Imperial Winter Series 2011/2012

ON THE TRAIL OF THE AWESOME PINE

London Dymano Jamie Pine dominates the Imperial Winter Series

In the E123 races we have again welcomed old friends and met new ones and are glad that this mix keeps the racing and the series fresh. It was particularly good to see Jamie Pine back for more this year but this time in the E123 series – he won the 3rd cat series 2010/2011– and is now a consistent winner taking 8 of the 12 races. Jamie is a wonderful sprinter and great to see in action.

After the final race of the series, in zero degrees, a large gathering of spectators transferred to the club house for the prize presentation with guest Roger Hammond awarding the prizes. The awards commenced with the 3rd cats culminating in the podium places – 1st and 2nd places finished on equal points – and the contrast between elated winner Peter Hudson and the disappointment of second place Angelo Christides was self-evident. At the end of the day they were only separated by number of wins.

In the E123 series, prizes were awarded to 20th place and the stand out riders made up the top three slots on the podium – Jamie Pine was the clear winner and was joined by Steve Golla and young Rory Townsend. Jamie welcomed his 1st prize of £500 with flowers, champagne, MaxiFuel bag and gels, and said a few words thanking the organisers on behalf of the riders. After a brief intro the award for the Combative rider of the series was presented to Conall Yates for his attacking spirit.

Before the random prize draw Roger took a few questions from the audience; he received a warm reception, his natural modesty and friendliness securing everyone’s attention. He responded in his usual eloquent and measured manner on questions about his pro career and the challenges now facing him. He highlighted the most rewarding aspects; everything coming together perfectly for the Junior Cyclo- Cross World Championships - and the most frustrating, his 3rd place at Paris Roubaix and lost opportunity of a Classics win in Ghent-Wevelgem! Reassuringly he concluded by noting that ‘once a cyclist, always a cyclist’ and hoped to stay in cycling in some form - however, with his wife Kara expecting their first baby in the coming weeks he may not have much time to ponder his future!

Although the Ladies series finished over the Christmas period we would like to mention them again here and thank them for their support.

We are exceptionally grateful again to our sponsors - Henry Furniss and the WyndyMilla team, MaxiFuel, Sigma Sport and SurfPrint - who allow us to provide additional rewards to the riders for their hard efforts and providing the excitement each race.

Thank you for racing with us and we wish you all the best for the 2012 season.

Lucy, Richard & Doug

Race 12 Saturday 11th February 2012

Although the air temperature was hovering around zero degrees it was probably the best afternoon of the series with the sun shining in a beautiful clear sky and little wind.

The early morning freezing temperatures slowed the sign on but eventually a strong field started both races – 43 for the 4th cat and 55 for the 3rds. In the 4th cat race both Marcel Louw and Huw Jones made an effort off the front but in the end it came down to a very full on sprint with Chris King (Catford CC) holding off Richard Bradfield (Dulwich Paragon CC) with Graeme York (Twickenham CC) in 3rd place with his team mate George Kirkin getting his first points in 6th place. The random prize is awarded to 23rd place finisher David Morgan (Charlotteville CC) who will ‘go faster’ courtesy of a WyndyMilla cycle fitting at their Manor Farm Cycle Centre.

The 3rd cat race took a similar pattern although somewhat faster with Josh Lawless and James Walker (High Wycombe CC RT) making a significant effort to break clear. With 200 m to go it was going to be a very tight finish but Nick Noble took the verdict from Ben Sumner (Beeline Bikes) with Ashley Dennis (Prestige VC) in 3rd.

In the E123 race, a slightly smaller field than usual started, perhaps as the overall places were mostly settled with little change likely? However, from the start Jamie Pine (London Dynamo) stretched his legs for 2 laps, followed by Steve Golla (High Wycombe CC RT); both looked determined to try and stay away for the whole race. Next to try was Conall Yates (InGear Quickvit RT) but Ben and Chris Moores were determined to keep things together and worked hard to bring them back. With 20 km to go in-form Phil Holloway (Southend Wheelers), John Veness (Handsling Racing) and talented junior Rory Townsend (Prestige VC) opened a gap of 15 seconds. Townsend was determined to finish in the top ten in every race but Pine and Golla had other ideas and they all re-joined with 8 km to go. Golla took another flyer in the final laps but the field were wise to the move and closed him down very quickly. Overall leader Pine stamped his authority on the series with another fine win, his 8th of the 12 race series. Clearly saving his best till last Rudie Marias celebrated his birthday with a fine 2nd place! Tom Smith produced another strong sprint holding off mate Vince Halpern (Handsling Racing) and Yates.

As soon as the last race was over, the large gathering of spectators transferred to the club house for the prize presentation with guest Roger Hammond awarding the prizes.

The series concluded with Pine a runaway winner with 1990 points from Golla on 1400 and a magnificent consistent effort by junior rider Townsend on 1190 making his family and friends very proud of him.

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E123 Race 12 Saturday 11th February 2012

Place	No.		Club	Cat	Series points
1st	y 21	Jamie Pine	London Dynamo	3	200
2nd	y 13	Rudie Marais	La Fuga/Sigma Sport	2	150
3rd	y 87	Tom Smith	Felt Colbornes RT	E	130
4th	y 19	Vincent Halpern	Handsling Racing	1	120
5th	y  8	Conall Yates	InGear Quickvit RT	2	110
6th	y115	Matthew Tibbutt	Wightlink	3	100
7th	y 81	James Jones	Beeline Bikes	1	90
8th	y 17	Rory Townsend	Prestige VC	2j	80
9th	y 25	Pete Wager	Felt-Colbornes RT	1	70
10th	y116	Harry Franklin	Hargroves Cycles	3j	60
11th	y 20	Phil Holloway	Southend Wheelers	2	50
12th	y124	Nick Noble	unattached	4	nil
13th	y 97	Cameron Foster	Zappi's CC	2	40
14th	y 39	Joshua Maynard	Welwyn Wheelers	A + disp	30
15th	y 23	Jerzy Kuzminski	London Phoenix	2	20
16th	y  9	Adam Brittain	High Wycombe CC	2	10
17th	y125	Angelo Christides	unattached	3
18th	y130	John Veness	Handsling Racing	1
19th	y 95	Stephen Cambell	Twickenham CC	2
20th	y 50	Robin Basford	WyndyMilla	2
21st	y 49	Martin Garratt	London Dynamo	2
22nd	y132	Joe Holloway	VC10	3
23rd	y 31	Ralph De Kanter	Norwood Paragon CC	3
24th	y128	Tamina Oliver	Abergavenny R C	2
25th	y 33	Ben Moores	Norwood Paragon	2
26th	y 26	Geoff Powell	High Wycombe CC	3
27th	y118	Chris Wood	WyndyMilla/UK Youth	2
28th	y 60	Mario Manelfi	Blazing Saddles	3
29th	y 27	Steve Golla	High Wycombe rt	2
30th	y 53	Nat Spurling	Finsbury Park	3
31st	y 66	Simon Whiten	Handsling Racing	3
32nd	y131	Rob Griffiths	London Phoenix	3

3rd Cats Race 12 Saturday 11th February 2012

Place	No.		Club	Cat	Series Points
1st	w160	Nick Noble	unattached	3	nil
2nd	w164	Ben Sumner	Beeline Bikes	3	200
3rd	w119	Ashley Dennis	Prestige Velo Club	3	150
4th	w 70	Leigh-Roy Macfarlane	Cycleworks	3	130
5th	w 48	Jacek Reder	unattached	3	120
6th	w 24	Tim Benham	WyndyMilla	3	110
7th	w163	Christopher Sharrock	VC Meudon	3	nil
8th	w 41	Nick White	East London Velo	3	100
9th	w 32	Vaughan Luff	unattached	3	90
10th	w 14	Peter Hudson	Durham University - AURA Cycles	3	80
11th	w105	Ethan Lee	Solihull CC	A + disp	70
12th	w 72	Carsten Duke	London Dynamo	3	60
13th	w 52	Werner Van Der Merwe	MarathonMTB.com	3	50
14th	w175	Louis Magnani	Prestige velo	A + disp	nil
15th	w 82	Jez McCann	VC Elan	A + disp	40
16th	w100	Jason Painton	Rides on air	3	30
17th	w127	Ed Rose	progression/bikelux	3	20
18th	w133	David Walls	unattached	3	10
19th	w159	Dave Wadsworth	Beeline Bikes	3
20th	w114	Richard Moss	GS Henley	3
21st	w106	Daniel Tamplin	aylesbury cycling club	3
22nd	w138	Stephen Morrell	Aylesbury CC	3
23rd	w 93	Will Nicklin	Kingston Wheelers	3
24th	w 86	Joe Clark	High Wycombe CC	3
25th	w146	Greg Barber	Charlottevillecc	3
26th	w161	Adam Capes	London Dynamo	3
27th	w162	Craig O'neill	V C Meudon	3
28th	w141	Gareth Dickinson	Farnborough & Camberley CC	3
29th	w139	George Withers	AWCycles.co.uk	3j
30th	w 23	Adam Elderfield	Team Quest	3
31st	w 53	Richard Rose	Bikelux Progression	3
32nd	w  4	Andy Mckay	Zappi	3
33rd	w 94	Jordan Wade	Poole Wheelers	3j
34th	w157	Will Houghton	Hillingdon CC	3
35th	w 62	Peter Hitt	Mountain Trax RT	3j
36th	w 92	Ralph Keeler	Cambridge CC	3
37th	w 11	James Walker	High Wycombe CC	3
38th	w 63	Nigel Burns	St Ives CC	3
39th	w 98	Josh Lawless	unattached	3
40th	w 27	Jake Norman	WyndyMilla	A + disp
41st	w109	Noah Banner	Kingston Wheelers cc	3j
42nd	w143	Phil Dempsey	Aprire Bicycles	3
43rd	w136	Louis Fawke	VO2 Development Team	3j
44th	w156	Corrine Hall	Node 4 Giordana Womens Team	3w
45th	w 78	Duncan Rimmer	Morden CRC	3
46th	w 35	Simon Parton	Kingston Wheelers	3
47th	w 46	Andy Lack	Kingston Wheelers	3
48th	w 37	Martin Porter	Thames Velo	3
49th	w 21	Michael Widera	ViVelo-bikes/Inverse CyClaim RT	3
50th	w165	Rudie Marais	La Fuga/Sigma Sport
51st	w134	Wayne Thomas	GS Henley	3
52nd	w115	Neil McCain	VC Elan	3

4th Cats Race 12 Saturday 11th February 2012

Place	No.		Club	Cat
1st	r150	Chris King	Catford CC	4
2nd	r177	Richard Bradfield	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
3rd	r155	Graeme York	Twickenham CC	4
4th	r117	Jordan O'neill	London Dynamo	4
5th	r 22	James Roberts	Amersham	4
6th	r 33	George Kirkin	Twickenham CC	4
7th	r 12	Brett Greenwood	Kingston wheelers	4
8th	r169	Shaun Williams	San Fairy Ann CC	4
9th	r170	Gavin Smith	Catford	4
10th	r116	Paul Batchelor	Charlotteville CC	4
11th	r 47	Andrew Macey	Ashford Wheelers	4
12th	r178	Chris Fenneral	unattached	4
13th	r 19	Alan Nixon	Amersham RCC	4
14th	r122	Kevin Argent	LaFuga/SigmaSport	4
15th	r173	Nick Thompson	Zappi	4
16th	r135	Trevor Roberts	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
17th	r172	Brian Hennessey	Redhill Cycling Club	4
18th	r 79	Marcel Louw	unattached	4
19th	r154	Alex Murray	London Dynamo	4
20th	r171	Ryan Witchell	Welwyn Wheelers	4j
21st	r146	Joel Draper	Brighton Mitre CC	4
22nd	r 84	Huw Jones	unattached	4
23rd	r 88	David Morgan	Charlotteville CC	4
24th	r 11	Tim Osborne	High Wycombe CC	4
25th	r130	Jeff Roberts	High Wycombe CC	4
26th	r131	Jonathan Whybrow	Reading CC	4
27th	r107	Will Humphris	Dulwhich	4
28th	r  4	Paul Morrissey	High Wycombe CC	4
29th	r 36	Jon Train	GS Gazzetta	4
30th	r179	James Mumford	unattached	4
31st	r136	Joel Lewis	Kettering CC	4
32nd	r 61	Emma Towers	Twickenham CC	4w
33rd	r 39	Paul O'Donnell	Kingston Wheelers	4
34th	r174	James Pollard	Zappi	4
35th	r 83	Austin Bell	Kingston Wheelers	4
36th	r118	Lee King	Beeline bicycles rt	4
37th	r  1	Andrew Wright	La Fuga/Sigmasport	4
38th	r 30	Stuart Smith	High Wycombe	4
39th	r 65	Steven Green	Thames Velo	4
40th	r120	Ant Gilbert	unattached	4
41st	r176	Emma Cook	unattached	4

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Race 11 Saturday 4th February 2012

On a bitterly cold afternoon with snow clouds threatening, a fair entry braved the conditions with both 3rd and 4th cat groups seemingly content to stay in the confines of the bunch.

Luke Farren (Brighton Mitre) just managed to hold off Graeme York (Twickenham CC) to win the 4th cat race with Jonathan Rogers (Kingston Wheelers CC) in 3rd. The random prize is awarded to 8th place finisher Jon Train (GS Gazzetta) who will ‘go faster’ courtesy of a WyndyMilla cycle fitting at their Manor Farm Cycle Centre.

Werner Van Der Merwe (MarathonMTB) struck out on his own mid race and although none of the other 3rds seemed interested in pursuing he was soon drawn back into the group. Matthew Bone (I-Team) made a late surge to win and having recently moved up from the 4th cat races (by winning the 8th race of the series) looks like a talent for the future having only started racing last August! Corrine Hall (Node 4 Giordana Womens Team) ex-national champion was also making a comeback after a fall on her mountain bike back in September, a brave effort considering the day, she was riding exceptionally well and attacked towards the end no doubt encouraged by her team mate and coach Stuart Blunt (Team Corridori). Maxifuel’s Viperactive energy fuel, gels and bottles are won this week by Vaughan Luff.

In the E123 race with the biting wind picking up, the pattern was entirely different from the preceding races with Jerone Walters (VC St Raphael) attacking from the start. Newcomer Richard Horton (Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers) and Vince Halpern (Handsling Racing) attacked to cross to make a trio but it was short lived. Walters then went again with Conall Yates (InGear Quickvit RT), Jamie Pine (London Dynamo) with Phil Holloway (Southend Wheelers) finding his form again after his recent trip to New York. Rory Townsend (Prestige VC) had clearly recovered from his dip in form last week and these five were quickly joined by Steve Golla (High Wycombe RT). The disappearing lead group did not deter junior talent Josh Maynard (Welwyn Wheelers) and Horton from chasing hard to close the gap but they had left it a little too late. The sprint for the podium was almost a forgone conclusion with Pine coming round Walters for a comfortable win with Townsend a strong 3rd followed by Golla and Yates with Holloway in 6th place. Pete Wager (Felt Colbornes RT) salvaged 9th place leading in the main group and is still highly placed overall. The presentation (11th Feb) will be supported by special guest Roger Hammond who raced the winter series in its formative early years. Another happy note was Tom Smith (Felt Colbornes RT) being presented with a baby daughter on Tuesday and this probably accounted for him missing the break!

