Addiscombe Cyclo Cross; Sunday October 28

[mrP(Boonen)VT]

[quote]but Marco was moving too quickly..

[Kasper]

Thankyou Acc for such a well organised event and one it was a pleasure to marshall at.

Right now thats out the way, onto the riders, well done Maria for being the sole Acc er to finish!!!!

Well done also to Marco for giving it a really good try and (almost) completing the race.

Unlucky Aodan better luck next time. You will be at Herne Hill wont you?

Spectacular course made all the better by the weather!
Somewhere I'd definatelty want to return before next year.

Long way to travel on a scooter so I thought I'd make an evening of it and stopped off at The Wheatsheaf in Bough Beeches.
Lovely pub and lovely grub, just a shame there weren't more Accer's to keep me company.
Anyway I took up position in front of the roaring fireplace dated 1607 and proceeded to slowly hang my now wet waterproofs up to dry.
Started off with an Irish coffe to warm me up which I'm sure both Aodan and Connor would also have appreciated had they been there.
Now dry I ordered my 100% Angus Beef Burger and fries. Followed by a crafty pint of Kroenenburg 1664. Only 60 years older than the pub!!!

Finally thanks to Aodan and Maria for waitng for me at the end of the event and showing me the quick way home back to Croydon. Next time we're down there we'll all have to go to The Wheatsheaf.

Ps The owner was saying to us that it's possible to have a downhill event as well as the cyclo cross on at the same time, such is the size of the club grounds. V picturesque nestled in that Autumnal Kentish Valley. Ode to Autumn or what?
Season of Mist and Mellow fruitfulness,

BTW Alex, that last photo of yours is going to be turned into a Mountain bike shop would you believe? Cool or what?

[mrP(Boonen)VT]

Unfortunately, the weather and the conditions we were working in with no walls and no light and a canvass covering that leaked like a sieve, transpired into making the judging nie on impossible.

I burned the midnight oil and at around 2am was satisfied that I had done the best I could, but with so many gaps in the numbers where they were so muddy, Andrew and Peter couldn't read them, there will be some movement before the final result.


1 52 Gareth Montgomerie Singletrack Senior
2 44 Bill Bell Gemini BC Senior
3 41 Brian Curtis Corridori Senior
4 57 Matt Holmes Arctic RT Senior
5 53 Chris Ansell Corridori Senior
6 3 Russell short London Dynamo Senior
7 59 Ben GC Invicta Senior
8 28 Nigel ling kingsnorth Senior
9 54 Mark field Rexel senate Senior
10 37 David Law Arctic RT Senior
11 190 Ian Cleverley Mosquito Veteran
12 167 George Higgs Brighton Excelsior Veteran
13 34 Gary Lineard London Phoenix Senior
14 55 Andy Dilkes VC Meudon Senior
15 171 Neil Simpson 0 Veteran
16 188 Jel Otley White Oak tri Veteran 45-49
17 185 Steve blackmore Gemini BC Veteran 45-49
18 16 James Wilson Rapha Condor Senior
19 48 Kevin Ball Dulwich Paragon Senior
20 133 Max Filleul South Downs Bikes Junior
21 50 ed Smeddon AgiscoViner Senior
22 108 Nicky Hughes Active Cycles Lady
23 182 Paul Atkinson Gemini BC Veteran
24 135 Adam Gent Ingear RT Junior
25 155 Paul Buckley Wigmore CC Veteran
26 24 Patrick Jones Dulwich Paragon Senior
27 159 Ray Coop VC Deal Veteran 50-54
28 173 Mark Meacock Moots Veteran 45-49
29 6 Alastair Brown Chelmer Senior
30 33 James Drain Gemini BC Senior
31 15 Tony Ingear RT Senior
32 174 Pete McGuiness South Downs Velo Veteran
33 172 Graham Hart essex Roads Veteran
34 191 martin Dawkins GS Invicta Veteran 45-49
35 107 Sarah Sutton San Fairy Ann CC Lady
36 162 Paul Warner Team Darenth Veteran 45-49
37 170 Donald Francis Twickenham Veteran
38 60 Chris Tree Larkfield AC Senior
39 51 R Morrison London Dynamo Senior
40 175 Mick Curtis Corridori Veteran 65-69
41 179 luke Evans Sydenham Wheelers Veteran
42 102 Imogen Cain Palmer Park Lady
43 103 Maria david Pearsons Lady
44 42 Ian Paine London Dynamo Senior
45 157 John Filleul 0 Veteran 45-49
46 36 Hein Le Roux London Phoenix Senior
47 40 james Smith San Fairy Ann CC Senior
48 160 Richard Mcvey 0 Veteran
49 43 Alex Tyrrell Old Portlians CC Senior
50 186 Antony Rogers Brighton Excelsior Veteran 45-49
51 22 Alex Murray London Dynamo Senior
52 105 Kimberley ? London Dynamo Lady
53 109 Abigail Armstrong London Phoenix Lady
54 61 Barry Stewart kent Cycles Senior
55 62 marco Faimali Addiscombe CC Senior

