About Us

Fully Sussed is run by husband and wife duo Jay and Maddie Horton.

The business
Building from running a few Summer voluntary guided rides, Maddie and Jay have developed Fully Sussed over the years and now offer a range of mountain biking activities including skills courses and MIAS leadership training. Maddie and Jay are also building a reputation nationaly for event organisation and course design. They started out creating the Fully Sussed South West series in 2010, and in this first year hosted 9 of their own events as well as working on several events for other organisers. Maddie and Jay have now racked up an impressive event portfolio. In 2011 they have been heavily involved in course design and preparation and organisation for the Circus of Dirt Series, Soggy Bottom Series, the Stinger, the British Mountain Bike Series and Twentyfour12.


Maddie Horton
Racing portfolio
Turning to cycling after injury halted her assault on GB running, Maddie has racked up an impressive set of results including:
World Mountain running championships 2008 - 18th
European Duathlon Championsips 2007 - 3rd
National XC championships 2008- 3rd
National XC championships 2010- 2nd
English Mountain bike marathon championships 2009 - 1st
National XC championships 2011 - 4th
2011 World Cup Series - round 3 - 53rd
Maddie was selected to ride as a guest on team GB twice in 2011, travelling out
to Europe to compete.

Professional porfolio
Maddie started out as a qualified accountant. Realising the office was not the place for her, she retrained and worked for 7 years as a primary school and special needs teacher before making the move to start Fully Sussed.

Maddie is a MIAS level 4 trainer/ assessor with 4 years instruction and guiding experience under her belt.

Jay Horton
Racing Portfolio
Jay has made a name for himself specializing in endurance events, but also can also hold his own on the National XC scene. His results include a national
and European title:
European + UK 12hour vet solo championships 2011- 1st
Dusk till Dawn 12hour 2010 - 2nd
British XC Series round 3 2011 - 7th
National XC championships 2011 - 12th

Professional portfolio
Jay is a qualified nurse, with 15 years experience working as a Learning Disability/ Mental Health nurse. Jay also holds the MIAS Level 4
trainer/assesor qualification and has 3 years experience instructing and guiding.

Other Instructors

Mike Tomlinson (Advanced skills courses, Led Rides)

SMBLA Trail Leader

Lecturer of 'Outdoor Adventurous Activities' at Exeter College

South West Masters XC Champion 2011

Winner of 2010 Kona Oktoberfest Solo

Podium Finisher 2009 Bontrager 24/12 solo