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23/08/2023 -

The Ron Day MK Bowl Race 11

The Ron Day Memorial MK Bowl races – Race 11 – 22nd Aug 2023 (Sponsored by Church Lane Creative).

A beautiful night for racing tonight. The riders opted for one race with 6 ABCD riders giving the EFGHL riders a good workout. It didn’t take long for the Gavin Howell train to split the group with many single riders left riding round the circuit. These riders soon formed a second group. James Stewart had a few flying laps off the front of the breakaway group but was brought back. Impressive riding by lots of riders tonight hanging in with some fast racing. Well done to all our winners.

Last race of the series next week and presentation of the Ron Day Memorial cup. Please be at the start for 6.50pm of this.

Thank you to marshal helper Paul Bird, Dick Selley and Chris for setting up and Peter Nolan for First Aid.

Look forward to seeing you next week.

Cat	Rank	Name	17 May	25 May	15 Jun	22 Jul	17 Aug	24 Aug	07 Sep	28 Sep	Best 6
A	1st	Simon Potter	20	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	42
	2nd	vincent Christan	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	29
	3rd	Rob Brice	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	27
		Maciej Zglobisz	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17
B	1st	Luke Huggins	14	20	17	0	0	0	0	0	51
	2nd	Ashley Harvey	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	30
	3rd	Sam Humpheson	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	26
	4th	Jo Skelton	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	22
	5th	Nicola De Girolamo	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20
	6th	Valentino Fontana	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	18
	7th	Paul Hanks	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17
	8th	Sebastien Lawson	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	14
	9th	Lukasz Galka	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
		Jonathan Rouse	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	12
C	1st	Paul Butler	0	6	30	0	0	0	0	0	36
	2nd	Daniel Pugh	0	8	22	0	0	0	0	0	30
	3rd	Paul Roberts	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	26
	4th	Paul Pickup	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20
		Paul Spiceley	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	20
	6th	Duncan Rimmer	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	19
	7th	lee smith	8	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	18
	8th	Tomasz Chmielewski	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17
		Jamie Bishop	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	17
		Charles Kennedy-Scott	3	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	17
	11th	Colin Gunn	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14
	12th	Marco Coppola	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
		david tate	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
	14th	Matt Steel	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
	15th	Kazimierz RYS	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
	16th	Mark Wright	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
D	1st	David Farrow	8	20	27	0	0	0	0	0	55
	2nd	Steve Foster	3	17	20	0	0	0	0	0	40
	3rd	Cliff Steele	0	8	19	0	0	0	0	0	27
	4th	Andrew Buurman	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	25
	5th	Dan Fentiman	0	14	8	0	0	0	0	0	22
	6th	Rune Sanbeck	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20
	7th	Os Assem	0	3	14	0	0	0	0	0	17
		Steve Noel	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17
		Nick Symes	2	6	9	0	0	0	0	0	17
	10th	Ian Dawson	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	15
	11th	John Carter	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14
	12th	Jonathan Donald	0	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	12
		Andy Buckwell	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
		ISSY ZIMMERMAN	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	12
	15th	Dave Turton	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
		Richard Stern	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	10
	17th	Jeremy Greenwood	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	9
	18th	Paul Dutton	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
		stephen simpson	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
	20th	Scott Kicks	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
	21st	Lee Hellen	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1

