERBY PHOENIX CALENDAR RACE DATES
COME AND WATCH
CROFT SAT 18TH APRIL
CROFT SUN 19TH APRIL
CADWELL PARK SUN 3RD MAY
CADWELL PARK MON 4TH MAY
ANGLESEY SAT 30TH MAY
ANGLESEY SUN 31ST MAY
OULTON PARK SAT 4TH JULY
CADWELL PARK SAT 25TH JULY
CADWELL PARK SUN 2TH JULY
ANGLESEY SAT 22ND AUG
ANGLESEY SUN 23RD AUG
CADWELL PARK SAT 19TH SEPT
CADWELL PARK SUN 20TH SEPT
DONINGTON PARK SAT 3RD OCT
DONINGTON PARK SUN 4TH OCT
CROFT SAT 18TH APRIL
CROFT SUN 19TH APRIL
CADWELL PARK SUN 3RD MAY
CADWELL PARK MON 4TH MAY
ANGLESEY SAT 30TH MAY
ANGLESEY SUN 31ST MAY
OULTON PARK SAT 4TH JULY
CADWELL PARK SAT 25TH JULY
CADWELL PARK SUN 2TH JULY
ANGLESEY SAT 22ND AUG
ANGLESEY SUN 23RD AUG
CADWELL PARK SAT 19TH SEPT
CADWELL PARK SUN 20TH SEPT
DONINGTON PARK SAT 3RD OCT
DONINGTON PARK SUN 4TH OCT
Sunday, 10 May 2009
KINGS #29 RACE HISTORY
Hi
Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Kingsley Owen Ruddy, I am just 15 years old and have been motorcycle racing since October 2003.
My very first season was riding with Phoenix Mini-moto Racing Club on my 49cc GRC mini-moto in which I finished 9th place in the 2004 British Championship. 2005 however I improved vastly gaining the British runner-up position.
2006 was a further excellent year for me when I moved up to my first full size gearbox machine, a 50cc Conti V3 and became the Conti Cup UK Champion. Also in 2006 I became the Junior B British Supermoto Champion.
2007 was a disasterous year as we signed up to the Derbi 125 package with the ACU. Half way through the season we had still not got a running race bike and therefore called it a day, got our money back from the ACU and ordered an Aprilia 125 to run with the superteens. I was racing with the front runners and things were looking good for the following season. Things were not meant to be though as I was taken out a few times and the season seemed to be riddled with bad luck for me mechanically. I still gained my national licence though.
Before my 15 birthday my dad Steve approached Roger Middleton (now a valued friend of our whole family) with regard to building me a Kawasaki ZXR400. Roger had not seen me ride and built me a bike to allow me to get used to the 2 stroke4 stroke transition initially. Because I had to wait until my 15 birthday before I could ride the bike getting practice was difficult. We were going to treat the 2009 season as a learning curve year with no pressure and just enjoy the experience.
I entered my first race with Thundersport GB at Mallory and the bike felt great, I did really well. I loved it and was hungrey to get back out on track.
We became members of Derby Phoenix Motorcycle Club (a great club who have made us feel extremely welcome including competitors, officials and marshalls) and our first meeting was at Croft. I had not raced there before.
I was eager to do well and gained 2nd place overall that weekend and seemed to raise a few eyebrows.
Cadwell Park was the venue for the 2nd meeting. With good starts off the grid and totally focussed gained myself two 1st places. The 3rd race I was leading by 5.5 seconds and almost had it 'in the bag' when I lost a knee slider and was just pipped to the post. I was gutted but these things happen in racing. It was pi**ing it down for race 4 and my bike packed in due to an electrical wiring fault in the 1st lap. Again I was disappointed but gained some crucial points back from this meeting and am currently running joint 1st place with Ellerker.
I have the enthusiasm and focus to do well but intend to learn along the way. We have quite a lot of improvements we can make to the bikes and am looking forward to the next meeting at Anglesey.
A huge thank-you to Roger from my mum and dad, Cheryl and Steve for all his help and support with the bikes and for his hospitality at Cadwell where we forgot to bring loads of stuff because of the nightmare getting there (van broke down). I also want to thank Ross (mechanic) for his input at Cadwell also.
See you at the next meeting race buddies!!!!
Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Kingsley Owen Ruddy, I am just 15 years old and have been motorcycle racing since October 2003.
My very first season was riding with Phoenix Mini-moto Racing Club on my 49cc GRC mini-moto in which I finished 9th place in the 2004 British Championship. 2005 however I improved vastly gaining the British runner-up position.
2006 was a further excellent year for me when I moved up to my first full size gearbox machine, a 50cc Conti V3 and became the Conti Cup UK Champion. Also in 2006 I became the Junior B British Supermoto Champion.
2007 was a disasterous year as we signed up to the Derbi 125 package with the ACU. Half way through the season we had still not got a running race bike and therefore called it a day, got our money back from the ACU and ordered an Aprilia 125 to run with the superteens. I was racing with the front runners and things were looking good for the following season. Things were not meant to be though as I was taken out a few times and the season seemed to be riddled with bad luck for me mechanically. I still gained my national licence though.
Before my 15 birthday my dad Steve approached Roger Middleton (now a valued friend of our whole family) with regard to building me a Kawasaki ZXR400. Roger had not seen me ride and built me a bike to allow me to get used to the 2 stroke4 stroke transition initially. Because I had to wait until my 15 birthday before I could ride the bike getting practice was difficult. We were going to treat the 2009 season as a learning curve year with no pressure and just enjoy the experience.
I entered my first race with Thundersport GB at Mallory and the bike felt great, I did really well. I loved it and was hungrey to get back out on track.
We became members of Derby Phoenix Motorcycle Club (a great club who have made us feel extremely welcome including competitors, officials and marshalls) and our first meeting was at Croft. I had not raced there before.
I was eager to do well and gained 2nd place overall that weekend and seemed to raise a few eyebrows.
Cadwell Park was the venue for the 2nd meeting. With good starts off the grid and totally focussed gained myself two 1st places. The 3rd race I was leading by 5.5 seconds and almost had it 'in the bag' when I lost a knee slider and was just pipped to the post. I was gutted but these things happen in racing. It was pi**ing it down for race 4 and my bike packed in due to an electrical wiring fault in the 1st lap. Again I was disappointed but gained some crucial points back from this meeting and am currently running joint 1st place with Ellerker.
I have the enthusiasm and focus to do well but intend to learn along the way. We have quite a lot of improvements we can make to the bikes and am looking forward to the next meeting at Anglesey.
A huge thank-you to Roger from my mum and dad, Cheryl and Steve for all his help and support with the bikes and for his hospitality at Cadwell where we forgot to bring loads of stuff because of the nightmare getting there (van broke down). I also want to thank Ross (mechanic) for his input at Cadwell also.
See you at the next meeting race buddies!!!!
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