Imperial Racing Team, Winter Series race results 2008/2009

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Imperial Winter Series Results 2008/2009

Race 13 Saturday 14th February 2009

A lively last race in the series with almost Spring like weather and little wind saw aggressive riding by Imperial RT riders who had a plan to elevate Stoyko Bussarov to 3rd cat to join his team mates. They worked hard, all three Imperial riders Dave Ryan, Tom Smith and Stoyko leading the attacks but unfortunately the main group were wise to their efforts and neutralised their attempts. From these efforts three riders did ease off the front - Vincent Leon (Twickenham CC), Martin Sigrist (Newbury RC) and Peter Hedger (Sotonia CC) but after 4km at the front they too were pulled back . This was quickly followed by a concerted loan effort by James Curry (British Airways CC) which looked more promising but again he was caught by the main group and then promptly blew up! With just 5km to go the pace was upped again by Martin Sigrist and Dave Ryan with Stoyko Bussarov tagging on but this too was snuffed out. On the last lap there was a crash which split the group leaving the result to a group finish with Jai Watson (Dulwich Paragon CC) and Adam White (Reading CC) heading for the line together. The tactical knowledge of Jai Watson ultimately got the better of Adam White with Hamilton Lacey taking 3rd position. Dave Ryan (Imperial RT) won the 4th cat Series having finished highest in the most races without winning a race. Generally the racing was of a high standard with the riders gaining confidence and ability as the series progressed.

We plan a slight rearrangement of the programme for next season to increase the distance which will benefit them all for going on the road.

E123

Although the top 3 overall results were already decided there was still plenty to play for. The first 5km were manic, the weather almost perfect with little wind which accounted for the speed and almost certainly meant that it would probably end in a large group finish. Daniel Rudd (Arctic) and Russell Painter (Norwood Paragon CC) were the prime movers in causing the manic start with Sam Humpheson (London Dynamo) and Chris McNamara (Team Corley) also contributing to the anxiety of the main group. Phil Dixon (Science in Sport) down from British Cycling duties in Manchester was also very active and moved to the front with Jerone Walters (Sigma Sport) and Tom Sutherland (Twickenham CC) and at 25km it looked very promising. Matt Carden (Team Quest) also joined the group with Angus McAlister (Norwood Paragon CC) and it looked as if Angus was going to ride off solo at any time. Chris McNamara also got across but the main group were not to be deterred and clawed their way back bringing them all together for the final run in. The closing stages were very nervy and the inevitable happened with 800m to go; a crash on the back straight causing total disruption. Paul Alderson (South Western RC) was down but quickly up again; not so fortunate were Richard Black (Dulwich Paragon) and a rider from Norwood Paragon CC. As befits any final stage the sprint was furious with Jo Skelton holding off track specialist and road sprinter Daniel Rudd with a spirited finish by Chris McNamara for 3rd place. Both riders and officials were concerned for the crashed riders but fortunately after treatment from first aider Alison Grant all were back on their feet.

Over the series the overall results were just, with the strongest and most consistent riders taking the top places; however, Martin Dawkins was one who rose above and his 5th place overall was an exceptional effort and has been awarded a special prize. The strongest of all the riders was Rudie Marais (Archer RC) and for all his efforts was awarded the Doug Collins Most Combative Rider prize although everyone who rode through the 08/09 winter deserves special praise.

The series ended on a high with the prize presentation and draw with guest of honour Daniel Lloyd (pro with Cervélo Test Team) and honorary member of Imperial RT back from his team’s triumph in Qatar. Doug Collins did the intro and wished Daniel all the best for the season and then thanked everyone for their support through the coldest winter for years but all in all it has been fabulous series with brilliant racing with the photo finish helping to produce the results both quickly and accurately. He praised Richard and Lucy Collins for their supreme efforts in organising the series and Alison Grant (Sam Grant’s (WDMCC) mother) for her knowledge and concern for all the crash victims. The Collins’ kids Harry, Tom and at times Isabel for their tea and flapjacks when it was most needed in the bitter cold and for Harry who managed 20 cups of tea from 1 tea bag! And for all the youngsters who helped with the lap boards, bell and finishing flag. The race draw was made and proved very popular with riders and spectators alike with vouchers provided by Sigma Sport and books purchased from Sport & Publicity. To end a group photo was taken by the many photographers there with the pride of place going to the podium winners with their flowers, champagne, cash and Winner’s vase, with everyone leaving with a smile and contended mood, looking forward to the road season and for December 5th for the start of the Imperial Winter Series 2009/2010!

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Walk-on Walters

photo Winner Jerone Walters, 2nd Chris Moores, 3rd Paul Alderson

Wow, that was 13 races done and dusted before we even knew it. And when the dust, or rather snow, ice and rain, had settled it was Sigma Sport teamster Jerone Walters sporting the biggest smile, a worthy victor of the E123 series. And shockingly there was home team win in the Category 4s, with Imperial Racing Team’s own Dave Ryan tying up what was this year a very competitive field.

We’re very pleased to say we saw just over 300 riders sign on this year, making up over 1000 individual race entries for the series. And it was a series that again managed to avoid any race cancellations, despite even the snow. We were delighted too when mid-series we upgraded the event from C+ to National B, meaning more points for those hungrily chasing them down, ready for the summer season. What with the introduction of specialist video equipment for the finish we hope you’ll agree the event did get measurably more professional again this season.

It has to be said the 4th cats were a revelation. You guys had certainly done your homework, for the standard of riding (and tactics) was very high. And our apologies here must go to any of the huge entry that made week one and who must have been put off by the seriously big field and high standards they met. Do come back again and let it be said if you do keep coming then you do settle in, it does get easier. But it’s never actually easy, of course.

We were pleased too to see such diversity in the entries. Sixty year olds rode side by side with teenagers, and of course quite a few of those older guys taught the whippersnappers a trick or two. And again the racers were truly international – you only have to read the results – and we were delighted to receive raiding parties from the North too.

A special word here for Rudie Marais, winner of Doug Collins’s Most Combative Rider award. Rudie really took on so many of the E123 races, forming breakaways, or pulling them back, and always-always attacking. Rudie made 10th in the series and maybe if he chose alternative tactics he might have scored higher – but would we have been so entertained? Probably not – a crowd pleaser is Rudie.

And finally, again well done to the winners. Jerone Walters (36) came new into the series and made it his own. While Paul Alderson (40), another newcomer and Cat 2, by stealing the final podium position showed that even in the cut and thrust of circuit racing age (and experience, clearly) can count for a lot. To Chris Moores (a mere youth at 26) it was 2nd again for the second year running. But Chris is a stylish and capable rider, maybe next year will be his.

To all of you who came along, again a very big thank you, we enjoyed your company, your spirit and your efforts. We hope you enjoyed yourselves too and go on to have a great summer of racing. And when it gets cold and dark at the end of the year, you’ll know where to come.
See you next series!

Class of 2008/2009

Race 13 52km Cats E123 Race Time 01:16:31

Finish				Cat	Series Points
1st	23 r	Jo Skelton	private member	2	200
2nd	14 r	Daniel Rudd	Arctic - Premier Racing Team	1	150
3rd	74 r	Chris McNamara	Team Corley	E	130
4th	08 r	Chris Moores	Norwood Paragon CC	E	120
5th	07 r	Jason Edwards	Wilde Side 707 RT	1	110
6th	79 r	Sam Humpheson	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	1	100
7th	13 r	Matthew Carden	Team Quest	1	90
8th	81 r	Gavin Ryan	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	2	80
9th	33 r	Ashley Holding	Wild Side 707 RT	2	70
10th	41 r	Spencer Wilson	Team Economic Energy	2	60
11th	17	Nick Abraham	private member	3	50
12th	28 r	Rob Fletcher	Anders Electronics/TMG Horizon RT	2	40
13th	66	David Walls	private member	3	30
14th	14	Conor Dunne	Hemel Hempstead	J3	20
15th	69 r	Gianluca Cappello	VC Meudon	1	10
16th	67 r	Russell Rowles	Spirit	2
17th	29	Adam Currie	Kingston Whelers	3
18th	116	James Lowden	Lewes Wanderers	4
19th	51 r	Evangelos Christides	Hernes - Greece (UCI licence)	3
20th	63 r	Annie Last	Zaprat	2W
21st	59	Nils Gustafsson	Oxford Uni CC / Amersham Road CC	3
22nd	88	Jerzy Kuzminski	private member	3
23rd	45	Mark Spindler	Twickenham CC	3
24th	24 r	Harry Bulstrode	Thames Velo	2
25th	26	James Jones	Didcot Phoenix	3
26th	4	Brian Blease	Dulwich Paragon CC	3
27th	78	Ralph Keeler	Cambridge CC	3
28th	77 r	John Heaton-Armstrong	Fit-For	1
29th	23	Joshua Worrall	Twickenham CC	3
30th	102	Sylvain Garde	Addiscombe CC	3
31st	12	Peter Jones	Hillingdon CC	3
32nd	112	Jonathan Maher	Sigma Sport	3
33rd	82	Miles Stovold	Dulwich Paragon	3
34th	35 r	Sam Grant	Beyond Mountain Bikes	2J
35th	53	Cosmo Kedros	Dulwich Paragon CC	3
36th	09 r	Jerone Walters	Sigma Sport	1
37th	25	Dave Woods	CC Luton	3
38th	39	Richard Collins	Imperial Racing Team	3
39th	103	Jake Martin	Rapha-Condor	3J
40th	91	Paul Callaghan	GS Avanti	3
41st	107	Thomas Sutherland	Twickenham Cycling Club	3
42nd	30 r	Rudie Marais	Archer RC	2
43rd	101	Andrew Brown	Gregarios Superclub	3
44th	98	Paul Stedman	Reading CC	3
45th	78 r	John Veness	Pendragon-Kalas	1
46th	97	Dave McMullen	Evans Cycles	3
47th	51	Anthony Chandlen	Norwood Paragon CC	3
48th	33	Richard Stanton	Roy Pink Cycles	3
49th	75 r	Kevin Knox	dulwich paragon	1
50th	71 r	Phil Dixon	Science in Sport	E
51st	72	Mark Edwards	Hillingdon Triathletes	3
52nd	10	Wayne Thomas	Reading CC	3
53rd	50	Guy Phillips	Dulwich Paragon CC	3
54th	55	Paul Bennett	West Drayton	3
55th	58	Geoff Powell	High Wycombe CC	3
56th	62 r	Lily Matthews	100% me	2W
57th	80	Andy Lack	Kingston Wheelers CC	3
58th	31 r	Mark Jervis	Python RT	2
59th	106	Mike McManus	RT 316	3
60th	60	Rich Cooper	Willesden CC	3
61st	3	Mario Manelfi	AD Cycles	3

Race 13 Cats 4th 32km Race time 49:20 Results Saturday 14th February 2009


1st	83	Jai Watson	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
2nd	137	Adam White	Reading CC	4
3rd	185	Hamilton Lacey	private member	4
4th	141	William McFarland	Twickenham CC	4
5th	20	Michael Widera	Hounslow & District Wheelers	4
6th	27	Dominic Lowden	Lewes Wanderers	4
7th	25	Martin Sigrist	Newbury RC	4
8th	97	Maryka Sennema	Kingston Wheelers CC	4W
9th	42	Martin Evans	Newbury	4
10th	9	Christopher Roche	Bedfordshire Road Cycling Club	4
11th	135	Stuart Clark	private member	4
12th	66	Mike Cownley	Norwood Paragon	4
13th	109	Berj Kantarjian	Hillingdon Triathletes	4
14th	43	Mark Chan	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
15th	33	Lionel Birnie	Gregarios Superclub Ciclista	4
16th	3	Stoyko Bussarov	Imperial Racing Team	4
17th	101	Dave Harmsworth	Reading CC	4
18th	1	Dave Ryan	Imperial Racing Team	4
19th	95	Jeff Robinson	North Road	4
20th	67	Patrick Weston	North Devon Wheelers	4
21st	132	Alan Strang	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
22nd	108	Elliot Katz	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	4
23rd	17	Donald Lance Woodman	Willesden Cycling Club	4
24th	184	Peter Hedger	Sotonia CC	4
25th	41	Norman Lee	private member	4
26th	13	Martin Porter	Thames Velo	4
27th	121	Vincent Leon	Twickenham CC	4
28th	68	David Fong	private member	4
29th	103	Duncan Tulip	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
30th	143	Glen Gilbert	Kingston Wheelers CC	4
31st	117	James Curry	British Airways CC	4

Race 10 Youth Results Saturday 14th February 2009

Youth full results for race 10 to come from Hillingdon Slipstreamers, as soon as they arrive I will post here, in the mean time this is a link to the top 3's on the BC website here

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Race 12 Saturday 7th February 2009

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4th
After 5 days of atrocious weather the Saturday morning inspection confirmed that the circuit had survived the week! In the end a fine afternoon prevailed albeit with a nagging north westerly wind. Another Ł10 prime was offered by Stuart Stow and was comfortably taken by David Fong after 20 minutes. Everyone that has taken part in this race has enjoyed the experience and have been appreciative of the chance to start racing amongst their equals; all have tried really hard to make a good race and many have achieved their 3rd Category licence.
It was heartening to see Imperial RT’s riders at the fore for most of the race with a resurgent Tom Smith and team mate Dave Ryan riding very strongly; they both look promising for the coming season.
Although there were several attempts to break away it finally came down to a group sprint; but such was the run-in speed that many riders drifted backwards in the end and it was a good a win for Malcolm Dixon (Dulwich Paragon CC) from Marco Stichini and consistent Peter Hedger (Sotonia CC). The racing has continued to improve week on week.

E123
On the penultimate race of the series a healthy field of 62 riders signed on; the circuit remained dry but with a nagging head wind up the finishing straight slightly compensated for by bright sunshine and temperature of 4 degrees. There were several comments on the standard of riding which will have to be addressed; whereas the 4th cat riding has improved, the Elite racing has somehow lapsed?
In the event Sigma turned up in force to add additional weight and defend Jerone Walters’ overall lead and with Chris Moores on other duties it made the task simpler. It started as usual fast and furious with last week’s winner Angus Macalister (Norwood Paragon) taking the initiative joined by Harry Bulstrode (Thames Velo) and his team mate Ian Lowe together Peter Jones (Hillingdon CC) back from sunny Turkey! It looked promising as the gap opened but it spurred the main group into action with Vince Halpern (AWCycles) doing hard turns on and off the front, joined by team mate and late arrival Tom Smith. Also prominent was new Artic signing Daniel Rudd and as usual a busy and bustling Rudie Marias. Andy Betts (Sigma Sport) was working very hard for Jerone, an unusual role for him but one he will have to get used to in the future!
After a short lull and finally after 42 km on the northern straight Jerone rode through on the right, a gap was opened and only Angus saw the danger and got across to him and with a concerted effort opened a massive gap. The Sigma Sport trap had worked and there was no way they were going to be bought back, in the run into the line Jerone was assured of the overall victory and sportingly pushed Angus across the line as winner. They really both deserved the victory for their outstanding performance. Felix English (Team Corridori) confirmed his good form and sprinting powers to take 3rd place on super sprinter Tom Smith (AWCycles). Jerone Walters now has a lead of 220 points over Chris Moores and cannot be beaten in the series.
It is hoped that all riders will be able to attend the presentation on Saturday and with team commitments permitting Cervelo Test Team’s Daniel Lloyd will hand out the prizes.

