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08/07/2025 -

The Ron Day MK Bowl Series – Race 9

It was a really lovely evening for a bike race, it was warm, sunny, with not much wind. It was great to have enough helpers so we could run the race around the larger circuit starting at the green straight from the gun. This is my favourite circuit.

A huge thank you to Dick Selley, Chris Londy and Dave Woods and helpers for working hard setting up and taking down all the additional safety equipment for this circuit. Huge thanks to all the marshals with an extra shoult out to the 4 ladies who came out to support their partner/dad tonight and helped marshal. I really do appreciate you all and could not run these events without you. The racing was exciting to watch with riders trying so hard to get away in both races, at one point all the breaks and bunches for both races were all mixed up along the finishing straight. Thank goodness for MyLaps timing.

The ABCD race saw Gavin Howell and Bobby McGlue jump away with a few laps to go with Michael DArcy chasing hard behind them with the bunch swifty on their tail. Gav won with Bobby taking a chunk out of the tarmac with his pedal on the last corner miraculously staying upright to roll in 2nd, Michael 3rd and the bunch sprint being won by Lee Block. The EFGH race saw some equally competitive racing with a few breakaways but all came back together for a bunch sprint won by James Stewart from Paul Stewart, just ahead of our ‘Prime King’ Dean Sibthorpe . The G cats branched off to have a race of their own, won by Keith Snook. Congratulations to all our winners.

Full race results can be found here (opens in new tab).

Race	Race Pos	Name	Club	Cat	Cat Pos	Series Points
ABCD	1	Gavin Howell	Ride Revolution RT	A	1	15
	2	Bob McGlue	Ride Revolution RT	C	1	15
	3	Michael D’Arcy	CC Luton	D	1	15
	4	Lee Block	Stevenage CC	B	1	15
	5	Mark Vooght	Stevenage CC	C	2	12
	6	Paul Foreman	Corley Cycles RC	C	3	10
	7	Andy Smith	BMCR	D	2	12
	8	Andy Davies	Ride Revolution	A	2	12
	9	Campbell Noon	RMP	D	3	10
	10	Ian Manley	St.Ives CC	C	4	8
EFG	1	James Stewart	QN Racing	F	1	15
	2	Paul Stewart	API-Angliasport	E	1	15
	3	Deano Sibthorpe	Team Echelon	E	2	12
	4	David Pinckney	BMCR	F	2	12
	5	John Beckett	Rugby Velo Club	E	3	10
	6	Andrew King	Kettering CC	F	3	10
	7	Martin Norris	Warwick Lanterne Rouge CC	E	4	8
	8	Steve James	CC Luton	E	5	6
	9	Simon Bowller	berkhamsted cc	E	6	5
	10	Keith Snook	Bossard Wheelers	G	1	15
	11	Ian Cooper G	Bossard Wheelers	G	2	12
	12	Keith Moore	citycyclecentre.com	G	3	10

If you spot any errors in placing, or if you are wrongly identified, please e-mail results@bmcr.org.uk. Much of the data (spelling, capitalisation, club) is a reflection of the data on RiderHQ. If you spot any errors in placing, or if you are wrongly identified, please e-mail results@bmcr.org.uk. Much of the data (spelling, capitalisation, club) is a reflection of the data on RiderHQ. You can correct your data on RiderHQ by logging into your RiderHQ account and amending it.

