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23/05/2024 -

Hog Hill Thursday League Race 2

Race	Race Pos	Name	Club	Cat	Cat Pos	Series Points
All	1	Andrew Hastings	Haste CC	A	1	5
	2	matt holmes	Arctic Aircon RT	B	1	5
	3	Antony Wallis	Born to Bike RT	D	1	5
	4	PAUL TURTON	Team Vision Racing Silver Hook	C	1	5
	5	Marco Coppola	Colourtech RT	C	2	4
	6	Maciej Zglobisz	Finchley RT	A	2	4
	7	Paul Spiceley	Colourtech RT	C	3	3
	8	Sam Holden	Temporary Member	B	2	4
	9	Tim Mason	Private member	A	3	3
	10	David Farrow	Eagle Road Club	D	2	4
	11	Jason Fitchew	Ford Cycling Club	D	3	3
	12	Costa Pierides	Finchley RT	F	1	5
	13	Kevin Attreed	Glendene CC	A	4	2
	14	Duncan Rimmer	Morden CRC	B	3	3
	15	Patrick HAWKINS	Dulwich Paragon CC	D	4	2
	16	Dan Fentiman	Eagle Road Club	C	4	2
	17	Andrew Buurman	Rapha CC	D	5	1
	18	Clive Lepper	6AM cycling	C	5	1
	19	david young	BMCR	E	1	5
	20	Os Assem	Finchley RT	D	6
	21	Ian Dawson	Gemini Bc	C	6
	22	Julian Niles-Cunnington	Long Steady Days	F	2	4
	23	Cliff Steele	Brixton CC	D	7
	24	Julian Boulter	Eagle Road Club	D	8
	25	Steven Wade-Jones	Bishops Stortford CC	F	3	3
	26	Paul Turner	Arctic Aircon RT	D	9
	27	Toks Adesanya	addiscombe cc	D	10
	28	Andrew Eckton	Eagle Road Club	D	11
	29	Mark Porter	Lea Valley CC	D	12
	30	Joe Horton	East Grinstead Cycling Club	B	4	2
	31	Stephen Piper	Velo Schils Interbike RT	E	2	4
	32	Trevor Gannon	BMCR	E	4	2
	33	Duncan Thomas	Team Aerocycles	E	3	3
	34	Carlito Rendora	Eagle Road Club	E	4	2
	DNF	Damien Foy	Eagle Road Club	D	DNF
		marek glowinski	VC Londres	F	DNF

If you spot any errors in placing, or if you are wrongly identified, please e-mail info@bmcr.org.uk. Incorrect formatting, capitalisation of names etc. is normally a result of the data on RiderHQ. If you correct it there, it should feed through to future results.

21/05/2024 -

Ron Day Memorial – MK Bowl (3)

A wet night so the race stayed inside the bowl to keep it as safe as possible. Thank you to everyone who came out to ride and support the event tonight it was a fantastic field of 22 riders for a wet race.

Both races stayed together with bunch sprints being won by Lewis Kingin the ABCD and James Stewart in the EFGH race. It was great to have 3 ladies racing too. Congratulations to all our winners and a huge thank you to all our helpers and especially Gordon Wiseman who stood in the rain to man the gate tonight, he has helped out every week so far and we appreciate you Gordon.

No race next week and then we run through every week till the end of the series.

Helpers needed for 4th June please contact me if you can help, thank you

Latest MK Bowl Series Rankings.

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

Race	Race Pos	Name	Club	Cat	Cat Pos	Series Points
ABCD	1	Lewis King	Rotor Race Team	D	1	15
	2	Darren Farr	CC Luton	B	1	15
	3	Michael D’Arcy	CC Luton	C	1	15
	4	Andy Smith	BMCR	D	2	12
	5	Jason Painton	BMCR	B	2	12
	6	Mark Calvert	CC Luton	C	2	12
	7	Frazer Glew	Ride Revolution Coaching	C	3	10
	8	John Beckett	Rugby Velo Club	D	3	10
EFGH	1	James Stewart	QN Racing	E	1	15
	2	Deano Sibthorpe	Echelon Race Team	E	2	12
	3	Martin Fisher	BMCR	F	1	15
	4	Steve James	CC Luton	E	3	10
	5	Paul Stewart	API-Angliasport	E	4	8
	6	Helen Taylor-Carter	Bedfordshire Road Race Team	E	5	6
	7	Malcolm Freeman	GS Vecchi	G	1	15
	8	Linda Dewhurst	Ride Revolution RT	H	1	15
	9	Patrick Ellerbeck	VeloElite RC	G	2	12
	10	John Lacey	TMG Horizon Cycling Team	E	6	5
	11	Clare E Belle Simon	Racer Nan	G	3	10
	12	Keith Snook	Bossard Wheelers	G	4	8
	13	ian cooper	Bossard Wheelers	G	5	6

