Huddersfield riders were on the top step of the podium at the National Cyclo-Cross Championships in Ipswich last weekend. Abby-Mae Parkinson (RST Racing Team-Trigon) won the Under 16 Girl's race & Louise Robinson (Stourbridge CC) won the Veteran Women's race.
Parkinson was out in front from the beginning of her event with team mate Grace Garner, on the 2nd lap she broke clear & finished the race with a comfortable lead of 45 seconds from Garner in 2nd & Jessica Wilkinson (Birkenhead North End CC) in 3rd. Holme Valley Wheeler Amira Mellor finished in 6th place.
Robinson, orginally from Mirfield, finished an impressive 5th place overall in the Womens race to take the Veterans prize with club mate Isla Rowntree was 2nd in this category. This result is particularily noteworthy as Robinson has only come back to the sport relatively recently following her win in the 3 Peaks Cyclo-Cross race in September.
Also in action was Robinson's nephew Jake Womersley (Sportscover Altura RT) riding in a highly competitive Junior race. Womersley was in a 3 way battle for the Bronze Medal with Joe Moses (Paul Milnes RT) & Tom Armstrong (Wheelbase.co.uk/Cannondale), unluckily Womersley pulled his foot out of his pedal & lost out to Moses & Armstrong in the sprint finish to get 5th place, still a brilliant result as he will still has another crack at the National title next year at Bradford before he moves up to the Senior ranks. National Champion of 2010 Hugo Robinson (X RT/Elmy Cycles) retained his title with Alex Welburn (Cycle Shack/Forme Coaching) in 2nd place.
See full report on British Cycling website
The previous Monday the last Yorkshire Points Cyclo-Cross event took place at a water logged Centre Vale Park in Todmorden. In the Under 16 Girls race Amira Mellor showed great form in winning ahead of Abby-Mae Parkinson on a very tough course which had several extremely muddy sections where riding was impossible & a steep cobbled climb.
Kirklees Cycling Academy riders Henry Hollyman & Adam Fortune were 1st & 3rd Boy in the Under 10s race. Luca Longo (Huddersfield Star Wheelers) was 2nd in the Under 8s with Nathan Fortune (Kirklees Cycling Academy) in 3rd.
John Hick (Holme Valley Wheelers) was 8th in the Veterans race which was won by Chris Young (Wheelbase.co.uk/Cannondale), Young took the overall series win from his brother Mike in 2nd place.
Jake Womersley was the highest placed Huddersfield rider in the Senior/Junior race in 8th place & 3rd placed Junior. Jack Clarkson (Hope Factory Racing) from Halifax dominated the race winning by over 2 minutes from Lewis Craven (Wheelbase.co.uk/Cannondale).
See report on BC site including some great photos of extremely muddy riders.
Former Holme Valley Wheelers Jacob Scott (Planet X) & Gabriel Cullaigh (RST Racing Team-Trigon) were in the thick of the action at Saturday's Revolution Track event at Manchester Velodrome, both Scott & Cullaigh were riding for the Chep UK team for the evening. Scott's best result of the night was 3rd in the Elimination race which was won by Jake Ragan (Max Gear Racing). In the 20 lap points race Chris Lawless (Max Gear Racing) & James Owen (Howies) broke clear of the bunch, Cullaigh bravely bridged the gap from the bunch to join the leaders & won enough points in the sprints to take a well deserved 3rd place. Lawless, who is current National Circuit Race Champion, took the win.
Highlights of this event are on ITV 4 tonight at 7pm.
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