E123 Race 11 Saturday 4th February 2012

Place	No		Club	Cat	Series points
1st	y 21	Jamie Pine	London Dynamo	1	200
2nd	y 83	Jerone Walters	VC St Raphael	2	150
3rd	y 17	Rory Townsend	Prestige VC	2j	130
4th	y 27	Steve Golla	High Wycombe rt	2	120
5th	y  8	Conall Yates	InGear Quickvit RT	2	110
6th	y 20	Phil Holloway	Southend Wheelers	2	100
7th	y 39	Joshua Maynard	Welwyn Wheelers	2J	90
8th	y117	Richard Horton	Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers	3	nil
9th	y 25	Pete Wager	Felt-Colbornes RT	1	80
10th	y 23	Jerzy Kuzminski	London Phoenix	2	70
11th	y 15	Henry Furniss	WyndyMilla/MaxiFuel	E	60
12th	y 87	Tom Smith	Felt Colbornes RT	E	50
13th	y 19	Vincent Halpern	Handsling Racing	1	40
14th	y118	Chris Wood	WyndyMilla/UK Youth	2	nil
15th	y120	Tom Gallacher	Metaltek - Scott	2	nil
16th	y 43	Christian Yates	East Grinstead CC	3	30
17th	y119	Alex Peterson	AWCycles.co.uk	1	nil
18th	y115	Matthew Tibbutt	Wightlink	3	20
19th	y  7	Bill Butterworth	Twickenham CC	3	10
20th	y 49	Martin Garratt	London Dynamo	2
21st	y 53	Nat Spurling	Finsbury Park	3
22nd	y 26	Geoff Powell	High Wycombe CC	3
23rd	y 13	Rudie Marais	La Fuga/Sigma Sport	2
24th	y 97	Cameron Foster	Zappi's CC	2
25th	y106	Joshua Swords	Pedal Heaven RT	3
26th	y 56	Mark Smith	Welwyn Wheelers	2

3rd cat Race 11 Saturday 4th February 2012

Place	No		Club	Cat	Series points
1st	w112	Matthew Bone	I-Team	3	200
2nd	w158	Oli Pepper	The Kinesis Morvelo Project	3	nil
3rd	w 24	Tim Benham	WyndyMilla	3	150
4th	w 14	Peter Hudson	Durham University - AURA Cycles	3	130
5th	w 49	Angelo Christides	unattached	3	120
6th	w149	Luke Souter	Banbury Star CC	3	110
7th	w127	Ed Rose	progression/bikelux	2	100
8th	w143	Phil Dempsey	Aprire Bicycles	3	90
9th	w148	Dan Mitchell	Redhill CC	3	80
10th	w 48	Jacek Reder	unattached	3	70
11th	w109	Noah Banner	Kingston Wheelers cc	3j	60
12th	w131	John-Paul Brophy	Neon-Digital.co.uk	3	50
13th	w133	David Walls	unattached	3	40
14th	w 92	Ralph Keeler	Cambridge CC	3	30
15th	w 52	Werner Van Der Merwe	MarathonMTB.com	3	20
16th	w106	Daniel Tamplin	aylesbury cycling club	3	10
17th	w156	Corrine Hall	Node 4 Giordana Womens Team	3w
18th	w146	Greg Barber	Charlottevillecc	3
19th	w121	Andrew Stronge	unattached	3
20th	w139	George Withers	AWCycles.co.uk	3j
21st	w130	Przemyslaw Radomski	Gregarious Superclub Ciclista	3
22nd	w 67	Edmond Irwin	london fire brigade CC	3
23rd	w 63	Nigel Burns	St Ives CC	3
24th	w134	Wayne Thomas	GS Henley	3
25th	w 11	James Walker	High Wycombe CC	3
26th	w 79	Rob Sharland	Kingston Wheelers	3
27th	w 98	Josh Lawless	unattached	3
28th	w 35	Simon Parton	Kingston Wheelers	3
29th	w 32	Vaughan Luff	unattached	3
30th	w 37	Martin Porter	Thames Velo	3
31st	w155	Stuart Blunt	Team Corridori	3
32nd	w151	George Fox	45 Road Club	3
33rd	w157	Will Houghton	Hillingdon CC	3

4th cat Race 11 Saturday 4th February 2012

Place	No		Club	Cat
1st	r151	Luke Farren	Brighton Mitre	4
2nd	r155	Graeme York	Twickenham CC	4
3rd	r168	Jonathan Rogers	Kingston Wheelers CC	4
4th	r150	Chris King	Catford CC	4
5th	r122	Kevin Argent	La Fuga/Sigmasport	4
6th	r158	Gordon McCulloch	Welwyn Wheelers	4
7th	r117	Jordan O'Neill	London Dynamo	4
8th	r 36	Jon Train	GS Gazzetta	4
9th	r160	Tim Clark	unattached	4
10th	r 83	Austin Bell	Kingston Wheelers	4
11th	r 11	Tim Osborne	High Wycombe CC	4
12th	r142	Sean Parr	Welwyn Wheelers	4
13th	r154	Alex Murray	London Dynamo	4
14th	r137	James Green	catford cc	4
15th	r170	Gavin Smith	Catford	4
16th	r 13	Warren Hannington	I-TEAM	4
17th	r 30	Stuart Smith	High Wycombe	4
18th	r147	Justin Costley	Cycling Club Hackney	4
19th	r 19	Alan Nixon	Amersham RCC	4
20th	r161	Luke Dixon	unattached	4
21st	r 84	Huw Jones	unattached	4
22nd	r 45	Richard Carrington	London Dynamo	4
23rd	r 39	Paul O'Donnell	Kingston Wheelers	4
24th	r 50	Andrew Deans	london dynamo	4
25th	r  1	Andrew Wright	La Fuga/Sigmasport	4
26th	r  4	Paul Morrissey	High Wycombe CC	4
27th	r  7	George Aston	Welwyn Wheelers	4j
28th	r135	Samuel Widdess	Fenland Clarion	4J

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Race 10 Saturday 28th January 2012

A biting northerly wind blowing down the finishing straight made it a difficult day to breakaway, however in the 4th cat race, this did not apply as Ben Sumner (Beelines Bicycles) broke clear with 8 km to go and held off a charging main group; a rare feat! He now moves up to 3rd category racing. The WyndyMilla 4th cat random prize is awarded to 29th place Stuart Smith (High Wycombe CC) who can look forward to a WyndyMilla ‘go faster’ cycle fitting at their Manor Farm Cycle Centre in Seale.

The 3rd cat race followed a similar pattern with James Walker (High Wycombe CC) breaking clear but sadly he was swallowed up before the fast finish with Peter Hudson (Durham Uni) holding off Dominic Clegg (Redhill CC) and Ben Wimpory (Sydenham Wheelers). The Maxifuel random prize is awarded to 9th place finisher Rob Sharland (Kingston Wheelers) who receives a Maxifuel rucksack comprising of Viperactive energy fuel, gels and bottles.

From the off Andy Betts (Felt Colbornes RT) was clearly determined to dictate the race initially with Jason Edwards (GB MSTina) and then after another 3km with Chris Moores (Norwood Paragon) with Conall Yates (inGear Quickvet RT) and Pete Wager (Felt Colbornes RT) chasing. These all finally came together with Vince Halpern (Handsling Racing) then attacking marked by Steve Legg (Police Sport UK), Ashley Holding (GB MSTina), Edwards and later Rudie Marais (La Fuga/Sigma Sport) and Bill Butterworth (Twickenham CC). Betts, however, was in scintillating form and opened another gap with Moores the only rider that seemed capable of closing the gap. They distanced themselves from the peloton, with the overall contenders apparently content to watch each other, the gap quickly extended to 55 seconds. With a headwind uphill finish it looked like Betts would attack early but they were together in the last 200m with Betts leading out. In the final 50m Moores went to come round him but did not quite have the strength to pass. Tom Smith (Felt Colbornes RT) led the main bunch in for 3rd place holding off overall leader Jamie Pine (London Dynamo), Halpern and Steve Golla (High Wycombe CC).

Race 10 Cats:E123 Race Saturday 28th January 2012

Place	No.		Club	Cat	Series Points
1st	y 72	Andy Betts	Felt Colbornes RT	E	200
2nd	y 32	Chris Moores	Norwood Paragon	3	150
3rd	y 87	Tom Smith	Felt Colbornes RT	E	130
4th	y 21	Jamie Pine	London Dynamo	1	120
5th	y 19	Vincent Halpern	Handsling Racing	1	110
6th	y 27	Steve Golla	High Wycombe rt	2	100
7th	y102	Tony Lock	Elite Cycling	2	90
8th	y 46	Steve Legg	Police Sport UK	2	80
9th	y 96	Dominic Gabellini	Rapha Condor	2	70
10th	y 17	Rory Townsend	Prestige VC	2j	60
11th	y104	Sean Sumner	St Ives CC	3	50
12th	y 23	Jerzy Kuzminski	London Phoenix	2	40
13th	y106	Joshua Swords	Pedal Heaven RT	3	30
14th	y 57	Peter Cole	Handslingracing	3	20
14th	y115	Matthew Tibbutt	Wightlink	3	20
16th	y 75	Ashley Holding	GB MSTina	1
17th	y116	Harry Franklin	Hargroves Cycles	3j
18th	y 52	Harry Strudley	AWCycles.co.uk	2j
19th	y 13	Rudie Marais	La Fuga/Sigma Sport	2
20th	y 50	Robin Basford	WyndyMilla	2
21st	y  7	Bill Butterworth	Twickenham CC	3
22nd	y 66	Simon Whiten	Handsling Racing	3
23rd	y115w	Tamina Oliver	Abergavenny rc	2w
24th	y 43	Christian Yates	East Grinstead CC	3
25th	y 34	Steven Jackson	Sigma Sport-LaFuga	2
26th	y 97	Cameron Foster	Zappi's CC	2
27th	y 95	Stephen Cambell	Twickenham CC	2
28th	y 30	Matthew Carden	Team Quest	3
29th	y 25	Pete Wager	Felt-Colbornes RT	1
30th	y  8	Conall Yates	InGear Quickvit RT	2
31st	y 26	Geoff Powell	High Wycombe CC	3
32nd	y 60	Mario Manelfi	Blazing Saddles	3
33rd	y 49	Martin Garratt	London Dynamo	2
34th	y 28	Kieran Dineen	Amersham RCC	2
35th	y 20	Phil Holloway	Southend Wheelers	2
36th	y113	Jason Edwards	GB MSTina	1

Race 10 3rd Cats Results Saturday 28th January 2012

Place	No.		Club	Cat	Series Points
1st	w 14	Peter Hudson	Durham University - AURA Cycles	3	200
2nd	w150	Dominic Clegg	Redhill CC	3	150
3rd	w107	Ben Wimpory	Sydenham Wheelers	3	130
4th	w148	Dan Mitchell	Redhill CC	4	120
5th	w106	Daniel Tamplin	aylesbury cycling club	3	110
6th	w 27	Jake Norman	WyndyMilla	A + disp	100
7th	w 44	Rune Sanbeck Nilsson	London Dynamo	3	90
8th	w 49	Angelo Christides	unattached	3	80
9th	w 79	Rob Sharland	Kingston Wheelers	3	70
10th	w127	Ed Rose	progression/bikelux	2	60
11th	w 70	Leigh-Roy Macfarlane	Cycleworks	3	50
12th	w149	Luke Souter	Banbury Star CC	3	40
13th	w125	Fabio Amati	unattached	3	30
14th	w 92	Ralph Keeler	Cambridge CC	0	20
15th	w147	Ryan Visser	Redhill cc	3	10
16th	w 52	Werner Van Der Merwe	MarathonMTB.com	3
17th	w 71	Alex Toghill	Twickenham CC	3
18th	w 24	Tim Benham	WyndyMilla	3
19th	w152	Colin Hodges	Welwyn Wheelers	3
20th	w143	Phil Dempsey	Aprire Bicycles	3
21st	w138	Stephen Morrell	Aylesbury CC	3
22nd	w 67	Edmond Irwin	london fire brigade CC	3
23rd	w154	Will Lane	VC Meudon	3
24th	w151	George Fox	45 Road Club	4
25th	w 80	Adam Buckland	banjocycles.com/specialized/soul/torq	3
26th	w153	Gavin Francis	London Dynamo	4
27th	w 11	James Walker	High Wycombe CC	3
28th	w 38	Taimur Tanwir	London Dynamo/Prologue	3
29th	w105	Ethan Lee	Solihull CC	A + disp
30th	w 36	Rich Cooper	Willesden CC	3
31st	w146	Greg Barber	Charlotteville CC	3
32nd	w120	Brian Blease	Dulwich Paragon	3
33rd	w145	Keria McVitty	Kings Cliffe Flyers	3j
34th	w133	David Walls	unattached	3
35th	w130	Przemyslaw Radomski	Gregarious Superclub Ciclista	3
36th	w 53	Richard Rose	Bikelux Progression	3
37th	w 50	Lubomir Belak	Welwyn Wheelers	3
38th	w121	Andrew Stronge	unattached	3
39th	w 37	Martin Porter	Thames Velo	3
40th	w 42	Mark O'Brien	Archer RC	3
41st	w 83	Jason Gardiner	Kingston Wheelers	3
42nd	w139	George Withers	AWCycles.co.uk	3j
43rd	w140	Emily Barnes	Condor Cycles	2jw
44th	w144	Stuart Williams	Reading CC	3
45th	w134	Wayne Thomas	GS Henley	3
46th	w 25	James Curry	ViVelo-bikes/Inverse CyClaim RT	3
47th	w 35	Simon Parton	Kingston Wheelers	0
48th	w112	Dave McMullen	GWR Team/Swindon Cycles	3
49th	w101	Dennis Wright	London Fire Brigade	3
50th	w 62	Peter Hitt	Mountain Trax RT	3j
51st	w 95	Chris Campbell	London Dynamo	3
52nd	w109	Noah Banner	Kingston Wheelers cc	3j

Race 10 4th Cats Results Saturday 28th January 2012

Place	No.		Club	Cat
1st	r159	Ben Sumner	Beelines Bicycles	4
2nd	r 98	Russell Jones	Team Matador	4
3rd	r 18	Adam Capes	London Dynamo	4
4th	r 22	James Roberts	Amersham	4
5th	r169	Shaun Williams	San Fairy Ann CC	4
6th	r 53	George Lancaster	unattached	4
7th	r161	Luke Dixon	unattached	4
8th	r151	Luke Farren	Brighton Mitre	4
9th	r122	Kevin Argent	unattached	4
10th	r158	Gordon McCulloch	Welwyn Wheelers	4
11th	r164	Gary Brind	Southdowns Bikes Cycling Club	4
12th	r168	Jonathan Rogers	Kingston Wheelers CC	4
13th	r 81	Peter Mollison	Kingston Wheelers	4
14th	r121	Andy Colsell	high wycombe cc	4
15th	r114	Mark Grigg	Unattached	4
16th	r117	Jordan O'Neill	unattached	4
17th	r155	Graeme York	Twickenham CC	4
18th	r146	Joel Draper	Brighton Mitre CC	4
19th	r160	Tim Clark	unattached	4
20th	r105	Nicholas Griffiths	Kingston Wheelers	4
21st	r166	Andrew Snook	Kingston Wheelers	4
22nd	r 12	Brett Greenwood	Kingston wheelers	4
23rd	r 45	Richard Carrington	London Dynamo	4
24th	r 36	Jon Train	GS Gazzetta	4
25th	r141	Stan Akinnibi	unattached	4
26th	r120	Jonathan Whybrow	Reading CC	4
27th	r133	Jamie Ford	Southdown Velo	4j
28th	r 83	Mark Oliver	Rapha Condor CC	4
29th	r 30	Stuart Smith	High Wycombe	4
30th	r 11	Tim Osborne	High Wycombe CC	4
31st	r167	Ray Wilson	London Dynamo	4
32nd	r147	Justin Costley	Cycling Club Hackney	4
33rd	r157	Guy Elyahou	London Phoenix CC	4
34th	r162	Keith Butler	BEC CC	4
35th	r113	Stephen Rush	Twickenham CC	4
36th	r116	Paul Batchelor	Charlotteville CC	4
37th	r136	Joel Lewis	Kettering CC	4
38th	r156	Jorge Da Silva Gonçalves	Willesden	4
39th	r165	Daniel Hills	Imperial College Cycling Club	4
40th	r 47	Andrew Macey	Ashford Wheelers	4
41st	r 15	Phil Sowton	Wyndymilla	4
42nd	r 19	Alan Nixon	Amersham RCC	4
43rd	r129	Andrew Clare	London Dynamo	4
44th	r  1	Andrew Wright	La Fuga/Sigmasport	4
45th	r154	Alex Murray	London Dynamo	4
46th	r142	Sean Parr	Welwyn Wheelers	4
47th	r170	Jorge Alberzoni	London Dynamo	4
48th	r 4	Paul Morrissey	High Wycombe CC	4

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Race 9 Saturday 21st January 2012

After a lull last week the strong westerly wind returned to play a big part in the 9th race of the winter series.

Despite the conditions several riders had the confidence to force a change in the outcome including noteworthy efforts from Joel Lewis (Kettering CC), Ethan Lee (Solihull CC), George Fox (45 RC) who went alone later in the 40km race as did Peter Mollison (Kingston Wheelers). Lee’s effort was rewarded with a fine 2nd place just being beaten by Stuart Williams (Reading CC) with Jordan O’Neill (unattached) in 3rd. The WyndyMilla 4th cat random prize is awarded to 36th place Adrian Crothall (GS Avanti) who can look forward to a WyndyMilla ‘go faster’ cycle fitting at their Manor Farm Cycle Centre in Seale.

After an early attack from Andrew Harvey (Kingston Wheelers) a group of 9 established themselves mid-way through the 3rd’s race. This group splintered over the last laps with Jack Reder (unattached) beating consistent performer Werner Van Der Merwe (MarathonMTB) with Daniel Stevens (Neon-Digital) in 3rd place followed by Ben Wimpory (Sydenham Wheelers) holding off Angelo Christides and Jason Gardiner (Kingston Wheelers). Second place Werner Van Der Merwe also wins the Maxifuel random prize and receives a Maxifuel rucksack comprising Viperactive energy fuel, gels and bottles.