4th Cat Leader Board after 12 races

1st Dave Ryan (Imperial Racing Team) 11 races, highest place 2nd
2nd Michael Widera (Hounslow & District Wheelers) 11 races, highest place 6th
3rd Jai Watson (Dulwich Paragon CC) 10 races, highest place 2nd

Race 12 47km Cats E123 Race Time 01:12:05

	no.		Club	Cat	Series Points
1st	73 r	Angus Macalister	Norwood Paragon CC	3	200
2nd	09 r	Jerone Walters	Sigma Sport	1	150
3rd	17 r	Felix English	Team Corridori	2J	130
4th	64 r	Tom Smith	AW Cycles.Co.uk	E	120
5th	27 r	Martin Dawkins	Team Quest - The Bike Shop	2J	110
6th	90 r	Vince Halpern	AW Cycles.Co.uk	1	100
7th	33 r	Ashley Holding	Wild Side 707 RT	2	90
8th	14	Conor Dunne	Hemel Hempstead	J3	80
9th	17	Nick Abraham	private member	3	70
10th	26	James Jones	Didcot Phoenix	3	60
11th	71 r	Alex Peterson	AW Cycles.Co.uk	1
12th	72 r	Harry Bulstrode	Thames Velo	2	50
13th	102	Sylvain Garde	Addiscombe CC	3	40
14th	24	Mark Walter	private member	3	30
15th	66	David Walls	private member	3	20
16th	20 r	Kevin Ibbetson	Fietsen Tempo	2	10
17th	65 r	Daniele Santoni	Pearson Cycle	1
18th	107	Thomas Sutherland	Twickenham Cycling Club	3
19th	106	Mike Bisson	Dhcyclesport.co.uk/Colnago	3
20th	04 r	Steve Legg	RT316-Crown Lifts/AlarmComms	1
21st	65	Vaughan Luff	Team DeVer	3
22nd	68	Richard DaSilva	Stevenage CC	3
23rd	50	Andrew Harvey	Kingston Wheelers CC	3
24th	45	Mark Spindler	Twickenham CC	3
25th	23	Joshua Worrall	Twickenham CC	3
26th	29	Adam Currie	Kingston Whelers	3
27th	51	Anthony Chandlen	Norwood Paragon CC	3
28th	69	James Carter	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	3
29th	12	Peter Jones	Hillingdon CC	3
30th	78	Ralph Keeler	Cambridge CC	3
31st	53 r	Paul Alderson	South Western RC	2
32nd	30 r	Rudie Marais	private member	2
33rd	77	Alex Robbins	Dulwich Paradon cc	3
34th	42 r	Nat Spurling	Finsbury Park	2
35th	67 r	Russell Rowles	Spirit	2
36th	69 r	Gianluca Cappello	VC Meudon
37th	82	Miles Stovold	Dulwich Paragon	3
38th	44	Richard Black	Dulwich Paragon CC	3
39th	81	Peter Bolke	Dhcyclesport.co.uk/Colnago	3
40th	51 r	Evangelos Christides	Hernes	3
41st	77	Daniel Royle	Kingston Wheelers CC	3
42nd	101	Andrew Brown	Gregarios Superclub	3
43rd	55	Paul Bennett	West Drayton	3
44th	63 r	Lily Matthews	100% me	3W
45th	25 r	Des Gaylor	Kenton RC	2
46th	60	Rich Cooper	Willesden CC	3
47th	98	Paul Stedman	Reading CC	3
48th	62 r	Phil Dixon	Science in Sport	E
49th	33	Richard Stanton	Roy Pink Cycles	3
50th	56	Nick Franzini	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	3
51st	3	Mario Manelfi	AD Cycles	3
52nd	52	Russell Painter	Norwood Paragon CC	3
53rd	39	Richard Collins	Imperial Racing Team	3
54th	35 r	Sam Grant	Beyond Mountain Bikes	2J
55th	75 r	Andy Betts	Sigma Sport	1
56th	90	Ian Lowe	Thames Velo	3
57th	14 r	Daniel Rudd	Arctic - Premier Racing Team	1
58th	07 r	Jason Edwards	Wilde Side 707 RT	1

Race 12 Cats 4th 25km Time 0:48:20 Results Saturday 7th February 2009

	No.		Club
1st	12	Malcolm Dixon	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
2nd	181	Marco Stichini	Private	4
3rd	184	Peter Hedger	Sotonia CC	4
4th	1	Dave Ryan	Imperial Racing Team	4
5th	142	Stuart Stow	private member	4
6th	126	George Edwards	Kingston Wheelers CC	4
7th	25	Martin Sigrist	Newbury RC	4
8th	15	Joe Harris	Reading CC	4
9th	27	Charlie Pearch	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	4
10th	133	David Murrell	London Phoenix	4
11th	86	Ben Smith	Welwyn Wheelers	4
12th	66	Ant Brown	Oxford Uni CC	4
13th	41	Norman Lee	private member	4
14th	143	Simon Abram	Oxford University Cycling Club	4
15th	141	William McFarland	Twickenham CC	4
16th	101	Dave Harmsworth	Reading CC	4
17th	69	Mark Heyward-Chaplin	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	4
18th	103	Duncan Tulip	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
19th	118	Simon North	Hemel Hempstead CC/Summit Racing	4
20th	109	Berj Kantarjian	Hillingdon Triathletes	4
21st	132	Richard Walden	Kingston Wheelers CC	4
22nd	120	Misha Newman	Slipstreamers	4J
23rd	138	Paul Keeping	private member	4
24th	185	Hamilton Lacey	private member	4
25th	4	Tom Smith	Imperial Racing Team	4
26th	134	Stuart Hamilton	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	4
27th	83	Jai Watson	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
28th	13	Martin Porter	Thames Velo	4
29th	72	Tim Childs	Westerley CC	4
30th	3	Stoyko Bussarov	Imperial Racing Team	4
31st	17	Donald Lance Woodman	Willesden Cycling Club	4
32nd	58	Richard Keeping	Team Quest	4J
33rd	124	Dean Ricketts	Hemel Hempstead CC/Summit Racing	4
34th	117	James Curry	British Airways CC	4
35th	20	Michael Widera	Hounslow & District Wheelers	4
36th	68	David Fong	private member	4
37th	63	Andrew Britz	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	4

Race 9 Youth Results Saturday 7th February 2009

Cat Pos

Club

U16boys

Mark Smith

Welwyn Wheelers

David Swan

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

Frazier Carr

Palmer Park Velo

Tanveer Mann

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

Lawrence Carpenter

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

Ben Strathers

Lindsey Roads

Mark Passey

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

Harry Strudley

Palmer Park Velo

Daniel Skinner

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

DNF

Charlie Fawke

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

U16girls

Hannah Barnes

Palmer Park Velo

U14boys

Daniel Maslin

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

Max Stedman

Reading CC

Daniel Lansley

Palmer Park Velo

Louis Fawke

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

Simon Passey

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

U14 girls

Emily Barnes

Palmer Park Velo

Kim English

Palmer Park Velo

Alice Barnes

Palmer Park Velo

U12boys

Henry Barnes

Palmer Park Velo

David Barnes

Palmer Park Velo

Ben Smith

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

Matthew Lansley

Palmer Park Velo

U12girls

N/A

U10boys

Carl Jolly

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

Harry Tadman

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

Niall Dawkins

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

U10girls

N/A

U8boys

N/A

U8girls

N/A

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Race 11 Saturday 31st January 2009

4th
There were only going to be two winners in the 4th cat race; a very strong south-easterly wind (which most riders were unsure of how to combat it) and the rider 1st across the line! A Ł10 prime was donated by Stuart Stow (now back to racing after 15 years, originally with Feltham RC) to be fought out after 20 minutes. It was taken by the strong man of the race, a very determined Tom Sutherland (Twickenham CC). The wind continued to play havoc with many riders caught out as gaps opened followed by the inevitable drifting backwards. Hopefully riding in these conditions should be a learning curve for these riders - stay close to the front to avoid being caught out at the back when gaps open and reduce the risk of being dropped. Finally it came down to a sprint for the line and it again went to Prime winner Tom Sutherland from Peter Hedger (Sotonia CC) and Justin Webb (London Dynamos). Tom Sutherland’s transition from rowing to cycling is now well established and with his 3rd Category licence achieved his progress in Elite racing will be watched with interest.

E123
As in the previous race the wind had the same effect on the much more experienced riders, perhaps even more so because of the speed, particularly in the first few laps. The back straight caused all of the problems where the whole of the field was lined out and all it needed was a gap to appear towards the end of the line and a dozen or so riders were left stranded. It was a true test and a classic road race situation from the start. The action started after 4 km with Angus Macalister (Norwood Paragon) taking off with Team Corridori Junior rider Felix English. The pair ploughed along for a further 5km before Felix English fell back leaving Angus out on his own. A difficult position for him as a team mate of overall contender Chris Moores was left in the main group, now down to 35 riders with a second group of 12 slipping further behind.
There were accusations of poor riding with gaps appearing and not being closed but it happens when it’s windy and positioning is all important. Ian Lowe (Thames Velo) and Richard Moose (Beyond Mountain Bikes) moved off the front but could not sustain their initial effort and slipped back. While all this was happening ex-rower Angus Macalister was steadily pulling away and his progress was startling. He rode through the second group with ease and then caught the main group after 40 km and rode passed them too! Michael Hill and Matt Carden (Team Quest) did try really hard to keep it together in such conditions. In the final stages Chris Moores and Toby Meadows (Team Corriori) (in his last ride before going to Belgium for the race season) had eased themselves from the main group with 8 km to go and although they worked well together and stayed on the same lap as the lone leader they were some 55 seconds down. Angus got a rousing applause from the spectators at the finish which was fully deserved for a brilliant outstanding ride, particularly as he had had a difficult ride the previous week finishing in the 13th place. What a difference a week makes. He contributes his success to night riding in Richmond Park and hard spinning sessions.

Toby Meadows sportingly allowed Chris Moores to take second place. The main group was lead in by Joshua Cunningham (In Gear Dev Squad/OneLife) from Junior rider Al Murson (Glenedene CC). Last weeks 4th cat winner James Lowden (Lewes Wanderers) adjusted well and finished a credible 11th. Unlucky Martin Dawkins’s chain broke with 2 km to go. Toby Meadows thanked Imperial Racing Team for the Series and in turn we all wish him well for the season. Another rider looking forward to racing in Belgium for his 2nd year is Tom Snape who found the race ideal preparation for the type of racing they will experience over there.

And finally, Doug Collins spoke to Angus Macalister on Sunday night who said that on he was riding round Richmond Park that day having to push his lowest gear to get round; he had given his all on Saturday and looks forward to the two final races to assess his form. Chris Moores for all his efforts is still only 70 points adrift from Jerone Walters; perhaps Norwood Paragon will now have time to reflect on their team tactics before the final two races.

Race 11 52km Cats E123 Race Time 01:16:40

Finish	No.			Cat	Series Points
1st	106	Angus Macalister	Norwood Paragon CC	3	200
2nd	08 r	Chris Moores	Norwood Paragon CC	E	150
3rd	69 r	Toby Meadows	Team Corridori	1
4th	60 r	Joshua Cunningham	In Gear Development Squad/OneLife	2	130
5th	56 r	Al Murison	Glenedene CC	2J	120
6th	36 r	Adam Cotterell	In Gear Development Squad/OneLife	1	110
7th	90 r	Vince Halpern	AW Cycles.Co.uk	1	100
8th	28 r	Rob Fletcher	Anders Electronics/TMG Horizon RT	2	90
9th	26	James Jones	Didcot Phoenix	3	80
10th	67 r	Russell Rowles	Spirit	2	70
11th	116	James Lowden	Lewes Wanderers	4	60
12th	04 r	Steve Legg	RT316-Crown Lifts/AlarmComms	1	50
13th	53 r	Paul Alderson	South Western RC	2	40
14th	14	Conor Dunne	Hemel Hempstead	J3	30
15th	102	Sylvain Garde	Addiscombe CC	3	20
16th	42 r	Nat Spurling	Finsbury Park	2	10
17th	104	Paul Elcock	Reading CC	3
18th	88	Jerzy Kuzminski	private member	3
19th	51 r	Evangelos Christides	Hernes - Greece (UCI licence)	3
20th	81	Max Webber	Behind the Bike Shed	3J
21st	46	Kieran Dineen	Amersham RCC	3
22nd	22 r	Phil Sheehan	Finchley RT	2
23rd	17 r	Felix English	Team Corridori	2J
24th	90	Ian Lowe	Thames Velo	3
25th	35 r	Sam Grant	Beyond Mountain Bikes	2J
25th	23	Joshua Worrall	Twickenham CC	3
27th	02 r	Dave Hutchison	VC St Raphael	1
28th	18 r	Michael Hill	Team Quest	2
29th	13 r	Matthew Carden	Team Quest	1
30th	78	Ralph Keeler	Cambridge CC	3
31st	29	Adam Currie	Kingston Whelers	3
32nd	63	Richard Moss	Beyond Mountain Bikes	3
33rd	70 r	Mark Baxter	WDMBC	3J
34th	105	Michael Blann	Sigma Sport	3
35th	26 r	Sam Allen	AW Cycles.Co.uk	2
36th	30 r	Rudie Marais	Private member	2
37th	31 r	Mark Jervis	Python RT	2
38th	23 r	Jo Skelton	private member	2
39th	58	Geoff Powell	High Wycombe CC	3
40th
41st	119	Martin Docker	www.agiskoviner.com	3
42nd	80	Andy Lack	Kingston Wheelers CC	3
43rd	25	Dave Woods	CC Luton	3
44th	10	Wayne Thomas	Reading CC	3
45th	114	Robert Moore	London Phoenix CC	3
46th	89	James Stuart	Norwood Paragon CC	3
47th	44	Richard Black	Dulwich Paragon CC	3
48th	118	Nick Franzini	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	3
49th	77	Daniel Royle	Kingston Wheelers CC	3

