Sotonia Summer Road Race - Results
Results
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Pos,Name,Club
1,Harry Veale,Cycleworks.co.uk
2,Ben Lockett,Saint Piran
3,James Boyman,Farnham RC
4,Daniel Mcquillan,Tri UK
5,Matthew Downie,Eden Veranda Racing
6,Austin Head,VC Revolution
7,Thom Hayward,Velo Club Venta
8,Edward Giles,RP Vision Racing Team
9,Matthew Bone,Host© TAAP Storck
10,Timothy Allen,RP Vision Racing Team
11,Patryk Rucki,Skinline Race Club
12,Jack Rebours,Caesarean CC Jersey
13,Adrian Lawson,Cycology Sunwise
14,Ryan Smith,HR Owen Maserati RT
15,Brook Elgie,Rock N Road Cycles
16,Daniel Baker,HR Owen Maserati RT
17,Peter Hodson-Thomas,Westbury Wheelers
18,Gareth Bushnell,Mid Devon CC
19,Ed Slot,Sotonia CC
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Sotonia Summer Criterium report
Now in it’s third season, the Sotonia Summer Criterium returned last weekend for the first of two events held at the South Winchester Park & Ride venue this year. A best ever turnout of 159 riders took part with plenty of family and supporters taking advantage of the ‘race village’ refreshments from the good people at Coffee Cruiser, GelArto Ice Cream and the Terrace Sandwich Bar. Mechanical support was on hand from race sponsors, The Hub Cycleworks.
Fine weather greeted the youth riders in the early races with Sotonia fielding seven U8s. Ollie Graham rode strongly for another podium finish with 2nd place. Isabella Hall taking 2nd in U8 girls. Of the four Sotonia U10s, Samuel Ridgment was our best finisher in 7th place.
When it came to the senior races, we were again well represented in the 4th cats with seven Sotonia riders. A lead group of nine riders including Tom Budden and junior, Josh Bakker quickly formed which stayed away until the end with Josh taking 3rd and Tom 4th in the sprint won by Adam Downing (Cycleworks).
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Five Sotonia riders raced the 3rd cat race and again it was full gas from the gun. A lead group moved clear as the bunch strung out, containing Ed Slot, James Peckham, Phil Wilks and Andy MacKay. The eventual sprint won by Rob Hardyman (North Hampshire RC) saw Ed take a fine second place, Andy 7th, James 8th and Phil 12th.
Thanks to all the club members who helped make the event such a success. Thanks also to The Hub Cycleworks for their support and Graham Robins for the event photos.
Next up is the Sotonia Summer Road Race on 3rd July which should see some exciting racing on the sporting circuit at Owslebury with another strong lineup by team Sotonia.
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U8 Boys
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Pos,Name,Club
1st,Jack Morgan,Solent Pirates
2nd,Oliver Graham,Sotonia CC
3rd,Lauren Charles,Charlotteville CC
4th,Oliver Patterson,
5th,Isabella Hall,Sotonia CC
6th,Celia Moody,Sotonia CC
7th,Thomas Wilks,Sotonia CC
8th,Skye Martingale,Sotonia CC
9th,Joshua Graham,Sotonia CC
10th,Lucas Mills,Sotonia CC
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U10 Boys
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Pos,Name,Club
1st,Edward Charles,Charlotteville CC
2nd,Stanley Kent,Hillingdon Slipstreamers
3rd,Bobby Buenfield,Velo Club Venta
4th,Oliver Morgan,Solent Pirates
5th,Oliver Kent,Hillingdon Slipstreamers
6th,Arne Esslemont,Andover BMX Club
7th,George Connell,Sotonia CC
8th,Samuel Ridgment,Sotonia CC
9th,Alfie Gaunt,Sotonia CC
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U10 Girls
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Pos,Name,Club
1st,Greta Carey,Palmer Park Velo RT
2nd,Melissa Cooper,Eden Veranda Racing
3rd,Anna Patterson,
4th,Liv Kersley,Andover Wheelers
5th,Evelyn Mills,Sotonia CC
6th,Mabel Moody,Sotonia CC
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U12 Boys
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Pos,Name,Club
1st,Jamie Gostick,Palmer Park Velo RT
2nd,Joel Maclean-Howell,Cardiff JIF
3rd,Arlo Carey,Palmer Park Velo RT
4th,Peter Drabble,VC Meudon
5th,Felix Clacy,Chapel Tri-Stars
6th,Oscar Pratt,Velo Club Venta
7th,Charley Perkins,
