Steven James (Hargroves Cycles) continued from where he left of last week by winning today’s race on a lovely sunny afternoon on the disused golf course close to the M3 motorway at the Eastleigh course. Steven was in a strong group of five riders but his strength took him to the front by mid distance and he soon built on this lead to the bell.

Report by Graham Robins

Photo Gallery by   Graham Robins

Photo Gallery by   Paul Stewart

Full Results are below after the report.

The Sotonia promoted event saw a very strong entry ride uphill towards the course proper where five were already clear at the turn. Along with Steven were Crispin Doyle and Matt Hargroves (Hargroves Cycles), Andy Hargroves (Felt Colbornes Hargroves RT) and Michael Cotty (Wheelbase Cannondale). Matt Macdonald (Hargroves Cycles) was unlucky to be knocked off his bike at the start, he quickly re-mounted and although well behind set about picking off riders lap on lap until he was up to 7^th at the bell.

below:  Crispin Doyle leads the Senior race

 

At mid race James and Cotty were together with Doyle at 10secs, Andy at 17secs and his brother Matt at 28secs. Richard Mardel (Felt Colborne Hargroves RT) was next up. All the other places stayed the same with only the time changing. Just after this James made his move and managed to drop Cotty by 10secs, Doyle was third at 15secs and Andy Hargroves was nearly one minute back.

At the bell James was clear and he rode around the last lap on his own for his second Wessex League win in two weeks. Cotty was second 10secs down.

The earlier combined vet/junior/ women race saw Crispin Doyle (Hargroves Cycles) claim his fifth straight win of the season. Crispin lead from start to finish, he had Steve Davis (Hargroves Cycles) for company for a lap of laps and then Mike Simpson (GS Henley) got past but he couldn’t catch Doyle. Keith Sheridan (Cotswold Veldrijden) and Sean Williams (Wightlink Offshore) were once again locked together. Joseph Andrews (Fareham Wheelers) was the leading Junior and Tamina Oliver (Team CTC) the leading Women.

below: The start of the Veteran/Women/Junior race

Doyle continued stretching his lead over Simpson and was now at 45secs, Davis was at 1min09secs with Sheridan and Williams at 1min22secs. Joseph Andrews was clear of second junior Cameron Thompson (Andover Wheelers) until he dropped his chain, he managed to sort the problem and stay ahead of Thompson by 8secs but the two juniors were closer than they have been all season. Joseph held onto his lead claiming his fifth straight win of the season.

Tamina Oliver was clear women’s winner in her first cross race of the new season in her defence of the title she won last year.

Elliott Lassiter once again showed his strength by taking the youth race win, he started strong and extended his lead throughout the race.

below:  The Youth race in progress

 

Seniors

1	Steven James	Hargroves Cycles	S	53.05
2	Mike Cotty	Cannondale Wheelbase	S
3	Crispin Doyle	Hargroves RT	S
4	Andy Hargroves	Felt Colbournes Hargroves	S
5	Matt Hargroves	Hargroves Cycles	S
6	Richard Mardle	Felt Colbournes	S
7	Matt MacDonald	Hargroves RT	S
8	Daniel Bell	Ellancre Factory Racing	S
9	Craig Bowles	Unattached	S
10	Ryan Keynes	Odiham CC	S
11	Sean Downey	WOMBC/Behind MTB	S
12	James Cotty	I-Ride.co.uk	S	+ 1 lap
13	Gary Spiers	GS Henley	S	+ 1 lap
14	Chris Atkins	Specialized	S	+ 1 lap
15	Richard Lewis	CC Basingstoke	S	+ 1 lap
16	Oliver Lee	Unattached	S	+ 1 lap
17	James Brett	Wight Link LCM	S	+ 1 lap
18	Karl Norfolk	Pedalon.co.uk	S	+ 1 lap
19	Julian Mann	VC Venta	S	+ 1 lap
20	Stu Thompson	Andover Wheelers	S	+ 1 lap
21	Stewart Ward	Ful-On-Tri	S	+ 1 lap
22	Matthew Burton	VC Venta	S	+ 1 lap
23	Jason Blann	Team Rosse Blann	S	+ 1 lap
24	Graham Dance	Southdown Velo	S	+2 laps
25	Aaron Collins	Swindon RC	S	+2 laps
26	Kevin Harding	VC Venta	S	+2 laps
27	Tobin Sparrow	Unattached	S	+2 laps
28	Tom Hampshire	Sotonia CC	S	+2 laps
29	Phillip Naale	Unattached	S	+2 laps
30	David Belcher	Sotonia CC	S	+2 laps
31	Alec Broome	Wight Mountain	S	+2 laps
32	Stuart Waite	Unattached	S	DNF

 

