They’re falling like flies in the run up to the SMX Cup as now Max Anstie has pulled out with an illness. And that probably explains his under-par performance at the Nations too!

He said: “Would have loved to be at the SMX in Germany this weekend but after doing some blood tests earlier this week I have been ordered to not do a lot and take antibiotics because I picked up an infection or something when I was in America and couldn’t get rid of it.”