Posted: Wednesday, 28th July, 2010 - - 5,046 Reads

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Josh lead after the first round at Horsham, and for the next five rounds actually increased his championship lead to the second placed rider. There were a few different riders that made it into second spot but no one was really closing in on the point lead Josh had built up.

That was until Ross Beaton but together a run that would see him be the first person to eat into Cachia’s title lead at Albury Wodonga, then at Moree after two unfortunate race’s for Cachia , Beaton would narrow that lead to just 1 point half way through the day. Cachia did not crack and responded like a true Champion by winning the next two motos and leaving Moree with a slender 11 point lead. A lead he would not let slip again and by Sunday afternoon at Coolum the MX Rad, Coastal KTM rider had hold of the Championship winning number #1 plate for the 2010 Season.

I caught up with Cachia a few days after his Championship winning performance for a quick chat about the season.

Fullnoise: First off all congratulations on the win, how does it feel to win an Australian senior national championship?

Cachia: It feels good, actually I’m just happy it is all over, I can finally chill out and stop stressing about riding and training the next day. It is so good to wake up and not have to get up and go for a run or a ride and that feel so good.

Fullnoise: You would have to be pretty stoked on winning the title.

Cachia: Yeah for sure and it has been a long time coming, I have been training fairly hard this year to take it out. It is just all the more rewarding when you know you have trained so hard. When you train hard you have it all in front of you and the results come, I am just really stoked on what I have done.

Fullnoise: Your consistency this year really stood out, even the rounds where you did have a bit of bad luck or things didn’t go your way you were able to bounce straight back up, how good did it feel to be able to do that all season long?

Cachia: I surprised myself sometimes, especially at Moree when I had that big crash in the first corner, there was definitely some fast riders out at Moree that weekend so to come back and go 1-1 in the last two motos at the end of the day, I was not really expecting that, but it happened and I surprised myself.

It all comes back down to training really, and how hard I did train for that race and it did really pay off.

Fullnoise: Going into that race at Moree where you had the big crash in the first turn you had a good points lead, you came out of that race with just a 1 point lead, what was it like seeing that points lead evaporate right in front of your eyes in just a couple of motos?

Cachia: It was not the best of feelings when I found out I only had a 1 point lead, that’s where it can make you or break you, and fortunately it helped make me, it made me try harder to win more races, to put my head down and really get the job done.

That was a critical point in the championship where it could have went either way, fortunately it went a good way for me, I was stoked.

	Cachia with his Championship winning #1 plated KTM

Fullnoise: Then at Coolum this weekend you done exactly what you needed to, you put your bike right up front in the first corner in every moto, it would have to have been a good feeling knowing you were up front at the start of every single race.

Cachia: Yeah for sure, surprisingly Coolum came easy to me and I am pretty happy it did as I was stressed out the whole week before it and getting pretty nervous.

I was speaking to Jackie my sports psychologists who helped talking some sense into me. I worked with here really well and worked with all the people around me really well and they all helped to get me calm and settled going into Coolum and it just felt like everything come together for me easily, and I was able to take out the championship.

Fullnoise: Your team this year, you were running out of the MXRAD / Coastal KTM tent, but you also looked to have some support from the JDR KTM team how was it to have the whole of the KTM operation behind you all season?

Cachia: Yeah it was good, it was good to have the best of both worlds really, Bondy (Phil Bond) builds a mean engine and we proved that again at Coolum by getting nearly every holeshot and with JDR team behind me no matter what I needed, they were just like a family to me, Derek and Trish would take me under their wing no matter what, It was really good to have two teams to work with and I was just stoked on how everything turned out this year. I was really happy with the way both teams helped me throughout the year.

Fullnoise: You also have a lot of friends and family that support you the whole way through, which was pretty evident after your win on the weekend, how important is it to have that support behind you?

Cachia: Yeah for sure my girlfriend Lucy and here whole family have been a major part of this championship, they have feed me and given me a bed and let me ride out on their property whenever I was there. My Mum, Dad, Nan and all my friends have all been right behind me, I don’t get to see much of them but I no they are all there backing me. I know I can always ring my Nan or Pop or my Mum for anything, if I need a quick flight somewhere they will always organise it. It is just a good feeling to know you have your family behind you 110%.

They definitely played a major role in getting me this championship this year.

Fullnoise: Where to from here, straight into Supercross training or will you have a bit of time off before you jump back on the bike?

Cachia: I’ll take be taking a fair bit of time off I reckon, It is normally about this time of year I start to get a bit stale , it is about that time to take a break. I didn’t even bring my gear bag up to my girlfriend’s house; I am just going to chill out for a couple of weeks.

I am still up in the air if I want to go to America and train a bit for supercross over there, or stay and train here and build a track, I don’t know what I am doing yet, definitely a three or four week break then get back into it.

Fullnoise: I will leave it there mate, thank you for your time and again congratulations on winning the 2010 under 19s championship.

Cachia: No worries thanks buddy.

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