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Report: Castle Combe Summer Series - Week 3 of 15

Event: 19th May 2011
Promoted by: Chippenham Wheelers
Venue: Castle Combe Motor Racing Circuit, Wiltshire
Report: Andy Cook

A further 163 competitors turned up for the third week of the Castle Combe Summer Series where once again we were greeted with a fine dry evening. 31 Youth riders battled it out around the pit lane for the younger riders and the main circuit for the older age groups. Scott Curtis continued to dominate the U8 with Zoe Backstedt winning her category also in convincing fashion. Lance Hutchison also maintained his dominant form in the U10's with Elynor Backstedt managing to match her sister with a win. In the U12's race around the main circuit, the Tillett children "cleaned up" with James beating brother Sam and Emily winning the girls. Ashley Hutchison also emulated his brother by winning the U14 age category with Bethany Taylor getting the better of Nicole Pollock in their race. In a close sprint in the U16 race Tristen Robbins beat Matt Woods.

The two main races were contested by good numbers with 95 starters in the 3rd/4th Cat race and 37 starters in the E/1/2 event with another strong showing from the Team UK Youth squad led by former Paris Roubaix winner Magnus Backstedt. Megan Backstedt, not to be outdone by her husband and children, and being a former International herself also rode in the 3rd/4th race. Racing was keenly fought as ever in both events and with 45 minutes elapsed in the 3/4 race the 3 laps to go board was held aloft. The finish was marred somewhat by a nasty crash around 400 metres from the line that resulted in two riders being taken to hospital. Thankfully the results of the crash were not as severe as first thought and resulted in one rider having a broken collar bone and the worst looking casualty having a minor operation to repair tendon damage to his finger. At the sharp end of the sprint Geoff Ripley managed to beat Tristan's Dad Will Robbins in the sprint for the line.

The E/1/2 event also ended in a sprint with James Stewart winning convincingly from Josh Papworth. Freddy Johanson managed to get the better of Grant Bayton making it a good night for the team UK Youth riders honing their form for the forthcoming crit series. Neil Coleman, a regular at the circuit coming from the area, was back home from the States to ride the Ras in Ireland and managed to show his American team colours with a few skirmishes off the front during the hotly contested event.

RESULTS

UNDER 8'S

1 SCOTT CURTIS CHIPPENHAM WHEELERS
2 ZOE BACKSTEDT MAINDY FLYERS
3 WINSTON POWELL CHIPPENHAM WHEELERS
4 ORIEL POWELL CHIPPENHAM WHEELERS

UNDER 10'S

1 LANCE HUTCHISON VC ST RAPHAEL
2 ELYNOR MAINDY FLYERS
3 EUAN TAYLOR NEWPORT VELO
4 LAUREN BOOTH CHIPPENHAM WHEELERS
5 THOMAS HUTCHESON CHIPPENHAM WHEELERS

UNDER 12'S

1 James Tillett Newport Velo
2 SAM TILLETT NEWPORT VELO
3 WILLIAM CROFTS CHIPPENHAM WHEELERS
4 EMILY TILLETT NEWPORT VELO
5 SOPHIE TAYLOR NEWPORT VELO
6 CAMERON THOMPSON PALMER PARK VELO
7 JOE MCKIMM BCDS
8 PFIEFFER GEORGI MID DEVON CC
9 CHESTER POWELL CHIPPENHAM WHEELERS
10 HARRY TRUELOVE CHIPPENHAM WHEELERS
11 WILLIAM MATTHEWS CHIPPENHAM WHEELERS

UNDER 14'S

1 ASHLEY HUTCHISON VC ST RAPHAEL
2 PETER KIBBLE ABERGAVENNY RC
3 ETIENNE GEORGI GIANT CC
4 TAYLOR ROWE NORTH WILTS RC
5 BETHANY TAYLOR NEWPORT VELO
6 LEWIS REVELL CHIPPENHAM WHEELERS
7 NICOLE POLLOCK NEWPORT VELO

UNDER 16'S

1 TRISTEN ROBBINS CARDIFF JIF
2 MATT WOODS SWINDON RC
3 LUKE DAVIES CHIPPENHAM WHEELERS
4 JAMES MCKIMM BCDS

3RD/4TH

1 Geoff Ripley Avonlea Treasure RT
2 Will Robbins Cardiff JIF
3 Ian Savage Cadence RT
4 Niall Brown Bristol South CC
5 Dan Marshall BCDS
6 Simon Willis VC Montpelier
7 Mark Munns Ride 24/7
8 Jack Reed Team Qoroz
9 David Barnawells Felt Colbornes
10 Steve Thomas Bristol RC

E/1/2

1 James Stewart Team UK Youth
2 Josh Papworth Cult Racing
3 Freddy Johausson Team UK Youth
4 Grant Bayton Willier-Go Self Drive
5 Tom Stockdale Team Qoroz
6 Lee Davis Motorpoint
7 Richard Mardle Felt Colbornes
8 Toby Eichler Cadence Rt
9 Colin Parry Wilier-Go Self Drive
10 Niklas Gustavsson Team UK Youth
11 Jamie Newall Team Corley
12 Neil Coleman Wonderful Pistachios Pro Cycling
13 Ian Rees Wilier
14 Jess Wieckowski Nemesis GB
15 James Lowsley-Williams Team UK Youth

British Cycling would like to thank the organising team, officials and everyone else who helped promote this event. Our sport could not exist without the hundreds of people, many of them unpaid volunteers, who put in many hours of hard work running events, activities and clubs.