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02/05/2024 -

FORD CC DUNTON SERIES (1)

On an overcast, windy evening 24 riders took the start with EFGH riders given a half lap lead. Both groups stayed together for 4 laps when the junction was made. The first prime was taken by Matt Steel from a still compact bunch. The first break was made by Mark Cain and Jamie Bishop and they manged to get a 20sec lead but after three lap they were all together and then Matt Holmes attacked on his own to take the second prime. He maintained his effort over the next 6 laps and took the win with a 1-30 lead over Matt Steel who had escaped the bunch on the last lap. Paul Spicely took the bunch sprint for 3^rd place with Martin Meades being the first EFGH rider in 10^th place.

Race	Race Pos	Name	Club	Cat	Cat Pos
All Cats	1	matt holmes	Arctic Aircon RT	B	1
	2	Matt Steel	Pronto Bikes RT	B	2
	3	Paul Spiceley	Colourtech RT	C	1
	4	Jamie Bishop	Newhall CC	C	2
	5	PAUL TURTON	Team Vision Racing	C	3
	6	Keith Walker	Wigmore CC	D	1
	7	Paul Butler	PB Cycle Coaching	C	4
	8	Brad Lamb	Victoria CC	C	5
	9	Tim Simpkins	Newhall CC	B	3
	10	martin meades	ciclos uno	E	1
	11	Stephen Piper	Velo Schils Interbike RT	E	2
	12	Mark Cain	Abellio SFA Racing Team	B	4
	13	Adrian Ward	Team Terminator	E	3
	14	Julian Boulter	Eagle Road Club	D	2
	15	Aaron Green	Shaftesbury cc	A	1
	16	Steven Wade-Jones	Bishops Stortford CC	F	1
	17	Stuart Howard	PB Cycle Coaching	E	4
	18	David Farrow	Eagle Road Club	D	3
	19	Joe Horton	East Grinstead Cycling Club	B	5
	20	Trevor Gannon	BMCR	F	2
	21	Duncan Thomas	Team Aerocycles	E	5
	22	Martin Ryan	Ford CC	D	4

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.

30/04/2024 -

Ron Day Memorial – MK Bowl (1)

The sun was ordered and it didn’t disappoint for the race tonight. A great turn out with 36 riders split into two races staying inside the bowl for 30 mins, then going out the top gates for the remainder of the race. It was really great to see everyone after the long winter and a huge welcome to all our new BMCR MK Bowl riders tonight.

Some fast and safe racing with an early break in the ABCD race led by the Gavin Howell train staying away with Gavin leaving the group to take the lone win and new rider to the BMCR bowl Richard Wigginswining the bunch sprint. The EFGH race also split into two groups with the win going to James Stewart. Well done to all our winners and the Prime winners Mike Jackson and James Stewart too.

Huge thank you to all our marshals and helpers tonight, I couldn’t run the races without you and I appreciate your support.

Latest MK Bowl Series Rankings.

Full results can be found here.

Race	Race Pos	Name	Club	Cat	Cat Pos	Series Points
ABCD	1	Gavin Howell	Ride Revolution RT	A	1	15
	2	Richard Wiggins	Ziggurat Racing	A	2	12
	3	Michael D’Arcy	CC Luton	C	1	15
	4	Andrew Lowe	Corley Cycles RC	D	1	15
	5	Kieron Lewis	CC Luton	C	2	12
	6	Krzysztof Zakreta	CC Luton	A	3	10
	7	Glenn McMenamin	Equipe Velo	C	3	10
	8	Paul Bird	CC Luton	D	2	12
	9	Lewis King	Rotor Race Team	D	3	10
	10	Mike Jackson	CC Luton	C	4	8
	11	Simon Davis	Born to Bike RT	C	5	6
	12	Andy Smith	BMCR	D	4	8
	13	Paul Caton	Verulam Reallymoving RT	D	5	6
	14	Mark Calvert	CC Luton	C	6	5
	15	leigh smith	Equipe Velo	A	4	8
	16	Mark Bell	Team Milton Keynes	C	7	4
	17	Richard Perham	Team Enable-MI Racing-Townsend Vehicle Hire	D	6	5
	18	Lee King	BMCR	D	7	4
	19	Paul McDonnell	Rotor Race Team	C	8	3
	20	Campbell Noon	Corley Cycles RC	D	8	3
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	Andrew King	Kettering CC	E	4	8
	6	John Lacey	TMG Horizon Cycling Team	E	5	6
	7	Steve Dunton	Team Enable-MI Racing-Townsend Vehicle Hire	F	2	12
	8	Robert Tillott	St.Ives CC	E	6	5
	9	Tony Carter	BMCR	G	1	15
	10	Roland Elsdon	BMCR	F	3	10
	11	Patrick Ellerbeck	VeloElite RC	G	2	12
	12	Keith Snook	Bossard Wheelers	G	3	10
	13	Clare E Belle Simon	Racer Nan	G	4	8
	14	Simon Bowller	berkhamsted cc	E	7	4
	15	Ian Cooper.	Bossard Wheelers	H	1	15
	16	Phill Harding	Gregarios	F	4	8
	17	Don Parry	Corley Cycles RC	H	2	12

