Severn RC Cross/Western League Rnd 10

Simon Rousell and Tony Horton rode with Simon having his best cross race this season finishing in 12th, Tony was 28th. The winner was elite rider Oliver Beckinsdale who rides for Giant.

WMCCL Rnd9 Shipston-on-Sour

Joe Page Won the latest round of the midland cross league on a soaked and very muddy course.After a steady start Joe attacked the leading group as they hit the climb half way round the first lap, he then held the lead for the rest of the race. Holly Page also rode the youth race and battled through the tough conditions to win 1st Girl and 13th place.

Simon Rousell rode in the senior race and raced round to finish in 16th, the winner was Phil Blacker Wyre Forest crc.

Ashton Court Scramble/Western League Rnd 8

Simon Rousell and Tony Horton travelled down to Bristol for rnd 8 of the Weston league. The vets and seniors rode together with Simon finishing in 17th and Tony 37th, the winner was Paul Prince from Wyre Forest crc.

WMCCL Rnd 8 Elmdon Park (Solihull)

We had 5 St Johns jerseys again with Simon Rousell, Dave Preece and Tony Horton Joining Joe and Holly Page at round 8. The course was again very wet and was a total mud bath by the time the senior race started.
Joe and Holly rode in the youth race with Joe getting 2nd and Holly 19th , the winner was Luke Mellor-Grivell Mid shropshire wheelers.
Tony was up next in the Vets, Junior and Ladies race with a big field of 95 riders on the start line and finished 65th.
Simon Rousell and Dave rode in the senior race and were 24th and 36th respectively, with profesional Roger Hammond making a guest apearance and taking a convincing win.

Conham Cyclo-Cross/Western League Round 6

All adult and junior competitors were mixed in for one event, starting at 11.30, weather was fine and dry.
The course was fast; mainly flat with a couple of sharp short climbs. The only place really needing a dismount was a double hurdle. Out of 42 finishers Simon managed a 17th place and I 27th after getting a slow puncture on the second from last lap. All in All we were both pleased with our performances. As an aside it was great to see and race against Mick Ives today, a man who, as you know, has done an awful lot for British cyclocross.Next week WMCCL rnd8 at Soilihull (Elmdon park)
Report by Tony Horton.

Simon at the finish

WMCCL Rnd 7 Saunders Park (Bromsgrove)

Simon Rousell, Dave Preece and Tony Horton joined Joe and Holly Page at round 7 for their debut at this discipline. The course was very wet and got muddier as the day went on, so riders with a spare bike had a definite advantage.
Joe and Holly rode in the youth race with Joe getting 2nd and Holly 23rd and 1st Girl, the winner was Luke Mellor-Grivell Mid shropshire wheelers.
Tony was up next in the Vets, Junior and Ladies race with a big field of 99 riders on the start line and finished 76th.
Simon Rousell and Dave rode in the senior race and were 33rd and 34th respectively.

Tony in action

 

 

 

Inter Area Cyclo CrossTeam Championships ( Husbands Bosworth)

Joe was picked with Josh Papworth, Luke Mellor-Grivell and Jacob James to ride for the West Midland youth team in the National team cyclo cross championships. On the start line were 70 of the best riders in the country representing their areas the course was very wet and got muddier as the race went on making the last part of the race very tough.. Joe's team mate Luke did a great ride to win the event and Josh was 6th, Joe started from the 3rd row of the grid and made good progress through the field to finish 13th and 3rd counter to secure the team the silver medal. The winners were London with 3 riders in the top 6, the Bronze went to Yorkshire.

 

 

National hill climb Championships ( Matlock )

Dave Preece did a creditable ride in the National hill climb Championships in Matlock getting inside the top 100 with a time of 3min 25.3 sec. The Winner was Matt Clinton in 2min 42.2

 

WMCCL Rnd 6 Misterton Hall (Lutterworth)

Joe Page won the latest round of the West Midland Cyclo Cross League in the beautiful grounds of Misterton Hall. Joe led from the start and gradually pulled clear of the field to get a convincing victory and increase his overall lead in the series. Holly Page didn’t have such a good start but made good progress through the field to get 1st girl.

 

 

 

WMCCL Rnd 5 Baggeridge Country Park

Joe had a good start and by the end of lap 1 there was a group of 4 with a clear lead, the group broke up lap by lap and Joe lost some ground on 3rd place, but with a big effort at the start of the final lap saw Joe catch back up and after a quick breather attacked as they entered the wooded section. Unfortunatley Jacob James puntured at the top of the wood so Joe was able to cruise home for 3rd. Holly had been ill the day before so DNS.