Race 11 Cats 4th 25km Results Saturday 31st January 2009

	no.		club
1st	16	Thomas Sutherland	Twickenham Cycling Club	4
2nd	184	Peter Hedger	Sotonia CC	4
3rd	189	Justin Webb	London Dynamos	4
4th	142	Stuart Stow	private member	4
5th	51	Robert Hill	Hemel Hempstead CC/Summit Racing	4
6th	186	Chris Hathaway	Kingston Wheelers CC	4
7th	83	Jai Watson	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
8th	42	Martin Evans	Newbury	4
9th	126	George Edwards	Kingston Wheelers CC	4
10th	169	James Bowtell	In Gear Development Squad	4J
11th	187	Matthew Myers	Optima	4J
12th	43	Mark Chan	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
13th	20	Michael Widera	Hounslow & District Wheelers	4
14th	190	Bradley Wales	Optima Racing Team	4
15th	120	Misha Newman	Slipstreamers	4J
16th	144	Natalie Creswick	Twickenham CC	4
17th	9	Christopher Roche	Bedfordshire Road Cycling Club	4
18th	27	Charlie Pearch	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	4
19th	181	Alan Goode	London Phoenix	4
20th	1	Dave Ryan	Imperial Racing Team	4
21st	26	Terry Chard	Swindon Road	4
22nd	101	Dave Harmsworth	Reading CC	4
23rd	146	Stewart Ward	Ful On Tri Club	4
24th	32	Joe Holloway	High Wycombe Cycle Club	4J
25th	72	Tim Childs	Westerley CC	4
26th	103	Duncan Tulip	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
27th	98	Bruce English	Lewes Wanderers CC	4
28th	13	Martin Porter	Thames Velo	4
29th	25	Martin Sigrist	Newbury RC	4
30th	66	Andrew Bryson	Sotonia	4
31st	52	Mike Hill	Hemel Hempstead CC/Summit Racing	4
32nd	63	Andrew Britz	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	4
33rd	65	Stephen Sibley	Amersham RCC	4
34th	17	Donald Lance Woodman	Willesden Cycling Club	4
35th	18	Phil Wege	Amersham RCC	4
36th	102	Ian McNally	Westerley CC	4
37th	41	Norman Lee	private member	4
38th	117	James Curry	British Airways CC	4
39th	185	Hamilton Lacey	private member	4

Thanks to Lance Woodman who collected my missing list from the circuit

Race 8 Youth Results Saturday 31st January 2009

Cat Pos

Club

U16boys

Mark Smith

Welwyn Wheelers

Jack Haining

Sutton CC

David Swan

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

Charlie Heffernan

VC Jubilee

Daniel Snow

Welwyn Wheelers

Jim Lewis

Glendene CC

Tanveer Mann

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

Simon Alexander

Southend Wheelers

Lawrence Carpenter

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

Tom Gallacher

Welwyn Wheelers

Tom Jamieson

In Gear Development Squad

Ed Bird

East London Velo

Frazier Carr

Palmer Park Velo

Ben Bailey

Welwyn Wheelers

Charlie Fawke

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

Matthew Derrick

Oxford City

George Bateman

Welwyn Wheelers

Mark Passey

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

Daniel Skinner

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

DISQ

Ben Strathers

Lindsey Roads

U16girls

Natalie Hill

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

DNF

Bryony Darbon

VC Londres

U14boys

Daniel Maslin

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

Max Stedman

Reading CC

Rory Townsend

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

Mitchell Webber

Andover Wheelers

Daniel Lansley

Palmer Park Velo

Simon Passey

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

Andrew Bradshaw

Sutton CC

DNF

Louis Fawke

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

U14 girls

Emily Barnes

Palmer Park Velo

Alice Barnes

Palmer Park Velo

Katie Metalli

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

Chloe Evans

Welwyn Wheelers

Harriet Hollis

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

U12boys

David Barnes

Palmer Park Velo

Joseph Linehan

Palmer Park Velo

Ben Smith

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

Henry Barnes

Palmer Park Velo

Ashley Hutchison

Chelltenham & County

Reg Pay

Palmer Park Velo

Matthew Lansley

Palmer Park Velo

Aidan Woolvey

Sutton CC

Jed Webber

Andover Wheelers

William Street

Welwyn Wheelers

U12girls

N/A

U10boys

Carl Jolly

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

Harry Tadman

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

Tom Durkin

Welwyn Wheelers

Niall Dawkins

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

Thomas Street

Welwyn Wheelers

U10girls

N/A

U8boys

Thomas Barrowcliffe

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

Lance Hutchison

Chelltenham & County

U8girls

N/A

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Race 10 Saturday 24th January 2009

E123
A fine sunny afternoon with little wind but still rather chilly. A circuit inspection was required with ice and mud in some places but the problem was overcome and the affected areas were coned off as in the previous races of the day. The racing seems to get faster and faster each week, and today’s race was no exception with several riders going off the back right from the start. The Sigma Sport Elite team were there in strength to safeguard Jerone Walters’ overall lead; Steve Golla (Sigma Sport) played a very important part in the race development, his pure strength at the front was very noticeable powering the main group along when danger riders were creeping off the front. There were several other attempts to break clear with riders going off the front in dribs and drabs. Again Rudie Marias (Private member his new team) always in the thick of it. Finally from nowhere Vince Halpern (AW.cycles) opened a small gap after 35 km and riding alone for 1 km was joined by a powerful looking group of 15 riders thus making 16 at the front. The main group did not surrender and efforts by a number riders kept it moving but the size and strength of the breakaway group told, and in the end they had pulled away to a 50 second advantage. Just as everyone thought that this leading group would battle out the finish Jerone Walters and Chris Moores (Norwood Paragon) detached themselves from the group.
Credit to Chris Moores, who suffering from a cold, did well to hang onto Jerone’s wheel and with both riders working well together they eased to a 30 second lead with only 8 km to go. Steve Golla controlled the chase, however, Will Fox (Banbury Star) slipped away and looked most impressive, in the end Chris give best to Jerone in the run in to the line. Will Fox finished a creditable 3rd with Steve Golla leading the remander of the group in. There were two notable outstanding rides from Junior riders in the leading group, a local boy Martin Dawkins (Team Quest) who finished 6th and Conor Dunne (Hemel Hempstead) in 12th. Jo Skelton lead the main group in some 65 seconds down, a truly fascinating race to watch.
Jerone now leads Chris by 240 points.

4th

Saturday’s race saw a further improvement in the standard of riding and an increase in the race speed with frequent attacks and general chasing down of breakaway riders;after 10km three riders escaped from the main group, Phil Wege (Amersham RCC), James Lowden (Lewes Wanderers) Roger Fowkes (Hillingdon Triathletes) gap looked more than promising but in the end the power and determination of the main group brought it all back together. The sprint to the chequered flag was a bit nervy but everyone held their line resulting in a very close finish with Tom Sutherland (Twickenham CC) just being edged out by the sheer finishing strength of James Lowden who will be more than capable of holding his own in the Elite class. All in all, a good race to watch for the enthusiastic onlookers.

Race 10 52km Cats E123 Race Time 01:17:50

Finish					Series Points
1st	09 r	Jerone Walters	Sigma Sport	1	200
2nd	08 r	Chris Moores	Norwood Paragon CC	E	150
3rd	29 r	Will Fox	Banbury Star	2	130
4th	32 r	Steve Golla	Sigma Sport	1	120
5th	56 r	Al Murison	Glenedene CC	2J	110
6th	27 r	Martin Dawkins	Team Quest - The Bike Shop	2J	100
7th	28 r	Rob Fletcher	Anders Electronics/TMG Horizon RT	2	90
8th	64 r	Tom Smith	AW Cycles.Co.uk	E	80
9th	30 r	Rudie Marais	Private member	2	70
10th	53 r	Paul Alderson	South Western RC	2	60
11th	59 r	Jason Salter	In Gear Development Squad/OneLife	2	50
12th	14	Conor Dunne	Hemel Hempstead	J3	40
13th	106	Angus Macalister	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	3	30
14th	92	Keith Lea	Addiscombe CC	3	20
15th	46 r	Doug Baldock	In Gear Development Squad/OneLife	2	10
16th	62 r	Jules Birks	VCL	2
17th	23 r	Jo Skelton	private member	2
18th	61 r	Jake Butler	In Gear Development Squad/OneLife	2
19th	69	James Carter	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	3
20th	66	David Walls	private member	3
21st	102	Sylvain Garde	Addiscombe CC	3
22nd	54 r	Gill Andrew	Sigma Sport	3
23rd	101	Drew Holmes	In Gear Development Squad/OneLife	3J
24th	51 r	Evangelos Christides	Hernes - Greece (UCI licence)	3
25th	26	James Jones	Didcot Phoenix	3
26th	78	Ralph Keeler	Cambridge CC	3
27th	45	Mark Spindler	Twickenham CC	3
28th	35	Rob Henderson	Imperial Racing Team	3
29th	88	Jerzy Kuzminski	private member	3
30th	54	Andy Fowkes	Thames Velo	3
31st	35 r	Sam Grant	Beyond Mountain Bikes	2J
32nd	91	Paul Callaghan	GS Avanti	3
33rd	68	Richard DaSilva	Stevenage CC	3
34th	57 r	Matthias Krippel	Hernes Greece	3
35th	95	Mark Ottaway	VC Meudon	3
36th	89 r	Stuart Thompson	Andover Wheelers	2
37th	23	Joshua Worrall	Twickenham CC	3
38th	47	Kieran Roebuck	private member	3
39th	108	Neil Webb	Mule Bar	3
40th	12	Peter Jones	Hillingdon CC	3
41st	24	Mark Walter	private member	3
42nd	55 r	Mike Inder	Thames Velo	3
43rd	25	Dave Woods	CC Luton	3
44th	83	Harry Littlechild	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	3
45th	51	Anthony Chandlen	Norwood Paragon CC	3
46th	87	Phil Atkins	Ciclos Uno	3
47th	50	Andrew Harvey	Kingston Wheelers CC	3
48th	103	Jake Martin	Rapha-Condor	3J
49th	77	Daniel Royle	Kingston Wheelers CC	3
50th	10	Wayne Thomas	Reading CC	3
51st	110	Alan Sherman	Kingston Wheelers CC	3
52nd	2	Mike Betts	Vegetarian C & AC	3
53rd	16	James Graham	Festival RC	3
54th	63 r	Alec Leslie	John's Bikes RT	2
55th	29	Adam Currie	Kingston Whelers	3
56th	58	Geoff Powell	High Wycombe CC	3
57th	60 r	Joshua Cunningham	In Gear Development Squad/OneLife	2
58th	58 r	James King	In Gear Development Squad/OneLife	2
59th	39	Richard Collins	Imperial Racing Team	3
60th	3	Mario Manelfi	AD Cycles	3
61st	107	John Powell	Onelife-Fuga Racing Team	3
62nd	81	Cameron Carthew	In Gear Development Squad/OneLife	3J
63rd	111	Chris Jones	Bynea CC	3
64th	33	Richard Stanton	Roy Pink Cycles	3
65th	82	Miles Stovold	Dulwich Paragon	3
66th	105	Michael Blann	Sigma Sport	3
67th	113	Edward Robinson	Kingston Wheelers CC	3
68th	36 r	Adam Cotterell	In Gear Development Squad/OneLife	1
69th	55	Paul Bennett	West Drayton	3
70th	22 r	Phil Sheehan	Finchley RT	2

Race 10 Cats 4th 25km Results Saturday 24th January 2009


1st	141	James Lowden	Lewes Wanderers	4
2nd	16	Thomas Sutherland	Twickenham Cycling Club	4
3rd	66	Andrew Bryson	Sotonia	4
4th	106	Roger Fowkes	Hillingdon Triathletes	4
5th	169	James Bowtell	In Gear Development Squad	4J
6th	64	Nick Cribb	private member	4
7th	25	Martin Sigrist	Newbury RC	4
8th	151	Alastair Carter	In Gear Development Squad	4
9th	146	Stewart Ward	Ful On Tri Club	4
10th	134	Stuart Hamilton	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	4
11th	43	Mark Chan	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
12th	42	Martin Evans	Newbury	4
13th	144	Natalie Creswick	Twickenham CC	4
14th	109	Berj Kantarjian	Hillingdon Triathletes	4
15th	20	Michael Widera	Hounslow & District Wheelers	4
16th	84	Alex Osborne	High Wycombe Cycle Club	4
17th	133	David Murrell	private member	4
18th	41	Norman Lee	private member	4
19th	118	Simon North	Hemel Hempstead CC/Summit Racing	4
20th	136	James McCarron	In Gear Development Squad	4J
21st	148	Charles Dunlop-Cunnington		4
22nd	86	Ben Smith	Welwyn Wheelers	4
23rd	143	Simon Abram	Oxford University Cycling Club	4
24th	101	Dave Harmsworth	Reading CC	4
25th	32	Joe Holloway	High Wycombe Cycle Club	4J
26th	340	Stefan Child	In Gear Development Squad	4
27th	107	Michelle Le Brun	Addiscombe CC	W
28th	142	Stuart Stow	private member	4
29th	117	James Curry	British Airways CC	4
30th	13	Martin Porter	Thames Velo	4
31st	1	Dave Ryan	Imperial Racing Team	4
32nd	26	Terry Chard	Swindon Road	4
33rd	69	Mark Heyward-Chaplin	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	4
34th	47	Alan Nixon	Amersham RCC	4
35th	33	Lionel Birnie	Gregarios Superclub Ciclista	4
36th	17	Donald Lance Woodman	Willesden Cycling Club	4
37th	72	Tim Childs	Westerley CC	4
38th	103	Duncan Tulip	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
39th	74	Peter Berry	private member	4
40th	98	Bruce English	Lewes Wanderers CC	4
41st	83	Jai Watson	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
42nd	18	Phil Wege	Amersham RCC	4
43rd	65	Stephen Sibley	Amersham RCC	4

Race 7 Youth Results Saturday 24th January 2009

Cat Pos		Club
	U16boys
1	Mark Smith	Welwyn Wheelers
2	Daniel Snow	Welwyn Wheelers
3	Jack Haining	Sutton CC
4	Elliot Tabraham-Dowes	In Gear Development Squad
5	Frazier Carr	Palmer Park Velo
6	David Swan	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
7	Tom Laker	In Gear Development Squad
8	George Bateman	Welwyn Wheelers
9	Rob Yeatman	Glendene CC
10	Tanveer Mann	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
11	Rory Atkins	Twickenham CC
12	Charlie Fawke	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
13	Matthew Derrick	Oxford City
14	Mark Passey	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
15	Lawrence Carpenter	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
16	Tom Jamieson	In Gear Development Squad
17	Josh Maynard	CC Ashwell
18	Harry Strudley	Palmer Park Velo
19	Tom Bowering	In Gear Development Squad
20	Andrew Levelon	CC Ashwell
DNF	Daniel Skinner	Hillingdon Slipstreamers