28/04/2024 -

GS Vecchi “Bovington Bomber”

With a huge thanks to Robert Cranstone and the GS Vecchi team for organising this event.

A game of two halves…..this morning’s race saw the youngsters As, Bs, Cs and Ds strutting their stuff. A slightly chilly and breezy start saw the ABs set off with a 5 minute start over the CDs. Although the racing in the ABs was vigorous the CD race was really kicking off, Rowan Horner (VC st Raphael) put in a ‘massive attack’ taking Richard Unwin (GS Vecchi) with him. The two caught and passed the AB race and then Rowan pressed on as Richard was caught by the (now) ABCD bunch. The race split back into CD and AB groups with Rowan maintaining a comfortable (not that he looked it!) lead to the finish. Paul Dring (Echelon) clipped off the front on the last lap to take second and brother Steve (also Echelon) just held off a fast finishing John Wager (GS Vecchi) for third.

And so to the second half…..The sun was out, blue sky and a warm wind, arm and leg warmers consigned to the bottom of kit bags until the autumn! The race started with a flurry of attacks which were all chased down until Tim Costello (GS Vecchi) put in a stinging attack towards the end of lap 1. Tim started to disappear and then Mark Bremner (VC Meudon) set off in pursuit. The bunch the held the gap for a couple of laps until Paul James (Destination Bike RT) and Steve Blake (Plymouth Corinthians) gave chase, eventually the chasers caught Tim and Mark to contest the finish. Meanwhile the bunch continued to lose riders in an attritional but forlorn chase.

Coming to the finish the leaders sprinted out the E category with Paul James beating Steve Blake and Tim Costello for the win. In the bunch Trevor Bradbury (Python RT) out sprinted Rob Cranstone (GS Vecchi) and Vince Ellis (Schils Doltcini RT). In the G race, Bob Ford (Cycleworks VitecFire Ford CE Trek) took the spoils from Malcolm Freeman (GS Vecchi) and Brian Burgess (GS Vecchi). And finally honourable mention to our two women racers, Lucia Borradaile (CC Weymouth) and Angela Simpson (PDQ Property Elite) with both finishing a tough event.

Race	Race Pos	Name	Club	Cat	Cat Pos
ABCD		Leighton Smith	Poole Wheelers	A	1
		Andrew Thomas	Team Velo Sportif	A	2
		Luke Hardiman	Temporary Member	A	3
		mark Valentine	Poole Wheelers	B	1
	1	Rowan Horner	VC St Raphael	C	1
	2	Paul Dring	Team Echelon	C	2
	3	Steve Dring	Team Echelon	C	3
	4	John Wager	GS Vecchi	C	4
		Frank Bauer	Team Velo Sportif	C	5
		Richard Unwin	GS Vecchi	C	6
		Darrell Pembroke	Team Velo Sportif	C	7
		Christopher Crowther	Army Cycling Union	C	8
		Ashley Russell	BMCR	C	9
		Ben Ansell	Temporary Member	C	10
EFGHW	1	Paul James	BMCR	E	1
	2	Steve Blake	Plymouth Corinthians	E	2
	3	Tim Costello	GS Vecchi	E	3
	4	Mark Bremner	VC Meudon	E	4
	5	James Stewart	QN Racing	E	5
		Alisdair Craig	Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers	E	6
		Simon Bowller	berkhamsted cc	E	7
		David Lester	CC Weymouth	E	8
	6	Trevor Bradbury	Python RT	F	1
		Robert Cranstone	GS Vecchi	F	2
		Vince Ellis	Velo Schils Interbike RT	F	3
		Steve Cooper	Revo Racing	F	4
		Les Liddiard	GS Vecchi	F	5
		Michael Banfield	DHC	F	6
		bob ford	Cycle works-VitecFire-FordCE-Trek	G	1
		Malcolm Freeman	GS Vecchi	G	2
		Brian Burgess	GS Vecchi	G	3
		Angela Simpson	PDQ Cycle Coaching	W(E)	1
		lucia borradaile	CC Weymouth	W(H)	1