 

Tour of Worcestershire Sportive
A number of St Johns riders entered the Tour of Worcestershire 93 mile sportive which included Ankerdine Hill and Wynniates Way (23%) in its 19 climbs and 2000m of ascent.
Chris Sherratt did extremely well to get round after breaking two spokes whilst Martyn Dorr and Jonathon Wheeler were unlucky enough to have punctures.

Times:-
Chris McSweeny 6:00
Ed Dursley 6:42
Rob Cole 6:42
John Oakes 6:54
Chris Sherratt 7:02
Martyn Dorr 7:02
Jonathon Wheeler 7:29

WMCCL Rnd4 Friary School, Lichfield

Round 3 saw unseasonally warm weather with Joe and Holly making the most of it in their Youth race. Local youth Josh Papworth from the Wyre Forest CC and Luke Mellor-Grivell from the Mid Shropshire wheelers left the rest of the field to fight for third after opening up a big gap early in the race. Joe again had a race long battle with Jacob James from the start, but this time time couldn't shake him from his wheel. On the final lap after several attacks it came down to who made it first into the last corner, and Joe managed to get there first and take third place. Holly had an unusually good start and was in the top ten throughout the race and finished 1st under14.

 

WMCCL Rnd 3 Aldersley Stadium

Heavy rain overnight made for a waterlogged course, and after only a few laps, the course was churned up and was extremely muddy. Joe and Holly Page rode in the youth race, with Joe having a race long battle with Jacob James from the Halesowen Club. Joe jumped away with a lap to go and finished a good 30 seconds ahead of Jacob to take the win and increase his lead in the league.

WMCCL Rnd 2 Roliston Forestry Centre

Joe and Holly rode with both having a steady start and moving up through the field as the race progresed., with Joe eventually working up to finish 3rd and consoildating his overall lead.Holly had a tangle on the start and was last to leave the starting area, but this got her adrenaline going and she raced through to eventual 14th place and 2nd girl.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69n9m7FGiq0

VC Sevale 10mile TT

St Johns won 2nd team with Martin Staines 23.48, David Evans 24.09, Paul Castle 25.33 while Jonathan Wheeler won the most improved rider with 26.41.

WMCCL Rnd 1 Pitcheroak woods Redditch

Round 1 of the West Midland Cyclo cross season started at Pitcheroak woods in Redditch. The course was in a good,dry condition which made for a fast race. Joe and Holly Page rode the youth race. After eight weeks off the bike, due to a broken collar bone, Joe did a tremendous ride and came 1st, after chasing Jacob James all race, catching him with a lap to go, and in a nailbiting finish, taking the win by a couple of centimetres. Holly had a good ride too, and despite crashing on the last lap, still managed to finish 1st girl. Vince Page rode the Veterans/Juniors/Womens race, unfortunately crashed after a lap and a half while in a commanding lead. He broke 3 ribs and was unable to finish, this has put paid to Vinces cross season.

Shrewsbury Circuit Races No 4

Terry Chance rode in the youth race and was 3rd under 14 rider.

Ray Minovi R.I.P

Ray was a Worcester St Johns club member for many years contributing much to the life of the club as well as being a fine racing cyclist.

Cardiff Byways CC 50

Dawn Smith rode this event and finished in a time of 2.26.06, the winner was Alun Owen CC Abergavenny 1:54:59.

Leamington C & AC 10 TT

Dave Evans and Paul Castle rode the event with 25.06 and 25.46 repectively, the winner was Jon Simpkins Banbury Star CC 21.16.

 

Diamond-HF.com 10 TT

Dave Preece rode and recorded a PB of 22.02, the winner was Richard Bradley in 19.18.

Severn RC 25 mile TT

Dave Evans rode this event in a time of 1.6.38, The winner was Jeff Jones in 56.00.

LVIS (Las Vegas Institute of Sport)U47 10 mile tt.

