Very muddy day at Baggeridge Country Park in Dudley. I decided that that discretion was the better part of valour and watched the racing before being roped in to marshal.
Results will be published in a few days. In the meantime, congrats to Greg Dighton for a great ride to win the Juniors race. We think that both Ruth and Jon came second in their respective races.
I've had an enjoyable first season and hope that I can improve next year as a 50+ category Vet!
RESULT: West Mids CX League - Round 13 (final round)
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Re: RESULT: West Mids CX League - Round 13 (final round)
That's an understatement!Grogz wrote:Very muddy day........
Well done to both Greg and Simon Dighton who were marshalling.......... at Baggeridge Country Park in Dudley. I decided that that discretion was the better part of valour and watched the racing before being roped in to marshal.
As Gareth said, it was a 'real' cyclocross race today with tons of mud, slippery slopes, steep climbs, tricky corners, dicey off-cambers......... I loved it!Results will be published in a few days. In the meantime, congrats to Greg Dighton for a great ride to win the Juniors race. We think that both Ruth and Jon came second in their respective races.
I'm sure you will Greg - it's a very quirky, unique branch of cycle sport and I think experience counts for a great deal so your second season will almost certainly be better than your first.I've had an enjoyable first season and hope that I can improve next year as a 50+ category Vet!
Ruth
Re: RESULT: West Mids CX League - Round 13 (final round)
You did have a huge smile at the end, Ruth. Not everyone was quite so pleased: quite a lot of broken rear mechs. What I don'tquite understand is how some riders suffered that fAte while others manahed to get roind ok. I could hardly see the cogs in Greg Dighton's cassette at the end, the bike must have been twice its normal weight!Missiles wrote:As Gareth said, it was a 'real' cyclocross race today with tons of mud, slippery slopes, steep climbs, tricky corners, dicey off-cambers......... I loved it!
Final results from Sunday:
Junior/ Vets/ Ladies / 85
11 Jon Rice
15 Greg Dighton
27 Steve Croggan
36 Ruth Eyles
Gary Mac - DNF
Youth / 53 (5 DNF)
25 Oli Dighton
Juniors / 2
1 Greg Dighton
Vets 40+ / 41
18 Steve Croggan
Vets 50+ / 29
3 Jon Rice
Ladies / 14
2 Ruth Eyles
Seniors / 27
9 Gareth Scott
Updated with confirmed results.
Junior/ Vets/ Ladies / 85
11 Jon Rice
15 Greg Dighton
27 Steve Croggan
36 Ruth Eyles
Gary Mac - DNF
Youth / 53 (5 DNF)
25 Oli Dighton
Juniors / 2
1 Greg Dighton
Vets 40+ / 41
18 Steve Croggan
Vets 50+ / 29
3 Jon Rice
Ladies / 14
2 Ruth Eyles
Seniors / 27
9 Gareth Scott
Updated with confirmed results.
Last edited by Grogz on 10 Feb 2012 21:33, edited 1 time in total.
Photos from yesterday's race are here:
http://andyw39.smugmug.com/CYCLESPORT/C ... S-20112012
(Scroll down to the bottom for 3 sets of photos. Most of us are quite distinctive in Beacon colours but Ollie Dighton in the youth race is disguised in Halesowen purple - but he's on a red bike if you want to find him.)
http://andyw39.smugmug.com/CYCLESPORT/C ... S-20112012
(Scroll down to the bottom for 3 sets of photos. Most of us are quite distinctive in Beacon colours but Ollie Dighton in the youth race is disguised in Halesowen purple - but he's on a red bike if you want to find him.)
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