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Off Road Championship starts again! - Round 1 | ||||||
Not many takers for the first of the new series, four seniors and two juveniles, with a combination of fire routes and single track, it was a good testing course. Mandy got a good fast start on the fire track which pushed Matthew into action, (couldn't have his mother in front of him) and then he didn't let up the pace, beating everyone including the seniors! Full Result: |
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8th November 2004 | ||||||
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Fenland Clarion CC Cyclo Cross - Mud glorious mud! | ||||||
The usual members turned out to brave the weather and mud today at Bradshaws Quarry Stibbington. Mud in cross these days isn't fashionable, but this was what I would call a 'good old fashioned cross' so where was Barry Archer, who was complaining at Eccles that cross isn't what it used to be!!! First up were the youths, riding the full course, Matthew wasn't on his normal top form, possibly being put off by the extremely slippy conditions, allowing Luke Newby (Diss CC) to push him down to 4th (3rd U14) changing bikes almost every lap, he did have a bit of a spurt on the last lap, beating Mark Chapman into 5th place. The winner as usual was Carl Harris of Eastern Region Velo. Next up a much shorter, but still tough course, with a steep up hill finish! Andrew Phillips rode really well, taking second place to Hugo Robinson, of Ipswich BC. By the time for the
last event, we'd had a few more rain showers, which made conditions even
worse, they were slipping, sliding and going splat all over the place.
Carl Davey (unattached) rode to victory over Nathan Miller Anglia Sport,
Simon Larbey and Alan Chapman braved it. Simon finished 36th, but Alan
unfortunately didn't finish the event. Claire Larbey also rode, taking
first lady title over Bedfordshire Road CC's Debbie Knott. Ian came out
but didn't ride, presumably he thought better of it, so maybe he's not
as mad as the rest of them! Very well done to all those who did brave
it. The only other thing I can add is 'mud glorious mud, nothing quite
like it for
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28th November 2004 | ||||||
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Club Open Cyclo-Cross | ||||||
The first of our
two cyclo cross events was held at Nowton Park, sponsored by Shire Estate
Agents of Mildenhall, it saw bright weather and a good number of competitors
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Club Cyclo-Cross Championships | ||||||
Sunday
saw the Mildenhall Club hold their Cyclo Cross Championship, utilising
Norwich Amateur Bicycle Club's event at Eccles School Quidenham. New Mildenhall
CC member Andrew Philips who came 2nd in the U12's event to Hugo Robinson
from Ipswich Bicylce Club Full Result: |
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8th November 2004 | ||||||
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Latest round of Club's Off-Road Championship | ||||||
Harvey Wright (pictured right) won the latest round of Mildenhall's Off-Road Championship. The veteran was over five minutes quicker than guest rider, who preferred to known just as 'Jay' and Barry Archer in third. Full Result: |
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12th September 2004 | ||||||
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Latest Evening Time-Trial results | ||||||
Mitch Robinson riding for Mildenhall Cycling Club was the clear winner of the latest round of the Club's Evening Time-Trial series on the West Stow ten mile course. In second
place also riding for Mildenhall C.C.was Simon Palmer who has been improving
consistently throughout the season, ahead of visiting rider James Coe.
It was an unlucky night for puncture victims with Vera Staines puncturing
before she started and Richard Carrington and Adrian Turner receiving
punctures after they had started! Full Result: |
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26th July 2004 | ||||||
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Evening Time-Trial results | ||||||
Seven Mildenhall club members turned out for the latest round of the Evening Time-Ttrial series on Monday on the West Stow ten-mile course. Clear
winner on the night was Richard Carrington stopping the watch in 25 minutes
dead with veteran Adrian Turner in second spot finishing in 26mins.40secs.