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U12 Girls
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Pos,Name,Club
1st,Ella Maclean-Howell,Cardiff JIF
2nd,Madeline Cooper,Eden Veranda Racing
3rd,Elena Day,Solent Pirates
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U14 Boys
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Pos,Name,Club
1st,Freddie Horner,Behind the Bikeshed
2nd,Nathaniel Brookes,Gillingham & District Wheelers
3rd,Ella Shaftoe,Performance Cycles
4th,Toby Proctor,FSM Schools
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4/4J
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Pos,Name,Club
1st,Adam Downing,Cycleworks.co.uk
2nd,Connor Ambrosini,
3rd,Joshua Bakker,Sotonia CC
4th,Tom Budden,Sotonia CC
5th,Sam Stewart,Southdown Velo
6th,James Gill,DHCyclesport
7th,Ed Clarke,Velo Club Venta
8th,Matthew Posner,Southampton University RC
9th,Richard Windsor,
10th,Benjamin Hames,Sotonia CC
11th,Russell Speight,Sotonia CC
12th,David Martin,Velo Club Venta
13th,Jason Rushton,Army Cycling Union
14th,Kevin Easterbrook,Royal Air Force CA
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WOMEN
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Pos,Name,Club
1st,Keri Parton,Royal Air Force CA
2nd,Gemma Stuart,Mickey Cranks CC
3rd,Chloe Barr,
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3/J3
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Pos,Name,Club
1st,Rob Hardyman,North Hampshire RC
2nd,Ed Slot,Sotonia Cycling Club
3rd,Adam Holleyman,Wight Mountain RT
4th,Matthew Buckley,Abbotts Ann Cycles
5th,Ieuan Woods,Charlotteville CC
6th,Paul Barnard,Southdowns Bikes Casco
7th,Andrew Mackay,Sotonia CC
8th,James Peckham,Sotonia CC
9th,Charlie Cooper,Eden Veranda Racing
10th,Robert Baird,Blazing Saddles Cycles
11th,Tom Lane,Blazing Saddles Cycles
12th,Phil Wilks,Sotonia CC
13th,Joe Clark,I-Team Cyclists' Club
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E/1/2/3/J
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Pos,Name,Club
1st,Mike Smith,Cycleworks.co.uk
2nd,Benjamin Marks,Cycleworks.co.uk
3rd,Joe Hickerton,Eden Veranda Racing
4th,George Stainton-Ellis,Excel Pedal Heaven Academy
5th,Matthew Webster,Wellingborough RT
6th,Patryk Rucki,Skinline RC
7th,Harry Veale,Cycleworks.co.uk
8th,Stanley Kennett,PMR@Toachim House
9th,Oscar Hutchings,Primera-TeamJobs
10th,Paul Double,Velo Club Venta
11th,Matthew Downie,Eden Veranda Racing
12th,Stephen Cavey,Southdowns Bikes Casco
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June Race News Round-up
It's been a very busy few weeks as the summer racing events come thick and fast. Here's a run down of how we've been getting on recently...
VC Venta Winchester P&R Crits, 29 May
The first crit held at Winchester Park & Ride Circuit where we had a win for Ollie Graham in the U8's and two great rides for a 4th place for William Harley and a 5th for Lucas Mills. In the under 10's we had a 9th for George Connell and in the U10 girls a 5th for Evelyn Mills and a 4th in the U12's for Ella Connell.
Winchester City Criterium, 5 June
In the spectacle that was the Winchester Criterium round the streets of Winchester, what a great days racing was had by our seven young riders. Another win for Ollie Graham in the U8's with a 10th for William and a 12th for Lucas Mills. In the U10's we had an 18th for George and 19th for Samuel Ridgement and a 24th for Evelyn Mills. Again well done guys really good to see a good representation from our youth.
In the 3rd cat race, James Peckham continued his fine run of form with 4th place. James: "A Lone rider got away early. Group of ten chasing, then five by the finish. It was the hardest race - hot and fast, no let up all race. With six laps to go, I attacked hard to split the group, but forgot that I needed to slow down for the corner! I almost decked it into the hay bales, lost speed and nerve a little. I wasn't going to catch the leader but wanted to split up the group a bit so I worked with another rider but got caught. My sprint wasn't perfect, I waited too long and didn't have a clear run to the line."
