Castle Combe Summer Series
A round up of events Week 11 through to Week 14, Thanks to Andy Cook
Week 14; 06/08/2009
What a wet night! It was relentless. It stopped raining as the racing finished to leave a beautiful sunset!
Despite awful conditions the numbers continue to be impressive across all age categories with the Youth categories competing as strongly as ever. Andrew Wheatley won the sprint from David barber and Lance Hutchison. In the Under 10’s Sam Tillett and James Tillett took it in turns to attack Pfeiffer Georgi who did remarkably well to take second in the sprint finish. Having come off on one of the tight bends in the wet Megan James resplendent in her National Champion of Wales jersey picked herself up and bravely fought back to 4th place.
The Under 12’s was another very keenly fought race with Harry Lock winning the sprint from Ffion James and Ashley Hutchison making 3rd place. The standard of riding in the Under 12’s and under 10’s is great to watch with some serious attacking racing every week. The Under 14’s started with the Under 16’s as there were only 4 riders for the Under 14’s. Once again Jack Reed made it look quite easy in the sprint with Luke Davies making 2nd with two newcomers in Aaron Baker and Joe Carter taking 3rd and 4th place. The Under 16 race was another ferocious sprint with Richard Seymour of the Cardiff Ajax winning from the ever present Dan Marshall and winner in previous weeks Terry Chance from Worcester St Johns.
The senior event was reduced by two laps due to the conditions and the 4th cats again held out until just less than 1 lap left before being caught. It looked as if they may well stay clear this week until some fierce attacking from the E/1/2 group that had amalgamated with the 3rd’s. In the ever increasing gloom the inevitable bunch sprint occurred with Ian Rees making it look all so easy from Hugh Wilson Forza Cycles. Jon Pain who has scored in almost every round managed to bag another shed load of points for third from Grant Bayton. The use of the camera to help identify the lower positions was imperative and has led to the top ten positions being available most nights.
Next week is the last night of this series and we hope to conduct a small presentation between the Youth races and the senior races honouring the leading Youth riders and thanking the key helpers. Senior riders who have scored points will have their prize money distributed once the league has finished and the final overall tables completed.
Youth
U8
1st Andrew Wheatley Halesowen C & AC 1st Boy
2nd David Barber Chippenham & Dist 2nd Boy
3rd Lance Hutchison Cheltenham & Cty CC 3rd Boy
4th Llewellyn Price Abergavenny RC 4th Boy D/L
5th Lauren Booth Chippenham & Dist 1st Girl
6th Marco Matano Chippenham & Dist 5th Boy
7th Harry Fleet Royal Dean Forest CC 6th Boy
U10
1st Sam Tillett Newport Velo 1st Boy
2nd Pfeiffer Georgi Mid Devon RC 1st Girl
3rd James Tillett Newport Velo 2nd Boy
4th Megan James Abergavenny RC 2nd Girl
5th Elizabeth Bennett Cardiff JIF 3rd Girl
6th Emily Tillett Newport Velo 4th Girl
7th Liam Sewell Swindon RC 3rd Boy
8th Toby Berryman Chippenham & Dist 4th Boy
9th James Ongley Chippenham & Dist 5th Boy
U12
1st Harry Lock Maindy Flyers 1st Boy
2nd Ffion James Abergavenny RC 1st Girl
3rd Ashley Hutchison VC St Raphael 2nd Boy
4th Etienne Georgi Mid Devon RC 3rd Boy
5th Peter Kibble Chippenham & Dist 4th Boy
6th Rob Higgs Chippenham & Dist 5th Boy
7th Lewis Revill Chippenham & Dist 6th Boy
8th Max Berryman Chippenham & Dist 7th Boy
9th Tom Sewell Swindon RC 8th Boy
10th Jake Davies Chippenham & Dist 9th Boy
U14
1st Jack Reed Royal Dean Forest CC 1st Boy
2nd Luke Davies Chippenham & Dist 2nd Boy
