Guilford Crit.

[Sylv]

Well according to their confirmation email of today the start time for our race has been brought forward from 7.30pm to 7.

I have asked them to confirm but if this is the case I will not be able to make it and will go and vent my frustration at Beastway.

I hope they will offer a refund

[mrP(Boonen)VT]

[url]http://www.charlottevillecc.org.uk/asp/home.asp[/url]

It says 7:00pm on their website. Unusually starting 3/4 before the Youth race.

[quote="mrpvt"][url]http://www.charlottevillecc.org.uk/asp/home.asp[/url]
Unusually starting 3/4 before the Youth race.

[Sylv]

In any case I think I might now be in breach of BC rules as as I understand you can race a (albeit non points-scoring) 3rd Cat race if you are 2nd Cat but only if you had entered before moving up to 2nd AND if the event had a closing date for entries anterior to your moving up - and this event has EOL - it this right mrpvt?

I'm not sure I would want to race one hour with Elites ...

[mrP(Boonen)VT]

That is the strict interpretation of the rules, but suppose your 2nd cat licence hasn't come through yet

[Sylv]

Especially with the mail strikes at the moment …
Still no reply regarding start time

[mrP(Boonen)VT]

[quote]Guildford Town Centre Races - Wednesday July 11, 2007

Please note that 'entries on the line' are available for all three races on Wednesday night in Guildford.

Order of Events
19:00 - The Knight Frank Criteriums (3/Jun) 20mins plus 10 laps
19:30 Youth Criteriums (Juv/U16/U14/U12) 15mins plus 5 laps
20:00 - The Guildford Criteriums (E/1/2) 50mins plus 10 laps

Please also note that the Surrey League agiskoviner.com Eelmore races will NOT take place on Wednesday July 11, 2007

Glyn

[Sylv]

I'm getting a train that will get me to Guilford station at 18.04.

Adam do you have any idea where you will be parking - if I could leave a bag in your car?

Advance entries below - Mick Bell is going to be hard to beat. He gets placing at Palace in the E/1/2 despite being a 3rd, and is also a top cx and mtb racer.


1 Tim Cooper Charlotteville CC 3
2 David Wilson Charlotteville CC 3
3 Mark Walter British Cycling Private 3
4 Mick Bell London Fire Brigade CC 3V
5 James Northway Metropolitan Police CC 3
6 Dave Faulkner Charlotteville CC 3
7 Iain Redpath Ibike.co.uk 3
8 Sylvain Garde Addiscombe CC 3
9 Adam Cotterell Addiscombe CC 3
10 Stewart Jardine 21st Century Airports 3
11 Matthew Wakeford Sigma Sport 3
12 Mark Perryman VC Etoile 3
13 Dean Frost VC Meudon 3
14 Paul Hopkins Mountain Trax 3
15 Andrew Parsons British Cycling Private 3
16 Cameron Fraser Felt Racing UK 3
17 Pete Wager VC Meudon 3
18 Glenn Duffy VC Godalming & Haslemere 3
19 Martin Weinberger CC Basingstoke 3
20 Daiman Law Charlotteville CC 3
21 Chris Hunt VC Godalming & Haslemere 3
22 Gavin Spiers Reading C C 3
23 Neil Thomson Charlotteville CC 3
24 John Heaton-Armstrong Fit-For 3

[img]http://www.fettling.co.uk/aspbite_protect/imagemod/00000351_TCR_Route.jpg[/img]

[-Adam-]

Probably the P below the circuit, but ill PM you my mobile so just call me when you arrive and ill tell you where i am!

[Sylv]

ok thanks

[mrP(Boonen)VT]

Can I leave my stuff in your car?

[-Adam-]

I'll start charging in a minute!

Course you can Master Guru, have pm'd you my number as well to check where i am...

[mrP(Boonen)VT]

See you there, THX

[mrP(Boonen)VT]

Great evening of racing, with Sylv taking a prime and 6th place in the supporting race.

The youth race had gary Christiansen's little boy (aged 3 and a quarter) on a "hobby horse" with "grandad" running round with him - and he was the first (only) under 10!!! Patric Schils, who was 2nd in the supporting race, then rode in the Youth race (wouldn't have been allowed if I was Chief Commissaire!) and he won.

Then to the main race, the speed of which was incredibly high from the start, with the natty pink Plowmans Craven team, working hard to break away, and chase anyone else down. Towards the end, Gordon Mcauley took a Prime, had a gap and just put his head down and went for it, holding the bunch off to the finish. Warwick Spence outsprinted Tony Gibb for 2nd place.

Have to say Tony was very professional in his attitude, arranging the guys for photos, talking to the Mayor and then taking the microphone to thank the organisers and officials.

[-Adam-]

Yep, was a fantastic night, unforunately for me a combination of a complete lack of warming up and lack of 'race confidence' left me fighting to survive from the gun. The course is incredibly tough, barely 500m round it. Slippery brick paving, cobbles, pot holed tarmac, it had it all. And two unbelievably tight and technical corners.

All in all resulted in a DNF for me, ended up with a good group of about 5 when two guys sweeped in on us from no where. I thought they were lapping us so eased to let them through, apparently they were just idiots. But by then i was left with a gap i couldn't nor wanted to close.

There was one point where i was with the young female Kiwi National Team rider and she was losing the wheel in front, so i gave her a gentle push on the backside knowing Sean would have done the same. Or at the very least taken a picture

Was kind of fun, but undoubtedly one of the most challenging courses ive raced on to date. Way harder than Palace!

But chapeau to Sylv for hangin on with the front group, then 'unknowingly' hitting the front for the prime. Yeah right, he was just in it for the money! Couldn't score points as he's now a second cat so what else was there to do!?