Swindon RC Results September 2004

Club Hill Climb Championship, Salthrop Hill

13 riders signed on for this traditional end of season leg busting effort up Salthrop Hill. Dave Barter was first off and his time of 2:48.20 was the target for the following riders. Marc Allen improved considerably from last year and recorded a superb time of 2:50.92. J. Foster was the next rider to break the 3 minute barrier with Richard Cowen and Trevor Sherwood completing the course in exactly 3 minutes.

Dave's time was not beaten by the other competitors and he is now the Club Hill Climb Champ for 2004. Well done Dave.

1. Dave Barter       2:48.20
2. Marc Allen        2:50.92
3. J. Foster         2:59.45
4. Trevor Sherwood   3:00.32
5. Richard Cowen     3:00.48
6. Sean Bolton       3:01.26
7. Darren Compton    3:04.39
8. John Smith        3:07.01
9. Dean Barrett       3:07.86
10. Jeff Smith        3:20.67
11. Gary Loyden       3:27.57
12. Chris Broad-Drake 3:36.86
13. G. Walker         4:12.64

Thanks to Chris Broad-Drake for organising, Clive Gwyther and Jane Croyston for time keeping.

Steve Marchant clocked a new club record for 25 miles with a superb time of 52:23. Congratulations to Steve on his performance. Junior rider Daniel Higgs also rode this event and recorded an excellent time just under 64 minutes. Daniel has improved tremendously this season and he is now giving most of the senior club members some serious competition.

1 Steve Walkling     VC St Raphael             51:30
2 Julian Jenkinson   Primera-bournemouth.co.uk 52:05
3 Stephen Marchant   Swindon RC V               52:23
39 Daniel Higgs      Swindon RC               1:03:59

Rob Merrison finished his road racing season with the high quality National Championships for the over 30's. Rob finished 24th against a field which would not be out of place in a Premier Calendar race.

Results

1. Mark Lovatt     Planet-X      3.28.52
2. Kevin Dawson    Planet-X     @0.15 secs
3. Dave Coulson    JE James      4.07
4. Greg Sandy      Alcan-Bianchi 4.43
5. Duncan Streart PM            4.49

24. Rob Merrison Swindon RC     20.32

Steve Marchant was a clear winner on this demanding course around the roads (and hills!) of Dursley in Gloucestershire.

1 Steve Marchant     Swindon RC V4 1:13:10
2 Matt Melville      VC St Raphael 1:15:50
3 Pete Wheddon       Clevedon RC V4 1:16:21
11 Chris Broad-Drake Swindon RC V4 1:26:35

Daniel Higgs and Claire Hall rode the slightly flatter Andover Wheelers time trial on the P613/25 course. Daniel had an excellent ride to record a 63 minute time. Well done Daniel.

1 Steve Walkling   VC St Raphael    51:29
2 Ben Instone      a3crg            52:21
3 Simon Gaywood    CC Luton         52:28
36 Daniel Higgs    Swindon RC J   1:03:31
42 Claire Hall     Swindon RC W   1:05:42

Well done to Rob Foskett who finished the road racing season on a high note with a win in the 4th cat circuit race at Thruxton. Ian Foskett made it a double family celebration by getting amongst the points in 5th place.

3/J/W
1. Paul BARRATT 1st Chard Wheelers
2. Jon OPIE Team Tor 2000
3. Dave WILKINSON Exeter Wheelers
25. Bryan TELFORD Swindon Road Club

4/J/W
1. Robert FOSKETT   Swindon Road Club
2. Ben STOCKDALE    Evesham & Distric
3. Richard NEWEY    Bournemouth Jubilee
4. Chris WARD       Antelope RT
5. Ian FOSKETT      Swindon Road Club /
14. Michael MURKIN Swindon Road Club / Total

"Very windy & tough conditions greeted the riders for the WCRA road champs 2004 at Beaulieu in Hampshire,the event also incorporated the National Junior & Espoir's Women's Road Championships 2004. The race took in 6 1/2 laps of the open heathland with just a gentle climb towards the finish but the climbs were not the problem as the very strong wind made for very tough going and played the major part in the events race speed.

37 riders from a entry of 48 signed on at in Beaulieu village,once out on the first lap the first rider to attack was Abby Greenaway (Evans CRT) gaining a small gap for a couple of miles,next Kim Blythe(Team Luciano) showed her intentions with a strong attack as the race turned into a strong crosswind,Blythe has just retuned from a 2 week racing trip to Holland so was using the winds to her advantage as she had plenty of experience of 'gutter grovelling'!.Once she was pulled back a crash saw several riders down with Louise Day & Laura Bissell requiring Hospital treatment,Day suffering a broken collarbone & Bissell badly bruised arm & shoulder both were released after treatment.

