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11/05/2024 -

Worcester St Johns Summer Crits

Summer finally arrived and race 1 had constant attacks in the good weather. Andrew Evans took off alone on the first lap but was reeled in after a few laps. Then it was attack after attack but nothing could stick until the last lap, when Andrew Evans went with half a lap to go, and hung on to the line.

Race 2 split early on into 2 groups of 4, which stayed that way to the finish.

Thanks to Clinton Hayward for organising and everyone that helped, and all the riders that supported the event.

Race	Race Pos	Name	Club	Cat	Cat Pos
ABCD	1	Andrew Evans	Ludlow Brewery RT	C	1
	2	Paul Thursfield	Graham Weigh RT	D	1
	3	Jack Wilson	Ludlow Brewery RT	A	1
	4	Carl Dee	Team Echelon	D	3
	5	stephen minton	Ludlow Brewery RT	C	2
	6	Thomas Rutter	Performance Development Team	B	1
	7	Gerry Bowditch	Reflex Racing	C	3
	8	Richard Allcock	Worcester St Johns CC	C	4
	9	Harry Walton	Cheltenham and County Cycling Club	A	2
	10	Stewart Phipps	Bromsgrove Olympique CC	B	2
	11	Ed Moss	Beacon RCC	C	5
	12	Paul Hayward	Pontypool rcc	C	6
	13	Adrian Bird	Worcester St Johns CC	C	7
	14	Spencer Tapia	Cheltenham & County Cycling Club	A	3
EFG	1	Deano Sibthorpe	Echelon Race Team	E	1
	2	Martin Davis	Beacon RCC	D	2
	3	Martin Norris	Warwick Lanterne Rouge CC	E	2
	4	Jeremy Adamson	BMCR	F	1
	5	Roland Elsdon	BMCR	F	2
	6	Ken Bradbury	Team Echelon	G	1
	7	Vickie Wilkinson	Cheltenham & County CC	E	3
	8	Clare E Belle Simon	Racer Nan	G	2
	9	ian cooper	Bossard Wheelers	G	3

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.

09/05/2024 -

Hog Hill Thursday League Race 1

Race	Race Pos	Name	Club	Cat	Cat Pos
All	1	David Farrow	Eagle Road Club	D	1
	2	Costa Pierides	Finchley RT	F	1
	3	Paul Turner	Arctic Aircon RT	D	2
	4	Jason Fitchew	Ford Cycling Club	D	3
	5	Cliff Steele	Brixton CC	D	4
	6	James CONWAY	Metropolitan Police Cycling Club	E	1
	7	Stephen Piper	Velo Schils Interbike RT	E	2
	8	Julian Niles-Cunnington	Long Steady Days	F	2
	9	Julian Boulter	Eagle Road Club	D	5
	10	Jonathan Donald	London Dynamo	D	6
	11	Andrew Eckton	Eagle Road CC	D	7
	12	Steven Wade-Jones	Bishops Stortford CC	F	3
	13	Carlito Rendora	Eagle Road Club	E	3
	14	Steve Noel	Paradigm Cycles	D	8
	15	Nick Symes	VCL	D	9
	16	Simon Hime	Finchley RT	E	4
	17	Damien Foy	Eagle Road Club	D	10
	18	matt holmes	Arctic Aircon RT	B	1
	19	Matt Steel	Pronto Bikes RT	B	2
	20	Marco Coppola	Colourtech RT	C	1
	21	Paul Spiceley	Colourtech RT	C	2
	22	Aaron Green	Shaftesbury cc	A	1
	23	Jamie Bishop	Newhall CC	C	3
	24	Stephen Messenger	East London Velo	A	2
	25	Graham Galvin	East London Velo	C	4
	26	James Mead	Solo Vinci	B	3
	27	Daniel Weller	BMCR	A	3
	28	Kevin Attreed	Glendene CC	A	4
	29	Mark Cain	Abellio SFA Racing Team	B	4
	30	Dan Fentiman	Eagle Road Club	C	5
	31	Mark Porter	Lea Valley CC	D	11
	32	Graham Rudd	API-Angliasport	B	5
	33	Toks Adesanya	addiscombe cc	D	12
	34	Ian Dawson	Gemini Bc	C	6
	35	Duncan Thomas	Team Aerocycles	E	5
	36	Stuart Howard	PB Cycle Coaching	E	6
	37	Trevor Gannon	BMCR	F	4

