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YEOVIL Cycling Club’s
early-season road races attracted full fields on Sunday.
The 60-mile Ham Hill event
for elite, first-, second- and
third-category seniors had 68
starters and the 45-mile Pittard
Trophy for third- and
fourth-category. seniors and
juniors had 79.
Yeovil spokesman Garry
Mitchener said: The Ham Hill
event is always an exiting race
as the top riders fight it out on
the Yeoviton- Ilchester-Coppitts Hill-Coombe Street Lane-
Mudford-Marston Magna-
Queen Camel-Bridgehampton-Yeovilton course. `
This time a breakaway
group of ten formed on the first
of the four laps and they worked
well together and held the chasing bunch at bay.
New prize for the first rider
over the top on the last accent of
Coppitts' Hill Went to Oliver
Beckingsale of Giant. An international and Olympic mountain biker, he showed he can
perform just as well on roads by
making a blistering attack.
On looking over his
shoulder on Coombe Street
Lane he saw he had a gap and
went for the win, which was a
good move because there were
fast finishers in the chasing
group.
He held them off and at the
finish he had ten seconds in
hand over runner-up Gregg
Sandy of Somerset RC.
Nic Tilling of GWRTeam/
3Vi/Swindon Cycles was third,
Paul Stadon of VC Montpellier
fourth, David Sinclair of GWR
fifth and Richard Tanguy of the
local-based Pendragon-Kalas
team sixth. The race was run
off at 27mph.
The Pittards Trophy race
followed the usual pattern for
this event with individual
attackers gaining a few seconds
before they were reeled in by
the main pack.
Even the hill prize, which
was taken by Chard Wheeler
Dave Moffett, failed to produce
a break.
A bunch of 30 contested the
sprint to the finish and Team
Tor 2000s Peter Johnston was
clear winner from runner-up
Garry Chambers of www.cyclelogic.co.uk and
third-placed Stephen Chmieliski of Weston Wheelers.
Barry Clewett of Dorchester
was trying to win the race for
the third time. He came fifth.
2nd April 2009
OPENING event of the Yeovil
clubs Thursday-evening series
- a five-mile contest on the Yeovilton-Northover-Yeovilton
course - attracted 35 riders and
featured a record time.
In calm conditions Team Tor
2000s Doug Dewey set a course
record of 10 mins 37 secs to win
from club-mate Michael Leech
(11 mins 27 secs). Chards Dave
Moffett and Yeovils Mike
Loader tied for third place with
11 mins 37 secs. Hugo Baldacchino of Yeovil was fifth.
Only 16 riders took part in
the next event, which was
plagued by wind and the threat
of rain. Baldacchino (12 mins 19
secs) and Shaun Walsh (12 mins
30 ' secs) ensured the hosts
secured second and third
places. The event was
12-year-old Jacob Newbury’s
first time trial - he clocked 20 mins 47 secs.
April 2009
THE Yeovil clubs ten-mile
time-trial last Thursday attracted 27 entrants and left home
rider Mike Loader delighted.
A competition spokesman
said: On a cool evening, a
north-easterly wind made conditions hard for the riders.
After covering ten miles on the
course based at Podimore on
the A303, there were some disgruntled riders after they had
finished - none more so than Mike.
He had timed himself as
being 25 secs slower than he
was a few days earlier when the
Yeovil club ran an open event
on the same course. However
when all the results were in he
was more than pleasantly surprised at recording the fastest
time for the evening - 22 mins
19 secs for an average speed of
26.89 mph.
Other riders to go under 23
mins were Dave Moffett of 1st
Chard Wheelers/Mackinlay (22
mins 40 secs) and Tom Aliban of
Guerciott/JJcoach.com
(22 mins 52 secs).
SELECTED OTHER-TIMES: Hugo Baldacchino (Yeovil) 23 mins 1 sec, Rick Johnston (Somerset RC/ Bicycle Chain) 23 mins 38 secs, Shaun Walsh (Yeovil) 23 mins 48 secs.
April 2009
YEOVIL Cycling Club staged
its annual John Andrews
Memorial road race at Long
Sutton last Sunday in ideal conditions for the 65 mile event.
The promoting club had no
representatives but a Yeovil-based rider Graeme Lackford, who rides for the local
sponsored race team Pendragon-Kalas, was at the head
of the race for over 40 miles.
After attacking on his own he
was quickly joined by North
Petherton man Jon Wynn and
they held off the chasing pack
with their lead never more than
a minute at any time.
It was only in the last 200
metres the chasers caught
them but Wynn held on to take
the win with Lackford narrowly beaten into third place.
The other prizes went to
Hugh Wilson (Forza Cycles),
Simon Burgess (Severn R.C),
Glyndwr Griffiths (Bristol
South CC) and Robert Gough
(Chippenham & District Wheelers).
The British Cycling appointed referees also congratulated
the organiser Shaun Walsh and
his team of Yeovil club members for running a good safe
event although they did reprimand some riders for straying over the white line.
On the time trial scene, Yeovil scored their first team win
of the season in the 1st Chard
Wheelers- Mackinleys ten-mile
event on Saturday
Hugo Baldacchino lead the
team clocking 22mins 42secs
for fourth place supported by
Chris Martin 23:03 in eighth
place and Dave Driver 24:29 in
14th. Other times were Alex
Walsh 25:08 and Doug Ward
27:03.
By Garry Mitchener 9
18th June 2009
YEOVIL Cycling Club’s Come& Try It five-mile time-trial
attracted 30 riders.
The event, at RNAS Yeovilton, saw Hugo Baldacchino
fastest rider on a cool and
breezy evening. He clocked 11
mins 51 secs.
Another Yeovil rider, Chris
Martin, was second. He posted
12 mins 7 secs. Somerset Road
Clubs Rick Johnson was third
with 12 mins 8 secs, John
Wilkinson of Team Tor 2000
came fourth (12 mins 14 secs),
Chard’s Dean Ward finished
fifth (12 mins 24 secs) and Yeovils Andy Parsons was sixth
(12 mins 39 secs).
Yeovil spokesman Garry
Mitchener said: The fastest of
the riders who had come to try
it was Alan Brimecombe with
13 mins 55 secs although he was
not strictly a newcomer to the
sport, having been a successful
rider in the 1980s.
Other new riders were
Chris Wood with 15 mins 21
secs, Matthew Gleed with 15
mins 33 secs, Jane Anderton
with 17 mins 21 secs and Alice
Shuttleworth with 19 mins 22
secs.
It was nice to see some of the
12 year olds riding in their first
season. Daniel Martin was the
fastest this time, clocking 16
mins 53 secs. Gregory Morris
posted 17 mins 12 secs and
Jacob Newbury completed in 19
mins 28 secs
25th June 2009
