Event: Regional Championships - Wilmington Add this to my calendar (Outlook etc.)
Date: Sunday, 7 December 2008
Promoter: Team Darenth
Contact: Paul Warner 01322 613264 paul@warnerpaul.wanadoo.co.uk
Location: Wilmington Grammar School, Common Lane, Wilmington, Kent, DA2 7DA. Click here for a map. Click the grey arrows at the bottom right of the map to see a detailed version.
Photos: www.londoncyclesport.com
Report: Your trusty scribe travelled o’er high seas to bring you tales of bravery and fortitude – well, we went over the Dartford Crossing. On foreign shores Wilmington welcomed us with tables overloaded with cakes and tea. This boded well for an excellent day of cyclo-cross.
The day was cold and bright and the racing was lively (or it was so muddy that wheels kept slipping out from under you). The long lap contained some speedy descents and a cheeky little uphill just before the judging line. This was a sneaky way of spreading you all out and slowing you down so we could record the numbers.
The Youth race had some real high flyers. Max Sykes pipped Hugo Humphreys to the line. They were closely followed by Taylor Johnstone. Hugo Robinson, accustomed to lapping the field, had to settle for 5th place after succumbing to a tumble and mechanical issues. Josh Parkin led the Under 14s home – almost 2 minutes ahead of his nearest rival, Eliot Philips. Alan Trolove made the long journey well worthwhile for an excellent 3rd place. Quiet man Alan has shown excellent consistency this season and is stealthily climbing up the league table. Meantime, Lewis Parker, with regular confident performances, is now at the top spot in the Youth league.
Ellie Sykes showed the rest of the girls how it’s done. Sara Gent was close behind. Rhianna Wood won the Under 16 Girls prize.
Tom Franklin stormed round the Under 12’s course. Sam Titmarsh (2nd) and Anthony Anderson (3rd) had to chase his dust. In the Under 10’s Daniel Tulett had a convincing win over Freddie Argent and Toby Martin. Sophie Holmes was the 1st girl home.
David Nichols led the Vet/Women/Junior race from the start. When you look at the times, please remember that the Vets set off 1 minute after the Juniors, and the Women set off 3.5 minutes after the Juniors. Some time later, Luke Newby took 2nd place. Mick Bell was loving this course – Matt Seaton and Gavin Rumbles could only chase in his wake. Doug Fox, in the over 50’s category, had a great ride. Tim Butler was very happy with 2nd place, now he’s back on form after the carbon-monoxide episode that has marred his performance over the season. Philip Cooper (Snr) surprised Chris Gooch for the 60-to-death prize. Racy Rachel Moss made easy work in the Women’s race. She was followed by Katherine Mason and Nicky Hughes.
The Senior race was run by Darren Barclay, with Jamie Newell in 2nd and Matt Holmes in 3rd. The best placed Eastern League rider was Shaun Aldous who grabbed a safe 5th place ahead of Nathan Miller. Unfortunately I didn’t actually see any of this race because…
Life is always a bit more complicated at inter-league events as we settle into a hybrid of league customs. Do you remember the days before the results were computerised? The winners got their prizes, and everyone else had to wait till the next event to see their result. The “limitation” of the computerised system is that it can’t distinguish between riders wearing duplicate numbers. That is one reason it is so important to use the number you are given and to compete in the race you are registered for. The judges lived in interesting times: Lillian Martin, excited at competing in her first cross event, grabbed lucky number 1 rather than wait to be given her allotted number 90. So we had George Higgs correctly riding with number 1 – and Lillian! That was easy enough to untangle. Less so, were the two number 39s riding in the Veteran race. David West was the ‘real’ number 39. Kevin Attridge (probably), though of Veteran age, was not pre-entered, and so could only ride in the Senior race, because the Veteran race was full. He was allotted his Senior race number and proceeded to ride the Veteran race. This caused much head scratching and delayed our usual speedy results service while we worked out which scores belonged to David. So David, if you don’t think that your result is correct, please contact the webmaster. When we were finally all settling down to some more tea and cake (the most scientifically proven and effective restorative), the results service was met by a rather disappointed rider – she had been completely omitted from the results. After some searching and some inspired detective work, we realised that her friend had pinned her number 99 on upside-down and she was recorded as number 66! Sometimes, you know, it really isn’t our fault!
