25th Novemeber - Message From Ian Macdonald (Secretary Wessex Cyclo Cross)
At last weeks race at Thruxton I thought what an ideal time to announce incase anyone didn’t know, that the Dicot race would count as a Wesex event, don’t panic, it does count for all categories except the Under 12’s.
When I made the announcement before their race I completely forgot that the Under 12 would not count as they do an U-12 event and a separate U-10 event, by doing this we can’t take points off for the Wessex league. I must apologise we did figure that out during our early talks with Didcot Phoenix but early on a Sunday morning it had completely slipped my mind.
22nd Novemeber - Important Notice
To all Wessex League riders and their supporters
The Wessex Cyclo-Cross League is a well established racing league which is not only known for its fantastic racing but also for its fantastic camaraderie, supportive spirit and welcoming atmosphere.
This weekend, the Thruxton event, was a well organised race with a great attendance, unfortunately some very “un-Wessex” behaviour took place, where both Officials and volunteers were verbally abused and one physically assaulted.
This kind of activity cannot and will not be accepted, please help us stamp out this activity, ensure that riders, supporters and people connected to your club understand what is acceptable.
We all want to do well, challenge ourselves and others but we rely on a fantastic group of volunteers, organisers and officials to make events happen. So if people, albeit a small minority, cause offence, then we will lose these key peopleand events and we will not haveany races.
PLEASE MAKE IT CLEAR TO ALL YOUR MEMBERS BRITISH CYCLING WILL NOT TOLERATE ANY BEHAVIOUR DETRIMENTAL TO THE SPORT, ITS VOLUNTEERS AND FELLOW PARTICIPANTS
22nd Novemeber - Wessex League Round 7 - Graham Robins reports
Round seven of the Wessex League was held in the grass land just outside of the Thruxton Motor Racing circuit five miles west of Andover on the Hampshire-Wilshire Borders.
The course was laid out with miles of tape and the course wound its way up and down the banking using full use of the space provided. To break things up there were a couple of jumps and a long Belgium style sand pit, which was ride able.
The morning started of very foggy and chilly but by the time the seniors raced the fog had cleared and the sun had come out.
Once gridded and away it was Jody Crawforth (Hargroves Cycles) who started to show his class as he soon opened up a gap over League leader Michael Cotty (Cannondale Racing) and Dan Lewis (RAF CC with Chris Minter (Pedal On) and Crispin Doyle (Swindon RC) not too far behind.
Crawforth was eking out time on each lap and entertaining the crowd gathered around the jumps by ‘bunny hoping’ them on each lap. Cotty was 19 seconds back and Doyle was 36 seconds down on the leader.
Next up was Dan Lewis and close to him was Matt Macdonald (Stevens UK). These places did not change much until Matt got past Crispin and Dan for a fine third place.
The combined vet, junior and women’s races as usual saw the largest group of the day and the most competitive of the day. The fog had lifted enough to see the whole course from the marquee and start finish line.
The first rider to show on the front was junior Matt Hargroves (Hargroves Cycles) with vet Sean Williams (Wight Mountain) 16secs down and junior Matt Woods (Swindon RC) third 14 seconds behind him.
The leading Women was Tamina Oliver (Squadra Donna) who had trouble clipping into her pedals from the start line and then had to stop to refit her chain followed by the Wight Mountain pair of Nina French and Sarah Woods.
Once the race settled into some sort of order it was Matt Hargroves from Sean Williams with Matt Woods third. Next up was Dave McNamara (GWR) and Keith Sheridan (Hargroves Cycles). Having a little tussle of their own was Malcolm Cross and Martin Eadon from Hargroves and Stevens UK respectively.
The leading duo was now pulling away from third and this is how the race played out. The women’s race was also decided on the early laps and places did not alter throughout the race.
The morning got underway in the fog with the under 12s race. A rather large entry kept the lap scorers busy as the young riders sped around a small course laid out in the middle of the main venue. The race was eventually won by Harry Dridge (Southdown Velo) from Bethany Lewis (Palmer Park Velo) and team mate Jay Allen.
The youth race was held over the full course size including jumps and sand. The long uphill run out soon sorted them out and it wasn’t long before Harvey Lowe (Hargroves Cycles) was opening up a lead over Robbie Bolwell (Wight Mountain).
Jack Saunders (Swindon RC) was next 35secs down and Jack Phillips (Banjo Cycles) was a further 10secs back but was having trouble staying upright in the sand pit. The first girls were Zoe Sheehan (Swindon RC) with Bethany Taylor (BCDS) not to far back.
Harvey soon had a large lead when Robbie slipped from his bike and getting the chain jammed in the rear sprocket causing the wheel to lock up forcing him to shoulder his bike and run to the pits for a change of bike.
With a couple of laps completed Harvey’s lead over Robbie was now 2min 30secs, third was Jack Saunders (Swindon RC) at 3min 48secs. Bethany was now applying the pressure on Zoe and soon passed her with Emily Wadsworth (Beeline Cycles) now in third.
Leaving the rest in his wake Harvey coasted to a comfortable win by over 2min 30secs.
The next round of the Wessex League is next Sunday at Reading in the joint promoted event with the Central League.
Results:
Seniors: 1 Jody Crawforth (Hargroves Cycles) 2 Michael Cotty (Cannondale Racing) 3 Matt MacDonald (Stevens UK) 4 Crispin Doyle (Swindon RC) 5 Dan Lewis (RAF CC)
Combined Veterans/Women/Juniors: 1 Matt Hargroves Hargroves Cycles 41:27 2 Sean Williams (Wight Mountain) @ 27secs 3 Matt Woods (Hargroves Cycles) @ 45secs 4 Keith Sheridan (Hargroves Cycles) @ 1:09 5 Dave McMullen (GWR Team) @1:21
Women: 1 Tamina Oliver (Squadra Donna) 2 Nina French (Wight Mountain) 3 Sarah Woods (Wight Mountain)
A fantastic days racing at the Southampton Sports Centre - full marks to the organisers and ALL the marshalls and volunteers involved in putting the event on. Lots of Wessex League riders were competing with some great rides in particular coming from Crispin Doyle, Mike Cotty, Matt Macdonald,Andrew Hargroves, Luke Gray and Ben Sumner - all of whom finished inside the top 15 of the senior race! Wessex riders really are becoming a force to be reckoned with and proving what a strong league we have.
I spent the day behind the video camera so please take a look at the footage below, report available here from British Cycling
9th November - National Trophy Preview - Southampton
Hopefully anyone reading this will already know that the National Trophy comes to Southampton this weekend - Sunday 13th November. Kerie is still in need of help - if you can spare a few hours please contact Kerie - Kerie.Wallace@trant.co.uk
If you haven't ridden the course before, you can get on Saturday to practice and learn the lines. The course is a well proven circuit and follows the lines of previous National Trophies and even the National Champs.