Phil Godfrey finished 11th in a hard fought 4th cat race. Phil: "I started well in the 4ths but wasn't on my game today. There were three young riders from the Channel Islands who were head and shoulders faster than anyone else and lapped the field. I lost the wheels and was back in 13th most of the race on my own but I kept going and caught a few on the drag to finish 11th."
Southern XC MTB round 5, Crow Hill, 5 June
It was a super hot, tough day last sunday at Crow Hill near Ringwood for round 5 of the Southern XC MTB race series. The course was mostly wooded singletrack with a lot of roots that got slippier as the day went on and a couple of climbs. There were loads of crashes in the rutted ditches but that didn't stop Tom Budden from bagging a third consecutive podium finish in Sport and Tobie Charlton 9th. Jez Hart was 24th out of 54 riders in Open cat.
Henstridge Circuit race series in Dorset, 6 June
On Monday Ben Scott-Munden travelled to Dorset for the 2/3 race at Henstridge picking up 5th place.
Behind the Bikeshed Series, Thruxton, 7 June
Another cracking ride by James Peckham at Thruxton race circuit with 3rd place in the 3rd cat race as he gets ever closer to second cat promotion!
Dunkeswell, Devon
Meanwhile further afield in Devon, Andy MacKay picked up a second place in the 3/4 race at the East Devon Circuit Series at Dunkeswell. Andy also picked up a cool fifth place at Moreton in the TLI race series last week.
Team Axiom Timetrial weekend, 11 June
There were some seriously quick rides from Sotonia in this event on the P881 and P885 courses on the A3. In the '10', James Peckham was 15th with 20:14, Dan Edwards, 27th with a PB of 20:41. In the '25', James was in action again with a super quick 53:03!
Sotonia Summer Criterium 1
It's less than a week now until the next episode at Winchester P&R with Sotonia’s first of two crit race events on Sunday 19th June. Don't miss out - Online pre-entry closes wednesday!
#teamSotonia
Results – P164 TT, 3 June 2016
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Pos,Name,Club,Time
1,Phil Wilks,Sotonia CC,22:28
2,Jonathan Hall,Sotonia CC,22:45
3,Nick Austin,Sotonia CC,23:09
4,Andy Poss,DHC,23:37
5,Paul Lockyer,DHC,23:55
6,Steve Wood,,24:00
7,Alex Dickinson,Sotonia CC,24:49
8,James Dick,Tri Team Wessex,25:00
9,Stuart Grace,GA Cycles,25:15
10,Tony Maschio,VC Venta,25:35
11,Justin Priest,DHC,25:39
12,Angela Burnikell,Sotonia CC,26:27
13,Mark Chamberlain,,27:01
14,Jamie Cole,DHC,27:02
15,Dave England,Crabwood CC,27:09
16,Niels Langhout,Sotonia CC,27:22
17,Mike Round,Bournemouth Jubillee,27:55
18,Craig Foord,Come and Try,28:49
19,Mary Corbett/Geoff Oswald,Sotonia CC,30:10
20,Chris Summers,Sotonia CC,30:19
21,Norman Harvey,Sotonia CC,31:15
22,Gary Charalambous,Come and try,31:33
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Sotonia Time Trials are organised by club members – this event could not have taken place without:
Dave Crocker, Martin Napier, Ian Stewart, Jon Dudley, Trevor Gaunt, Mick Bradban, James Peckham, Jan Burnage, Tim Cooke, Gawain Young
Sotonia Success at Venta Criterium
It was a trio of Sotonia wins for Ollie, Red and Ed in the first VC Venta Summer Criterium of the year at the Winchester Park & Ride circuit last weekend. There was plenty of exciting racing and early in the day, six of our youth riders enjoyed themselves with a victory for Ollie Graham in the U8 boys.
Red Walters sprinted to a win in the 4th cats (and 3rd cat promotion), he told us about his race: "I heard that breaks stay away at the PnR so I made sure I was at the front from the get go. There was a break of five in the first lap which I managed to get in. The break lasted only a few laps due to the wind and because some guys kept attacking the break. Despite many attacks, none actually stayed more than half a lap. Coming up to the bell lap, I gave an effort which put me into fourth wheel, halfway down the back straight, a couple of guys attacked and I followed which gave a small gap to the rest of the bunch. I launched my sprint in a good position and was making ground on the others, then one of my feet un-clipped, but I managed to still take the win by a couple of cm."