The E123 race started off in typically frenetic fashion with the series contenders watching each other and that combined with the wind resulted in a selection of the front group of 9. Only one rider Jerzy Kuzminski (London Phoenix) slipped back, and finally after 25 km the group settled down with both Ben and Chris Moores (Norwood Paragon), Steve Golla (High Wycombe RT), Andy Betts and Tom Smith (both Felt Colbornes RT), Jamie Pine (London Dynamo), Rory Townsend (Prestige VC) and Jason Edwards (GB MSTina) eventually lapping the field. Unfortunately Pete Wager (Felt-Colbornes RT) had mechanical trouble, missed the move and later retired. The peloton comprised riders fighting for a wheel to shelter from the wind and others intent on salvaging the remaining placings; consequently many groups formed particularly George Farrell (Welwyn Wheelers), Harry Franklin (Hargrove Cycles) who finished on their own for 9th and 10th. The next group of 7 was lead in by Vince Halpern (Handsling Racing) pursued by Steve Legg (Police Sport UK) who soloed for the last 8km to finish 18th.

The sprint for 1st place was dominated by in form Pine although Tom Smith attempted to break the pattern with 3 km to go attacking with Chris Moores; Smith recovered to take 2nd holding off Ben Moores a few lengths clear of Golla, Townsend, Betts and Chris Moores with Edwards completing the octet.

Race 9 Cats:E123 Race 21st January 2012

Place	No	Name	Club	Cat	series points
1st	y 21	Jamie Pine	London Dynamo	1	200
2nd	y 87	Tom Smith	Felt Colbornes RT	E	150
3rd	y 33	Ben Moores	Norwood Paragon	2	130
4th	y 27	Steve Golla	High Wycombe rt	2	120
5th	y 17	Rory Townsend	Prestige VC	2j	110
6th	y 72	Andy Betts	Felt Colbornes RT	E	100
7th	y 32	Chris Moores	Norwood Paragon	3	90
8th	y113	Jason Edwards	GB MSTina	1	80
9th	y 89	George Farrell	Welwyn Wheelers	2j	70
10th	y105	Harry Franklin	Hargrove Cycles	3	60
11th	y 19	Vincent Halpern	Handsling Racing	1	50
12th	y107	Frazier Carr	AW Cycles	3j	40
13th	y 43	Christian Yates	East Grinstead CC	3	30
14th	y 67	Tom Kruger	45 Road Club	2	20
15th	y 20	Phil Holloway	Southend Wheelers	2	10
16th	y 23	Jerzy Kuzminski	London Phoenix	2
17th	y 30	Matthew Carden	Team Quest	3
18th	y 46	Steve Legg	Police Sport UK	2
19th	y102	Tony Lock	Elite Cycling	2
20th	y 57	Peter Cole	Handslingracing	3
21st	y 41	Samuel Gilzean	Welwyn Wheelers	3j
22nd	y 28	Kieran Dineen	Amersham RCC	2
23rd	y 66	Simon Whiten	Handsling Racing	3
24th	y 97	Cameron Foster	Zappi's CC	2
25th	y108	Drew Holmes	VO2 Development Team	2
26th	y112	Cosmo Kedros	WyndyMilla	2
27th	y 50	Robin Basford	WyndyMilla	2
28th	y104	Sean Sumner	St Ives CC	3V
29th	y 52	Harry Strudley	AWCycles.co.uk	2j
30th	y 26	Geoff Powell	High Wycombe CC	3
31st	y 49	Martin Garratt	London Dynamo	2
32nd	y 13	Rudie Marais	La Fuga/Sigma Sport	2
33rd	y 60	Mario Manelfi	Blazing Saddles	3
34th	y114	Harold Evans	VO2 Development Team	2
35th	y109	Alex Pantelides	VO2 Development Team	2
36th	y 96	Dominic Gabellini	Rapha Condor	2
37th	y 37	Paul Bennett	unattached	3
38th	y 98	Monica Dapolenza	WyndyMilla	2w
39th	y106	Joshua Swords	Pedal Heaven RT	3

Race 9 3rd Cats Results 21st January 2012

Place	No	Name	Club	Cat	series points
1st	w 48	Jacek Reder	unattached	3	200
2nd	w 52	Werner Van Der Merwe	MarathonMTB.com	3	150
3rd	w 85	Daniel Stevens	Neon-Digital.co.uk	3	130
4th	w107	Ben Wimpory	Sydenham Wheelers	3	120
5th	w 49	Angelo Christides	unattached	3	110
6th	w 83	Jason Gardiner	Kingston Wheelers	3	100
7th	w106	Daniel Tamplin	Aylesbury Cycling Club	3	90
8th	w 11	James Walker	High Wycombe CC	3	80
9th	w139	George Withers	AW Cycles	3j	70
10th	w125	Fabio Amati	unattached	3	60
11th	w137	Jamie Francis	London Dynamo	3j	50
12th	w143	Phil Dempsey	Aprire Bicycles	3	40
13th	w 44	Rune Sanbeck Nilsson	London Dynamo	3	30
14th	w138	Stephen Morrell	Aylesbury CC	3	20
15th	w 14	Peter Hudson	Durham University - AURA Cycles	3	10
16th	w 71	Alex Toghill	Twickenham CC	3
17th	w120	Brian Blease	Dulwich Paragon	3
18th	w122	Marc Townsend	Neon-Digital.co.uk	3
19th	w 50	Lubomir Belak	Welwyn Wheelers	3
20th	w 51	Tom Smith	CC Hackney	3
21st	w 67	Edmond Irwin	london fire brigade CC	3
22nd	w 63	Nigel Burns	St Ives CC	3
23rd	w142	Gareth Adams	Cadence RT	3
24th	w 86	Joe Clark	High Wycombe CC	3
25th	w 21	Michael Widera	ViVelo-bikes/Inverse CyClaim RT	3
26th	w131	John-Paul Brophy	Neon-Digital.co.uk	3
27th	w 32	Vaughan Luff	unattached	3
28th	w 78	Duncan Rimmer	Morden CRC	3
29th	w 16	Mark Northover	Cycle Studio	3
30th	w 24	Tim Benham	WyndyMilla	3
31st	w 42	Mark O'Brien	Archer RC	3
32nd	w 43	Nick Franzini	London Dynamo	3
33rd	w 95	Chris Campbell	London Dynamo	3
34th	w 80	Adam Buckland	banjocycles.com/specialized/soul/torq	3
35th	w 37	Martin Porter	Thames Velo	3
36th	w141	Gareth Dickinson	Farnborough & Camberley CC	3
37th	w134	Wayne Thomas	GS Henley	3
38th	w132	Lara Nyman	University of Birmingham Cycling Club	3
39th	w140	Emily Barnes	Condor Cycles	2jw
40th	w135	Sara Gent	VO2 Development Team	3jw

Race 9 4th Cats Results 21st January 2012

Place	No	Name	Club	Cat
1st	r148	Stuart Williams	Reading CC	4
2nd	r143	Ethan Lee	Solihull CC	A + disp
3rd	r117	Jordan O'Neill	unattached	4
4th	r151	Luke Farren	Brighton Mitre	4
5th	r 35	Stephen Ralston	London Dynamo/Prologue	4
6th	r120	George Fox	45 Road Club	4
7th	r 81	Peter Mollison	Kingston Wheelers	4
8th	r 86	Matthew Franklin	Bristol Road Club	4
9th	r 98	Russell Jones	Team Matador	4
10th	r 18	Adam Capes	London Dynamo	4
11th	r146	Benjamin Hall	Bristol RC	1
12th	r 75	Doug Bruce	Oxford University CC	4
13th	r105	Nicholas Griffiths	Kingston Wheelers	4
14th	r156	Jorge da Silva Gonçalves	Willesden CC	4
15th	r155	Graeme York	Twickenham CC	4
16th	r 30	Stuart Smith	High Wycombe	4
17th	r122	Kevin Argent	unattached	4
18th	r 53	George Lancaster	unattached	4
19th	r 91	Andrew Kennard	unattached	4
20th	r116	Paul Batchelor	Charlotteville CC	4
21st	r 40	Mark Duncan	VC Meudon	4
22nd	r152	Joel Draper	Brighton Mitre CC	4
23rd	r153	Richard Mathie	Imperial College Cycling Club	4
24th	r147	Justin Costley	Cycling Club Hackney	4
25th	r149	Simon Pemberton	London Phoenix CC	4
26th	r142	Mark Grigg	Cult Racing	4
27th	r 19	Alan Nixon	Amersham RCC	4
28th	r129	Andrew Clare	London Dynamo	4
29th	r 22	James Roberts	Amersham	4
30th	r  1	Andrew Wright	La Fuga/Sigmasport	4
31st	r 36	Jon Train	GS Gazzetta	4
32nd	r 99	James Turton	High Wycombe Cycle Club	4
33rd	r 50	Andrew Deans	london dynamo	4
34th	r  4	Paul Morrissey	High Wycombe CC	4
35th	r144	Josh Monger	kettering cc	4
36th	r 38	Adrian Crothall	GS Avanti	4
37th	r 71	Michael Clancy	Dulwich Paragon	4
38th	r136	Joel Lewis	Kettering CC	4
39th	r157	Ken Creighton	unattached	4
40th	r158	Mark Oliver	Rapha Condor CC	4
41st	r 45	Richard Carrington	London Dynamo	4
42nd	r145	Jack Sawyer	Bristol RC	4

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Race 8 Saturday 14th January 2012

A very cold fine day, with no wind and potentially perfect racing conditions.

Although initially animated by George Fox (45 RC) and Joel Lewis (Kettering CC) it came down to a large group heading for the finish line with Matthew Bone (I Team) crossing the line front of Stephen Ralston (London Dynamo) and Fox. The WyndyMilla 4th cat random prize is awarded to 23rd place Andrew Clare (London Dynamo) who can look forward to a WyndyMilla ‘go faster’ cycle fitting at their Manor Farm Cycle Centre in Seale.

The 3rd cat race was slightly more aggressive with several riders forcing the pace; a number of incidents potentially changed the outcome of the finish especially the last 5 km which was very nervous. The run in produced a clear winner in Peter Hudson (Durham University) from in form Tim Benham (Wyndy Milla), and Angelo Christides with the rest strung out behind. The Maxifuel random prize is awarded to 11th place Duncan Rimmer (Morden CRC) who receives a Maxifuel rucksack comprising of Viperactive energy fuel, gels and bottles.

Fortunately racing rather than crashing has been a consistent feature of the E123 race but even they managed to keep the first aiders busy this week!

After missing out last week Steve Golla (High Wycombe RT) was clearly determined and was attacking from the start along with Conall Yates (InGear Quickvit RT) and Pete Wager (Felt-Colbornes RT). Several riders joined them and formed a larger group but it became fragmented with Peter Cole (Handsling Racing), Matthew Carden (Team Quest) and Wager dropping back leaving a more workable group of 8 with newcomer to the series Liam Stones (Team Corley Cycles) in good company with Yates, Golla, Jamie Pine (London Dynamo) and Nick Baker (Zappis), joined by Tom Smith (Felt Colbornes RT), Chris Moores (Norwood Paragon) and Rory Townsend (VC Prestige).

Behind, the main peloton eventually became resigned to the fact the gap was too large although towards the end Wager, Cole, Vince Halpern (Handsling Racing) and Bill Butterworth (Twickenham CC) made determined efforts. With 4 km to go Yates and Townsend attacked, a brilliant move which saw Smith and Moores dig deep to hang on. In the end Pine showed his sprinting speed to hold off a very fast improving Smith from Stones and Golla. Jerone Walters (VC St Raphael) prised himself away from the main group with 3 km to go, perhaps rueing missing the break. Cole led in his team mate Halpern for the main group sprint.

Cats:E123 Results Race Race 8 Saturday 14th January 2012

Place	No.		Club/Team	Cat	Series points
1st	y 21	Jamie Pine	London Dynamo	1	200
2nd	y 87	Tom Smith	Felt Colbornes RT	E	150
3rd	y100	Liam Stones	Team Corley	2	130
4th	y 27	Steve Golla	High Wycombe RT	2	120
5th	y 32	Chris Moores	Norwood Paragon	3	110
6th	y 17	Rory Townsend	Prestige VC	2j	100
7th	y 47	Nicholas Baker	Zappis	3	90
8th	y  8	Conall Yates	InGear Quickvit RT	2	80
9th	y 83	Jerone Walters	VC St Raphael	2	70
10th	y 57	Peter Cole	Handslingracing	3	60
11th	y 19	Vincent Halpern	Handsling Racing	1	50
12th	y 96	Dominic Gabellini	Rapha Condor	2	40
13th	y 25	Pete Wager	Felt-Colbornes RT	1	30
14th	y 29	Jo Skelton	Look Mum No Hands!	2	20
15th	y  2	James Norris	High Wycombe CC	2	10
16th	y 41	Samuel Gilzean	Welwyn Wheelers	3j
17th	y 23	Jerzy Kuzminski	London Phoenix	2
18th	y 67	Tom Kruger	45 Road Club	2
19th	y 66	Simon Whiten	Handsling Racing	3
20th	y 97	Cameron Foster	Zappis	2
21st	y  7	Bill Butterworth	Twickenham CC	3
22nd	y 98	James Walker	High Wycombe RT	3
23rd	y 43	Christian Yates	East Grinstead CC	3
24th	y 91	Neil Heffernan	Inverse Racing/Cyclaim	3
25th	y103	James Foster	Team Quest	3
26th	y 31	Ralph De Kanter	Norwood Paragon CC	3
27th	y 60	Mario Manelfi	Blazing Saddles	3
28th	y 90	Robert Enslin	Handsling Racing	3
29th	y 59	Pete Smith	Team Jewson/M.I Racing	2
30th	y 30	Matthew Carden	Team Quest	3
31st	y 49	Martin Garratt	London Dynamo	2
32nd	y102	Tony Lock	Elite Cycling	2
33rd	y 95	Stephen Cambell	Twickenham CC	2
34th	y 26	Geoff Powell	High Wycombe CC	3
35th	y101	Andrew Daniels	unattached	3

3rd Cats Results Race 8 Saturday 14th January 2012

Place	No.		Club/Team	Cat	Series points
1st	w 14	Peter Hudson	Durham University - AURA Cycles	3	200
2nd	w 24	Tim Benham	WyndyMilla	3	150
3rd	w 49	Angelo Christides	unattached	4	130
4th	w119	Ashley Dennis	Prestige Velo Club	3	120
5th	w106	Daniel Tamplin	aylesbury cycling club	3	110
6th	w 52	Werner Van Der Merwe	MarathonMTB.com	3	100
7th	w107	Ben Wimpory	Sydenham Wheelers	3	90
8th	w 79	Rob Sharland	Kingston Wheelers	3	80
9th	w 83	Jason Gardiner	Kingston Wheelers	3	70
10th	w114	Richard Moss	GS Henley	3	60
11th	w 78	Duncan Rimmer	Morden CRC	3	50
12th	w127	Ed Rose	progression/bikelux	2	40
13th	w 86	Joe Clark	High Wycombe CC	3	30
14th	w129	Phil Dempsey	Aprire Bicycles	3	20
15th	w120	Brian Blease	Dulwich Paragon	3	10
16th	w 94	Jordan Wade	Poole Wheelers	3j
17th	w 92	Ralph Keeler	Cambridge CC	3
18th	w128	Charles Batho	Dulwich Paragon CC	3
19th	w109	Noah Banner	Kingston Wheelers cc	3j
20th	w122	Marc Townsend	Neon-Digital.co.uk	3
21st	w 85	Daniel Stevens	Neon-Digital.co.uk	3
22nd	w121	Andrew Stronge	unattached	3
23rd	w 32	Vaughan Luff	unattached	3
24th	w105	Rune Sanbeck Nilsson	London Dynamo	3
25th	w 88	Stephen Morrell	Aylesbury CC	3
26th	w125	Fabio Amati	unattached	3
27th	w  4	Andy Mckay	Zappi	3
28th	w 66	Charles Sanders	Cadence RT	3
29th	w 50	Lubomir Belak	Welwyn Wheelers	3
30th	w 38	Taimur Tanwir	London Dynamo/Prologue	3
31st	w 95	Chris Campbell	London Dynamo	3
32nd	w130	Przemyslaw Radomski	Gregarious Superclub Ciclista	3
33rd	w124	Micheal Ward	VC Montpellier	3
34th	w 48	Jacek Reder	unattached	3
35th	w 16	Mark Northover	CC Giro	3
36th	w 10	Mark Lawn	Inverse Racing/Cyclaim	3
37th	w 27	Jake Norman	WyndyMilla	A + disp
38th	w 30	Alex Tollo	unattached	3
39th	w 80	Adam Buckland	banjocycles.com/specialized/soul/torq	3
40th	w 43	Nick Franzini	London Dynamo	3
41st	w 42	Mark O'brien	Archer RC	3
42nd	w 91	Jono Adams	London Dynamos	3
43rd	w123	Cliff Steele	brixton cycles	3

4th Cats Results Race 8 Saturday 14th January 2012

Place	No.		Club/Team	Cat
1st	r135	Matthew Bone	I-Team	4
2nd	r 35	Stephen Ralston	London Dynamo/Prologue	4
3rd	r120	George Fox	45 Road Club	4
4th	r 27	John-Paul Brophy	Neon-Digital.co.uk	4
5th	r 18	Adam Capes	London Dynamo	4
6th	r 41	Creighton Varney	High Wycombe Cycling Club	4
7th	r 98	Russell Jones	Team Matador	4
8th	r140	Mark Oliver	Rapha Condor	4
9th	r  1	Andrew Wright	La Fuga/Sigmasport	4
10th	r 47	Andrew Macey	Ashford Wheelers	4
11th	r 11	Tim Osborne	High Wycombe CC	4
12th	r 29	Jogenes Senorin	unattached	4
13th	r110	Jon Coulson	Sydenham Wheelers	4
14th	r 12	Brett Greenwood	Kingston wheelers	4
15th	r 53	George Lancaster	unattached	4
16th	r 88	David Morgan	Charlotteville CC	4
17th	r117	Jordan O'Neill	unattached	4
18th	r131	Jonathan Whybrow	Reading CC	4
19th	r125	Darryl Green	Vivelo Bikes - Inverse RT/Cyclaim	4
20th	r 36	Jon Train	GS Gazzetta	4
21st	r132	Daniel Skinner	Twickenham CC	4
22nd	r105	Nicholas Griffiths	Kingston Wheelers	4
23rd	r129	Andrew Clare	London Dynamo	4
24th	r103	Mo Mansoori	Twickenham CC	4
25th	r  7	George Aston	Welwyn Wheelers	4j
26th	r 50	Andrew Deans	london dynamo	4
27th	r  4	Paul Morrissey	High Wycombe CC	4
28th	r 73	Paul Banner	kingston wheelers	4
29th	r 74	Andy Leatherbarrow	Kingston Wheelers CC	4
30th	r 38	Adrian Crothall	GS Avanti	4
31st	r 30	Stuart Smith	High Wycombe	4
32nd	r 15	Phil Sowton	Wyndymilla	4
33rd	r 54	Michael Vance	Dulwich Paragon	4
34th	r 71	Michael Clancy	Dulwich Paragon	4
35th	r137	James Green	catford cc	4
36th	r 45	Richard Carrington	London Dynamo	4
37th	r  8	Dave Spragg	Kingston Wheelers	4
38th	r141	Stanley Akinnibi	unattached	4
39th	r134	Virasamy Thippadu	unattached	4
40th	r139	Austin Reynolds	Hounslow and District Wheellers	4

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Race 7 Saturday 7th January 2012

A fine race day but the blustery wind made it difficult for any advantages to be gained.

