9 February 2026 by 002
Once again the Iconic NANTMAWR Quarry delivered a simply Brilliant race as the T1's Ard' Cuz popped in for the weekend.
As always, meticulously designed and planned to be a RACE , not a bottle neck fest OR a kettle boiler.. The mix of rock garden and technical climbs challenged the riders to their limits for the 2.5hr duration... and with the week prior of rain ...it was again one of the only places in the UK that could offer all vehicles driving in and out without so much as a wheelspin.
Once again A very DISSAPOINTING amount of riders again DID NOT SHOW and they will be Invoiced as going into 2026 like this is ZERO tolerance.
The winner was the Storming BERT BOAM.(GG) ...Sat behind initial leader Charlie Frost (Rieju) for 1 hr and 45 mins, but was catching every lap, little by little, then made an epic pass in the top quarry rock section to then plough on and take the Overall, Must say that Bert just made the track look so easy as he almost floated around.... A special mention to Jack Spencer, out on the first lap with a carb prob on the Beta, fixed it, Joined the course where he left, Played catch up and put on a brilliant dispaly to take a well earned 2nd place overall albeit a lap down on Boam.. But showing True , Never SAY DIE Enduro determination and making the finish so important to his sponsors and indeed himself. Ben Tennant on his Beta was visiting Nantmawr for the first time and he was superb taking a very well earned 3rd overall and looked smooth as butter around the gnarly sections.
Loads of stand out rides on the day from lots of RIDERS which Steve Ireland will do a Race wrap video on later in week and shout out the heroes.
The 2.5hr duration was just about right and with 30 finishers, value for money was certainly had ....
Thats it now for Extreme for WOR untill the EPIC T100 on July 11/12th .. Get that in your diaries as the bar will be raised for this classic this year as it becomes part of something big... (more on that later in year) ...
Well done to all riders and racers and thanks as always to Sponsors, Supporters, Caterers, Enduro Racer Spares / tyres shop , Medics, Staff, Track team , THE BEST MARSHALS in the game and our superb gang of followers and helpers in general.
Looking forward now to finishing off the 25/26 Winter series at Coney Green in a fortnights time on 21/22nd FEB.
DOC WARD PHOTOS :https://www.doc-photography.com/events/2026-1/toughones-deadard-cuz?ct=3
LAP TIMES - THESE ARE NOT RESULTS: https://worevents.com/images/uploads/general/laps_tuffcuz_laps.pdf
FULL RESULTS : https://worevents.com/images/uploads/general/ARD_ENDURO_CUZ_FULL_RES.pdf