The start is based over the far left hand side of the circuit - its a slight uphill drag and should give everyone enough time to find some sort of position without incident. From here the course will climb slightly into the woods and follow some bark chipped single track until popping out of the woods and onto the grass once more.
The course then heads away from the main arena and down the hill to the bottom of the cricket pitches on a slight off camber descent. This is the lowest part of the course and from here there are a number of 90 degree and 180 degree dead turns to test even the fittest rider. The course once again follows the edge of the cricket pitch and climbs up towards the finish before dropping back down towards the road after a number of sweeping turns.
Once on the road the course climbs up the tarmac to the finish line and then onto the pits. Dropping down from the pits there are a couple of 180 degree turns before following the other cricket pitch towards a sharp bank which the better riders will ride and weaker riders will struggle on. A few more winding turns and you are back to the start and the drag up once more.
There are lots of Wessex League riders down to ride so it'll be well worth watching if you can. In the Senior mens race we have some strong riders - watch out for Steve James(Hargroves Cycles). Steve is currently the top Under-23 rider so wil be wearing the green jersey - easy to spot! Current Wessex League champion and leader Mike Cotty(Cannondale) will be riding. Mike has had some very strong wins recently so expect to see him fighting for a strong position inside the top 20. Crispin Doyle (Swindon RC) is another one to look out for and easy to spot in orange and blue. Crispin has been out in Belgium racing so again he will be looking to crack the top 20. Matt Macdonald(Stevens Bikes/Hargroves Cycles) will also be up there. Matt finished 24th at the last National Trophy and knows the course as well as anyone out there. Dan Lewis and Ben Sumner are also worth looking out for - if I haven't mentioned your name - you obvsiously aren't fast enough ;-) but good luck to all!
Some video of the course on Boxing Day is below, so get watching and learn the course now!
4th November - Latest Wessex League - Download here
4th November - Wessex League Round 5 - Oxford - Graham Robins reports
Today’s races were held at the campus of Westminster College near to the centre of Oxford. The course was laid out over a couple of playing fields and a large wooded area which borders the college.
Michael Cotty takes victory in the fifth round of the Wessex League.
The morning started dry and windy, the grass was a little damp on top due to overnight rain, however the weather was to take a turn for the worse and rain came in for the combined Vet/Women/Junior race and this helped make to top surface very slippery in places. Although the rain had relented in time for the senior race there was still a damp feel to the air.
In the senior race, the first to show were Ben Sumner (Beeline Cycles) and Michael Cotty(Wheelbase/Cannondale) with James Cotty (Wheelbase/Cannondale) 32 seconds behind.
The leading group was completed by Peter Kench (Team GWR), Jamie Norfolk (Pedal On), Steve Knight Jewson/Thule and James Astbury (Hargroves Cycles).
After a couple of laps Michael and Ben had extended their lead to over one minute over Peter with James slipping back and Jamie, Steve and James going the other way.
By mid way the race lead was Michael Cotty from Ben by 8secs with Peter Kench followed by Steve Knight and Jamie Norfolk. Both James Cotty and James Astbury had slipped back.
With a couple of laps to go Michael put in a couple of quick ones to increase his lead over Ben to over one minute with Steve Knight now a further three minutes behind.
Steve Knight was a good one as he asked to be seeded at the back and had worked his way to the front in only a couple of laps.
Just as the combined Veterans/Junior/Women’s race began the rain started to fall, adding sheen to the grass which caught out several riders.
After the run out around the fields the first to show at the front was junior rider Matt Woods (Hargroves Cycles) and vet rider Will Girvan (NHRC).
The first woman was Claire Smith (Swindon RC) with Sarah Woods (Wight Mountain) up next followed by Claire Galloway (Zappi’s).
Over the next couple of laps Matt and Will stayed away working hard to extend their lead. The next riders up were David Phillips and Peter Hutchinson (Swindon RC) with next rider Robin Wilmott (GA Cycles) next.
As the two leaders came into the finishing area the chequered flag was waving, Matt was in front of Will and hence won the race however both riders had said they did not hear the bell and both looked quizzically at the finish line thinking they had a least a lap to go.
Just after the finish line the two riders spoke and said neither had heard the bell and were very surprised to see the flag. Will was magnanimous at the finish saying he was pleased to finish behind his younger counterpart and to collect full points for the veterans table.
The youth riders competed on a long course run the opposite way round to the younger riders.
After the first lap it was Jack Saunders (Swindon RC) who had pulled out a 25secs gap over Jack Phillips (Banjo Cycles). Next up was Tom Sewell a further 33secs down and then Edward Gronbech 22 secs behind them.
Jack Sewell continued to open up a large gap with Jack Phillips now drooping back. The minor places had not changed and the first girl was Bethany Taylor who had got passed Zoe Sheehan.
There was quite an interesting race within the race with four girls Bethany Taylor (BCDS), Megan Lewis (Palmer Park Velo), Bethany George and team mate Zoe Sheehan (Swindon RC) all quite close together.
At the bell Jack Saunders was all alone with Jack Phillips second. On the finish line Megan Lewis was just piped by Bethany Taylor with Bethany George also close by.
First to make a break in the Under-12/10 race was Bethany Lewis (PPV) who along with Harry Dridge (Southdown Velo) opened up a small lead. Close by was Erin Baker (Southdown Velo), also not too far behind was Ieuan Woods (Charlotteville CC).
On the second lap Bethany and Harry had pulled away and started working together, Ieuan had now passed Erin and Liam Sewell (Swindon RC) was the next rider up. Bethany made her attack on the last few corners pulling away from Harry who in turn was clear of Ieuan.
The next round of the Wessex League is at Thruxton Motor Racing circuit Hampshire on 20th November.
Results:
Seniors: 1 Michael Cotty (Wheelbase/Cannondale) 55:10 2 Ben Sumner (Beeline Cycles) @ 1:38 3 Steve Knight (Jewson/Thule) @ 3:22 4 Peter Kench (Team GWR) @ 3:38 5 Jamie Norfolk (Pedal On) @ 4:13 6 James Cotty (Wheelbase/Cannondale) @ 5:21 7 Nick Onslow (Pedal On) @ 5:22 8 James Astbury (Hargroves Cycles) @ 5:26 9 Richard Fairthorne (Kenilworth Wheelers) @ 6:51 10 Michael Warner (Wheelbase/Cannondale) @ 7:19
Veterans/Juniors/Women: 1 Matt Woods (Hargroves Cycles) 2 Will Girvan (North Hants RC) 3 David Phillips (Swindon RC) 4 Peter Hutchinson (Swindon RC) 5 Robin Wilmott (GA Cycles)
Women: 1 Claire Smith (Swindon RC) 2 Sarah Woods (Wight Mountain) 3 Karen Murphy (Wight Mountain) 4 Samantha Jones (Four4th.co.uk) 5 Sandie Steel
Youth: 1 Jack Saunders (Swindon RC) 2 Jack Phillips (Banjo Cycles) 3 Tom Sewell (Swindon RC) 4 Edward Gronbech (Oxford City RC) 5 Beth Taylor (BCDS)
Under-12s: 1 Bethany Lewis (Palmer Park Velo) 2 Harry Dridge (Southdown Velo) 3 Ieuan Woods (Charlotteville CC) 4 Erin Baker (Southdown Velo) 5 Liam Sewell (Swindon RC)
28th October - Important message from Kerie Wallace
As you all know the Wessex is this Season again promoting a round of the National Trophy, on the 13th November 2011, so that we can make this a successful promotion I would like some volunteers for the Saturday and Sunday of the event.
