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On Saturday May 3rd a team from Hillingdon Slipstreamers youth cycling club travelled to Portsmouth for the first round of the Southern Area Youth Track Omnium Series. The Omnium meeting tests riders over five different events on the fixed gear and no brakes style of bikes favoured by Olympic track stars such as Chris Hoy and Bradley Wiggins.

The Portsmouth event was attended by over 70 young riders from across the region and included a 9 strong team from Hillingdon. Slipstreamers showed their class by finishing as overall winners in the under 16 boys, under 14 boys, under 10 boys and under 14 girls age categories, which was all of the age categories for which they had entered riders.

The day began well with all riders putting in good performances in the time trials against the clock. Carl Jolly (under 10) and Dan Maslin (under 14) were the fastest in their age categories, with Dan recording a time that would have put him amongst the top under 16 riders.

Everyone was treated to an exciting programme of events with three of the Slipstreamers’ overall winners only decided on their final race. Martin Dawkins (under 6) ended the day 5 points clear of the second rider after a tremendous effort in the final race of the day, while Natalie Hill (under 14 girls) chased her nearest rival down to record a well deserved victory.

The team is now looking forward to the remaining Omnium meetings being held over the next few weeks at Welwyn, Brighton and Herne Hill.

Full Slipstreamers results as follows:

Under 16 Boys:
1st Martin Dawkins
13th Sam Grant
16th Jamie Hobbs

Under 14 Boys:
1st Dan Maslin
5th David Swan

Under 14 Girls:
1st Natalie Hill
3rd Stephanie May

Under 10 Boys:
1st Carl Jolly
3rd Niall Dawkins.

Week 2 of the British Cycling West Thames youth cycle race held at the Hillingdon Cycle Circuit on Tuesday 15th April 2008 with, for the first time all placed Slipstreamers. All riders are Hillingdon Slipstreamers unless otherwise stated.

Under 16s
1st Martin Dawkins
2nd Stephen Bradbury, Palmer Park Velo RT
3rd Samuel Grant
5th James Hobbs
6th Lawrence Carpenter

Under 14s
1st Jonathan Dibben, i-team CC
2nd Ben Bailey, Palmer Park Velo RT
3rd Daniel Maslin
5th Tanveer Mann
7th Baysal Mehmed

1st Girl Natalie Hill
3rd Girl Stephanie May

Under 12s
1st Jamil Gaida, Palmer Park Velo RT
2nd Joseph Fry, Welwyn Wheelers
3rd Reg Pay, Palmer Park Velo RT
4th Simon Passey
5th Jacob North

1st Girl Harriet Hollis

Under 10s
1st Carl Jolly
2nd Niall Dawkins

Under 8s
1st Harry Tadman
2nd Thomas Barrowcliffe

1st Girl Sheva Basu

Westerley Spring Criterium Results

Posted 18/04/08

Results of the youth race in the Westerley Spring Criteriums that took place at the Hillingdon Cycle Circuit in Hayes on Saturday 12th April 2008. All riders are Hillingdon Slipstreamers unless otherwise stated.

Under 16s
1st Max Webber, Andover Wheelers
2nd Samuel Grant
3rd Tom Fitzpatrick, Diss & District

Under 14s
1st Daniel Maslin
2nd David Swan
3rd George Bateman, Welwyn Wheelers
1st Girl Stephanie May

Under 12s
1st Joseph Fry, Welwyn Wheelers
2nd Max Stedman, Reading CC
3rd Henry Dawson, Kingston Wheelers
1st Girl Bethany Hayward, Welwyn Wheelers

Under 10s
1st William Street, Welwyn Wheelers
1st Girl Isabel Scott, Welwyn Wheelers

Under 8s
1st Thomas Street, Welwyn Wheelers
2nd Thomas Durkin, Welwyn Wheelers
3rd Harry Tadman

Wins for Slipstreamers

Posted 18/04/08

The British Cycling West Thames Promotions summer series of cycle races started at Hillingdon Cycle Circuit in Hayes on Tuesday 8th April 2008.
With riders from the Hayes based Hillingdon Slipstreamers making up half the entries of it was no surprise that the Slipstreamers won most of the categories. Martin Dawkins led the field to take 1st place in the under 16s, followed closely by Sam Grant in 2nd place with Jamie Hobbs in 3rd place, with Dan Maslin 1st in the under 14s.

Amongst the younger riders Lewis Hawkins made a welcome return to racing after a long gap to take 1st place in the under 12s, with the Slipstreamers clean sweep amongst the boys spoilt only be David Barnes of Palmer Park Velo RT who was 1st in the under 10s, Harry Tadman coming 1st in the under 8s.

The youth races take place every Tuesday evening at 6.30 PM (signing on from 6 PM) until mid August.

Top three results in each category as follows (Hillingdon Slipstreamers unless otherwise indicated):

Under 16s
1st Martin Dawkins
2nd Samuel Grant
3rd James Hobbs

Under 14s
1st Daniel Maslin
2nd Ben Bailey, Palmer Park Velo RT
3rd Dante Carpenter, Norwood Paragon
1st Girl Emily Barnes, Palmer Park Velo RT
2nd Natalie Hill
3rd Stephanie May

Under 12s
1st Lewis Hawkins
2nd Joseph Fry, Welwyn Wheelers
3rd Reg Pay, Palmer Park Velo RT
1st Girl Harriet Hollis

Under 10s
1st David Barnes, Palmer Park Velo RT
2nd Carl Jolly
3rd Ben Smith

Under 8s
1st Harry Tadman
2nd Thomas Barrowcliffe
1st Girl Imogen McAllister, Palmer Park Velo RT

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To check the position of the Slipstreamers and other clubs and teams visit BC's website at http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/Rankings/RankingsClubs.asp.

Individual rankings for every rider can also be found on the BC's website.

If you are a member of BC, which includes every Slipstreamer with a racing licence, then you can see all your individual race results on the BC website under "My Racing History". To do this you must login using your user name and password. If you don't have these then visit the "My Membership" section of the website and send for your password by email.

Slipstreamers of all age categories contribute to the success of the club in the national rankings and their own individual rankings by competing in both regular and one-off races. Including the BC Central Division summer series held at Hillingdon on Tuesday evenings and the Reading Track League held at Palmer park, Reading on Monday evenings.