After attempts from riders to detach themselves from the front it came down to a fierce sprint with Marc Townsend (Neon-Digital) just holding off Charles Batho (Dulwich Paragon CC) for a fine win with teammate Simon Lewington in 3rd. The WyndyMilla 4th cat random prize is awarded to Andrew Macey (Ashford Wheelers) who can look forward to a WyndyMilla ‘go faster’ cycle fitting at their Manor Farm Cycle Centre in Seale.

Jez McCann (VC Elan) and Werner van der Merwe (MarathonMTB) animated the start of the 3rd cat race followed by Peter Hitt (Mountain Trax RT) and Adam Buckland (Banjocycles). A crash disrupted the last lap but Ashley Dennis (Prestige VC) held off Daniel Stevens (Neon-Digital) and Angelo Christides for a worthy win. The Maxifuel random prize is awarded to Noah Banner (Kingston Wheelers cc) who receives a Maxifuel rucksack comprising of Viperactive energy fuel, gels and bottles.

In the main race Conall Yates (InGear Quickvit RT) and Adam Brittain (High Wycombe CC) kicked off the action soon after the start; a big chase developed lead by ever consistent Andy Betts (Felt Colbornes RT) and Rory Townsend (Prestige VC). Jamie Pine (London Dynamo) attacked, but it all came back together. Bill Butterworth (Twickenham CC) also tried his luck with a lone effort. The fierce pace began to tell with the overall contenders watching each other allowing a select group of 5 to slip away with Betts leading accompanied by Jerone Walters (VC St Raphael), Yates, Pine with Chris Moores (Norwood Paragon). Steve Golla (High Wycombe CC) missed out and realising the danger, did make attempts to cross the gap, without success. With 5 km remaining Betts attacked uphill towards the finish but was countered by Walters and Pine. With 100 m to go, it could have been one of 3 with Moores then Yates slipping back. One the line there were fractions between them with Pine just getting the verdict from Betts and Walters. Andy Brittain meanwhile, presented with an opportunity of a slowing group, broke away in the last few laps and just held onto 6th place. Pete Wager and team mate Tom Smith (Felt-Colbornes RT) led the main group in very closely followed by Townsend and Vince Halpern (Handsling Racing).

Race 7 Cats:E123 Race Time 1:12:25 7th January 2012

Place	No.		Club		Series Points
1st	y 21	Jamie Pine	London Dynamo	1	200
2nd	y 72	Andy Betts	Felt Colbornes RT	E	150
3rd	y 83	Jerone Walters	VC St Raphael	2	130
4th	y  8	Conall Yates	InGear Quickvit RT	2	120
5th	y 32	Chris Moores	Norwood Paragon	3	110
6th	y  9	Adam Brittain	High Wycombe CC	2	100
7th	y 25	Pete Wager	Felt-Colbornes RT	1	90
8th	y 87	Tom Smith	Felt Colbornes	E	80
9th	y 17	Rory Townsend	Prestige VC	2j	70
10th	y 19	Vincent Halpern	Handsling Racing	1	60
11th	y 46	Steve Legg	Police Sport UK	2	50
12th	y 57	Peter Cole	Handslingracing	3	40
13th	y 20	Phil Holloway	Southend Wheelers	2	30
14th	y 27	Steve Golla	High Wycombe	2	20
15th	y 66	Simon Whiten	Handsling Racing	3	10
16th	y 81	James Jones	Zappi's CC	1
17th	y 40	Ed Rose	progression/bikelux	2
18th	y 79	Rupert Beale	Beeline Bikes RT	2
19th	y 91	Neil Heffernan	Inverse Racing/Cyclaim	3
20th	y 80	Nicholas Beale	Beeline Bikes RT	2
21st	y 41	Samuel Gilzean	Welwyn Wheelers	3j
22nd	y 75	Ashley Holding	GB MSTina	1
23rd	y 39	Joshua Maynard	Welwyn Wheelers	2J
24th	y 43	Christian Yates	East Grinstead CC	3
25th	y 28	Kieran Dineen	Amersham RCC	2
26th	y 49	Martin Garratt	London Dynamo	2
27th	y 54	Arjan Planting	Dulwich Paragon	2
28th	y 94	Declan Higgins	VC St Raphael	2j
29th	y 50	Robin Basford	WyndyMilla	2
30th	y  7	Bill Butterworth	Twickenham CC	3
31st	y 62	Patrick Martin	Wyndymilla	2
32nd	y 89	George Farrell	Welwyn Wheelers	2j
33rd	y 13	Rudie Marais	La Fuga/Sigma Sport	2
34th	y 26	Geoff Powell	High Wycombe CC	3
35th	y 31	Ralph De Kanter	Norwood Paragon CC	3
36th	y 68	Liam Bremer	London Phoenix CC	3
37th	y 60	Mario Manelfi	Blazing Saddles	3
38th	y 23	Jerzy Kuzminski	London Phoenix	2
39th	y 71	Mike Knight	VC Meudon	3
40th	y 74	James Lowden	Lewes Wanderers	2
41st	y 42	Iain Gillam	Imperial College cc	3
42nd	y 52	Harry Strudley	AWCycles.co.uk	2j
43rd	y 95	Stephen Campbell	Twickenham CC	2
44th	y 53	Nat Spurling	Finsbury Park	3
45th	y 56	Mark Smith	Welwyn Wheelers	2

Race 7 3rd Cats Results Time 1:03:50 7th January 2012

Place	No.		Club		Series points
1st	w119	Ashley Dennis	Prestige VC	3j	200
2nd	w 85	Daniel Stevens	Neon-Digital.co.uk	3	150
3rd	w 49	Angelo Christides	unattached	3	130
4th	w105	Nicholas Baker	Zappis	3
5th	w114	Richard Moss	GS Henley	3	120
6th	w 24	Tim Benham	WyndyMilla	3	110
7th	w 10	Mark Lawn	Inverse Racing/Cyclaim	3	100
8th	w 17	Joe Holloway	VC10	3	90
9th	w100	Jason Painton	Rides on air	3	80
10th	w 79	Rob Sharland	Kingston Wheelers	3	70
11th	w 11	James Walker	High Wycombe CC	3	60
12th	w 82	Jez McCann	VC Elan	A + disp	50
13th	w 22	Robert Lemaster	London Dynamo	3	40
14th	w 50	Lubomir Belak	Welwyn Wheelers	3	30
15th	w112	Joshua Swords	Pedal Heaven RT	3j	20
16th	w 72	Carsten Duke	London Dynamo	3	10
17th	w106	Daniel Tamplin	aylesbury cycling club	3
18th	w 97	Christopher Palfreeman	45 road club	3
19th	w 53	Richard Rose	Bikelux Progression	3
20th	w 62	Peter Hitt	Mountain Trax RT	3j
21st	w 86	Joe Clark	High Wycombe CC	3
22nd	w109	Noah Banner	Kingston Wheelers cc	3j
23rd	w 30	Alex Tollo	unattached	3
24th	w 77	Grant Grant	unattached	3
25th	w113	Karl Moseley	Stourbridge Velo	4
26th	w120	Brian Blease	Dulwich Paragon	3
27th	w 38	Taimur Tanwir	London Dynamo/Prologue	3
28th	w118	Roland Chuter	unattached	3
29th	w121	Andrew Stronge	unattached	3
30th	w 52	Werner Van Der Merwe	MarathonMTB.com	3
31st	w 37	Martin Porter	Thames Velo	3
32nd	w117	Phillip Wilkinson	Inverse Racing / Cyclaim	3
33rd	w 42	Mark O'brien	Archer RC	3
34th	w 98	Josh Lawless	unattached	3
35th	w 21	Michael Widera	ViVelo-bikes/Inverse CyClaim RT	3
36th	w  4	Andy Mckay	Zappi	3
37th	w111	Dominic Lowden	Lewes Wanderers	3
38th	w 89	Peter Hodgetts	Halesowen A&CC	3
39th	w 15	Karla Boddy	High Wycombe CC	2
40th	w 46	Andy Lack	Kingston Wheelers	3
41st	w 64	Stuart Jackson	Bath Road Club	3
42nd	w 14	Peter Hudson	Durham University - AURA Cycles	3
43rd	w 95	Chris Campbell	London Dynamo	3
44th	w115	Neil MCcann	VC Elan	3
45th	w 65	Seb Greenwood	Vivelo Bikes - Inverse RT / Cyclaim	3
46th	w 63	Nigel Burns	St Ives CC	3

Race 7 4th Cats Results Time 0:59.58 7th January 2012

Place	No.		Club
1st	r 26	Marc Townsend	Neon-Digital.co.uk	4
2nd	r 34	Charles Batho	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
3rd	r104	Simon Lewington	Dulwich Paragon	4
4th	r 75	Doug Bruce	Oxford University CC	4
5th	r 24	Roki Read	VC Meudon	4
6th	r 83	Gavin Francis	London Dynamo	4
7th	r 84	Huw Jones	unattached	4
8th	r 27	John-Paul Brophy	Neon-Digital.co.uk	4
9th	r 43	Michael Tocknell	London Dynamos	4
10th	r 22	James Roberts	Amersham	4
11th	r 47	Andrew Macey	Ashford Wheelers	4
12th	r105	Nicholas Griffiths	Kingston Wheelers	4
13th	r 35	Stephen Ralston	London Dynamo/Prologue	4
14th	r128	Simon Barnes	unattached	4
15th	r117	Jordan O'Neill	unattached	4
16th	r122	Kevin Argent	Private	4
17th	r115	Matt Walsh	Zappi's Cycling Club	4
18th	r 41	Creighton Varney	High Wycombe Cycling Club	4
19th	r 30	Stuart Smith	High Wycombe	4
20th	r 19	Alan Nixon	Amersham RCC	4
21st	r 40	Mark Duncan	VC Meudon	4
22nd	r 18	Adam Capes	London Dynamo	4
23rd	r124	Robert Parker-Cole	Kingston Wheelers	4
24th	r 29	Jogenes Senorin	unattached	4
25th	r121	Andy Colsell	High Wycombe CC	4
26th	r127	James Berresford		4
27th	r  1	Andrew Wright	La Fuga/Sigmasport	4
28th	r118	Lee King	Beeline bicycles rt	4
29th	r  2	John Polak	unattached	4
30th	r130	Jeff Roberts	High Wycombe CC	4
31st	r120	George Fox	45 Road Club	4
32nd	r110	Jon Coulson	Sydenham Wheelers	4
33rd	r126	Chris Pinches	Imperial College CC	4
34th	r131	Jonathan Whybrow	Reading CC	4
35th	r 15	Phil Sowton	Wyndymilla	4
36th	r 53	George Lancaster	unattached	4
37th	r 50	Andrew Deans	london dynamo	4
38th	r129	Andrew Clare	London Dynamo	4
39th	r  8	Dave Spragg	Kingston Wheelers	4
40th	r 82	Andrew Gibson	Kingston wheelers cc	4
41st	r 74	Andy Leatherbarrow	Kingston Wheelers CC	4
42nd	r125	Darryl Green	Vivelo Bikes - Inverse RT/Cyclaim	4
43rd	r  7	George Aston	Welwyn Wheelers	4j
44th	r  4	Paul Morrissey	High Wycombe CC	4
45th	r 66	Peter Blencowe	Imperial College CC	4
46th	r 73	Paul Banner	kingston wheelers	4
47th	r 45	Richard Carrington	London Dynamo	4
48th	r 65	Steven Green	Thames Velo	4

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Race 6 Saturday 31st December 2011

Possibly the last road race in the World in 2011, on a gloomy, mild but breezy day uplifted by a very encouraging entry in all categories after the disappointing Boxing Day entry.

In the 4th cats, the racing is becoming more aggressive with attacks and counter attacks and in particular from Andrew Kennard, Jordan O'Neill and Phil Sowton. Inevitably it came down to a close finish with Karl Moseley (Stourbridge Velo) finally achieving his goal and crossing the line in first place in front of Ben Wimpory (Sydenham Wheelers) and Neil McCann (VC Elan). The WyndyMilla 4th cat random prize is awarded to 12th place finisher Charles Batho (Dulwich Paragon CC) so he can look forward to a WyndyMilla ‘go faster’ cycle fitting at their Manor Farm Cycle Centre in Seale.

The 3rd cat race was similarly animated with Dominic Clegg (Redhill CC), James Walker (High Wycombe CC), Nicholas Baker (Zappis CC) and then Rob Sharland (Kingston Wheelers) all trying to force a gap. Next Neil Heffernan (Inverse Racing/Cyclaim) and Jason Gardiner (Kingston Wheelers) tried but the main group was very attentive and was not letting any moves go too far. In the aftermath of a pile up at the end of the back straight 7 riders broke away and opened a decent gap, beyond the grasp of the remaining group. In the run in to the line the lead group disintegrated but Baker, Stephen Morrell (Aylesbury CC) and Dave McMullen (GWR Team) were clearly the strongest. The Maxifuel random prize is awarded to 6th place finisher Ian Donohue (Fareham Wheelers) who receives a Maxifuel rucksack comprising of Viperactive energy fuel, gels and bottles.

The Women’s race saw a strong field of 26 line up with big teams from both Pearson Cycles and WyndyMilla and although it started relatively calmly continual pressure by the likes of Mathilde Pauls (Pearson CC), Louise Mahè (Mule Bar Girls) and Keria McVitty (Kings Cliffe Flyers) gradually whittled down the main group. In the sprint nobody could top confident Karla Boddy (High Wycombe CC) with Tamina Oliver (Squadra Donne) a fine second and Sarah Brook (Mule Bar Girls) holding the rest off for 3rd place. The overall series winner this year was U-16 rider Kimberley English (Welwyn Wheelers) sister of Felix, 2nd Emily Bagnall (WyndyMilla) and in 3rd place Keria McVitty (Kings Cliffe Flyers). They each received a small cash prize and courtesy of Maxifuel a Maxitone holdall with Maxitone fuel and bottles. The 3 events more than justified their slot in the series and hopefully this will encourage more organisers to include a specific women’s class in their race programme.

The E123 race was full on from the start as expected with the number of class riders in the line up. Steve Golla and Adam Brittain (both High Wycombe CC) were the first to stretch the field with returning Angus Macalister (Norwood Paragon), previous series winner Jerone Walters (now VC St Raphael), rising star Adam Cotterell (Zappis CC) pulling away with Pete Wager (Felt-Colbornes RT) after 20km. Wager sat up (perhaps thinking of his overall position?) which appeared to give Andy Betts (now Felt Colbornes RT) his cue to jump away joining Walters (in his first race back) and Golla. In the finale Golla seemed to be hanging on, leaving gaps and generally grimacing but all this proved to be a feint as he came in well clear of Betts and Walters. A tight sprint followed for the next 3 places with only hundredths separating Wager, Jamie Pine(London Dynamo) and young Rory Townsend (Prestige VC). Max Stedman of Palmer Perk Velo impressed again and having recovered from his big effort on Boxing Day finished a fine 10th.