For the Saturday I need 10 people for about 4 hours to help set up the course, we will be meeting at 08.00hrs at the Cyclo Cross Container, down by the athletics track in the Southampton Sports Centre. Anyone who wants to stay all day is more than welcome to, as the course is being used for practice and so we could need a few running repairs.
For the Sunday, race day, I need 23 people in total; 18 marshals to man the six pedestrian crossing points, 5 to be mobile course repairers/help repair any of the course first thing in the morning. Times for this will be course repairers meet at the Cyclo Cross Container at 07.30hrs, event marshals to meet at the Changing Rooms, by the all weather pitches at 09.00hrs.
Lunch will be provided for everyone on the Sunday.
So if you could let me know if you are available that would be great.
This is the second year at this venue - please note it is NOT at Oxford Academy in Cowley. The location is Westminster Sports Centre,Oxford Brookes University, Harcourt Hill Campus, Oxford, OX2 9AT. Last years course was made up of a flat playing field section which was very flat and fast, a horrible wooded section which was boggy and bumpy and a second field section which was again pretty flat. Im hoping the wooded section will be revised as it really wasnt great. There is plenty of parking and sign on was in the main sports hall reception last year.
If you are heading up to Leicester for National Trophy Round 2 then good luck!
27th October - Wessex League Round 4 - Bill Higson Memorial Cross
Graham Robins reports on the Wessex Cyclo-Cross league won by Crispin Doyle
Wessex League Round 4, Sunday 23rd October 2011
Crispin Doyle on his way to winning the latest round of the Wessex League. Photo Graham Robins http://www.grahamrobins.net/
Today’s race was held in Prospect Park to the west of Reading on another warm day and on a course primarily dry. The course consisted of a large park with a technical wooded copse and apple orchard. There was a large climb which the leading riders could ride up must most decided to revert to scrabbling up in single file. The prizes were presented by local shop owner Rikki Pankhurst from AW Cycles.
The day got underway with the young riders in the u10 and u12’s races. With league leader Ben Tulett away it was Harry Dridge (Southdown Velo) that was seeded first on the line. He faced strong opposition from Bethany Lewis (PPV), Jay Allen (PPV), Ryan Hodgkyns and riding in their first League race this season was last season winners Alderney and Erin Baker.
The race was won by Bethany Lewis who beat Liam Sewell in a tight fought battle by just a single second. Harry Dridge was third a further 3seconds behind. First and second under 10’s were sisters Maddie and Anna Wadsworth, with Ryan Hodgkyns just eleven seconds down on the winner.
1st u10 Maddie Wadsworth Beeline Cycles 14min 10secs 2nd Anna Wadsworth Beeline Cycles @5secs 3rd Ryan Hodgkyns Poole Wheelers @11secs 4th Euan Taylor BCDS @25secs 5th Ellis Jones SRC @1min 24secs
Youth
The next to race were the youths, eighteen riders lined up with Harvey Lowe (Hargroves Cycles) at the front of the grid. It was Harvey the first to show on the front with Robbie Bolwell (Wight Mountain) a handful of seconds down. The leading girl was Zoe Sheehan (Swindon RC). By the second lap Harvey had stretched his lead over Robbie to 20secs with third rider Jack Saunders (SRC) now slipping away. Zoe on the other hand had Bethany Taylor (BCDS) for company until with a lap to go she managed to pull out a gap.
The next couple of laps saw Harvey extend his lead over Robbie with the next rider Jack back now at 2minutes. On the final lap Harvey puts in a fast lap of 4mins 20sec and this is enough to take a fine commanding win from gun to flag. Robbie was second 42secs down. In the girls race Zoe pulled away from Beth by 24secs on the last lap.
The next up was the combined Junior, Vet and Women’s race. There was a fast start by Matt Woods (Hargroves Cycles) and Luke Cowley (Swindon RC) riding his first race in the Wessex League this season. Once the riders had shuffled themselves out it was Matt at the front with vet rider Sean Williams (Wight Mountain) who had a gap of 8secs over three riders Luke Cowley, Keith Sheridan (Hargroves Cycles) and Mike Groves (StevensUK/Hargroves). Also running near the front on the early laps were Dave McMullen (GWR Team) and Joe Griffiths (Dream CC).
On the second lap Matt started to pull away and had a gap of 20secs over Sean with Luke, Keith and Mike riding wheel to wheel in a race of their own. The third lap saw Matt maintain his lead over Sean but the chasing trio were slipping back and were now back at 53seconds.
Matt then on the third lap put in a quick one and extended his lead over Sean to 53secs with Luke now 1min 30secs back with Keith close by and Mike was 7secs behind these two. It was Matt who took the win ahead of Sean by 56secs with Luke sprinting away from Keith by 1sec with Dave McMullen getting past Mike in the closing stages of the race.
The women’s race was won by Tamina Oliver (Squadra Donna) from Claire Smith (Swindon RC) who was 1min 30secs back with third rider Charlotte Lewis (CCB) back at 6min 29secs
Provisional Result 1st Matt Woods Hargroves Cycles 41mins 46secs 2nd Sean Williams Wight Mountain @56secs 3rd Luke Cowley Swindon RC @1min 31secs 4th Keith Sheridan Hargroves Cycles @1min 32secs 5th Dave McMullen GWR Team @1min 32secs
Women’s Provisional Result 1st Tamina Oliver Squadra Donna 43mins 51secs 2nd Claire Smith Swindon RC @1min 31secs 3rd Charlotte Lewis CCB @6mins 29secs 4th Karen Murphy Wight Mountain @1lap 5th Nina French Wight Mountain @1lap
Senior Race The senior race was the last race of the day and a very strong field was assembled at the start area with Mike Cotty (Wheelbase/Cannondale) at the head of the field along with Crispin Doyle (Swindon RC) and Jamie Newell (Corley Cycles). Also up the front was Ben Sumner now riding in Beeline Cycles colours and Luke Gray now riding for (Baboco Cycling Team)? First up the climb was Crispin with Michael Cotty 20secs back with Luke, Jamie, Ben Dan Lewis (RAF) and Matt Macdonald (Stevens/Hargroves) in close order behind each other. Crispin kept the gap on the next lap while the rest sorted themselves out, and soon he had extended that lead by a further couple of seconds on the next lap.
