Date: Tuesday 1st July 2014
Route: WP, Meavy, Lovaton, HQ.
Riders: Dan, James, Jude, Keith, Gidon, Gary, Martyn, Greg & Lawrence
Depart WP: 19:40
Arrive HQ: 22:00
Distance: 13 miles
Weather: Perfect

GOWCC v Dartmoor at the Stadium of Summer

"Well, you join us on a splendid evenin' in Devon. The teams are just lining up. Dartmoor have stuck with their tried and trusted squad - Moorland playing at midfield, the Tor brothers, Moss in goal, Plymouth on left wing and Okey on the right with Steam Crossing, Rock, Bracken, Sheep and Pony filling up the other spots. A less often seen player - Sunshine is also making an appearance tonight. He's had a few matches recently but not as many as we'd like to see him at. Meanwhile GOWCC are playing some old hands - Hattan and Parriss, their experienced mid-termers - Horler, Reid, Woodbridge-Harris, White and Whitford and then the relatively new signings of McCauley and Barnes. Both teams take to the pitch now; let's hope for a stunner.

There goes the whistle and the Bike Boys take off down the field. Hattan as normal is on strike with Horler and Woodbridge-Harris playing the last line of defence. Hattan has to be careful not to over-extend at the front. He doesn't want to find himself by 'imself if things get tough up front. Oh and Dartmoor throws up a hill in defense but the boys have seen it coming and handle it well.

You can begin to see the teams sizing each other up. GOWCC testing along the flanks towards Dartmoor's Lovaton and Lovaton throwing a couple of tricky tracks and wandering sheep to keep the attackers at bay. And what's this? All the Biker Boys are suddenly walking, tiptoeing around the sudden appearance of a farm with dogs. Full credit to the lads, the set play worked well. No dramas.

Now a sudden injection of pace and think Dartmoor's been caught napping here. The lads are really putting the hammer down and charging towards the clay pits. Are we going to see a goal here? No. Suddenly, the boys are dead in their tracks. Dartmoor's thrown up an excellent defence there with some great teamwork between Rock, Moorland and the sinewy lad Path. They've really forced GOWCC to back off the pace there and try a different way in. It looks as though they're heading towards one of the Tor family, I think its Trowlesworthy.

And the big lad is really making them work hard. You can see the exertion on the faces of GOWCC. OOOOH! That's a harsh challenge. It looks like McCauley is down. Let's hope its not serious. He's huffing and puffing a bit. Rest of his team don't seem particularly worried or concerned. There'll be a lot of stoppage time from this. He'd getting back to his feet. Riding it off. I think it was just a knock.

The stops allowed both teams to get re-organised. The GOWCC boys have just slipped round Trowlesworthy, leaving him standing and now they're going for Moorland. It looks like they might be heading for Ditsworthy but they seem a little confused. Oh and Woodbridge-Harris is down. I'm not sure what happened there. Rock was near him but I don't think there was much contact. I think the tall double-barrelled lad made the most of very little contact there. No foul.

Off they go again but I think GOWCC seem to have lost their way a bit here. There's no real direction. Parriss, the captain, is doing a lot of talking, trying to get them back in order. Here they go, they've seen the gap and they're going for it. They've got good width here - men left right and centre. And Woodbridge-Harris comes down again, this time with a real clatter. We'll just check the replay to see what happened there. Oh, that's terrible. Dartmoor snuck on Hole as an extra man. He hid behind Bracken and then tripped Woodbridge-Harris. And the ref has to send him off for that. Yep, that's it, the little fella is off. That was cynical from Dartmoor . I have to say, I didn't think Woodbridge-Harris got the support he needed there either from his team mates. Just a bit of sniggering from them really.

Well, that's taken some momentum out of the charge of the Biker Boys but they're pushing on. Here comes Stream Crossing though. He's a big lad with long legs and is putting up quite a defence. The GOWCC boys are splitting up again. They're ducking and diving left and right and one by one getting past. Horler loses his footing there for a moment but finds his feet again. Bit damp perhaps but otherwise OK. They've got to Ditsworthy. A goal could be in sight here, they're really building something.

Around the back of Burrator! They're making it look simple. A dab here. A stab of the brakes there. The boys are looking good. They've found a nice smooth route now though. They're not sure what to do here. The obvious way would be to keep it low but they throw an unusual one in here - they're going towards Yennadon!

Oh and another casualty! Parriss is looking sore. Yep, he's backing off. He's going to stay on the pitch but I don't think we'll see much from him again this match.

The other lads though can sense a score. Here they go, really putting on the pressure. Down across Yennadon, flying down the path and it looks as though they're not stopping. No, they're really flying across the pitch now, the goal is within reach, can they do it?

Yes! Its a beauty! Even Parriss is there for the celebrations. Westie, who's been on suspension for a couple of weeks, joins the lads as well. And that's the final whistle. A great game."

Reporter: Martyn