Bec Hill Climb 2009
Bec Hill Climb 2009
Hi All,
Well that's it over for another year, and I feel safe in saying today's event was pretty successful. Although the weather wasn't the best we have had, a fantastic & enthusiastic crowd of supporters came to urge the riders on their way. And even when the rain fell it didn't seem to dampen their spirits or spoil their afternoons entertainment..
For the riders of course, it was a different matter, and with weather conditions favouring the early third of the field it was always going to be a difficult task for any climber once the hill got wet...
No:17 Michael Leonard Smith of Team Milton Keynes, and a first timer at the Bec event, set an early benchmark with an incredibly fast 1.46.3 and didn't really seem to be out of breath when he passed me at the finish line. Very stylish !!
Even if the course had not fallen foul of the rain, that time would have been a tough one to beat, as only the best on a warm dry day manage to go sub 1.50 And so Smiths gauntlet seemed to be confidently thrown down, to leave others to fight for the minor placings.. In the final standings only 2 other riders managed to get close-ish with sub 2minute rides, the fastest of which was still almost 4 secs off the winning time. So Michael went home to Newport Pagnell, a very happy man & £1,000 richer for his efforts, and we hope he'll be back next year to defend his title
The battle royale in the team competition, was won by Arctic Premier RT, and if you look at the team results you'll see there was a bit of a story there! In the minor placings on the teams, the times were fairly close
On a personal front, I'd like once again to thank all who have supported this event & helped make it possible. The spectators,, the riders, my club mates, and our sponsors 'Big' Dave, owner of Sharmanbuilding@aol.com for all your building projects, Ron Keeble owner of Gem hygiene & gem composites the latter who are the importers of Edge Carbon equipment www.gemhygiene.co.uk & www.gemcomposites.co.uk , Simon Mottram MD of Rapha Performance roadwear clothing & sundries www.rapha.cc , Grant Young owner of Condor cycles, who has just opened newly refurbished premises, stocked out with all sorts of bike bling & goodies to tempt even the most spendthrift of bikies to get their wallets open!! www.condorcycles.com Those nice guys at Rouleur magazine, who publish bike porn with a classy difference www.rouleur.cc plus Greg Rowe an out & out cycling fan who dipped into his personal pocket to help out, thanks to you all..
And finally, my heartfelt thanks & appreciation goes to Trish Bloxham & her colleagues at Tandridge Council, who once again granted us permission for a closed road & used a lot of their own media contacts to try & help publicise our event
Oh & of course a big thanks to the timekeepers Lesley & Bob Donnington and assistant Don Glover
Hope to see you all next year, 2nd Sunday in October, 2.00pm
No: Name Club / Team Result
1st 17 Michael leonard Smith Team Milton Keynes 1.46.3
2nd 84 Robert Gough Chippenham & District Wheelers 1.50.1
3rd 87 Jody Crawforth Arctic-Premier RT 1.52.3
4th 85 Dave Clarke Pendragon Calas 2.02.1
5th 78 Peter Tadros In Gear Quickvit RT 2.04.4
6th 83 Chris McNamara Team Corley Cycles / Alpha R C 2.05.6
7th 55 Sylvain Garde Addiscombe C C 2.06.1
8th 86 Matt Melville AWCycles.co.uk 2.06.4
9th 66 Danny Axford Arctic-Premier RT 2.06.8
10th 76 Roy Chamberlain Team Corley Cycles Alpha RC V 2.07.9
11th 33 Matthew Pilkington Dulwich Paragon C C 2.08.0
11th 64 James Shaw Pembrokeshire Velo 2.08.0
13th 22 Ivan Jordan Kent cycles V 2.09.1
14th 15 Andrew Sykes South Eastern R.C. V 2.09.9
15th 53 Phil Lisher Team Welwyn 2.10.4
16th 61 Simon Warren Norwood Paragon C C 2.11.8
17th 57 Alexander King Twickenham CC J 2.12.0
18th 30 Keith Henderson Southborough & District C C 2.12.3
19th 45 John Storms Kingston Wheelers V 2.12.5
20th 56 Alex Christians London Phoenix C C 2.14.1