By half distance Crispin had a gap of 47secs over Luke and co who was riding all together. This was the race order with three laps to go but it was Luke the first to slip back and Jamie and Michael now moving away from Ben and over a minute behind the leader.
At the bell Crispin was clear by 1min 5secs from Jamie, Michael and Ben with Luke now 1min 50secs down on Crispin. Michael took his chance and put in an attack so as not to end up in a sprint with Jamie and pulled away by about 10secs. Ben was 5secs down on Jamie and Luke was now well back at 2mins 12secs. Crispin came up the last climb towards the line arms aloft to take a fine win on a very warm day. Michael stayed away from Jamie by 9secs but was 41secs behind Crispin.
Provisional Result 1st Crispin Doyle Swindon RC 58mins 24secs 2nd Michael Cotty Wheelbase/ Cannondale @41secs 3rd Jamie Newell Corley Cycles @50secs 4th Ben Sumner Beeline Cycles @ 54secs 5th Luke Gray Baboco Cycling Team @ 2min 12 secs. The next round of the League is next Sunday at Brookes Uni in Oxford ahead of a short break as they we running a National trophy race at Southampton Sports Centre on 13th November.
16th October - Wessex League Round 3 - Basingstoke - Graham Robins reports
Michael Cotty (Wheelbase-Cannondale) won his second Wessex League race in a row when he crossed the line almost a minute and a half ahead of his nearest rival at the end of the North Hampshire Road Club event in War Memorial Park, Basingstoke, on Sunday.
Cotty, the 32-year-old from Rownhams in Hampshire, was 1-22 ahead of rival Dan Lewis (RAF CA) at the end of the event, which was run off over park land and included the wooded copse to the south. For the third race in a row we were greeted with blue skies and warm weather and the course was dry and firm giving us a fast set of races.
The senior race got underway with five riders altogether for four laps before the gaps started to appear.
The five riders - Michael Cotty, Adrain Lansley (Pedal on), Dan Lewis (RAF CA), Ben Sumner (unattached) and Will Bjergfelt (Motorpoint Pro Cycling) - soon pulled away from the rest of the bunch and set about staying away.
The first to make a mistake was Lewis who, on the off-camber turns, dropped his bike but soon got up to continue. Sumner then started to pull away from Lansley and Bjergfelt.
Lansley was the next to drop away and soon he retired feeling un-well.
Bjergfelt then started to drop off the pace, perhaps beginning to feel the pace of a hard road season.
While all were losing ground behind him Cotty settled into a rhythm and started to build a commanding lead. With a couple of laps to go it was Cotty from Lewis at 43 seconds with Sumner at 53 seconds.
With Bjergfelt now slipping back, Cotty took the bell with a lead of 50 seconds over Lewis with Sumner now a minute and a half back, and Bjergfelt a further 50 seconds behind him.
As Cotty rode into the flat park between the football pitches, both Lewis and Sumner couldn’t be seen and Cotty coasted to a comfortable win.
The combined race for juniors women and veterans saw a very strong entry across all the different groups.
The first to show at the front were Matt Hargroves along with Hargroves team mate Harry Franklin. The vet race leaders were Keith Sheridan (Hargroves Cycles) along with Sean Williams (Wight Mountain) and Mike Groves (Stevens UK/Hargroves).
The women’s race leader was Claire Smith who was clear of Tamina Oliver (Squadra Donne).
The front five men were all together at one point but soon gaps started to appear and Matt Hargroves soon took control of the race.
The veteran men were a bit closer together with Sean Mike and Keith all racing together, Kevin Knox (Vicious Velo) was a little way behind but was unable to close the gap.
A very large entry contested the under 10s and under 12a race, with Ben Tulett (Herne Hill YCC) in complete control and winning his second race in a row with Bethany Lewis second on her first appearance this season, and then came Harry Dridge (SDV) coming in third who now leads the league table.
The under 10s had a fun race with Alexia Hawkins (PPV) winning just ahead of Ryan Hodgkyns (Poole Wheelers) and Anna Wadsworth (Beeline Cycles) third.
Results:
Seniors: 1 Michael Cotty (Wheelbase-Cannondale) 1:04:07 2 Dan Lewis (RAF CA) @ 1:22 3 Ben Sumner (unattached) @ 1:46 4 Will Bjergfelt (Motorpoint Pro Cycling) @ 2:08 5 Peter Kench (Team GWR) @ 3:34
Women: 1 Claire Smith (Swindon RC) 2 Tamina Oliver (Squadra Donne) 3 Sarah Woods (Wight Mountain)
Veterans: 1 Keith Sheridan (Hargroves Cycles) 49:37 2 Sean Williams (Wight Mountain) @ 9sec 3 Mike Groves (Stevens UK) @ 44sec 4 Kevin Knox (Vicious Velo) @ 56sec 5 Will Girvan (North Hants RC) @ 1:36
Juniors: 1 Matt Hargroves (Hargroves Cycles) 49:16 2 Harry Franklin (Hargroves Cycles) @ 1:01 3 Matt Woods (Hargroves Cycles) @ 1:17
Under 12s: 1 Ben Tulett (Herne Hill YCC) 2 Bethany Lewis (PPV) 3 Harry Dridge (SDV) 4 Jay Allen (PPV) 5 Liam Sewell (Swindon RC)
Under-10s: 1 Alexia Hawkins (PPV) 2 Ryan Hodgkyns (Poole Wheelers) 3 Anna Wadsworth (Beeline Cycles) 4 Ewan Taylor (Bristol Cycling Development Squad) 5 Tyler Smith (Swindon RC)
13th October - Basingstoke Cyclocross Preview
This Sunday sees Round 3 of the Wessex League take place at War Memorial Park in Basingstoke. This is the 3rd time this veune has been used, this Sunday looks to be significantly drier than last year - for those that remember it was cold and very wet. The race is a Cat A - this means you can expect to see riders from other leagues travelling down on a quest for national ranking points. If last year is anything to go by youll be racing on a relatively flat grassy course with a few sharp banks thrown in for good measure. The course is pretty fast and has a limited amount of wooded / technical sections. Parking is on tarmac and can be quite tight - there is an overflow area also. A link to Graham Robins photos of last year is here.
3rd October - Hargroves Cycles Swindon Cross - Graham Robins reports
Win for Cotty
On one of the hottest days of the year a couple of hundred cyclists’s descended on Lydiard Park in Swindon for the second round of the Wessex League. Beautiful sunshine and high temperatures did not deter from a fast and entertaining day in the park. The course was mainly park land with its twists and turns and a technical single track in the woods.