07/05/2024 -

Ron Day Memorial – MK Bowl (2)

Another beautiful sunny evening with very little wind saw 2 races going out the top gates again. The ABCD race had many attacks with the final one lasting with 4 riders, the remaining bunch being split into 2 groups. Congratulations to winner Gavin Howell. An AMAZING rider by John Lacey in the EFGHW race saw him attack to stay away on his own and take the win, with the bunch sprint being won by Deano Sibthorpe.

As always a huge thank you to all the helpers. It’s really great to be back and to see and feel the buzz at the races, thank you to everyone who came out to ride and support these events.

No race next week, see you all on the 21st.

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	Gavin Howell	Ride Revolution RT	A	1	15
	2	Bob McGlue	Ride Revolution RT	B	1	15
	3	Krzysztof Zakreta	CC Luton	A	2	12
	4	Kieron Lewis	CC Luton	C	1	15
	5	rob fletcher	Equipe Velo	C	2	12
	6	Glenn McMenamin	Equipe Velo	C	3	10
	7	Andrew Lowe	Corley Cycles RC	D	1	15
	8	Lewis King	Rotor Race Team	D	2	12
	9	Paul Bird	CC Luton	D	3	10
	10	Campbell Noon	Corley Cycles RC	D	4	8
	11	Jason Painton	BMCR	B	2	12
	12	Duncan Thorp	Equipe Velo	B	3	10
	13	Mark Calvert	CC Luton	C	4	8
	14	Andy Smith	BMCR	D	5	6
	15	John Fettis	Club Corley Cycles	D	6	5
	16	Frazer Glew	Ride Revolution Coaching	C	5	6
	17	Lee King	BMCR	D	7	4
	18	Mark Bell	Team Milton Keynes	C	6	5
EFGH	1	John Lacey	TMG Horizon Cycling Team	E	1	15
	2	Deano Sibthorpe	Echelon Race Team	E	2	12
	3	Robert Tillott	St.Ives CC	E	3	10
	4	Steve James	CC Luton	E	4	8
	5	Malcolm Freeman	GS Vecchi	G	1	15
	6	Clare E Belle Simon	Racer Nan	G	2	12
	7	manuel manrique	Hitchin Nomads CC	E	5	6
	8	Keith Snook	Bossard Wheelers	G	3	10
	9	DAVE BURTON	Sussex nomads cc	H	1	15
	10	Ian Cooper.	Bossard Wheelers	G	4	8
	11	Elizabeth Halliday	Sussex nomads cc	G	5	6
	12	Don Parry	Corley Cycles RC	H	2	12