Russell Speight finished 7th and Joffrey Carlier was 12th. The women's race featured Angela Burnikell, finishing 4th in her first road race.
To follow that, Ed Slot then won the 3rd cat race for Sotonia! Ed: "It was a very fast race from the start, when our group of five formed we were all working really well together. About 40 minutes in, we all eased up a bit (to my relief). I attacked with a lap to go just before the top corner, got a bit of a gap and held it to the finish."
Jonathan Hall was the next finisher for us with 7th place after a puncture cost Andy Mackay another top 10 finish. Jon: "I got caught behind a clip-in crash on the startline so was way down the line as it strung out over first few laps. I could see the head of the race disappearing and thought that was it, but just kept hanging on the wheel in front. With crashes and people popping, we became a group of nine behind the lead five. The lead group came past and we were told not to jump on. Our 8 became 7 after Andy's safety pin incident, then on the last lap the guy behind me tried to bomb me on the top corner, but only ended up crashing and also taking the rider behind out. That left five going down the back straight so I sat in until the last 50 metres and then moved to the front so was first into the bottom corner. Then just pedalled as fast as my little old legs would go and managed to hold on for 7th."
Thanks to VC Venta for putting on another great event!
Sotonia Summer Criterium 1
Just three weeks now until the next episode at Winchester P&R with Sotonia's first of two crit race events on Sunday 19th June. Online entry is available here.
Tom Wins in Wasing Park MTB
The hottest day of the year marked a first Cross Country Mountain Bike win for Sotonia's Tom Budden in the Sport Category at Wasing Park in West Berkshire. A big event turnout of around 350 riders raced round three of the Southern XC MTB park and hilly woodland course in the sunshine. A challenging and technical course with A, B and C lines for some steep, technical drop offs (A-line for the very brave only) were complemented by woodland scenery stuffed full of bluebells, sharp climbs and descents on the flowing and mainly single track course.
Off the back of his highly successful cyclocross season where he finished 4th Senior in the Wessex League, Tom has quickly found his feet in MTB racing. After a good start on the long open field and tarmac sections, Tom settled into a lead group of three riders. By lap three of four, he found himself out front alone and never looked back from there, finishing a minute ahead of Nicholas Try (West Drayton MBC).
Tom told us how the race unfolded:
[quote align="center" color="#999999"]I really enjoyed that today. Great course, very technical in places with some pretty nasty drop offs (which maybe didn't suit me). But then a few tough climbs which did work well for me! I was with a group of three for the first lap, one of them punctured at end of the lap. Then I worked with the other guy for the second lap, he tried to make a move then blew up so left me out by myself for the last two laps... just had to not make any mistakes![/quote]
Red rocks it at Thruxton
It was another good night of racing at Thruxton yesterday for Behind the Bikeshed Summer Series round 1 and Sotonia were out in force! With fourth place for promising junior Red Walters in only his second outing in the 4th cats, Matt Dixon in 7th and Russell Speight rounding off a trio of Sotonia in the top 10 with 9th place.
Red Walters: "It started off a bit slower than last week so I spent some time in the wind and tried to stay near the font. After a couple of laps I burnt out and spent another two recovering at the back. I stayed mid pack until the last lap when Phil Godfrey made a move with one other guy so it was strung out chasing them down. I was around 10th wheel on the back straight which was great and left me around 6th before the sprint, after which I nabbed 4th."
There was also another top five finish for James Peckham, fourth in the 3rd cat race - not bad sprinting on a flat tyre! Great riding guys!
James Peckham: "Another good race with Paul Ransom and Andy McKay active on the front. I did attack half way through, and drew out a good group including Paul and Brook Elgie (Rock n Road). Paul attacked with three to go, Andy bridged to a promising move but were caught with two to go. Last lap a break hung out until just before the chicane, the eventual winner hopping from that into the front five. I was about 6/7th at that point. I left it late to open up the sprint and finished 4th. After the race my tire was flat, so who knows if that was going soft during the finale!"
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Kicking off Behind The Bikeshed Summer Series in style
It was a fully booked season opener for the Behind the Bikeshed circuit race series this Tuesday at Thruxton with a large contingent for Team Sotonia making the journey to a very cold motor circuit.
In the 4th cat race, Sotonia had five riders - Phil Godfrey, Russell Speight, Matt Dixon and two new juniors - Josh Bakker and Red Walters.