Next to have a try was Julia Shaw (GS Strada) who put the race into a long line in the gutter as she rode hard for a few miles before getting pulled back.The bunch came close to another crash when several New Forest Ponies paid the event a rather to close visit and shades of Erik Zabel in Ghent Weveglem shot into the minds of many! The strong wind was wearing riders down and several tried to get away but the wind made this extremely difficult along with a active bunch pulling them back Louise Amery (Bikin Motion), Blthye, Claire Hall (Swindon RC), Rosie De Demedios(VC Meudon), Lorna Webb(Recycling.co.uk), Leda Cox (Anglia Sport) all trying in the last few laps.

The scene was set for a hard sprint into the strong wind from the left, Shaw chanced her arm with a strong attack with a Kilo to go and looked to have the race in the bag until the wind stopped her in her tracks at 300 metres out,as the bunch passed her with Webb leading out and Amy Hunt using her Cycle Cross skills to great effect taking a ride on the grass on the right for about 100 metres the at the yellow flag a coming together of several riders saw Blthye loose several spokes in her front wheel but her track skills held her upright as Webb scored a clear win along with the Espoirs title, Hunt by now on the tarmac taking 2nd and retaining her Junior Title with Cox in 3rd. These 3 took the medals in the WCRA championships. "

RESULTS

Wcra Road Race Championship
1. Lorna Webb Recycling.Co.Uk
2. Amy Hunt Giant Rc
3. Leda Cox Anglia Sport

Race Overall
1. Lorna Webb Recycling.Co.Uk 2.24.03
2. Amy Hunt Giant Rc St
3. Leda Cox Anglia Sport St
4. Jeanette Tebbutt Team Luciano St
5. Della Mcgavin Vc Meudon St
6. Susan Weller Bc Pm St
7. Kim Blythe Team Luciano St
8. Ceri Dippple Team Keyne St
9. Dianne Moss Team Luciano St
10. Anna Watson Websters Cycles St
11. Claire Hall Swindon Rc St
12. Cheryl Owens Twickenham Rt St
13. Melissa Mather Team Luciano St
14. Abby Greenaway Evans Crt St
15. Rosie De Demedios Vc Meudon St
16. Rebecca Stubbs London Dynamo St
17. Gabby Day Fat Birds Don't Fly St
18. Tracey Fletcher Long Eaton St
19. Rachel Ball Track Cycling.Co.Uk St
20. Janet Birkmyre Twickenham Rt St
21. Rebecca Jones Wcu-Private Member St
22. Louisa Peters Primera St
23. Julia Shaw Gs Strada St
24. Louise Amery Bikin Motion St
25. Helen Paul Primera @ 7secs
26. Cayley Ennett Ellan Vanin @ 19 Secs
27. Nicola Hudson Twickenham Rt @ 21 Secs
28. Jo Tindley Vc Londres @ 59 Secs

Trevor Sherwood rode this event in near perfect conditions and finished 4th overall (and 2nd vet) from a field of 23 riders. Trevor's time of 4 hours 23 minutes was a great performance on a local course not renowned for fast times.

1st Rowan Horner VC St Raphael 3:58:33
2nd Steve Best   Dursley       4:12:46
3rd Dave Keene                  4:22:13 (on a trike)
4th Trev Sherwood Swindon RC   4:23:36

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Stephen Marchant retained his National title in the Veterans 40-44 category. A great ride by Steve.

1 Stephen Marchant Swindon RC 41:40
2 Jake Prior Andover Wheelers 42:31
3 Steve Hulme Team Velocity 43:11

Some good results from the Foskett family with a young Adam Foskett 6th in the Under 12s and Rob and Ian Foskett finishing in good positions in the 4/J/W race.

Under 12’s 10km
1. Perry BOWATER Walsall RCC
2. Luke GRAY Bournemouth Arrow CC / Fircroft Hotel
3. William COUCH Bournemouth Arrow CC / Fircroft Hotel
6. Adam FOSKETT Swindon Road Club / Total Bike / Bike-Line

4/J/W 46 km
1. Garth KRUGER Solent Race Team
2. Mark RICKABY BC PM – South
3. Robert FOSKETT Swindon Road Club / Total Bike / Bike-Line
7. Ian FOSKETT Swindon Road Club / Total Bike / Bike-Line