The track at Lochhouses was frozen on Sunday morning which led to an hour and a half delay to the start while the farmer raked the whole track. Once the ground was broken up the sunshine melted the ice and softened the sand leading to perfect racing conditions for all classes. There were fewer riders than previously as there were events at Tain and Brampton although these events were cancelled and a number of additional competitors made a mad dash to East Lothian and of course the delayed start helped.

Craig Trew was out to complete his domination of this winter series and he was in no mood to concede a win to anyone since returning from the Le Touquet beach race last week winning all three races. Ryan McLean pushed as hard as he could to try and force an error from the sand master but to no avail, ultimately finishing second. Neil Chatham took the holeshot in the final race but he too could not hold off the hard charging Suzuki mounted Craig Trew. Colin McLuckie rode consistently all day now he is almost back to full fitness finishing third with George Walton fourth, Neil Chatham fifth and Drew Harvey sixth. Neil had driven all night to get to the race following a test session with the Mucci Racing team in Italy on Friday and Saturday, no sleep and riding a borrowed RMZ450 he was out to consolidate his position in the Melville Motocross series.

Mr Blue Sky Melville Winter Motocross Series

Who would have thought, on Wednesday the Melville team were wondering whether to call it all off, on Saturday we thought we were mad, on Sunday blues skies and another fantastic day of racing. 150 riders reluctantly dragged themselves down to Lochhouses expecting a muddy mess but with Mike and his digger he cleared the worst muddy areas and every class enjoyed three races at the usual high standard that everyone has come to expect from this superb location.

The sun was almost warm at one point, no sign of the snow that had covered the whole area as recently as last week.