Cat	Ranking	Name	29 Apr	06 May	13 May	20 May	27 May	03 Jun	10 Jun	01 Jul	08 Jul	Best 8
A	1st	Gavin Howell	15	0	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	120
	2nd	James Conolly	12	15	12	12	0	10	12	0	0	73
	3rd	Martin Quill	10	12	10	8	0	8	0	0	0	48
	4th	Andy Davies	0	0	0	10	12	12	0	0	12	46
B	1st	Lee Block	0	15	15	15	0	0	15	0	15	75
	2nd	Richard Wiggins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	15
C	1st	Bob McGlue	15	0	0	15	15	0	15	15	15	90
	2nd	Mark Vooght	6	15	0	12	0	10	12	0	12	67
	3rd	Paul Foreman	5	0	12	0	12	0	0	0	10	39
		Mike Jackson	12	0	15	0	0	12	0	0	0	39
	5th	Ben de Wet	8	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	28
	6th	Ian Manley	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	20
	7th	Glenn McMenamin	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	15
	8th	Mark Calvert	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
D	1st	Lewis King	15	8	15	15	12	0	15	0	0	80
	2nd	Michael D’Arcy	12	0	0	0	15	15	12	0	15	69
	3rd	Paul Bird	8	15	12	12	0	0	5	0	0	52
	4th	Andy Smith	10	10	8	0	0	0	0	10	12	50
	5th	Andrew Lowe	0	12	10	0	0	0	10	15	0	47
	6th	Aleck Hornshaw	0	0	0	0	0	12	8	12	0	32
	7th	Campbell Noon	0	0	0	0	0	10	6	0	10	26
	8th	Edmond Irwin	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	10
	9th	Adam Foster	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
	10th	Martyn Dunn	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
E	1st	John Beckett	12	15	12	8	12	5	10	10	10	89
	2nd	Deano Sibthorpe	0	0	0	15	15	15	15	15	12	87
	3rd	Martin Norris	15	12	0	10	0	12	12	12	8	81
	4th	John Lacey	10	10	15	0	0	8	8	0	0	51
	5th	Simon Bowller	0	0	10	0	10	6	5	0	5	36
	6th	Lee King	8	0	8	6	8	0	4	0	0	34
	7th	Steve James	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	6	18
	8th	manuel manrique	0	0	0	0	0	10	6	0	0	16
	9th	Paul Stewart	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	15
	10th	Keith Howard	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
	11th	David Garrett	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	5
F	1st	David Pinckney	8	12	0	15	15	15	15	6	12	98
	2nd	James Stewart	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	15	15	60
	3rd	Barry Bonnett	0	0	15	8	12	10	0	10	0	55
	4th	Andrew King	10	0	0	12	10	0	0	8	10	50
	5th	Roland Elsdon	0	0	12	6	0	12	10	0	0	40
	6th	John William Tusting	6	10	0	0	8	8	0	5	0	37
	7th	Robert Tillott	0	0	0	10	0	0	12	12	0	34
	8th	Helen Taylor-Carter	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
G	1st	Keith Snook	12	12	12	0	15	12	15	12	15	105
	2nd	ralph keeler	15	15	15	15	0	15	12	15	0	102
	3rd	Ian Cooper G	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	12	22
	4th	Graham Temple	0	0	0	0	0	10	8	0	0	18
	5th	Patrick Ellerbeck	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	10
		Tony Carter	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
		Keith Moore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10
H	1st	Don Parry	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30