28/04/2024 -

Hog Hill Spring Cup

With a huge thanks to Lee Smith and the Long Steady Days team for organising the race.

Part of the 2024 Region 9 series. Latest rankings here.

Race	Race Pos	Name	Club	Cat	Cat Pos	Series Points
ABCD	1	Andrew Hastings	Haste CC	A	1	20
	2	matt holmes	Arctic Aircon RT	B	1	20
	3	Antony Wallis	Born to Bike RT	D	1	20
	4	david tate	Arctic Aircon RT	C	1	20
	5	Duncan Rimmer	Morden CRC	B	2	17
	6	Matt Steel	Pronto Bikes RT	B	3	14
	7	Andy Buckwell	Hub Velo CC	D	2	17
	8	David Farrow	Eagle Road Club	D	3	14
	9	Kevin Barker	ciclos uno	C	2	17
	DNF	Brad Lamb	Victoria CC	C	DNF
		Ian Dawson	Gemini Bc	C	DNF
		Kieron Lewis	CC Luton	C	DNF
		Os Assem	Finchley RT	D	DNF
		Paul Butler	PB Cycle Coaching	C	DNF
		Paul Thursfield	Graham Weigh RT	D	DNF
		Neil Pearson	Gemini Bc	C	DNF
		Brett Travers	VC Revolution	C	DNF
		david prom	San Fairy Ann CC	D	DNF
EFGHIW	1	Julian Niles-Cunnington	Long Steady Days	F	1	20
	2	Nigel Langridge	Crawley Wheelers Race Team	E	1	20
	3	Costa Pierides	Finchley RT	F	2	17
	4	Stephen Piper	Velo Schils Interbike RT	E	2	17
	5	martin meades	ciclos uno	E	3	14
	6	Gary Hartles	BMCR	F	3	14
	7	Trevor Gannon	BMCR	F	4	12
	8	Tony Carter	BMCR	G	1	20
	9	Stuart Howard	PB Cycle Coaching	E	4	12
	10	Duncan Thomas	Team Aerocycles	E	5	10
	11	Dave Woods	CC Luton	H	1	20
	12	DAVE BURTON	Sussex nomads cc	H	2	17
	13	Clare E Belle Simon	Racer Nan	G	2	17
	14	Elizabeth Halliday	Sussex nomads cc	G	3	14
	15	Raymond Batsford	Penge CC	I	1	20