3rd Aaron Baker Ride 24/7 3rd Boy D/L
4th Joe Carter Unattached 4th Boy D/L
U16
1st Richard Seymour Cardiff Ajax 1st Boy
2nd Dan Marshall BCDS 2nd Boy
3rd Terry Chance Worcester St Johns 3rd Boy
4th Rupert Denny Team Swift 4th Boy
5th Charley Bradley VC Bristol 5th Boy
6th Dan McKimm BCDS 6th Boy
7th Luke Cowley Swindon RC 7th Boy
8th Freddie Lewton Newport Olympic 8th Boy
9th Mitch Evans Ride 24/7 9th Boy D/L
10th Rebecca Peart Private member 1st Girl
Seniors
1st Ian Rees TTI
2nd Hugh Wilson Forza Cycles
3rd Jon Pain VC Montpelier
4th Grant Bayton Sports Beans Wilier
5th John Russell BAD Tri
6th James Lewis Port Talbot Whlrs
7th Tom Stockdale MJS Racing
8th Ben Simmons Team Wiggle
9th Rhys Gravell CMC
10th Russ Bazley Leisure lakes RT
Week 13 -- 30/07/09
Youth
U8
1st Andrew Wheatley Halesowen C & AC 1st Boy
2nd Huw Higgins-Worral Abergavenny RC 2nd Boy
3rd Lance Hutchison Cheltenham & Cty CC 3rd Boy
4th Llewellyn Price Abergavenny RC 4th Boy
5th Lauren Booth Chippenham & Dist 1st Girl
6th Marco Matano Chippenham & Dist 5th Boy
7th Ben Sluman Cheltenham & Cty CC 6th Boy
8th Seb Turvey Climb on Bikes RT 7th Boy
9th Ellis Jones Swindon RC 8th Boy
10th Tyler Smith Swindon RC 9th Boy
11th Bradley Duff Swindon RC 10th Boy
U10
1st Megan James Abergavenny RC 1st Girl
2nd Pfeiffer Georgi Mid Devon RC 2nd Girl
3rd Sam Tillett Newport Velo 1st Boy
4th James Tillett Newport Velo 2nd Boy
5th Emily Tillett Newport Velo 3rd Girl
6th Toby Berryman Chippenham & Dist Whlrs 3rd Boy
7th Elizabeth Bennett Cardiff JIF 4th Girl
8th Liam Sewell Swindon RC 4th Boy
9th Ryan Duff Swindon RC 5th Boy
10th Seren Jones Swindon RC 5th Girl
U12
1st Ashley Hutchison VC St Raphael 1st Boy
2nd Etienne Georgi Mid Devon RC 2nd Boy
3rd Ffion James Abergavenny RC 1st Girl
4th Tom Sewell Swindon RC 3rd Boy
5th Max Berryman Chippenham & Dist 4th Boy
6th Rob Higgs Chippenham & Dist 5th Boy
7th Lewis Revill Chippenham & Dist 6th Boy
8th Rhianna Jones Swindon RC 2nd Girl
U14
1st Jack Reed Royal Dean Forest CC 1st Boy
2nd Luke Davies Chippenham & Dist 2nd Boy
3rd Sam Roberts NSCDS 3rd Boy
4th Katie Metalli Palmer Park Velo 1st Girl
U16
1st Sean Wheddon BCDS 1st Boy
2nd Luke Cowley Swindon RC 2nd Boy
3rd Alex Mulvenna Chippenham & Dist 3rd Boy
4th Dan Marshall BCDS 4th Boy
5th Freddie Lewton Newport Olympic 5th Boy
6th Terry Chance Worcester St Johns 6th Boy
7th Dan McKimm BCDS 7th Boy
8th Tom Bowering In Gear Development Sqd 8th Boy
9th Charley Bradley VC Bristol 9th Boy
10th Ainsley Jewell Chippenham & Dist 10th Boy
11th Steph Higgs Chippenham & Dist 1st Girl
Seniors
1st Ian Rees TTI
2nd Hugh Wilson Forza Cycles
3rd Rhys Lloyd Rapha Condor
4th Glyndwr Griffiths Bristol South CC
5th John Russell BAD Tri
6th Callum Lister Corinium CC
7th James Lewis Port Talbot Whlrs
8th Tom Collier Pendragon Kalas RT
9th Flavio Zappi GT Found/Colnago
10th Mark Hughes VC Bristol
Week 12 - 23/07/2009
Another really wet night means we are probably paying for the first ten weeks being so dry! Welsh youngsters don’t seem to mind the rain and whilst many were huddled together keeping dry minutes before the official start time the youngsters continued bombing round warming up in the torrential downpour that lasted throughout the half hour of youth racing. Again numbers were low but Huw Higgins Worral made a good race of the U8 category with usual suspects pushed down a few places with another visitor taking third Andrew Wheatley just behind David Barber. In the U12’s Pfeiffer outsprinted Megan with the Tillett trio filling the next three places. Out on the big circuit Ashley Hutchison resplendent in his new St Raphael kit outsprinted Ffion and Etienne Georgi.