Full results

22/08/2023 -

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20/08/2023 -

Dulwich Paragon Road Race

Race	Name	Club	Cat	Cat Pos
AB	Gavin Howell	Ride Revolution RT	A	1
	Andy Vasey	Addiscombe CC	A	2
	Ashley Nunn	Addiscombe CC	A	3
	matt holmes	Arctic-Aircon RT	B	1
	Damian Evington	Addform – Vive Le Velo	B	2
	Rowan Horner	VC St Raphael	B	3
	Mark Bruce	(blank)	B	4
CD	lee smith	Long Steady Days RT	C	1
	Mark Smith	Crawley wheelers	C	2
	david tate	Arctic Aircon RT	C	3
	Michael D’Arcy	CC Luton	C	4
	Steve Dring	Echelon RT	C	5
	Chris Smith	Python RT	C	6
	Jason Harris	Pure Motion Cycling Club	C	7
	Kieron Lewis	CC Luton	C	8
	Nik Allen	Team TMC Strada	C	9
	Ashley Russell	London Dynamo	C	10
	Richard Unwin	GS Vecchi	C	11
	Brad Lamb	VICTORIA CYCLING CLUB	C	12
	Julian Bray	Dulwich Paragon	D	1
	stuart evans	Crawley Wheelers Race Tream	D	2
	john watson	Hitchin Nomads	D	3
	Richard Norris	Haste CC	D	4
	Gavin Francis	London Dynamo	D	5
	Paul Turner	Arctic Aircon RT	D	6
	Nigel Langridge	CWRT	D	7
	Paul Hone	Addiscombe CC	D	8
	Chris Carney	Addiscombe CC	D	9
	Jonathan Donald	London Dynamo	D	10
	Steve Noel	Paradigm Cycles	D	11
	Rob Bickers	Eastbourne Rovers	D	12
	Cliff Steele	Brixton CC	D	13
EFGHW	Charles Zanettacci	Cheltenham & County CC	E	1
	Paul James	Crawley wheelers	E	2
	Chris Beales	Velo 1860	E	3
	Julian Niles-Cunnington	Black Cyclists Network	E	4
	Gareth Ash	HWCC	E	5
	Martin Fisher	(blank)	E	6
	Roland Tilley	Bournemouth Cycleworks/ Vitec Fire/ Ford CE	E	7
	Steve Blake	Plymouth Corinthians	E	8
	Costa Pierides	Finchley Racing Team	E	9
	Nick Giles	Pocomotion Road Club	F	1
	Keith Middleton	Velo Club Lincoln	F	2
	Tony Carter	SDL Wonga	F	3
	Ian Humphrey	North Cotswold CC	F	4
	Stephen Sorba	Dulwich Paragon	F	5
	John Phillips	Sotonia CC	F	6
	Dave Scargill	Team Albany	G	1
	ralph keeler	ST IVES	G	2
	bob ford	Cycle works-VitecFire-FordCE-Trek	G	3
	James Gowan	InGear	H	1
	Paul Townsley	Team TMC	H	2
	Helen Taylor-Carter	Beds Road Race Team	W (E)	1
	Linda Dewhurst	Team MK	W (H)	2
	Clare E Belle Simon	Racer Nan	W (F)	3

19/08/2023 -

Pocomotion 3-up TTT

Race Pos	Adj Pos	Team	Name	Time	AAT
1	2	Ludlow Brewery	Stacey Morgan	1:16:29	1:14:31
			Jack Wilson	1:16:29	1:14:31
			stephen minton	1:16:29	1:14:31
2	1	Pocomotion RC	Nick Giles	1:16:44	1:13:37
			Tim Wood	1:16:44	1:13:37
			John Sammut	1:16:44	1:13:37
3		PDQ	Antony Neads	1:18:52	1:18:38
			Jon Wiggins	1:18:52	1:18:38
4	3	HFD CREW	Wayne Reeks	1:19:58	1:16:51
			Carl Rose	1:19:58	1:16:51
			Darren Morgan	1:19:58	1:16:51
5	5	Team Enable MI Racing 2	Greg Ashley	1:21:23	1:18:16
			Craig McKee	1:21:23	1:18:16
			Diana Egerton-Warburton	1:21:23	1:18:16
6		VC Sevale Plus	William Davies	1:24:44	1:18:25
			Chris Davis	1:24:44	1:18:25
7	4	Kenilworth Wheelers JAM	john murphy	1:26:43	1:18:04
			Adam Witchell	1:26:43	1:18:04
			Mac McGready	1:26:43	1:18:04
8		Team Enable MI Racing 3	Jeff Baird	1:27:38	1:18:59
			Malcolm Moore	1:27:38	1:18:59
			Rob O’ CONNOR	1:27:38	1:18:59
9	6	Team Enable MI Racing 1	Mark Wise	1:36:39	1:33:14
			simon law	1:36:39	1:33:14
			Ben Rooney	1:36:39	1:33:14

17/08/2023 -

Hogg Hill Race 7

The final – Thursday League

Roughly 35 riders showed up on a balmy summers evening. Once again, Tony split us into two groups (DEFGH and ABC) for this Handicap race.