Under 12/Go-Race
The morning got underway with an under 12’s and a Go-Ride race which attracted over sixty young riders. Within the first lap Ben Tulett (HHCCC) pulled out a commanding lead over a fast charging Harry Dridge (Southdown Velo) and Charlie Clark (Hillingdon Slipstream). Close by was Jay Allen (Palmer Park) and Tom Sewell (Swindon RC). The leading places did not change until the last lap when Jay got a slow puncture allowing Tom to slip by, but he still managed to coax his bike to the finish line for fifth.
Result 1st Ben Tulett HHVCC 2nd Harry Dridge Southdown Velo 3rd Charlie Clark Hillingdon Slipstream 4th Tom Sewell Swindon RC 5th Jay Allen Palmer Park
Youth
Next up was the youth race, with a strong field representing Hargroves Cycles. The race got underway and soon Tom Franklin and Harvey Lowe (Hargroves Cycles) opened a gap as they worked together and pulled away from team mate Daniel Tulett with Robbie Bolwell (Wight Mountain) right behind him. With the two leaders away they rest of the entries were soon spread across the park. For the second week running Harvey parted company with his bike, but this time he had time to remount and catch up with Tom. Harvey sat there on the wheel awaiting his opportunity to attack and saw his chance in the single track wooded section and got away to finish well clear of Tom, with Daniel third and Robbie in fourth.
Result 1st Harvey Lowe Hargroves Cycles 2nd Tom Franklin Hargroves Cycles 3rd Daniel Tulett Hargroves Cycles 4th Robbie Bolwell Wight Mountain 5th Jack Saunders Swindon RC
Junior/Women’s/Veterans
After a short break to allow the large number of hardy marshals to take on fluid the next race was the combined Junior/women’s/Vet race. The first lap saw the young Hargroves riders Matt Hargroves and Harry Franklin pull out a strong lead with the next riders into view were the veteran riders of Sean Williams (Wight Mountain), Keith Sheridan (Hargroves Cycles), Will Girvan (NHRC), Dave McMullen (GWR) and Kevin Knox (Vicious Velo). The first women were Claire Smith (Swindon RC) who was well clear of Caroline Goward (Scott Contessa).
The race soon settled in and the two leaders were never challenged throughout the race. Most of the action was coming from the vets as the group of four soon became five then six before Kevin and Dave slipped away when first will slipped back and Sean Williams slipped of his bike on the beech nuts strewn across one corner. This slip might have damaged Sean’s rear wheel as he had to disconnect his rear brakes and finish the race with just his fronts.
Towards the end of the race Will Girvan was putting in a strong challenge but the leading vets were clear, and it was Dave who finished clear of Kevin. The combined race was won by Matt Hargroves with Dave McMullen claiming the vets win and Claire Smith ‘taking a break’ from her organising duties the romp home first in the women’s race.
Results/ Juniors 1st Matt Hargroves Hargroves Cycles 2nd Harry Franklin Hargroves Cycles 3rd Joe Griffiths Dream CC 4th Matt Woods Hargroves Cycles 5th William Mackie AW Cycles
Result Vets 1st Dave McMullen GWR 2nd Kevin Knox Vicious Velo 3rd Will Girvan 4th Sean Williams Wight Mountain 5th Keith Sheidan Hargroves Cycles
Result Women’s 1st Claire Smith Swindon RC 2nd Caroline Goward Scott Contessa 3rd Sarah Woods Wight Mountain 4th Sharon Dolman Swindon RC 5th Samantha Jones four4th.co.uk
Seniors
The feature race of the day saw a very strong field line up at the start to take on an hour of racing in the bright sunshine with very little wind to cool the riders, even under the trees it was still very warm. The first lap saw the leading group of six all together and already pulling out a gap. First rider to lead through the technical section was last week’s winner Steve James (Hargroves Cycles) closely followed by Crispin Doyle (Swindon RC),Michael Cotty (Wheeelbase-Cannondale), Will Bjergfelt (Motorpoint Procycling), Adrain Lansley (PedalOn) and Dan Lewis (RAF) with Sam Allen (Hennebont Cycling) fresh from a season riding in France as part of a French semi-pro team close by.
On the second lap the leaders came into the woods with Steve still leading Crispin with Michael Cotty, Steve slipped allowing the others by and this is when Michael attacked. He was third into the trees but first one out and with a small lead. The first casualty was Steve Jones who was felling unwell and retired at the end of the lap.
As the race progressed Michael opened up a gap of over 30secs with the rest of the chasing bunch all together. The chasing group of five were all together for a couple of laps, until Crispin saw his chance to attack and pulled away from Dan, who in turn could not chase him down because he would have pulled all the others along with him. He had to wait his chance and with a lap to go he made his move and pulled away. Crispin then had his work cut out to keep Dan at bay. Will had to have a bike change when his shifter lever became loose, but was soon on his way quite quickly, but Matt Macdonald passed him and took a fine finish in a very hard race.
As Michael started the last lap he used his lead to a benefit and rode hard on the grassed area so he could ride carefully within himself through the single track and wooded sections. He came across the line well clear of the others, with Crispin next up followed by Dan Lewis in third.
Result 1st Michael Cotty Wheelbase-Cannondale 2nd Crispin Doyle Swindon RC 3rd Dan Lewis RAF 4th Matt MacDonald Stevens UK/Hargroves Cycles 5th Will Bjergfelt Motorpoint Procycling
The next round of the Wessex League is in a couple of week’s time in Basingstoke on Sunday 16th October.
