Addiscombe Win!!

[Richard (Apples)]

Met up with MattD in Tooting at 7:40 am then rode over to Morden to meet MrPVT and Rich V.

We all then shamelessly took a tow from Paul all the way to Chertesy

I was really looking forward to race 2 and as has already been mentioned it was great to see so many in ACC yellow . Nine on the start line for the 4ths and I think 3 for the 3rds.

Felt good for the first few laps with time to look around for the other yellow shirts and work out places to make up ground .

Then coming down the start/finish straight just as I was moving to the front to join RichV and I think Graham I punctured and that was the end of my race.

Cheered the boys round for the last few laps but couldnt stay to watch George Paul and John as I had to get home for family duties.

Well done boys on a fantastic effort all round and congrats to John on the win.

MrPVT finished up his official duties and then kindly towed me all the way back to Morden

Cheers Paul

Great day out , beautiful weather , Agreeable racing

See you at Hillingdon Tuesday evening

Apples

[carl f]

Was my first road race so was pretty nervous travelling over(by car wasn't sure how i'd feel cycling over from crystal palace).Great to see so many acc colours around me at the start.Took off and realised the pace is going to be fairly rapid.Managed to keep in there and not make to many mistakes(sorry andrew).Took my turn on the front a couple of times was nice to be leading for a bit! but soon realised i'm wasting to much effort so tucked back in.Came to the last lap and i think lack of experience held me back from organising myself to the front.Anyway on the home sprint managed to get myself up there in the top 25ish finish i think??and finish unscathed.so was well pleased with myself,considering such a large field.Will DEFO be racing again absolutley loved it, might even give up the duathlon this season and continue racing.Well done to the 3rds watched some of it and the pace looked relentless.Thanks to everyone for the support
Carl

[Andrew G]

Mistake?
Good news Carl you'll have finished joint 11th, there's only points for the top 10 so if you were in the front bunch you'll get 11=. (Just say 11th to your mates ).

[carl f]

Andrew youv'e made my day!! not to bothered about the points or though it would have been nice,do you get one point for finishing?,where can i get results from,any pics etc?

[Andrew G]

Carl,
Points in 4th cat races are:
1st = 10 points
2nd = 9
3rd = 8 etc, etc to
10th = 1 point

When you get 10 points you move up to 3rd cat and get to race with Paul H, George, and all the other frighteningly quick people (although they'll probably be 2nd cats soon).

That's why the Surrey League give all the first bunch finishing with 10th, 11th equal - no points so no point trying to catch everyones number as they shoot past.

[url]http://www.londoncyclesport.com/[/url] and [url]http://www.surreyleague.co.uk/[/url] will have results in a couple of days. LCS site also has links to photos, although often of only the higher cat races . You can always look at the photographer's websites for more as they have all the photos they take so you can browse and buy one of yourself if you want it .

I pass all the results and reports to Paul Tunnell who is our Road Race Secretary so I'll post them when I find them if someone else doesn't.

Oh, and my Dad took some photos so if he got one of you I'll post it here.

If you want to carry on racing the Surrey League site has a link to its calendar which give you all the details. LCS site also has an Events page. If you're free Tuesday evenings then Hillingdon has a 4th cat only race and there's a mixed 3rds and 4ths race in Crystal Palace park, both start about 7pm. Palace is harder but much more convenient. Hillingdon has started already, Palace starts 24th April (Addiscombe promote the 1st May Palace race so you'd get good support!).

[carl f]

Thanks for the wealth of info andrew,might try palace but they do sound scary to me,might pop down and watch the first couple and see how it looks.Will get to the next chertsey race in may but hillingdon is a bit out of reach for me in the eve.As for photo's...........not that i'm vein or anything

[-Adam-]

The points vary depending on the race, but like Andrew says, most 4th and 3/4 races on closed circuits are Band 5...

Which is:

1st 10
2nd 8
3rd 7
4th 6
5th 5
6th 4
7th 3
8th 2
9th 1
10th 1

So nearly right andrew

By the way, did you see a couple of CSC's riding Zipps this afternoon!?

[higg]

Well done everyone, it's good to hear of everybody getting stuck in there this weekend and giving it a go. And as for Jon well what can I say, it doesn't surprise me.