Phil Godfrey reports: "The 4th cat race was pretty hectic from the off really. Lots of dodgy riding and getting caught by women on the left and some E/1/2 riders on the right! Then there was a big crash involving a few DHC and Josh, about 10 riders came down. I was a bit disappointed to miss the break - a Venta guy and Matt went away soon after the crash and noone, except Russ who did a lot of work on the front, seemed interested in chasing. I won the bunch sprint for 5th and Russ just behind 6th."
In his first race, Matt held on for a very impressive 2nd place in the breakaway. Red also looked strong in his first race as a junior and was near the front all race, finishing 25th in the large field.
Josh Bakker described his crash hampered race: "Two guys locked bars right in front of me, I went flying over the top. I tried to catch up but never quite made it back to the bunch."
The 3rd cat race was also pretty 'eventful' where we had James Peckham, Paul Ransom and Andy MacKay riding.
James: "There was some confusion in our race with laps, we had an extra lap, I think it was while commissaires were dealing with the aftermath of the crash in 4ths. On what should have been our bell lap there were questions in our group as to whether it was the last lap. However the pace picked up and there was a sprint on what turned out to be the bell lap. Riders all over the road, slowing and others speeding on etc. Luckily no one attacked and I got into a good position in the top 5, held that onto the hill, as the pace slowed near the chicane I opened up my sprint and held on down the finishing straight for 3rd place with Paul close behind in 9th."
Andy finished in the pack after an active race, riding strongly to chase down attacks and was unlucky not get in a break.
Ben Scott-Munden lined up for Sotonia in the E/1/2/3 race, where there was an early two man break of Ken Buckley (Eden Verenda) and Paul Double (VC Venta). With the race in pieces and seemingly noone willing to chase, Ben waited to the last lap to get away from the main bunch and take 14th.
So plenty of great top 10 results for the team for the Summer series opener. We're looking forward to next week!
Thanks to Steve Oliver of the pics.
Youth coaching update
The spring/summer of 2016 has seen a great start for our youth coaching for Sotonia. This weekend marked our third session back at Southampton University Avenue Campus and we've been seeing bigger groups every week. With 16 kids in attendance this week and a further two new recruits - over 30 kids on our records and an appearance by our very own chairman, the future for Sotonia Youth is looking bright.
This week's sessions consisted of the older group (8+) lead by Jez, learning the art of leading and following and riding together, taught on a circuit of corners where communication and steady pace were the order of the day. A great way to introduce them to group riding and riding close to someone’s wheel... the kids are loving it and we're struggling to get a word in edgeways by the end of a session with their noisy enthusiasm!
The younger ones (under the age of eight) coached by new trainee coach Mel, concentrated on balance and weight shifting, to help them maintain control whilst moving their body about their bike. This was achieved by negotiating narrow channels and then attempting to lower themselves enough to fit under a limbo bar which kept getting lower throughout the session.
We’ll be at Avenue campus car park next Saturday (9.30-11am), if you know of any kids who like riding their bike and would like to come and give our sessions a go, please let them know!
May Family Ride
Coming up too is our monthly Family Ride, departing the Standing Hat car park near Brockenhurst at approximately 10am on Bank Holiday Monday May 2nd. Again please do come along as it’s a great way to enjoy cycling with the family.
Strong team showing at Sandie Radford
The Sandie Radford Road Race was once again held on the Woodfalls circuit in the New Forest last weekend. With three large laps and just one final blast up the steep Pipers Wait climb in Nomansland in this years edition to the finish of the 40 mile race and there was some confident riding from the 10 Sotonia racers taking up the challenge.
Sotonia riders were in the mix throughout the race with James Peckham and Ed Slot active on the front of the bunch and a valiant breakaway effort by Andy McKay at mid point in the race as he bridged over to form a short lived three-man-break with Matt Downie (Eden Veranda) and James Hywel-Davies (Gillingham & District Wheelers).
Nothing stayed away though and it all came down to the final climb with Phil Godfrey and Ben Scott-Munden doing a great job of stretching out the group as they rode to put Ed Slot in position for the last ramp to the line. Ed put in a big dig and was just pipped to third spot on the line by James Horton (Cannondale) to take fourth behind winner, Calum Croft (Primera-TeamJobs). Just behind in 6th place was James Peckham, followed by Phil Wilks (13th) and Jonathan Hall (16th - and winner of his age group) giving Sotonia an excellent four riders in the top 20 of a high quality field.
Ed Slot powers his way to fourth place.
190bpm heartrate = Automatic tongue deployment for Phil Wilks