[Kasper]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/42542871@N00/1798046051/

My own humble marshalling spot once the start was out of the way.
I saw a lot less fallers than you Tamar!! V dramatic!!!
A good spot to watch non the less; could see right across the valley and all the riders as they slowly wound their way up the hill.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2235/179 ... 1193664857

http://www.flickr.com/photos/42542871@N00/1798045605/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/42542871@N00/1798889520/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/42542871@N00/1798889276/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2314/179 ... 1193664821

Ps How do you get the photo's to actually display on the forum???

[Kasper]

Where's Steve Sorba Paul? I'm sure it was him with the beard in the Dulwich Paragon kit coated in mud min you.

BTW Greaaat Photos Sylv. How'd you get so close?

[Andrew G]

[quote="Kasper the Ghost"]Well done also to Marco for giving it a really good try and (almost) completing the race.

[Kasper]

That was a canny bit of riding Marco. You must have waited for the leader to come behind you and then just crossed over after he'd completed.

Apologies if you completed normally I had no way of knowing when the race was finishing other than time and I just remember seeing you while there were lots of riders still on the course.

[Kasper]

I KNEW IT.

[Tamar]

Blimey Paul! 2am sorting the results - definitely over and above the call of duty. It must have been dreadful working in those conditions. Well done!

[mrP(Boonen)VT]

Curiously, Marco's number is absent from the final lap finish sheets, so could yet be placed higher.....

[MJ_1993]

This cyclo-cross lark actually looks like fun.

Oh Paul btw.

Spinning = Cramp (experienced after my bike was brutally sabotaged)

I shall explain later why (if you want to know)

[Huw Watkins]

Thank you very much indeed for organising such an excellent race - a good deal more intresting than many.

However, could I put in a small request for you to revist the results before they go final? I rode as number 58 and appear to have been missed from the results entirely (again). Finished in front of a guy in red whose club I can't remember, James Wilson (Rapha), and Craig Stevens (PCA), and behind a Sydenham rider. Both of the latter seem also to have been missed.

Was lapped by the winner right on the start / finish line on the hour but by no other riders.

However, thanks again for an excellent event. really enjoyed it. In an odd sort of way!

Huw Watkins

(London Dynamo)

[Maria David]

Hi Paul,

Thanks for tabulating the results. Sounds like it must've been a nightmare. Looking down the list it seems that a couple of girls are missing - Katharine Mason (Sussex Nomads) and Julene (Dulwich Paragon). Sorry I don't know her last name.

The finishing order we had for the women when we discussed it among ourselves was : Nicky Hughes (Activ Cycles), Katharine Mason (Sussex Nomads), Sarah Sutton (San Fairy Ann), Imogen Cain (junior) (Palmer Park), myself, Abi Armstrong (London Phoenix), Julene (Dulwich Paragon), Kimberley Kabatoff (London Dynamo).

Katharine would've finished about 6 or 7 places behind Nicky. Then Abi, Julene and Kimberley would've been consecutively placed.

Hope it helps.

Maria
http://2wheelchick.blogspot.com/

[mrP(Boonen)VT]

[quote]When I took my number off I couldnt see the number on it at all so I really dont know how the lap scorers managed to do such a good job and get any numbers whatsoever!!

[Maria David]

[quote]Tamar wrote "I was marshalling on a tip-top corner and saw about 20 crashes."