The fifth round of the Maxxis British Championship took place at Lyng, Norfolk on 12th July. The track was in great condition as always, as was the weather.

Qualifying
Rose qualified in 9th, Noble was 12th and Nez 26th.


Race 1.
Rose was the quickest of the three out of the gate in 7th, two places in front of Noble with Parker way down in 28th. Scott Column was between the two riders until he passed Rose on the second lap leading to a three way battle which lasted until lap ten when the New Zealander hit the deck. With Alex Snow crashing and Bryan Mackenzie being cleaned out by Columb a couple of laps earlier this left Rose in 5th with Noble on his back wheel in 6th. On the next lap Noble made a huge leap up the inside of Rose on the uphill ski jump before passing Tom Church for a hard earned 5th at the flag. Rose was to finish in an impressive 7th and was lucky to do so as his clutch was pretty much destroyed.
Parker had a nightmare as he struggled with his machine which had been losing power throughout eventually causing his retirement.

Race 2
Rose was again away with the front runners in 6th but this time Noble was down in 18th after overshooting a berm. After initially allowing Swanepoel and Dougan through Rose settled into an impressive pace and was reeling in Alex Snow when he suffered a rear wheel puncture which was to eventually end his race as the bead disintegrated, wrapping the wiring around the hub.
Noble meanwhile, was charging through the field and by lap six had made it through to 9th with Carl Nunn in his sights, albeit around 10 seconds in front. Within four laps he was crawling all over Nunn but hit his back wheel when attempting a pass, losing him 5 seconds in the process. He now had it all to do and to his credit never gave up the chase which in the end gained him another two places as both Nunn and himself blasted past Snow and Mackenzie in the latter stages. 7th at the finish wasn’t on Noble’s wish list as he sat on the line before the start of the race, however it was an impressive salvage job in the circumstances.
Parker’s day went from bad to worse as he suffered the same symptoms on his second bike as he had on his first one, resulting in another DNF. The problem finally being traced to metal fragments  fouling his fuel pump.