It was cool wet and windy but Richard Graham managed a personal best of 23.15, The winner was Andy Sexton Planet -X in 20.11

Worcester News Road Race

1 Dan Staite Python Racing Team
2 Nigel Williams Python Racing Team
3 Ben Anstie Chippenham & Dist Whls
4 Stephen Dring Team Echelon - Spiuk
5 Gareth Hewitt K.F.S Special Vehicles - Sunday Bicycles
6 Benjamin Luckwell Sport Beans - Wilier
7 Jason White Bikinmotion Cycling Club
8 Simon Wilson Arctic - Premier Racing Team
9 Colin Parry VC St Raphael
10 Adrian Bird Team Echelon - Spiuk
11 Neil Beasley Ashfield RC
12 Grant Bayton Sport Beans - Wilier
13 Will Fox Banbury Star CC
14 Llewellyn Kinch GWR Team/Scott Wilson/Giant
15 Harry Penn Mammoth Lifestyle Racing Team
16 Christopher Smith Python Racing Team
17 Owain Lovell Ashfield RC
18 Jack Kirk Wyre Forest CRC
19 Robert Willcocks Ajchva Limoux
20 Ian Thomas Newport Shropshire CC

Castle Combe Summer Series

Terry Chance got in the winning break in the youth race and finished 2nd.

Echelon Cycles/VTTA (Bir & Mids) 25 mile TT

Steve Price flew round for 1st place and another club record, breaking the 25 mile record held by John Patson since 1981 of 52.15 by 6 seconds. Also the team record was broken with Steve Price 52.09, Simon Garrett 56.53 and Ron Clews 58.26, other St Johns times are:-

Dave Preece 58.51
Martin Staines 59.57
Dave Evans 1.01.24
Johnathon Wheeler 1.06.47

Echelon Cycles/VTTA (Bir & Mids) 10 mile TT

Great weather helped produce new team and juvenile club record's with Steve Price just missing out on a new 10 mile record by 2 seconds with 20.38 for 2nd place.

Dan Staines broke the juvenile 10 record with 23.15 while being the 3rd counter for the new team record, with Simon Garrett the 2nd counter 21.52. Other St Johns times :-

Martin Staines 23.29
Richard Graham 23.39
Dave Evans 24.42
Jonathon Wheeler 25.40
Keith Weyman 26.39

Dudley GP

Dan Staines put in some strong rides in the youth races, winning the 500 Sprint and the Devil, 5th Scratch race and Points race.

Warwickshire RC 25

Steve Price recorded a pesonel best of 53.38 but was not quick enough to beat on form Will Moore who did 52.41.Three other St Johns riders rode Dave Evans 1.2.21, Marc Scriven 1.3.20 and Richard Graham who was unfortunate to puncture.

 

Leamington C & AC 10

Neill Coventry www.agiskoviner.com won this event with 21.55.Ron Clews and Dave Evans rode and recorded 24.14 and 25.04 respectivley.

Shrewsbury Circuit Races

Johns Bristow and Simon Rousell rode with John finishing 15th after a good attacking race, while Simon finished safeley in the bunch.

Redditch R&PCC 10 mile TT

6 St Johns riders rode this event on the quick Salford Priors course, Steve Price was unlucky to be held up on the roundabout and lost to Rob Lyne of Climb on bikes by six seconds with a time of 21.01.Ed Dursley also did a good ride and won 2nd in the handicap competition with 23.39.
Other St Johns riders and times:-
Ron Clews 23.29
Dave Evans 24.59
Jon Wheeler 26.42
Keith Weyman 27.05

FNTL (week6)

The night started in beautiful sunshine with a cool stiff breeze down the home straight. St Johns were out in force. Terry Chance and Joe Page rode in the Youths, while Mark Allen, Martin and Dan Staines rode in the B cat seniors.

At 7.30 pm Joe and Terry started the evening with a 6 lap Scratch. Joe stuck to the right wheel to finish in the points.

The sunny evening meant that the B cats had a large group of 20-25 riders and the pack was nervous with no one wanting to work. The jumpy race had some blistering laps punctuated by very slow ones. With 1.5 laps to go and the bunch slowed and was 4 wide on the bottom banking as it eased on to the straight Dan followed by Martin went over the top as the bell was sounded. Mark boxed in was swamped as the group trying to jump on Dan’s wheel accelerated in to the top banking. Riders all looking to get a faster wheel funnelled into the bottom of the turn. A touch wheels and a Birmingham rider was down. A Solihull rider piled on top of him, followed by a Stourbridge rider. The race was annulled with Dan 3 bikes lengths ahead a 100 yards to go.

The Birmingham rider was taken off with a serious concussion and chest pains, the Solihull rider with cuts to his hand after getting caught in a wheel. Both riders where released from hospital the same night. Though the Birmingham rider has broken hand and will be out of racing for a little while.