06/05/2024 -

Tour of the Abberleys 2024

AB Race

Race	Race Pos	Name	Club	CAT Race	Prologue	Stage 2	Bonus 2	Staeg 3	Bonus 3	Stage 4	Bonus 4	Overall	Cat Pos
AB	1	Dave Griffiths	Clee cycles	B	0:05:54	1:43:40	0:00:05	2:22:19	0:00:10	1:35:30	0:00:15	5:46:53	1
AB	1	richard butler	Giant Kendal-Sidas Uk	B	0:05:42	1:43:40	0:00:10	2:22:21		1:35:30	0:00:10	5:46:53	1
AB	3	Ben Stead	3RT	A	0:05:37	1:43:40		2:22:21		1:35:49		5:47:27	1
AB	4	Gary Price	Dynamic Rides CC	A	0:06:06	1:43:40		2:22:21	0:00:05	1:35:35	0:00:05	5:47:32	2
AB	5	Darren Farr	CC Luton	B	0:05:43	1:43:40		2:22:21		1:35:54		5:47:38	3
AB	6	Nick Morgan	Holohan Coaching Race Team	B	0:05:43	1:43:40		2:22:21		1:35:59		5:47:43	4
AB	7	Jack Wilson	Ludlow Brewery RT	A	0:06:05	1:43:40		2:22:21		1:35:56		5:48:02	3
AB	8	Matthew Hughes	Reflex Racing	B	0:06:10	1:43:40		2:22:27		1:36:03		5:48:20	5
AB	9	Jamie Murray	Peterborough Cycling Club	B	0:05:59	1:43:40		2:22:41		1:36:06		5:48:26	6
AB	10	Crispin Doyle	Magspeed Racing	B	0:06:01	1:43:40		2:22:38		1:36:23		5:48:42	7
AB	11	Barry Murphy	Graham Weigh RT	B	0:05:57	1:43:40		2:22:00	0:00:15	1:40:01		5:51:23	8
AB	12	Angelo Derosa	Graham Weigh RT	B	0:06:02	1:43:40		2:22:21		1:39:30		5:51:33	9
AB	13	Steven Williams	Reflex Racing	A	0:06:02	1:43:40	0:00:15	2:22:25		1:39:53		5:51:45	4
AB	14	Cormac Bryce	Verulam Reallymoving RT	A	0:07:09	1:43:40		2:24:35		1:40:44		5:56:08	5
AB	15	Bevan Humphreys	BMCR	A	0:06:14	1:43:40		2:23:59		1:50:35		6:04:28	6
AB	16	Grant Womack	Ludlow Brewery RT	A	0:06:18	1:43:40		2:22:45		1:53:10		6:05:53	7
AB	17	nick blight	Nopinz Race Team	A	0:06:07	1:43:40		2:22:30		3:00:00		7:12:17	8
AB	18	Jonathan Dickens	Bridgnorth CC	B	0:06:37	1:48:00		2:24:01		6:00:00		10:18:38	10
AB	19	Nigel Modlinsky	Seamons CC	B	0:06:24	1:49:10		8:22:00		6:00:00		16:17:34	11
AB	20	Steve Whitehurst	Reflex Racing	B	0:06:21	3:00:00		8:22:00		6:00:00		17:28:21	12

