Castle Combe Summer Series
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Event: May 13, Posted May 18; by Andy Cook
Another dull evening and one can only assume as there was no Ilton tonight, that everyone decided to ride Castle Combe instead. Numbers were significantly higher across all the categories with 52 Youth riders taking the start in various different categories of race and a staggering 152 riders in the following senior event.
Despite the numbers, there were no crashes. One or two riders were practising their cyclo-cross skills by taking to the grass through the chicanes at times but credit to the riders for remaining up right.
The Youth racing continues to produce some excellent racing with the Under 8’s being won by David Meyer from Cheltenham with Scott Curtis repeating last weeks 2nd place. In the under 10’s, the girls continue to dominate with Pfeiffer Georgi outsprinting Megan James and young Liam Sewell taking 3rd in that event.
The Under 12’s were again out on the big circuit and not to be outdone by his sister this week, Etienne Georgi and Peter Kibble swopped places from last week with Etienne taking the win from James Tillett who was second last week and Peter third.
The Under 14’s were actually gaining on the Under 16’s for a lot of the race with Tristan Robbins winning from Ashley Hutchinson. Ffion repeated last weeks win with another first in the Under 14 girls category from Rhianna Jones from Swindon RC.
Sixteen riders lined up in the Under 16 race and the bunch remained intact throughout the five lap race despite one or two skirmishes led most notably by Luke Davies at the end of lap 1. In the end though, Robbie Westwood won a fast sprint from team mate Joe Anstice with Matthew Cross making third place. Sarah Crawley managed to beat Amy Hill and Steph Higgs into second and third place in the Under 16 girls race.
Seniors
The senior event was notable as the 3rds were let go rather sooner than usual which led to a much smaller gap to let the Elite/1/2’s leave the start line between the 4th category riders going past and the 3rd category riders almost latching on. There is a gentlemen’s agreement that the 4ths already being a lap up, that they must allow the E/1/2’s to pass first time without jumping on.
Ordinarily it works well and for this evening, a bit of extra on the bike commissaring had to take place to ensure fair play. With the large field sizes, the 3rds stayed a respectable distance behind the E/1/2’s for a few laps and it became obvious that a few of the 4th’s had jumped on this week.
The 3rds caught the main bunch of 4ths and it looked like this large group was set to contest the finish together. However, a very determined group of around 13 riders detached themselves from the scratch group and made the junction with around 3 laps of the race remaining and immediately went straight to the front with Grant Bayton winning the sprint from last weeks winner Dale Appleby and Ben Luckwell making 3rd. Wilier Big Maggy’s had four riders in the first seven riders and drove the break hard as the remaining E/1/2’s came in some 45 seconds after the main bunch sprinting for about 100th place!
RESULTS
Youth
Under 8
1st David Meyer Cheltenham & Cty CC 1st Boy
2nd Scott Curtis Unattached 2nd Boy
3rd Tyler Smith Swindon RC 3rd Boy
4th Ellis Jones Swindon RC 1st Girl
Nikita Steel Swindon RC DNF (crash)
Bradley Duff Swindon RC DNF
Under 10
1st Pfeiffer Georgi Mid Devon RC 1st Girl
2nd Megan James Abergavenny RC 2nd Girl
3rd Liam Sewell Swindon RC 1st Boy
4th Joshua Price Unattached 2nd Boy
5th Lance Hutchison VC St Raphael 3rd Boy
6th Ben Sluman Cheltenham & Cty CC 4th Boy
7th Lauren Booth Chippenham & Dist 3rd Girl
8th Harry Fleet Royal Dean Forest 5th Boy
9th Thomas Price Unattached 6th Boy
10th Natalie Moore Swindon RC 4th Girl
11th Seren Jones Swindon RC 5th Girl
Under 12
1st Etienne Georgi Mid Devon RC 1st Boy
2nd James Tillett Newport Velo 2nd Boy
3rd Peter Kibble Chippenham & Dist 3rd Boy
4th Lewis Revill Chippenham & Dist 4th Boy
5th Tom Sewell Swindon RC 5th Boy
6th Ben Beckingsale Abergavenny RC 6th Boy
7th Samuel Tillett Newport Velo 7th Boy
8th Rhys Britton Newport Velo 8th Boy
9th Rob Higgs Chippenham & Dist 9th Boy
10th Ryan Duff Swindon RC 10th Boy
Under 14
1st Tristan Robbins Newport Velo 1st Boy
2nd Ashley Hutchison VC St Raphael 2nd Boy
3rd Chris Brettell Team Tor 2000 3rd Boy
4th Ethan Lee Malvern Cycle Sport 4th Boy
5th Ffion James Abergavenny RC 1st Girl
6th Ben Reed Chippenham Wheelers 5th Boy
7th Ed Mayhew Chippenham & Dist 6th Boy
8th Jacob Steele Swindon RC 7th Boy
9th Rhianna Jones Swindon RC 2nd Girl
Under 16
1st Rob Westwood Cwmcarn Paragon 1st Boy
2nd Joe Anstice Cwmcarn Paragon 2nd Boy
3rd Matthew Cross Newport Velo 3rd Boy
4th Dan Marshall BCDS 4th Boy
5th Luke Cowley Swindon RC 5th Boy
6th Matt Woods Swindon RC 6th Boy
7th Jack Reed Chippenham Wheelers 7th Boy
8th Craig May Newport Olympic 8th Boy
9th Sarah Crawley Cardiff Ajax 1st Girl
10th Richard Shaw BCDS 9th Boy
11th Amy Hill Newport Velo 2nd Girl
12th Charley Bradley Weilands BCDS 10th Boy
13th Sam Roberts Chippenham Wheelers 11th Boy
14th Luke Davies Chippenham Wheelers 12th Boy
15th Steph Higgs Chippenham Wheelers 3rd Girl
16th Scott Hayward Dursley RC 13th Boy
Seniors
1st Grant Bayton Wilier/Big Maggys/Prendas
2nd Dale Appleby Team Raleigh
3rd Ben Luckwell Wilier/Big Maggys/Prendas
4th Freddy Johansson Team Sprocket
5th Mark Perry Wilier/Big Maggys/Prendas
6th Marcin Biablocki Wilier/Big Maggys/Prendas
7th Craig Denning Dream Zero
8th Chris Roxburgh Team Tor 2000
9th James Lewis Port Talbot Wheelers
10th Tom Stockdale Team Qoroz
11th Sam Anstice Cwmcarn Paragon