Another veteran, Simon Palmer, finished third in 27mins.05secs. Twelve
year old Matthew Cook turned in a good ride on the night finishing in
31mins.53secs. Full Result: |
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5th July 2004 | ||||||
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Racing Round-Up | ||||||
Mildenhall CC has
engaged in a variety of racing disciplines over the last two weeks. Twelve
year old Matthew Cook took part in the cyclo-cross and grass track racing
this weekend at the CTC York Rally. He won the under 12s cyclo-cross and
achieved fastest time in the 1 lap scratch. Cook also achieved second
place in the 1 lap sprint, narrowly missing first place. The under 12s
omnium was sadly curtailed by rain during the afternoon. Matthew also
took part in Mondays club time trial on the hilly Higham course;
he achieved a time of 36 mins 40 seconds but has vowed never to ride the
course again! He currently has 23 points after five events in the time
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Visiting riders were:
Larry Moulton is currently leading the club time trial series with 59 points from Harvey Wright (58 points) and Simon Palmer (49 points). Sadly Larry leaves us soon to return to the USA; perhaps hell achieve an unassailable lead before then. Mildenhall CC track
team is pleased to announce its newest addition, Nöel James, who
has started her season with some strong results. She achieved fourth place
in the Womens National Keirin Championships at Herne Hill on the
12th June. I could have had second or third but I was too busy being
battered by the rider who took fifth place, whilst we were rubbing elbows
the others came over the top of us, she said. At Sundays CTC
York Rally grass track event Nöel achieved second in the 1 lap scratch
with a strong ride, holding off the third and fourth place riders. The
winner got off to a flying start that Nöel was not able to match.
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28th June 2004 | ||||||
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Latest Evening Time-Trial results | ||||||
Mildenhall Cycling Club held its latest Evening Time-Trial on the 9.5 mile Red Lodge circuit on a very warm evening. Full Result: |
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7th June 2004 | ||||||
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Club Open Circuit Time-Trial | ||||||
Mildenhall CC held their open time trial on Saturday, the weather was near perfect with just a gentle breeze, for the 25 competitors who started the 10.8 mile circuit starting and finishing in Ashley, taking in some very hilly roads round Newmarket, Kirtling, & Upend. Local veteran Martin Pyne (Anglia Velo) won the event with a time of 26min 08 secs, while senior team mate David Staff (Anglia Velo) took second, with 26min 26 secs. First placed lady was Romana Berglund (Stowmarket & Dist CC) 30 min 09 sec, 20 seconds faster than second placed Julie Baker (Colchester Rovers) 30 min 21 sec. Mildenhall
CC riders Richard Carrington came 8th overall (3rd senior), Keith Richardson
9th overall (4th senior) and Claire Larbey 24th overall, (5th Lady). Full Result: |
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6th June 2004 | ||||||
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Victoria Guarantees her place at the Athens Olympics. | ||||||
Last weekend Riding in the Track World Championships in Melbourne, Persil Professional Cyclist and Mildenhall Cycling Club member; Victoria Pendleton booked her place to the Athens Olympics. Victoria was already equal first in the Women's Sprint World Cup after the last round of the competition three weeks ago at Sydney, but needed to be placed in the first 10 of the World Championships to be guaranteed a seat to Athens. Pendleton competes in two disciplines the 500m time trial and the sprint. In the time trial Victoria was 10th with a time of 35.3 seconds for the standing start sprint discipline, however this was following her efforts in the previous two days in the sprint competition. In cycle sprint racing seeding is decided by riding a flying start 200m time trial. Victoria recorded 11.559 (38.8 mph) to the fastest ride of Svetlana Grankovskaya, the defending World Champion's 11.339, this gave Victoria a seeding of 8th. In the rounds that followed Pendleton eliminated Yvonne Hijgenaar of Holland, Clara Sanches of France and finally 2002 World Champion Natalia Tsylinskaya of Belorussia. This left Pendleton in the last 4. Her next ride was against the defending champion Grankovskaya, Victoria was beaten in the first of the best of three rides by half a bike length and in the second ride was relegated after a 'coming together' when Victoria was judged (correctly) to be in the wrong. This left Victoria to ride off against one of her Swiss based training partners, Lori Ann Muenzer of Canada for the bronze medal. Victoria was narrowly beaten in both rides. Thus her final place was 4th in the 2004 World Championships, exactly the same position as 2003! The result confirmed that