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 | ||
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