[SimonH]

MOD Chertsey - 3rds result


April 14, 2007 - Surrey League/Old Portlians CC - MOD Chertsey - 3rds - 40
Miles

Pos Name Club/Team Cat Time
1 Jonathan Cornall Addiscombe CC 3 1:32:30
2 Tony Smedley London Dynamo 3
3 Richard Newey agiskoviner.com 3V
4 Justin Radford Python Racing Team 3
5 Andy Davies Fit-For 3
6 Terry Morgan VC Meudon 3V
7 Dylan Kenneway London Dynamo 3
8 Paul Thatcher Brighton Mitre 3V
9 Pete Connelly Team Quest 3V
10 Simon Fox GS Avanti 3
11 Martin Garratt London Dynamo 3
12 George Brent Addiscombe CC 3
13 Simon Hazeldine Norwood Paragon CC 3
14 Dean Wilson Kingsnorth International 3
15 Eric Young Hounslow & District 3
16 E Sneddon agiskoviner.com 3
16 Bruce Samuel Brighton Excelsior 3V
16 Paul Gosling Brighton Excelsior 3V
16 George Higgs Brighton Excelsior 3V
16 David Wilson Charlotteville CC 3
16 John Powell Crawley CC 3
16 James Graham Festival RC 3
16 Iain Redpath Ibike 3
16 Howard Radcliffe I-team.co.uk 3
16 Mark Poole Kingston Wheelers 3
16 Steven Saunders Kingston Wheelers 3
16 Rory Parks London Dynamo 3
16 Matthew Bridge London Dynamo 3
16 Robert Prtitchard London Dynamo 3
16 Richard Dolby London Dynamo 3
16 Chris Campbell London Dynamo 3
16 Marek Siwicki Mosquito Bikes 3
16 James Shrubsall Norwood Paragon CC 3
16 Dan Barclay Private Member 3
16 Jonathan Maher Sigma Sport RT 3
16 Alex Ioannides Sigma Sport RT 3
16 Jeremy Cooper SP Systems/Wightlink RT 3V
16 Gary Bullock Thames Velo 3
16 Neil Stone Trisportnews Racing 3
16 Christopher Pyne Twickenham CC 3V
16 Chris Howard VC de Londres 3
16 Stephen Ferris VC Meudon 3V
16 Chris Peden Velocity the Exercise Deck 3
16 Brad Lamb Victoria CC 3
45 Andrew Norfolk agiskoviner.com 3
46 Nicholas Wallis Hounslow & District 3V
47 Mark Simmonds Kingsnorth International 3
48 Alan Parkinson South Western RC 3V
49 Robert Stimpson Python Racing Team 3
50 Simon Duke Arctic RT 3
51 A Duff Swindon RC 3
52 Daniel Clark Brighton Mitre 3
53 Paul Hone Addiscombe CC 3V
54 Chris Latimer Godalming Cycles RT 3
55 Rod Saxby Godalming Cycles RT 3
56 T Middleton Didcot Phoenix 3
57 Benjamin MacLand VC Meudon 3V
58 Rob Sherrin A3CRG 2
59 Richard Pearman Velocity the Exercise Deck 3
60 James Ebdon SP Systems/Wightlink RT 3J
61 Nick Mann Metropolitain Police CC 3V
62 Steve Barnsley Harlow RT 3V
63 Rob Fuller Brighton Mitre 3
64 Jonathan Greaves Beyond MTB 3
65 Matthew Wall Godalming Cycles RT 3V
66 Nikki Wheeler Velocity the Exercise Deck 1WV
67 Marek Glowinski VC de Londres 3V
68 Graham Charlton Private Member 3V
69 Andrew Middleton Pearson Cycles 3V
70 Garry Timlick GS Helix 3
71 Alan Sherman Kingston Wheelers 3
72 Dominic Coughlin SP Systems/Wightlink RT 3
73 Simon Bateson Team Economic Energy 3
74 John Leitch Festival RC 3V
75 Simon Benge Army CU 3V
76 Richard Varian Epsom CC 3V