	U16girls
1	Stephanie May	Hillingdon Slipstreamers

	U14boys
1	Daniel Maslin	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
2	Harvey Watson	Velocity
3	Jamil Gaida	Palmer Park Velo
4	Max Stedman	Reading CC
5	Daniel Lansley	Palmer Park Velo
6	Chris Roebuck	Oxford City
7	Louis Fawke	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
8	Simon Passey	Hillingdon Slipstreamers

	U14 girls
1	Alice Barnes	Palmer Park Velo
2	Kim English	Palmer Park Velo


	U12boys
1	David Barnes	Palmer Park Velo
2	Ben Smith	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
3	Joseph Linehan	Palmer Park Velo
4	Reg Pay	Palmer Park Velo
5	Nicholas Roebuck	Oxford City
6	Matthew Lansley	Palmer Park Velo
7	Harry Durkin	Welwyn Wheelers
DISQ	Cameron Thompson	Andover Wheelers

	U12girls
	N/A

	U10boys
1	Carl Jolly	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
2	Tom Durkin	Welwyn Wheelers
3	Niall Dawkins	Hillingdon Slipstreamers

	U10girls
1	Eleanor Hall	Beds Road CC

	U8boys
1	Thomas Barrowcliffe	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
2	Joe McGuinness	Palmer Park Velo
3	Timothy Dineen	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
4	James Hall	Beds Road CC

	U8girls
	N/A

* * * * * * * * * *

Race 9 Saturday 17th January 2009

4th cats
Surprisingly a smaller field today lined up for the start than for the freezing artic conditions of last weeks race. Although a strong southerly wind provided a different challenge down the back straight, although helping the riders up the drag to the finish.
The wind was not a deterrent to Martin Sigrist (Newbury RC) who attacked from the gun and quickly gained a gap that at one point was in excess of 30 seconds, and he continued to look smooth and strong as he led for over half the distance. Eventually the bunch woke up, however, and within a few laps his lead was reduced to a few seconds and he was swept up by the bunch half a lap later.
Several more abortive individual attacks were launched from the bunch, but without the safety of numbers they were soon brought back as they entered the headwind into the back straight.
A bunch sprint saw Antony Leeson (Addiscombe CC) take the honours on the line from Charlie Pearch (London Dynamo/Cyclefit).

E123
A strong field with both contenders for the overall bringing along support started as the wind grew stronger and the temperature started to drop. The race however was fast from the beginning with 2nd overall in the series, Chris Moores (Norwood Paragon) launching an early attack with series leader Jerone Walters and team mate Steve Golla (Sigma Sport) being attentive, the move was brought back. A counter move was quickly launched by Rudie Marais and the favourites quickly moved to join him, with both Chris and Jerone Walters having support in the shape of Steve Golla and Chris' brother Ben, along with Paul Alderson (South Western RC) and Ashley Holding (Wild Side 707 RT – first time out in renamed club and kit). With Norwood Paragon, perhaps mistakenly, disrupting any chases the break soon grew to over a minute, although Rudie, paying the price for his initial efforts was discarded as a result. Ben Moores was struggling to contribute to the break and eventually succumbed to the pace of the move as Paul Alderson launched a purposeful attack that caught the rest of his companions by surprise only to be brought back by a hard chasing Chris Moores. The bunch continued, a by now futile chase with Rudie having recovered and Richard Collins (Imperial Racing Team) trying to get off the front.
As the line loomed the superiority of Sigma Sport's numbers bore fruit as Steve Golla appeared several seconds ahead of the rest of the group to be followed home by Jerone, extending his series lead by edging out Chris Moores for second. The bunch stayed together for a fast wind assisted sprint 1 min 32 secs later with Jo Skelton leading them home and Andy Fowkes (Thames Velo) winning the 3rd cat race.

If you like any of the photos taken in Race 9; I am happy to send you free full sized high resolution photos over email lucy@imperialracingteam.com

Race 9 52km Cats E123 Race Time 01:20:02

Finish	No.			Cat	Series Points
1st	32 r	Steve Golla	Sigma Sport	1	200
2nd	09 r	Jerone Walters	Sigma Sport	1	150
3rd	08 r	Chris Moores	Norwood Paragon CC	E	130
4th	33 r	Ashley Holding	Wild Side 707 RT	2	120
5th	53 r	Paul Alderson	South Western RC	2	110
6th	23 r	Jo Skelton	private member	2	100
7th	28 r	Rob Fletcher	Anders Electronics/TMG Horizon RT	2	90
8th	30 r	Rudie Marais	private member	2	80
9th	90 r	Vince Halpern	AW Cycles.Co.uk	1	70
10th	27 r	Martin Dawkins	Team Quest - The Bike Shop	2J	60
11th	13 r	Matthew Carden	Team Quest	1	50
12th	19 r	Thorsten Klassen	Kingston Wheelers CC	2	40
13th	41 r	Spencer Wilson	Team Economic Energy	2	30
14th	51 r	Evangelos Christides	Hernes - Greece (UCI licence)	3	20
15th	35 r	Sam Grant	Beyond Mountain Bikes	2J	10
16th	54	Andy Fowkes	Thames Velo	3
17th	29	Adam Currie	Kingston Whelers	3
18th	14	Conor Dunne	Hemel Hempstead	J3
19th	23	Joshua Worrall	Twickenham CC	3
20th	67	Mick Fuller	Team Quest/The Bike Shop	3
21st	78	Ralph Keeler	Cambridge CC	3
22nd	83	Harry Littlechild	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	3
23rd	26	James Jones	Didcot Phoenix	3
24th	99	John Williams	Willesden CC	3
25th	50	Andrew Harvey	Kingston Wheelers CC	3
26th	54 r	Gill Andrew	Sigma Sport	3
27th	21	Gary Bullock	Thames Velo	3
28th	88	Jerzy Kuzminski	private member	3
29th	12	Peter Jones	Hillingdon CC	3
30th	89 r	Stuart Thompson	Andover Wheelers	2
31st	55 r	Mike Inder	Thames Velo	3
32nd	58	Geoff Powell	High Wycombe CC	3
33rd	80	Andy Lack	Kingston Wheelers CC	3
34th	17 r	Felix English	Team Corridori	2J
35th	10	Wayne Thomas	Reading CC	3
36th	47	Kieran Roebuck	private member	3
37th	25	Dave Woods	CC Luton	3
38th	72	Mark Edwards	Hillingdon Triathletes	3
39th	39	Richard Collins	Imperial Racing Team	3
40th	16	James Graham	Festival RC	3
41st	31 r	Mark Jervis	Python RT	2
42nd	33	Richard Stanton	Roy Pink Cycles	3
43rd	77	Daniel Royle	Kingston Wheelers CC	3

Race 9 Cats 4th 25km Results Saturday 17th January 2009

Finish	No.
1st	132	Antony Leeson	Addiscombe CC	4
2nd	27	Charlie Pearch	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	4
3rd	83	Jai Watson	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
4th	66	Andrew Bryson	Sotonia	4
5th	64	Nick Cribb	private member	4
6th	43	Mark Chan	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
7th	68	David Fong	private member	4
8th	25	Martin Sigrist	Newbury RC	4
9th	16	Thomas Sutherland	Twickenham Cycling Club	4
10th	139	Matthew Theobalds	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
11th	69	Mark Heyward-Chaplin	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	4
12th	15	Joe Harris	Reading CC	4
13th	121	Vincent Leon	Twickenham CC	4
14th	18	Phil Wege	Amersham RCC	4
15th	134	Stuart Hamilton	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	4
16th	97	Maryka Sennema	Kingston Wheelers CC	4W
17th	138	Paul Keeping	private member	4
18th	91	Gavin Mitchell	Twickenham CC	4J
19th	98	Bruce English	Lewes Wanderers CC	4
20th	58	Richard Keeping	Team Quest	4J
21st	49	Philip Keen	Cycle Club Ashwell	4
22nd	72	Tim Childs	Westerley CC	4
23rd	17	Donald Lance Woodman	Willesden Cycling Club	4
24th	33	Lionel Birnie	Gregarios Superclub Ciclista	4
25th	119	Jason Snell	Thames Turbo	4
26th	13	Martin Porter	Thames Velo	4
27th	122	Tom Newman	Westerley CC	4
28th	145	Matthew Myers	Optima	4J
29th	126	George Edwards	Kingston Wheelers CC	4
30th	137	Adam White	Reading CC	4
31st	20	Michael Widera	Hounslow & District Wheelers	4
32nd	67	Patrick Weston	North Devon Wheelers	4
33rd	117	James Curry	British Airways CC	4
34th	65	Stephen Sibley	Amersham RCC	4
35th	24	Moray Cooke		4

Race 6 Youth Results Saturday 17th January 2009


	U16boys
1st	Tanveer Mann	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
2nd	David Swan	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
3rd	Frazier Carr	Palmer Park Velo
4th	Mark Smith	Welwyn Wheelers
5th	Charlie Fawke	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
6th	Daniel Snow	Welwyn Wheelers
7th	Josh Maynard	CC Ashwell
8th	Lawrence Carpenter	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
9th	Matthew Derrick	Oxford City
10th	George Bateman	Welwyn Wheelers
11th	Tom Nason	SWRC
12th	Mark Passey	Hillingdon Slipstreamers

	U16girls
	N/A

	U14boys
1st	Daniel Maslin	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
2nd	Harvey Watson	Velocity
3rd	Daniel Lansley	Palmer Park Velo
4th	Chris Roebuck	Oxford City
5th	Simon Passey	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
6th	Louis Fawke	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
7th	Josh Chudley	Beds RC

	U14 girls
1st	Kim English	Palmer Park Velo

	U12boys
1st	Joseph Linehan	Palmer Park Velo
2nd	Ben Smith	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
3rd	Reg Pay	Palmer Park Velo
4th	Nicholas Roebuck	Oxford City
5th	Matthew Lansley	Palmer Park Velo
6th	Daniel Maynard	CC Ashwell
7th	Gianni Chudley	Beds RC
DISQ	Harry Durkin	Welwyn Wheelers

	U12girls
1st	Rebecca Maynard	CC Ashwell

	U10boys
1st	Carl Jolly	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
2nd	Tom Durkin	Welwyn Wheelers

	U10girls
1st	Eleanor Hall	Beds RC

	U8boys
1st	Thomas Barrowcliffe	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
2nd	Joe McGuinness	Palmer Park Velo
3rd	James Hall	Beds RC

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Race 8 Saturday 10th January 2009

4th cat
After clearing the circuit of a light covering of snow and then salting a few bad patches led to a slight delay in the start time for when 38 riders lined up for the race. They all rode very sensibly with no incidents, the pace again improves week on week along with the general standard of bike handling. Although several efforts were made during the race to open a gap from the main group nothing happened and in the end it came down to a mass charge for the finishing line with Robert Moore (London Phoenix CC) winning by 5 lengths from George Edwards (Kingston Wheelers CC). It was an impressive effort, however, the outcome perhaps would have been slightly different if Dave Ryan (Imperial Racing Team) and Micheal Widera (Hounslow Wheelers) who had prized themselves off the front with 2 km to go but unfortunately were caught in the run in. They both deserved more and again is a reflection of the standard and ability of the 4th cats to be aware of all such moves and generally the whole 4th cat racing keeps on improving and all riders can look forward to a season of racing on the circuit and road.

E123
A decision was made at the start to reduce the distance of the race to 50 minutes plus 5 laps; not really for the riders sake but mainly for the officials who had suffered the artic conditions during the 4th and Youth races. The circuit condition was improving but it was still bitterly cold.

Many riders who reached the circuit were bewildered by the conditions having arrived from less artic areas of the country. The non slip surface with salt in the icy places proved a great test and made racing safe with speeds as for normal conditions. A credit to the bike handling skills and courage of all the riders that took part. Rudie Marias again made a predigous effort from the start and opened up a huge gap after 2km; he was caught after a frantic chase and almost immediately 3 riders detached themselves from the main the group opening a similar gap. Russell Painter (Norwood Paragon), Paul Alderson (South Western RC) and with new racer Nigel Atkins (Twickenham CC) pulling really hard it looked very promising but finally after some really hard turns by the main group with the Moores brothers (Norwood Parargon CC), Rudie, Jerone Walters (Sigma Sport) and Henry Furniss (WyndyMilla) they were caught. Rudie Marias went again and opened another gap. Nigel Atkins also tried again, he is almost as equally as strong as Rudie, if only they could contain their effort and get together later in the series they could be a winning duo.

Paul Alderson was also part of the move but as before with the Moores brothers and Jerone Walters becoming very vigilant and closing everything down. The speed up to the finishing straight was quite amazing considering the snow on the top bend. With just 5km the most serious effort was made and should have been a winning move with one of last years stars Steve Golla (Sigma Sport) finding his winter legs and team mate Jerone along with Jake Butler (In Gear Development Squad/OneLife) opening a gap but such was the speed of the main group again with Moores brothers working like Trojans were pulled back together. Another hectic charge for the finishing line with thankfully nearly everyone holding their line saw the strength and class of non sprinter Jerone desperately holding off Chris Moores on the line, with new comer Joshua Cunningham (In Gear Development Squad/OneLife) holding on to take 3rd place. In the circumstances every rider deserved credit for just riding in perhaps the most servere conditions for a winter series race in the 11 years it has been running.

Jerone leads Chris in the Imperial Winter Series by just 150 points.

