Castle Combe Summer Series Week 6
Source: Andy Cook, Castle Combe Summer Series 11/06/09 – Week 6
Another bright evening and record numbers of youngsters riding, first in the Go Ride activity where the coaches are being kept on their toes by three distinct groups undertaking a number of skills and drills including for the first time during this series, the famous “see-saw”. Many of the youth category riders who complete Go-Ride activities then join in with the Youth races.
This week we had 61 Youth riders across all age groups. With a very limited window of time we may have become a victim of our own success! The Under 8’s start first and race over 4 laps of the pit lane. Lance Hutchison continues to impress but has a new challenger in the shape of Chippenham’s David Barber. Lauren Booth also Chippenham, again took 1st girl and 3rd in the event.
With 14 riders in the Under 12 and also 14 riders in the Under 10 category we could really do with the time to run two separate events. As last week, the Under 12’s caught the Under 10’s on the line causing mild confusion for the judges not helped by parents offering friendly advice! Because of smaller numbers in the past, it has been customary to finish everyone on the same lap and accurately “count back”.
Last week, as the races in each category were so keenly fought for, we made the Under 10’s continue round to complete the distance but one or two had already sprinted and asked for a policy decision to be made and communicated for this week and the future should the same situation arise. Guess what? It did! Luckily we made it clear that we would revert to past practice and that the combined race would finish on the same lap. You guessed it, some of the youngsters assumed that what happened last week was happening again this week and so continued racing! Oh the life of a volunteer organiser! For me the important thing is that the children enjoy their racing first and foremost.
However, I hope we have a correct result. I am confident that those scoring points are correct in each age category and gender if some of the lower placings maybe a little confused? Suffice to say the Welsh invasion continues and Newport Velo or Abergavenny riders seem to bag the top places apart from a determined Ash Hutchison and Ettienne Georgi in the U12’s and his sister Pfeiffer in the U10 category.
Again, because of increased numbers, we started the Under 16 & Under 14 separately on the big circuit and the U14’s having started a minute behind, closed the gap on the Under 16’s and even managed to gain 2nd and 3rd in the final sprint with Robbie Westwood winning from Jack Reed. In the U16’s Joe Paige managed to get the better of Sean Wheddon in the sprint with Sam Anstice making it into 3rd place. Many of these talented Cat A Youths are using the Youth race as a warm up for the Senior Handicap that immediately follows and that probably explains why the Cat B Youths caught them. They might need to start making a race of it or face not being allowed to ride the senior event according to one or two commisaires!
A clash with Ilton reduced the Senior numbers slightly but the racing was no less fast. The twenty E/1/2 riders got stuck into the 6 minute handicap and caught everyone in front within ten laps. The 4th cat group with a strong mix of triathletes was doing it’s best to stay clear of the field but the experience of the E/1/2 showed through. A sprinkling of 4th cats did manage to break into the top 20 and also a number of 3rd cats. The event was won by Jon Paine who quite easily took the sprint from Ben Stockdale and Lee Davis. A small group of six had powered away from the bunch by around fifty yards on the last lap and held it to the line with Grant Bayton taking a flier from the bunch for 7th.
RESULTS
Youth
U8
1st Lance Hutchison Cheltenham & Cty CC 1st Boy
2nd David Barber Chippenham & Dist 2nd Boy D/L
3rd Lauren Booth Chippenham & Dist 1st Girl
4th Marco Matano Chippenham & Dist 3rd Boy
5th Harry Fleet Royal Dean Forest CC 4th Boy
6th Tom Price Go Ride 5th Boy D/L
7th Scott Curtis Unattached 6th Boy D/L
8th Talan Snowden Chippenham & Dist 7th Boy D/L
9th Elena Pearce Royal Dean Forest CC 2nd Girl
10th Sean Cole Go Ride 8th Boy D/L
11th Toby Goodhand Chippenham & Dist 9th Boy D/L
12th Nicola Dove Go Ride 3rd Girl D/L
13th Alex Foxhall-Guiss Go Ride 4th Girl D/L
U10
1st Joe Beckingsale Abergavenny RC 1st Boy
2nd Megan James Abergavenny RC 1st Girl
3rd Pfeiffer Georgi Mid Devon RC 2nd Girl
4th Samuel Tillett Newport Velo 2nd Boy
5th James Tillett Newport Velo 3rd Boy
6th Daniel Pearce Royal Dean Forest CC 4th Boy
7th William Jennings Newport Velo 5th Boy D/L
8th Jack Pearce Royal Dean Forest CC 6th Boy
9th Jamie Hine Newport Velo 7th Boy
10th Emily Tillett Newport Velo 3rd Girl
11th Toby Berryman Chippenham & Dist 8th Boy
12th Liam Sewell Swindon RC 9th Boy
13th Joshua Price Go Ride 10th Boy D/L
14th Ed Collyer Chippenham & Dist 11th Boy
U12
1st Dylan Cordukes Newport Velo 1st Boy
2nd Ashley Hutchison Cheltenham & Cty 2nd Boy
3rd Emily Haycox Maindy Flyers 1st Girl
4th Ffion James Abergavenny RC 2nd Girl
5th Etienne Georgi Mid Devon RC 3rd Boy
6th Ben Beckingsale Abergavenny RC 4th Boy
7th Peter Kibble Chippenham & Dist 5th Boy
8th Tom Sewell Swindon RC 6th Boy 456518
9th Thomas Burgess Newport Velo 7th Boy
10th Max Berryman Chippenham & Dist 8th Boy
11th Lewis Revill Chippenham & Dist 9th Boy
12th Thomas Finn Newport Velo 10th Boy
13th Ryan Hine Newport Velo 11th Boy
14th Nicole Pollock Newport Velo 3rd Girl
U14
1st Rob Westwood Cwmcarn Paragon 1st Boy
2nd Jack Reed Royal Dean Forest CC 2nd Boy
3rd Sam Roberts NSCDS 3rd Boy
4th Luke Davies Chippenham & Dist 4th Boy
5th Adele Martin Chippenham & Dist 1st Girl
6th Cameron Falconer Cunningham Chip & Dist 5th Boy
7th Ben Phillips Chippenham & Dist 6th Boy
8th Tristan Robbins Newport Velo 7th Boy
9th
U16
1st Joe Paige Team Echelon Spiuk 1st Boy
2nd Sean Wheddon BCDS 2nd Boy
3rd Sam Anstice Newport Velo 3rd Boy
4th Raj Soni BCDS 4th Boy
5th Joe Anstice Newport Velo 5th Boy
6th Dan Marshall BCDS 6th Boy
7th Dan McKimm BCDS 7th Boy
8th Freddie Lewton Newport Velo 8th Boy
9th Luke Cowley Swindon RC 9th Boy
10th Ashley Martin Chippenham & Dist 10th Boy
11th Steph Higgs Chippenham & Dist 1st Girl
12th Alex Collyer Chippenham & Dist 11th Boy
Seniors
1st Jon Pain VC Montpelier
2nd Ben Stockdale Qoroz Novatec
3rd Lee Davis Pinarello RT/Canditv/Marshal Pasta
4th Wayne Coombs VC Montpelier
5th Richard Cartland Corley Cycles
6th Ben Anstie Chippenham & Dist
7th Grant Bayton Sports Beans Wilier
8th Chris Snook Banjo Cycles
9th Glyndwr Griffiths Bristol South CC
10th Mark Hughes VC Bristol