The U14’ & 16’started together as there were only 3 U14 riders. A great race in the U16 category lead to a break away of four riders with a very clos sprint being taken by time triallist Rupert Denny from Jess Wieleckowski and Sean Wheddon. Jack Reed was mixing with the rest of the U16’s and won the sprint for 5th place meaning he won the U14 event from Luke Davies and Angela Eggleton.
In the senior event again the 3rds & 4ths started together due to so few riders. What it missed in quantity though it made up for with quality with some decent 3rd cats and strong 4ths there was every possibility they might stay away particularly as the distance was reduced by two laps to fifteen laps due to weather. However, they didn’t gel well and with five to go the E/1/2 group caught the 3rd’s & 4th’s and whilst there were many attempts to get away it didn’t look like happening until a lap and a half to go when Luke Rowe and Jon Mould both fresh back from the European track championships with well earned medals in their pockets forced a group off the front.
In the sprint Luke won from Jon with Lee Davis taking third from Grant Bayton and Jon Pain. Young Tom Stockdale was the last member of the break to cross the line in 6th with a spirited lone chase by Ben Anstie leading him to 7th whilst super sprinter Ian Rees took the gallop easily from James Lewis and Giles Pidcock
Youth
U8
1st Huw Higgins-Worral Abergavenny RC 1st Boy
2nd David Barber Chippenham & Dist 2nd Boy
3rd Andrew Wheatley Halesowen C & AC 3rd Boy
4th Lance Hutchison Cheltenham & Cty CC 4th Boy
5th Lauren Booth Chippenham & Dist 1st Girl
6th Ben Sluman Cheltenham & Cty CC 5th Boy
7th Marco Matano Chippenham & Dist 6th Boy
8th David Meyer Cheltenham & Cty CC 7th Boy
9th Martina Barber Chippenham & Dist 2nd Girl
U10
1st Pfeiffer Georgi Mid Devon RC 1st Girl
2nd Megan James Abergavenny RC 2nd Girl
3rd Sam Tillett Newport Velo 1st Boy
4th James Tillett Newport Velo 2nd Boy
5th Emily Tillett Newport Velo 3rd Girl
6th Liam Sewell Swindon RC 3rd Boy
7th Ryan Duff Swindon RC 4th Boy
8th William Jennings Newport Velo 5th Boy
U12
1st Ashley Hutchison VC St Raphael 1st Boy
2nd Ffion James Abergavenny RC 1st Girl
3rd Etienne Georgi Mid Devon RC 2nd Boy
4th Peter Kibble Chippenham & Dist 3rd Boy
5th Tom Sewell Swindon RC 4th Boy
6th Rob Higgs Chippenham & Dist 5th Boy
7th Lewis Revill Chippenham & Dist 6th Boy
8th Ben Beckingsale Abergavenny RC 7th Boy
9th Zoe Sheehan Swindon RC 2nd Girl
10th Nicole Pollock Newport Velo 3rd Girl
U14
1st Jack Reed Royal Dean Forest CC 1st Boy
2nd Luke Davies Chippenham & Dist 2nd Boy
3rd Angela Eggleton Halesowen C & AC 1st Girl
U16
1st Rupert Denny Team Swift 1st Boy
2nd Jess Wiecklowski Halesowen C & AC 2nd Boy
3rd Sean Wheddon BCDS 3rd Boy
4th Sam Anstice Newport Velo 4th Boy
5th Freddie Lewton Newport Olympic 5th Boy
6th Dan Marshall BCDS 6th Boy
7th Dan McKimm BCDS 7th Boy
8th Joe Anstice Newport Velo 8th Boy
9th Ainsley Jewell Chippenham & Dist 9th Boy
10th Charley Bradley VC Bristol 10th Boy
11th Steph Higgs Chippenham & Dist 1st Girl
Seniors
1st Luke Rowe 100% ME
2nd Jon Mould Agiskoviner.co.uk
3rd Lee Davis Pinarello CandiTV
4th Grant Bayton Sports Beans Wilier
5th Jon Pain VC Montpelier
6th Tom Stockdale MJS Racing
7th Ben Anstie Chippenham & Dist
8th Ian Rees TTI
9th James Lewis Port Talbot Whlrs
10th Giles Pidcock Epic Viner RT
Week 11 -- 16/07/09
I should have kept quiet the previous week as the weather turned with a vengeance for the 11th week of the Castle Combe Summer series with very depleted fields for all races. Due to a major motor racing meeting beingheld the following weekend the usual parking spaces were changed causing a mild amount of confusion!