CD Race

Race	Race Pos	Name	Club	CAT Race	Prologue	Stage 2	Bonus 2	Staeg 3	Bonus 3	Stage 4	Bonus 4	Overall	Cat Pos
CD	1	Paul Westwood	Lichfield City CC	C	0:05:46	1:44:41		2:21:00	0:00:15	1:36:45		5:47:57	1
CD	2	Carl Potter	Tactic UK RT	C	0:05:56	1:44:11		2:21:57		1:36:30	0:00:10	5:48:24	2
CD	3	karl Smith	Bott Cycle Team	D	0:06:01	1:44:11	0:00:05	2:22:02		1:36:34		5:48:43	1
CD	4	Craig Battersby	Tactic UK RT	C	0:05:53	1:44:11		2:21:57		1:36:50		5:48:51	3
CD	5	Alan Broadbent	Graham Weigh RT	C	0:06:16	1:44:41		2:21:36	0:00:10	1:36:34	0:00:05	5:48:52	4
CD	6	Shaun Tyson	Protech Velo	C	0:05:56	1:44:41		2:21:57		1:36:34		5:49:08	5
CD	7	Damian Evington	Addform Vive Le Velo	C	0:05:57	1:44:41		2:21:57		1:36:34		5:49:09	6
CD	8	Jeremy Honor	Equipe Velo	C	0:05:48	1:44:41		2:22:02		1:36:39		5:49:10	7
CD	9	john watson	Hitchin Nomads CC	D	0:06:10	1:44:41		2:21:57		1:36:34		5:49:22	2
CD	10	Ray Bell	Liverpool Braveheart	C	0:06:00	1:44:41		2:21:57		1:36:47		5:49:25	8
CD	11	Damion Guest	Wolverhampton Wheelers CC	D	0:05:57	1:44:41		2:22:21		1:36:34		5:49:33	3
CD	12	Adrian Bird	Worcester St Johns CC	C	0:06:17	1:44:41		2:22:02		1:36:34		5:49:34	9
CD	12	Mark Fenton	Aerologic RT	D	0:06:12	1:44:41		2:22:02		1:36:39		5:49:34	4
CD	14	Richard Unwin	GS Vecchi	C	0:06:23	1:44:41		2:21:44		1:36:47		5:49:35	10
CD	15	Duncan Park	North Lancs Road Club	D	0:06:14	1:44:41		2:22:05		1:36:39		5:49:39	5
CD	16	Richard Allcock	Worcester St Johns CC	C	0:06:20	1:44:41		2:22:01		1:36:39		5:49:41	11
CD	17	Roy Chamberlain	Corley Cycles RC	D	0:05:52	1:44:11	0:00:10	2:27:24		1:36:30	0:00:15	5:53:32	6
CD	18	Tim Wood	Team Echelon	C	0:06:18	1:44:41		2:22:02		1:44:09		5:57:10	12
CD	18	Stacey Morgan	Ludlow Brewery RT	C	0:06:17	1:44:41		2:22:07		1:44:05		5:57:10	12
CD	20	Mark Smith	Crawley Wheelers Race Team	C	0:06:01	1:43:20	0:00:15	2:21:57		1:46:30		5:57:33	14
CD	21	stephen minton	Ludlow Brewery RT	C	0:06:31	1:44:41		2:22:21		1:47:05		6:00:38	15
CD	22	Hamish MacLean	Musselburgh Roads CC	D	0:06:24	1:50:05		2:28:18		1:54:55		6:19:42	7
CD	23	James Boardley	Peterborough Cycling Club	C	0:06:30	1:50:05		2:34:51		1:56:15		6:27:41	16
CD	24	Paul Dring	Team Echelon	C	0:06:22	1:44:41		2:21:43	0:00:05	3:00:00		7:12:41	17
CD	25	Steve Dring	Team Echelon	C	0:06:37	1:44:41		3:00:00		3:00:00		7:51:18	18
CD	26	Steve Noel	Paradigm Cycles	D	0:06:40	1:44:41		3:13:51		3:00:00		8:05:12	8
CD	27	Dave McCann	VC Deal	D	0:06:36	1:44:41		3:00:00		6:00:00		10:51:17	9
CD	28	Moray Brown	Lichfield City CC	C	0:06:44	1:44:41		3:00:00		6:00:00		10:51:25	19
CD	29	Neil White	Ambion Racing Team	D	0:06:21	3:00:00		6:00:00		6:00:00		15:06:21	10