Race 8 Cats E123 Race Time 0:59.54

Finish	No.			Cat	Series Points
1st	09 r	Jerone Walters	Sigma Sport	1	200
2nd	08 r	Chris Moores	Norwood Paragon CC	E	150
3rd	40 r	Joshua Cunningham	In Gear Development Squad/OneLife	2	130
4th	29 r	Will Fox	Banbury Star	2	120
5th	29	Paul Alderson	South Western RC	3	110
6th	93	Ben Moores	Norwood Paragon CC	3	100
7th	71	Henry Sleight	Loughborough Students CC	3	90
8th	34	James Dunsbier	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	3	80
9th	16	Evangelos Christides	Hernes - Greece (UCI licence)	3	70
10th	21 r	Jason Humphries	Norwood Paragon CC	2	60
11th	44	Richard Black	Dulwich Paragon CC	3	50
12th	26	James Jones	Didcot Phoenix	3	40
13th	30 r	Rudie Marais	private member	2	30
14th	82	Miles Stovold	Dulwich Paragon	3	20
15th	36 r	Adam Cotterell	In Gear Development Squad/OneLife	1	10
16th	69	James Carter	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	3
17th	46	Kieran Dineen	Amersham RCC	3
18th	5	Nils Gustafsson	Oxford Uni CC / Amersham Road CC	3
19th	41 r	Spencer Wilson	Team Economic Energy	2
20th	150	Drew Holmes	In Gear Development Squad/OneLife	3J
21st	37 r	Grant Grant	private member	3
22nd	19 r	Thorsten Klassen	Kingston Wheelers CC	2
23rd	46 r	Doug Baldock	In Gear Development Squad/OneLife	2
24th	32 r	Steve Golla	Sigma Sport	1
25th	12	Peter Jones	Hillingdon CC	3
26th	64	Nigel Atkins	Twickenham CC	3
27th	51	Anthony Chandlen	Norwood Paragon CC	3
28th	21	Gary Bullock	Thames Velo	3
29th	35 r	Sam Grant	Beyond Mountain Bikes	2J
30th	83	Harry Littlechild	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	3
31st	39	Richard Collins	Imperial Racing Team	3
32nd	65	Vaughan Luff	Team DeVer	3
33rd	23	Joshua Worrall	Twickenham CC	3
34th	12 r	Jake Butler	In Gear Development Squad/OneLife	2
35th	42 r	Nat Spurling	Finsbury Park	2
36th	98	Paul Stedman	Reading CC	3
37th	50	Andrew Harvey	Kingston Wheelers CC	3
38th	3	Mario Manelfi	AD Cycles	3
39th	25 r	Des Gaylor	Kenton RC	2
40th	14	Conor Dunne	Hemel Hempstead	J3
41st	2	Mike Betts	Vegetarian C & AC	3
42nd	89	James Stuart	Redhill	3
43rd	39 r	Marcus Brueton	Norwood Paragon CC	2
44th	58	Geoff Powell	High Wycombe CC	3
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Race 8 Cats 4th Results Saturday 10th January 2009

Finish	No.
1st	93	Robert Moore	London Phoenix CC	4
2nd	126	George Edwards	Kingston Wheelers CC	4
3rd	137	Adam White	Reading CC	4
4th	16	Thomas Sutherland	Twickenham Cycling Club	4
5th	27	Charlie Pearch	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	4
6th	139	James Bowtell	In Gear Development Squad	4
7th	132	Antony Leeson	Addiscombe CC	4
8th	88	Jonathan Heal	FCCC	4
9th	83	Jai Watson	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
10th	64	Nick Cribb	private member	4
11th	12	Malcolm Dixon	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
12th	140	Stephen Child	In Gear Development Squad	4
13th	69	Mark Heyward-Chaplin	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	4
14th	138	Alistair Carter	In Gear Development Squad	4
15th	63	Andrew Britz	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	4
16th	112	Serge Hunt	Addiscombe CC	4
17th	25	Martin Sigrist	Newbury RC	4
18th	20	Michael Widera	Hounslow & District Wheelers	4
19th	72	Tim Childs	Westerley CC	4
20th	36	Ken Iino	London Phoenix	4
21st	134	Stuart Hamilton	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	4
22nd	68	David Fong	private member	4
23rd	1	Dave Ryan	Imperial Racing Team	4
24th	133	David Murrell	private member	4
25th	13	Martin Porter	Thames Velo	4
26th	136	James McCarron	In Gear Development Squad	4J
27th	103	Duncan Tulip	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
28th	17	Donald Lance Woodman	Willesden Cycling Club	4
29th	55	Henry Sutcliffe	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
				.

Race 5 Youth Results Saturday 10th January 2009


	U16boys
1st	Tom Canning	Halesowen A&CC
2nd	Tanveer Mann	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
3rd	Lawrence Carpenter	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
4th	Mark Passey	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
5th	Charlie Fawke	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
6th	Josh Maynard	CC Ashwell
7th	Tom Nason	SWRC
8th	Tom Jamieson	In Gear Dev Squad
9th	Rory Atkins	Twickenham CC
DISQ	Elliot Tabraham-Dowers	In Gear Dev Squad
DISQ	Tom Bowering	In Gear Dev Squad

	U16girls
	N/A

	U14boys
1st	Daniel Maslin	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
2nd	Max Stedman	Reading CC
3rd	Rory Townsend	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
4th	Louis Fawke	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
5th	Simon Passey	Hillingdon Slipstreamers

	U14 girls
1st	Sara Gent	In Gear Dev Squad

	U12boys
1st	Ben Smith	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
2nd	Daniel Maynard	CC Ashwell

	U12girls
1st	Rebecca Maynard	CC Ashwell

	U10boys
1st	Carl Jolly	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
2nd	Niall Dawkins	Hillingdon Slipstreamers

	U10girls
	N/A

	U8boys
	N/A

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Race 7 Saturday 3rd January 2009

E123
Although slightly warmer than for the 4th Cat Race, the temperature was only just above freezing with the sun fading fast. Tony Gibb (Plowman Craven Madison) turned up to race again (to check his winter legs) but was unhappy with some of the riding having to ride on the grass to avoid the only incident of the afternoon. There were many attacks from the start with Rudie Marias (Norwood Paragon CC) yet again being joined by James Leach (Twickenham CC) from lap 1; really only an attempt to drag the field out. Tony Gibb was also fairly active in the early stages of the race but it seemed only for the shear hell of it. Rudie tried again by attacking and splitting the field, a great pity that he does not preserve his strength for the effort in the latter stages of the race. There were several groups that moved clear of the main field but such was the speed their efforts were short lived. Most of the main contenders were in each of the groups and at one time three Team Quest riders were driving at the front and established a 10 second lead after 25km. Ed Summerwell, Michael Hill and Bill Butterworth (all Team Quest) with the Moores brothers (Norwood Paragon) crossing to it; however, the group was too big and was swallowed up by the main field. Again, because many of the main contenders namely Paul Alderson (South Western RC), Jerone Walters (Sigma Sport) and Tony Gibb were left to close the gap, but as so often happens after a coming together and a lull a group of six slipped off the front with 12km to go. Amazingly both the Moores brothers were there again with Academy Junior Toby Meadows (Team Corridori ) looking surprisingly fit with ace veteran Ashley Holding (Wild Side RT) and ever consistent Jerone Walters. The main group did make some half hearted attempts to close the gap with Henry Furniss (WyndyMilla), Rudie and Paul Alderson trying really hard but their efforts were not consistent and with the crash 3 laps to go it totally disorganised the race and the breakaway steadily pulled away and with each of their efforts it meant that everyone had an even chance for the line. Meadows got the jump on the rest but Chris Moores got very close on the line, a truly a great finish with Jerone Walters 3rd and fast improving Harry Bulstrode (Thames Velo) in 4th, Ashley Holding in 5th and Ben Moores, who worked so hard for Chris in the break, finished a few seconds later in 6th place. Henry Furniss again showed his frustration with the main group (his should have been in the break) to leave them in the last 1 km to finish alone in 7th place and Rudie showed an exceptional burst of speed to lead the main group in.
All in all a fascinating race worthy of its National B rating with Toby Meadows not in overall contention Chris Moores scores the maximum 200 series points and closes the gap on Jerone Walters.

4th cat
Brilliantly sunny but only just above freezing and an increased entry after the Christmas racing saw an eager field ready to race. A lack of wind saw a very much increased pace in the main group; as the weeks go on it has been good to see the 4th cat riders becoming more confident with far better bike handling and in particular to the difficult run in to the finish. Although only his second proper race Miles Stovold (Dulwich Paragon) showed his strength not only to win but to get back into the main group after a gear adjustment early in the race. He beat Clive Jarvis (CC Basingstoke) to the line with Junior Gavin Mitchell (Twickenham CC) showing his track craft to take 3rd place. A good encouraging race; long may it continue in the future to boost more Sportif riders into Road Racing.

Race 7 52km Cats E123 Race Time 01:15:30

Place	No.				Series Points
1st	42 r	Toby Meadows	Team Corridori	1
2nd	08 r	Chris Moores	Norwood Paragon CC	E	200
3rd	09 r	Jerone Walters	Sigma Sport	1	150
4th	24 r	Harry Bulstrode	Thames Velo	2	130
5th	33 r	Ashley Holding	Wild Side RT	2	120
6th	93	Ben Moores	Norwood Paragon CC	3	110
7th	06 r	Henry Furniss	WyndyMilla	1	100
8th	30 r	Rudie Marais	Norwood Paragon CC	2	90
9th	26 r	Sam Allen	AW Cycles.Co.uk	2	80
10th	23 r	Jo Skelton	private member	2	70
11th	28 r	Rob Fletcher	Anders Electronics/TMG Horizon RT	2	60
12th	32 r	Steve Golla	Sigma Sport	1	50
13th	04 r	Steve Legg	RT316-Crown Lifts/AlarmComms/TakeMyPainAway	1	40
14th	27 r	Martin Dawkins	Team Quest - The Bike Shop	2J	30
15th	02 r	Dave Hutchison	VC St Raphael	1	20
16th	17	Nick Abraham	private member	3	10
17th	18 r	Michael Hill	Team Quest	2
18th	16	Evangelos Christides	Hernes - Greece (UCI licence)	3
19th	29	Paul Alderson	South Western RC	3
20th	24	Mark Walter	private member	3
21st	26	James Jones	Didcot Phoenix	3
22nd	03 r	Jason Streather	VC St Raphael	E
23rd	69	James Carter	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	3
24th	23	Joshua Worrall	Twickenham CC	3
25th	15	Sam Fry	Glenedene CC	3
26th	83	Harry Littlechild	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	3
27th	41 r	Spencer Wilson	Team Economic Energy	2
28th	73	Mark Holt	Cambridge Uni CC	3
29th	87	Phil Atkins	Ciclos Uno	3
30th	21	Gary Bullock	Thames Velo	3
31st	29 r	Will Fox	Banbury Star	2
32nd	51	Anthony Chandlen	Norwood Paragon CC	3
33rd	50	Andrew Harvey	Kingston Wheelers CC	3
34th	150	David Walls	private member	3
35th	35	Rob Henderson	Imperial Racing Team	3
36th	78	Ralph Keeler	Cambridge CC	3
37th	12	Peter Jones	Hillingdon CC	3
38th	90	Ian Lowe	Thames Velo	3
39th	10	Wayne Thomas	Reading CC	3
40th	60	Rich Cooper	Willesden CC	3
41st	3	Mario Manelfi	AD Cycles	3
42nd	25	Dave Woods	CC Luton	3
43rd	96	Ian Hastings	North Hampshire RC	3
44th	30	James Leach	Twickenham CC	3
45th	44	Richard Black	Dulwich Paragon CC	3
46th	57	Calv Hobday	Tri UK	3
47th	4	Edward Summerwell	Team Quest	3
48th	82	Shaun Green	Army Cycling Union	3
49th	31 r	Mark Jervis	Python RT	2
50th	55	Paul Bennett	West Drayton	3
51st	72	Mark Edwards	Hillingdon Triathletes	3
52nd	74	Stuart Jackson	Team Quest	3
53rd	58	Geoff Powell	High Wycombe CC	3
54th	70	James Foster	Team Quest	3
55th	149	Charlie Heffernan	VC Jubilee	Y

Race 7 Cats 4th 25km Results Saturday 3rd January 2009

Finish	No.
1st	117	Miles Stovold	Dulwich Paragon	4
2nd	123	Clive Jarvis	CC Basingstoke	4
3rd	91	Gavin Mitchell	Twickenham CC	4J
4th	93	Robert Moore	London Phoenix CC	4
5th	16	Thomas Sutherland	Twickenham Cycling Club	4
6th	109	Berj Kantarjian	Hillingdon Triathletes	4
7th	83	Jai Watson	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
8th	11	Andrew Colsell	High Wycombe Cycle Club	4
9th	68	David Fong	private member	4
10th	27	Charlie Pearch	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	4
11th	15	Joe Harris	Reading CC	4
12th	9	Christopher Roche	Bedfordshire Road Cycling Club	4
13th	35	Jonathan Wale	Amersham RCC	4J
14th	101	Dave Harmsworth	Reading CC	4
15th	80	Nigel Barton-White	London Phoenix	4
16th	18	Phil Wege	Amersham RCC	4
17th	64	Nick Cribb		4
18th	62	William Slack	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	4
19th	52	Mike Hill	Hemel Hempstead CC/Summit Racing	4
20th	128	Jon Lomax	Amersham RCC	4
21st	25	James Gregg	Behind the Bike Shed	4
22nd	125	Alex Osborne	High Wycombe Cycle Club	4
23rd	65	Stephen Sibley	Amersham RCC	4
24th	124	Dean Ricketts	Hemel Hempstead CC/Summit Racing	4
25th	69	Mark Heyward-Chaplin	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	4
26th	127	Les Liddiard	MI Racing	4
27th	108	Elliot Katz	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	4
28th	118	Simon North	Hemel Hempstead CC/Summit Racing	4
29th	58	Richard Keeping	Team Quest	4J
30th	116	Natalie Hill	Hillingdon Slipstreamers	w
31st	26	Terry Chard	Swindon Road	4
32nd	47	Alan Nixon	Amersham RCC	4
33rd	95	Jeff Robinson	North Road	4
34th	43	Mark Chan	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
35th	17	Donald Lance Woodman	Willesden Cycling Club	4
36th	61	Martin Bowd	Hillingdon Triathletes	4
37th	1	Dave Ryan	Imperial Racing Team	4
38th	86	Ben Smith	Welwyn Wheelers	4
39th	103	Duncan Tulip	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
40th	88	Jonathan Heal	FCCC	4
41st	129	Andrew Jackson	Amersham RCC	4
42nd	20	Michael Widera	Hounslow & District Wheelers	4
43rd	51	Robert Hill	Hemel Hempstead CC/Summit Racing	4

Race 4 Youth Results Saturday 3rd January 2009


	U16Boys
1st	Ted Bate	Halesowen A&CC
2nd	Daniel Snow	Welwyn Wheelers
3rd	David Swan	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
4th	Tanveer Mann	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
5th	Charlie Fawke	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
6th	Tom Canning	Halesowen A&CC
7th	Lawrence Carpenter	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
8th	Matthew Derrick	Oxford City
9th	Josh Maynard	CC Ashwell
10th	Harry Strudley	Palmer Park Velo
11th	George Bateman	Welwyn Wheelers
12th	Tom Nason	SWRC
13th	Mark Passey	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
14th	Jamie Hayhurst
DNF	Andrew Leveton	CC Ashwell
DNF	Mark Smith	Welwyn Wheelers

	U16girls
1st	Stephanie May	Hillingdon Slipstreamers

	U14boys
1st	Daniel Maslin	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
2nd	Jamil Gaida	Palmer Park Velo
3rd	Rory Townsend	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
4th	Harvey Watson	Velocity
5th	Daniel Lansley	Palmer Park Velo
6th	Simon Passey	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
7th	Louis Fawke	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
8th	Chris Roebuck	Oxford City

	U14 girls
1st	Kim English	Palmer Park Velo
2nd	Katie Metalli	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
3rd	Emily Wilkins	Flitch Crono CC

