Imperial Winter Circuit Series (Weeks 4 & 5)
Hillingdon Cycle Circuit (West London)
Source: Imperial Racing Team
Race 4; Friday 26th December 2008;
E/1/2/3; 52km (1:12:40);
An excellent entry and all riders seemed eager to start the race. Unwisely Rudie Marias (Norwood Paragon) attacked from the start and rode several laps on his own. The wind was going to make racing and attacking extremely difficult however, there were plenty that tried, namely Bill Butterworth (Team Quest), Chris Moores (Norwood Paragon) and Jerone Walters (Sigma Sport).
Finally a group of four formed at the front with Chris Moores, Jerone Walters, Henry Furniss (WyndyMilla) and Alexander King (GWR Team) and this set the pattern of the race. Will Fox (Banbury Star) almost got to them but with no help he went back to the shelter of the chasing group of Felix English (Team Corridori), Paul Alderson (South Western RC) and Michael Hill (Team Quest) and Rudie Marias; who was to disappear leaving the three chasing.
They made little impression on the leading group; Michael Hill seemed particularly strong but his efforts were to no avail. It was a desperate finish with Chris Moores just holding off Jerone Walters with Henry Furniss and Alex King some lengths back; perhaps they worked too hard? The chasing trio were lead in by Felix English with Jason Streather (VC St Raphael) leading the main group home. It now looks as if the battle for overall runners are between Jerone Walters and Chris Moores. Chris, with his brother Ben to help and a very strong Norwwod Paragon team looks to be in a favourable position.
1st Chris Moores Norwood Paragon CC E
2nd Jerone Walters Sigma Sport 1
3rd Henry Furniss WyndyMilla 1
4th Category Race
A smaller field as would be expected the day after Christmas but still healthy nevertheless in spite of a bitterly cold strong wind but fortunately dry and sunny. It was hard for a 4th Cat race with everyone staying together in spite of a few half hearted attacks. The finish however was very disappointing with extremely bad riding causing a crash that saw two riders sent to hospital. Some good, however, came from the race in that a doctor was in the race and was on hand for advice. The crash some what affected the result; however; it was a worthy win for Mark Ottaway (VC Meudon) from Jonathan Wale (Amersham RCC).
1st Mark Ottaway VC Meudon 4
2nd Jonathan Wale Amersham RCC 4J
3rd William Platt Kingston Wheelers CC 4
Race 5; Saturday 27th December 2008;
E/1/2/3 52km (1:14:22)
A good classy entry and from the start the attacks started; lead again by Rudie Marias (Norwood Paragon) with Bill Butterworth (Team Quest), Des Gaylor (Kenton RC), Chris Moores (Norwood Paragon) and Jerone Walters (Sigma Sport) also very active at the front. It stirred the field into action on a very hard day again and with the wind playing a part were pulled back.
Then the pattern of the race was set with Edward Summerwell (Team Quest) breaking away with Rudie Marias again playing a leading roll but with youth rider Josh Papworth (Wyre Forest) bridging the gap. Martin Dawkins (Team Quest) and Joshua Worrell (Twickenham CC) tried really hard to cross the gap; Rudie Marias finally cracked leaving Ed Summerwell and Josh Papworth in the front.
With 3 km to go Josh made his move and it was quite nail biting with a 15 year old youth holding off a charging group with Henry Furniss (WyndyMilla), doing most of the serious chasing (he crossed the line in frustration). In the end, it was a brilliant ride by Josh Papworth to hold on to win alone and was indeed a marvellous effort which lifted the gloom and cold of the circuit. He was awarded ‘Man’ of the race – the wine being presented to his father, who was rightly very proud of his son’s efforts. Chris Moores lead the chasing group in to claim 2nd place and the 200 series points with two fine performances in the last 1km from Joe Skelton and Martin Dawkins.
1st Josh Papworth Wyre Forest Y
2nd Chris Moores Norwood Paragon CC E 200
3rd Jo Skelton private member 2 150
4th Category
On a bitterly cold day when even the polar bears huddled together for warmth produced a far more disciplined race than Boxing Day. Again the wind played a decisive part; blowing easterly across the circuit. Mark Edwards (Hillingdon Triathletes) produced an outstanding ride to break away on his own with 9km to go and holding off the chasing bunch to the end. Only in the last lap was there a slight chance of him being caught but he crossed the line on his own for a worthy win. Dave Ryan (Imperial RT) rode cleverly and showed his strength in the run in to take second place from Andrew Britz (London Dynamo) leading the remaining finishers in.
