British Cycling

Mildenhall Cycling Rally
Event Website, click for Andrea's Report; Events organised annually by Mildenhall CC

STUNT CYCLIST THRILLS CROWD
Stunt cyclist Jez Avery was the hit of the show at the weekend’s Mildenhall Cycling Rally. The Geordie enthralled and captivated the audience with his stunts and tricks, including jumping over 12 children and a finale that saw him produce an incredible double car jump over cars belonging to two of the organisers! He pulled in well over 3,000 cyclists and spectators, part of a total Rally attendance of between 6,000 and 7,000 that travelled from all corners of the UK that delighted the organisers Mildenhall Cycling Club, writes Mark Burchett.

The ramps Jez used for only the second time were manufactured by Thetford company, Portaramp, whose designer was none other than Mildenhall Cycling Club’s Dave Sennitt, who his younger days was a revered grass-track rider.

GRASS TRACK
The highlights of the grass-track programme were the Men’s and Ladies British Cycling National 800m Championships that dominated Saturday's packed six-hour grass-track racing programme that took place in searing temperatures. As expected host club rider Victoria Pendleton retained her crown for an unprecedented fifth consecutive year. The 21-year-old, who has been training full time with the National track squad since graduating from University in May, rode from the front and never looked in danger of being caught. Pendleton crossed the line four clear lengths ahead of London cycle-courier Chrissima Pearce, much to the delight of dad Max, who organised the grass-programme of this Forest Heath District Council backed Rally.

Scotland's Evan Oliphant (Velo Ecosse) took the Men's title to add to his 8km Championship he won earlier this year at Winterton in Humberside. He missed his first cousins wedding, where he should have been playing the bagpipes, to be at Mildenhall where he delighted the enthusiastic crowd with his strong riding from the front. He emerged in second at the first bend, but quickly took the lead and like Pendleton in the ladies, he then rode from the front controlling the race, doing enough to keep his challengers at bay. Oliphant, still only 20, has been the Champion in Scotland over 400m, 800m and 8km on the grass for the last four years.

Mildenhall’s Martin Kemp, in his first season of grass-track racing, claimed a creditable third in the 400m Handicap. He also formed part of the already established and very successful Mildenhall grass-track team of Max Pendleton, Keith Richardson and Richard Carrington, who yet again took the honours in the Willhire Team Pursuit.

SUNDAY RAINS
Sunday’s race programme was abandoned after a heavy shower of rain forced the riders off the track just as the final of the Kierin was about to be run. This was hugely disappointing, as the pace vehicle, a 1000cc motorbike driven by experienced grass-rider Martin Holland, had added real excitement to the spectacle.

After hundred’s had set up their caravans and tents on Friday at the Riverside Middle School venue, the Rally had began in earnest at 4am when 43 hardy souls started the 300km Audax Reliability Ride, followed by a hundred doing the 100km distance. The last rider finished just before midnight.

Sunday saw the Off-Road Challenge (orienteering on bikes) saw over 30 riders tackle the 35 mile course, with Matt Heywood the fastest of those that found all the markers. This was followed by the Children’s Duathlon, which saw the 86 children completing a run, a cycle and finishing with another run over distances to suit their age group. In the Under 7’s the youngest competitor in the Duathlon’s history, three year-old Sylvie Cook, finished to generous applause from the spectators, while Mildenhall’s Edward Rochford took second spot behind Amelia Coltman. Edward’s older sister, Helena finished tenth in the 7-9 year-old group. Matthew Cook finished eight in the 10-12 year category.

Helena and Matthew also took part in in the Cyclo-Cross, which although out of season, didn’t looked out of place on Monday morning under a damp and misty grey sky. Helena finished 21st and Matthew a very creditable fifth in their respective age groups. Helena’s dad Adrian finished seventh in the Vets, Ladies and Juniors race, (6th fastest Vet) in a race dominated Junior Ian Field.

In the headline race for Seniors, experienced campaigner Pete Middlehurst took the honours. The ‘Cross also had a three year-old competing, Rio Avery (Didcot Pheonix) who completed the Under 9’s race.

Over 130 packed into the hall on Sunday evening to hear international singer Pete Sayers, who was followed by his good friend Dennis of Grunty Fen. As ever the ‘local yocal’ had the audience laughing with his quick wit and down to earth sense of humour. Both were able to share in the ‘in-jokes’ for both are also keen cyclists! While in the nearby Bell Hotel, Dave Sennitt in another guise as quiz-master, had the cyclists in 20 teams flexing their brain cells rather than their leg muscles!