19/05/2024 -

London Dynamo Spring Crit

Latest Region 9 Series rankings

Race	Race Pos	Name	Club	Cat	Cat Pos	Series Points
ABCD	1	Jonathan Smith	LeCol RT	B	1	20
	2	Andy Betts	BMCR	B	2	17
	3	Colin Gunn	Paceline RT	C	1	20
	4	Thomas Rutter	Performance Development Team	B	3	14
	5	Rune Sanbeck	London Dynamo	C	2	17
	6	Marco Coppola	Colourtech RT	C	3	14
	7	David Farrow	Eagle Road Club	D	1	20
	8	Andrew Buurman	Rapha CC	D	2	17
	9	Keith Walker	Wigmore CC	D	3	14
	10	Gavin Francis	London Dynamo	D	4	12
	11	Kieron Lewis	CC Luton	C	4	12
	12	Toks Adesanya	addiscombe cc	D	5	10
	13	Duncan Rimmer	Morden CRC	B	4	12
	14	Mike Scott	BMCR	D	6	8
	15	Jeremy Greenwood	Finsbury Park cc	D	7	6
	16	Cliff Steele	Brixton CC	D	8	4
	17	DAZEL DOMANILLO	Islington CC	B	5	10
	DNF	Nick Symes	VCL	D	9	3
EFGHW	1	Chris Beales	ViCiOUS VELO	E	1	20
	2	Paul James	BMCR	E	2	17
	3	Richard New	BMCR	E	3	14
	4	Barry Bonnett	BMCR	E	4	12
	5	Malcolm Freeman	GS Vecchi	G	1	20
	6	Stephen Piper	Velo Schils Interbike RT	E	5	10
	7	Ken Knight	PM	E	6	8
	8	ralph keeler	St.Ives CC	G	2	17
	9	Deano Sibthorpe	Echelon Race Team	E	7	6
	10	Duncan Thomas	Team Aerocycles	E	8	4
	11	Nick Yarworth	Worcester St Johns CC	F	1	20
	12	Kevin Hickman	API-Angliasport	F	2	17
	13	Chris Dunn	API-Angliasport	F	3	14
	14	Colin Chambers	Crawley Wheelers Race Team	E	9	3
	15	Martin Norris	Warwick Lanterne Rouge CC	E	10	2
	16	Steven Wade-Jones	Bishops Stortford CC	F	4	12
	17	Trevor Gannon	BMCR	F	5	10
	18	Jeremy Adamson	BMCR	F	6	8
	19	olivier macpherson	Kingsnorth International	H	1	20
	20	Alexandra Hamilton	London Dynamo	W	1
	21	DAVE BURTON	Sussex nomads cc	H	2	17
	22	ian cooper	Bossard Wheelers	G	3	14
	23	Dave Woods	CC Luton	H	3	14
	24	Tracy Corbett	Onyx RT	W(E)	2(11)
	25	Elizabeth Halliday	Sussex nomads cc	W(G)	3(4)	12

16/05/2024 -

FORD CC DUNTON SERIES (2)

31 riders took the start on a still evening with the 6 EFGH riders having a half lap lead. For the first 5 laps the groups stayed apart with Steven Piper taking the 1^st Prime from the front group. After a further lap both groups were together with Mark Cain having escaped on his own but within a further lap they were all together again. There were constant attacks but none would stick with Macles Zbloaby taking the 2^nd Prime. Jason Fitchew, Keith Walker and Mark Cain escaped and remained clear for two laps but at 3 to go it was all back together. On the last lap 3 riders jumped clear and held it to the line with Matt Holmes Taking the win from, Ross Courtnell and Marco Coppola.

Overall, after 2 events, Aaron Green comfortably leads Cat A with 8 points; in Cat B Matt Holmes has 8 points with Matt Steel on 3; Paul Spicely leads Cat C with 6 points with mark Coppola on 4 and Jamie Bishop on 3; Cat D is very close with Keith Walker on 5, Jason Fitchew on 4 and Dave Farrow on 3; there is a tie in Cat E with Stephen Piper and Martin Meades both having 6 points; and Steven Wade-Jones leads Cat F with 8 points.