1st Mark Edwards Hillingdon Triathletes 4
2nd Dave Ryan Imperial Racing Team 4
3rd Andrew Britz London Dynamo/Cyclefit 4
Race 6
New Years Day Thursday 1st January 2009
4th Cats start 11 am
E/1/2/3 start 12 noon
No Youth racing on this day
Race 7
Saturday 3rd January 2009
4th Cats start 12:30
Youth start 13:30
E/1/2/3 start 14:15
FULL RESULTS
Week 4
1st Chris Moores Norwood Paragon CC E
2nd Jerone Walters Sigma Sport 1
3rd Henry Furniss WyndyMilla 1
4th Alexander King GWR Team 1J
5th Felix English Team Corridori 2J
6th Paul Alderson South Western RC 3
7th Michael Hill Team Quest 2
8th Will Fox Banbury Star 2
9th Keith Lea Addiscombe CC 3
10th Jason Streather VC St Raphael E
11th Wayne Coombs VC Montpellier E
12th Des Gaylor Kenton RC 2
13th Jason Humphries Norwood Paragon CC 2
14th Martin Hulbert VC Meudon 3
15th Henry Sleight Loughborough Students CC 3
16th Joshua Worrall Twickenham CC 3
17th Harry Bulstrode Thames Velo 2
18th Mark Jervis Python RT 2
19th Cosmo Kedros Dulwich Paragon CC 3
20th Andy Fowkes Thames Velo 3
21st Jo Skelton private member 2
22nd Ben Moores Norwood Paragon CC 3
23rd Sam Grant Beyond Mountain Bikes 3J
24th Sam Humpheson London Dynamo/Cyclefit 1
25th Evangelos Christides Hernes - Greece (UCI licence) 3
26th Henry Martin Oxford Uni CC 3
27th Peter Jones Hillingdon CC 3
28th Calv Hobday Tri UK 3
29th Ralph Keeler Cambridge CC 3
30th Nils Gustafsson Oxford Uni CC / Amersham Road CC 3
31st James Jones Didcot Phoenix 3
32nd Geoff Powell High Wycombe CC 3
33rd Vince Halpern AW Cycles.Co.uk 1
34th Freddie Clark private member 3
4th cat race
1st Mark Ottaway VC Meudon 4
2nd Jonathan Wale Amersham RCC 4J
3rd William Platt Kingston Wheelers CC 4
4th Berj Kamtarjian Hillingdon Triathletes 4
5th Joe Harris Reading CC 4
6th Philip Keen Cycle Club Ashwell 4
7th James Platt Kingston Wheelers CC 4
8th Serge Hunt Addiscombe CC 4
9th Dave Harmsworth Reading CC 4
10th Rory Atkins Twickenham CC Y
11th Dave Newman Westerley CC 4
12th Malcolm Woolsey Westerley CC 4
13th Dave Ryan Imperial Racing Team 4
14th Duncan Tulip Dulwich Paragon CC 4
15th Peter Berry private member 4
16th Terry Chard Swindon Road 4
17th Elliot Katz London Dynamo/Cyclefit 4
18th Mark Chan Dulwich Paragon CC 4
19th David Gunn Liphook 4
20th Bruce English Lewes Wanderers CC 4
WEEK 5
1st Josh Papworth Wyre Forest Y
2nd Chris Moores Norwood Paragon CC E 200
3rd Jo Skelton private member 2 150
4th Martin Dawkins Team Quest - The Bike Shop 2J 130
5th Jason Streather VC St Raphael E 120
6th Jerone Walters Sigma Sport 1 110
7th Paul Alderson South Western RC 3 100
8th Sam Grant Beyond Mountain Bikes 3J 90
9th Henry Furniss WyndyMilla 1 80
10th Nick Abraham private member 3 70
11th Tom Wieckowski HACC 2J
12th Danielle King I-Team CC 1W
13th Michael Hill Team Quest 2 60
14th Mark Walter private member 3 50
15th Ian Hastings North Hampshire RC 3 40
16th Steve Legg RT316-Crown Lifts/AlarmComms/Tak MyPainAway 1 30
17th James Jones Didcot Phoenix 3 20
18th Peter Jones Hillingdon CC 3 10
19th Mark Ottaway VC Meudon 3
20th Evangelos Christides Hernes - Greece (UCI licence) 3
21st Joshua Worrall Twickenham CC 3
22nd Jes Wieckowski HACC Y
23rd Nils Gustafsson Oxford Uni CC / Amersham Road CC 3
24th Wayne Thomas Reading CC 3
25th Des Gaylor Kenton RC 2
26th Paul Stedman Reading CC 3
27th Richard Black Dulwich Paragon CC 3
28th Dave Woods CC Luton 3
29th Richard Collins Imperial Racing Team 3
30th Phil Atkins Ciclos Uno 3
31st Rudie Marais Norwood Paragon CC 2
32nd Matthew Carden Team Quest 1
33rd Nat Spurling Finsbury Park 2
34th Geoff Powell High Wycombe CC 3
35th Edward Summerwell Team Quest 3
36th Alexander King GWR Team 1J
37th Robin Worman Tor2000
4th cat race
1st Mark Edwards Hillingdon Triathletes 4
2nd Dave Ryan Imperial Racing Team 4
3rd Andrew Britz London Dynamo/Cyclefit 4
4th Joe Harris Reading CC 4
5th Simon North Hemel Hempstead CC/Summit Racing 4
6th Jai Watson Dulwich Paragon CC 4
7th Richard Keeping Team Quest 4J
8th Misha Newman Slipstreamers Y
9th Dave Harmsworth Reading CC 4
10th David Fong private member 4
11th Terry Chard Swindon Road 4
12th Rory Atkins Twickenham CC Y
13th James Lowsley-Williams Y
14th Allan Simmonds Amersham RCC 4
15th Michael Widera Hounslow & District Wheelers 4
16th Trevor King I-Team CC 4
17th Vincent Leon Twickenham CC 4
18th David Gunn Liphook Y
19th Jonathan Wale Amersham RCC 4J
20th Tom Newman Westerley CC 4
21st Arja Scarsbrook Team Ehelon - Spiuk 4W
22nd Neil Edwards Chiltern Tri 4
23rd Stephen Thurkettle Non Member 4
24th Max Stedman Reading CC Y
25th Alan Nixon Amersham RCC 4
26th Chris Goodman VC Londres 4
27th Donald Lance Woodman Willesden Cycling Club 4
28th Nigel Barton-White London Phoenix 4
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