EFGW Race

Race	Race Pos	Name	Club	CAT Race	Prologue	Stage 2	Bonus 2	Staeg 3	Bonus 3	Stage 4	Bonus 4	Overall	Cat Pos
EFGW	1	Julian Bray	Dulwich Paragon CC	E	0:06:13	1:49:05	0:00:15	2:03:09		1:09:49		5:08:01	1
EFGW	2	John Davidson	Reifen Racing	E	0:06:28	1:53:50	0:00:10	2:03:04	0:00:05	1:09:40	0:00:05	5:12:42	2
EFGW	3	Mark Wiffen	BMCR	E	0:06:24	1:54:59		2:03:00	0:00:10	1:09:40	0:00:15	5:13:38	3
EFGW	4	Chris Beales	Vicious Velo	E	0:06:14	1:54:59		2:03:07		1:09:40		5:14:00	4
EFGW	5	Roland Elsdon	BMCR	F	0:06:54	1:54:59		2:03:15		1:10:15		5:15:23	1
EFGW	6	Paul Mann	Solihull CC	E	0:06:48	1:54:59		2:03:21		1:10:53		5:16:01	5
EFGW	7	Trevor Bradbury	Python RT	F	0:07:13	1:54:59		2:03:08		1:10:50		5:16:10	2
EFGW	8	Mike Twelves	Team Ohten Aveas	E	0:05:58	1:54:59		2:03:00	0:00:15	1:12:54		5:16:36	6
EFGW	9	Martin Fisher	BMCR	F	0:06:50	1:54:11		2:06:04		1:10:50		5:17:55	3
EFGW	10	John Galway	Scarborough Coast CC	F	0:06:48	1:54:59		2:05:55		1:10:55		5:18:37	4
EFGW	11	Richard McKellar	BMCR	G	0:06:44	1:54:59		2:05:55		1:11:04		5:18:42	1
EFGW	12	Iain Turnbull	Reifen Racing	F	0:06:54	1:54:59		2:06:04		1:10:48		5:18:45	5
EFGW	13	Victoria Webb	Lichfield City CC	W40	0:06:50	1:54:59		2:06:00		1:11:01		5:18:50	1
EFGW	14	Deano Sibthorpe	Echelon Race Team	E	0:06:41	1:54:59		2:06:04		1:11:49		5:19:33	7
EFGW	15	Helen Taylor-Carter	Bedfordshire Road Race Team	W50	0:07:07	1:54:59		2:08:21		1:11:59		5:22:26	1
EFGW	16	Celia Doyle	Beacon RCC	W40	0:06:46	1:54:59		2:05:59		1:16:07		5:23:51	2
EFGW	17	Bill Olver	Cheltenham & County CC	F	0:07:13	1:55:23		2:06:04		1:15:42		5:24:22	6
EFGW	18	Tony Carter	BMCR	G	0:07:11	1:54:59		2:06:08		1:16:10		5:24:28	2
EFGW	19	Linda Dewhurst	Ride Revolution RT	W60	0:07:02	1:55:23		2:08:33		1:16:07		5:27:05	1
EFGW	20	Russell Perry	Solihull CC	E	0:07:04	1:55:34		2:15:33		1:14:08		5:32:19	8
EFGW	21	Eddie Humphreys	Nottingham Clarion CC	E	0:06:56	1:54:59		2:24:17		1:22:44		5:48:56	9
EFGW	22	sarah cramoysan	Reifen Racing	W50	0:07:11	2:03:51		2:17:37		1:21:00		5:49:39	2
EFGW	23	Dave McMullen	Cotswold Veldrijden	G	0:06:41	1:53:52	0:00:05	2:33:34		1:17:45		5:51:47	3
EFGW	24	Vickie Wilkinson	Cheltenham & County CC	W50	0:07:00	2:11:11		2:20:20		1:16:17		5:54:48	3
EFGW	25	Elaine Simpson	Nottingham Clarion CC	W50	0:07:30	2:03:48		2:24:17		1:22:40		5:58:15	4
EFGW	26	Nigel Langridge	Crawley Wheelers Race Team	E	0:06:28	3:00:00		2:03:07		1:09:40	0:00:10	6:19:05	10
EFGW	27	Neil Dean	Cliff Pratt Racing	F	0:06:55	1:54:59		2:06:28		3:00:00		7:08:22	7
EFGW	28	Miriam Whitehurst	Reflex Racing	W50	0:07:02	2:03:48		6:00:00		6:00:00		14:10:50	5
EFGW	29	Steve James	CC Luton	E	0:07:14	2:03:48		6:00:00		6:00:00		14:11:02	11
EFGW	30	Andrew Donaldson	BMCR	G	0:06:48	3:00:00		6:00:00		6:00:00		15:06:48	4

