Jody Crawforth (Hargroves Cycles) was in scintillating form at the Southampton Sports Centre as he led from the front to take the win in the challenging conditions. The course soon cut up and made conditions slippery as the early morning hard frost gave way to a slushy surface.

Report by Graham Robins

Photo Gallery by  Graham Robins here

Full results now available below after the report.

Right from the start Jody  (photo right)  pulled out a lead over Michael Cotty (Wheelbase Cannondale) with Jody’s team mates Stuart Bowers, Matt Macdonald and Matt Hargroves following along with Andy Hargroves (Felt Colbourne Hargroves RT) also in the mix on the first lap shake up.

Jody attacked the second lap and his lead at the end was 45secs over Cotty with Andy Hargroves a further 3secs behind. Bowers was at 1min 08secs. Next up was Matt Hargroves as Macdonald had a problem and pulled out. Chris Minter (PedalOn), Danny Bell (Ellmore Factory Racing) and James Cotty (I-RIDE.CO.UK) were all comfortably inside the top ten although they were all loosing time with three minutes covering the top eight riders.

By lap four Crawforth’s lead was hovering around one minute over Cotty with no other place changes taking place. It wasn’t until a couple of laps to go that Bowers managed to shake of Andy Hargroves and with nearly a minute between them the final order was sorted. The race order remained the same over laps six and seven and it was Jody who took the win by 2mins on the line

Steve Davies (Hargroves Cycles) turned in a commanding race to win the combined vet/junior/women’s race from Sean Williams (Wightlink Offshore). Steve led the race from the start opening up a 34secs lead which turned into a minute forty seconds lead by lap two. Behind Williams was Keith Sheridan (Cotswold Veldrijden), Tim Hyde (GS Henley) and David Phillips (Cotswold Veldrijden).

While Davies was coasting around in the slippery conditions and Williams comfortable in second it was down the chasing pack to make up some time. Sheridan was nearly two minutes down on the leader and David Phillips was 2mins 30 behind. Next up was Pete Hutchinson (Cotswold Veldrijden) at 3mins 30 down.

These riders remained in their positions throughout the remainder of the race with the only two riders swapping places were Tim Costello (Southdown Velo) and Chris Hutchings (VC Venta) who seemed to be having a good tussle on their own until the ‘younger’ Venta rider managed to pull clear with a lap to go.

below:  Keith Sheridan in the Veterans race

The youth race was won by Chris Rothwell (SCRA) although he made things difficult by coming off his bike three times on the tricky off camber corners once he had established his lead on lap two. Ed Gronbech (Oxford City RC) was the early leader and Elliot Lassiter (Cotswold Veldrijden) was a distant third after the opening laps. Charlie Cooper (Chapel Tri stars) was fourth, all be it a distant place and Angus Hawkins (PPV) fifth.

below: The start of the Youth race

 

below:  A rider in the Under 12s race

 

 Results

Any queries about the results should be sent to race organiser Keri Wallace    Kerie.Wallace@trant.co.uk

Seniors

1st	Jody Crawforth		Hargroves Cycles/Specialized/Trant/Next	8 laps	49 :	59
2nd	Mike Cotty		Wheelbase/Cannodale	@	2 :	00
3rd	Stuart Bowers		Hargroves Cycles/Specialized/Trant/Next	@	2 :	28
4th	Andy Hargroves		Felt Colbourne / Hargroves Cycles	@	3 :	40
5th	Matt Hargroves		Hargroves Cycles/Specialized/Trant/Next	@	6 :	15
6th	Chris Minter		Pedalon	@	7 :	20
7th	Daniel Bell		Ellmore Factory Racing	@	1 lap
8th	James Cotty		i-Ride		“
9th	Karl Norfolk		Pedalon		“
10th	Matthew Taylor		Pedalon		“
11th	Oscar Hutchings		VC Venta		“
12th	James Brett		Wightlink Offshore		“
13th	Julian Mann		VC Venta	@	2 laps
14th	Phil Wilks		Hargroves CC		“
15th	Matthew Wakeford		WyndiMillar		“
16th	Paul Osbourne		Unattached	@	3 laps
17th	Richard Bennett		Cotswold Veldrijden	@	4 laps

 

 

 