	U12boys
1st	Ashley Hutchison	Cheltenham & County
2nd	Ben Smith	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
3rd	Joseph Linehan	Palmer Park Velo
4th	Jacob North	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
5th	Matthew Laansley	Palmer Park Velo
6th	Daniel Maynard	CC Ashwell
7th	Nicholas Roebuck	Oxford City

	U12girls
1st	Abigail Dentus	Palmer Park Velo
2nd	Rebecca Maynard	CC Ashwell

	U10boys
1st	Carl Jolly	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
2nd	Tom Durkin	Welwyn Wheelers
3rd	Niall Dawkins	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
4th	Harry Tadman	Hillingdon Slipstreamers

	U10girls
	N/A

	U8boys
1st	Thomas Barrowcliffe	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
2nd	Joe McGuinness	Palmer Park Velo
3rd	Lance Hutchison	Cheltenham & County

	U8girls
	N/A

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Race 6 Thursday 1st January 2009

E123 Cloudy very cold and a little wind. An exceptionally fast start with Dave McMullen (Evans Cycles) opening a 15 second gap on the first lap but he was very quickly reeled in when the race settled down. Tony Gibbs’s (Plowman Craven Madison) presence had little effect after his New Year’s celebrations. James Leach (Twickenham CC) and Rudie Marias (Norwood Paragon CC) again eased off the front and this stirred the main group into action with Ed Summerwell (Team Quest) going across to join them making a very useful group but they were finally brought back.
The next group to attempt to break away included Kevin Ibbetson (Fietsen Tempo), Jason Humphries (Norwood Paragon CC), Joshua Worrell (Twickenham CC), Michael Hill (Team Quest), Matthew Carden (Team Quest) and Henry Sleight (Loughborough Students CC) but they were also pulled back. Again Rudie Marias moved forward which looked to be a very useful move but with Paul Alderson (South Western RC), Jerone Walters (Sigma Sport), Paul Delahunty (London Dynamo/Cyclefit) and Felix English (Team Corridori) left in the main group pulling hard it was always going to be difficult to maintain the gap. Rudie found the effort to attack again and this time Jo Skelton reacted but after 30km it was just too much. However, finally a group did detach itself with 10km to go with Rudie, Jez Cox(Bike & Run), Dave McMullen and Henry Sleight which was a very similar pattern to the previous race and although they worked well together with all doing hard turns they really did not deserve to be caught with half a lap to go and this left a manic charge to the line.
Jerone Walters seemed to come from nowhere to challenge Jo Skelton but he just held on to take the victory with a fast improving Jason Humphries in 3rd. Jerone Walters is talking about going to Hog Hill for harder racing but perhaps after sampling Hog Hill 30 times he may return to the ease of the Hillingdon circuit and an overall win in the Imperial Winter Series.

4th cat Only one worthwhile attack by Miles Stovold (Dulwich Paragon CC), a first time racer who opened up a substantial gap after 14km of the 20km race but unfortunately he timed his effort a little too early and was caught with 2km to go. This lead to the whole main group sprinting for the places with James Gregg (Behind the Bike Shed) producing a very strong finish to win with Jai Watson (Dulwich Paragon CC) second and Clive Jarvis (CC Basingstoke) in third place.

Race 6 52km Cats E123 Race Time 1:15:45

Finish	No.				Series Points
1st	23 r	Jo Skelton	private member	2	200
2nd	09 r	Jerone Walters	Sigma Sport	1	150
3rd	21 r	Jason Humphries	Norwood Paragon CC	2	130
4th	03 r	Jason Streather	VC St Raphael	E	120
5th	42 r	Sam Allen	AWCycles	2
6th	29	Paul Alderson	South Western RC	3	110
7th	04 r	Steve Legg	RT316-Crown Lifts/AlarmComms/TakeMyPainAway	1	95
7th	24 r	Harry Bulstrode	Thames Velo	2	95
9th	71	Henry Sleight	Loughborough Students CC	3	80
10th	18 r	Michael Hill	Team Quest	2	70
11th	22 r	Phil Sheehan	Finchley RT	2	60
12th	16	Evangelos Christides	Hernes - Greece (UCI licence)	3	50
13th	19 r	Thorsten Klassen	Kingston Wheelers CC	2	40
14th	10 r	Paul Delahunty	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	E	30
15th	78	Ralph Keeler	Cambridge CC	3	20
16th	51	Anthony Chandlen	Norwood Paragon CC	3	10
17th	20 r	Kevin Ibbetson	Fietsen Tempo	2
18th	12	Peter Jones	Hillingdon CC	3
19th	150	Michael Corke	London Dynamo/Cyclefit/Loughborough Students	3
20th	13 r	Matthew Carden	Team Quest	1
21st	17 r	Felix English	Team Corridori	2J
22nd	54	Andy Fowkes	Thames Velo	3
23rd	108	Sam Grant	Beyond Mountain Bikes	3J
24th	23	Joshua Worrall	Twickenham CC	3
25th	57	Calv Hobday	Tri UK	3
26th	149	Anothony Corke	private member	3
27th	95	Mark Ottaway	VC Meudon	3
28th	68	Richard DaSilva	Stevenage CC	3
29th	02 r	Dave Hutchison	VC St Raphael	1
30th	5	Nils Gustafsson	Oxford Uni CC / Amersham Road CC	3
31st	69	James Carter	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	3
32nd	13	Duncan Cooper	private member	3
33rd	10	Wayne Thomas	Reading CC	3
34th	30	James Leach	Twickenham CC	3
35th	25	Dave Woods	CC Luton	3
36th	87	Phil Atkins	Ciclos Uno	3
37th	148	David Swan	Hillingdon Slipstreamer	Y
38th	25 r	Des Gaylor	Kenton RC	2
39th	39	Richard Collins	Imperial Racing Team	3
40th	14	Conor Dunne	Hemel Hempstead	J3
41st	96	Ian Hastings	North Hampshire RC	3
42nd	4	Edward Summerwell	Team Quest	3
43rd	3	Mario Manelfi	AD Cycles	3
44th	85	Jez Cox	Bike & Run	3
45th	62	Rudie Marais	Norwood Paragon CC	2
46th	97	Dave McMullen	Evans Cycles	3
47th	74	Stuart Jackson	Team Quest	3
48th	148	Charlie Hefferner	VC Jubilee	Y

Race 6 Cats 4th 25km Results Thursday 1st January 2009

Finish	No.
1st	25	James Gregg	Behind the Bike Shed	4
2nd	83	Jai Watson	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
3rd	123	Clive Jarvis	CC Basingstoke	4
4th	91	Gavin Mitchell	Twickenham CC	4J
5th	1	Dave Ryan	Imperial Racing Team	4
6th	63	Andrew Britz	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	4
7th	109	Berj Kantarjian	Hillingdon Triathletes	4
8th	148	David Swan	Hillingdon Slipstreamer	Y
9th	15	Joe Harris	Reading CC	4
10th	88	Jonathan Heal	FCCC	4
11th	145	Henry Venter	Army	4
12th	149	Bryony Darbon	VC Londres	Y
13th	118	Simon North	Hemel Hempstead CC/Summit Racing	4
14th	116	Natalie Hill	Hillingdon Slipstreamers	Y
15th	98	Bruce English	Lewes Wanderers CC	4
16th	121	Vincent Leon	Twickenham CC	4
17th	26	Terry Chard	Swindon Road	4
18th	81	James Platt	Kingston Wheelers CC	4
19th	27	Charlie Pearch	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	4
20th	150	Jonathan Wale	Amersham RCC	4J
21st	74	Peter Berry	private member	4
22nd	117	Miles Stovold	Dulwich Paragon	4
23rd	42	Martin Evans	Newbury	4
24th	17	Donald Lance Woodman	Willesden Cycling Club	4
25th	65	Stephen Sibley	Amersham RCC	4
26th	97	Maryka Sennema	Kingston Wheelers CC	4W

* * * * * *

Race 5 Saturday 27th December 2008

E123
A good class 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, 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 a brilliant ride by Josh Papworth to hold on to win alone, it was indeed a marvellous effort which lifted the gloom and cold of the circuit and 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.

4th cats
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 playing 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 holding off the chasing bunch. Only in the last lap was there a slight chance of him being caught and 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.

Race 5 52km Cats E123 Race Time 01:14:22

Finish	No.				Series Points
1st	150	Josh Papworth	Wyre Forest	Y
2nd	08 r	Chris Moores	Norwood Paragon CC	E	200
3rd	72	Jo Skelton	private member	2	150
4th	70	Martin Dawkins	Team Quest - The Bike Shop	2J	130
5th	03 r	Jason Streather	VC St Raphael	E	120
6th	09 r	Jerone Walters	Sigma Sport	1	110
7th	29	Paul Alderson	South Western RC	3	100
8th	108	Sam Grant	Beyond Mountain Bikes	3J	90
9th	06 r	Henry Furniss	WyndyMilla	1	80
10th	17	Nick Abraham	private member	3	70
11th	134	Tom Wieckowski	HACC	2J
12th	42 r	Danielle King	I-Team CC	1W
13th	91	Michael Hill	Team Quest	2	60
14th	24	Mark Walter	private member	3	50
15th	96	Ian Hastings	North Hampshire RC	3	40
16th	04 r	Steve Legg	RT316-Crown Lifts/AlarmComms/Tak MyPainAway	1	30
17th	26	James Jones	Didcot Phoenix	3	20
18th	12	Peter Jones	Hillingdon CC	3	10
19th	95	Mark Ottaway	VC Meudon	3
20th	16	Evangelos Christides	Hernes - Greece (UCI licence)	3
21st	23	Joshua Worrall	Twickenham CC	3
22nd	149	Jes Wieckowski	HACC	Y
23rd	5	Nils Gustafsson	Oxford Uni CC / Amersham Road CC	3
24th	10	Wayne Thomas	Reading CC	3
25th	73	Des Gaylor	Kenton RC	2
26th	98	Paul Stedman	Reading CC	3
27th	44	Richard Black	Dulwich Paragon CC	3
28th	25	Dave Woods	CC Luton	3
29th	39	Richard Collins	Imperial Racing Team	3
30th	87	Phil Atkins	Ciclos Uno	3
31st	62	Rudie Marais	Norwood Paragon CC	2
32nd	13 r	Matthew Carden	Team Quest	1
33rd	67	Nat Spurling	Finsbury Park	2
34th	58	Geoff Powell	High Wycombe CC	3
35th	4	Edward Summerwell	Team Quest	3
36th	15 r	Alexander King	GWR Team	1J
37th	148	Robin Worman	Tor2000

Race 5 Cats 4th 25km Results Saturday 27th December 2008

Finish	No.
1st	119	Mark Edwards	Hillingdon Triathletes	4
2nd	1	Dave Ryan	Imperial Racing Team	4
3rd	63	Andrew Britz	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	4
4th	15	Joe Harris	Reading CC	4
5th	118	Simon North	Hemel Hempstead CC/Summit Racing	4
6th	83	Jai Watson	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
7th	58	Richard Keeping	Team Quest	4J
8th	120	Misha Newman	Slipstreamers	Y
9th	101	Dave Harmsworth	Reading CC	4
10th	68	David Fong	private member	4
11th	26	Terry Chard	Swindon Road	4
12th	110	Rory Atkins	Twickenham CC	Y
13th	117	James Lowsley-Williams		Y
14th	19	Allan Simmonds	Amersham RCC	4
15th	20	Michael Widera	Hounslow & District Wheelers	4
16th	149	Trevor King	I-Team CC	4
17th	121	Vincent Leon	Twickenham CC	4
18th	115	David Gunn	Liphook	Y
19th	35	Jonathan Wale	Amersham RCC	4J
20th	122	Tom Newman	Westerley CC	4
21st	114	Arja Scarsbrook	Team Ehelon - Spiuk	4W
22nd	21	Neil Edwards	Chiltern Tri	4
23rd	113	Stephen Thurkettle	Non Member	4
24th	148	Max Stedman	Reading CC	Y
25th	47	Alan Nixon	Amersham RCC	4
26th	73	Chris Goodman	VC Londres	4
27th	17	Donald Lance Woodman	Willesden Cycling Club	4
28th	80	Nigel Barton-White	London Phoenix	4

* * * * *

Race 4 Friday 26th December 2008

E123
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.

4th cat
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 was very disappointing with extremely bad riding, a crash sending two riders 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).

Race 4 52km Cats E123 Race Time 01:12:40

Finish	No.				Series Points
1st	08 r	Chris Moores	Norwood Paragon CC	E	200
2nd	09 r	Jerone Walters	Sigma Sport	1	150
3rd	06 r	Henry Furniss	WyndyMilla	1	130
4th	15 r	Alexder King	GWR Team	1J	120
5th	90	Felix English	Team Corridori	2J	110
6th	29	Paul Alderson	South Western RC	3	100
7th	91	Michael Hill	Team Quest	2	90
8th	88	Will Fox	Banbury Star	2	80
9th	92	Keith Lea	Addiscombe CC	3	70
10th	03 r	Jason Streather	VC St Raphael	E	60
11th	42 r	Wayne Coombs	VC Montpellier	E
12th	73	Des Gaylor	Kenton RC	2	50
13th	69	Jason Humphries	Norwood Paragon CC	2	40
14th	27	Martin Hulbert	VC Meudon	3	30
15th	71	Henry Sleight	Loughborough Students CC	3	20
16th	23	Joshua Worrall	Twickenham CC	3	10
17th	21	Harry Bulstrode	Thames Velo	2
18th	82	Mark Jervis	Python RT	2
19th	53	Cosmo Kedros	Dulwich Paragon CC	3
20th	54	Andy Fowkes	Thames Velo	3
21st	72	Jo Skelton	private member	2
22nd	93	Ben Moores	Norwood Paragon CC	3
23rd	108	Sam Grant	Beyond Mountain Bikes	3J
24th	16 r	Sam Humpheson	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	1
25th	16	Evangelos Christides	Hernes - Greece (UCI licence)	3
26th	75	Henry Martin	Oxford Uni CC	3
27th	12	Peter Jones	Hillingdon CC	3
28th	57	Calv Hobday	Tri UK	3
29th	78	Ralph Keeler	Cambridge CC	3
30th	5	Nils Gustafsson	Oxford Uni CC / Amersham Road CC	3
31st	26	James Jones	Didcot Phoenix	3
32nd	58	Geoff Powell	High Wycombe CC	3
33rd	11 r	Vince Halpern	AW Cycles.Co.uk	1
34th	84	Freddie Clark	private member	3