Race 6 E123 race Saturday 31st December 2011

Place	No.		Club	Cat	Series Points
1st	y 27	Steve Golla	High Wycombe	2	200
2nd	y 72	Andy Betts	Felt Colbornes RT	E	150
3rd	y 83	Jerone Walters	VC St Raphael	2	130
4th	y 25	Pete Wager	Felt-Colbornes RT	E	120
5th	y 21	Jamie Pine	London Dynamo	1	110
6th	y 17	Rory Townsend	Prestige VC	2j	100
7th	y 20	Phil Holloway	Southend Wheelers	2	90
8th	y  9	Adam Brittain	High Wycombe CC	2	80
9th	y  8	Conall Yates	InGear Quickvit RT	2	70
10th	y  5	Maximilian Stedman	Palmer Park Velo	A + disp	60
11th	y 64	Mark Edwards	Thames Velo	3	50
12th	y 88	Adam Cotterell	Zappis CC	1
13th	y 19	Vincent Halpern	Handsling Racing	1	40
14th	y 46	Steve Legg	Police Sport UK	2	30
15th	y 61	Michael Cowland	St Ives CC	2	20
16th	y 57	Peter Cole	Handslingracing	3	10
17th	y 49	Martin Garratt	London Dynamo	2
18th	y 85	Jon Lewis	Charlotteville CC	2
19th	y 79	Rupert Beale	Beeline Bikes RT	2
20th	y 41	Samuel Gilzean	Welwyn Wheelers	3j
21st	y 40	Ed Rose	progression/bikelux	2
22nd	y 43	Christian Yates	East Grinstead CC	3
23rd	y 65	Brock Duncumb Rogers	GWR Team	2j
24th	y 80	Nicholas Beale	Beeline Bikes RT	2
25th	y  7	Bill Butterworth	Twickenham CC	3
26th	y 66	Simon Whiten	Handsling Racing	3
27th	y 90	Rob Enslin	Handsling Racing	3
28th	y 62	Patrick Martin	Wyndymilla	2
29th	y 84	Jez Cox	bike and run london	3
30th	y 67	Jake Norman	WyndyMilla	A + disp
31st	y 60	Mario Manelfi	Blazing Saddles	3
32nd	y 86	Carl Ferri	Addiscombe CC	3
33rd	y  4	Henry Latimer	Zappi's CC	2
34th	y 36	Krisztian Borbely	Cyclelab	3
35th	y 23	Jerzy Kuzminski	London Phoenix	2
36th	y 26	Geoff Powell	High Wycombe CC	3
37th	y 29	Jo Skelton	Look Mum No Hands!	2
38th	y 71	Mike Knight	VC Meudon	3
39th	y 59	Pete Smith	Team Jewson/M.I Racing	2
40th	y 50	Robin Basford	WyndyMilla	2
41st	y 89	Ralph De Kanter	Norwood Paragon CC	3
42nd	y 74	Stoyko Bussarov	WyndyMilla	1
43rd	y 68	Liam Bremer	London Phoenix CC	3
44th	y 69	Andy Waterman	Vicious Velo	2
45th	y 87	Tom Smith	Felt Colbornes	1

Race 6 3rd Cats Results Saturday 31st December 2011

Place	No.		Club	Cat	Series Points
1st	w 89	Nicholas Baker	Zappis	3
2nd	w 88	Stephen Morrell	Aylesbury CC	3	200
3rd	w 40	Dave McMullen	GWR Team/Swindon Cycles	3	150
4th	w105	Gareth Thomas	Kingston Wheelers	3	130
5th	w 32	Vaughan Luff	unattached	3	120
6th	w 74	Ian Donohue	Fareham Wheelers	3	110
7th	w 85	Daniel Stevens	Neon-Digital.co.uk	3	100
8th	w 24	Tim Benham	WyndyMilla	3	90
9th	w 48	Jacek Reder	unattached	3	80
10th	w 64	Stuart Jackson	Bath Road Club	3	70
11th	w 14	Peter Hudson	Durham University - AURA Cycles	3	60
12th	w 16	Mark Northover	CC Giro	3	50
13th	w 13	Craig Mclean	London Dynamo	3	40
14th	w 21	Michael Widera	ViVelo-bikes/Inverse CyClaim RT	3	30
15th	w 82	Jez McCann	VC Elan	A + disp	20
16th	w 49	Angelo Christides	unattached	3	10
17th	w106	Daniel Tamplin	aylesbury cycling club	3
18th	w 59	Alex Burrage	Loughborough Students CC	3
19th	w 39	James Di Rico	High Wycombe CC	3
20th	w104	Adam White	VC10	3
21st	w103	Stuart Clapp	Vicious Velo	3
22nd	w 76	Joe Donohue	Fareham Wheelers	A + disp
23rd	w100	Jason Painton	Rides on Air	3
24th	w 83	Jason Gardiner	Kingston Wheelers	3
25th	w 87	Colin Gunn	Kingston Wheelers	3
26th	w102	James Foster	Team Quest	3
27th	w 31	Neil Heffernan	Inverse Racing/Cyclaim	3
28th	w 43	Nick Franzini	London Dynamo	3
29th	w  3	Phil Adams	Cycle Club Ashwell	3
30th	w 42	Mark O'brien	Archer RC	3
31st	w 50	Lubomir Belak	Team Welwyn	3
32nd	w 25	James Curry	ViVelo-bikes/Inverse CyClaim RT	3

Race 3 of 3 Women E1234 Cats Results Saturday 31st December 2011

Place	No.		Club	Cat	Series Points
1st	p  8	Karla Boddy	High Wycombe CC	2	1
2nd	p 32	Tamina Oliver	Squadra Donne	2	2
3rd	p 24	Sarah Brook	Mule Bar Girls	3	3
4th	p  6	Kimberley English	Welwyn Wheelers	A+disp	4
5th	p 15	Emily Bagnall	Wyndy Milla	2	5
6th	p  5	Jacky Gibbens	London Dynamo	4	6
7th	p 28	Mathilde Pauls	pearsons	2	7
8th	p  2	Keria McVitty	Kings Cliffe Flyers	3j	8
9th	p 31	Clemence Copie	unattached	3	9
10th	p 19	Tanya Hunt	WyndyMilla	2	10
11th	p  3	Laura Cheesman	PPYCC	A+disp	11
12th	p  29	Nicole Om	Pearson CC	3	12
13th	p  25	Coralie Giaunes	Pearson CC	3	13
14th	p  4	Katharine Broadbent	Durham University - AURA cycles	4	14
15th	p 12	Vikki Filsell	Pearsons CC	2	15
16th	p 20	Claire Leonard	Brighton Mitre	2	16
17th	p  7	Monica DaPolenza	WyndyMilla	2	17
18th	p 26	Rachel Przybylski	WyndyMilla	2	18
19th	p 21	Catherine Hills	Wyndy Milla Maxifuel	2	19
20th	p 18	Abbie Dertus	Welwyn Whls CC	4	20
21st	p 27	Kate Fisher	Pearson CC	4	21
22nd	p 23	Mary Hannah Evans	High Wycombe CC	4	22
23rd	p  1	Sally Stubbs	Imperial Racing Team	4	23
24th	p 30	Deborah Mallinson	Pearson CC	4	24
25th	p 13	Caroline Hodge	Pearson Cycling Club	4	25

Women E1234 Cats Series Overall Results (Competed in all 3 races) Saturday 31st December 2011

Place	No.		Club	Cat	Series Points
1st	p  6	Kimberley English	Welwyn Wheelers	A+disp	9
2nd	p 15	Emily Bagnall	Wyndy Milla	2	12
3rd	p  2	Keria McVitty	Kings Cliffe Flyers	3j	14
4th	p  5	Jacky Gibbens	London Dynamo	4	18
5th	p  1	Sally Stubbs	Imperial Racing Team	4	45

Race 6 4th Cats Results Saturday 31st December 2011

Place	No.		Club	Cat
1st	r 17	Karl Moseley	Stourbridge Velo	4
2nd	r 76	Ben Wimpory	Sydenham Wheelers	4
3rd	r100	Neil McCann	VC Elan	4
4th	r 94	Simon Oxenham	VC10	4
5th	r 26	Marc Townsend	Neon-Digital.co.uk	4
6th	r  8	Dave Spragg	Kingston Wheelers	4
7th	r 18	Adam Capes	London Dynamo	4
8th	r 93	Henry Robertshaw	unattached	4
9th	r106	Darren Gardner	Cadence RT	4
10th	r 75	Doug Bruce	Oxford University CC	4
11th	r 47	Andrew Macey	Ashford Wheelers	4
12th	r 34	Charles Batho	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
13th	r 35	Stephen Ralston	London Dynamo/Prologue	4
14th	r  1	Andrew Wright	La Fuga/Sigmasport	4
15th	r118	Lee King	Beeline Bikes RT	4
16th	r 95	Paul Martin	Dulwich Paragon	4
17th	r 27	John-Paul Brophy	Neon-Digital.co.uk	4
18th	r 22	James Roberts	Amersham	4
19th	r119	Andrew Kennard	unattached	4
20th	r 11	Tim Osborne	High Wycombe CC	4
21st	r 53	George Lancaster	unattached	4
22nd	r107	Will Humphris	Dulwich	4
23rd	r 50	Andrew Deans	london dynamo	4
24th	r 33	George Kirkin	Twickenham CC	4
25th	r114	Mark Grigg	Cult Racing	4
26th	r108	Jan Marzec	London Dynamo	4
27th	r  6	Mike Holborow	Swindon RC	4
28th	r102	David B	London Dynamo	4
29th	r116	Paul Batchelor	Charlotteville CC	4
30th	r 54	Michael Vance	Dulwich Paragon	4
31st	r 82	Andrew Gibson	Kingston wheelers cc	4
32nd	r110	Jon Coulson	Sydenham Wheelers	4
33rd	r 97	Richard Lewey	Crystal Palace Triathletes	4
34th	r117	Jordan O'neill	unattached	4
35th	r 62	Jake Benefield	London Dynamo	4
36th	r 15	Phil Sowton	Wyndymilla	4
37th	r 41	Creighton Varney	High Wycombe Cycling Club	4
38th	r 36	Jon Train	GS Gazzetta	4
39th	r 30	Stuart Smith	High Wycombe	4
40th	r 73	Paul Banner	kingston wheelers	4
41st	r104	Simon Lewington	Dulwich Paragon	4
42nd	r  2	John Polak	unattached	4
43rd	r 24	Mo Mansoori	Twickenham CC	4
44th	r 19	Alan Nixon	Amersham RCC	4
45th	r 45	Richard Carrington	London Dynamo	4
46th	r 74	Andy Leatherbarrow	Kingston Wheelers CC	4
47th	r109	Chris Hacking	High Wycombe	4
48th	r  4	Paul Morrissey	High Wycombe CC	4
49th	r112	Jordan-Tyrone Clarke	unattached	4

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Race 5 Monday 26th December 2011

An un-seasonally mild 13 degrees C met a diminished field of competitors for the Boxing Day races; it did, however, feel a little more relaxed than previous weeks.

Twenty riders started the 4th cat race which, in the closing stages, was animated by Phil Sowton (WyndyMilla) – he took off solo, made a good gap and looked strong enough to stay away – sadly though he finally ran out of steam on the last lap. Jono Adams (London Dynamo) took the bunch sprint from Darren Gardner (Cadence) and Neil McCann (VC Elan). Andrew Deans (London Dynamo) wins the random prize of the WyndyMilla bike fit.

The Ladies race saw a slightly disappointing field of 8 riders line up and although it started promisingly it fizzled out until the last lap – perhaps as a result of the size of the group? However, the final run in was exciting with Lydia Boylan (Look Mum No Hands!) winning from Keria McVitty (Kings Cliffe Flyers)and Kimberley English (Welwyn Wheelers) (ably supported by photographer Mum Pauline).

A slightly bigger entry for the 3rd cats saw 4 riders - Nick Baker (Zappis), Dominic Clegg (Redhill CC), Werner van der Merwe (MarathonMTB) and Vaughan Luff - forged an early lead and with all of them working well they eventually lapped the main group with a few minutes to go. Rune Sanbeck Nilsson (London Dynamo) wins the random prize of the MaxiFuel pack.

All the main contenders lined up for the E123 race and were clearly focused from the start. Rory Townsend (Prestige VC) (with most of his family supporting – no pressure!) and Conall Yates (InGear Quickvit) took off and made 40 seconds quite quickly. Under pressure, the main group split into three with the chasing group comprising Steve Golla (High Wycombe), Pete Wager (Felt-Colbornes), Henry Furniss (WyndyMilla), Jamie Pine (London Dynamo), Arjan Planting (Dulwich Paragon), Phil Holloway (Southend Wheelers), Max Stedman (Palmer Park) and newcomer Nicholas Beale (Beeline Bikes). With their lead diminishing the two leaders sat up and the two groups merged. This group surged and then eased up with several riders clearly thinking of the overall and others out for individual glory. The second group looked at times to be closing but eventually detonated under the pressure. On the last lap Conall Yates leapt away for a long one but on the run in Jamie Pine catapulted himself to an unassailable lead, just too strong for the rest. Conall held on for second followed by a close knit group of Arjan Planting, Pete Wager, Rory Townsend and Steve Golla.

The series is now taking shape with the protagonists eyeing the points and overall glory.

Race 5 Cats:E123 Race Monday 26th December 2011

Place			Club		Series Points
1st	y 21	Jamie Pine	London Dynamo	1	200
2nd	y  8	Conall Yates	InGear Quickvit RT	2	150
3rd	y 67	Arjan Planting	Dulwich Paragon	2	130
4th	y 25	Pete Wager	Felt-Colbornes RT	E	120
5th	y 17	Rory Townsend	Prestige VC	2j	110
6th	y 27	Steve Golla	High Wycombe	2	100
7th	y 20	Phil Holloway	southend wheelers	2	90
8th	y 80	Nicholas Beale	Beeline Bikes RT	2	80
9th	y 15	Henry Furniss	WyndyMilla/MaxiFuel	E	70
10th	y 77	Andrew Ghagan	WyndyMilla	2	60
11th	y  6	Stuart Harvey	Ultimate Fitness	3	50
12th	y 30	Matthew Carden	Team Quest	3	40
13th	y 79	Rupert Beale	Beeline Bikes RT	2	30
14th	y  5	Maximilian Stedman	Palmer Park Velo	A + disp	20
15th	y  7	Bill Butterworth	Twickenham CC	3V	10
16th	y 26	Geoff Powell	High Wycombe CC	3V
17th	y 78	Tom Neale	Spalding CC	2

Race 5 3rd Cats Results Monday 26th December 2011

Place			Club		Series Points
1st	w 34	Nicholas Baker	Zappi's CC	3
2nd	w 26	Dominic Clegg	Redhill CC	3	200
3rd	w 52	Werner van der Merwe	MarathonMTB.com	3	150
4th	w 32	Vaughan Luff	unattached	3	130
5th	w 27	Jake Norman	WyndyMilla	A+disp	120
6th	w 49	Angelo Christides	unattached	3	110
7th	w 48	Jacek Reder	unattached	3	100
8th	w 71	Alex Toghill	Twickenham CC	3	90
9th	w 16	Mark Northover	The Cycle Studio	3	80
10th	w 24	Tim Benham	WyndyMilla	3	70
11th	w 88	Stephen Morrell	Aylesbury CC	3	60
12th	w 67	Edmond Irwin	london fire brigade CC	3	50
13th	w 92	Ralph Keeler	Cambridge CC	3	40
14th	w 90	Neil Webb	unattached	3	30
15th	w 82	Jez McCann	VC Elan	A+disp	20
16th	w 70	Leigh-Roy Macfarlane	Cycleworks	3	10
17th	w 50	Lubomir Belak	Team Welwyn	3
18th	w 10	Mark Lawn	Inverse Racing / Cyclaim	3
19th	w 44	Rune Sanbeck Nilsson	London Dynamo	3
20th	w 6	Aaron Tayler	swindon rc	3
21st	w 89	Callum Oliver	Rapha Condor CC	3
22nd	w 38	Taimur Tanwir	London Dynamo	3
23rd	w 72	Carsten Duke	London Dynamo	3
24th	w 42	Mark O'Brien	Archer RC	3
25th	w 29	Steven Cottington	Cadence RT	3
26th	w 55	Iain Cade	Cadence RT	3

Race 2 of 3 Women E1234 Cats Results Monday 26th December 2011

Place			Club		Series Points
1st	p 17	Lydia Boylan	Look Mum No Hands!	1	1
2nd	p  2	Keria McVitty	Kings Cliffe Flyers	3j	2
3rd	p  6	Kimberley English	welwyn wheelers	A+disp	3
4th	p 15	Emily Bagnall	Wyndy Milla	2	4
5th	p  5	Jacky Gibbens	London Dynamo	4	5
6th	p 16	Lydia Rodney	Kingston Wheelers	4	6
7th	p  9	Katie Metalli	Bristol Cycling development Squad	A+disp	7
8th	p  1	Sally Stubbs	Imperial Racing Team	4	8

Race 5 4th Cats Results Monday 26th December 2011

Place			Club
1st	r 96	Jono Adams	London Dynamo	4
2nd	r106	Darren Gardner	Cadence	4
3rd	r100	Neil Mccann	VC Elan	4
4th	r107	Will Humphris	Dulwich	4
5th	r 54	Michael Vance	Dulwich Paragon	4
6th	r 47	Andrew Macey	Ashford Wheelers	4
7th	r 83	Gavin Francis	London Dynamo	4
8th	r 98	Russell Jones	Team Matador	4
9th	r 19	Alan Nixon	Amersham	4
10th	r103	Mo Mansoori	Twickenham CC	4
11th	r 36	Jon Train	GS Gazzetta	4
12th	r 50	Andrew Deans	london dynamo	4
13th	r 72	Paul Banner	Kingston Wheelers cc	4
14th	r 55	Daniel Justin	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
15th	r 15	Phil Sowton	Wyndymilla	4
16th	r102	David B	London Dynamo	4
17th	r 29	Jogenes Senorin	unattached	4
18th	r 1	Andrew Wright	La Fuga/Sigmasport	4
19th	r108	Jan Marzec	London Dynamo	4

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Race 4 Saturday 24th December 2011

The 4th cat race was very tight and hard fought with little room to manoeuvre and escape. After many attempts to break from the main group Matthew Franklin (Bristol Road Club), Simon Oxenham (VC10) and Ben Hall (Bristol Road Club) escaped, however, it was Steve Morrell (Aylesbury CC) who finally got to the line first with Oxenham followed by Mark Dempster (Kingston Wheelers). The WyndyMilla 4th cat random prize is awarded to 5th place finisher Matthew Franklin (Bristol Road Club) so he can look forward to a WyndyMilla ‘go faster’ cycle fitting at their Manor Farm Cycle Centre in Seale.

