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02/07/2024 -

Ron Day Memorial – MK Bowl (8)

The Ron Day Memorial MK Bowl races – Race 8 -2nd July 2024 (Sponsored by Church Lane Creative).

A great night of fast safe racing tonight. Thank you to all 27 riders for coming out to race and support tonights event.

Due to the wonderful support of the Equipe Velo team helping tonight we were able to run the race outside into the East carpark after 30 mins insdie. Thank you Equipe Velo guys 😀

The ABCD race saw a strong 2 man break of Michael DArcy and Nick James go around lap 7. After winning the Prime Darren Farr continued on his own chasing hard but eventually went back to the bunch as did Nick James when a strong Michael DArcy rode away on his own. Michael stayed away to take another impressive win with the bunch sprint being won by Martin Quill.

The EFGH race mainly stayed together with a few attempts to get away by John Lacey. A fast bunch sprint was won by James Stewart who also took the Prime tonight.

Huge congratulations to all our winners.

With only 3 weeks to go until the end of the series 😢 (The bowl is closed to us due to a concert) there are still those points to grab for prizes sponsored by Corley Cycles RC and The Bike Bus.

I also need helpers for those 3 weeks please so if you haven’t helped yet, please can you put your name down or bring a friend to help in your place. 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	Michael D’Arcy	CC Luton	C	1	15
	2	Martin Quill	Team Senza Limiti	A	1	15
	3	Darren Farr	CC Luton	B	1	15
	4	Andrew Lowe	Corley Cycles RC	D	1	15
	5	Andy Smith	BMCR	D	2	12
	6	Nick James	Aerologic RT	C	2	12
	7	Campbell Noon	Corley Cycles RC	D	3	10
	8	Paul Bird	CC Luton	D	4	8
	9	John Beckett	Rugby Velo Club	D	5	6
EFGH	1	James Stewart	QN Racing	E	1	15
	2	Martin Fisher	BMCR	F	1	15
	3	Steve James	CC Luton	E	2	12
	4	Andrew King	Kettering CC	E	3	10
	5	Helen Taylor-Carter	Bedfordshire Road Race Team	E	4	8
	6	Tony Carter	BMCR	G	1	15
	7	John Lacey	TMG Horizon Cycling Team	E	5	6
	8	Linda Dewhurst	Ride Revolution RT	H	1	15
	9	Patrick Ellerbeck	VeloElite RC	G	2	12
	10	manuel manrique	Hitchin Nomads CC	E	6	5
	11	ralph keeler	St.Ives CC	G	3	10
	12	Robert Tillott	St.Ives CC	E	7	4
	13	Keith Snook	Bossard Wheelers	G	4	8
	14	David Garrett	Rugby Velo Club	E	8	3
	15	Clare E Belle Simon	Racer Nan	G	5	6
	16	Graham Temple	BMRC	G	6	5
	17	Steve Dunton	Team Enable-MI Racing-Townsend Vehicle Hire	F	2	12
	18	ian cooper	Bossard Wheelers	G	7	4
	19	Malcolm Putman	BMCR	D

If you spot any errors in placing, or if you are wrongly identified, please e-mail results@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.

30/06/2024 -

BMCR Road Championships E,F,G & H

With a huge thanks to Ian Wild and team for a brilliantly organised championships, and congratulations to all competitors for making the races and particularly our new champions.

” From the moment I got there, there was a mass of friendly advice on parking, signing on, changing, the route, everything. The pre race instructions, clear and not a bit condescending. Every junction and hazard was brilliantly marshalled, potholes clearly marked and mentioned, and the post race atmosphere friendly, informal but professional. If ever there was a template on how to run a race on open roads, this was it.”