After the British Schools Skills Tests on Monday morning, the afternoon programme was a mixture of MTB races, which Gary Coltman (Leics ORC) produced a clean sweep to also win the MTB Omnium, as well as races for the watching children and their parents. The damp weather on Monday didn’t deter many from snapping up some superb bargains on the second day of the Trade Show. “All traders reported increased takings from last year, particularly on the Sunday when the bumper crowd invaded them, contributing to sales in excess of a staggering £60,000 for both days” said Mark Burchett.

On behalf of the organisers Mark Burchett said “without an army of volunteers the Rally wouldn’t take place and we really do appreciate their efforts in making sure this nationally known event is another huge success” All the results, together with pictures, from the Rally can be found on www.mildenhallrally.org.uk.

RESULTS

SATURDAY
Grass-Track Racing 
Barclays Bank Men’s National 800m Championship
1. Evan Oliphant       Velo Ecosse	
2. Neil Lewis          North Road CC	
3. Jason Streather     VC Raphael	
4. Jonathon Tennick    Steve Kennedy	
5. Steve Kennedy       Chesterfield Courier	

Barclays Bank Ladies National 800m Championship
1. Victoria Pendleton   Mildenhall CC	
2. Chrissima Pearce     Brixton Cycles	
3. Rusine Airstone      VC St Raphael	
4. Sarra Whelan         Eastern Region Velo/Bianchi	
5. Kathy McClelland     VC Londres	

Devil-take-the-hindmost 
(for riders elimanted from sprint)
1. J. McClelland		
2. Joby Ingram-Dodd     Yasimitsu Schlapp	
3. Simon Layfield       Team Welwyn	

Ladies Omnium	
1. Chrissima Pearce       Brixton Cycles	
2. Jennifer Middlehurst   Team Letchworth	
3. Rusine Aistone         VC St Raphael	

Juvenile Omnium (Fixed)
1. Adam Blythe         Sheffield Pheonix	
2. R. Smith            Dataphonics	
3. Matthew Fenton      City RC	

Unknown Distance
1. M.Rowson          Sheffield Pheonix	
2. C.Tennick         Thurcroft CC	
3. Simon Jones       Leicester Off-Road Club	

Walker Trophy 3000m Scratch
1. Jason Benham           Scunthorpe Poly	
2. Evan Oliphant          Velo Ecosse	
3. Joby Ingram-Dodd       Yasimitsu Schlapp	

800m Handicap
1. Joby Ingram-Dodd     Yasimitsu Schlapp	
2. Martin Bramhall      Sheffield Pheonix	
3. Jason Benham         Scunthorpe Poly	

Points Race
1. Evan Oliphant        Velo Ecosse	
2. Jason Benham         Scunthorpe Poly	
3. Simon Jones          Leicester Off-Road Club	

Team Sprint
1. E Oliphant/ D.Howitt/J.Benham 		
2. S.Kennedy/ R.Kennedy/ G.Cook		
3. M.Rowson/M.Fairest/M.Bramhall		

SUNDAY
Off Road Challenge
1.	Matt Heywood		
2.	L.Rowling		
2.	S.Gregson		

SUNDAY
Children’s Duathlon
Under 7’s
 1. Amelia Coltman
 2. Edward Rochford
 3. Declan Davis
 4. Emily Davis
 5. Rhiannon Lewis
 6. Kaeli Sauls
 7. Nathan Almond
 8. Isobel Cook
 9. Rees Hammond
10. Scott Melville
11. Matthew Price
12. Louise Price
13. Alice Hembrow
14. Sophie Lynch
15. Sylvie Cook - Youngest Finisher (3 years old)
16. Hannah May
17. Liam Jordan
18. Rio Avery 

7 - 9 years
 1.	Bradley Burbridge
 2.	Reece Carpenter
 3.	Richard Delf
 4.	Jodie Brumhead    1st Girl
 5.	Hannah Payton
 6.	Lydia Tabbron
 7.	Jessica Baker
 8.	Ben Bailey
 9.	David Barry
10.	Helena Rochford
11.	Emma Rix
12.	Jack Barry
13.	Angela Avery
14.	Rebekah Last
15.	Robert Eyre
16.	Luke Almond
17.	Gregory Fox
18.	Eliza Hembrow