The 3rd cat race was altogether faster and far more aggressive with Daniel Stevens (Neon-Digital.co.uk), Dave McMullen (GWR Team) and Neil Heffernan (ViVelo-bikes/Inverse CyClaim RT) very active from the start. In the closing stages 2 riders broke clear - Dominic Clegg (Redhill CC) Andy Lack (Kingston Wheelers) - in the run in the stronger Clegg held off Lack for the win. The Maxifuel random prize is awarded to 11th place finisher Jason Gardiner (Kingston Wheelers); he receives a Maxifuel rucksack comprising Viperactive energy fuel, gels and bottles.

In the Women’s race it was fast and difficult to hang on to a wheel made all the more challenging by the crosswinds; however, it came down to a sprint finish with a frantic surge to the line. The strength of ex-rower Karla Boddy (High Wycombe CC) won through from Kimberley English (Welwyn Wheelers) in 2nd and Emily Bagnall (WyndyMilla) in 3rd place.

Normal service resumed in the E123 race with Peter Cole (Handslingracing) and Sam Humpheson (Look Mum No Hands!) flying off the front hotly pursued by Arjan Planting (Dulwich Paragon). Next to try were Nat Spurling (Finsbury Park) and Rory Townsend (Prestige VC) but by this time Cole was feeling the effects of his early move and dropped back. A strong break then formed with Steve Golla (High Wycombe), Jamie Pine (London Dynamo), Ashley Holding (GB MSTina), Adam Brittain (High Wycombe CC) and Townsend. Connall Yates (InGear Quickvit RT) and Planting made a supreme effort to bridge and almost closed the gap, their efforts were rewarded by staying clear to the line for 5th and 6th place followed by a lone effort from Andy Betts (Felt Colbornes RT) with Peter Wager (Felt Colbornes RT) leading the main group in. In the sprint Jamie Pine was determined to win and did just that closely followed by Golla and Rory Townsend just beating Brittain.

Race 4 Cats:E123 Race Saturday 24th December 2011

Place			Club		Series points
1st	y 21	Jamie Pine	London Dynamo	1	200
2nd	y 27	Steve Golla	High Wycombe	2	150
3rd	y 17	Rory Townsend	Prestige VC	2j	130
4th	y  9	Adam Brittain	High Wycombe CC	2	120
5th	y  8	Conall Yates	InGear Quickvit RT	2	110
6th	y 54	Arjan Planting	Dulwich Paragon	2	100
7th	y 72	Andy Betts	Felt Colbornes RT	E	90
8th	y 25	Pete Wager	Felt-Colbornes RT	E	80
9th	y 29	Jo Skelton	Look Mum No Hands!	2	70
10th	y 19	Vincent Halpern	Handsling Racing	1	60
11th	y 65	Brock Duncumb Rogers	GWR Team	2j	50
12th	y  2	James Norris	High Wycombe CC	2	40
13th	y 46	Steve Legg	Police Sport UK	2	30
14th	y 41	Samuel Gilzean	Welwyn Wheelers	3j	20
15th	y 57	Peter Cole	Handslingracing	3	10
16th	y 59	Pete Smith	Team Jewson/MI racing	2
17th	y 20	Phil Holloway	Southend Wheelers	2
18th	y 49	Martin Garratt	London Dynamo	2
19th	y 75	Ashley Holding	GB MSTina	1
20th	y 69	Andy Waterman	Vicious Velo	2
21st	y 47	Nicholas Baker	Zappis	3
22nd	y 28	Kieran Dineen	Amersham RCC	2
23rd	y 40	Ed Rose	progression/bikelux	2
24th	y 44	Paul Drake	London Dynamo	2
25th	y  7	Bill Butterworth	Twickenham CC	3
26th	y 62	Patrick Martin	Wyndymilla	2
27th	y 14	Andrew Brown	VC Peloton	2
28th	y 43	Christian Yates	East Grinstead CC	3
29th	y 22	James Leach	Twickenham CC	3
30th	y 76	Graham Hills	InGear Quickvit RT	2
31st	y 60	Mario Manelfi	Blazing Saddles	3
32nd	y 67	Leigh-Roy Macfarlane	Cycleworks	3
33rd	y 64	Mark Edwards	Thames Velo	3
34th	y 71	Mike Knight	VC Meudon	3
35th	y 53	Nat Spurling	Finsbury Park	3
36th	y 26	Geoff Powell	High Wycombe CC	3
37th	y 35	Jake Martin	Cycle Premier Racing Team	E
38th	y 73	Sam Humpheson	Look Mum No Hands!	2
39th	y 51	Tom Bowering	WyndyMilla	3
40th	w 67	Edmond Irwin	london fire brigade CC	3

Race 4 3rd Cats Results Saturday 24th December 2011

Place			Club	Cat	Series points
1st	w 26	Dominic Clegg	Redhill CC	3	200
2nd	w 85	Daniel Stevens	Neon-Digital.co.uk	3	150
3rd	w 49	Angelo Christides	unattached	3	130
4th	w 64	Stuart Jackson	Bath Road Club	3	120
5th	w 52	Werner Van Der Merwe	MarathonMTB.com	3	110
6th	w 16	Mark Northover	THE CYCLE STUDIO	3	100
7th	w  1	Peter Giddings	unattached	3	90
8th	w 14	Peter Hudson	Durham University - AURA Cycles	3	80
9th	w 40	Dave McMullen	GWR Team	3	70
10th	w 71	Alex Toghill	Twickenham CC	3	60
11th	w 83	Jason Gardiner	Kingston Wheelers	3	50
12th	w 10	Mark Lawn	ViVelo-Bikes/Inverse CyClaim RT	3	40
13th	w 50	Lubomir Belak	Welwyn Wheelers	3	30
14th	w 48	Jacek Reder	unattached	3	20
15th	w 86	Joe Clark	High Wycombe CC	3	10
16th	w 82	Jez McCann	VC Elan	A+disp
17th	w 31	Neil Heffernan	ViVelo-bikes/Inverse CyClaim RT	3
18th	w 21	Michael Widera	ViVelo-bikes/Inverse CyClaim RT	3
19th	w  3	Phil Adams	Cycle Club Ashwell	3
20th	w 38	Taimur Tanwir	London Dynamo	3
21st	w  4	Andy Mckay	Zappi	3
22nd	w 11	James Walker	High Wycombe CC	3
23rd	w 77	Grant Grant	unattached	3
24th	w 29	Steven Cottington	Cadence RT	3
25th	w 78	Duncan Rimmer	Morden CRC	3
26th	w 63	Nigel Burns	St Ives CC	3
27th	w 87	Colin Gunn	Kingston Wheelers	3
28th	w 55	Iain Cade	Cadence RT	3
29th	w 32	Vaughan Luff	unattached	3
30th	w  8	Brian Stokes	ViVelo-bikes/Inverse CyClaim RT	3
31st	w 42	Mark O'Brien	Archer RC	3
32nd	w 46	Andy Lack	Kingston Wheelers	3
33rd	w 19	Andy Angwin	London Phoenix	3
34th	w 25	James Curry	ViVelo-bikes/Inverse CyClaim RT	3
35th	w 84	Phillip Wilkinson	Inverse Racing / Cyclaim	3

Race 1 of 3 Women E1234 Cats Results Saturday 24th December 2011

Place			Club	Cat	Series Points
1st	p  8	Karla Boddy	High Wycombe CC	2	1
2nd	p  6	Kimberley English	welwyn wheelers	A+disp	2
3rd	p 15	Emily Bagnall	Wyndy Milla	2	3
4th	p  2	Keria McVitty	Kings Cliffe Flyers	3j	4
5th	p 14	Lisa Gunn	Kingston Wheelers	3	5
6th	p  3	Laura Cheesman	PPYCC	A+disp	6
7th	p  5	Jacky Gibbens	London Dynamo	4	7
8th	p 10	Lydia Rodney	Kingston Wheelers	4	8
9th	p  4	Katharine Broadbent	Durham University - AURA cycles	4	9
10th	p  7	Monica DaPolenza	WyndyMilla	2	10
11th	p 12	Vikki Filsell	Pearsons CC	2	11
12th	p  9	Katie Metalli	Bristol Cycling development Squad	A+disp	12
13th	p 13	Caroline Hodge	Pearson Cycling Club	4	13
14th	p  1	Sally Stubbs	Imperial Racing Team	4	14

Race 4 4th Cats Results Saturday 24th December 2011

Place			Club
1st	r 31	Stephen Morrell	Aylesbury CC	4
2nd	r 94	Simon Oxenham	VC10	4
3rd	r 87	Mark Dempster	Kingston Wheelers	4
4th	r 99	James Turton	High Wycombe Cycle Club	4
5th	r 86	Matthew Franklin	Bristol Road Club	4
6th	r104	Simon Lewington	Dulwich Paragon	4
7th	r 83	Gavin Francis	London Dynamo	4
8th	r 76	Ben Wimpory	Sydenham Wheelers	4
9th	r 27	John-Paul Brophy	Neon-Digital.co.uk	4
10th	r 92	Benjamin Hall	Bristol Road Club	4
11th	r 43	Michael Tocknell	London Dynamos	4
12th	r105	Nickolas Griffiths	Kingston Wheelers	4
13th	r 93	Henry Robertshaw	unattached	4
14th	r 26	Marc Townsend	Neon-Digital.co.uk	4
15th	r 98	Russell Jones	Mattador	4
16th	r 73	Paul Banner	kingston wheelers	4
17th	r 41	Creighton Varney	High Wycombe Cycling Club	4
18th	r 1	Andrew Wright	La Fuga/Sigmasport	4
19th	r 55	Daniel Justin	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
20th	r 19	Alan Nixon	Amersham RCC	4
21st	r 15	Phil Sowton	Wyndymilla	4
22nd	r 95	Paul Martin	Dulwich Paragon	4
23rd	r103	Mo Mansoori	Twickenham CC	4
24th	r 47	Andrew Macey	Ashford Wheelers	4
25th	r 62	Jake Benefield	London Dynamo	4
26th	r100	Neil Mccann	VC Elan	4
27th	r 36	Jon Train	GS Gazzetta	4
28th	r 54	Michael Vance	Dulwich Paragon	4
29th	r 11	Tim Osborne	High Wycombe CC	4
30th	r 96	Jono Adams	London Dynamos	4
31st	r 85	Phil Wege	Inverse Racing	4
32nd	r102	David B	London Dynamo	4
33rd	r 50	Andrew Deans	london dynamo	4
34th	r101	Conrad Addo	London Dynamo	4
35th	r 97	Richard Lewey	Crystal Palace Triathletes	4
36th	r 33	George Kirkin	Twickenham CC	4
37th	r 30	Stuart Smith	High Wycombe CC	4
38th	r 29	Jogenes Senorin	unattached	4
39th	r 65	Steven Green	Thames Velo	4

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Race 3 Saturday 17th December 2011

It was another cold but thankfully dry day with cross winds and only a tail wind at the bottom and top of the circuit. The racing was preceded by a further briefing by both the race organisers and British Cycling’s Commissaire on race etiquette and a reminder that safety of the riders is paramount at all times.

In the 4th cat. race, Dan Stevens (Neon-Digital.co.uk) was attacking from the start and livened things up, but the main group were very attentive and the wind made it difficult to break away. The race distance was cut down slightly to allow a free run to the finish line and in the end it was strong man Stevens who was in the early moves who had the power to cross the line ahead of Mark Dempster (Kingston Wheelers) and Duncan Schwier (Twickenham CC), the latter has now achieved sought after 3rd cat status. The WyndyMilla 4th cat random prize is awarded to 31st place finisher Andy Leatherbarrow (Kingston Wheelers CC) so he can look forward to a WyndyMilla ‘go faster’ cycle fitting at their Manor Farm Cycle Centre in Seale.

In the 3rd cat. race, a much more aggressive race was witnessed as they appeared up for dealing with the conditions. Werner Van der Merwe (MarathonMTB.com) and Neil Heffernan (ViVelo-bikes/Inverse CyClaim RT) pulled away from the main field and opened a useful gap but were unable to sustain their advantage. Then almost immediately Mark Lawn (ViVelo-Bikes/Inverse CyClaim RT) moved away and was again joined my Van der Merwe totally focused on staying away for a high placing; they too were caught by the main field. With 50m to go to the line Dominic Clegg (Redhill CC) seemed to have enough distance for the win but then appeared to stop pedalling and was passed by fast finishers Rob Sharland (Kingston Wheelers), last weeks 4th cat winner and clearly a strong finisher holding off Krisztian Borbely (Cyclelab) with Peter Hudson (Durham University - AURA Cycles) in 4th place. Soon to be married Mark Northover (The Cycle Studio) (at the circuit with partner Sarah a World Triathlon champion), finished strongly in 5th place. The Maxifuel random prize is awarded to 19th place finisher Leigh-Roy Macfarlane (Cycleworks) he receives a Maxifuel rucksack comprising of Viperactive energy fuel, gels and bottles.

The E123 race had another class entry with all the overall contenders lining up. It was a fast and aggressive start as usual; Rudie Marias (La Fuga/Sigma Sport) and Bill Butterworth (Twickenham CC) (finding his usual winter good form) were particularly active with overall leader Golla joining in, making it very difficult for those at the tail end of the field. They in turn came back into the main field, the next move off the front involved Jamie Pine (London Dynamo), Henry Furniss (WyndyMilla/MaxiFuel) and Mark Edwards (Thames Velo) all within 15km of the start. Edwards dropped back leaving Pine and Furniss to soldier on for another few laps.

Other attacks followed with Conall Yates (InGear Quickvit RT), James Norris (High Wycombe CC) and Junior star Rory Townsend (Prestige VC), then Marais and Peter Cole (Handslingracing ) and then Norris on his own and again ever vigilant Pine with Jo Skelton (Look Mum No Hands!) - all these efforts were ultimately nullified. Then with 10km to go, the one move of the race that stuck came from Elite rider Peter Wager (Felt-Colbornes RT) and James Norris, which went unnoticed by some of the main group! Wager and Norris, aided by his High Wycombe fan club cheering him on, pulled away to a 40 sec. lead but the latter’s earlier efforts started to tell and Wager was clearly doing most of the work. The only possible upset came with 4km to go when Henry Furniss, as he had done the previous week, launched himself from the main group with a massive effort cheered on by his wife and not so enthusiastic young daughter! He got within 20 seconds and looked almost certain for a 3rd place but such was the speed of the main group he was absorbed with 500m to go with; Jaime Pine took valuable points for 3rd place by leading the main bunch home.

The final sprint for the win was hard fought but after such a fine effort by both riders Wager had the strength to hold off Norris with all the spectators present appreciating their efforts.

Golla was 4th and holds onto his overall top place in the series with Wager and Pine now challenging and all to play for over the Christmas period.

