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Inter-area Cyclocross 2008 |
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Written by Graeme Anderson
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Tuesday, 04 November 2008 |
A strong contingent of youth riders from the Eastern Area Cyclocross League rode the Inter-area Cyclocross on Sunday 2nd November. This was a national team competition with teams coming from areas as far away as the North East, Wales and the South West.
The 12 riders in the Eastern Area team were split into three teams, A, B & C. The A team captains started at the front of the grid with the rest of the team lined up behind. The B & C teams lined up in the same way behind the A's. So even with Tom Gallacher in the A team he was still buried three riders deep in the field of 79.
A good start was essential with such a big field but with 79 riders all trying to get to the front before the course narrowed, this was going to be difficult. Tom didn't have a great start and neither did Alex Anderson, captain of the B team, who was balked by riders intent on running down one of the marking stakes. Meanwhile Dan Snow (captain of the C team) was moving up the field like a man possessed and at one time he was racing with Alex and Josh Green (of the A team). The course didn't take long to become a mud-bath with the inevitable consequences. After a particularly muddy section Alex managed to move ahead but this inspired Dan to kick and leave his A team teammate.
With Hugo Robinson (A team captain) up with the leaders and Sam Connelly (A team) chasing, Tom plugged away as third A team member on the course. A slight altercation with another rider nearly resulted in Tom spoiling his clean sheet of staying upright but luckily (for Tom anyway!) the other rider came off worst. Of the Welwyn riders (I think) only Alex came down which if you saw the course (or the photos) is quite amazing.
At the finish Hugo managed a fine 8th place, with Sam Connelly 24th, Tom 26th, Alex 30th (and 5th B rider) and Dan a brilliant 37th (and 1st C rider home). The Eastern Area managed a creditable 6th (from 20 teams) in the competition.
Photos from the event are on the gallery and you can find the full writeup on the BC website
Youth Team Result
1 London A 11
2 West Midlands 20
3 Yorkshire A 35
4 East Midlands A 52
5 North West A 56
6 Eastern A 58
7 London B 62
8 Wessex 82
9 North East 87
10 East Midlands B 91
11 Central A 97
12 Yorkshire B 101
13 Wales A 110
14 Eastern B 137
15 Eastern C 153
16 Wales B 171
17 East Midlands C 183
18 Central B 202
19 North West B Dnq
20 South West Dnq
Youth Individual Results
1 Luke Grivell-Mellor West Midlands A
2 Max Sykes London A
3 Alistair Slater East Midlands A
4 Taylor Johnstone London A
5 Hugo Humphreys London A
6 Joshua Papworth West Midlands A
7 Scott Woodhead Yorkshire A
8 Hugo Robinson Eastern A
9 Patrick Scarboro London B
10 Joe Holme North East A
11 Jack Bowyer North West A
12 Joe Moses Yorkshire A
13 Joe Page West Midlands A
14 Jack Humphreys North West A
15 William Worrall Wales A
16 Edward McParland Yorkshire A
17 Ross Landon North East A
18 Luke Panton East Midlands B
19 Dan Murphy Central A
20 Harry Franklin London B
21 Nick Barnes Yorkshire A
22 John Lomas East Midlands A
23 Herschel Stevens Yorkshire B
24 Sam Connelly Eastern A
25 Rob Yeatman Wessex A
26 Tom Gallacher Eastern A
27 Tom Young East Midlands A
28 Harvey Lowe Wessex A
29 Charlie White Wessex A
30 Alex Anderson Eastern B
31 Dan Whelan North West A
32 Tom Armstrong North West A
33 Jack Finch London B
34 Kieron Tennyson East Midlands B
35 Hannah Barnes Central A
36 Jake Womersley Yorkshire B
37 Daniel Snow Eastern C
38 Josh Parkin London B
39 Nicholas Greaves East Midlands B
40 Joe Kirkham East Midlands B
41 Lucy Garner East Midlands A
42 Billy Harding Yorkshire B
43 Ben Bailey Central A
44 Mark Percival South West A
45 Luke Cornish Wales A
46 Alec Briggs London A
47 Jacob James West Midlands A
48 Josh Green Eastern A
49 James Shaw East Midlands C
50 Sam Anstice Wales A
51 Sam Bores Eastern B
52 Alan Trolove Eastern C
53 Amy Roberts Wales B
54 Bryn Davies North West B
55 Gareth Sheppard Wales A
56 Lewis Parker Eastern B
57 Owen James Wales B
58 Christian Braybrooke North West B
59 George Wood Eastern B
60 Robbie Nelson North East A
61 Jack Llewellyn Wales B
62 Joe Anstice Wales B
63 Alice Barnes Central B
64 Sean Dunlea Eastern C
65 Sam Hann South West A
66 Alex Curtis East Midlands C
67 Alwyn Newstead Eastern C
68 Rosie Blount East Midlands C
69 Daniel Kent Central B
70 Hannah Kent Central B
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