The pause in the evening riding meant the 5 races and the Madison was cancelled. And next up was Joe and Terry in a Kilo Scratch with Terry getting the better of Joe for 4th.

Mark and Dan rode the 500m Handicap with Dan blasting over the top of every one and winning by good margin from Nick Selibas. Mark finished in a line of 4 riders all within a wheel of each other.

Joe continued to show good form by taking a number of 2nd and 3rds in the 9 lap Points race. Terry rode well showing improving track skills.

The last event of the night was an A+B 30 scratch, The B-cats lined up for a 20 lap scratch but this was changed at the last minute. The slow start was a thankful relief due to some cold legs in the B-cats. The race quickly split into 3 groups with the difference between A+B cats clearly shown. Dan and Martin finished well with points for each. Mark was at -2 laps.

Week 7 is looking good with the weather fine dry at present. Tea, Coffee, Cakes are available and after 8pm the Bar opens for those not driving (or racing). 5 minutes West of Junction 3 the track is easy to reach. A good evenings’ entertainment out for the whole family hope to see you there Friday.

Beacon rcc 10mile TT

4 st johns riders rode with Ron Clews 22.54, Dave Evans 23.46,Johnathan Wheeler 25.53and Kieth Weyman 26.37. The winner was Richard Bradley Shorter Rochford RT in 19.59.

BSCA National Grass Track Championships

(Incorperating midland Champs)

Joe rode in the under 16 race and Holly Page rode in the under 12, they both had 3 races 1 lap sprint, pursuit and scratch race. Joe won all 3 of his races while Holly was 3rd in the sprint and 1st in the pursuit making it level with Lucy Shaw Solihull cc. In the scratch race Holly put in a strong attack up the slight rise and pulled clear to win the race and win the Championship.

 

Omega Castle Combe Circuits

Simon Rousell and Tom Forrester rode the 4th cat race, Tom was aggresive throughout the race but unable to get away. Simon used his sprinting ability to get him 8th place and some more points towards his 3rd cat licence.

 

 

FNTL

The amazing happened tonight. Despite showers every where else in Worcestershire Week 4 of the Halesowen track League was ON! Only the second night this year. The rain held off until the 10 laps into the A/B cat Vets and Ladies race. With only the A/B seniors missing a Race.

The night started well Terry Chance being pipped on the line for his bunch in the 8 lap scratch. Terry continued with a 5/6th place in the 500 meter Handicap. Come the Devil the Halesowen riders (about 1/2 the youths) rode like a team time trial to eliminate every non Halesowen rider by 2/3rd's of the way through the race.

This year the Youths are evenly split between the older or well coached Halesowen riders and just about every one else. Terry rode well all night showing tactical ideas that only need a little more time to start reaping some wins.

Mark Allen was the only senior rider tonight. He only managed 11th in the 10 lap scratch, and was shelled out after trying to pull back a Halesowen rider in the course de prime.

Halesowen dominated the B cats with 8 riders acting as a great team. Constantly firing people up the track, blocking the chase and leading out the better sprinters if all else failed. Jess Booth Who recently earning her place on the Talent/ GB Squad certainly gave no quarter. While possibly demoralizing to see these tactics in a B-cat event, if i had 8 riders from WSTCC on the track i would want to do the same.

 

Worcester Spring Road Race

1 Robin Sharman Sigma Sport, Specialized, Sportful
2 Matthew Jennings Websters Cycles.co.uk
3 Mike Jones Paramount CRT
4 Matthew Stephens Sigma Sport, Specialized, Sportful
5 Stephen Adams Pearl Izumi - Planet X - High 5
6 Matthew Higgins Team Corley Cycles/Alpha R.C
7 Nigel Williams Python Racing Team
8 Christopher Burrows Kuota - Biemme - Spinergy
9 Jonathan Pain GWR Team/Scott Wilson/Giant
10 Carl Dyson www.Cyclingbargains.com Racing Team
11 Richard Cartland Team Corley Cycles/Alpha R.C
12 Gareth Hewitt K.F.S Special Vehicles - Sunday Bicycles
13 Wayne Webster Go Sports Spex RT
14 James Williamson Sigma Sport, Specialized, Sportful
15 Liam Holohan Pearl Izumi - Planet X - High 5
16 Paul Bell Doncaster Whls CC
17 Dane Percival Cardiff Ajax CC
18 Michael Davies Lichfield City CC
19 Kurt Green Velo Club Montpellier
20 Matthew Fostun Sherwood CC

Speedwell BC 36 mile TT

Steve Price did a good ride in 1.40.03 for 3rd place in this tough hilly time trial, Local rider Rob Wood won with 1.35.17.
Ron clews also rode and recorded 1.52.58.