06/07/2025 -

BMCR Road Bike TT Championships

Race Pos	Name	Club	Cat Race	Age Adj. Time	Actual Time	Cat Pos
1	richard oakes	Team Ohten Aveas	D	0:40:56	0:43:23	1
2	Roy Chamberlain	Corley Cycles RC	E	0:41:23	0:44:51	1
3	Eamonn Deane	Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers	F	0:41:49	0:47:09	1
4	Craig Battersby	Tactic UK RT	C	0:41:57	0:43:33	1
5	Gary Hobbs	Stroud Valley Velos	E	0:42:01	0:46:04	2
6	steve gibson	Peak Road Club	D	0:42:44	0:45:40	2
7	Mark Smith C	Crawley Wheelers Race Team	C	0:42:55	0:44:20	2
8	Kevin White	Matlock CC	D	0:42:58	0:45:25	3
9	Mark Greenwood	Lungs 2 Legs	C	0:42:58	0:44:23	3
10	Paul Hart	Hart Performance Coaching	B	0:43:13	0:43:50	1
11	Nick Morgan	Holohan Coaching Race Team	B	0:43:18	0:43:48	2
12	Garry Greenaway	Vanelli-Project GO	D	0:43:19	0:45:46	4
13	Rob Muzio	Team Ohten Aveas	E	0:43:21	0:46:49	3
14	Michael Weaver	Rockingham Forest Wheelers	D	0:43:30	0:45:57	5
15	Simon NORMAN	Desert Eagle Racing	D	0:43:35	0:45:35	6
16	Rob O’ CONNOR	Born to Bike RT	F	0:43:37	0:49:18	2
17	Paul Westwood	Brereford Wheelers	C	0:43:39	0:45:15	4
18	Steven Fidler	Velo 6 Racing	A	0:43:52	0:43:52	1
19	Kieron Lewis	CC Luton	D	0:44:01	0:46:15	7
20	martin nelson	Out of the Saddle CC	C	0:44:02	0:45:50	5
21	ALAN FORRESTER	Graham Weigh RT	H	0:44:03	0:53:09	1
22	Oliver Saunders	Newark castle cc	A	0:44:05	0:44:05	2
23	Darren Farr	CC Luton	B	0:44:06	0:45:10	3
24	kevin chadwick	Lakes RC	D	0:44:11	0:46:52	8
25	Mike Allen	Team Enable-MI Racing-Townsend Vehicle Hire	H	0:44:12	0:54:53	2
26	Carl Dyson	Aerologic RT	A	0:44:17	0:44:17	3
27	Colin Foster	Rule 28 Outliers	D	0:44:24	0:46:51	9
28	Rich Edwards	CC Luton	E	0:44:31	0:47:59	4
29	Jason Macrae	Desert Eagle Racing	C	0:44:31	0:46:07	6
30	Dominic Lowden	Diss Cycling Club	F	0:44:34	0:50:15	3
31	Kevin Plummer	Team TMC Strada	E	0:44:38	0:48:06	5
32	Philip Wharton	Team bottrill	C	0:44:41	0:46:41	7
33	John Galway	Scarborough Coast CC	G	0:44:49	0:51:16	1
34	Graham Waller	Team bottrill	A	0:44:49	0:44:54	4
35	Bryce Dyer	Bournemouth Cycleworks	C	0:44:51	0:46:05	8
36	Rob Paxton	Velo Bavarian RT	B	0:45:28	0:45:50	4
37	Andrew King	Kettering CC	F	0:45:34	0:50:34	4
38	Nigel Modlinsky	Seamons CC	C	0:45:37	0:47:13	9
39	Jason Carter	Welland Valley CC	C	0:45:44	0:47:44	10
40	Chris Fowler	Ride Revolution RT	A	0:45:46	0:46:02	5
41	Chris Gunter	Alpha RC	H	0:46:03	0:55:09	3
42	Phil Land	Velo 6 Racing	C	0:46:03	0:47:39	11
43	Chris Sidney	Coalville Wheelers CC	A	0:46:16	0:46:21	6
44	Sean Sleigh	Born to Bike RT	C	0:46:20	0:47:56	12
45	Richard Golding	Equipe Velo	D	0:46:25	0:48:52	10
46	Scott Walker	Team bottrill	B	0:46:26	0:47:03	5
47	Stewart Phipps	Bromsgrove Olympique CC	C	0:46:39	0:47:43	13
48	Roland Elsdon	BMCR	F	0:46:46	0:52:27	5
49	Adrian Dent	Team Ohten Aveas	E	0:46:47	0:51:27	6
50	Eric Beinhocker	Rogues CC	E	0:46:50	0:50:53	7
51	Isla Johnson-Wells	BMCR	W	0:47:17	0:52:23	1
52	Steve Biddulph	Born to Bike RT	C	0:47:19	0:48:33	14
53	Andy Reed	Coalville Wheelers CC	D	0:49:30	0:52:11	11
54	Catherine Potts	Born to Bike RT	W	0:49:55	0:55:01	2
55	Ella Roper	BMCR	W	0:50:32	0:55:23	3
56	Richard Todd	Dynamic Rides CC	G	0:50:48	0:58:04	2
57	Jude Mansfield	Birmingham Midland CC	W	0:52:15	0:58:51	4
58	Ruth Shaw	Coalville Wheelers CC	W	0:52:58	0:59:50	5
59	Douglas Tincello	Welland Valley CC	E	0:54:34	0:58:02	8
60	Howard Brown	Coalville Wheelers CC	G	0:57:48	1:05:04	3
DNF	Mike Twelves	Team Ohten Aveas	E	DNF	DNF	DNF

01/07/2025 -

The Ron Day MK Bowl Series – Race 8

A smaller field tonight after the enforced 3 week break due to concerts at the bowl. Not enough helpers to go out of the gates to use the extended circuit sadly. It was great to be back though and it was great to have a small breeze on a lovely night for racing.

The ABCD race saw Gavin Howell and Bobby McGlue make a break away after 35 mins of racing and stay away with the win going to Gav. The bunch sprint was won by Richard Wiggins. The EFGH race stayed together with the win going to Deano Sibthorpe from James Stewart. Congratulations to all our winners.

Huge thank you to Barry Bonnett’s sons for coming along to help tonight to be our marshals. I only have 2 helpers for next week so any further help would be appreciated. Please let me know.

Full race results can be found here (opens in new tab).