21st 60 Joe Hall Rapha Condor C C 2.14.2
22nd 81 Ben Moores Norwood Paragon C C 2.14.4
23rd 71 Matt Holmes Arctic-Premier RT 2.14.7
24th 82 Jim Cheek In Gear Quickvit RT 2.15.5
25th 26 Mark Perry Dulwich Paragon C C 2.15.6
26th 11 Alex Peterson AWCycles.co.uk 2.15.9
26th 43 Jon Canning Rapha Condor C C 2.15.9
28th 69 James Stuart Norwood Paragon C C 2.16.2
29th 10 James Brickell InGearQuickvit RT 2.16.3
30th 34 Robert Moore London Phoenix C C 2.16.5
31st 74 Graeme Raeburn Rapha Condor C C 2.17.1
32nd 12 Michael Wallace Addiscombe C C 2.18.6
32nd 70 Dr David Murrell London Phoenix C C 2.18.6
34th 58 Simon Donne Epsom C C 2.19.3
35th 28 Andy Ross Sydenham Wheelers 2.19.4
36th 7 keith Coffey Bec C C 2.19.8
37th 65 Nathan Chamberlain Redhill C C 2.21.0
38th 80 Guy Powdrill London Dynamo 2.21.5
39th 44 Anton Blackie Oxford University C C 2.22.5
40th 13 Graham Little Dulwich Paragon C C 2.22.7
40th 54 Rob Taylor Tri Sport News Racing 2.22.7
42nd 51 Jake Butler In Gear Quickvit development sqd 2.23.5
43rd 2 Carl Ferri Addiscombe C C 2.24.4
44th 49 Peter Elms VC Elan / Harry Perry cycles V 2.24.7
45th 42 Rhys Payne Port & District C C 2.25.4
46th 16 Alan Parkinson Sth Western R C / Evans Cycles V 2.25.6
47th 20 Chris Dick London Phoenix C C 2.25.7
48th 9 Nathan Smith London Phoenix C C 2.26.7
49th 48 Robert Robins Sydenham Wheelers V 2.28.9
50th 1 Keith Butler Bec Cycling Club V 2.30.0
51st 21 Torkel Dohmers London Dynamo V 2.30.1
52nd 37 Philip Burgess Norwood Paragon C C 2.31.3
53rd 27 john Archdeacon Delaune c c V 2.31.7
54th 23 Wei-Ho Ng Rapha Condor C C 2.32.3
55th 40 James Hughes Bec C C 2.32.6
56th 63 Joseph Frend Sth Western R C / Evans Cycles 2.34.3
57th 73 Andrew Canning Sth Western R C / Evans Cycles 2.37.8
58th 72 Ralph Keeler Cambridge C C V 2.38.7
59th 19 Shaun Kennedy Bec C C V 2.40.3
60th 8 Nick Allen Sth Western R C / Evans Cycles V 2.41.1
61st 67 Manuel Quiros Rapha Condor C C V 2.43.6
62nd 77 Germain Burton Team De Ver JV 2.45.5
63rd 5 Ed Harris Lea Valley C C V 2.46.6
64th 59 Nigel Wood Dulwich Paragon C C V 2.48.1
65th 29 Juliette Clark In Gear Quickvit RT L 2.48.4
66th 38 Deborah Percival 34 Nomads C C / Gem Hygiene L 2.48.8
67th 39 Michael Ingram Addiscombe C C V 2.49.6
68th 6 Andrew Green Addiscombe C C 2.56.1
69th 18 Anddrew Burbidge Epsom C C 3.07.7
70th 4 Chris Jones Bynea C c 3.11.3
71st 25 Roy Instrall Morden CRC V 3.13.0
72nd 47 Rachael Whittaker Serpentine L 3.20.0
73rd 14 Stuart Payne Central Sussex C C V 3.34.1
74th 68 Richard Cartland Team Corley Cycles / Alpha R C 3.57.6 late start 2.0min
75th 52 Steven Grimshaw Rapha Condor C C 5.33.6 late start 2.45min
3 William McCracken Brighton Mitre C C V DNS apologies received
24 Oliver Wilmot Ingear Development Squad J DNS
31 Sholto Haggart Brighton Mitre C C DNS apologies received
32 Nick Carreras Bec C C DNS
35 Mark Williams Sth Western R C / Evans Cycles DNS
36 Charlie Beeny V C Jubilee J DNS apologies received
41 Adam Cotterill In Gear Development Squad DNS apologies received
46 Adam Glasser Delaune C C V DNS apologies received
50 simon Neave South Western Road Club V DNS apologies received
62 Christy McKee Bec C C L DNS
75 Scarlet William Parker Rollapaluzza CC DNS
79 Adrian Rodgers Worthing Excelsior CC DNS
Teams:
1st Arctic Premier RT 6.14.18 No’s 66, 71, 87 - £900.00
2nd In Gear Quickvit RT 6.35.12 No’s 10, 78, 82
3rd Norwood Paragon CC 6.41.14 No’s 61,69,81
4th Dulwich Paragon CC 6.45.13 No’s13,26,33
5th Rapha Condor CC 6.46.12 No’s 43,60,74
6th Addiscombe CC 6.48.11 No’s 2,12,55
7th London Phoenix CC 6.48.12 No’s 34,56,70
8th Bec C C 7.21.14 No’s 1,7,40
9th Sth Western RC 7.36.17 No’s 16,63,73
10th Team Corley 8.09.25 No’s 68,76,83 (received a 2min penalty late start)
Fastest Lady Juliette Clarke In Gear Quickvit RT - Rapha Fixed Backpack, value £95
Fastest Vet, Roy Chamberlain Team Corley Cycles - 1 year subscription to Rouleur magazine value
Fastest Junior , Alexander King, Twickenham CC - A pair of Conti Giro tubs - .£30
