Addiscombe CC Win at SL Kitsmead Handicap 30/4/15

[AshleyN]

Congrats to Dave Kennett who won the first Surrey League Handicap race of the season on the Kitsmead circuit last night.
Dave was in a group of 9 including fellow ACC rider Paul Hone that stayed away from the chasing groups to claim the 3rd ACC win of the season.
The race was promoted and marshalled by Charlotteville CC
full result to follow

Well done to Dave and Paul and also to MattH and Rogan who were in the chase groups.
Photos here
[url]https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/charlottevillecc/sets/72157649955128524/[/url]
Twitter Reaction here
[url]https://twitter.com/charlotteville/status/593882926967869441[/url]

[Paul H]

Well done Dave & excellent result for Team Addiscombe.

Who will be next.

[Antloony]

Superb result for Dave and the ACC TG boys.

[Dominic]

Excellent result, well done to all.

[DavidKennett]

First h/cap of the year, and not sure what to expect. No 4th cats allowed to enter and the SL 3 day stage race at the weekend, so only 40 or so signed on, giving 5 groups. Representing the TG, Paul, Rogan, Matt and myself. Paul, myself, 4 Paceline RT’s and a few others headed off in the first group for 8 laps of the 3 mile circuit. After dropping one of the ladies it soon became clear the bulk of the work would be done by ACC and Paceline, no problem for Paul and myself, veterans of the TG With the scratch group setting off just as we were completing the first lap I felt we had a good chance of staying away, even catching them! Over the next few laps we worked well with Paceline, with the remaining mainly sitting in. Then, just after starting the final lap, Stephen Harvey (Paceline) attacked and opened a small gap, I duly chased him down leaving Paul to counter. Unfortunately, the finish was into a head wind allowing the Paceline train to catch him. Surprising them, I managed to get a gap just as we went past Paul and held on to cross the line first, a happy rider. A great team performance.

Unfortunately Matt and Rogan weren’t so lucky, Matt suffering a tyre sidewall blow out and Rogan finishing in his group.

“So four @PacelineRT turned over by two @Addiscombe_CC... club chairman, is not going to be impressed!”

[Ghaleb]

Well done Dave and Team ACC

[Matt.H]

Well done Dave! Great result. Let's hope for a repeat tomorrow.