Report: Castle Combe Summer Series

Event: 20th May 2010, Castle Combe Raceway, Wiltshire

A quieter night regarding numbers with 47 youth riders and 84 seniors lining up to race on a lovely, warm and dry May evening. Most unlike a normal Thursday evening at Castle Combe! With the still conditions the Senior race was keenly fought with the three groups merging very quickly despite the generous handicaps. It appears that when there is a wind blowing it generally takes longer for the groups to come together. Mark Perry won a very close sprint from Ben Stockdale with James Stewart taking third spot.

Above: Perry lunges for the line in a close finish.

The usual protagonists took the honours in the Youth races with the closest sprint of the evening in the U12 race with Lewis Revill just pipping Etienne Georgi, James Tillett and Peter Kibble. Pfeiffer Georgi and Megan James again took 1st and 2nd in their category but were beaten to the line by Joe Beckingsale of Abergavenny RC. Ashley Hutchinson got back to winning ways in the U14 race and Matt Cross of Newport Velo got the better of Zac May and Jack Reed in another close sprint in the U16 race.

Results

U8

1st David Meyer Cheltenham & Cty CC 1st Boy
2nd Scott Curtis Unattached 2nd Boy
3rd Tyler Smith Swindon RC 3rd Boy
4th Ellis Jones Swindon RC 4th Boy
5th Winston Powell Chippenham & Dist Whlrs 5th Boy

U10

1st Joe Beckingsale Abergavenny RC 1st Boy
2nd Pfeiffer Georgi Mid Devon RC 1st Girl
3rd Megan James Abergavenny RC 2nd Girl
4th Joshua Price Unattached 2nd Boy
5th Lance Hutchison VC St Raphael 3rd Boy
6th Liam Sewell Swindon RC 4th Boy
7th Chester Powell Chippenham & Dist Whlrs 5th Boy
8th Ben Sluman Cheltenham & Cty CC 6th Boy
9th Toby Berryman Chippenham & Dist Whlrs 7th Boy
10th Lauren Booth Chippenham & Dist 3rd Girl
11th Thomas Price Unattached 8th Boy
12th Seren Jones Swindon RC 4th Girl

U12

1st Lewis Revill Chippenham & Dist 1st Boy
2nd Etienne Georgi Mid Devon RC 2nd Boy
3rd James Tillett Newport Velo 3rd Boy
4th Peter Kibble Chippenham & Dist 4th Boy
5th Sam Tillett Newport Velo 5th Boy
6th Rhys Britton Newport Velo 6th Boy
7th Bethan Manley Newport Velo 1st Girl
8th Tom Sewell Swindon RC 7th Boy
9th Emily Tillett Newport Velo 2nd Girl
10th Rob Higgs Chippenham & Dist 8th Boy
11th Nicole Pollock Newport Velo 3rd Girl
12th Sophie Taylor Newport Velo 4th Girl
13th Katie Compton Swindon RC DNF

U14

1st Ashley Hutchison VC St Raphael 1st Boy
2nd Sam Beckingsale Abergavenny RC 2nd Boy
3rd Ffion James Abergavenny RC 1st Girl
4th Ben Reed Chippenham Wheelers 3rd Boy
5th Max Berryman Chippenham & Dist Whlrs 4th Boy
6th Bethany Taylor Newport Velo 2nd Girl

U16

1st Matthew Cross Newport Velo 1st Boy
2nd Zachary May Cardiff JIF 2nd Boy
3rd Jack Reed Chippenham Wheelers 3rd Boy
4th Dan Marshall BCDS 4th Boy
5th Geraint Manley Cardiff JIF 5th Boy
6th Amy Hill Newport Velo 1st Girl
7th Sam Roberts Chippenham Wheelers 6th Boy
8th Luke Davies Chippenham Wheelers 7th Boy
9th Sarah Crawley Cardiff Ajax 2nd Girl
10th Steph Higgs Chippenham Wheelers 3rd Girl
11th Jake King Chippenham & Dist Whlrs 8th Boy
12th Matt Godden Gloucester City CC DNF

Seniors

1st Mark Perry Wilier/Big Maggys/Prendas
2nd Ben Stockdale Team Qoroz
3rd James Stewart Team Raleigh
4th David Saunders Climb on Bikes RT
5th Tom Smith Uw + TC de Volmarding
6th James Lowsley Williams Agiscoviner
7th Jason White Bristol RC
8th Richard Mardle Felt Culbornes RT
9th Mark Noble Franco Factor
10th Nic Tilling GWR Team
11th Grant Bayton Wilier/Big Maggys
12th Andy Cook Chippenham & Dist Whlrs