10 – 12 years
 1. Adam Blythe 
 2. Jack Chennell
 3. Theo Brumhead
 4. Keely Bunton    1st Girl
 5. Thomas Payton
 6. Tim Rowson
 7. Sarah Dennison
 8. Matthew Cook
 9. Matthew Dennison
10. Neil McClelland
11. Penny Rowson
12. Jade Carpenter
13. Sarah Barnes
14. Ben Sadler
15. Emily Melville
16. Chantel Loveday
17. Michael Tyas
18. Charlotte Coltman
19. Melissa Regan


13 and over 
 1. Keir McKenna
 2. Kerrick Newstead
 3. Ian Stannard
 4. Adam Blythe
 5. Scott Clipston
 6. Stephen Rudley*
 7. Ian Whatling
 8. Steven Guymer
 9. Tom Chennell
10. Paul Gay
11. Charles South
12. Susan Massey    1st Girl
13. Matthew Stannard
14. Christopher Boakes
15. Claire Larbey
16. Amy Willoughby

SUNDAY
Grass-Track
Juvenile Omnium (Freewheel)
1. Jon Mozley    Crattoni Helmets	
2. Don Baird     Birkenhead NE	
3. James Griffin	

Grass Novices & Vets 550m Sprint
1. Graham Painter    Chelmer CC	
2. M Smith		
3. Chris Burley      Easterley RC	

Grass Riders 550m Sprint
1. Richard Kennedy     Chesterfield Couriers/Alexa	
2. Steve Kennedy       Chesterfield Couriers/Alexa	
3. Julian Tennick      Thurcoft CC	

Non-Qalifiers Devil-take-the-hindmost
1. Neil Lewis          North Road CC	
2. John McClelland     London St Christophers CC	
3. David James         Ipswich BC	

Bristow Exhibition Devil
1, Darren Howitt        Unattached	
2, Joby Ingram-Dodd     Yasumitsu Schlapp	
3, Steve Kennedy        Chesterfield Couriers/Alexa	

400m Handicap
1. Richard Kennedy     Chesterfield Couriers/Alexa	
2. Alistair Smith      Chesterfield Couriers/Alexa	
3. Martin Kemp         Mildenhall CC	


Willhire Team Pursuit
1. Mildenhall CC		
2. Thurcroft CC		
3. Chesterfield Couriers/Alexa		


MONDAY
Cyclo-Cross
Under 9’s
 1. Ben Bailey	Kettering CC	
 2. Hannah Payton	Stourbridge CC	1st girl
 3. Hugho Robinson	-	
 4. Angela Vavery	Didcot Pheonix	
 5. Amelai Coltman	Leics ORC	
 6. Emily Davis	CC Breckland	
 7. Declan Davis	CC Breckland	
 8. William Curtin	-	
 9. Alwyn Newstead	Wolsey RC	
10. Lorna Reobinson		
11. Louise Price	-	
12. Rio Avery	Didcot Pheonix	
13. Matthew Price		

Under 12’s
 1.	Thomas Skubala	Sheffield Pheonix	
 2.	Tim Rowson	Sheffield Pheonix	
 3.	Thomas Payton	Stourbridge CC	
 4.	Jack Chennell	Kettering CC	
 5.	Matthew Cook	Mildenhall CC	
 6.	Theo Brumhead	Herda CTC	
 6.	Neil McClelland	VC Londres	
 8.	Rees Carpenter	Kettering CC	
 9.	Penny Rowson	Sheffield Pheonix	
10.	Selice Monk	Basildon CC	
11.	Chantel Loveday	-	
12.	Tommy George	-	
13.	Hannah Robinson	-	
14.	Jade Carpenter	Ketering CC	
15.	Harry Figgitt	Plumsgate CC	
16.	Luke Planton	Sleaford Wheelers	
17.	Charlotte Coltman	Leics ORC	
18.	Luke Newby	Diss CC	
19.	Jody Bromhead		
20.	Matthjew Dennison	-	
21. 	Helena Rochford	Mildenhall CC	