April 14, 2007 - Surrey League/Old Portlians CC - MOD Chertsey - 4ths - 30
Miles

Pos Name Club/Team Cat Time
1 Dan Loxton CC Basingstoke 4 1:10:20
2 J Godding San Fairy Ann CC 4
3 Chris Read San Fairy Ann CC 4
4 Paul Innes Hounslow & District 4V
5 C Sayer Brighton Mitre 4
6 Richard Hoult USB 4
7 Torvel Dohmers London Dynamo 4
8 Darren Cainey Team Economic Energy 4
9 Alexis Brown London Dynamo 4
10 Douglas Fox Crawley Wheelers 4V
11 Simon Donne Epsom CC 4
12 Andrew Taylor Crawley Wheelers 4
13 D Barr A3CRG 4
13 S Smith Addiscombe CC 4V
13 C Ferri Addiscombe CC 4
13 M Robbins Addiscombe CC 4
13 Andrew Green Addiscombe CC 4
13 Matt Day Addiscombe CC 4
13 Sam Hemmant Bicester 4
13 Michael Bentham Brighton Excelsior 4V
13 Dan Edwards CC Basingstoke 4
13 Joshua Butterick Charlotteville CC 4J
13 Stuart Nisbett Crawley Wheelers 4
13 Robert Ruszkowski Dulwich Paragon CC 4
13 Alex Hill Dulwich Paragon CC 4
13 Guy Phillips Dulwich Paragon CC 4
13 B Jons Dulwich Paragon CC 4
13 Greg Conti Eagle Racing 4
13 T Phillips Essex Roads 4
13 R Robinson Evans Cycles RT 4
13 Mark Smith Evans Cycles RT 4
13 Simon Notley ibike 4
13 J Coolahan Kingston Wheelers 4
13 J Platt Kingston Wheelers 4
13 J Gittos London Dynamo 4
13 Karl Smith Medway Velo 4
13 James Northway Metropolitain Police CC 4
13 R Leaham Private Member 4
13 Paul Stewart Probikekit 4
13 Leith Smithers Redhill CC 4
13 Paul Ellok Road CC 4
13 Justin Taylor San Fairy Ann CC 4
13 J Driscoll San Fairy Ann CC 4J
13 S Kemslel Trisportnews Racing 4
13 Andrew Snowball VC de Londres 4
13 Josu Scott 4
47 Tim Sales Redhill CC 4V
48 David Brown Hounslow & District 4
49 Martin Weinberger CC Basingstoke 4
50 Kevin James Crawley Wheelers 4
51 Andy Laing GS Avanti 4V
52 Richard Viney Addiscombe CC 4
53 W Thomay Reading CC 4
54 Graham Oliver Addiscombe CC 4
55 Adam Page Kingston Wheelers 4
56 Tom Stanley Charlotteville CC 4
57 Richard Sanders Redhill CC 4
58 Daneil Royle Kingston Wheelers 4
59 Martyn Potter Brighton Mitre 4
60 Steve Punter VC Godalming & Haslemere 4
61 J Carlsson Charlotteville CC 4
62 Roland Kusay Redhill CC 4V
63 Tony Berlin Crawley CC 4 @ 1 lap
64 James Holder Brighton Excelsior 4
65 N Barnes Addiscombe CC 4
66 Gavin Garrett Redhill CC 4V
67 M O'Brien Brighton Excelsior 4
68 Jamie Walker Woolwich CC 4
69 Neil Rowe Redhill CC 4
70 Andrew Francis Pearson Cycles 4
71 R Bevan Hemel Hempstead CC 4
72 Andrew Garrner I-team.co.uk 4
73 Sam Touray Private Member 4
74 Eugene Bardwell Southdown Velo 4V

[Andrew G]

Oops, well nearly right Adam. Yes I saw the Zipps, did you see the wheels O'Grady won on though.

13th Carl, there must have been a small gap, but I see I finished alongside you strange I thought I was walking back to the start at the time.

[carl f]

Very strange andrew,anyway shame not to see any of acc finish in top ten in the 4ths,perhaps next time we block the front with yellow shirts?

[neilb]

Well done you guys. Fantastic result. Sorry I couldn't do better than I did, I was never going to be able to latch back on having dropped off the back of the pack (it was scary there were lots of cyclists!!!). A big mistake that I now know changed the whole race for me. It became a 40 something km time trial instead. I'll know better next time....there will be a next time for sure.

Cheers

Neil

[quote="seanhogan(CondorMan)"][quote]did you see the wheels O'Grady won on though

[Matthew Ives]

good for you Sean.
None of these fancy-dan factory wheels

[Toks]

Hey great to see all you ACC boys in action especially 4th cats. keep going things will continue to get better. Brilliant to hear about John's win. Was he wearing another jersey as part of a race tactic? I swear he had an ACC shirt on in the Henfold race