Results:
Senior Lap-o-meter League table Jun/Vet/Women Youth Under 12
Position | Number | Name | Category | Team | Time |
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1 | 31 | Darren Barclay | Senior | Artic Premier RT | 9 laps in 59:24 |
2 | 23 | Jamie Newell | Senior | VC Meudon | +0:27 |
3 | 32 | Matt Holmes | Senior | Artic Premier RT | +1:38 |
4 | 13 | Chris Ansell | Senior | Team Corridori | +1:45 |
5 | 3 | Shaun Aldous | Senior | Lotta Olympia Team Interbike | +2:49 |
6 | 9 | Nathan Miller | Senior | Lotta Olympia Team Interbike | +4:20 |
7 | 22 | Andy Waterman | Senior | Dulwich Paragon | +5:33 |
8 | 7 | Kevin Knox | Senior | Dulwich ParaonCC | +6:20 |
9 | 34 | Gary Lingard | Senior | London Pheonix | +6:37 |
10 | 24 | Stuart Jones | Senior | London Pheonix | +6:41 |
11 | 4 | Ian Newby | Senior | Diss & District CC | +7:18 |
12 | 46 | Pierre Roussel | Senior | VC Chaumont | +7:30 |
13 | 29 | Ben Spurrier | Senior | Unattached | +1 lap +0:07 |
14 | 28 | Allister Tulett | Senior | Artic Premier RT | +1 lap +2:01 |
15 | 15 | Stuart Chatting | Senior | Amis-Velo/Solo Scaffolding | +1 lap +2:23 |
16 | 1 | Craig Beech | Senior | Interbike RT | +1 lap +4:07 |
17 | 19 | Andrew Nichols | Senior | Cambridge Uni CC | +1 lap +4:26 |
18 | 45 | Geoffrey Lulham | Senior | Mule Bar | +1 lap +5:04 |
19 | 27 | Adam Keer | Senior | Ipswich BC | +1 lap +5:20 |
20 | 44 | Paul Sheers | Senior | Unattached | +1 lap +6:28 |
21 | 35 | Bryon Ramond | Senior | Unattached | +1 lap +6:36 |
22 | 6 | Owen Banister | Senior | VC Revolution | +1 lap +8:25 |
23 | 42 | Steve Brown | Senior | Unattached | +2 laps +0:38 |
24 | 14 | Hayden Wood | Senior | Unattached | +2 laps +2:07 |
25 | 16 | Tim Chandler | Senior | Welwyn Wheelers | +2 laps +3:13 |
26 | 41 | Kevin Ball | Senior | Dulwich Paragon | +2 laps +3:39 |
27 | 38 | Tony Bartlett | Senior | Team Corridall | +2 laps +3:50 |
28 | 12 | Tony Berlin | Senior | Crawley CC | +2 laps +3:59 |
29 | 8 | Paul Smith | Senior | Ipswich BC | +2 laps +7:08 |
30 | 47 | Alex Tyrell | Senior | Old Portlians | +2 laps +7:34 |
31 | 10 | Rupert Robinson | Senior | Crawley Wheelers | +2 laps +9:44 |
32 | 17 | Robert Kingsland | Senior | VC Deal | +3 laps +2:36 |
33 | 40 | David Bellinger | Senior | Evans RT | +3 laps +6:32 |
34 | 21 | Andy Parker | Senior | VC Revolution | +4 laps +3:31 |
- | 2 | Nigel Ling | Senior | Citihub/cyclesDauphin | DNF |
- | 11 | Adam Gent | Senior | In Gear Development Squad | DNF |
- | 20 | Kevin James | Senior | Crawley Wheelers | DNF |
- | 25 | Gary Record | Senior | VC Deal | DNF |
- | 26 | Robert Hunt | Senior | A P I Meltrow | DNF |
- | 30 | Matt Gallagher | Senior | PCA Ciclos Uno | DNF |
- | 33 | Bill Bell | Senior | Gemini BC | DNF |
- | 43 | Lee Sayers | Senior | San Fairy Ann CC | DNF |
Please note that the Juniors, Veterans and Women raced concurrently but started at slightly different times. Therefore, the lap-o-meter will not give meaningful comparisons between riders in different categories (but it's fine to compare the sub-categories of veterans). Also, the first lap times are overstated by 1 minute for the veterans and 3.5 minutes for the women.