FULL RESULTS
UNDER 12′S 1 Ben Tulett HHVCC 2 Harry Dringe Sothdown Velo 3 Charlie Clark Hillingdon Slipstream 4 Liam Sewell Swindon RC 5 Jay Allen PPV 6 Luke Morgan Swindon RC 7 Ansvs Hawkins PPV 8 Jake Clarke Hillingdon Slipstream 9 Conor Hutchinson Swindon RC 10 Ryan Hodgkyns Poole Wheelers 11 Frankie Wheeler 12 Maddie Wadsworth Beeline Bicycles 13 Anna Wadsworth Beeline Bicycles 14 Alexa Hawkins PPV 15 Ellis Jones Swindon RC 16 Olivia Burnip Corinium CC 17 Seren Jones Swindon RC 18 Harrison Phillips Swindon RC 19 Tyler Smith Swindon RC 20 Mack Mellish Zappis 21 Isabel Phillips Swindon RC 22 Oliver Rich Go Ride 23 Oliver Buckle Go Ride 24 Jameal Go Ride 25 Jayden Blann Team Rose Blann 26 Lizzie Barlow PPV 27 Lewis Jones Swindon RC 28 Leo Tharant Cheltenham CC 29 Alex Long Sherbourne 30 Katie White Go Ride 31 Finn Hawkins PPV 32 Harry Cravey Go Ride 33 David Fordham Go Ride 34 Tom Go Ride 35 Jack Go Ride 36 Benjamin Oliver Go Ride 37 Lilly Oliver Go Ride 38 Logan Wood Go Ride 39 Charlotte Dillon Go Ride 40 Annabel Townsend Go Ride 41 Tom Go Ride 42 Lizzie Pemberton Go Ride 43 Joshua Scrunton Go Ride 44 Ollie Walker Swindon RC 45 Tom L Go Ride 46 Oliver Townsend Go Ride 47 Reece Hillier Go Ride 48 Calum Fisher Go Ride 49 Kacey Fisher Go Ride 50 Jamie Barlow Go Ride 51 Dylan Maititlang Go Ride 52 Ellis Dillon Go Ride 53 Daisy Go Ride 54 Wyatt Lutshes Go Ride 55 Theo Lutshes Go Ride 56 Gracie Go Ride
YOUTH RACE 1 Harvey Lowe Hargroves Cycles 2 Tom Franklin Hargroves Cycles 3 Dan Tulett Hargroves Cycles 4 Rob Bolwell Wight Mountain 5 Jack Saunders Swindon RC 6 James Mitri VCL 7 Tom Sewell Swindon RC 8 Edward Gronbech Oxford City 9 Elliot Lassiter MAD Tri 10 Zoe Sheehan Swindon RC 11 Bethany Taylor BCDS 12 Emily Wadswoth Bee Line Bicycles 13 Kerrie Hutchinson Swindon RC 14 Rhianna Jones Swindon RC 15 Hannah Gibbs Swindon RC 16 Katie Metali BCDS 17 Ciara Hutchinson Swindon RC 18 Sophie Taylor BCDS 19 Daisy Wheller U/A
JUNIORS 1 Matt Hargroves Hargroves Cycles 2 Harry Franklin Hargroves Cycles 3 Joe Griffiths Dream CC 4 Matt Woods Hargroves Cycles 5 William Mackie AW Cycles 6 Jason Pitt AW Cycles 7 Jordan Wade Poole Wheelers 8 Tim Collins 1st Gear Cycles 9 Matt Fowler Swindon RC 10 Richard Robinson NHRC
VETS 1 Dave McMullen GWR 2 Kevin Knox Vicious Velo 3 Will Girvan NHRC 4 Sean Williams Wight Mountain 5 Keith Sheridan Hargroves Cycles 6 Mike Groves Stevens Uk/Hargroves 7 Malcolm Cross Hargroves Cycles 8 Pete Hutchinson Swindon RC 9 Garry Clark Hargroves Cycles 10 Dave Wadswoth Beeline Cycles 11 Steve Brown Dream CC 12 Kevin Blann Team Rose Blann 13 Dave Phillips Swindon RC 14 Peter Bolke 15 Ray Robinson Team Rose Blann 16 Pete Scott Swindon RC 17 Jason Marriot Army CC 18 Duncan Mellish Zappis 19 Alan Wakes SRC 20 Martin Dymond Wight Mountain 21 Ian Lobley Hot Chillee 22 Steve Bale Reading CC 23 Stuart Gough Portswood Cycles 24 Tony Davis Dream CC 25 Anthony Dymont NHRC 26 Gareth Bridge Southdown Velo 27 Simon Baines Giant CC 28 Tony Turner Oxonian CC 29 David Hobbs Corinium CC 30 Sean Bolton Swindon RC 31 Rob Collins Dream CC 32 Damien Grugan Pedal On 33 Robin Akers Beeline Cycles 34 A Murphy NHRC 35 Steve Robinson NHRC 36 Ian Dawes Ride 24/7 37 Dave Buckle Gloucester City CC 38 Peter Warwick Didcot Phoenix 39 Chris Long PB Science.com 40 Gareth Walker Swindon RC 41 David Lloyd Banjo Cycles 42 Steve Dines Wight Mountain 43 S Meadowell Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers 44 Gary Barlow Reading CC 45 Neil Langdon Giant CC 46 Andy Pond 47 Phil Chinn Fareham Wheelers 48 G Stewart 49 Richard Bremner NHRC 50 Nick Adnitt Andover Wheelers 51 Nick Warmsley Corinium CC 52 Keith Allen 53 Paul Salmon iteam 54 Chris Turney Giant CC 55 P Robinson 56 Gordon Smiley 57 John Hawes Cheltenham CC 58 Greg Thompson Beacon RCC 59 Paul Sewell Swindon RC 60 Darren Taylor BCDS 61 Geoff Booker Oxonian CC 62 Phil Jansen 63 Paul Burnip Corinium CC 64 Steve Warwick 65 C Bates Reading CC 66 Steve Freeman 67 Adam Gardiner Didcot Phoenix 68 Pat Alexander CCCC 69 Darren Chappell Behind the Bikeshed 70 Gerald Mcdermot Climb on Bikes 71 Dave Wade PWS 72 Nick Noble 73 Steve Avery Zappis 74 Dean Barrett Swindon RC 75 Pete Martin Zappis 76 Andy Gibbs Swindon RC 77 John Burrows Poole Wheelers
WOMEN 1 Claire Smith Swindon RC 2 Caroline Goward Scott Contessa 3 Sarah Woods Wight Mountain 4 Sharon Dolman Swindon RC 5 Samantha Jones www.four4th.co.uk 6 Ruby Baker Behind the Bikshed 7 Ali Hardie Swindon RC 8 Hazell Jowett Chapel Tristars 9 Laura Holborow Swindon RC 10 Jenifer Taylor BCDS
SENIOR RACE 1 Mike Cotty Wheelbase-Cannondale 2 Crispin Doyle Swindon RC 3 Dan Lewis RAF 4 Matt McDonald Hargroves Cycles 5 Will Bjergfelt Motorpoint Procyling 6 Paul Lloyd Banjo Cycles 7 Adrian Landsley Pedal on 8 Peter Kench GWR 9 Scott Easter Felt Colbournes 10 Chris Minter Pedal on 11 Benoit Davies Cheltenham Cycles 12 Sam Allen Hennebont Cycling 13 Craig Denning Dream CC 14 Ian Legg Felt Colbournes 15 Mike Simpson Henley 16 James Astbury Hargroves Cycles 17 Dan Smith GWR 18 Jason Painter Ride on air 19 Jason Blann Team Rose Blann 20 Nick Onslow Pedal on 21 Simon Smith Adeo Cadence RT 22 Phil Gough Red Kite Cycles 23 Lee Smith Banjo Cycles 24 Ryan Keynes 25 Frank Lebon Giant Store 26 Ed Sneddon Swindon RC 27 Mike Warner Cannondale Racing 28 Dan Guest Army CC 29 I Blathled VC Meudeon 30 Gavin Spires A W Cycles 31 Mike Holborow Swindon RC 32 Scott Chappell Behind the Bikeshed 33 Tim Rochford 34 Jay Bradley Southampton RC 35 John Wickham GWR 36 Anthony Laye Gloucester CC 37 Simon Tarrant Cheltenham CC 38 Chris Lawrie Bath CC 39 Dave Feng Dulwich 40 Barry Plank Behind the Bikeshed 41 Mark Chick Swindon RC 42 Neville Luxton Swindon RC 43 Andy Lacock NRC 44 Robin Steward Swindon RC
Round 2 of the Wessex Cyclocross League takes place this Sunday(2nd October). For those who are not familiar with the course there is a video below which will certainly help.
