JST Gas Gas ace Alex Wigg was my tip to win the coveted Sidcup 30 trophy and with it the top prize money. Wigg, having been pipped at the post last year by Freestyle Sherco rider Stephen Foord set to work from section 1charging hard to take the eventual win.

Wigg's winning performance was totally amazing; clean at the end of lap one with only his teammate JST rider Sam Haslam second on a 4 mark lose. No one was going to come close to Wigg when he's riding like this, and no one did in the early stages of the trial. Haslam, fighting hard to challenge Wigg's lead narrowly missed out to Wigg on Lap 2 when both riders lost marks on sections 7 and 9, but Haslam taking a few more on sections 4 and 10 - this allowed Wigg to extend his lead by another full 3 marks. Haslam was to play his trump card on lap 3 pulling out all the stops for a spectacular clean lap putting Wigg under some serious Haslam pressure. Had the pair maintained this pace relative to each other over a fourth lap the final result may have looked very different. Wigg's control of the trial from the outset was his key to winning and the 5 mark difference between himself and Haslam was the clear indicator. The trial was close enough for Ashley Newbery and MRS Sherco rider Ian Johnston to move up the order on the slightest slip from the two leaders.

Newbery and Johnston now embroiled in a section-by-section battle for the third place fought tooth and nail to see who would take first blood. A battle wits and nerve went down to the wire with both riders locking horns on the final lap and both 'checked' each other's rides. A twist of fate was to hand the Beta star Newbery the final podium position with both riders equal on final scores, equal on cleans, but Newbery having 8 ones to Johnston's 7 - how unlucky was Johnston… Foord, last years winner appeared to be having a mechanical problem with the bike when I passed him in the car park. A deficit of 28 marks from Wigg at the end on lap one was not what I envisaged from last years winner, and I expect neither did he. Third place man last year Adam Farley had a hard day finishing in lonely 13th place today.

The Expert route win went to Michael Nutbrown on 27 marks. Dave Shave runner up finished on 31 marks and myself riding the same route finished on a whooping 91. I spent most of the day going one log forward and two logs back, but still found the route very rideable even though I was a little out of my league. The Youth class rode the Expert route aswell, with winner Craig Moir having a fantastic ride with a lose of only 12 marks. Runner up position went to Jamie Jones on 40 marks and third place went to Alex Bayne-Powell.

The Twin Shock route was won by Jon Sands, a brilliant ride with a lose of only 23 marks. Clint Leggett was level on marks by the end of lap one, but Sands pulled 2 marks clear on the second lap and added further distance between himself and Leggett to the tune on Leggett's final score of 33 marks, to Sands 23.

Wigg, when asked if he would be attending next years Sidcup 30 replied: "I'll be back next year". Wigg will certainly have his work cut out if he's to retain the trophy next year, and I suspect his win will have thrown down the challenge to his fellow competitors. Next years contest looks set to be even bigger and better with the arrival of the new high tech 4-strokes machines, progress and development by the big 5 manufacturers to outfit their top riders is set to make next years event even bigger and better.

My thanks goes to all the observers for doing a terrific job, and Sidcup DMCC for this excellent trial.