Race 4 Cats 4th 32km 49 mins Results Friday 26th December 2008

Finish	No.
1st	21	Mark Ottaway	VC Meudon	4
2nd	35	Jonathan Wale	Amersham RCC	4J
3rd	59	William Platt	Kingston Wheelers CC	4
4th	109	Berj Kantarjian	Hillingdon Triathletes	4
5th	15	Joe Harris	Reading CC	4
6th	49	Philip Keen	Cycle Club Ashwell	4
7th	81	James Platt	Kingston Wheelers CC	4
8th	112	Serge Hunt	Addiscombe CC	4
9th	101	Dave Harmsworth	Reading CC	4
10th	110	Rory Atkins	Twickenham CC	Y
11th	113	Dave Newman	Westerley CC	4
12th	114	Malcolm Woolsey	Westerley CC	4
13th	1	Dave Ryan	Imperial Racing Team	4
14th	103	Duncan Tulip	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
15th	74	Peter Berry	private member	4
16th	26	Terry Chard	Swindon Road	4
17th	108	Elliot Katz	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	4
18th	43	Mark Chan	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
19th	115	David Gunn	Liphook	4
20th	98	Bruce English	Lewes Wanderers CC	4

* * * *

Race 3 Saturday 20th December 2008

Man of Race : Nigel Atkins - Twickenham CC

E123
Again the E123 race was a fine example of road racing with many attacks from the start and as usual both of the earlier attacks were pulled back by a vigilant main group. After 35km a group of four went clear and were joined later by a further four. Two Twickenham CC riders Joshua Worrell and Nigel Atkins were in that group. Both Jason Streather (VC St Raphael) and Rudie Marias (Norwood Paragon) missed the move, the breakway of 8 worked well and open a huge gap with Nigel Atkins charging from the front. The main group were not idle with some huge turns by Jason Streather, Paul Delahunty (London Dynamo) and Vince Halpern (AWcycles) but the gap remained the same. Only Paul Alderson (South Western RC) managed to get clear and looked as if he may bridge the gap but in the end his efforts were to no avail. In the lead group Chris Moores (Norwood Paragon) and Jerone Walters (Sigma Sport) pulled away and left the other six floundering. These two rode brilliantly and were never likely to be challenged and in the run to the line Chris got the better of Jerone. In all a brilliant race and following his 4th cat win the previous week Nigel Atkins won the Man of the Race award, his efforts in the breakaway were appreciated but on reflection he probably worked slightly too hard and when the group split he could not go with them, his previous efforts taking their toll.

The overall series is now lead by Jerone Walters with 350 points and the holiday period should establish the main contenders for the overall placings.

4th Cats
The 3rd race of the winter series was run off in far better conditions than race 2, however, the wind played the biggest part in the results. The 4th Cat started with many attacks and finally a break of two went clear Michael Corke (London Dynamo) and Roger Fowkes (Hillingdon Triathletes) from out of the main group riding strongly as establishing a healthy lead. James Stuart (Redhill) chased hard, timing his effort to perfection, catching the leaders in the run up to the finish line and winning comfortably.

Race 3 46km Cats E123 Race Time 01:13:27

Place			Club		Series Points
1st	08 r	Chris Moores	Norwood Paragon CC	E	200
2nd	09 r	Jerone Walters	Sigma Sport	1	150
3rd	79	Marcus Brueton	Norwood Paragon CC	2	130
4th	21	Harry Bulstrode	Thames Velo	2	120
5th	134	Rob Fletcher	Anders Electronics/TMG Horizon RT	2	110
6th	23	Joshua Worrall	Twickenham CC	3	100
7th	64	Nigel Atkins	Twickenham CC	3	90
8th	4	Edward Summerwell	Team Quest	3	80
9th	13r	Matthew Carden	Team Quest	1	70
10th	81	Al Murison	Glenedene CC	2J	60
11th	02 r	Dave Hutchison	VC St Raphael	1	50
12th	03 r	Jason Streather	VC St Raphael	E	40
13th	11r	Vince Halpern	AW Cycles.Co.uk	1	30
14th	10 r	Paul Delahunty	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	E	20
15th	88	Will Fox	Banbury Star	2	10
16th	83	Harry Littlechild	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	3
17th	74	Kevin Ibbetson	Fietsen Tempo	2
18th	35	Rob Henderson	Imperial Racing Team	3
19th	76	Martyn Harris	banjocycles.com / Specialized	2
20th	04 r	Steve Legg	RT316/AlarmComms/TakeMyPainAway	1
21st	67	Nat Spurling	Finsbury Park	2
22nd	29	Paul Alderson	South Western RC	3
23rd	149	Jo Skelton	private member	2
24th	41	Phill Burgess	Norwood Paragon CC	3
25th	53	Cosmo Kedros	Dulwich Paragon CC	3
26th	73	Des Gaylor	Kenton RC	2
27th	55	Paul Bennett	West Drayton	3
28th	75	Henry Martin	Oxford Uni CC	3
29th	15	Sam Fry	Glenedene CC	3
30th	12	Peter Jones	Hillingdon CC	3
31st	2	Mike Betts	Vegetarian C & AC	3
32nd	10	Wayne Thomas	Reading CC	3
33rd	89	James Stuart	Redhill	3
34th	57	Calv Hobday	Tri UK	3
35th	59	Mike Knight	VC Meudon	3
36th	85	Jez Cox	Bike & Run	3
37th	82	Mark Jervis	Python RT	3
38th	70	Martin Dawkins	Team Quest - The Bike Shop	2J
39th	78	Ralph Keeler	Cambridge CC	3
40th	58	Geoff Powell	High Wycombe CC	3
41st	84	Freddie Clark	private member	3
42nd	80	Andy Lack	Kingston Wheelers CC	3
43rd	150	Sam Grant	Beyond Mountain Bikes	3J
44th	87	Phil Atkins	Ciclos Uno	3
DNF	26	James Jones	Didcot Phoenix	3
DNF	33	Richard Stanton	North Bucks Road Club	3

Race 3 Cats 4th 25km Results Saturday 20th December 2008

Finish	No.
1st	107	James Stuart	Redhill	4
2nd	85	Michael Corke	London Dynamo/Cyclefit/Loughborough Students	4
3rd	106	Roger Fowkes	Hillingdon Triathletes	4
4th	11	Andrew Colsell	High Wycombe Cycle Club	4
5th	91	Gavin Mitchell	Twickenham CC	4J
6th	21	Mark Ottaway	VC Meudon	4
7th	93	Robert Moore	London Phoenix CC	4
8th	83	Jai Watson	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
9th	12	Malcolm Dixon	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
10th	68	David Fong	private member	4
11th	27	Charlie Pearch	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	4
12th	40	Harry Sampson	Twickenham CC	4
13th	22	Edward Rose	Banjo Cycles	4
14th	9	Christopher Roche	Bedfordshire Road Cycling Club	4
15th	20	Michael Widera	Hounslow & District Wheelers	4
16th	101	Dave Harmsworth	Reading CC	4
17th	95	Jeff Robinson	North Road	4
18th	36	Ken Iino	London Phoenix	4
19th	50	Anna Fischer	Bristol Cycling Development Squad (BCDS)	4W
20th	94	Guy Elyahou	London Phoenix	4
21st	39	Tom Bishop	London Phoenix	4
22nd	99	John Terrea	Ipswich BC	4
23rd	26	Terry Chard	Swindon Road	4
24th	108	Elliot Katz	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	4
25th	23	Richard Rose	Banjo Cycles	4
26th	62	William Slack	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	4
27th	72	Tim Childs	Westerley CC	4
28th	1	Dave Ryan	Imperial Racing Team	4
29th	10	Graham Laming	Bedfordshire Road Cycling Club	4
30th	105	Tom Killick		4
31st	13	Martin Porter	Thames Velo	4
32nd	58	Richard Keeping	Team Quest	4J
33rd	98	Bruce English	Lewes Wanderers CC	4
34th	92	Jonathan Tobin	London Phoenix	4
35th	18	Phil Wege	Amersham RCC	4
36th	100	Ian Craig	Lewes Wanderers CC	4
37th	3	Stoyko Bussarov	Imperial Racing Team	4
38th	31	Rod Carlton	Finsbury Park CC	4
39th	24	Moray Cooke		4
40th	74	Peter Berry	private member	4
41st	41	Norman Lee	private member	4
42nd	97	Maryka Sennema	Kingston Wheelers CC	4W
43rd	35	Jonathan Wale	Amersham RCC	4J
44th	96	Jean Paul Nagera	London Phoenix	4
45th	102	Ian McNally	Westerley CC	4
DNF	80	Nigel Barton-White	London Phoenix	4
DNF	28	Apostolos Fournaris	private member	4
DNF	84	Lee Gollop	Banjo Cycles	4

Race 3 Youth Results Saturday 20th December 2008

U16boys

1st

Jake Martin

VC Londres

2nd

Mark Smith

Welwyn Wheelers

3rd

Tanveer Mann

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

4th

Charlie Fawke

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

5th

Lawrence Carpenter

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

6th

Simon Alexander

Southend Wheelers

7th

George Bateman

Welwyn Wheelers

8th

Josh Maynard

CC Ashwell

9th

Daniel Skinner

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

10th

Mark Passey

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

DISQ

Rory Atkins

Twickenham CC

DNF

David Swan

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

DNF

Andrew Levelon

CC Ashwell

U16girls

N/A

U14boys

1st

Daniel Maslin

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

2nd

Simon Passey

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

U14 girls

1st

Katie Metalli

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

2nd

Harriet Hollis

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

3rd

Kim English

Palmer Park Velo

U12boys

1st

Ashley Hutchison

Cheltenham & County

2nd

Ben Smith

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

3rd

William Street

Welwyn Wheelers

4th

Daniel Maynard

CC Ashwell

U12girls

1st

Rebecca Maynard

CC Ashwell

U10boys

1st

Carl Jolly

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

2nd

Tom Durkin

Welwyn Wheelers

3rd

George Sales

Redhill Cc

U10girls

1st

Eleanor Hall

Beds Road CC

U8boys

1st

Thomas Barrowcliffe

Hillingdon Slipstreamers

2nd

Lance Hutchison

Cheltenham & County

DNF

James Hall

Beds Road CC

* * *

Race 2 Saturday 13th December 2008

Man of Race : Paul Anderson - South Western RC

A much reduced field lined up for the start in atrocious weather. Continuing on from the start last weeks Man of the Race Rudie Marias (Norwood Paragon CC) attacked but with a slightly reduced distance no one was going to let him ride away. Bill Butterworth (Team Quest) and former overall winner Jason Streather (VC St Raphael) were also very active. Several other attacks were made notably from Edward Summerwell (Team Quest) all the way from Exeter but all to no avail until Joshua Worrall (Twickenham CC) went on his own. It was a brave attempt and looked as if he may have stayed away but some very strong riding into the wind in the back straight by Jason Streather, Rudie Marais and Steve Legg (RT316-Crown Lifts) pulled him back. Finally a TT specialist Paul Alderson (South Western RC ) back after several years went alone, his TT experience saw him stay away to the finish and an equally a brilliant effort by local Junior rider Martin Dawkins (Team Quest) held off Jason Humphries (Norwood Paragon CC ) for 3rd Place. Edward Summerwell lead the main group in some 55 seconds down with Jason Streather beating other fast finisher Vince Halpern (AWcycles) into 5th place. The award for Man of the Race went to Paul Alderson but Martin Dawkins’ effort ran him very close.

Series leaders Jerone Walters (Sigma Sport) and Paul Alderson (South Western RC) are equal with 200 points with Rudie Marais in 3rd with 190 points

After a few attempts a break away of three riders were formed after 5 km and working well together they were never likely to be caught. The strength of ex rower and newcomer to cycle racing Nigel Atkins (Twickenham CC) finally got the better of his two breakway companions to win by several lengths. It was a great result for Stoyko Bussarov (Imperial Racing Team) who has been trying all season for those illusive BC points with a fine 3rd place with Murdo Jamieson (Kingston Wheelers CC). Credit to all the finishers who made a race of it and chased hard to the finish in dreadful weather conditions.

Race 3 Saturday 20th December

Race 2 45km Cats E123 Race Time 01:01:42

Finish	No.			Cat	Series Points
1st	29	Paul Alderson	South Western RC	3	200
2nd	70	Martin Dawkins	Team Quest - The Bike Shop	2J	150
3rd	69	Jason Humphries	Norwood Paragon CC	2	130
4th	4	Edward Summerwell	Team Quest	3	120
5th	03 r	Jason Streather	VC St Raphael	E	110
6th	11r	Vince Halpern	AW Cycles.Co.uk	1	100
7th	71	Henry Sleight	Loughborough Students CC	3	90
8th	72	Jo Skelton	private member	2	80
9th	23	Joshua Worrall	Twickenham CC	3	70
10th	53	Cosmo Kedros	Dulwich Paragon CC	3	60
11th	22	Richard Jerome	Willesden CC	2	50
12th	62	Rudie Marais	Norwood Paragon CC	2	40
13th	5	Nils Gustafsson	Oxford Uni CC / Amersham Road CC	3	30
14th	11	Bill Butterworth	Team Quest	3	20
15th	44	Richard Black	Dulwich Paragon CC	3	10
16th	54	Andy Fowkes	Thames Velo	3
17th	3	Mario Manelfi	AD Cycles	3
18th	02 r	Dave Hutchison	VC St Raphael	1
19th	04 r	Steve Legg	RT316-Crown Lifts/Alarm Comms/TakeMyPainAway	1
20th	60	Rich Cooper	Willesden CC	3
21st	25	Dave Woods	CC Luton	3
22nd	55	Paul Bennett	West Drayton	3
23rd	57	Calv Hobday	Tri UK	3
24th	68	Richard DaSilva	Stevenage CC	3
25th	16	Evangelos Christides	Hernes	3

Race 2 Cats 4th 20km Results Saturday 13th December 2008

Finish	No.			Cat
1st	15	Nigel Atkins	Twickenham CC	4
2nd	3	Stoyko Bussarov	Imperial Racing Team	4
3rd	14	Murdo Jamieson	Kingston Wheelers CC	4
4th	21	Mark Ottaway	VC Meudon	4
5th	16	Thomas Sutherland	Twickenham Cycling Club	4
6th	20	Michael Widera	Hounslow & District Wheelers	4
7th	50	Anna Fischer	Bristol Cycling Development Squad (BCDS)	4W
8th	85	Michael Corke	London Dynamo/Cyclefit/Loughborough Students	4
9th	88	Jonathan Heal	FCCC	4
10th	90	Ben Watson	Oxford Uni CC	4
11th	12	Malcolm Dixon	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
12th	84	Lee Gollop	Banjo Cycles	4
13th	27	Charlie Pearch	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	4
14th	81	James Platt	Kingston Wheelers CC	4
15th	83	Jai Watson	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
16th	58	Richard Keeping	Team Quest	4J
17th	68	David Fong	private member	4
18th	48	Mark O'Donnell	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
18th	49	Philip Keen	Cycle Club Ashwell	4
18th	87	Mateusz Dykiert	Twickenham CC	4
18th	1	Dave Ryan	Imperial Racing Team	4

Results now stand after official clarification 14/12/08 17:20

Race 2 Youth Results Saturday 13th December 2008

Cat Pos
	U16boys
1st	David Swan	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
2nd	Frazier Carr	Palmer Park Velo
3rd	Tanveer Mann	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
4th	Lawrence Carpenter	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
5th	Mark Passey	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
6th	Harry Strudley	Palmer Park Velo
7th	Tom Nason	SWRC
DISQ	Daniel Skinner	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
DNF	Charlie Fawke	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
DNF	Mark Smith	Privateer

	U16girls
	N/A

	U14boys
1st	Daniel Maslin	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
2nd	Rory Townsend	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
3rd	Harvey Watson	Velocity
4th	Simon Passey	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
5th	Daniel Lansley	Palmer Park Velo

	U14 girls
1st	Kim English	Palmer Park Velo
2nd	Harriet Hollis	Hillingdon Slipstreamers

	U12boys
1st	Ashley Hutchison	Cheltenham & County
2nd	Ben Smith	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
3rd	Joseph Linehan	Palmer Park Velo

	U12girls
	N/A

	U10boys
1st	Carl Jolly	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
2nd	Tom Durkin	Welwyn Wheelers

	U10girls
	N/A

	U8boys
1st	Thomas Barrowcliffe	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
2nd	Lance Hutchison	Cheltenham & County
DNF	Joe McGuinness	Palmer Park Velo

	U8girls
	N/A

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Race 1 Saturday 6th December 2008

Man of Race : Rudie Marias - Norwood Paragon CC

With the weather being so good, bright sun and a windless day, brought out some of the best riders in London and the South East. Last years winner Paul Pickup was absent but second overall last year Chris Moores (Norwood Paragon) was back to try and improve on his position and he was one of the early attackers in a field of 68 starters for the 52km race.