With the Hutchison family missing the Chippenham U8’s made hay with Lance absent filling the first three places. In the U10’s Pfeiffer Georgi continued her dominance against the other 5 riders.9 riders braved the wet conditions in the U12’s event where they only completed 2 laps of the main circuit due to adverse weather with Emily Haycox keeping the Welsh flag flying beating Rob Higgs and Etienne Georgi into 2nd & 3rd respectively. The U16 & U14 started together as there were only 3 U14 riders and again the distance was reduced from 5 to 4 laps due to conditions. Sean Wheddon won the U16 race from Dan Marshal with Jack Reed getting the better of Sam Roberts and Luke Davies in the U14’s
The distance of the senior race was shortened from 17 to 15 laps with the 4ths and 3rds starting together as there were only just over thirty riders for the whole race. Ian Rees used his devasting sprint to good effect taking another win and a very close sprint for 2nd place was awarded to Simon Snowden of Chippenham from Jon Pain
Youth
U8
1st David Barber Chippenham & Dist 1st Boy
2nd Lauren Booth Chippenham & Dist 1st Girl
3rd Marco Matano Chippenham & Dist 2nd Boy
4th Ben Sluman Cheltenham & Cty CC 3rd Boy
5th David Meyer Cheltenham & Cty CC 4th Boy
6th Elena Pearce Newport Velo 2nd Girl
7th Bradley Duff Swindon RC 5th Boy
U10
1st Pfeiffer Georgi Mid Devon RC 1st Girl
2nd Daniel Pearce Newport Velo 3rd Boy
3rd Jack Pearce Newport Velo 8th Boy
4th Liam Sewell Swindon RC 6th Boy
5th James Ongley Chippenham & Dist 4th Boy
6th Ryan Duff Swindon RC 5th Boy
U12
1st Emily Haycox Maindy Flyers 1st Girl
2nd Rob Higgs Chippenham & Dist 1st Boy
3rd Etienne Georgi Mid Devon RC 2nd Boy
4th Thomas Finn Newport Velo 3rd Boy
5th Peter Kibble Chippenham & Dist 4th Boy
6th Tom Sewell Swindon RC 5th Boy
7th Tom Candlin Newport Velo 6th Boy
8th Zoe Sheehan Swindon RC 2nd Girl
9th Douglas Mackenzie Chippenham & Dist 7th Boy
U14
1st Jack Reed Royal Dean Forest CC 1st Boy
2nd Sam Roberts NSCDS 2nd Boy
3rd Luke Davies Chippenham & Dist 3rd Boy
U16
1st Sean Wheddon BCDS 1st Boy
2nd Dan Marshall BCDS 2nd Boy
3rd Luke Cowley Swindon RC 3rd Boy
4th Charley Bradley VC Bristol 4th Boy
5th Ainsley Jewell Chippenham & Dist 5th Boy
6th Dan McKimm BCDS 6th Boy
7th Tom Bowering Ingear Dev Sq 7th Boy
Seniors
1st Ian Rees TTI
2nd Simon Snowden Chippenham & Dist
3rd Jon Pain VC Montpelier
4th Richard Tanguy Pendragon Kalas
5th Lee Davis Pinarello CandiTV
6th Jason White Bikeinmotion RT
7th Grant Bayton Sports Beans Wilier
8th Carl Wallace Newport Olympic
9th Neil White Bristol RC
10th Wayne Coombs VC Montpelier
