The 5th round of the Yorkshire Points Winter Cyclo Cross series, promoted by Condor Road Club, took place at Wellholme Park, Brighouse on Sunday. Race organiser John Ginley had managed to create an extremely tough course with steep climbs & technical descents.
Luca Longo (Huddersfield Star Wheelers) had his first ever win in the Under 8s race chased all the way by club mate Alex Bailey, Lucy Sears (Sowerby Bros RT) won the Under 8 Girls race. Holme Valley Wheeler Tom Ford was 2nd in the Under 10s race, 17 seconds behind George Southby (East Bradford CC). Jenson Young (Pedalsport CC) continued his winning streak in the Under 12s, Mason Hollyman (Kirklees Cycling Academy) was 3rd & Jack Ford (Holme Valley Wheelers) 4th.
It was a battle of the Young brothers in the Veterans race with Chris (Wheelbase) & Mike (Pedalsport CC) leading the way. Chris had the advantage by being the only rider capable of riding the steepest hill but Mike was stronger on the descents. The Judges couldn't seperate them as they crossed the line to finish joint first place. Best out of the local riders was former Holme Valley Wheeler Richard Binks (Clay Cross RT) in 4th place. Graham Piccavey (Huddersfield Star Wheelers) had a strong result in 21st out of 86 competitors.
David Beachill (Huddersfield RC) was 26th in the Seniors race won by Joe Moses (Paul Milnes RT) by over a minute and a half from Dieter Droger (Team CF).
Holme Valley Wheeler Lee Brown had a successful evening's racing at Manchester Velodrome in the Friday Night Track League last week. Riding in Group 4, Brown won the 1km & 20 lap Scratch races. Hartshead youngster Abby Mae Parkinson (RST Racing Team) won the Points, Unknown Distance & 1km Scratch race in Group 1.
Tuesday 25 October 2011
Tuesday 18 October 2011
Rapha Super Cross 17th October
The 2nd round of the Rapha Super Cross came to a Huddersfield New College on Sunday. The 3 race series kicked off at Windermere in the Lake District on Saturday & the finale is at Alexandra Palace, London next weekend. Before the big event there was the plenty of action in the Yorkshire Points Series with over 350 riders taking part supported by a huge crowd who were enjoying the sunshine & Belgium style race atmosphere including beer tent, brass band & cow bells.
Holme Valley Wheeler Amira Mellor was 7th place & first girl in the Youth race which was won by Seb Marsh (Paul Milnes RT). The Under 8s race was a keenly contested event with Nathan Fortune (Pedalsport) getting the better of Huddersfield Star Wheelers Luca Longo in 2nd & Alex Bailey in 3rd. Henry Hollyman (Kirklees Cycling Academy) beat Ava Oxley (Wakefield Tri) by half a wheel in the Under 10s, Hollymans clubmate Adam Fortune was 3rd. Mason Hollyman was 2nd in the Under 12s behind a flying Jenson Young (Pedalsport).
In the Veterans race Richard Binks (Holme Valley Wheelers) had his best result of the season in 3rd place behind victorious Matt Denby (Zepnat RT) & Mike Young (Pedalsport) in 2nd.
Top Junior riders Ed McPartand (GT Racing UK) & Nick Barnes (Zepnat RT) were battling it out for the win in the Senior/Junior race. After 45 minutes of racing it was down to a 2-up sprint with McParland edging out Barnes for the win. Tom Stockhill (Malton Wheelers) completed the podium positions & Jonny Limebear (Batley CC) was an impressive 4th place just 12 seconds behind the leaders. Lee Brown (Holme Valley Wheelers) was best of the local riders in 30th place.
The Elite race was won by Jody Crawforth (Hargroves-Specialized-Trant-Next) with National Champion Paul Oldham (Hope Technology) hot on his wheels in 2nd & Crawforths team mate Steve James rounded off the podium positions. Hope Technology are leading the team competition by 2 points from Scott UK.
All in all a great event well organised by Andy Whitworth.
Full report on the British Cycling website
Yorkshire Road Club held their hill climb event up Cragg Vale on Saturday. Richard Handley (Team Raleigh) was fastest up the 4.81mile climb, the longest continuous gradient in England, in a time of 15min 52.6sec nearly 20 seconds ahead of former National Hill Climb champion Matt Clinton (Mike Vaughan Cycles). Richard Anderson (VS Cycles) continued his good form with 10th place, stopping the clock in 18min 41.5sec.
Holme Valley Wheeler Amira Mellor was 7th place & first girl in the Youth race which was won by Seb Marsh (Paul Milnes RT). The Under 8s race was a keenly contested event with Nathan Fortune (Pedalsport) getting the better of Huddersfield Star Wheelers Luca Longo in 2nd & Alex Bailey in 3rd. Henry Hollyman (Kirklees Cycling Academy) beat Ava Oxley (Wakefield Tri) by half a wheel in the Under 10s, Hollymans clubmate Adam Fortune was 3rd. Mason Hollyman was 2nd in the Under 12s behind a flying Jenson Young (Pedalsport).