Race	Race Pos	Name	Club	Cat	Cat Pos	Series Points
ABCD	1	Gavin Howell	Ride Revolution RT	A	1	15
	2	Bob McGlue	Ride Revolution RT	C	1	15
	3	Richard Wiggins	Ziggurat Racing	B	1	15
	4	Andrew Lowe	Corley Cycles RC	D	1	15
	5	Aleck Hornshaw	Team Senza Limiti	D	2	12
	6	Andy Smith	BMCR	D	3	10
EFG	1	Deano Sibthorpe	Team Echelon	E	1	15
	2	James Stewart	QN Racing	F	1	15
	3	Martin Norris	Warwick Lanterne Rouge CC	E	2	12
	4	Robert Tillott	St.Ives CC	F	2	12
	5	Barry Bonnett	BMCR	F	3	10
	6	John Beckett	Rugby Velo Club	E	3	10
	7	Andrew King	Kettering CC	F	4	8
	8	David Pinckney	BMCR	F	5	6
	9	ralph keeler	St.Ives CC	G	1	15
	10	John William Tusting	QN Racing	F	6	5
	11	Keith Snook	Bossard Wheelers	G	2	12
	12	Ian Cooper G	Bossard Wheelers	G	3	10

Cat	Ranking	Name	29 Apr	06 May	13 May	20 May	27 May	03 Jun	10 Jun	01 Jul	08 Jul	Best 8
A	1st	Gavin Howell	15	0	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	120
	2nd	James Conolly	12	15	12	12	0	10	12	0	0	73
	3rd	Martin Quill	10	12	10	8	0	8	0	0	0	48
	4th	Andy Davies	0	0	0	10	12	12	0	0	12	46
B	1st	Lee Block	0	15	15	15	0	0	15	0	15	75
	2nd	Richard Wiggins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	15
C	1st	Bob McGlue	15	0	0	15	15	0	15	15	15	90
	2nd	Mark Vooght	6	15	0	12	0	10	12	0	12	67
	3rd	Paul Foreman	5	0	12	0	12	0	0	0	10	39
		Mike Jackson	12	0	15	0	0	12	0	0	0	39
	5th	Ben de Wet	8	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	28
	6th	Ian Manley	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	20
	7th	Glenn McMenamin	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	15
	8th	Mark Calvert	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
D	1st	Lewis King	15	8	15	15	12	0	15	0	0	80
	2nd	Michael D’Arcy	12	0	0	0	15	15	12	0	15	69
	3rd	Paul Bird	8	15	12	12	0	0	5	0	0	52
	4th	Andy Smith	10	10	8	0	0	0	0	10	12	50
	5th	Andrew Lowe	0	12	10	0	0	0	10	15	0	47
	6th	Aleck Hornshaw	0	0	0	0	0	12	8	12	0	32
	7th	Campbell Noon	0	0	0	0	0	10	6	0	10	26
	8th	Edmond Irwin	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	10
	9th	Adam Foster	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
	10th	Martyn Dunn	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
E	1st	John Beckett	12	15	12	8	12	5	10	10	10	89
	2nd	Deano Sibthorpe	0	0	0	15	15	15	15	15	12	87
	3rd	Martin Norris	15	12	0	10	0	12	12	12	8	81
	4th	John Lacey	10	10	15	0	0	8	8	0	0	51
	5th	Simon Bowller	0	0	10	0	10	6	5	0	5	36
	6th	Lee King	8	0	8	6	8	0	4	0	0	34
	7th	Steve James	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	6	18
	8th	manuel manrique	0	0	0	0	0	10	6	0	0	16
	9th	Paul Stewart	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	15
	10th	Keith Howard	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8
	11th	David Garrett	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	5
F	1st	David Pinckney	8	12	0	15	15	15	15	6	12	98
	2nd	James Stewart	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	15	15	60
	3rd	Barry Bonnett	0	0	15	8	12	10	0	10	0	55
	4th	Andrew King	10	0	0	12	10	0	0	8	10	50
	5th	Roland Elsdon	0	0	12	6	0	12	10	0	0	40
	6th	John William Tusting	6	10	0	0	8	8	0	5	0	37
	7th	Robert Tillott	0	0	0	10	0	0	12	12	0	34
	8th	Helen Taylor-Carter	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
G	1st	Keith Snook	12	12	12	0	15	12	15	12	15	105
	2nd	ralph keeler	15	15	15	15	0	15	12	15	0	102
	3rd	Ian Cooper G	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	12	22
	4th	Graham Temple	0	0	0	0	0	10	8	0	0	18
	5th	Patrick Ellerbeck	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	10
		Tony Carter	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
		Keith Moore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10
H	1st	Don Parry	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30