Jun/Vet/Women Lap-o-meter League table Sen Youth Under 12
Position | Number | Name | Category | Team | Time |
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1 | 81 | David Nichols | Juniors | Glendene cc/Biketrax | 6 laps in 40:08 |
2 | 80 | Luke Newby | Juniors | Diss& District CC | +2:08 |
3 | 83 | Max Filleul | Juniors | Unattached | +3:21 |
4 | 86 | Felix English | Juniors | Corridori | +3:41 |
5 | 24 | Mick Bell | Veteran | London Fire Brigade CC | +3:44 |
6 | 38 | Matt Seaton | Veteran | Mosquito Bikes/Cicli Pegoretti | +3:57 |
7 | 20 | Gavin Rumbles | Veteran | CC Luton | +4:01 |
8 | 34 | John Lyonns | Veteran | GS Invicta | +4:10 |
9 | 37 | Clive Ling | Veteran | Diss& Disrict CC | +4:25 |
10 | 71 | Douglas Fox | Vet50+ | Crawley Wheelers | +5:14 |
11 | 40 | Neil Simpson | Veteran | London Pheonix | +5:31 |
12 | 23 | Dave Copland | Veteran | Ipswich BC | +5:39 |
13 | 48 | Stephen Brazier | Vet | VW Racing | +5:54 |
14 | 1 | George Higgs | Veteran | Brighton Excelsior | +6:04 |
15 | 82 | Thomas Castle | Juniors | Glendene cc/Biketrax | +6:15 |
16 | 69 | Tim Butler | Vet50+ | Ipswich BC | +6:16 |
17 | 2 | Philip Jones | Veteran | Citihub/CyclesDauphin | +6:23 |
18 | 84 | Ciaran Ogrady | Juniors | VC Deal | +6:55 |
19 | 70 | Bruce Robinson | Vet50+ | Shaftsbury CC | +7:14 |
20 | 27 | Andrew Clarke | Veteran | Cambridge CC | +7:24 |
21 | 63 | Geoff Bores | Vet50+ | FordCC | +7:39 |
22 | 15 | Simon Scarsbrook | Veteran | VC Etoile | +8:03 |
23 | 18 | Nigel Langridge | Veteran | Crawley Wheelers | +1 lap +0:31 |
24 | 45 | Paul Hudson | Veteran | Sprockets.uk.com | +1 lap +0:36 |
25 | 21 | Kieran Dunlea | Veteran | PCA Ciclos Uno | +1 lap +0:40 |
26 | 32 | Konrad Manning | Veteran | Finsbury Park CC | +1 lap +0:46 |
27 | 87 | Tom Goldsmith | Juniors | Unattached | +1 lap +0:50 |
28 | 41 | Terry Smith | Veteran | Lotto Olympia RT | +1 lap +1:04 |
29 | 14 | Stuart Lockyear | Veteran | London Pheonix | +1 lap +1:11 |
30 | 39 | David West | Veteran | Amis-Velo RT | +1 lap +1:15 |
31 | 76 | Philip Cooper | Vet60+ | Unattached | +1 lap +1:23 |
32 | 36 | Chris Bracewell | Veteran | VCC | +1 lap +2:06 |
33 | 7 | Chris Jillings | Veteran | Ipswich BC | +1 lap +2:29 |
34 | 64 | Paul Warner | Vet50+ | Team Darenth | +1 lap +2:36 |
35 | 61 | Martin Graves | Vet50+ | Newmaret Cycling & Triathlon Club | +1 lap +2:43 |
36 | 68 | Rob Smith | Vet50+ | Ipswich BC | +1 lap +3:04 |
37 | 46 | Kevin Perkins | Veteran | SEEDS CC | +1 lap +3:05 |
38 | 10 | Michael Sheridan | Veteran | Newmarket Cycling& Triathlon Club | +1 lap +3:25 |
39 | 47 | Dominic Castle | Veteran | Ipswich BC | +1 lap +3:30 |
40 | 25 | David Triggs | Veteran | Colchester Rovers CC | +1 lap +4:20 |
41 | 33 | Julian Sutton | Veteran | Team Darenth | +1 lap +4:21 |
42 | 91 | Rachel Moss | Women | Ford CC | +1 lap +5:18 |