In the Veterans race Richard Binks (Holme Valley Wheelers) had his best result of the season in 3rd place behind victorious Matt Denby (Zepnat RT) & Mike Young (Pedalsport) in 2nd.
Top Junior riders Ed McPartand (GT Racing UK) & Nick Barnes (Zepnat RT) were battling it out for the win in the Senior/Junior race. After 45 minutes of racing it was down to a 2-up sprint with McParland edging out Barnes for the win. Tom Stockhill (Malton Wheelers) completed the podium positions & Jonny Limebear (Batley CC) was an impressive 4th place just 12 seconds behind the leaders. Lee Brown (Holme Valley Wheelers) was best of the local riders in 30th place.
The Elite race was won by Jody Crawforth (Hargroves-Specialized-Trant-Next) with National Champion Paul Oldham (Hope Technology) hot on his wheels in 2nd & Crawforths team mate Steve James rounded off the podium positions. Hope Technology are leading the team competition by 2 points from Scott UK.
All in all a great event well organised by Andy Whitworth.
Full report on the British Cycling website
Yorkshire Road Club held their hill climb event up Cragg Vale on Saturday. Richard Handley (Team Raleigh) was fastest up the 4.81mile climb, the longest continuous gradient in England, in a time of 15min 52.6sec nearly 20 seconds ahead of former National Hill Climb champion Matt Clinton (Mike Vaughan Cycles). Richard Anderson (VS Cycles) continued his good form with 10th place, stopping the clock in 18min 41.5sec.
1 | Richard Handley | Team Raleigh | 15:52.6 | |||
2 | Matt Clinton | Mike Vaughan Cycles | 16:10.9 | |||
3 | Charles Taylor | South Pennine RC | 17:04.9 | |||
4 | Carl Saint | Yorkshire RC | 17:19.3 | A | ||
5 | Ian Stott | Blackburn & Dist | 17:51.4 | |||
6 | Sam Ward | Otley CC | 17:52.1 | |||
7 | Peter Greenwood | Clayton Velo | 18:00.3 | B | ||
8 | Chris Beales | La Fuga Sigma Sport | 18:04.9 | B | ||
9 | Lee Tunnicliffe | Planet X RT | 18:28.7 | |||
10 | Richard Anderson | VS Cycles | 18:41.5 |
Monday 10 October 2011
Loadsa Hill Climbs & a bit of Cyclo Cross 10th Oct
There was plenty of hill climb action this weekend as Holme Valley Wheeler's promoted their event up Holme Moss on Saturday morning & Huddersfield Star Wheelers held their event at Jackson Bridge in the afternoon. Conditions in the morning were far from ideal with low cloud at the summit & a headwind making it tough going. Former National Champion Matt Clinton (Mike Vaughan Cycles) was way ahead of the opposition with a spectacular time of 6min 46sec for the 1.3 mile climb, best of the rest was Dan Evans (Rhos on Sea CC) in 7min 11.8sec, with Lee Baldwin (Buxton CC) 3rd in 7min 20.1sec. Richard Anderson (VS Cycles) was fastest of the local riders in 6th place in a time of 8min 20.4sec just 1 second ahead of Star Wheeler's Andy Pearson.
Clinton dominated the other 37 riders on the climb to Tinker's Monument in the afternoon in 4min 17.2sec nearly 20 seconds faster than Dan Evans, once again in 2nd place with 4min 35.7sec. Junior Joshua Ferguson (Coveryourcar.co.uk) produced a great ride for 3rd place in 4min 49.3sec. Andy Pearson repeated his 7th place from the morning & scraped under the 5 minute barrier by 0.2 seconds. Lewis Hirst (Kirklees Cycling Academy) was 2nd in the British Schools event in 7min 22.9sec behind David Pullan (East Bradford CC) in 6min 17.7sec.
Photos & Videos at Flaming Photography
There were some great results for the Huddersfield youth riders in the 81st running of the Monsal Head Hill Climb on Sunday. Former Holme Valley riders Jacob Scott (Planet X) & Gabriel Cullaigh (RST RT-Trigon) were both 2nd place in their respective age categories. Scott's time of 1min 37.7 was good enough for 10th place overall, the winning time was 1min 26sec from Cullaigh's team mate & Swedish International mountain biker Gunnar Gronlund. Holme Valley Wheeler Lee Brown was an impressive 15th place with a time of 1min 41.6sec.
There was another victory for RST RT-Trigon in the Norton Wheelers Cyclo Cross event at Graves Park, Sheffield. Gareth Hewitt won the Senior/Women/Junior/Veterans race from Tom Randall (Wakefield Tri) in 2nd & Robin Bradbury (Aire Valley RT) in 3rd. Huddersfield Road Club's David Beachill was 10th & Graham Piccavey (Huddersfield Star Wheelers) was 15th.
In the Under 12s event James Ince (Kirklees Cycling Academy) was 2nd behind Oliver Snodden, Star Wheelers Ruby & Dylan Boyes were 10th & 12th.