Great Britain has for the first time got a true World-Class Women's sprinter. With a ride at Athens now guaranteed Victoria's 7 times world champion coach will be focusing their joint efforts on the small improvement necessary to secure a medal at Athens. Mind you so will all the other key women in this most specialised of disciplines. Her father, Max gives a little insight into what is involved in achieving world standard in sprint cycling. Victoria's regime consists of 2 or 3 sessions each day; five and a half days a week. These sessions can be with free weights in a Gym, where she squats up to 120 Kg (she weights 60 Kg), road sessions of 3 hours in the mountains around her Swiss training camp and speed sessions (often motor-cycle paced) on the Aigle cycle track. After the Olympics Victoria will return to the UK, probably based in Manchester for the National Championships in October (where she will be defending three of her four National titles) before starting the 2004/2005 World Cup series that starts in November. There is also an in-depth interview with Victoria on British Cycling's website. |
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31st May 2004 | ||||||
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Evening Time-Trial results | ||||||
Mildenhall Cycling Club had a good turnout on Monday evening for the latest round of their Evening Time-Trial series on the West Stow ten mile circurt. Mildenhall
riders by far out numbered the visitors. Top rider on the night was Mildenhall's
latest signing American service man Mitch Robison, who normally competes
in road races. He beat one of the top riders in Suffolk, Ben Mickleburgh
riding for Team Tri-uk. In third spot riding for West Suffolk Wheelers
was David Griffin. Full Result: |
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25th May 2004 | ||||||
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Evening Time-Trial results | ||||||
The Higham hilly ten mile curcuit was the venue for latest round of Mildenhall Cycling Club's Evening Time Trial series on Monday night. Five riders faced the timekeeper on a warm and windless
evening. The winner as expected was American Serviceman Larry Moulton
in a time of 25 minutes 23seconds with Adrian Turner finishing in second
place stopping the watch in 27minutes 39seconds. Harvey Wright was third
in 29minutes 1seconds. Full Result: |
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17th May 2004 | ||||||
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Latest Racing Round-up | ||||||
Mildenhall Cycling Club held the second event in their Evening Time Trial series on Monday night. A warm windless evening greeted the riders on the Risby nine mile hilly circuit. Six mildenhall riders, one Newmarket rider and four West Suffolk Wheelers faced the timekeeper.The overall winer on the night representing Mildenhall was top rider Larry Moulton stopping the watch in 21 minutes 50 seconds. Newmarket rider Chris Firtzcke was second in 23minutes 4seconds; while Mildenhall Veteran adrian turner came in third in a time of 23mins.11secs. Full Result: |
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11th May 2004 | ||||||
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Latest Racing Round-up | ||||||
The Sunday saw round 6 of Mildenhall's off-road championships,
held in the local forest. Zak Towler won with 12 laps in 49.05. Two minutes
(and a lap) Meanwhile, Mildenhall member Richard Carrington rode in
the Cambridge University CC '10', which was a support race for the British
Universities Sara Whelan, a new Mildenhall member and national grass
track champion, rode the BUSA Women's 10 (representing Loughborough University)
and finished 8th overall, with a time of 28 min 18 secs. Winner was Rachel
Horn of Cambridge University in 26 min 9 sec. Despite being a fine, warm
day most riders were Richard also rode the Kings Lynn CC 10 the following week, finishing
with a time of 24 min 27 sec. "I was a bit disappointed with the
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Family effort in Time Trial | ||||||
Matthew Cook, recently turned 12, has been continuing his Cycling Time
Trial career on a decidedly 'rolling' course near Scampton, Lincolnshire
for the The Cook family made quite a turnout, with Matthew's mum Mandy and grandmother Vera riding on their tandem tricycle, finishing in 27 min 56 sec. |
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24th April 2004 | ||||||
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Mildenhall Member on 'track' for Athens 2004 | ||||||
Stotfold
cyclist and Second-Claim member of Mildenhall C.C. Victoria Pendleton last
weekend moved one step closer to qualification for the Olympic Games in
Athens. Victoria, a current British Champion over four disciplines rode
in the first round of the UCI World Cup in Moscow in three events. In two
she succeeded in achieving qualification for the 2004 World Championships
when points awarded for her placings are added to the 4th and 7th places
she gained in the 2003 World Championships.