Veteran/Junior/Women

1	Steve Davies	Vet	Hargroves Cycles/Specialized/Trant/Next	6 laps	38 :	20
2	Sean Williams	Vet	WightLink Offshore	@	2 :	00
3	Keith Sheridan	Vet	Cotswold Vandrijden	@	2 :	15
4	Tim Hyde	Vet	GS Henley	@	2 :	43
5	David Phillips	Vet	Cotswold Vandrijden	@	4 :	10
6	Pete Hutchinson	Vet	Cotswold Vandrijden	@	4 :	50
7	Tim Costello	Vet	Southdown Velo	@	5 :	34
8	Chris Hutchings	Vet	VC Venta	@	5 :	40
9	Pete Scott	Vet	Cotswold Vandrijden	@	6 :	20
10	Gary Barlow	Vet	Reading CC	@	6 :	50
11	Martyn Dymond	Vet	Wight Mountain	@	7 :	11
12	Rob Carter	Vet	VC Venta	@	7 :	58
13	Simon Meadwell	Vet	Bournemouth Jubilee	@	1 lap
14	Joseph Andrews	Jun	Fareham Wheelers		“
15	Anthony Dyment	Vet	North Hants RC		“
16	Jez Hart	Vet	Sotonia CC		“
17	Edward Gurney	Vet	VC Venta		“
18	Paul Thomas	Vet	VC Venta		“
19	Andre Posthuma	Vet	North Hants RC		“
20	Alan Collins	Vet	Portsmouth Northend CC		“
21	Richard Bremner	Vet	North Hants RC		“
22	Phil Clacy	Vet	Chapel Tri Stars		“
23	Kieran Woods	Jun	Charlotville CC		“
24	Harjinder Obhi	Vet	North Hants RC		“
25	Will Soloman	Vet	Bournemouth Jubilee		“
26	Dave Wrey	Vet	Oakley Pedlers		“
27	Rob Tutt	Vet	GS Europa		“
28	Tracey Cornell	Wom	North Hants RC		“
29	Jamie Pope	Vet	Hargroves CC		“
30	Geoff Booker	Vet	Oxonian CC		“
31	Jim Wood	Vet	Fareham Wheelers		“
32	Kim Lassiter	Vet	Cotswold Vandrijden		“
33	Mark Allen	Vet	Jay Pit Crew		“
34	Phill Chin	Vet	Fareham Wheelers		“
35	Dave Martin	Vet	Hargroves CC	@	2 laps
36	Lili McLean	Wom	Andover Whelers		“
37	Dave Jowett	Vet	Hargroves CC		“
38	David Wilkinson	Vet	BTA		“
39	Steve Cooke	Vet	Southampton Tri Club		“
40	Richard Bennett	Vet	Cotswold Vandrijden		“
41	Dan Tuley	Jun	Chapel Tri Stars		“
42	Zoe Sheehan	Wom	Cotswold Vandrijden		“
43	Mandy Scott	Wom	Cotswold Vandrijden	@	3 laps
44	Gary Evans	Vet	Crabwood CC		“

 

 

Youth

1st	Chris Rothwell	U16	Swindon Cycle Race Acadamy	5 laps	30 :	15
2nd	Edward Gronbech	U16	Oxford City RC	@		30
3rd	Elliott Lassiter	U16	Cotswold Veldrijden	@	3 :	03
4th	Charlie Cooper	U16	Chaple Tri Stars	@	4 :	03
5th	Angus Hawkins	U14	Palmer Park Velo	@	4 :	23
6th	Erin Baker	U14	Southdown Velo	@	5 :	00
7th	Emily Wadsworth	U16G	Beeline Bicycles RT	@	5 :	25
8th	Archie Scott	U14	Cotswold Veldrijden	@	8 :	06
9th	Alex Cross	U16	Oakley Peddlers	@	1 lap
10th	Alderney Baker	U14G	Southdown Velo		“
11th	Loran Bowler	U14G	Hillingdon Slip Streamers		“
12th	Rebecca Raybold	U16G	Poole Wheelers		“
13th	Ieun Woods	U14	Charlotville CC		“
14th	Barney Clacey	U14	Chaple Tri Stars		“
15th	Sam Oliver	U16	Palmer Park Velo		“
16th	Abbie Manley	U14G	Chaple Tri Stars		“
17th	Jay Allen	U14	Palmer Park Velo		“
18th	Rachel Thompson	U14G	Palmer Park Velo		“
19th	Fletcher Adams	U14	Hargroves Cycles/Specialized/Trant/Next		“
20th	Joseph Giret	Novice	GS Henley		“
21st	Clave Cooke	Novice	unattached		“

 

 

Under 12

 

1st	Maddie Wadsworth		Beeline Bicycles
2nd	Anna Wadsworth		Beeline Bicycles
3rd	Jed Smithson		Oxonian CC
4th	Madeline Cooper		Chaple Tri Stars
5th	Max Meadwell		Bournemouth Jubilee Whelers
6th	Jemma Bowler		Hillingdon Slip Streamers
7th	Thomas Wadsworth		Beeline Bicycles
8th	Finn Hawkins		Palmer Park Velo
9th	Ben Fox		Charlotville Rascals
10th	Adam Potter		i-Team
11th	Jamie Tutt		GS Europa
12th	Amy Cantello		Solent Pirates
13th	Alexa Hawkins		Palmer Park Velo
14th	James Brown		Palmer Park Velo
15th	Felix Clacey		Chaple Tri Stars
16th	Boston Sorensen		unnattached
17th	Thomas Johnson		Chaple Tri Stars
18th	Jamie Whitcher		Solent Pirates
19th	Ethan Spiers		unnattached
20th	Pascal Giret		GS Henley
21st	Melissa Cooper		Chaple Tri Stars
22nd	Poppy Pattinson		Solent Pirates
23rd	Jenny Oliver		Palmer Park Velo
24th	Oliver Hill		Cotswold Veldrijden
25th	Matthew Richman		unnattached
26th	Callum Robins		Solent Pirates
27th	Annabelle Cooke		Chaple Tri Stars
28th	George Mahon		BCS Tri Club
29th	Ellen Phillips		Team Fatboy
30th	William Dunn		Thatcham
31st	Lewis Jones		Swindon RC