 

Ludlow CC 10

Ron Clews rode with a time of 23.52, the winner was Andrew Basin 20.45.

Cheltenham & C CC 23

Ron Clews rode this event in a time of 1.08.19 for 14th position. The winner was Ben Anstie Chippenham & Dist. 58:32.

Beacon Little Mountain 39 TT

7 St Johns riders entered this tough race, Steve Price was unlucky to punture loosing the chance of a top10 finish but was still the fastest St Johns rider with a time of 1.57.42, Simon Garrett was also unlucky crashing on the corner leading to Ankerdine hill.other St Johns times:-

Dave Preece 1.58.59
Ron Clews 1.59.51
Richard Graham 2.05.31
Christopher Cox 2.05.31
Richard Finch 2.33.27

Full results

Birmingham CC Circuit Races

John Bristow rode the 3rd cat race and finished just outside the top 10.

Tom Forrester and Simon Rousell rode the 4th cat race with simon winning the bunch sprint for 2nd and Tom getting 10th. The winner who just held off Simon was Aidrian Ravenscroft Birmingham cc.

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Victoria Park circuit race

John Bristow,Tom Forrester, Joe and Holly Page rode the final race at victoria park and all had good races .

Joe rode well and finshed 8th in race 1 and 12th in race 2.

Tom was 10th in the 4th cat 2nd race.

Wyre Forest 10 mile TT

Bill Moore Shorter Rochford RT won with a time of 21-45, Ron Clews rode and recorded 24-58.

Royal Sutton CC Road Race

John Bristow came 7th in the bunch sprint, the winner was Philip Bartleet CC Giro.

Stratford 10mile TT

Win for Steve Price

Steve Price made a great start to the year after winning the Stratford open 10 at Salford Priors with a time of 21-32, he beat Ian Ball Hinckley CRC by 6 seconds.

Other St Johns riders were Ron Clews 24-35, Martin Staines 25-54 and Dan Staines 26-05

Victoria Park circuit race

Tom Forrester, Joe and Holly Page rode the 2nd of the Victoria park circuit races. Tom had trouble with his shoe plates in the 1st race and finished at the back of the bunch. He had a better ride in the 2nd race, and finished just out of the points. Joe finished in the main bunch in both races, and Holly finished in a group of riders her age behind the older riders at a lap down and was 1st under 14 Girl in both races.

The Betty Pharoah Memorial Legstretchers RR

Echelon 10 mile TT

Ron Clews and Dave Evans rode the Echelon event on the K10/10 course. Ron recorded 24.36 and Dave 25.04

Wrekinsport Hilly 18 TT

Ron Clews kicked off the season for St Johns in this event. He recorded a time of 00.50.34 for the 18 mile course.

The winner was David Griffiths Paramount RT 00:42:08

WMCCL final rnd Litchfield

The final round of the West midlands cyclocross league was held at Friary Leisure centre in Litchfield. Unfortunately the hawthorne bushes had been recently cut around the edge of the course, which led to numerous punctures. Joe and Holly rode in the youth race. Joe punctured with two laps to go and had to push his bike half a lap, he ended up ninth. Holly finished in 20th place, and managed to avoid any punctures.

Overall League Results can be seen on the WMCCL website. Joe finished with an impressive 6th place overall and Holly did extremely well in her first year in this age category and finished 12th place overall.

Vince Page finished 6th and was 3rd overall in the veteran catagory.

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WMCCL rnd 11 Aldersley stadium

The penultimate round of the West midlands cyclocross league was held at Aldersley stadium in Wolverhampton. Joe and Holly page rode in the youth race with Joe coming in 8th place and Holly in 18th.

Vince page rode the vets race and was 7th

Win for Joe in Gloucester cyclo cross

Joe and Holly Page rode in the youth race with Joe winning his first cross race from Jacob James Halesowen c&ac. Joe battled with Jacob for the first half of the race until Jacob made a mistake at which point Joe attacked and opend up a good gap which he extended every lap.

Holly was 3rd and 1st girl she also had a battle with another rider for 3rd place, like her brother she made her rival pay for a mistake and put in a big effort to go clear of them.