In the Sprint, Pendleton qualified 7th fastest in the seeding time trial over 200m, completing the distance in 11.38 seconds, a speed of just over 39mph! Victoria proceeded through the next two rounds with comparative ease to meet 2002 World Champion Svetlana Grankovskaia in the last four. Victoria was beaten in two rides and thus went to the 3rd / 4th place ride off with Tamilia Abossova of Russia. Victoria lost these two rides, leaving her 4th in the competition. However the points she gained will qualify her along with her fourth place in the 2003 World Championship for the 2004 Worlds. In her next event, a 500m sprint time trial Victoria recorded 35.594 seconds (31.5 mph with a standing start) to come 6th to World Champion Natallia Tsylinskaya of Belaruse. The time gap of 0.765 of a second was the closest that Pendleton has yet come to Tsylinskaya and bodes well for the future. Again the points awarded with those from Stuttgart World Championships in 2003 mean that Victoria has now qualified for the 'Worlds' in Melbourne in May. The final event was a 10km scratch race, here Victoria was sitting perfectly with 600 meters to go on the wheel of the eventual winner, a rider Pendleton can easily outsprint, when one of a number of fallers behind her fell across her back wheel forcing her off the track. With only 600 m left to go there was no way to recover and Victoria finished 18th, though with all her skin in tact. This result is a pity, as a place in the first 4 would have secured another squad place for the 10K at the Worlds. The method of selection
for the Olympics is based on the degree of success in the World Championships,
which is in itself dependent on success in World Cup events (4 in all).
Pendleton and her ex world champion coach, Frederick Magne, in Switzerland
had decided that Victoria should only ride two World Cups, Moscow and
Manchester with the Melbourne Worlds as the next target before Athens.
Her father and member of Mildenhall C.C. Max says "At this point
in time all seems to be going to plan. Training continues in Aigle, Switzerland
at the World Cycle Center Monday afternoon. There is also an in-depth interview with Victoria on British Cycling's website. 15th February 2004 |
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Mildenhall share in the Eastern Cross League honours |
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Eleven year old Matthew Cook collected the Under 12 Award (with 200 points) at Sunday's Eastern Cyclo-Cross Association presentation. Pictured right is Matthew receiving his trophy from Carol Jeckill, wife of former Norwich cyclist and EDP cycling correspondent Ivan Jeckill. The EDP currently sponsor the Eastern Cyclo-Cross League, which is named in Ivan's honour. While in the Ladies category, his Mum, Mandy Cook, was runner up with 94 points. Mark Chapman (131 points) and Claire Larbey (127 pts) took fourth and fifith places in the Youth section. In the Seniors section Keith Richardson finished 27th, although he only rode one qualifying event. In the Veterans category the Club had three riders in the final placings - Ian Poole, 7th (105 pts); Simon Larbey, 10th (91 pts) and Alan Chapman, 12th (78 pts). The presentation took place after an end-of-season fun Madison, held at Foxhall Stadium, Ipswich. For the full Eastern League results click here. |
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Mildenhall CC Open Cyclo-Cross |
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Mildenhall CC's Cyclo-Cross, held at West Stow on Sunday, brought the Eastern Cyclo-Cross League to a close. Click here to see the full set of images from the event. | ||||||
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Club Off-Road Championship - Round TwoZak Towler is the early leader in the Club's Off-Road Championship after making it two wins in two events. Zak (pictured right) won Sunday's Round two event held in the forest on a two-mile course over a mixture of single track and fire routes. Seniors
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