Veterans/Women/Junior

1st	Crispin Doyle	Hargroves Cycles RT/Specialized/Trant/Next/Elliott’s	V40
2nd	Mike Simpson	G.S. Henley	V40
3rd	Steven Davies	Hargroves Cycles RT/Specialized/Trant/Next/Elliott’s	V50
4th	Keith Sheriden	Cotswold Veldrijden	V40
5th	Sean Williams	Wightline/Offshore	V40
6th	Dave McMullen	Cotswold Veldrijden	V50
7th	Peter Scott	Cotswold Veldrijden	V40
8th	Robin Wilmott	Cotswold Veldrijden	V40
9th	Pete Hutchinson	Cotswold Veldrijden	V40
10th	Philip Bonner	Southdown velo	V45
11th	Simon Meadwell	Bournemouth Jubilee	V40
12th	Garry Barlow	Reading CC	V40
13th	Edward Gurney	VC Venta	V40
14th	Paul Thomas	VC Venta	V40
15th	Craig Hay	Dark Star Brewery	V40
16th	Martyn Dymond	White Mountain	V50
17th	Tim Hyde	G.S. Henley	V40
18th	Garreth Dridge	Southdown velo	V40
19th	Joseph Andrews	Fareham Wheelers	Jun
20th	Cameron Thompson	Andover Wheelers	Jun
21st	James Pilgrim-Morris	G.S. Henley	V40
22nd	Tamina Oliver	Team CTC	W
23rd	Stuart Gough	VC Venta	V50
24th	Richard Moss	G.S. Henley	V40
25th	Philip Cornell	Sotonia CC	V40
26th	Dan Tuley	Chapel Tri Stars	Jun
27th	Sean Bolton	Swindon RC	V40
28th	Pete Langworthy	Private Member	V40
29th	Andy Smith	Cotswold Veldrijden	V50
30th	Darren Lewis	Reading CC	V40
31st	Chris Hutchings	VC Venta	V40
32nd	Nick Walmsley	Cotswold Veldrijden	V40
33rd	Michael Ponzo	Swindon RC	Jun
34th	Steve Charles	Charlotteville	V40
35th	Rob Tutt	G S Europa	V40
36th	Keith Allam	VC Venta	V50
37th	Allan Millard	Westbury Wheelers	V50
38th	Jez Hert	Sotonia CC	V40
39th	Martin McCrossan	Wyndymilla	V40
40th	Simon Guard	Sotonia CC	V40
41st	Andy Roberts	Cotswold Veldrijden	V55
42nd	Simon Hudson	Oxford City CC	V40
43rd	Dean Prosser	Hargroves CC	V40
44th	John Philips	Sotonia CC	V40
45th	Garry Hill	unattached	V40
46th	Richard Bremner	North Hampshire RC	V50
47th	Alan Collins	Portsmouth North End	V40
48th	Andre Posthuma	North Hampshire RC	V40
49th	Jim Woods	Fareham Wheelers	V45
50th	Louise Robinson	XC racer.com	W
51st	Anna Cipullo	Dame Cycling	W
52nd	Jerry Lambert	JMJ	V40
53rd	Phil Chin	Fareham Wheelers	V40
54th	Martin Cummings	unattached	V40
55th	Simon Pattinson	Solent Pirates	V45
56th	Jon Chapman	Sotonia CC	V40
57th	Andrew Smith	Sommer Valley CC	V40
58th	Jason Robinson	Four 4th Lights	V40
59th	David Cindsele	Solent Pirates	V45
60th	Andy Murphy	North Hampshire RC	V40
61st	Sarah Woods	Wightline/Offshore	W
62nd	Kieran Woods	Charlotteville	Jun
63rd	Connor Low-Grier	Portsmouth North End	V40
64th	Hardjindre Obhi	North Hampshire RC	V40
65th	Kim Lassiter	Cotswold Veldrijden	V40
66th	Marc Dobson	unattached	V40
67th	James York	unattached	V40
68th	Steve Dines	White Mountain	V50
69th	Keith Mahon	Bournemouth Arrow	V50
70th	Mark Allan	Jays Pit Crew	V50
71st	Phil Clacey	unattached	V45
72nd	David Martin	Hargroves CC	V50
73rd	John Wann	Palmer Park Velo	V55
74th	Mike McLachlan	unattached	V40
75th	Craig Wadeson	Odiham CC	V40
76th	Danielle Burry	Poole Wheelers	JW
77th	Martin Ward	Sotonia CC	V65
78th	Tony Woods	Twig Racing	V50
79th	Rhianna Jones	Cotswold Veldrijden	JW
80th	Vernon Moore	Crabwood CC	V50
81st	Hannah Gibbs	Cotswold Veldrijden	JW
82nd	Dave Jowett	Hargroves CC	V50
83rd	Andy Gibbs	Cotswold Veldrijden	V50
84th	Richard Bennett	Cotswold Veldrijden	V40
85th	Paul Wood	Swindon Wheelers	V50