43 | 75 | Chris Gooch | Vet60+ | Amis Velo | +1 lap +5:45 |
44 | 65 | Richard Jackson | Vet50+ | Colchester Rovers CC | +1 lap +6:21 |
45 | 11 | Brian Scarboro | Veteran | GS Pre Alpino | +1 lap +6:26 |
46 | 95 | Katherine Mason | Women | Sussex Nomads | +1 lap +6:29 |
47 | 101 | Nicky Hughes | Women | Activ Cycles | +1 lap +7:07 |
48 | 97 | Clair Beumont | Women | London Dynano/Cyclefit | +1 lap +7:26 |
49 | 5 | Paul Sparks | Veteran | PCA Ciclos Uno | +1 lap +8:06 |
50 | 26 | Paul Buckley | Veteran | Wigmore CC | +1 lap +8:30 |
51 | 30 | Rob Wood | Veteran | Team Darenth | +1 lap +8:38 |
52 | 73 | Ray Blackwell | Vet50+ | Bedbury forest CC | +1 lap +8:40 |
53 | 31 | Alan French | Veteran | Interbike | +1 lap +9:05 |
54 | 74 | Mick Curtis | Vet60+ | Corridori/Specialized | +2 laps +0:29 |
55 | 35 | Jo Green | Veteran | Finsbury Park CC | +2 laps +0:52 |
56 | 85 | Sam Cheeseman | Juniors | Ingear Development squad | +2 laps +1:44 |
57 | 66 | Helen Bullimore | Women | Crawley Whls | +2 laps +1:52 |
58 | 93 | Nicola Wadham | Women | Kingston Wheelers | +2 laps +2:26 |
59 | 98 | Maria David | Women | Dulwich Paragon | +2 laps +4:04 |
60 | 94 | Joanne Knight | Women | Welwyn Wheelers | +2 laps +4:39 |
61 | 88 | Jan Kosco | Juniors | Team Darenth | +2 laps +5:34 |
62 | 999 | Kevin Attridge(?) | Veteran | Medway | +2 laps +7:54 |
63 | 22 | Martin Dawson | Veteran | Kingston Wheelers | +2 laps +11:17 |
64 | 29 | Laurence Bellamy | Veteran | Ford CC | +3 laps +0:11 |
65 | 90 | Lillian Martin | Women | Team Darenth | +3 laps +0:27 |
- | 6 | Clive Harrison | Veteran | Ford CC | DNF |
- | 17 | Julian Parker | Veteran | Ipswich BC | DNF |
- | 28 | Peter Sykes | Veteran | VC Deal/Hammonds/Activ | DNF |
- | 44 | Steve Blackmore | Veteran | Gemini BC | DNF |
- | 72 | Andrew Kay | Vet50+ | Sydenham Wheelers | DNF |
Position | Number | Name | Category | Team | Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 29 | Max Sykes | Under16/s | VC Deal/Hammonds /Activ | 4 laps in 25:34 |
2 | 31 | Hugo Humphreys | Under16/s | LVYCC | +0:01 |
3 | 26 | Taylor Johnstone | Under16/s | Team De Ver | +0:07 |
4 | 34 | Alec Briggs | Under16/s | Artic Premier RT | +0:21 |
5 | 22 | Hugo Robinson | Under16/s | Ipswich BC | +1:14 |
6 | 19 | Patrick Scarboro | Under16/s | Citihub/cyclesDauphin | +1:52 |
7 | 20 | Daniel Young | Under16/s | Glendene CC/Biketrax | +2:51 |
8 | 2 | Josh Parkin | Under14/s | HHYCC | +3:00 |
9 | 18 | Alex Anderson | Under16/s | Welwyn Wheelers CC | +3:27 |
10 | 27 | Jack Finch | Under16/s | VC Londres | +4:21 |
11 | 32 | Nicholas Smith | Under16/s | VC Jubilee | +4:29 |
12 | 17 | Lewis Parker | Under16/s | Ipswich BC | +4:56 |
13 | 36 | Eliot Philips | Under14/s | HHYCC | +4:58 |
14 | 13 | Alan Trolove | Under14/s | West Suffolk Wheelers | +5:57 |