Race	Race Pos	Name	Club	Cat	Cat Pos
All	1	matt holmes	Arctic Aircon RT	B	1
	2	Ross Courtnell	Essex Roads CC	B	2
	3	Marco Coppola	Colourtech RT	C	1
	4	Matt Steel	Pronto Bikes RT	B	3
	5	Aaron Green	Shaftesbury cc	A	1
	6	Paul Spiceley	Colourtech RT	C	2
	7	Jamie Bishop	Newhall CC	C	3
	8	Jason Fitchew	Ford Cycling Club	D	1
	9	David Farrow	Eagle Road Club	D	2
	10	Keith Walker	Wigmore CC	D	3
	11	Neil Dowie	API Anglia Sport	D	4
	12	Brad Lamb	Victoria CC	C	4
	13	Maciej Zglobisz	Bananowo Global Racing	A	2
	14	Stephen Piper	Velo Schils Interbike RT	E	1
	15	Mark Cain	Abellio SFA Racing Team	B	4
	16	martin meades	ciclos uno	E	2
	17	Steven Wade-Jones	Bishops Stortford CC	F	5
	18	Kevin Attreed	Glendene CC	A	3
	19	Lukasz Galka	Finchley RT	A	4
	20	Doug Rushworth	Hornchurch Cycle Club	D	5
	21	Paul Turner	Arctic Aircon RT	D	6
	22	Tim Simpkins	Newhall CC	B	5
	23	Tomasz Chmielewski	Finchley RT	C	5
	24	Toks Adesanya	addiscombe cc	D	7
	25	Stuart Howard	PB Cycle Coaching	E	3
	26	Trevor Gannon	BMCR	F	6
	27	Martin Ryan	Ford Cycling Club	D	8
	28	Duncan Thomas	Team Aerocycles	E	4
	29	SEBASTIAN STEMPEL	BMCR	B	6
	30	Julian Boulter	Eagle Road Club	D	9

12/05/2024 -

Crawley Wheelers RT May Classic

Latest Region 9 Series rankings

Race	Race Pos	Name	Club	Cat	Cat Pos	Series Points
AB	1	Richard Cartland	Hunt Bike Wheels	B	1	20
	2	Andy Betts	BMCR	B	2	17
	3	Stuart Bettis	One Resourcing RT	A	1	20
	4	Ross Matheson	4T+ Cyclopark	A	2	17
	5	Ryan Machin	Crawley Wheelers Race Team	A	3	14
	6	DAZEL DOMANILLO	Islington CC	B	3	14
CD	1	lee smith	Long Steady Days	C	1	20
	2	Rowan Horner	VC St Raphael	C	2	17
	3	Vince Divine	Finchley RT	C	3	14
	4	Kieron Lewis	CC Luton	C	4	12
	5	Jeremy Honor	Equipe Velo	C	5	10
	6	Darrell Pembroke	Team Velo Sportif	C	6	8
	7	Richard Barker	Long Steady Days	C	7	6
	8	Frank Bauer	Team Velo Sportif	C	8	4
	9	rob fletcher	Equipe Velo	C	9	3
	10	david tate	Arctic Aircon RT	C	10	2
	11	Steve Dring	Team Echelon	C	11
	12	Andy Buckwell	Hub Velo CC	D	1	20
	13	Chris Smith	Python RT	C	12
	14	Michael D’Arcy	CC Luton	C	13
	15	Keith Walker	Wigmore CC	D	2	17
	16	Gavin Francis	London Dynamo	D	3	14
	17	Steve Noel	Paradigm Cycles	D	4	12
	18	Os Assem	Finchley RT	D	5	10
	19	Richard Unwin	GS Vecchi	C	14
	20	Andrew Buurman	Rapha CC	D	6	8
	21	Emmeric Hurault	4T+ Cyclopark	D	7	6
	22	Jeremy Leake	VCGH	D	8	4
	23	Patrick HAWKINS	Dulwich Paragon CC	D	9	3
	24	Mike Jackson	CC Luton	C	15
	25	Richard Burchett	Crawley Wheelers Race Team	C	16
	26	ISSY ZIMMERMAN	Regents Park Rouleurs	D	10	2
	27	Jonathan Donald	London Dynamo	D	11
	28	Toks Adesanya	addiscombe cc	D	12
	29	Kevin Plummer	Team TMC Strada	D	13
	30	Charles Longridge	Hurlingham Cycling Club	C	17
	31	Cliff Steele	Brixton CC	D	14
EFG	1	Trevor Hammond	VC Deal	E	1	20
	2	Julian Bray	Dulwich Paragon CC	E	2	17
	3	Craig Wilson	VC Meudon	E	3	14
	4	Chris Beales	ViCiOUS VELO	E	4	12
	5	Mark Bremner	VC Meudon	E	5	10
	6	Robert Cranstone	GS Vecchi	F	1	20
	7	Martin Fisher	BMCR	F	2	17
	8	Trevor Bradbury	Python RT	F	3	14
	9	Julian Niles-Cunnington	Long Steady Days	F	4	12
	10	Richard Barnes	Islington CC	E	6	8
	11	pete bishop	Exeter Wheelers	E	7	6
	12	bob ford	Cycle works-VitecFire-FordCE-Trek	G	1	20
	13	ralph keeler	St.Ives CC	G	2	17
	14	alan williams	Kingsnorth International	G	3	14
	15	Trevor Gannon	BMCR	F	5	10
	16	Stuart Howard	PB Cycle Coaching	E	8	4

