June 2014: Race Day 1 Report

Slipstreamers Race Day 1 Report, July 12th

“Race Day” was an idea submitted to the Slipstreamer’s Committee by the Rider’s Representatives. The youth riders felt that as well as some of the coach led racing scenarios, it would be good to expose the entire club to more frequent racing. The committee accepted this as a wonderful initiative and started to put some plans together. Two dates have been allocated, the first being last weekend and the next is planned for July 19^th, which is being promoted as “Hillingdon Slipstreamers Go-Ride Tour”.

Part 1 – Time Trial

Last Saturday started with a particularly wet and miserable early session Time Trial. The rain did ease off a little and by the end of  the session was quite pleasant. 11 youth riders and 1 adult started, and the results were as follows:

Final Position	Bib Number	Last Name	First Name	Club	Time
1	36	Skilton	Luke	Farnham	26:20.3
2	40	Hewson	Peter	Slipstreamers	27:15.2
3	42	Ryan	Ben	Slipstreamers	27:45.5
4	41	Norwood	James	Slipstreamers	28:33.6
5	45	George	Nathan	Slipstreamers	29:17.1
6	39	Harrop	Matt	Slipstreamers	30:39.0
7	37	Herrod	Ross	Slipstreamers	31:07.7
8	38	Bisson	Ben	Slipstreamers	33:55.7
9	43	Roake	William	Slipstreamers	34:22.3
DNF (3 laps)	35	Giret	Pascal	Slipstreamers	12:25.1
Adult	44	Roake	Karen		23:37.4
Junior (Fxd)	46	Smith	Hugh	Slipstreamers	26:31.4

Full lap splits and race details can be found here: http://racesplitter.com/races/1B8B1DC46

Part 2 – Race Day Commences!

Next, we moved onto the full race programme. This was designed to introduce novice racers to some of the procedures, protocols and demands of racing organised and even longer races. Signing on, being gear checked and warming up are all essential parts of youth cycle racing – an opportunity to get familiar with events.

The “Mudslingers” took to the circuit first. The mountain bikers who like the damp conditions were not disappointed as the rain came down again hard. They all set off to complete 3 laps of the circuit – something they rarely get the opportunity to do.

UNDER 6’s – 3 laps:
Boys:  1^st JayJay Lloyd; 2^nd Ted Vasey (2 laps); 3^rd Sanooj Menon (2 laps)

UNDER 8’s – 3 laps:
Boys:  1^st Miles O’Brien; 2^nd Indris Robertson; 3^rd Lucas Robinson; 4^th Sayooj Menon

UNDER 10’s – 3 laps:
Boys: 1^st Sacha Araujo; 2^nd Kai Lloyd; 3^rd William Jones

UNDER 12’s – 3 laps:
Boys:  1^st Lawrence Horswood; 2^nd Tomas Williams
Girls:  1^st Hope Wilson; 2^nd Sophie Rowley

UNDER 16’s – 3 laps:
Boys: 1^st Brian Wood

The road racers then made their way to the start line, first with the under 8’s. Officially the hardest of hard-nuts, they waited patiently on the apron under a collection of umbrellas and coats. The weather changing from a downpour to a near washout. The under 8’s raced a full race time of 20 minutes, managing to cover 4 laps of the circuit. Results are as follows:

UNDER 8’s:
Boys:  1^st Pascal Giret; 2^nd Ben Coppola; 3^rd Finlay Hawker; 4^th Aaron Shearwood; 5^th Max Roscoe (3 laps – good going!)
Girls: 1^st Astrid Spragg; DNF Kim Bowler (4 laps)

Special mention goes to Max Roscoe who put in a fine performance on only his second week at Slipstreamers; and Kim Bowler – the newest Bowler to make it onto a road bike! Well done to both of you!

The Under 10’s and Under 12’s were set off at the same time, giving the U12’s a slight head start. The weather had eased off, and riders took advantage of this to start working hard in some pretty tight groups. It was noted that nearly all riders in these categories have learnt that it is not beneficial to ride around on your own, but to group together and share the work. Well done guys! The time allocated to this race was 30 minutes – the duration expected to race in most organised British Cycling races. Results are:

UNDER 10’s:
Boys: 1^st Elliot Moreve; 2^nd Jude Ackland; 3^rd Ben Bisson; 4^th Tom Stringer; 5^th William Roake; 6^th Jimmy Graham/ Alex Franks; 7^thDennis Marjanov; 8^th Taylor Evans; 9^th Alexander Williams; 10^th Dylan Williams-Prior; 11^th Thomas Gordon
Girls: 1^st Amelie Taylor; 2^nd Caris Wang

UNDER 12’s:
Boys:  1^st Nathan George; 2^nd Finn O’Brien; 3^rd Harvey Dash; 4^th Joshua Goraya; 5^th Ross Herod; 6^th Otis Wang; 7^th Leo Griffiths; 8^thBen Taylor; 9^th William Mavin; 10^th Max Saunders; 11^th Alfie Bridgen; 12^th Joseph McLemon; 13^th Hamish Forsyth; 14^th Thomas Smith
Girls:  1^st Jemma Bowler; 2^nd Jessica Henning; 3^rd Lia Leonard; 4^th Issy Bailey; 5^th Remi Benhajkacem; 6^th Anastasia Vockic

The final race of the day was the U14/U16 race. The time allocated to this was 40 minutes, which is in excess of most British Cycling races. This was a chance for the older end of the club to test their mettle and challenge both themselves and their club mates. The U16’s were given a slight head start, but it was obvious from the off that the performance of the day was going to come from the U14’s. Almost immediately, a group of four U14’s raised their game and set out to lay down a steady and well organised pace. The U16’s, by comparison, started quite slowly and rode steady for most of the race. The U16’s did put in a furious sprint at the finish, led by Sam Henning and Will Scott. In the end, without the aid of camera equipment, it was too close to all with both riders being awarded top spot. Results recorded over 15 laps are as follows:

UNDER 14’s:
Boys: 1^st Tom Portsmouth; 2^nd Peter Hewson; 3^rd Morgan Evans; 4^th Nicholas Rayner; 5^th Ciaran Reed; 6^th Matthew Harrop; 7^th Sam Farman; 8^th Josh Webb; 9^th Stephen Rabey; 10^th Thomas Horswood; 11^th Thomas Atkinson; 12^th Fin Dyer; 13^th Charlie Aveline;  DNFOscar Elkington  (worn cleats)
Girls: 1^st Savannah Hewson; 2^nd Elizabeth Marvelly; 3^rd Aimee Wood

UNDER 16’s – 15 laps:
Boys: 1^st (tie) Sam Henning and William James Scott; 2^nd James Norwood; 3^rd James Rabey; DNF Ben Ryan (11 laps)
Girls: 1^st Hannah Keating; 2^nd Ella Buckroyd

If you came first and didn’t receive a medal last Saturday, we’ll be presenting these this coming Saturday. If you miss the presentation, not to worry – we’ll hang onto it for you. And of course, if any riders think they should be listed in the results, but are not – just let us know and we’ll double check our records.

We thoroughly enjoyed promoting this “Race Day” and hope all the riders did too. Remember, every race is a chance to learn and every next race is a chance to improve. And finally, if anyone has any photos from the session, please send them over – we’d love to see them!  Well done to everyone who took part, and a big thanks to everyone who helped organise!!