15 | 38 | Nicholas Kerney | Under16/s | VC Deal | +6:36 |
16 | 15 | Ashley Dennis | Under14/s | VC Jubilee | +7:16 |
17 | 3 | Liam Cowell | Under14/s | Team Darenth | +7:25 |
18 | 35 | Noah Philips | Under14/s | HHYCC | +8:33 |
19 | 6 | Jezz McCann | Under14/s | Team Darenth | +1 lap +0:03 |
20 | 7 | Sam Maslan | Under14/s | Team Darenth | +1 lap +0:24 |
21 | 33 | Jack Spicer | Under16/s | VC Deal/Hammonds /Activ | +1 lap +0:39 |
22 | 11 | Ellie Sykes | Under14/Girl | VC Deal/Hammonds/Activ | +1 lap +0:40 |
23 | 9 | Sara Gent | Under14/Girl | In-gear Devolopment Squad | +1 lap +0:56 |
24 | 8 | Sean Dunlea | Under14/s | PCA Cilos Uno | +1 lap +1:41 |
25 | 12 | Samuel North | Under14/s | Team Darenth | +1 lap +3:20 |
26 | 1 | Phoebe Aubugeau-Williams | Under14/Girl | Ipswich BC | +1 lap +3:21 |
27 | 37 | Matthew Buck | Under14/s | Go ride Bexley | +2 laps +0:34 |
28 | 30 | Rhianna Wood | Under16/Girl | Team Darenth | +2 laps +0:35 |
- | 16 | Harry Franklin | Under14/s | HHYCC | DNF |
- | 28 | Declan Higgins | Under16/s | Twickenham CC | DNF |
Under 12 Lap-o-meter League table Sen Jun/Vet/Women Youth
Position | Number | Name | Category | Team | Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 14 | Tom Franklin | Under12/s | HHYCC | 6 laps in 15:45 |
2 | 8 | Sam Titmarsh | Under12/s | Team Darenth | +0:33 |
3 | 7 | Anthoney Anderson | Under12/s | Kingston Wheelers | +1:03 |
4 | 11 | Thomas Finch | Under12/s | VC Londres | +2:05 |
5 | 13 | Joseph Sutton | Under12/s | Team Darenth | +2:11 |
6 | 10 | Henry Dawson | Under12/s | Kingston Wheelers | +2:42 |
7 | 9 | James Jackson | Under12/s | Colchester Rovers CC | +1 lap +0:03 |
8 | 22 | Stanley Nutter | Under12/s | HHYCC | +1 lap +1:24 |
9 | 16 | Patrick Faint | Under12/s | Team Darenth | +1 lap +1:39 |
10 | 12 | Archie Wishart | Under12/s | Welwyn WheelersCC | +1 lap +2:12 |
11 | 18 | Jonathan Buck | Under12/s | Go ride Bexley | +1 lap +2:35 |
12 | 21 | Mitchell Powell | Under12/s | Chelmer CC | +1 lap +3:49 |
13 | 17 | Shea Gardner | Under12/s | Team Darenth | +2 laps +3:57 |
Under 10 Lap-o-meter League table Sen Jun/Vet/Women Youth
Position | Number | Name | Category | Team | Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 5 | Daniel Tulett | Under 10/s | HHYCC | 4 laps in 10:34 |
2 | 20 | Freddie Argent | Under 10/s | HHYCC | +0:42 |
3 | 3 | Toby Martin | Under 10/s | Team Darenth | +1:30 |
4 | 6 | Ben Tulett | Under 10/s | HHYCC | +2:56 |
5 | 1 | Sophie Holmes | Under 10/Girl | Diss& District CC | +1 lap +0:28 |
6 | 4 | George Finch | Under 10/s | HHYCC | +1 lap +0:29 |
7 | 19 | Michael Parry | Under 10/s | Welwyn WheelersCC | +1 lap +0:42 |
8 | 2 | Nathan Martin | Under 10/s | Team Darenth | +1 lap +1:16 |
9 | 15 | Georgie Hopkins | Under 10/s | Go ride Bexley | +1 lap +1:36 |