Race	Race Pos	Name	Club	Cat	Cat Pos
E	1	Rob Pears	Bath CC	E	1
	2	Mike Twelves	Team Ohten Aveas	E	2
	3	John Crook	Bott Cycle Team	E	3
	4	Julian Bray	Dulwich Paragon CC	E	4
	5	John Davidson	REIFEN RACING	E	5
	6	Trevor Hammond	VC Deal	E	6
	7	Charles Zanettacci	Cheltenham & County CC	E	7
	8	Steve Blake	Plymouth Corinthians	E	8
	9	Nigel Langridge	Crawley Wheelers Race Team	E	9
	10	Neil Taylor	Coalville Wheelers CC	E	10
	11	Andrew King	Kettering CC	E	11
	12	Deano Sibthorpe	Echelon Race Team	E	12
	13	Malcolm Smith	Peterborough Cycling Club	E	13
	14	Steve Davies	Bioracer uk RT	E	14
	15	David Smith	Solihull CC	E	15
	16	Sean Smith	Halifax Imperial Wheelers	E	16
	17	Martin Norris	Warwick Lanterne Rouge CC	E	17
	18	Robert Blackburn	Nigel Smith Racing	E	18
	19	Paul Stewart	API-Angliasport	E	19
	20	stephen Walker	RTD – J’s Cycles	E	20
	21	Paul Walsingham	Reflex Racing	E	21
	22	Ken Knight	PM	E	22
	23	Paul Mann	Solihull CC	E	23
	24	Adrian Dent	Team Ohten Aveas	E	24
	25	Steve Ellis	Out of the Saddle CC	E	25
	26	THOMAS LEATHER	Bruton Cycling Club	E	26
F	1	david robinson	Louth Cycle Centre RT	F	1
	2	Brian Pearson	Lakes RC	F	2
	3	Stephen Wilkinson	Team Wheelguru	F	3
	4	Nick Yarworth	Worcester St Johns CC	F	4
	5	Martin Fisher	BMCR	F	5
	6	Rob O’ CONNOR	Team Enable-MI Racing-Townsend Vehicle Hire	F	6
	7	Mac McGready	Kenilworth Wheelers CC	F	7
	8	Roland Elsdon	BMCR	F	8
	9	Geoff Rawlinson	Manchester Bicycle Club	F	9
	10	Costa Pierides	Finchley RT	F	10
	11	Alan Vallance	Coalville Wheelers CC	F	11
	12	Jamie Whitehead	365 Shutt Ridley	F	12
	13	Keith Middleton	Velo Club Lincoln	F	13
	14	John Phillips	Sotonia CC	F	14
	15	Les Liddiard	GS Vecchi	F	15
	16	Julian Niles-Cunnington	Long Steady Days	F	16
	17	Iain Turnbull	REIFEN RACING	F	17
	18	Paul Mason	Velo 6 Racing	F	18
	19	Bill Olver	Cheltenham & County CC	F	19
	20	Geoff Saxon	Pro Vision Race Team	F	20
	21	Jeremy Adamson	BMCR	F	21
	22	Chris Danby	Seamons CC	F	22
	23	Ian Cowan	Solihull CC	F	23
	24	Graeme Nisbet	PDQ Cycle Coaching	F	24
	25	david broadbent	Moda RT	F	25
G	1	Andrew Donaldson	BMCR	G	1
	2	Dave McMullen	Cotswold Veldrijden	G	2
	3	ralph keeler	St.Ives CC	G	3
	4	Andrew Simpkins	Team Echelon	G	4
	5	Terry Meechan	Coventry Road Club	G	5
	6	Tony Carter	BMCR	G	6
	7	Haydn Davies	Giant CC Halo Films	G	7
	8	Patrick Ellerbeck	VeloElite RC	G	8
	9	Chris Gunter	Alpha RC	G	9
	10	andrew roberts	GS Vecchi	G	10
	11	Tom Wilson	GS Invicta / Eyelevel Optical.	G	11
	12	Brian Burgess	GS Vecchi	G	12
	13	Ken Bradbury	Team Echelon	G	13
	14	John Buxton	Coalville Wheelers CC	H	(blank)
H	1	olivier macpherson	Kingsnorth International	H	1
	2	John Powell	EC St Projet/Saillagol	H	2
	3	Mike Allen	Team Enable-MI Racing-Townsend Vehicle Hire	H	3
	4	DAVE BURTON	Sussex nomads cc	H	4