Race 3 Cats:E123 Race Time 1:12:35 17th December 2011

Place			Club	Cat	Series Points
1st	y 25	Pete Wager	Felt-Colbornes RT	E	200
2nd	y  2	James Norris	High Wycombe CC	2	150
3rd	y 21	Jamie Pine	London Dynamo	1	130
4th	y 27	Steve Golla	High Wycombe	2	120
5th	y 57	Peter Cole	Handslingracing	3	110
6th	y 29	Jo Skelton	Look Mum No Hands!	2	100
7th	y 61	Michael Cowland	St Ives CC	2	90
8th	y 23	Jerzy Kuzminski	London Phoenix	2	80
9th	y 17	Rory Townsend	Prestige VC	2j	70
10th	y 32	Chris Moores	Norwood Paragon	3	60
11th	y 30	Matthew Carden	Team Quest	3	50
12th	y 52	Harry Strudley	AWCycles.co.uk	2j	40
13th	y 46	Steve Legg	Police Sport UK	2	30
14th	y 19	Vincent Halpern	Handsling Racing	1	20
15th	y 20	Phil Holloway	Southend Wheelers	2	10
16th	y 14	Andrew Brown	VC Peloton	2
17th	y 40	Ed Rose	progression/bikelux	2
18th	y 31	Ralph de Kanter	Norwood Paragon CC	3
19th	y 48	Gavin Spiers	Vivelo-Bikes/Inverse Cycaim RT	2
20th	y 47	Nicholas Baker	Zappis	3
21st	y 50	Robin Basford	WyndyMilla	2
22nd	y 33	Ben Moores	Norwood Paragon	2
23rd	y  7	Bill Butterworth	Twickenham CC	3
24th	y  8	Conall Yates	InGear Quickvit RT	2
25th	y 62	Taimur Tanwir	London Dynamo/Prologue	3
26th	y  4	Henry Latimer	Zappi	2
27th	y 13	Rudie Marais	La Fuga/Sigma Sport	2
28th	y 59	Pete Smith	Team Jewson/M.I Racing	2
29th	y  9	Adam Brittain	High Wycombe CC	2
30th	y 68	Liam Bremer	London Phoenix CC	3
31st	y 60	Mario Manelfi	Blazing Saddles	3
32nd	y 66	Simon Whiten	Handsling Racing	3
33rd	y 15	Henry Furniss	WyndyMilla/MaxiFuel	E
34th	y 70	Ben Knowles	London Phoenix	2
35th	y 51	Tom Bowering	WyndyMilla	3
36th	y 26	Geoff Powell	High Wycombe CC	3
37th	y 37	Paul Bennett	unattached	3

Race 3 3rd Cats Results 17th December 2011

Place			Club		Series Points
1st	w 79	Rob Sharland	Kingston Wheelers	3	200
2nd	w 33	Krisztian Borbely	Cyclelab	3	150
3rd	w 26	Dominic Clegg	Redhill CC	3	130
4th	w 14	Peter Hudson	Durham University - AURA Cycles	3	120
5th	w 16	Mark Northover	THE CYCLE STUDIO	3	110
6th	w 49	Angelo Christides	unattached	3	100
7th	w 51	Tom Smith	CC Hackney	3	90
8th	w 3	Phil Adams	Cycle Club Ashwell	3	80
9th	w 71	Alex Toghill	Twickenham CC	3	70
10th	w 52	Werner Van Der Merwe	MarathonMTB.com	3	60
11th	w 21	Michael Widera	ViVelo-bikes/Inverse CyClaim RT	3	50
12th	w 92	Ralph Keeler	Cambridge CC	3	40
13th	w 58	Richard Stanton	Arbis LLP - Roy Pink Cycles RT	3	30
14th	w 41	Nick White	East London Velo	3	20
15th	w 75	Ian Wrightson	Charlotteville CC	3	10
16th	w 61	Alex Jump	Dulwich Paragon	3
17th	w 47	Richard Jerome	Willesden CC	3
18th	w 78	Duncan Rimmer	Morden CRC	3
19th	w 70	Leigh-Roy Macfarlane	Cycleworks	3
20th	w 29	Steven Cottington	Cadence RT	3
21st	w 40	Dave Mcmullen	GWR Team	3
22nd	w 15	Karla Boddy	High Wycombe CC	2w
23rd	w 68	Clem Halpin	Twickenham CC	3
24th	w 31	Neil Heffernan	ViVelo-bikes/Inverse CyClaim RT	3
25th	w 12	Ryan Visser	Redhill cc	3
26th	w  4	Andy Mckay	Zappi	3
27th	w 53	Richard Rose	Bikelux Progression	3
28th	w 66	Charles Sanders	Cadence RT	3
29th	w 34	Vaughan Luff	unattached	3
30th	w 80	Adam Buckland	banjocycles.com/specialized/soul/torq	3
31st	w 42	Mark O'Brien	Archer RC	3
32nd	w 8	Brian Stokes	ViVelo-bikes/Inverse CyClaim RT	3
33rd	w 60	Ian Mckeown	London Dynamo	3
34th	w 44	Rune Sanbeck Nilsson	London Dynamo	3
35th	w 77	Grant Grant	unattached	3
36th	w 35	Simon Parton	Kingston Wheelers	3
37th	w 95	Chris Campbell	London Dynamo	3
38th	w 27	Jake Norman	WyndyMilla	A + disp
39th	w 25	James Curry	ViVelo-bikes/Inverse CyClaim RT	3
40th	w 37	Martin Porter	Thames Velo	3

Race 3 4th Cats Results 17th December 2011

Place			Club	Cat
1st	r 64	Daniel Stevens	Neon-Digital.co.uk	4
2nd	r 87	Mark Dempster	Kingston Wheelers	4
3rd	r 20	Duncan Schwier	Twickenham CC	4
4th	r 31	Stephen Morrell	Aylesbury CC	4
5th	r 53	Jason Gardiner	Kingston Wheelers	4
6th	r 34	Charles Batho	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
7th	r 76	Ben Wimpory	Sydenham Wheelers	4
8th	r 83	Gavin Francis	London Dynamo	4
9th	r  8	Dave Spragg	Kingston Wheelers	4
10th	r 47	Andrew Macey	Ashford Wheelers	4
11th	r 84	Huw Jones	unattached	4
12th	r 91	Andrew Kennard	unattached	4
13th	r 17	Karl Moseley	stourbridge velo	4
14th	r 1	Andrew Wright	La Fuga/Sigmasport	4
15th	r 43	Michael Tocknell	London Dynamo	4
16th	r 85	Phil Wege	Inverse Racing	4
17th	r 79	Marcel  Louw	unattached	4
18th	r 15	Phil Sowton	Wyndymilla	4
19th	r 72	Deniz Erkan	unattached	4
20th	r 81	Peter Mollison	Kingston Wheelers	4
21st	r 78	Paul Donaldson	private	4
22nd	r 30	Stuart Smith	High Wycombe CC	4
23rd	r 12	Brett Greenwood	Kingston wheelers	4
24th	r 86	Matthew Franklin	Bristol Road Club	4
25th	r 73	Paul Banner	kingston wheelers	4
26th	r  7	George Aston	Welwyn Wheelers	4J
27th	r 71	Michael Clancy	Dulwich Paragon	4
28th	r 22	James Roberts	Amersham RCC	4
29th	r 11	Tim Osborne	High Wycombe CC	4
30th	r 82	Andrew Gibson	Kingston wheelers cc	4
31st	r 74	Andy Leatherbarrow	Kingston Wheelers CC	4
32nd	r 36	Jon Train	GS Gazzetta	4
33rd	r 75	Doug Bruce	Oxford University CC	4
34th	r 88	David Morgan	Charlotteville CC	4
35th	r 24	David Taylor	La Fuga/Sigmasport	4
36th	r 80	Jogenes Senorin	unattached	4
37th	r 77	George Lancaster	unattached	4

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Race 2 Saturday 10th December 2011

A cold bright afternoon with a full field for the 3rd and 4th cat races and a weaker wind than last week. However, the standard of riding in some cases was very poor resulting in a number of crashes which was very disappointing after last week’s excellent start.

A core group of 30 riders forced the pace over the early laps leaving small groups of riders chasing on their own. The main group stayed together, despite the hiccup with catching back the 3rds race (as noted below), and it was won in a sprint finish by Rob Sharland (Kingston Wheelers) from his team mate Jason Gardiner (Kingston Wheelers) and Dan Mitchell (Redhill CC). Sharland will be very pleased with his effort which moves him up a category. The WyndyMilla 4th cat random prize is awarded to 11th place finisher Marc Townsend (Neon-Digital.co.uk) so he can look forward to a WyndyMilla ‘go faster’ cycle fitting at their Manor Farm Cycle Centre in Seale.

The 3rd cat race was rather more aggressive and there were several attacks but unfortunately half way through the pace let up allowing the 4th cats to claw back their advantage, however, the BC commissaire neutralised the group in order for the 4th cat race to have a clear sprint for the finish. Iain Palmer (Twickenham CC) proved to be the strongest in the run into the line and after the messy middle part of the race, it finished on a very worthy note. Palmer has been showing great form lately and looks to be heading to becoming a 1st cat rider, and coming from a rowing background this is very credible. The Maxifuel random prize is awarded to 7th place finisher Mark Northover (CC Giro); he receives a Maxifuel rucksack comprising of Viperactive energy fuel, gels and bottles.

The E123 race was entirely different with an entry of 46 riders and as would be expected it was very fast and aggressive from the start with plenty of attacks with riders going clear in 2’s and 3’s notably Tom Bell (Twickenham CC), Cam Swarbrick (AW Cycles), Stephen Bradbury (AW Cycles) and Harry Strudley (AW Cycles), however, they were pulled back by a very focused main group. Another break formed almost immediately with Bradbury again and Henry Latimer (Zappi's CC) but again they too were pulled back by hard riding by the main group lead by James Norris (High Wycombe CC) who then himself formed a duo with Latimer but they were reeled in by the main group. With 12km to go the decisive move came from in form Conall Yates (InGear Quickvit RT) and previous stalwart Chris Moores (Norwood Paragon) and junior rider Rory Townsend (Prestige VC). Henry Furniss (WyndyMilla) made a massive effort to bridge the gap and almost made it and then blew up big time, unfortunately the flying trio in spite of all their hard work were caught with 8km to go.

In the run in Steve Golla (High Wycombe CC) with a prodigious effort in the last 400m opened a gap to win comfortably from a brilliant Townsend, who had the strength and courage to hang on for 2nd place - an outstanding effort - certainly the man of the race. Bradbury managed to hold off Jerzy Kuzminski (London Phoenix) for 3rd place with the main bunch being lead in by Ed Rose (progression/bikelux), Pete Wager (Felt-Colbornes RT), Henry Latimer (Zappi's CC) and Vince Halpern (Handsling Racing).

Steve Golla now leads the overall series on 350 points. Jamie Pine and Rory Townsend both on 230.

Following this weekend’s events Imperial will be reviewing the race format over the coming weeks before adopting any changes – watch this space.

Race 2 Cats:E123 Race Results Time 1:07:00 50km (late start) 10th December 2011

Place	No.		Club	Cat	Series Points
1st	y 27	Steve Golla	High Wycombe	2	200
2nd	y 17	Rory Townsend	Prestige VC	2j	150
3rd	y 10	Stephen Bradbury	awcycles.co.uk	2	130
4th	y 23	Jerzy Kuzminski	London Phoenix	2	120
5th	y 40	Ed Rose	progression/bikelux	2	110
6th	y 25	Pete Wager	Felt-Colbornes RT	E	100
7th	y  4	Henry Latimer	Zappi's CC	2	90
8th	y 19	Vincent Halpern	Handsling Racing	1	80
9th	y 54	Arjan Planting	Dulwich Paragon	2	70
10th	y 20	Phil Holloway	Southend Wheelers	2	60
11th	y 57	Peter Cole	Handslingracing	3	50
12th	y 44	Paul Drake	London Dynamo	2	40
13th	y 21	Jamie Pine	London Dynamo	1	30
14th	y 46	Steve Legg	Police Sport UK	2	20
15th	y 30	Matthew Carden	Team Quest	3	10
16th	y 31	Ralph De Kanter	Norwood Paragon CC	3
17th	y 14	Andrew Brown	VC Peloton	2
18th	y 52	Harry Strudley	AWCycles.co.uk	2j
19th	y 36	Krisztian Borbely	Cyclelab	3
20th	y 13	Rudie Marais	La Fuga/Sigma Sport	2
21st	y 41	Samuel Gilzean	Welwyn Wheelers	3j
22nd	y  2	James Norris	High Wycombe CC	2
23rd	y 58	Tom Bell	Twickenham CC	2
24th	y 47	Nicholas Baker	Zappis	3
25th	y 48	Nick Spiers	Vivelo-Bikes/Inverse Cycaim RT	2
26th	y 45	Andy Mckay	Zappi	3
27th	y 18	Ben Smith	Welwyn Wheelers	3
28th	y  7	Bill Butterworth	Twickenham CC	3
29th	y 43	Christian Yates	East Grinstead CC	3
30th	y 22	James Leach	Twickenham CC	3
31st	y 33	Ben Moores	Norwood Paragon	2
32nd	y 51	Tom Bowering	WyndyMilla	3
33rd	y 49	Martin Garratt	London Dynamo	2
34th	y 26	Geoff Powell	High Wycombe CC	3
35th	y 42	Iain Gillam	Imperial College cc	3
36th	y 56	Mark Smith	Welwyn Wheelers	2
37th	y 50	Robin Basford	WyndyMilla	2
38th	Y 53	Nat Spurling	Finsbury Park	3
39th	y  8	Conall Yates	InGear Quickvit RT	2
40th	y 15	Henry Furniss	WyndyMilla/MaxiFuel	E

Race 2 3rd Cats Results 10th December 2011

Place	No.		Club	Cat	Series Points
1st	w 56	Iain Palmer	Twickenham CC	3	200
2nd	w 26	Dominic Clegg	Redhill CC	3	150
3rd	w  1	Peter Giddings	unattached	3	130
4th	w  3	Phil Adams	Cycle Club Ashwell	3	120
5th	w 24	Tim Benham	WyndyMilla	3	110
6th	w 64	Stuart Jackson	Bath Road Club	3	100
7th	w 16	Mark Northover	CC Giro	3	90
8th	w 59	Alex Burrage	Loughborough Students CC	3	80
9th	W 71	Alex Toghill	Twickenham CC	3	70
10th	w 14	Peter Hudson	Durham University - AURA Cycles	3	60
11th	w 31	Neil Heffernan	Inverse Racing/Cyclaim	3	50
12th	w 57	Ryan Visser	Redhill cc	3	40
13th	w 72	Carsten Duke	London Dynamo	3	30
14th	w 47	Richard Jerome	Willesden CC	3	20
15th	w 49	Angelo Christides	unattached	3	10
16th	w 54	Jonny Noton	unattached	3
17th	w 67	Edmond Irwin	london fire brigade CC	3
18th	w  6	Aaron Tayler	Swindon RC	3
19th	w 30	Alex Tollo	unattached	3
20th	w 11	James Walker	High Wycombe CC	3
21st	w 17	Joe Holloway	VC10	3
22nd	w  5	Callum Oliver	Rapha Condor CC	3j
23rd	w 10	Mark Lawn	Inverse Racing/Cyclaim	3
24th	w 38	Taimur Tanwir	London Dynamo/Prologue	3
25th	w  8	Brian Stokes	ViVelo-bikes/Inverse CyClaim RT	3
26th	w 53	Richard Rose	Bikelux Progression	3
27th	w 62	Peter Hitt	Mountain Trax RT	3j
28th	w 51	Tom Smith	CC Hackney	3
29th	w 48	Jacek Reder	unattached	3
30th	w 29	Steven Cottington	Cadence RT	3
31st	w 50	Lubomir Belak	Team Welwyn	3
32nd	w 66	Charles Sanders	Cadence RT	3
33rd	w 61	Alex Jump	Dulwich Paragon	3
34th	w 60	Ian Mckeown	London Dynamo	3
35th	w 58	Richard Stanton	Arbis LLP - Roy Pink Cycles RT	3
36th	w 55	Iain Cade	Cadence RT	3
37th	w 18	Andrew Harvey	Kingston Wheelers	3
38th	w 23	Adam Elderfield	Team Quest	3
39th	w 63	Nigel Burns	St Ives CC	3
40th	w 22	Robert Lemaster	London Dynamo	3
41st	w 65	Seb Greenwood	Vivelo Bikes - Inverse RT / Cyclaim	3
42nd	w 46	Andy Lack	Kingston Wheelers	3
43rd	w  2	Darren Waters	Team De ver	3
44th	w 20	Simon Hawkesworth	unattached	3
45th	w 37	Martin Porter	Thames Velo	3
46th	w 73	Myles Willis	Dulwich Paragon	3
47th	w 25	James Curry	ViVeloBikes/Inverse CyClaim RT	3
48th	w 44	Rune Sanbeck Nilsson	London Dynamo	3