The course is mainly flat and open with some tighter turns and bumps in the woods in the far corner. 70% of the course is on open grassland with fast sweeping turns and usually a few planks to jump in the centre. There is ample parking and plenty of open space to warm up on. I reckon this is one of the best events of the year and a really good course - the weather looks good for the week so its likely to be dry and fast!
11:00 U12 Go-Cross None Under 12 --- On Day: £1.00 11:45 Youth Category A Cyclo-Cross Category A Youth --- On Day: £5.00 12:45 Jun/Vet/Women Category A Cyclo-Cross Category A Junior, Veteran --- On Day: £10.00 14:00 Seniors Category A Cyclo-Cross Category A Senior --- On Day: £10.00
19th September 2011 - Wessex League Round 1
Graham Robins Reports on the event. His complete photo gallery is here
The Wessex Cyclo-Cross League got underway at the newly named Oxford Spires Academy near Cowley on Saturday, with the Bikezone Cycles 'Cross.
The course was spread out over a couple of football pitches and a very technical wooded section. Although the course was dry we did have a couple of small showers which managed to catch out a few riders who were willing to push on.
In the senior race, last season's league winner Michael Cotty, fresh back from filming cycling videos abroad, took up his position at the front of the grid with a strong presence of Hargroves riders and Lee Williams (Team Wiggle), the Welsh National Mountain Bike Champion who had won the Notts and Derby League event the previous weekend.
Michael had also coerced a couple of road riders across to the cross discipline, and the race also included Justin Hoy (Felt Racing) riding a mountain bike and riding on the unfamiliar grass instead of his favoured tarmac.
The race soon split into two small groups at the front. The first contained Lee Williams, Steve James and Luke Gray (Hargroves Cycles), while the second group was a little way and behind contained Michael Cotty, Dan Lewis (RAF CC) Crispin Doyle (Swindon RC) and Matt MacDonald (Stevens UK /Hargroves).
The leading group of three stayed together for almost the entire race until Luke Gray dropped back with a couple of laps to go.
This left Lee and Steve to take the bell running in tandem, but Steve attacked on the final lap and arrived into the finishing technical section first to solo to a win.
Lee Williams finished seven seconds down and was full of praise for the winner, saying he was "just too strong on the last lap".
Steve James (Hargroves Cycles) celebrates winning the senior race. Pic: Graham Robins.
The women's race was won by Claire Smith (Swindon RC) who finished well clear of Nina French (Wight Mountain). In fact Wight Mountain women finished 2nd 3rd and 4th with Nicky Volley finishing 6th.
The combined Veterans/Women/Junior race was very well supported by 66 riders with a large entry from the newly boosted Wight Mountain team coming across from the Isle of Wight.
The team had brought in Sean Williams, the winner of last season's veterans category, and a couple of women new to cyclo-cross. And the team will soon be added to by two other riders who were unable to race today.
The race started with the two junior Hargroves riders - Matt Hargroves and new acquisition Matt Woods who rode for Swindon RC last season - making all the early speed, with Sean Williams just hanging on with Mike Groves (Stevens UK/Hargroves) a little way behind him.
The two leaders were well matched and stayed together throughout the race although Woods did drop his chain at one point but managed to make up time to pick up the leader before too long.
Sean was now dropping away from the younger leaders but not losing ground to Groves in their own race. Others close to the front were Will Girvan (North Hants RC), Pete Smith (Team Jewson) and Dave McMullen now riding in Team GWR colours this season.
The youth race was convincingly won by Harvey Lowe (Hargroves Cycles) from Robbie Bolwell (Wight Mountain).
Harvey was involved in a crash at the start of the race but managed to get back on and then lap the whole field before taking the winning spoils.
The under-12 race was once again very well supported and only goes to prove that cyclo-cross in the Wessex area has a long future.
There were 28 young riders on the start line, some regular riders and a few new ones. They all rode a smaller course and completed nine laps finishing just before the first large shower of the day.
The next round of the Wessex League is on Sunday, October 2, at Lydiard Park in Swindon.
Results:
Seniors: 1 Steve James Hargroves Cycles 54:59:00 2 Lee Williams Team Wiggle 55:06:00 3 Luke Gray Hargroves Cycles 55:50:00 4 Michael Cotty Wheelbase/cannondale 56:40:00 5 Dan Lewis RAF CC 56:44:00 6 Crispin Doyle Swindon RC 56:45:00 7 Matt Macdonald Stevens UK 57:50:00 8 Andrew Baum Cwmcarn 58:17:00 9 Matt Steven VC 10 58:46:00 10 Peter Kench GWR Team 59:45:00 11 Dan Smith GWR Team 01:00:36 12 Jamie Norfolk Pedalon 01:00:41 13 James Cotty Wheelbase/cannondale 01:00:56 14 Nick Onslow Pedalon 01:00:59 15 Phil Gough Red Kite Cycles At 1 Lap(s). 16 Jason Blann Team Rose Blann At 1 Lap(s). 17 Adam Morris ACU At 1 Lap(s). 18 Steve Golla High Wycombe At 1 Lap(s). 19 Jamie Shearer Andover Whs At 1 Lap(s). 20 Frank Lebon Giant At 1 Lap(s). 21 Andy Powell Hargroves Cycles At 1 Lap(s). 22 Elst Manuel Spartaan CC At 1 Lap(s). 23 Justin Hoy Felt At 1 Lap(s). 24 Mike Holborow Swindon RC At 1 Lap(s). 25 Harry Bulstrode Wheelbase/cannondale At 1 Lap(s). 26 Michael Raven Not Known At 1 Lap(s). 27 Michael Warner Wheelbase/cannondale At 1 Lap(s). 28 Jason Painton Ride on Air At 1 Lap(s). 29 Gavin Spiggs Aw cycles At 1 Lap(s). 30 Ian Dow Ride on Air At 1 Lap(s). 31 Simon Smith Adeo Cadence At 1 Lap(s). 32 Jay Bradley Not Known At 1 Lap(s). 33 Vit Javorik Not Known At 1 Lap(s). 34 Julian Mann Stevens UK At 2 Lap(s). 35 Neil Dayus Southampton RC At 2 Lap(s). 36 Berni Charlick CC Basingstoke At 2 Lap(s). 37 Malcolm Rose Oxonian CC At 2 Lap(s). 38 Greg Mook Didcot Phoenix CC At 3 Lap(s). 39 Andre Pollard Not Known At 3 Lap(s). 40 Petein Sven Spartaan CC At 3 Lap(s).