Youths
 1.	Jon Mozley	Crattoni Helmets	
 2.	Kiera Mackenna	Lakes RC	
 3.	David Woods	VC Deal	
 4.	Melinda Basray	ER Velo/Bianchi	
 5.	Adam Blythe	Sheffield Pheonix	
 6.	Chris Bartlett	Ipswich BC	
 7.	James Griffin	Team Manchester	
 8.	Ryan Smith	Datafonix	
 9.	Shane Aldiss	VC Norwich	
10.	Matthew Fenton	City RC Hull	
11.	Stephen Gymer	Team Manchester	
12.	Abbey Thorington	Ipswich BC	
13.	Stephen Rudkin	Liverpool Mercury	
14.	Chris Brearley	City RC Hull	
15.	Liam Doughty	Godric CC	
16.	Scott Clipstone	Kettering CC	
17.	Ian Watling	Kettering CC	
18.	Thomas Chennell	Kettering CC	
19.	Kerrick Newstead	Wolsey RC	
20.	Paul Watts	Ipswich BC	
21.	Chris Fuller	Maldon And District CC	
22.	Tim Pemole	NCC	
23.	Susan Massey	Birkenhead NE	
24.	Aimee Willoughby	Skegness Wheelers	
25.	Aiden Monk	-	
	
Seniors
 1.	Pete Middlehurst	ERV/Bianchi UK	
 2.	Russell Parkin	XRT Elmy Cycles	
 3.	Nathan Miller	Ipswich BC	
 4.	Carl Davey	XRT Elmy Cycles	
 5.	Rick Lister	VC Lincoln	
 6.	Greg Simcock	XRT Elmy Cycles	
 7.	Glen Stamford	ERV Bianchi UK	
 8.	Gary Coltman	Leics ORC	
 9.	Graham Briggs	Dinnington RC	
10.	John McAndrew	Over the hill-Ben Hayward	
11.	Hugho Hocknell	ST Ives CC	
12.	Simon Jones	Leics ORC	
13.	Darren Santer	ERV Bianchi UK	
14.	Tim Butler	Ipswich BC	
15. 	Jonathon Tennicj	Thurcroft CC	
16.	Paul Douglas	VC Luton/Dyson	
17.	Mike Cowland	Over the hill/Ben Hayward	
18.	Gavin Rumbles	CC Luton/Dysons	
19.	Peter Taylor	Y2K	
20.	Paul Chennell	Kettering CC	
21.	Dave Copland	Ipswich BC	
22.	Shaun McClelland	VC Londres	
23.	Mark Humphries	Coventry CC	
24.	Martin Kemp	Mildenhall CC	
25.	Chris Larkin	-	
26.	Alan French	-	
27.	Lee Rowling	Basildon CC	
28.	Nick Barnett	-	


Veteran’s, Juniors and Ladies
 1.	Ian Field Spar CC	(1st Junior)	11 laps
 2.	Jeff Sharpe Over the Hill/Ben Hayward (1st Vet)
 3.	Tim Butler Ipswich BC
 4.	Mark Farrow VC Norwich
 5.	Nick Rowson Rutland CC
 6.	Ben Spashett Ipswich BC
 7.	Adrian Rochford Mildenhall CC
 8.	Mick Fairest Sheffield Pheonix
 9.	Chris Gillings Ipswich BC
10.	Chris Gooch Team Clean
11.	Charles Tennick Thurcroft CC
12.	Gareth Smith Datafonix RT
13.	William Wise Welland Valley CC
14.	Adam Norris Crest CC
15.	Jeff Jones  Leics ORC
16.	Roberts Smith Ipswich BC
17.	James Gregory Maldon and District CC
18.	Abbey Thorington Ipswich BC
19.	Alistair Maine Godric CC
20.	Dyson Pendle NCC
21.	John Sansom Kettering CC
22.	Simon Dockwell Eastlands Velo
23.	Vince Monk Basildon CC
24.	Andrew Whelan EVR Bianchi /UK
25.	Daniel Baird BNV CC
26.	Less Bailey Kettering CC
27.	Stuart  Hocknell  St Ives CC
28.	Ali Bevan NCC (1st Lady)
29.	Theresa Coltman Leics ORC
30.	Gordon Riochards ACC

MONDAY
MTB Omnium - Grass-Track
MTB Omnium 800m
1	Gary Coltman		
2	William Wise		

MTB Omnium 8km
1	Gary Coltman		
2	William Wise		


MTB Omnium – overall result
1	Gary Coltman		
2	William Wise		
3	Paul Chennel		
4	John Sansom		

SUNDAY
Quiz
1	Free Wheelers	55
2	Wobbly Wheelers	48
3	Left Hand Cranks	45
3	Nut Crunchers	45
4	Up the TA	44

Winners of the Children’s ‘Win a Mountain Bike’ Word Search Competition Sponsored by The Bike Factory, Chester. 10’s & Under
Emma Hawkins, Mildenhall

11 – 15 year olds
Alex Beck, Beck Row, Mildenhall

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