22/04/2024 -

Stallard Series EFGH&W Rankings updated

Cat	Ranking	Name	Rd 1 Harold ‘H’ Nelson	Rd 2 Echelon	Rd 3 Addiscombe	Rd 4 Reifen	Rd 5 Dulwich Paragon	Rd 6 API Anglia/Moda	Best 4
E	1st	Paul James	140	150	–	150	130	140	580
	2nd	Steve Blake	–	135	130	–	118	130	513
	3rd	Deano Sibthorpe	116	116	125	–	116	150	507
	4th	James Stewart	135	–	–	125	120	120	500
	5th	Martin Norris	114	118	–	130	–	114	476
	6th	Julian Bray	–	140	–	–	140	–	280
	7th	Trevor Hammond	–	–	140	–	135	–	275
	7th	Nigel Langridge	–	–	150	–	125	–	275
	9th	John Davidson	–	130	–	140	–	–	270
	10th	Robert Blackburn	–	112	–	135	–	–	247
	11th	Steve Davies	118	–	–	–	–	118	236
	12th	Colin Chambers	–	–	120	–	114	–	234
	13th	Phil Boarer	–	–	–	–	150	–	150
	13th	Adrian Dent	150	–	–	–	–	–	150
	15th	Stephen Piper	–	–	135	–	–	–	135
	16th	phil rayner	130	–	–	–	–	–	130
	17th	Steve Ellis	–	125	–	–	–	–	125
	17th	Steve James	125	–	–	–	–	–	125
	19th	Anthony Matthews	–	–	–	120	–	–	120
	19th	David Smith	–	120	–	–	–	–	120
	19th	Barry Bonnett	120	–	–	–	–	–	120
	22nd	Mario Manelfi	–	–	118	–	–	–	118
	22nd	Simon Bowller	–	–	–	118	–	–	118
	24th	pete bishop	–	–	116	–	–	–	116
	25th	Lee Rowe	–	114	–	–	–	–	114
	26th	Simon Dighton	112	–	–	–	–	–	112
	26th	Paul O’Brien	–	–	–	–	112	–	112
F	1st	Stephen Wilkinson	–	140	150	150	150	140	590
	2nd	Keith Middleton	120	116	135	–	118	130	503
	3rd	John Phillips	112	112	125	130	–	–	479
	4th	Trevor Bradbury	–	130	140	–	125	–	395
	5th	Geoff Rawlinson	116	118	–	135	–	–	369
	6th	Alan Vallance	140	–	–	–	–	135	275
	7th	Jeremy Adamson	–	–	130	140	–	–	270
	7th	Rob O’ CONNOR	–	120	–	–	–	150	270
	7th	Nick Yarworth	135	135	–	–	–	–	270
	10th	Martin Fisher	–	125	–	–	135	–	260
	11th	Roland Elsdon	–	114	–	–	140	–	254
	12th	david broadbent	–	–	–	–	116	120	236
	13th	Ian Moore	150	–	–	–	–	–	150
	13th	Nick Giles	–	150	–	–	–	–	150
	15th	Robert Cranstone	–	–	–	–	130	–	130
	15th	Kevin Hickman	130	–	–	–	–	–	130
	17th	Steve Cronshaw	125	–	–	–	–	–	125
	18th	Julian Niles-Cunnington	–	–	–	–	120	–	120
	19th	Chris Danby	118	–	–	–	–	–	118
	20th	Chris Dunn	114	–	–	–	–	–	114
G	1st	Andrew Donaldson	–	150	150	150	–	114	564
	2nd	Alistair Cameron	125	118	–	130	–	130	503
	3rd	Patrick Ellerbeck	150	–	140	135	–	–	425
	4th	Dave McMullen	–	140	130	–	150	–	420
	5th	ralph keeler	–	116	–	–	140	135	391
	6th	Tony Carter	–	120	125	140	–	–	385
	7th	Richard McKellar	–	135	–	–	–	150	285
	8th	Ken Bradbury	130	–	–	–	–	140	270
	9th	Andrew Simpkins	140	114	–	–	–	–	254
	10th	bob ford	–	–	135	–	–	–	135
	10th	Dave Scargill	135	–	–	–	–	–	135
	12th	Haydn Davies	–	130	–	–	–	–	130
	13th	Chris Gunter	–	125	–	–	–	–	125
	14th	Terry Meechan	–	112	–	–	–	–	112
H	1st	Bill Cotton	140	150	150	–	150	–	590
	2nd	Geoffrey Dutton	150	–	–	–	–	–	150
W	1st	Helen Taylor-Carter	140	150	150	150	–	–	590
	2nd	sarah cramoysan	135	125	–	140	–	–	400
	3rd	Alison Fovargue	150	140	–	–	–	–	290
	4th	Elaine Simpson	130	130	–	–	–	–	260
	5th	Linda Dewhurst	–	135	–	–	–	–	135
	6th	Debbie Capewell	125	–	–	–	–	–	125
	7th	Sarah Foulds	120	–	–	–	–	–	120
	8th	Elisa Mcdonagh	118	–	–	–	–	–	118
	9th	Clare E Belle Simon	116	–	–	–	–	–	116
	10th	Clare Spencer	114	–	–	–	–	–	114