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Posted 08/04/08

Hillingdon Slipstreamers in Beyond Mountainbikes race series

Posted 08/04/08

The opening race of this short early Spring series on the 15th March attracted an unprecedented entry of almost 50 young riders from across the south and midlands of England. This large quality field gave the Hayes based Hillingdon Slipstreamers more that the usual competition, which made the wins for Dan Maslin in the under 14s and Harry Tadman in the under 8s all the more satisfying for the home club. Martin Dawkins was the best placed Slipstreamer in the under 16s with third place 

Bad weather, a strong gusty wind form the north and occasional flurries of sleet, put the second race of the series on Saturday 22nd in doubt until an hour before the race was due to start. Then in the interests of safety the race officials decided only to allow the older riders to take part. Despite the weather the field of just 14 under 16 and under 14 riders completed a good race without incident. The eventual winner, Mark Baxter of Beyond Mountainbikes took the lead in the first lap and gradually increased his lead over the chasing group. In the chasing group David Swan of Hillingdon Slipstreamers held on to fifth place overall to finish first in the under 14s. 

A field of 40 riders contested the final race in the series on Saturday 29th in much better weather. From the first lap under 16 Martin Dawkins of Hillingdon Slipstreamers was in the leading group where he remained throughout the race. Martin went on to win the sprint against Hugo Humphreys of Lee Valley Youth CC
and Brock Duncomb-Rogers of Preston Park Youth CC in the tenth and final lap . Fellow Slipstreamers Dan Maslin and David Swan rode hard to chase the leading group of older riders and finished with a well deserved 1st and 2nd place respectively in the under 14s.

Slipstreamers start the season with wins at Hillingdon

The new season started at Hilingdon Cycle Circuit with the Finchley Racing Team’s youth race on Saturday 1st March 2008. The race that has now become the traditional opener to the summer season attracted riders
from clubs across the south of England and Wales. 

After six laps during which the leading bunch of nine under 16 and under 14 riders kept closely together, two riders broke away in the seventh lap to be joined by a third rider in the eighth lap. These three riders then fought out the last two laps to finish with Sam Grant (Hillingdon Slipstreamers) winning the sprint to finish in first place, with Max Webber (Andover Wheelers) second and Joe Holloway (High Wycombe)third. Under 14 Dan Maslin (Hillingdon Slipstreamers) led the chasing group to finish fourth overall and first under 14.

In addition to Sam Grant and Dan Maslin there were age category wins for Hillingdon Slipstreamers Stephanie May (Under 14 girls) and Harry Tadman (under 8s).

The young riders are now looking forward to the series of three races organised by Beyond Mountainbikes on the 15th, 22nd and 29th March at the Hillingdon Circuit, before the summer series of 20 races begins on 8th April. 

Full results as follows:
(Hillingdon Slipstreamers unless otherwise stated)

Under 16s
1st Sam Grant
2nd Max Webber, Andover Wheelers
3rd Joe Holloway, High Wycombe

Under 14s
1st Dan Maslin
2nd Ed Bird, Team Economic Energy
3rd Mark Passey
1st Girl Stephanie May

Under 12s
1st Harvey Lowe, GA Cycles
2nd Harry Lock, Maindy Flyers
3rd Joseph Fry, Welwyn Wheelers
1st Girl Bethany Haywood, Team Welwyn

Under 10s
1st Don Tulett, Herne Hill Youth
2nd Carl Jolly
3rd Niall Dawkins
1st Girl Amy Hinchley, Maindy Flyers

Under 8s
1st Harry Tadman
2nd Thomas Barrowcliffe
3rd Cameron Dentus, Palmer Park Velo RT

The Annual General Meeting of Hillingdon Slipstreamers will be held at 12.30 PM on Saturday 8th March in Minet Lodge after the usual morning session. All committee posts are up for re-election so if you would like to help in the running of Slipstreamers please come along to the AGM.

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Winter race series results 16th February 2008

The Imperial Racing Team Winter Series came to an end on Saturday 16th February 2008 with the final race of the series at the Hillingdon Cycle Circuit in Hayes. With many of the overall series places still to be decided over 30 young riders from all over southern England contested the final race. As had happened throughout the 12 race series the Hayes based Hillingdon Slipstreamers faced tough competition from visiting riders and did not have things all their own way.

In the final race Tom Stockdale of Evesham Wheelers again finished well ahead of the chasing bunch to win the race and take first place in the series in the under 16s category. Third place in the race was enough to clinch second place in the under 16s for Sam Grant ahead of Slipstreamers team mate Misha Newman in third place.

In the under 14s category Slipstreamers Dan Maslin finished second in the final race to take third place in the series, while Slipstreamer Stephanie May took first place in the under 14 girls. Despite failing to finish in the top three in either of the last two races Slipstreamer Simon Passey took first place in the series in the under 12s.

Slipstreamer Carl Jolly won the final race to take second place in the series in the under 10s and Thomas Barrowcliffe was unopposed in the race to take first place in the series in the under 8s.

Full series results, based on points awarded for regularly taking part and for first, second and third place finishes are as follows:

(All are members of Hillingdon Slipstreamers unless otherwise stated)

Under 16 boys

1stTom Stockdale, Evesham Wheelers; 2ndSamuel Grant and 3rd Misha Newman

Under 14 boys

1st Rory Atkins, Twickenham CC; 2nd Ben Bailey and 3rd Daniel Maslin

Under 14 girls

1st Stephanie May and 2nd Natalie Hill

Under 12 boys

1st Simon Passey and 2nd Jamil Gaida, Palmer Park Velo

Under 10 boys

1st Cedric Klassen, Kingston Wheelers; 2nd Carl Jolly and 3rd Niall Dawkins

Under 8 boys

1st Thomas Barrowcliffe

Overall series winner Cedric Klassen, Kingston Wheelers.

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.