Little groups of riders were attacking throughout the race, however, in the early stages the main group were very vigilant and most were brought back. Rudie Marias (Norwood Paragon) appears to be in great form and was at the head of the race throughout; when the final selection of 8 riders went clear with 18k to go Rudie was the driving force in the group and in the dash to the line only Jerone Walters (Sigma Sport) got the better of him. Rudie was voted the ‘Man of the Race’ and will be presented with his prize before the race on 13th December.

A huge entry in the 4th cat race was most encouraging with over 75 riders signing on to race. Before the start they were all warned to race responsibly as for many it was their first taste of racing in a group. Over the 20 km of racing there were many attacks with the field gradually splitting with the surges in speed. In the run in 38 riders contested the sprint with podium places going to Harry Littlechild (London Dynamo) taking the verdict from Andrew Colsell (High Wycombe CC) and Tom Sutherland (Twickenham CC).

This was an excellent start to the series and we hope that the thought of Christmas shopping will keep everyone coming back for more!

Race 2 Saturday 13th December

Race 1 52km Cats E123 Race Time 01:11:40

Finish	No.			Cat	Series Points
1st	09 r	Jerone Walters	Sigma Sport	1	200
2nd	62	Rudie Marais	Norwood Paragon CC	2	150
3rd	06 r	Henry Furniss	WyndyMilla	1	130
4th	21	Harry Bulstrode	Thames Velo	2	120
5th	31	Roger Browne	Oxford City	3	110
6th	46	Ashley Holding	Wild Side RT	2	100
7th	02 r	Dave Hutchison	VC St Raphael	1	90
8th	23	Joshua Worrall	Twickenham CC	3	80
9th	10 r	Paul Delahunty	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	E	70
10th	07 r	Jason Edwards	Wilde Side RT	1	60
11th	63	Richard Moss	Beyond Mountain Bikes	3	50
12th	48	Thomasz Chmielehski	Beyond Mountain Bikes	2	40
13th	03 r	Jason Streather	VC St Raphael	E	30
14th		Vince Halpern	AW Cycles.Co.uk	1	20
15th	08 r	Chris Moores	Norwood Paragon CC	E	10
16th	17	Nick Abrahman	private member	3
17th	34	Rob Fletcher	Anders Electronics/TMG Horizon RT	2
18th	12	Peter Jones	Hillingdon CC	3
19th	24	Mark Walter	private member	3
20th	29	Paul Alderson	South Western RC	3
21st	04 r	Steve Legg	RT316-Crown Lifts/Alarm Comms/Take My Pain Away	1
22nd	35	Rob Henderson	Imperial Racing Team	3
23rd	61	Neil Bradford	Twickenham CC	2
24th	45	Mark Spindler	Twickenham CC	3
25th	67	Nat Spurling	Finsbury Park	2
26th	22	Richard Jerome	Willesden CC	2
27th	53	Cosmo Kedros	Dulwich Paragon CC	3
28th	33	Richard Stanton	North Bucks Road Club	3
29th	51	Anthony Chandlen	Norwood Paragon CC	3
30th	30	James Leach	Twickenham CC	3
31st	43	John Peters	Bedfordshire Road Cycling Club	2
32nd	41	Phill Burgess	Norwood Paragon CC	3
33rd	16	Evangelos Christides	Hernes - Greece (UCI licence)	3
34th	44	Richard Black	Dulwich Paragon CC	3
35th	5	Nils Gustafsson	Oxford Uni CC / Amersham Road CC	3
36th	18	Paul Shoobridge	private member	3
37th	14	Conor Dunne	Hemel Hempstead	J3
38th	25	Dave Woods	CC Luton	3
39th	65	Vaughan Luff	Team DeVer	3
40th	8	Sam Grant	Beyond Mountain Bikes	3J
41st	13	Duncan Cooper	private member	3
42nd	3	Mario Manelfi	AD Cycles	3
43rd	S/s jersey (no arm warmers)/red top/silver helmet/black gloves
44th	54	Andy Fowkes	Thames Velo	3
45th	15	Sam Fry	Glenedene CC	3
46th	57	Calv Hobday	Tri UK	3
47th	10	Wayne Thomas	Reading CC	3
48th	2	Mike Betts	Vegetarian C & AC	3
49th	32	Steve James	Beds Road CC	3
50th	60	Rich Cooper	Willesden CC	3
51st	55	Paul Bennett	West Drayton	3
52nd	40	Robert Jeffroy	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	3
53rd	47	Kieran Roebuck	Oxford City	3
54th	38	Chris Pyne	Imperial Racing Team	3
55th	49	Martin Foster	Bad Tri Club	3
56th	52	Russell Painter	Norwood Paragon CC	3
57th	9	Darren Waters	Team DeVer	3
58th	50	Andrew Harvey	Kingston Wheelers CC	3
59th	58	Geoff Powell	High Wycombe CC	3
60th	7	Jamie Streather	VC St Raphael	2
61st	05 r	Emma Trott	Halfords	1W
62nd	56	Adam Roberts	private member	2
63rd	27	Martin Hulbert	VC Meudon	3
64th	20	Pete Smith	Team MK	2
65th	11	Bill Butterworth	Team Quest	3

Race 1 Cats 4th 25km Results Saturday 6th December 2008

Finish	No.
1st	65	Harry Littlechild	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	4
2nd	11	Andrew Colsell	High Wycombe Cycle Club	4
3rd	16	Thomas Sutherland	Twickenham Cycling Club	4
4th	14	Murdo Jamieson	Kingston Wheelers CC	4
5th	21	Mark Ottaway	VC Meudon	4
6th	15	Nigel Atkins	Twickenham CC	4
7th	9	Christopher Roche	Bedfordshire Road Cycling Club	4
8th	31	Rod Carlton	Finsbury Park CC	4
9th	23	Richard Rose	Banjo Cycles	4
10th	51	Robert Hill	Hemel Hempstead CC/Summit Racing	4
11th	39	Tom Bishop	London Phoenix	4
12th	22	Edward Rose	Banjo CYcles	4
13th	7	Eimear Mullan		4W
14th	10	Graham Laming	Bedfordshire Road Cycling Club	4
15th	50	Anna Fischer	Bristol Cycling Development Squad (BCDS)	4W
16th	76	Stephen Jones	Amersham RCC	4
17th	82	Richard Barnes-Webb	private member	4
18th	43	Mark Chan	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
19th	20	Michael Wildera	Hounslow & District Wheelers	4
20th	19	Allan Simmonds	Amersham RCC	4
21st	72	Tim Childs	Westerley CC	4
22nd	..	HighWycombe rider\black bike\2 drink bottles\ red wall tyres
23rd	..	London Phoenix
24th	59	William Platt	Non Member	4
25th	8	Mark Anstee	Bedfordshire Road Cycling Club (bianchi bike?)	4
26th	1	Dave Ryan	Imperial Racing Team	4
27th	41	Norman Lee	private member	4
28th	79	Alex Peeke	Welwyn Wheelers	4
29th	54
30th	62	William Slack	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	4
31st	63	Simon Wroxley	Hounslow & District Wheelers	4
32nd	13	Martin Porter	Thames Velo	4
33rd	66	Andrew Bryson	Sotonia	4
34th	71	Darren Poon	London Dynamo ? (Yellow Gilet?)	4
35th	3	Stoyko Bussarov	Imperial Racing Team	4
36th	69	Mark Heyward-Chaplin	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	4
37th	18	Phil Wege	Amersham RCC	4
38th	27	Charlie Pearch	London Dynamo/Cyclefit	4
39th	..	DawesBike\Yellow s/s jersey\adidas shorts
40th	..	BlackTop with Red+white stripe down the arms\white shoes\2 red top bottles
41st	49	Philip Keen	Cycle Club Ashwell	4
42nd	80	Nigel Barton-White	London Phoenix	4
43rd	48	Mark O'Donnell	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
44th	46	Eoin Keating	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
45th	60	Karen Triegaardt	Full on Tri Club	4W
46th	51	Mike Hill	Hemel Hempstead CC/Summit Racing	4
47th	55	Henry Sutcliffe	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
48th	56	James Poole	West Drayton MBC/Beyond Mountain Bikes/Specialized	4
49th	12	Malcolm Dixon	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
50th	..	Black-White adidas top\silver helmet
51st	57	Matt Stallion	Twickenham CC	4
52nd	29	Justin Lord	private member	4
53rd	45	Alex Helbert	private member	4
54th	44	James Perrin		4
55th	17	Donald Lance Woodman	Willesden Cycling Club	4
56th	53	Richard Gearing	private member	4
57th	5	Rakesh Kumar	Bedfordshire Road Cycling Club	4
58th	28	Apostolos Fournaris	Private member	4

Please email me if you can identify any of the riders from the descriptions. lucy@imperialracingteam.com I would like to apologise to the 4th racers for misinforming you about the placement of your racing numbers.

Race 1 Youth Results Saturday 6th December 2008



	U16boys
1st	Mark Smith	Privateer
2nd	Jake Martin	VC Londres
3rd	Frazier Carr	Palmer Park Velo
4th	Matthew Derrick	Oxford City
5th	Charlie Fawke	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
6th	Tanveer Mann	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
7th	Lawrence Carpenter	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
8th	George Bateman	Welwyn Wheelers
9th	Jamie Hayhurst	Privateer
10th	Jonny Ross-Tatam	Kingston Wheeelers
11th	Harry Strudley	Palmer Park Velo
DISQ	Daniel Skinner	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
	Tom Nason	SWRC

	U16girls
	N/A

	U14boys
1st	Daniel Maslin	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
2nd	Max Stedman	Reading CC
3rd	Chris Roebuck	Privateer
4th	Simon Passey	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
5th	Josh Chudley	Beds Road CC
6th	Louis Fawke	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
DISQ	Rory Townsend	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
DISQ	Chris McGovern	Sutton CC

	U14 girls
1st	Emily Barnes	Palmer Park Velo
2nd	Chloe Evans	Welwyn Wheelers

	U12boys
1st	Ashley Hutchison	Cheltenham & County
2nd	Joseph Linekas	Palmer Park Velo
3rd	Reg Pay	Palmer Park Velo
4th	Aiden Woolvey	Sutton CC
5th	Ben Smith	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
6th	Daniel Maynard	CC Ashwell
7th	Gianni Chudley	Beds Road CC
DISQ	James Lavell	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
DISQ	Nicholas Roebuck	Privateer
DISQ	Max Haining	Sutton CC
DNF	Luke Abraham	Hillingdon Slipstreamers

	U12girls
1st	Abigail Dentus	Palmer Park Velo
2nd	Rebecca Maynard	CC Ashwell

	U10boys
1st	Carl Jolly	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
2nd	Harry Tadman	Hillingdon Slipstreamers
3rd	Davis Pay	Palmer Park Velo

	U10girls
	N/A

	U8boys
1st	Joe McGuinness	Palmer Park Velo

	U8girls
	N/A

Imperial Winter Series 2008/2009

Race HQ - Hillingdon Cycle Circuit, Springfield Road, Hayes. UB4 0LT

National B E123
Regional C+ 3rd cat
Regional C+ 4th cat
Youth ABCDE

First race Saturday 6th December 2008
Last race Saturday 14th February 2009

Guys, it’s time to sort out your winter racing gear– and it’s time to re-set your race-faces too – as December 6th sees the Imperial Racing Team’s third Winter Series literally exploding into action. And when we say exploding, believe us, this series is wonderfully competitive. The 2007/8 series was a huge success seeing record entries and a fierce competition for overall honours, eventually won out by Elite rider Paul Pickup. Certainly if you’re looking for a way to spice up an otherwise humdrum winter training programme, then this series will surely do that, and then some. Be ready for battle, that’s all we’ll say for now.

Here are some facts, in case you don’t know: held exclusively at the Hillingdon Cycle Circuit in West London, this is a 13-round series of closed-circuit road racing for Adult and Youth categories running right through December, January and into February. The racing is split into three separate events. Category 4’s start proceedings at 12:30 with a 35-minutes plus 5 laps race, followed by Youth ABCDE at 13:30 who run a straight 30-minutes. Then the big guns take over, that’s the Elite and Category 1,2 & 3s, at 14:15 for an hour plus 5 laps. The laps aren’t long, the wind always blows you backwards along the main straight and as much it’s discouraged, crashes happen.

Beginners are welcome, just be ready to pedal like you’ve never done before. Experienced riders are very welcome too – you’ll be surprised at the standard. The host club love their sport, enjoy good-natured competitive riders and with the likes of Doug Collins have the experience to put on a professional event that you’ll be glad to be a part of. There’s a decent prize fund too (ask Paul!). You’ll be surprised too, to find just how international the field is (maybe it’s the London effect). So if you feel keen, if you feel competitive and if you can shrug off the sometimes freezing temperatures like the pro you think you are, then register and race.