Clinton dominated the other 37 riders on the climb to Tinker's Monument in the afternoon in 4min 17.2sec nearly 20 seconds faster than Dan Evans, once again in 2nd place with 4min 35.7sec. Junior Joshua Ferguson (Coveryourcar.co.uk) produced a great ride for 3rd place in 4min 49.3sec. Andy Pearson repeated his 7th place from the morning & scraped under the 5 minute barrier by 0.2 seconds. Lewis Hirst (Kirklees Cycling Academy) was 2nd in the British Schools event in 7min 22.9sec behind David Pullan (East Bradford CC) in 6min 17.7sec.
Photos & Videos at Flaming Photography
There were some great results for the Huddersfield youth riders in the 81st running of the Monsal Head Hill Climb on Sunday. Former Holme Valley riders Jacob Scott (Planet X) & Gabriel Cullaigh (RST RT-Trigon) were both 2nd place in their respective age categories. Scott's time of 1min 37.7 was good enough for 10th place overall, the winning time was 1min 26sec from Cullaigh's team mate & Swedish International mountain biker Gunnar Gronlund. Holme Valley Wheeler Lee Brown was an impressive 15th place with a time of 1min 41.6sec.
There was another victory for RST RT-Trigon in the Norton Wheelers Cyclo Cross event at Graves Park, Sheffield. Gareth Hewitt won the Senior/Women/Junior/Veterans race from Tom Randall (Wakefield Tri) in 2nd & Robin Bradbury (Aire Valley RT) in 3rd. Huddersfield Road Club's David Beachill was 10th & Graham Piccavey (Huddersfield Star Wheelers) was 15th.
In the Under 12s event James Ince (Kirklees Cycling Academy) was 2nd behind Oliver Snodden, Star Wheelers Ruby & Dylan Boyes were 10th & 12th.
Tuesday October 4th
The 4th round of the Yorkshire Points Winter Cyclo Cross series took place at Temple Newsam, Leeds on Sunday. Conditions could not have been more different to the 2010 event which took place in a mud bath, riders were more likely to get a sun tan this year.
In the Youth race Amira Mellor (Holme Valley Wheelers) was first girl across the line in the race won by Billy Harding (Paul Milnes RT). Huddersfield Star Wheeler's Luca Longo was 2nd in the Under 8s race, just pipped by Nathan Fortune (Pedalsport CC). Kirklees Cycling Academy riders Henry Hollyman & Adam Fortune were 2nd & 3rd in the Under 10s behind Ava Oxley (Wakefield Tri). Mason Hollyman matched his younger brother's result in the Under 12s, just losing out to Jenson Young (Pedalsport CC)
105 riders took to the start line in Veterans race & once again Chris Young (Wheelbase) dominated the race with Richard Binks (Holme Valley Wheelers) in an impressive 5th place. Graham Piccavey (Huddersfield Star Wheelers) was 28th & club mate Giles Bailey 54th. Huddersfield Road Club's Tim Beachill was 44th.
Jack Clarkson (Pedalsport CC) won the Seniors race just 2 seconds ahead of Tom Last (Sigma Sport Specialized), David Beachill (Huddersfield RC) was 34th & Ivan Boyes (Huddersfield Star Wheelers) was 43rd.
Huddersfield Star Wheeler Andy Pearson was 6th overall in the Otley CC 2 stage hill climb last Saturday. Pearson was 11th on the first climb of the day up Guise Cliffe but then improved his position with 6th place on the 2nd ascent up Norwood Edge to finish with an overall time of 10min 6.1sec. Club mate Paul Smith was 15th overall in 10min 39.5 & Paul Brierley (Huddersfield RC) was 23rd in 11min 48.9sec. Tejvan Pettinger (Sri Chinmey CT) continued his good form by taking both climbs & the overall in 8min 11.5sec.
The Holme Valley Wheelers & Huddersfield Star Wheelers Hill Climbs take place this Saturday. Both events have strong fields including former National Champions Matt Clinton & James Dobbin. The riders will be tackling the climbs of Holme Moss at 11am & Jackson Bridge at 2pm.
Local youth riders were in action once again in the National Youth Madison Championships at Manchester Velodrome last weekend. The pairing of Chris Lawless (Maxgear RT) & Jacob Ragan (Team Wallis CHH RT) won the 60 lap race, an event where riders relay each other into the race whilst contesting sprints for points every 20 laps to decide the winner. Mirfield's Jake Womersley (Aire Valley RT) was 2nd with his team mate Oliver Wood & former Holme Valley Wheeler Jacob Scott (Planet X) was 3rd with his partner Jake Kelly (Tm Royal London 360 IoM).
Tom Broadbent finished his time trial season off in style with 2nd place in the Seamons CC 25 mile event last Saturday. The Huddersfield Star Wheelers fast man clocked an impressive 55min 27sec. Fastest time of the day went to Simon Bridge (Leigh Premier) with 53min 19sec, Broadbent's club mate Jason Fossey clocked 1hour 1min 31 sec.
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