30/06/2024 -

Hoggenburg Classic

Latest Region 9 series rankings here

Race	Race Pos	Name	Club	Cat	Cat Pos	Series Points
ABCD	1	Gavin Howell	Ride Revolution RT	A	1	20
	2	Mark Smith	Crawley Wheelers Race Team	C	1	20
	3	david tate	Arctic Aircon RT	C	2	17
	4	Richard Norris	Haste CC	D	3	20
	5	David Farrow	Eagle Road Club	D	4	17
	6	Duncan Rimmer	Morden CRC	B	1	20
	7	Valentino Fontana	Gemini Bc	B	2	17
	8	Patrick HAWKINS	Dulwich Paragon CC	D	5	14
	9	Andrew MacPherson	Kingsnorth International	A	2	17
	10	Nick Symes	VCL	D	6	12
	11	Os Assem	Finchley RT	D	7	10
	12	Jonathan Donald	London Dynamo	D	8	8
	13	Steve Noel	Paradigm Cycles	D	9	6
	14	Toks Adesanya	addiscombe cc	D	10	4
	15	Cliff Steele	Brixton CC	D	11	3
	16	Damien Foy	Eagle Road Club	D	12	2
	17	Julian Boulter	Eagle Road Club	D	13
	18	Jeremy Greenwood	Finsbury Park cc	D	14
	19	Simon Constable	Basildon CC	B	3	14
EFGHW	1	Richard New	BMCR	E	1	20
	2	Stephen Piper	Velo Schils Interbike RT	E	2	17
	3	Carlito Rendora	Eagle Road Club	E	3	14
	4	martin meades	ciclos uno	E	4	12
	5	Steven Wade-Jones	Bishops Stortford CC	F	1	20
	6	J Paul Bird	Velo Schils Interbike RT	F	2	17
	7	Duncan Thomas	Team Aerocycles	E	5	10
	8	Clare E Belle Simon	Racer Nan	G	1	20
	9	Elizabeth Halliday	Sussex nomads cc	G	2	17
	10	Trevor Gannon	BMCR	F	3	14
	11	Stuart Jago	Southend Wheelers	G	3	14
	12	Dave Tompkins	ciclos uno	H	1	20

27/06/2024 -

FORD CC DUNTON SERIES (5)

The weather gods saved the best weather for the last event of the season! Bright sunshine but with a strong westerly wind. The sunshine and wind also produced the most attacking race of the series. 32 riders took the start line with the 8 EFGH riders having a half lap lead. It looked like the older group would take the first prime but they were caught on the line with Paul Spicely taking the prize. Within a lap a strong group comprising Spicely, Craig Nicholls, Ross Courtnell, Matt Holmes, and Paul Miller had moved clear of the bunch. Courtnell unfortunately punctured but rejoined after taking 2 laps out to change a tube. At the second prime taken by Matt Holmes the bunch was beginning to split up with Matt Steel, Mark Cain, Murat Ozdenya, David Farrow, Aaron Green and Paul Davies moving clear. However they made little impression on the leading group. With 3 laps to go the leaders were starting to break up with Nicholls and Holmes attempting to stay clear but they were all together at the bell as the leaders lapped the bunch. On the line Nicholls took the win from Courtnell and Holmes. The chasing group was led home by Matt Steel and the bunch by Marco Coppola. Although Courtnell was originally given 2^nd after further deliberations the judges agreed that he be relegated to last of the leading group due to him taking laps out due to a mechanical.

Overall, provisionally, in Cat A Aaron Green wins with 8 points from Lukasz Galka and Craig Nicholls both on 4; in Cat B Matt Holmes wins with 14 points from Ross Courtnell on 8, Matt Steel on 5 and Duncan Rimmer on 4; Paul Spicely takes Cat C with 10 points from Marco Coppolo and Murat Ozdenya both on 8 points; in Cat D Keith Walker wins with 11 points from David Farrow on 10 and Jason Fitchew, and Paul Turner on 4; in Cat E Stephen Piper wins with 18 points from Martin Meades with 8 and Duncan Thomas with 4; Steven Wade-Jones wins Cat F with a maximum 20 points from Trevor Gannon with 8 points and Reg Smith with Cat H with 4 points. The full overall result will be published once double-checked.