29/06/2025 -

BMCR Women’s Road Race Championships

Race	Race Pos	Name	Club	Cat	Cat Pos
W	1	Alison Fovargue	Team Empella	W40	1
	2	mathilde pauls	FTP Racing	W40	2
	3	Helen Taylor-Carter	Beds Roads CC	W50	1
	4	Louisa Cooper	PDQ Cycle Coaching	W40	3
	5	Victoria Webb	Born to Bike RT	W40	4
	6	Linda Dewhurst	Ride Revolution RT	W60	1
	7	Janet Birkmyre	TORQ Performance	W50	2
	8	Heidi North	360vrt	W40	5
	9	Isla Johnson-Wells	BMCR	W40	6
	10	Jacqui Phillips	Droitwich CC	W50	3
	11	Fiona Jolly	Kenilworth Wheelers CC	W50	4
	12	Hilary Markland	Worcester St John’s CC	W60	2
	DNF	Elaine Simpson	FTP Fusion	W50	DNF
		Suzanne Brown	Kenilworth Wheelers CC	W50	DNF

29/06/2025 -

Worcester St John’s CC Road Race

Race	Race Pos	Name	Club	Cat	Cat Pos
CD	1	Mark Smith C	Crawley Wheelers Race Team	C	1
	2	Andrew Prince	Aerologic RT	C	2
	3	Michael D’Arcy	CC Luton	D	1
	4	Wayne Mckeown	Casp RT	C	3
	5	Paul Dring	Team Echelon	C	4
	6	Gareth McGuinness	Clwb beicio egni eryri	D	2
	7	karl Smith	Bott Cycle Team	D	3
	8	Os Assem	Finchley RT	D	4
	9	Rowan Horner	VC St Raphael	C	5
	10	Steve Noel	Paradigm Cycles	D	5
	11	Nigel Byrne	CC Luton	D	6
	12	Peter Davies	Bynea CC	D	7
	13	Adrian Kerrigan	Veloflow cc	D	8
	14	Simon Hill	Casp RT	C	6
	15	Matt Mannakee	Prologue RT	C	7
	16	Carl Dee	Team Echelon	D	9
	17	Mark Fenton	Aerologic RT	D	10
	18	Richard Allcock	Worcester St John’s CC	C	8
	19	Tom Forrester	Worcester St John’s CC	C	9
	20	Stewart Phipps	Bromsgrove Olympique CC	C	10
	21	paul green	Areologic RT	D	11
	22	Tim Wood	Team Echelon	C	11
	23	Christopher Quin	Bioracer uk RT	C	12
	24	Martin Rigby	BMCR	C	13
	25	Andrew Evans	Ludlow Brewery RT	C	14
	26	Chris Rudall	Aerologic RT	C	15
	27	Wayne Reeks	GANNET CC	C	16
EFGH	1	Rob O’ CONNOR	Born to Bike RT	F	1
	2	Andy Bathe	Cambridge Vets	E	1
	3	Mark Wiffen	Brooks Cycles – Cronshaw coaching	E	2
	4	Nick Giles	Pocomotion RC	F	2
	5	Dion Tomas	BMCR	E	3
	6	Steve Davies	Bioracer uk RT	E	4
	7	Michael Bell	New Brighton CC	E	5
	8	Roland Elsdon	BMCR	F	3
	9	Dave McMullen	Cotswold Veldrijden	G	1
	10	Geoff Rawlinson	Manchester Bicycle Club	F	4
	11	Tony Carter	BMCR	G	2
	12	Peter Phillips	Bath CC	E	6
	13	Bill Young	Provision RT	E	7
	14	Vince Ellis	Schils – Doltcini RT	F	5
	15	Trevor Bradbury	Python RT	F	6
	16	Les Liddiard	GS Vecchi	F	7
	17	Deano Sibthorpe	Team Echelon	E	8
	18	Mark Smith	Wahoo Le Col	F	8
	19	Charles Zanettacci	Cheltenham & County CC	E	9
	20	Graeme Nisbet	PDQ Cycle Coaching	F	9
	21	Bill Olver	Cheltenham & County CC	F	10
	22	John Beckett	Rugby Velo Club	E	10
	23	David Pullen	Temporary Member	E	11
	DNF	Ken Bradbury	Team Echelon	G	DNF
		Chris Danby	Seamons CC	F	DNF
		Dean Cummings	Acme Wheelers (Rhondda)	E	DNF
		John Buxton	Coalville Wheelers CC	H	DNF
		Eamonn Deane	Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers	F	DNF