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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

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.

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

Category	Ranking	Name	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Total (Best Four)
E	1st	Paul James	140	150	–	–	–	–	290
	2nd	Martin Norris	114	118	–	–	–	–	232
	2nd	Deano Sibthorpe	116	116	–	–	–	–	232
	4th	Adrian Dent	150	–	–	–	–	–	150
	5th	Julian Bray	–	140	–	–	–	–	140
	6th	James Stewart	135	–	–	–	–	–	135
	6th	Steve Blake	–	135	–	–	–	–	135
	8th	John Davidson	–	130	–	–	–	–	130
	8th	phil rayner	130	–	–	–	–	–	130
	10th	Steve James	125	–	–	–	–	–	125
	10th	Steve Ellis	–	125	–	–	–	–	125
	12th	David Smith	–	120	–	–	–	–	120
	12th	Barry Bonnett	120	–	–	–	–	–	120
	14th	Steve Davies	118	–	–	–	–	–	118
	15th	Lee Rowe	–	114	–	–	–	–	114
	16th	Robert Blackburn	–	112	–	–	–	–	112
	16th	Simon Dighton	112	–	–	–	–	–	112

F	1st	Nick Yarworth	135	135	–	–	–	–	270
	2nd	Keith Middleton	120	116	–	–	–	–	236
	3rd	Geoff Rawlinson	116	118	–	–	–	–	234
	4th	John Phillips	112	112	–	–	–	–	224
	5th	Ian Moore	150	–	–	–	–	–	150
	5th	Nick Giles	–	150	–	–	–	–	150
	7th	Stephen Wilkinson	–	140	–	–	–	–	140
	7th	Alan Vallance	140	–	–	–	–	–	140
	9th	Kevin Hickman	130	–	–	–	–	–	130
	9th	Trevor Bradbury	–	130	–	–	–	–	130
	11th	Steve Cronshaw	125	–	–	–	–	–	125
	11th	Martin Fisher	–	125	–	–	–	–	125
	13th	Rob O’ CONNOR	–	120	–	–	–	–	120
	14th	Chris Danby	118	–	–	–	–	–	118
	15th	Chris Dunn	114	–	–	–	–	–	114
	15th	Roland Elsdon	–	114	–	–	–	–	114

G	1st	Andrew Simpkins	140	114	–	–	–	–	254
	2nd	Alistair Cameron	125	118	–	–	–	–	243
	3rd	Andrew Donaldson	–	150	–	–	–	–	150
	3rd	Patrick Ellerbeck	150	–	–	–	–	–	150
	5th	Dave McMullen	–	140	–	–	–	–	140
	6th	Richard McKellar	–	135	–	–	–	–	135
	6th	Dave Scargill	135	–	–	–	–	–	135
	8th	Ken Bradbury	130	–	–	–	–	–	130
	8th	Haydn Davies	–	130	–	–	–	–	130
	10th	Chris Gunter	–	125	–	–	–	–	125
	11th	Tony Carter	–	120	–	–	–	–	120
	12th	ralph keeler	–	116	–	–	–	–	116
	13th	Terry Meechan	–	112	–	–	–	–	112

H	1st	Bill Cotton	140	150	–	–	–	–	290
	2nd	Geoffrey Dutton	150	–	–	–	–	–	150

W	1st	Alison Fovargue	150	140	–	–	–	–	290
	1st	Helen Taylor-Carter	140	150	–	–	–	–	290
	3rd	Elaine Simpson	130	130	–	–	–	–	260
	3rd	sarah cramoysan	135	125	–	–	–	–	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

21/04/2024 -

Rd 2 Stallard Series EFGH&W Echelon Cycles

With a huge thanks to Tim Wood and team for organising this event.

