[Chris Canning]

Roger

While there are lots of things I would like to go into, but can't or won't(same difference!!)it's been a steady climb for the lad,I'd like to say that i saw it in him as a boy when his dad and i were trying to teach him how to put a bike in gear/open the throttle and feed the clutch in with little success!!,but i didn't.

He rode Supersport in 2005 and the majority of the season was no more than average,the last 4 races of that year,the penny dropped,how/why non of us have any idea including him,with the result he hit the floor running in 2006 and was the British Supersport champion.

2007 he rode the Rizla Suzuki Superbike here in the Uk,the only Suzuki superbike in the world that year on Ohlins,with no data,turned into a steep learning curve that taught him lots,he just didn't realise it at the time!!!.

2008 Rode the HM Plant semi factory Honda,lets just say it was unreliable and leave it at that,suffice to say a lot of folk took it as rider error,it wasn't!!.

He took the risk to go WSS in 2009,i hold my hands up and say i was against it and told him so in no uncertain words,he's proved me wrong(very),again the penny has dropped,gone to new tracks and been pole and set fastest laps,he has, i have to say had a very good team,with a fantastic crew chief,and he has gone to a level we could only dream of.

Toseland is a good rider,as opposed to a great one,the things he has against him,he's been there done that,and a lot of money in the bank,and he's up against a bunch of hungry kids,Cal is one of them,i don't suffer from the blinker syndrome,be it BMW's or Cal for that matter,he rode the Spies bike on Tuesday which was interesting!!,can he be No1 in the team oh yes, and WSB??,he's got as good a chance as any next year.