 

 

 

Youth

1	Elliot Lassiter	Cotswold Veldrijden	U16	M	23.08
2	Tom Sewell	Cotswold Veldrijden	U16	M	+54
3	Alex Cross	Oakley Pedalers	U16	M	+1.42
4	Charlie Cooper	Chapel Tri	U16	M	+2.22
5	Angus Hawkins	PPV	U14	M	+2.56
6	Erin Baker	Southdown Velo	U14	M	+3.16
7	Ieuan Woods	Charlottville	U14	M	+4.36
8	Jay Allen	PPV	U14	M	+4.37
9	Harry Bridge	S.D.V.	U14	M	+4.56
10	Ciara Hutchinson	Cotswold Veldrijden	U16	F	+5.1
11	Holly Powell	Chapel Tri	U14	F	+5.28
12	Alderney Baker	Southdown Velo	U14	F	+5.36
13	Liam Sewell	Cotswold Veldrijden	U14	M	+6.27
14	Abbie Manley	Chapel Tri	U14	F	+6.34
15	Kara Perryman	Solent Pirates	U14	F	+1 Lap
16	Jamie Kimber	Cotswold Veldrijden	U14	M	+1 Lap
17	Fletcher Adams	Hargroves Cycles	U14	M	+1 Lap
18	Conor Hutchinson	Cotswold Veldrijden	U14	M	+1 Lap
19	Rachel Thompson	PPV	U14	F	+1 Lap
20	Rebecca Hurst	Poole Wheelers	U16	F	+1 Lap
21	Lucy Gadd	Poole Wheelers	U14	F	+1 Lap
22	Kathryn Gurney	VC Venta	U14	F	+1 Lap
23	Barney Clacy	Chapel Tri	U14	M	+1 Lap
24	Seren Jones	Cotswold Veldrijden	U14	F	+1 Lap

 

Novice

1	Chris Dodd	Unnattached
2	Matthew Cross	Unnattached
3	Graham Turner	Dorset Rough Riders
4	Steve Callister	VC Venta
5	J.F.Plummer	VC Venta
6	Richard Robinson	North Hants RC
7	Shelly Lindsell	Unnattached

 

Under 12s

1	Rowan Turner	Poole Wheelers	U12	F	12.26
2	Jed Smithson	Oxonian CC	U10	M	+24
3	Alexa Hawkins	PPV	U12	F	+30
4	Max Meadwell	Bournemouth Jubilee	U12	M	+48
5	Ella Shaytoe	Cotswold Veldrijden	U12	F	+58
6	Amy Perryman	Solent Pirates	U12	F	+1.02
7	Sam Graham	NHRC	U8	M	+1.36
8	Harry Sage	Solent Pirates	U12	M	+1.42
9	Poppy Pattinson	Solent Pirates	U12	F	+1.50
10	Amy Cantelo	Solent Pirates	U12	F	+2.10
11	Ethan Spiers	Unattached	U12	M	+2.17
12	Ben Fox	Charlotville Racing	U12	M	+2.45
13	William Gadd	Poole Wheelers	U10	M	+3.05
14	Sebastian Egan	Charlotville Racing	U12	M	+3.17
15	Hayden Gray	Unattached	U10	M	+1 Lap
16	Ollie Walker	Cotswold Veldrijden	U12	M	+1 Lap
17	Rohan Gray	Unattached	U10	M	+1 Lap
18	Thomas Johnson	Chapel Tri	U10	M	+1 Lap
19	Lewis Seaward	Poole Wheelers	U8	M	+1 Lap
20	Finn Gurney	VC Venta	U12	M	+1 Lap
21	~Melissa Cooper	Chapel Tri	U8	F	+1 Lap
22	Tommy Lindsell	Unattached	U12	M	+1 Lap
23	Lewis Jones	Swindon RC	U8	M	+1 Lap
24	Marshall Thompson	Andover Wheelers	U10	M	+1 Lap
25	Jamie Whitcher	Unattached	U10	M	+1 Lap
26	Monty Nelson	Charlotville Racing	U10	M	+1 Lap
27	Callum Robin	SPYC	U8	M	+1 Lap
28	Lola Cross	Unattached	U8	F	+1 Lap
29	Daisy Pattinson	Solent Pirates	U8	F	+1 Lap
30	Ella Connell	Sotonia CC	U10	F	+1 Lap
31	Matthew Richman	Unattached	U12	M	+1 Lap
32	Elise Hawkins	PPV	U8	F	+2 Lap
33	Amber Goss	Unattached	U10	F	DNF
34	Finn Hawkins	PPV	U10	M	DNF