Women: 1 Claire Smith (Swindon RC) 2 Nina French (Wight Mountain) 3 Karen Murphy (Wight Mountain) 4 Sarah Woods (Wight Mountain) 5 Hazel Jowett (Chapel Tri Stars) 6 Nicky Volley (Wight Mountain)
Veterans/Women/Juniors: 1 Matt Hargroves Hargroves Cycles 41:19:00 Jn 2 Matt Woods Hargroves Cycles 41:19:00 Jn 3 Sean Williams Wight Mountain 43:20:00 40 4 Mike Groves Stevens UK 43:40:00 40 5 Bill Girvan NHRC 45:43:00 50 6 Pete Smith Team Jewson 45:53:00 55 7 Dave Mcmullen Team GWR 47:09:00 60 8 David Phillips Swindon RC 47:42:00 50 9 Jason Hawkins Coventry RC 45:50:00 40 10 Dave Wadsworth Beeline Cycles 45:53:00 45 11 Kevin Blann Team Rose Blann 46:14:00 45 12 Pete Hutchinson Swindon RC 40 13 Lee Edmonds Welland Valley 45 14 Steve Proud Mike Vaughan 50 15 Steve Taylor Sherwood 50 16 William Macke AW Cycles Jn 17 Keith Sheridan Hargroves Cycles 45 18 Duncan Mellish Team Zappis 40 19 Joe Broadhead Summit Jn 20 Scott ????? Swindon RC 40 21 Andy Smith Swindon RC 45 22 Ray Robson Team Rose Blann 50 23 Jordan Wade Poole Whs Jn 24 Gareth Dridge Southdown Velo 40 25 Stuart Gough Portswood 60 26 David Hobbs Corinium 40 27 W Buchanan Ride on Air 40 28 Tony Turner Oxonian CC 40 29 Chris Smith Team MK 40 30 Leon Mander Chapel Tristars At 1 Lap(s). Jn 31 Peter Bolke Not Known At 1 Lap(s). 45 32 Ashley Reles Wheelers At 1 Lap(s). 45 33 Chris Cook PB Science At 1 Lap(s). 65 34 Jeremy Mulkern Aylesbury At 1 Lap(s). 50 35 Gareth Walker Swindon RC At 1 Lap(s). 40 36 Steve Dines Wight Mountain At 1 Lap(s). 55 37 Richard Bremner NHRC At 1 Lap(s). 45 38 Andy Pond Not Known At 1 Lap(s). 40 39 Mat Rowley Oxonian CC At 1 Lap(s). 65 40 Claire Smith Swindon RC At 1 Lap(s). 40 41 Geoff Booker Oxonian CC At 1 Lap(s). 60 42 Anthony Dyment NHRC At 1 Lap(s). 45 43 Darren Chappell Behind The Bikeshed At 1 Lap(s). 40 44 Simon Meadwell Bournemouth Jubilee At 1 Lap(s). 40 45 Simon North Summit At 1 Lap(s). 50 46 N Adnitt Andover Whs At 1 Lap(s). 50 47 S Hodgson Not Known At 1 Lap(s). Jn 48 Phil Sherbert NHRC At 1 Lap(s). 50 49 Mitch Purvis Didcot Phoenix CC At 1 Lap(s). 45 50 Keith Allam Not Known At 1 Lap(s). 51 Colin Bates Reading CC At 1 Lap(s). 45 52 Phil Chinn Fareham Whs At 1 Lap(s). 45 53 Nina French Wight Mountain At 1 Lap(s). 45 54 Clive Seabrook Abingdon Vale At 1 Lap(s). 40 55 Karen Murphy Wight Mountain At 1 Lap(s). 56 Tony Jackson Not Known At 2 Lap(s). 50 57 D Corrigan Pedalon At 2 Lap(s). 40 58 Steve Warwick Mountain Mania At 2 Lap(s). 45 59 Sarah Woods W Wight Mountain At 2 Lap(s). 40 60 Dave Wade Poole Whs At 2 Lap(s). 55 61 Hazel Jowett Chapel Tristars At 2 Lap(s). Jn 62 Jo Gundle Aylesbury At 2 Lap(s). 45 63 Nicky Volley Wight Mountain At 2 Lap(s). 40 64 Laura Holborow Swindon RC At 3 Lap(s). 65 John Burrow Poole Whs At 3 Lap(s). 50
66 Pete Martin Team Zappis At 3 Lap(s). 50
Youth: 1 Harvey Lowe (Hargroves Cycles) 2 Robbie Bolwell (Wight Mountain) @ 1 lap 3 Jack Saunders (unattached) 4 Tom Sewell (Swindon RC) 5 Zoe Sheehan (Swindon RC) 6 Edward Gronbech (Oxford City RC)
Under-12s: 1 Sophie Taylor W BCDS 11:56 14 2 Oscar Ingham Chapel tristars 12:00 12 3 Jay Allen Palmer Park Velo 12:02 10 4 Conor Hutchinson Swindon RC 12:50 10 5 Matthew Thornton Oxonian CC 12:53 12 6 Harry Dridge Southdown Velo 13:03 10 7 D Dawson IVA 13:05 10 8 Ryan Hodkyns Poole Whs 13:15 10 9 Anna Wadsworth W Beeline 13:20 10 10 Natalie Moore W Swindon RC 13:30 10 11 Harvey Jackson Team Zappis 14:11 10 12 Maddie Wadsworth W Beeline At 1 Lap(s). 10 13 Ellis Jones Swindon RC At 1 Lap(s). 10 14 Seren Jones W Swindon RC At 1 Lap(s). 12 15 Tyler Smith Swindon RC At 1 Lap(s). 10 16 Harrison Phillips Swindon RC At 1 Lap(s). 10 17 Hayden Gray Not Known At 1 Lap(s). 10 18 Ben Wright Oxford City RC At 1 Lap(s). 10 19 Kieran Rose Oxonian CC At 1 Lap(s). 10 20 Isabel Phillips W Swindon RC At 1 Lap(s). 10 21 Mack Mellish Team Zappis At 1 Lap(s). 10 22 Izzy Buckingham W Not Known At 1 Lap(s). 10 23 Oliver Thornton Oxonian CC At 2 Lap(s). 10 24 Alex Long PB Science At 2 Lap(s). 10 25 Lui Buckingham Not Known At 2 Lap(s). 10 26 Lewis Jones Swindon RC At 2 Lap(s). 10 27 Jayden Blann Team Rose Blann At 2 Lap(s). 10
13th September 2011 - League Kick Off
The Wessex League kicks off THIS weekend with the Bikezone Cycles Cross(link below)
If you are not familiar with the course it is set on Oxford Spires Academy grounds so is mainly grassy fields. The course has some challenging banks which many will only be able to run. There is good parking, a cafe area and changing facilities all on site. A video from the 2009 race is below:
Below is the official Wessex Cyclocross calendar for 2011/2012. I beleive there are a number of events to be added for 2012 so please keep an eye on this site.
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