Race	Race Pos	Name	Club	Cat	Cat Pos	Series Points
E	1	Paul James	BMCR	E	1	150
	2	Julian Bray	Dulwich Paragon CC	E	2	140
	3	Steve Blake	Plymouth Corinthians	E	3	135
	4	John Davidson	REIFEN RACING	E	4	130
	5	Steve Ellis	Out of the Saddle CC	E	5	125
	6	David Smith	Solihull CC	E	6	120
	7	Martin Norris	Warwick Lanterne Rouge CC	E	7	118
	8	Deano Sibthorpe	Echelon Race Team	E	8	116
	9	Lee Rowe	Team Terminator	E	9	114
	10	Robert Blackburn	Nigel Smith Racing	E	10	112
	11	phil rayner	Welland Valley CC	E	11
	12	Paul Stewart	API-Angliasport	E	12
	13	Steve Davies	Bioracer uk RT	E	13
	14	Graham Wilson	Cheltenham & County CC	E	14
	15	Bill Young	Pro Vision Race Team	E	15
	16	Adrian Ward	Team Terminator	E	16
	17	Peter Phillips	Bath CC	E	17
	18	Steve James	CC Luton	E	18
	19	Martin Tolley	Stafford RC	E	19
	20	THOMAS LEATHER	Bruton Cycling Club	E	20
	21	Glenn Coltman	Team Pedalpower loughborough.	E	21
	22	Russell Perry	Solihull CC	E	22
	23	Dean Cummings	Acme Wheelers (Rhondda)	E	23
	24	Jeff Baird	GS Metro	E	24
	25	Richard Blackman	Solihull CC	E	25
	26	Simon Bowller	berkhamsted cc	E	26

Race	Race Pos	Name	Club	Cat	Cat Pos	Series Points
F&W	1	Nick Giles	Pocomotion RC	F	1	150
	2	Stephen Wilkinson	Team Wheelguru	F	2	140
	3	Nick Yarworth	Worcester St Johns CC	F	3	135
	4	Trevor Bradbury	Python RT	F	4	130
	5	Martin Fisher	BMCR	F	5	125
	6	Helen Taylor-Carter	Bedfordshire Road Race Team	W	1	150
	7	Rob O’ CONNOR	Team Enable-MI Racing-Townsend Vehicle Hire	F	6	120
	8	Alison Fovargue	Empella	W	2	140
	9	Geoff Rawlinson	Manchester Bicycle Club	F	7	118
	10	Keith Middleton	Velo Club Lincoln	F	8	116
	11	Roland Elsdon	BMCR	F	9	114
	12	Linda Dewhurst	Ride Revolution RT	W	3	135
	13	John Phillips	Sotonia CC	F	10	112
	14	Kevin Hickman	API-Angliasport	F	11
	15	Graeme Nisbet	PDQ Cycle Coaching	F	12
	16	Jeremy Adamson	BMCR	F	13
	17	Paul Mason	Velo 6 Racing	F	14
	18	Iain Turnbull	REIFEN RACING	F	15
	19	Llewelyn Jones	Bath CC	F	16
	20	Bill Olver	Cheltenham & County CC	F	17
	21	david broadbent	Moda RT	F	18
	22	Elaine Simpson	Nottingham Clarion CC	W	4	130
	23	Jonathan Davies	Stourbridge Velo	F	19
	24	sarah cramoysan	REIFEN RACING	W	5	125
	25	Chris Danby	Seamons CC	F	20
	DNF	Nick Gurmin	Severn Road Club	F	DNF
		Steve Cronshaw	Brooks Cycles – Cronshaw coaching	F	DNF

Race	Race Pos	Name	Club	Cat	Cat Pos	Series Points
GH	1	Andrew Donaldson	BMCR	G	1	150
	2	Dave McMullen	Cotswold Veldrijden	G	2	140
	3	Richard McKellar	BMCR	G	3	135
	4	Haydn Davies	Giant CC Halo Films	G	4	130
	5	Chris Gunter	Alpha RC	G	5	125
	6	Tony Carter	BMCR	G	6	120
	7	Alistair Cameron	Alba Rosa CC	G	7	118
	8	ralph keeler	St.Ives CC	G	8	116
	9	Andrew Simpkins	Team Echelon	G	9	114
	10	Terry Meechan	Coventry Road Club	G	10	112
	11	Clare E Belle Simon	Racer Nan	G	11
	12	andrew roberts	GS Vecchi	G	12
	13	Dave Scargill	Team Albany	G	13
	14	Patrick Ellerbeck	VeloElite RC	G	14
	15	Bill Cotton	Belper Bicycle Club	H	1	150
	16	Brian Cookson	CC Lancashire	G	15
	17	David Deakins	Lune RCC	G	16
	DNF	Ken Bradbury	Team Echelon	G	DNF
		Tom Wilson	GS Invicta / Eyelevel Optical.	G	DNF
		Jeff Hathaway	North Busks Road Club	H	DNF
		John Buxton	Coalville Wheelers	H	DNF
		Malcolm Moore	Team Enable-MI Racing-Townsend Vehicle Hire	G	DNF