WVCC Cat & Fiddle Hill Climb 2016

18 September 2016Written by Adrian

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Nice day for a hill climb. The sun was out, the wind was light, and riders gathered early, eager to sign on and get prepared for the ride. Even from the start riders, it looked to be a reasonably fast day, and there was an air of competitive spirit that saw the faster riders battle it out on the hill. One Lyme RC rider took this to heart when he suffered a mechanical close to the finish, and instead of giving up (having already caught a rider and passed him), jumped off his bike, picked it up and ran over the finish line to gain his time!!

As the numbers counted up, times came in and the faster guys were away, times started to tumble. Then they plummeted as Louis Szymanski of ABC Centreville raced over the finish line, with a 19:26 dead. Not even Lee Baldwin who came over the line with 19:46.7 could get near, nor the following riders, until of course Adam Kenway, who had said to me after he signed on that he was looked for a 19, flew across the line with a 19:12.8.

The ladies were equally impressive and even closer, with Elizabeth Banks taking the win with 24:28.4, only 3.5 seconds ahead of our own Jo Blakeley, racing for WVCC for the first time this year, (and previous cevent record holder when riding for Champion Systems Maxgear RT in 2013), and only 4.1 seconds ahead of third place rider Josephine Gilbet.

Both teams were in the 1 hour three minutes area, with Lyme RC taking the win, and Buxton CC 2nd.

One event record was broken today, by Andy Ashurst of Manchester Wheelers with a time of 20:44.1.

Our club championship hill climb competition is also integrated into this event, and we had 5 riders out on the course today. Our club hill climb champion was taken this year by Iain Young, with a superb 23:23.4.

As some riders ask if photos were taken, yes, and Kimroy Photography were out today as they usually are. Follow the link here if you are interested in perusing/purchasing event photos fro them. WVCC have no affiliation with Kimroy Photography.

Thanks to all marshals and helpers and timekeepers today. You all did an excellent job.

All results are detailed in the tables below:

Overall and mens fastest:

Pos	Rider	Club	Cat	Time
1	Adam Kenway	Matlock CC	S	19:12.8
2	Louis Szymanski	ABC Centreville	S	19:26.0
3	Lee Baldwin	Champion System/VCUK	S	19:46.7
4	Matthew Davies	Rhino Velo Race Team	S	19:53.3
5	Thomas Brazier	Team Elite/Paul Bethell Electrical	S	20:02.1
6	Daniel Minor	Lyme Racing Club	J	20:08.2
7	Courtney Blockley-Campton	Lutterworth Cycle Centre Racing Team	S	20:14.3
8	Ben Norbury	Congleton CC	S	20:29.8
9	Sam Clark	Buxton CC/Sett Valley Cycles	S	20:34.7
10	Andy Ashurst	Manchester Wheelers	V50+	20:44.1
11	Daniel Stevens	Liverpool Century RC	S	20:55.5
12	Bhima Bowden	Buxton CC/Sett Valley Cycles	S	21:05.4
13	Andrew Newby	Veloviewer	S	21:19.4
14	James Noonan	THR Racing	J	21:26.2
15	Kris Bowditch	Lyme Racing Club	V	21:38.4
16	Tony Cope	Leek Cyclists' Club	V	21:40.6
17	Paul Robinson	Lyme Racing Club	V50+	21:50.8
18	Andy Moore	Lincoln Whs CC	V	22:00.0
19	Joseph Dobson	Manchester Bicycle Club	S	22:02.9
20	Mark Horsley Frost	Buxton CC/Sett Valley Cycles	V	22:19.3
21	Steffan North	Wills Wheels CC	V	22:22.4
22	Alex Coates	Lyme Racing Club	J	22:25.7
23	Jon Waddilove	Crewe Clarion Whs	V	22:29.6
24	Paul Targett	Pendle Forest CC	V50+	22:38.4
25	Ian Haddock	Warrington Road Club/Horton Light Engineering/RS Cyclesport	S	23:01.5
26	Paul Rowley	Manchester Wheelers	S	23:03.2
27	James Russell	Macclesfield Wheelers	V50+	23:06.2
28	Simon Holmes	Rutland Cycling Club	V	23:14.9
29	Thom Hughes	Lyme Racing Club	J	23:22.1
30	Iain Young	Weaver Valley CC	S	23:23.4
31	Jon White	Pro Vision Cycle Clothing	S	23:47.1
32	Chris Wilcox	Lyme Racing Club	V50+	23:47.3
33	Steven Hankey	Warrington Road Club/Horton Light Engineering/RS Cyclesport	V	24:01.0
34	James Brayford	Lyme Racing Club	S	24:03.5
35	Alistair Fisher	Manchester Tri Club	S	24:09.5
36	Lee Wood	Congleton CC	V	24:26.5
37	Elizabeth Banks	Fusion RT Fierlan	L	24:28.4
38	Elliot Banks	Imperial College Cycling Club	S	24:28.5
39	Joanne Blakeley	Weaver Valley CC	L	24:31.9
40	Josephine Gilbet	Footon Velosport	L	24:32.5
41	John Quimby	Coalville Whs	V60+	24:41.4
42	Dan Robinson	Manchester Wheelers	S	24:42.4
43	Jamie Eves	Warrington Road Club/Horton Light Engineering/RS Cyclesport	S	24:49.1
44	David Fearon	Weaver Valley CC	V50+	24:58.2
45	Chris Reynolds	Liverpool Century RC	S	25:00.0
46	Andy Gray	Wills Wheels CC	V	25:01.4
47	Jayne Dickens	Vision Racing (Delamere Dairy/GRM Property Consultants/Swinnert)	L	25:09.9
48	Andrew Grace	Crewe Clarion Whs	V60+	25:16.5
49	Simon Higgins	Liverpool Century RC	V50+	25:18.7
50	Stuart Baker	Buxton CC/Sett Valley Cycles	S	25:26.2
51	Molly Horsley Frost	Buxton CC/Sett Valley Cycles	L	25:30.1
52	Iona Sewell	Veloschils Interbike RT	L	26:06.4
53	Ben Rathbone	Macclesfield Wheelers	S	26:20.1
54	Tom Leese	Stone Wheelers CC	S	26:34.0
55	Graham Keith Hill	South Pennine RC	V50+	26:41.6
56	Samuel Hall	Lyme Racing Club	J	26:58.7
57	Paul Lawson	Weaver Valley CC	V	27:08.2
58	Mark Baskerville	Lyme Racing Club	S	27:14.9
59	Amanda Young	Lyme Racing Club	L	27:46.8
60	Kate Giddings	Liverpool Century RC	L	27:58.2
61	Holly Carter	Manchester Wheelers	L	28:14.8
62	Colin Carthy	Weaver Valley CC	V50+	28:18.7
63	Richard Bowditch	Lyme Racing Club	V60+	28:26.3
64	Dean Hughes	Lyme Racing Club	V	28:33.3
65	David Prince	Crewe Clarion Whs	V60+	28:45.2
66	Darren Hughes	Lyme Racing Club	V	29:42.2
67	Tony Perrin	Stone Wheelers CC	V50+	29:57.1
68	Andy Chalmers	Leigh Premier Road Club	V50+	30:10.5
69	Patricia Stacey	Lyme Racing Club	L	30:42.9
70	David Steele	Lyme Racing Club	V60+	32:00.9
71	Sarah Soden	Leicester Forest CC	L	32:07.0
72	David Cartlidge	Lyme Racing Club	V60+	32:21.3
73	Lynne Skellern	Macclesfield Wheelers	L	32:46.8
74	John Budzik	Lyme Racing Club	V60+	34:08.7
75	Paul Jennings	Lyme Racing Club	V60+	34:44.1
	Phil Brooke	Wills Wheels CC	V	DNF
	Gabriella Nordin	Starley Racing	L	DNS
	Simon Watson	Buxton CC/Sett Valley Cycles	V	DNS
	Steven Hazeldine	Stone Wheelers CC	V50+	DNS
	Nicola Soden	Veloschils Interbike RT	L	DNS
	Neil Oliver	Lyme Racing Club	V	DNS
	Toby Williams	Liverpool Phoenix CC (Aintree)	S	DNS
	Jon Wood	Coventry CC	V50+	DNS
	Mark Tickle	Leigh Premier Road Club	S	DNS
	Stephen Hall	Lyme Racing Club	V50+	DNS
	Michael Baskerville	Lyme Racing Club	S	DNS Apol.
	Andy Banks	Buxton CC/Sett Valley Cycles	V60+	DNS Apol.
	Nick Dickens	Stafford RC	V	DNS Apol.
	James Black	Imperial College Cycling Club	S	DNS Apol.
	Chris McNaughton	OVB	S	DNS Apol.

Vets 40 – 49

P	No	Name	Club	Time
1	78	Kris Bowditch	Lyme Racing Club	21:38.4
2	2	Tony Cope	Leek Cyclists' Club	21:40.6
3	54	Andy Moore	Lincoln Whs CC	22:00.0

Vets 50 – 59

P	No	Name	Club	Time
1	74	Andy Ashurst	Manchester Wheelers	20:44.1
2	89	Paul Robinson	Lyme Racing Club	21:50.8
3	69	Paul Targett	Pendle Forest CC	22:38.4

Vets 60+

P	No	Name	Club	Time
1	21	John Quimby	Coalville Whs	24:41.4
2	56	Andrew Grace	Crewe Clarion Whs	25:16.5
3	46	Richard Bowditch	Lyme Racing Club	28:26.3

Ladies

P	No	Name	Club	Time
1	51	Elizabeth Banks	Fusion RT Fierlan	24:28.4
2	59	Joanne Blakeley	Weaver Valley CC	24:31.9
3	22	Josephine Gilbet	Footon Velosport	24:32.5

Juniors/Juveniles

P	No	Name	Club	Time
1	48	Daniel Minor	Lyme Racing Club	20:08.2
2	38	James Noonan	THR Racing	21:26.2
3	66	Alex Coates	Lyme Racing Club	22:25.7

Team

P	No	Name	Club	Time
1	48	Daniel Minor	Lyme Racing Club	01:03:37.4
	78	Kris Bowditch
	89	Paul Robinson
2	80	Sam Clark	Buxton CC/Sett Valley Cycles	01:03:59.4
	83	Bhima Bowden
	9	Mark Horsley Frost

WVCC Hill Climb Championship

Position	Rider	Time
1	Iain Young	0:23:23
2	Joanne Blakeley	0:24:32
3	David Fearon	0:24:58
4	Paul Lawson	0:27:08
5	Colin Carthy	0:28:19