Our 25 man DEFG group set off a minute ahead of ten forty somethings in the ABC group. We rode the standard flap loop.

Initially the pace was good and I found myself up front at the start following the wheel of P. James (Crawley Wheelers). As the laps ticked away others also took stints to pull us or create moves. From my armchair at the back of the bunch I could see Long Steady Days (S.James), Andrew Buurman and the MK Don himself James Stewart all toiling away at various points . Hmmm

Meanwhile in the ABC behind…

Wallis was at his imperious best and just like the old days went from the gun with Holmes as his partner in crime. The two made light work of the gap and within 5 or 6 we could see them coming in our wing mirrors.

By the 15 minute mark we were eating their dust. If our bunch engines made attempts to engage they they were feeble at best

The handicapping has been brilliant in this series and we haven’t been caught till the 2nd half of the race on occasions.

So on paper this shouldn’t have been such an easy catch for the youngsters … but us 50+ guys seemed content to plod around at a pretty comfortable 25mph av

Inevitably of course the rest of the ABC group also came across and we essentially remained groupo compacto until the final few laps

Then 3 men – Matt Steels, Aaron Green and Paul James – fired themselves up the road and stayed away to take pos 3,4 & 5

Matt Holmes out sprinted Antony Wallis to take the W.

Jose Soler took the bunch sprint and Julian Cunnington Niles was the best of the 60+ guys.

Once again on behalf of all the racers big thanks to Tony Meader and Debbie for putting on this great race series

Race Position	Name	Club	Cat	Cat Pos
1	matt holmes	Arctic-Aircon RT	B	1
2	Antony Wallis	Regents park Roulers	C	1
3	Matt Steel	Pronto Bikes	B	2
4	Aaron Green	shaftsbury	A	1
5	Paul James	Crawley Wheelers	E	1
6	Jose Soler	Cinnamon cafe SDRT	D	1
7	Andrew Buurman	Rapha CC	D	2
8	Paul Turner	Arctic Aircon RT	D	3
9	David Farrow	Eagle Road club	D	4
10	Cliff Steele	Brixton CC	D	5
11	Duncan Rimmer	Morden CRC	B	3
12	Neil Dowie	Team Terminator	D	6
13	Simon Carter	4T+ velo club	C	2
14	Steve Smith	Redbridge CC	F	1
15	Steve Foster	Team Aerocycles	D	7
16	Steve Noel	Paradigm Cycles	D	8
17	Julian Niles-Cunnington	Black Cyclists Network	E	2
18	James Stewart	QN Racing	E	3
19	Chris Dunn	API Anglia Sport	F	2
20	Stephen Piper	Velo Schils Interbike RT	E	4
21	Jonathan Donald	London Dynamo	D	9
22	Steven Wade-Jones	Bishops Stortford CC	F	3
23	Duncan Thomas	Aerocycles	E	5
24	Julian Boulter	Eagle RC	D	10
25	Toks Adesanya	Addiscombe CC	D	11
26	Damien Foy	6am cycling club	D	12
27	stephen simpson	LSD RT	E	6
28	Adrian Ward	Team Terminator	E	7
29	Gregory Smith	Finsbury Park CC	B	4
30	Greg Needham	Lea Valley CC	C	3
31	Trevor Gannon	Tempo Sport	E	8
32	Mark Porter	Lea Valley CC	C	4
33	Simon Constable	Basildon CC	B	5
DNF	Tim Simpkins	Harlow CC	B	DNF
DNF	Richard Barnes	British Masters Cycling	D	DNF