http://www.team-gwa.co.uk THE ONE TO SUPPORT - TEAM GWA Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:10:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [gallery link="file" columns="2"] With deep sadness I have today withdrawn from competing in the Heroes Paris to Dakar, these are difficult times that we currently find ourselves in and I have had to put my company's needs first and give my full focus on ensuring it's stability for the future. Going ... http://www.team-gwa.co.uk/?p=202 Had four very rewarding days back in Morocco to get some more last minute road book training in. The first two days were using GPS with the first day hampered by some unseasonal  rain that had recently fallen filling some previously dried up river beds, and making for some tricky ... http://www.team-gwa.co.uk/?p=189 I have confirmed my place with Patsy's next training session in Morocco where we will spend four days riding previous Dakar stages in the Sahara. We will be once again practising road book navigation, as well as spending long days in the saddle riding tricky mountain and desert stages. As ... http://www.team-gwa.co.uk/?p=185 [gallery link="file" columns="2"] I had originally planned to be competing in this event, but my injury put a stop to all that! I therefore volunteered to help Patsy Quick and Desert Rose Racing who had entered Patsy, Zippy (Clive Town), Robert Law and Tamsin Jones in the 24 hour marathon class. We ... http://www.team-gwa.co.uk/?p=165 Friday 28th August and I've just had another x-ray to check for any abnormalities with the plate holding my shoulder together, and I'm pleased to say it all looks very good. Since having the plate fitted, my shoulder has responded very well and although there was a numbness and lack ... http://www.team-gwa.co.uk/?p=159 [caption id="attachment_150" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Right shoulder with 9 hole plate"][/caption] Right shoulder with 9 hole plate This X-Ray was taken 9th July two weeks after the operation to attach a 150mm long plate with 8 screws, it all looks to be okay and I'm hopefully now back on the path of recovery. It's ... http://www.team-gwa.co.uk/?p=149 Well, it's now been several weeks & unfortunatly an x-ray taken two days ago has showed little evidence of this mending on it's own. I'm therefore going into hospital today (Friday 3rd July) to have it plated, this should at least speed up the healing progress and it won't look ... http://www.team-gwa.co.uk/?p=143 [gallery link="file"]   Well, it had to happen some time . . . I entered the Welsh Tarrenig Rally due to run on Sunday 10th May and booked myself onto Simon Pavey's level 3 enduro course for the 7th & 8th May at 'Walters Arena' to get some last minute training in ... http://www.team-gwa.co.uk/?p=126 [gallery link="file"] Well, I made it! I managed to get away from my stressful business life and return to Morocco with Desert Rose Racing for six days intensive training. During this trip we did a mixture of practicing GPS & Road book navigation, this was split with three days on each. ... http://www.team-gwa.co.uk/?p=92 Today I drove back down to visit Patsy at her home near Eastbourne to drop off my rallye bike. When I collected it during December for a press release it was 95% completed but still required some finishing touches and some gentle running in, this will now be done ... http://www.team-gwa.co.uk/?p=91