Race 2 4th Cats Results 43km 10th December 11

Place	No.		Club	Cat
1st	r 51	Rob Sharland	Kingston Wheelers	4
2nd	r 53	Jason Gardiner	Kingston Wheelers	4
3rd	r 56	Dan Mitchell	Redhill CC	4
4th	r 64	Daniel Stevens	Neon-Digital.co.uk	4
5th	r 20	Duncan Schwier	Twickenham CC	4
6th	r  9	Mark Longstaff	Colchester Rovers	4
7th	r 46	James Local	London Dynamo	4
8th	r 31	Stephen Morrell	Aylesbury CC	4
9th	r 69	Will Vousden	unattached	4
10th	r 27	John-Paul Brophy	Neon-Digital.co.uk	4
11th	r 26	Marc Townsend	Neon-Digital.co.uk	4
12th	r  8	Dave Spragg	Kingston Wheelers	4
13th	r 54	Michael Vance	Dulwich Paragon	4
14th	r 68	Alex Stephenson-Brown	Wersters	4
15th	r 18	Adam Capes	London Dynamo	4
16th	r 59	Glen Peterson	London Dynamo	4
17th	r 19	Alan Nixon	Amersham RCC	4
18th	r  6	Mike Holborow	Swindon RC	4
19th	r  5	Ed Everett	unattached	4
20th	r 47	Andrew Macey	Ashford Wheelers	4
21st	r 15	Phil Sowton	Wyndymilla	4
22nd	r 35	Stephen Ralston	London Dynamo/Prologue	4
23rd	r 66	Peter Blencowe	Imperial College CC	4
24th	r 57	Jasmijn Muller	Kingston Wheelers CC	4w
25th	r 58	Hamish Wilson	Redhill CC	4
26th	r 39	Paul O'donnell	Kingston Wheelers	4
27th	r 55	Daniel Justin	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
28th	r 44	Jorge Alberzoni	London Dynamo	4
29th	r 43	Michael Tocknell	London Dynamos	4
30th	r 50	Andrew Deans	london dynamo	4
31st	r 65	Steven Green	Thames Velo	4
32nd	r 42	Andrew Rollason	unattached	4
33rd	r 61	Emma Towers	Twickenham CC	4w
34th	r 11	Tim Osborne	High Wycombe CC	4
35th	r 25	Matthew Crisp	unattached	4
36th	r 14	Mary Hannah Evans	High Wycombe CC	4w
37th	r 30	Stuart Smith	High Wycombe	4
38th	r  4	Paul Morrissey	High Wycombe CC	4
39th	r 45	Richard Carrington	London Dynamo	4
40th	r 70	David Hitt	unattached	4
41st	r 36	Jon Train	GS Gazzetta	4
42nd	r 71	Michael Clancy	Dulwich Paragon	4
43rd	r 49	Dewet Diener	Finsbury Park CC	4

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Race 1 Saturday 3rd December 2011

This time last year the race was cancelled because of snow and ice but this time around, although breezy, it was dry, sunny and 10°c – a perfect Winter start. It was heartening to see the number of entries for both 3rd and 4th cat races, 48 and 46 respectively. Thirty three started the E123 race and it would be good to see more.

The standard of riding in both the earlier races was first class, in spite of many riders in the 4th race racing for the first time and this bodes well for the series. There also was far more aggression shown in all races and in the 3rd cat race a group of 6 detached themselves from the main group with the wind playing a part in splitting the group and many going off the back. Both finishes were contested cleanly without incident and both winners were very worthy.

The 4th cat race resulted in a clear win with a long sprint by Nick Baker (Zappi's Cycling Club) by 2 seconds from Mark Longstaff (Colchester Rovers) in 2nd with 3rd taken by James Local (London Dynamo/ Prologue) by half a wheel from Karl Moseley (Stourbridge Velo). The WyndyMilla 4th cat. random prize is awarded to 19th place finisher Adam Capes (London Dynamo/Prologue), he can look forward to a WyndyMilla ‘go faster’ cycle fitting at their Manor Farm Cycle Centre in Seale.

The 3rd cat race was won by Joe Holloway (VC10), 2nd place was Jacek Reder and 3rd was Tim Benham (WyndyMilla). The other 3 riders in the original split were Andy Lack (Kingston Wheelers), Robert LeMaster (London Dynamo/Prologue) and Steven Cottington (Cadence RT). The Maxifuel random prize is awarded to 24th place finisher James Walker (High Wycombe CC); he receives a Maxifuel rucksack comprising of Viperactive energy fuel, gels and bottles.

In the E123 race it was good to see longstanding supporters of the series return to the start line again, notably Bill Butterworth (back with Twickenham CC), Steve Golla (returning to High Wycombe CC), Phil Holloway (Southend Wheelers), brothers Ben and Chris Moores (Norwood Paragon), Rudie Marais (Archer RC), Vince Halpern (now Handsling Racing), Jo Skelton (Look Mum No Hands!) and Matthew Carden (Team Quest) to mention a few, along with Henry Furniss (WyndyMilla/MaxiFuel) who again is sponsoring the series and many newcomers making up a class entry. Notable absentees were Lewis Atkins, Jake Martin and the Sigma Sport Team.

The racing, as hoped for, was fast and furious from the start with many attacks and the wind in the back straight proving to be the determining factor. The race blew apart after only 15km and from the split two riders moved away ahead of the main group; Steve Golla having a day off from Cyclo Cross (and obviously in good form) and Conall Yates (InGear Quickvit RT). They rode together for 8km before being joined by Jamie Pine (London Dynamo/Prologue) last year’s overall 3rd cat winner, with a furious chase to bridge to gap to the leading two. The three shared the work well and although there were attempts to bridge from the peloton their lead held steadily at 55 secs. Three other riders did manage to pull from the main bunch as the group slowed - Peter Cole (Handsling Racing), Adam Brittain (High Wycombe CC) and Matthew Carden (Team Quest – recovering from an earlier mechanical) – and they too rode well together. Henry Furniss broke free also and made a frantic effort to get to the chasing trio but in the end rode in on his own to settle for a well deserved 7th place.

In the run into the finish Conall Yates dropped off and left a very fast finishing Jamie Pine to hold off the strength of Steve Golla in a furious sprint for the line, it was an outstanding effort by all three but especially by Jamie. The same goes for 4th place with fast finisher Peter Cole having to give best to Adam Brittain in another very rapid sprint with Matt Carden hanging on for 6th place. All in all, a fascinating race worthy of the Elite category.

Race 1 52km Cats E123 Race Time 01:14 Results 3rd December 2011

	Number		Club/Team	Cat	Series Points
1st	y 21	Jamie Pine	London Dynamo	1	200
2nd	y 27	Steve Golla	High Wycombe	2	150
3rd	y  8	Conall Yates	InGear Quickvit RT	2	130
4th	y  9	Adam Brittain	High Wycombe CC	2	120
5th	y 24	Peter Cole	Handslingracing	3	110
6th	y 30	Matthew Carden	Team Quest	3	100
7th	y 15	Henry Furniss	WyndyMilla/MaxiFuel	E	90
8th	y 17	Rory Townsend	Prestige VC	2j	80
9th	y 19	Vincent Halpern	Handsling Racing	1	70
10th	y 25	Pete Wager	Felt-Colbornes RT	E	60
11th	y 13	Rudie Marais	Archer RC	2	50
12th	y  2	James Norris	High Wycombe CC	2	40
13th	y 20	Phil Holloway	Southend Wheelers	2	30
14th	y 12	William Macke	AWCycles.co.uk	3j	20
15th	y 23	Jerzy Kuzminski	London Phoenix	2	10
16th	y 32	Chris Moores	Norwood Paragon	3
17th	y  5	Maximilian Stedman	Palmer Park Velo	A + disp
18th	y  4	Henry Latimer	Zappi's CC	2
19th	y 33	Ben Moores	Norwood Paragon	2
20th	y 22	James Leach	Twickenham CC	3
21st	y  6	Stuart Harvey	Ultimate Fitness	3
22nd	y 31	Ralph De Kanter	Norwood Paragon CC	3
23rd	y  7	Bill Butterworth	Twickenham CC	3
24th	y 26	Geoff Powell	High Wycombe CC	3

Race 1 Cats 3rd Results 3rd December 2011

	Number		Club/Team	Cat	Series Points
1st	w 17	Joe Holloway	VC10	3	200
2nd	w 48	Jacek Reder	unattached	3	150
3rd	w 24	Tim Benham	WyndyMilla	3	130
4th	w 46	Andy Lack	Kingston Wheelers	3	120
5th	w 22	Robert Lemaster	London Dynamo/Prologue	3	110
6th	w 29	Steven Cottington	Cadence RT	3	100
7th	w 40	Samuel Gilzean	Welwyn Wheelers	3j	90
8th	w  4	Andy Mckay	Zappi	3	80
9th	w 16	Mark Northover	CC Giro	3	70
10th	w 49	Angelo Christides	unattached	3	60
11th	w 14	Peter Hudson	Durham University - AURA Cycles	3	50
12th	w 34	Rob Griffiths	London Phoenix	3	40
13th	w 47	Richard Jerome	Willesden CC	3	30
14th	w 44	Rune Sanbeck Nilsson	London Dynamo	3	20
15th	w 10	Mark Lawn	Inverse Racing/Cyclaim	3	10
16th	w 41	Nick White	East London Velo	3
17th	w 32	Vaughan Luff	unattached	3
18th	w 26	Dominic Clegg	Redhill CC	3
19th	w 33	James Di Rico	High Wycombe CC	3
20th	w  9	Jeremy Brougham	London Dynamo	3
21st	w 23	Adam Elderfield	Team Quest	3
22nd	w  8	Brian Stokes	ViVelo-bikes/Inverse CyClaim RT	3
23rd	w  6	Aaron Tayler	Swindon RC	3
24th	w 11	James Walker	High Wycombe CC	3
25th	w 15	Karla Boddy	High Wycombe CC	2
26th	w  2	Darren Waters	Team De ver	3
27th	w 50	Lubomir Belak	Team Welwyn	3
28th	w 12	Christian Yates	East Grinstead CC	3
29th	w 18	Andrew Harvey	Kingston Wheelers	3
30th	w 21	Michael Widera	ViVelo-bikes/Inverse CyClaim RT	3
31st	w 36	Rich Cooper	Willesden CC	3
32nd	w 28	Ben Hurford	Hemel Hempstead CC	3
33rd	w 38	Taimur Tanwir	London Dynamo/Prologue	3
34th	w 13	Craig Mclean	London Dynamo	3
35th	w 27	Jake Norman	WyndyMilla	A + disp
36th	w 31	Neil Heffernan	Inverse Racing/Cyclaim	3
37th	w 30	Alex Tollo	unattached	3
38th	w 42	Mark O'Brien	Archer RC	3
39th	w 35	Simon Parton	Kingston Wheelers	3
40th	w 37	Martin Porter	Thames Velo	3
41st	w 20	Simon Hawkesworth	unattached	3
42nd	w 43	Nick Franzini	London Dynamo	3
43rd	w 39	Liam Bremer	London Phoenix CC	3
44th	w  5	Callum Oliver	Rapha Condor CC	A + disp
45th	w 25	James Curry	ViVelo-bikes/Inverse CyClaim RT	3
46th	w 19	Andy Angwin	London Phoenix	3

Race 1 30km Cats 4th Results 3rd December 2011

	Number		Club/Team	Cat
1st	r 40	Nick Baker	Zappi's Cycling Club	4
2nd	r  9	Mark Longstaff	Colchester Rovers	4
3rd	r 46	James Local	London Dynamo/Prologue	4
4th	r 17	Karl Moseley	Stourbridge Velo	4
5th	r 27	John-Paul Brophy	Neon-Digital.co.uk	4
6th	r 20	Duncan Schwier	Twickenham CC	4
7th	r 34	Charles Batho	Dulwich Paragon CC	4
8th	r 43	Michael Tocknell	London Dynamo/Prologue	4
9th	r 26	Marc Townsend	Neon-Digital.co.uk	4
10th	r  5	Ed Everett	unattached	4
11th	r  6	Mike Holborow	Swindon RC	4
12th	r 31	Stephen Morrell	Aylesbury CC	4
13th	r  3	Andrew Macey	Ashford Wheelers	4
14th	r 10	Malcolm Binns	High Wycombe CC	4
15th	r  8	Dave Spragg	Kingston Wheelers	4
16th	r 12	Brett Greenwood	Kingston wheelers	4
17th	r 32	Michael Van Loenen	London Phoenix	4
18th	r 13	Warren Hannington	I-TEAM	4
19th	r 18	Adam Capes	London Dynamo	4
20th	r  1	Andrew Wright	La Fuga/Sigmasport	4
21st	r 22	James Roberts	Amersham	4
22nd	r 29	Jogenes Senorin	unattached	4
23rd	r 19	Alan Nixon	Amersham CC	4
24th	r 39	Paul O'donnell	Kingston Wheelers	4
25th	r  2	John Polak	unattached	4
26th	r 36	Jon Train	GS Gazzetta	4
27th	r 11	Tim Osborne	High Wycombe CC	4
28th	r 25	Matthew Crisp	unattached	4
29th	r 42	Andrew Rollason	unattached	4
30th	r 28	Martin Williams	Thames Velo	4
31st	r 38	Adrian Crothall	GS Avanti	4
32nd	r 41	Creighton Varney	High Wycombe Cycling Club	4
33rd	r  4	Paul Morrissey	High Wycombe CC	4
34th	r 37	William Mcguinness	rollapaluza	4
35th	r  7	George Aston	Welwyn Wheelers	4j
36th	r 14	Mary Hannah Evans	High Wycombe CC	4
37th	r 30	Stuart Smith	High Wycombe	4

Imperial Winter Series 2011/2012

First race 3rd December - are you ready?

The cyclo cross season might be in full swing but let’s not forget that most of us are already thinking about the road season in 2012 – so welcome again then to the 2011/12 Imperial Winter series - we’ll have a packed programme to cater for everyone as usual. The introduction of the Women’s race last year (over the Christmas break) proved a great success and seemed to hit the spot with the riders so this is a definite again; we would love to see it attracting a bigger, stronger field. Similarly we are delighted to continue our strong links with WyndyMilla and Maxifuel and this will again major on the up and coming categories but with some further recognition for the main E123 race.

One of the unique joys of running a series over a long period is to see the changing faces, many of those new ones, and last year’s series featured some strong rides by some new names and we remain convinced that Hillingdon provides a safe environment for riders to take up road racing. There has been much debate about the standard of racing at Hillingdon, some related to the standard of riding and some to the direction of racing. We consider that the chances of incidents are minimised by grouping riders of similar standard and by limiting the sizes of the field; by offering more category specific races we believe we are aligned to this. In respect of the question about clockwise vs. anti-clockwise again we see no evidence that this is affecting track safety and are maintaining the traditional direction for this year. However, plans are in place to replace the judge’s hut at the top of the hill with a new facility on the apron; this may mean a change in the longer term – most of you will be aware how cold it is standing on the top of the hill in winter, plus the difficulty of operating the photo finish equipment with frozen fingers!

The new club house has been a very welcome addition to the operational and comfort levels at Hillingdon; it was great to see riders, supporters and family staying on to talk about the racing and cycling in general – it’s not always about the racing! It is difficult to see how we survived for so long without it! However, you will appreciate that this is a costly facility to run and a result there has been a slight increase in fees this year which we will have to pass on – we recognise that these are difficult times so have tried to minimise this.

And so to the prizes! We will again be having overall prize money for the E123 and 3rd cat. races. These are effectively linked to the numbers of races we run and despite losing 2 last year because of snow we maintained the same level as previous years; we hope to do the same again this year.

E123 – Maxifuel packs to the top 3 overall

3rd Cat – Overall top 3 places win a free WyndyMilla custom cycling shoe insert fitting at their HQ near Guildford ; competitors will also be entered into a random selected finishing place each week to receive a Maxifuel pack of products.

4th Cat – Each week a random finish place will receive a Bike Fit courtesy of WyndyMilla

Women’s – a Maxifuel bag of products for the top 3 overall

Online (the web) entries proved successful for fast tracking at the sign-on table, so thanks to Rider HQ, they will be continuing this option for us again this season.

Ok, have you got all that? Series starts Saturday 3rd December, 12 rounds at the Hillingdon Cycle Circuit, comfortable club house and the usual Imperial Racing Teas will be provided.

Coaching

Again this year, there’s the opportunity to get in some coaching on circuit racing before the racing gets underway. Mark February 18th 2012 (it’s a Saturday) in your diary, as Prime Coaching will come to the Hillingdon Circuit for a four-hour (1-5pm) training session on the do’s and don’ts and probably a few ‘cunning tricks to have up your sleeve’ that’ll be sure to have you ready in every way for when the action kicks off. No question, circuit racing can be intense and riding in a fast moving peloton around a technical undulating circuit calls for an understanding of racing etiquette. If circuit racing is new to you, this is a must-attend. Don't forget to register to avoid disappointment.

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Contact

If you have any queries about the Imperial Winter Series, please contact Lucy Collins on 07740628810 or email Lucy@imperialracingteam.com

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