06/05/2024 -

Tour of the Abberleys Stage Four

Race	Race Pos	Name	Club	Cat	Cat Pos
AB	1	Dave Griffiths	Clee cycles	B	1
	2	richard butler	Giant Kendal-Sidas Uk	B	2
	3	Gary Price	Dynamic Rides CC	A	1
	4	Ben Stead	3RT	A	2
	5	Darren Farr	CC Luton	B	3
	6	Jack Wilson	Ludlow Brewery RT	A	3
	7	Nick Morgan	Holohan Coaching Race Team	B	4
	8	Matthew Hughes	Reflex Racing	B	5
	9	Jamie Murray	Peterborough Cycling Club	B	6
	10	Crispin Doyle	Magspeed Racing	B	7
	11	Angelo Derosa	Graham Weigh RT	B	8
	12	Steven Williams	Reflex Racing	A	4
	13	Barry Murphy	Graham Weigh RT	B	9
	14	Cormac Bryce	Verulam Reallymoving RT	A	5
	15	Bevan Humphreys	BMCR	A	6
	16	Grant Womack	Ludlow Brewery RT	A	7
	DNF	nick blight	Nopinz Race Team	A	DNF
	DNS	Jonathan Dickens	Bridgnorth CC	B	DNS
		Steve Whitehurst	Reflex Racing	B	DNS
		Nigel Modlinsky	Seamons CC	B	DNS
CD	1	Roy Chamberlain	Corley Cycles RC	D	1
	2	Carl Potter	Tactic UK RT	C	1
	3	Alan Broadbent	Graham Weigh RT	C	2
	4	Damian Evington	Addform Vive Le Velo	C	3
	5	DAMION GUEST	Wolverhampton Wheelers CC	D	2
	6	john watson	Hitchin Nomads CC	D	3
	7	karl Smith	Bott Cycle Team	D	4
	8	Shaun Tyson	Protech Velo	C	4
	9	Adrian Bird	Worcester St Johns CC	C	5
	10	Mark Fenton	Aerologic RT	D	5
	11	Duncan Park	North Lancs Road Club	D	6
	12	Jeremy Honor	Equipe Velo	C	6
	13	Richard Allcock	Worcester St Johns CC	C	7
	14	Paul Westwood	Lichfield City CC	C	8
	15	Richard Unwin	GS Vecchi	C	9
	16	Ray Bell	Liverpool Braveheart	C	10
	17	Craig Battersby	Tactic UK RT	C	11
	18	Stacey Morgan	Ludlow Brewery RT	C	12
	19	Tim Wood	Team Echelon	C	13
	20	Mark Smith	Crawley Wheelers Race Team	C	14
	21	stephen minton	Ludlow Brewery RT	C	15
	22	Hamish MacLean	Musselburgh Roads CC	D	7
	23	James Boardley	Peterborough Cycling Club	C	16
	DNF	Paul Dring	Team Echelon	C	17
		Steve Dring	Team Echelon	C	18
	DNS	Moray Brown	Lichfield City CC	C	19
		Neil White	Ambion Racing Team	D	DNS
		Dave McCann	VC Deal	D	DNS
		Steve Noel	Paradigm Cycles	D	DNS
EFGW	1	Mark Wiffen	BMCR	E	1
	2	Nigel Langridge	Crawley Wheelers Race Team	E	2
	3	John Davidson	REIFEN RACING	E	3
	4	Chris Beales	ViCiOUS VELO	E	4
	5	Julian Bray	Dulwich Paragon CC	E	5
	6	Roland Elsdon	BMCR	F	1
	7	Iain Turnbull	REIFEN RACING	F	2
	8	Martin Fisher	BMCR	F	3
	9	Trevor Bradbury	Python RT	F	4
	10	Paul Mann	Solihull CC	E	6
	11	John Galway	Scarborough Coast CC	F	5
	12	Victoria Webb	Lichfield City CC	W40	1
	13	Richard McKellar	BMCR	G	1
	14	Deano Sibthorpe	Echelon Race Team	E	7
	15	Helen Taylor-Carter	Bedfordshire Road Race Team	W50	1
	16	Mike Twelves	Team Ohten Aveas	E	8
	17	Russell Perry	Solihull CC	E	9
	18	Bill Olver	Cheltenham & County CC	F	6
	19	Linda Dewhurst	Ride Revolution RT	W60	1
	20	Celia Doyle	Beacon RCC	W40	2
	21	Tony Carter	BMCR	G	2
	22	Vickie Wilkinson	Cheltenham & County CC	W50	2
	23	Dave McMullen	Cotswold Veldrijden	G	3
	24	sarah cramoysan	REIFEN RACING	W50	3
	25	Elaine Simpson	Nottingham Clarion CC	W50	4
	26	Eddie Humphreys	Nottingham Clarion CC	E	10
	DNF	Neil Dean	Cliff Pratt Racing	F	DNF
	DNS	Steve James	CC Luton	E	DNS
		Andrew Donaldson	BMCR	G	DNS
		Miriam Whitehurst	Reflex Racing	W50	DNS