For the first time on a Sunday, we were promised and delivered beautiful warm sunny wind free conditions for a race.
A far cry from the cold, miserable, possibly life affirming/changing drenchings we have all accepted as the norm so far in 2024.
Even the much feared traffic issues with the closed section of the M25 did not impact anyone’s journey to the lovely village of Handcross.
Crawley Wheelers RT had taken over the Parish Hall, and turned it into Bike Central.
Having not raced or ridden the circuit since 1977, I used a full lap as my warm up alongside the wonderful Peter Bishop, all the way up from Exeter, riding a beautiful 25 year old Bianchi, and realized early on that this would be a race to remember. It resembles the 3 circuits of Retchingley, Blackmore and Chailey all rolled into one 9 mile circuit. Short steepish critters, long drags, very long drags and fast flowing descents, always something to keep you on the rivet.
The EFG race was the last of the 3 groups to start, with 34 riders, a plethora of big hitters, as well as many opting to use this race as their first for several seasons. Inspired, or grand folly?
After a short neutralized zone, the race was on, 43 miles of mixed (polite version) terrain in what was soon to be 26°C.
The first lap was a 3/4 lap, with 4 full laps to follow, but it meant climbing the nasty critter of a hill 5 times. The first time was brutal with the race being strung out in a long broken line. Mercifully, the pace slowed at the crossroads at the top, the protagonists possibly realizing this pace was just not doable for the entire race. By now, we had lost 5 or 6 riders, never to be seen again.
So the first shots had been fired.
The first time up the long drag gave us all a taste of things to come, a full 2kms of a relentless energy sapping grind, so long, even after 2 of 3 laps, you were still not sure where the summit was.
This is where the real damage was done on the 2nd lap, the steep ramp again stretching it out, and the following long drag the end of the single but slightly fractured bunch.
The cream of the Es shot off the front, led by the amazing but until then, fairly subdued Chris Beales, with him were Trevor Hammond, Julian Bray, Craig Wilson and Mark Brenner.
Further up the long drag, another group muscled off the front which included the best of the Fs, Costa Periedes, Robert Cranstone, Martin Fisher, Trevor Bradbury and Julian Niles- Cunnington, plus the fast improving E Richard Barnes and the aforementioned E Peter Bishop. 2 riders just happy to be at the business end (albeit the 2nd group!!!) of a full on road race.
The 2nd group was working like a well oiled machine, through and off on the ‘flat’ parts anyhow, and we kept the lead 5 in sight.
By the end of lap 2, they had 45 seconds on us. The next lap seemed quicker than the previous one but with the next time check 2.55, we were either flagging, or the Es were kicking along hard, and Costa punctured, thus losing us 20% of our engine.
RB was riding hard at the front, forcing a 10 gap, spurring RC to make a big move, closely followed by TB and MF, and eventually JNC. After a minute, the moved floundered, the heat and draining circuit combining to render such heroics fruitless. So it was down to the last 3 miles and the watching and waiting began. Everyone thought they had a chance at winning the F race, but it was RC who took the win up the slight drag to the finish line, followed by MF and TB, and then JNC.
Everyone’s face told the same story of a super hot, demanding relentless race, and the ride back up the long long drag, this time in the little ring, was enjoyable, and a good couple of miles warm down, perfect.
Some new names for the 2024 BMCR Race Series, things are starting to heat up.