Race	Race Pos	Name	Club	Cat	Cat Pos	Series Points
All	1	Craig Nicholls	Athlon	A	1	4
	2	matt holmes	Arctic Aircon RT	B	1	4
	3	Paul Spiceley	Colourtech RT	C	1	4
	4	Paul Miller	ATHLON CC	A	2	2
	5	Ross Courtnell	Essex Roads CC	B	2	2
	6	Matt Steel	Pronto Bikes RT	B	3	1
	7	Mark Cain	Abellio SFA Racing Team	B	4
	8	Murat Ozdenya	Team Vision Racing Silver Hook	C	2	2
	9	David Farrow	Eagle Road Club	D	1	4
	10	Aaron Green	Shaftesbury cc	A	3	1
	11	paul Davies	Velo Schils Interbike RT	B	5
	12	Tomasz Chmielewski	Finchley RT	C	3	1
	13	Keith Walker	Wigmore CC	D	2	2
	14	Kevin Attreed	Glendene CC	A	4
	15	Graham Rudd	API-Angliasport	B	6
	16	Marco Coppola	Colourtech RT	C	4
	17	Stephen Piper	Velo Schils Interbike RT	E	1	4
	18	Adrian Ward	Team Terminator	E	2	2
	19	Neil Dowie	API Anglia Sport	D	3	1
	20	Julian Boulter	Eagle Road Club	D	4
	21	Joe Horton	East Grinstead Cycling Club	B	7
	22	Duncan Rimmer	Morden CRC	B	8
	23	Steven Wade-Jones	Bishops Stortford CC	F	1	4
	24	Duncan Thomas	Team Aerocycles	E	3	1
	25	martin meades	ciclos uno	E	4
	26	Lukasz Galka	Finchley RT	A	5
	27	Simon Constable	Basildon CC	B	9
	28	David Crowe	Colour-Tech RT	E	5
	29	#N/A	#N/A	D	5
	30	Reg Smith	Temporary Memb er	H	1	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.

25/06/2024 -

Ron Day Memorial – MK Bowl (7)

The Ron Day Memorial MK Bowl races – Race 7 -25th June 2024 (Sponsored by Church Lane Creative).

Another lovely sunny evening for bike racing. Thank you to everyone who comes out to ride and support this event tonight.

A stressful one for us organisers tonight with no access to the East car park and no key holders on site. Huge huge thanks to the marshals tonight who pulled it out the bag and enabled us to run the race out of the bottom gates from the gun. Massive thanks to Paul Bird who set up the race, co-ordinated the marshals and then just made it back in time to race himself, no warm up and he didn’t even have a number on his back!

The ABCD race saw a split in the field with 4 riders moving clear around lap 6. 2 laps later 3 more riders had moved across. CC Luton riders Darren Farr and Michael DArcy then broke away and stayed away till the end with Darren taking the win. The bunch sprint was won by Andrew Lowe.

The EFGH race stayed together most of the time until 2 laps to go when it split apart and then mainly came back together for the sprint which was won by Paul Stewart from an impressive Mim Taylor who was on fire tonight, winning the race prime too.

Again massive thank you to all the helpers and huge congratulations to all our winners.

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	Darren Farr	CC Luton	B	1	15
	2	Michael D’Arcy	CC Luton	C	1	15
	3	Andrew Lowe	Corley Cycles RC	D	1	15
	4	Lee Block	Stevenage CC	B	2	12
	5	Martin Quill	Team Senza Limiti	A	1	15
	6	leigh smith	Equipe Velo	A	2	12
	7	Chris Smith	Python RT	C	2	12
	8	Paul Bird	CC Luton	D	2	12
	9	John Beckett	Rugby Velo Club	D	3	10
	10	Frazer Glew	Ride Revolution Coaching	C	3	10
	11	Mark Bell	Team Milton Keynes	C	4	8
EFGH	1	Paul Stewart	API-Angliasport	E	1	15
	2	Helen Taylor-Carter	Bedfordshire Road Race Team	E	2	12
	3	Andrew King	Kettering CC	E	3	10
	4	Tony Carter	BMCR	G	1	15
	5	Linda Dewhurst	Ride Revolution RT	H	1	15
	6	Patrick Ellerbeck	VeloElite RC	G	2	12
	7	ralph keeler	St.Ives CC	G	3	10
	8	Malcolm Freeman	GS Vecchi	G	4	8
	9	ian cooper	Bossard Wheelers	G	5	6
	10	Don Parry	Corley Cycles RC	H	2	12