With series leader, Jason Eastwood (Hargroves Cycles) not riding, Steve Dring (Team Echelon-rotor) claimed the honours in round 8 at Moreton. The race came together with just over 2 laps remaining.
The usual lull was followed by a flurry of attacks, none of which succeeded, until Dring went with a mile to go. Gregg Shrosbree (Merida) liked what he saw and jumped across to the escaping Echelo-Rotor rider. The pair held a gap to the line, with the smart money being on the more experienced Dring.
Luke Gray (Hargroves Cycles) won the tight sprint for third place. Once again bright evening sunshine had greeted the fifty plus field, with organiser Pete Washington opting for 55 mins plus 1 lap instead of the usual eleven 3 mile laps.
1, STEVE DRING (TEAM ECHELON-ROTOR)
2, GREGG SHROSBREE (MERIDA)
3, LUKE GRAY (HARGROVES CYCLES)
4, ANDREW BOYD (REVO RACING)
5, JOHN HAYES (RIDEBIKE.UK)
6, ROLAND TILLEY (RIDEBIKE.UK)
7, JORDAN WADE (POOLE WH)
8, MATT MILNER (UNATT)
9, JULIAN THACKER (VC ST RAPHAEL/WAITES CONTRACTS)
10, BRETT EDBROOK (UNATT)
11, ANTHONY BIRKBECK (BJW)
• Dave Dent (wightlink RT) got the better of midlands visitor Jamie Scott (Colbert Racing Team) by 23 secs and set a benchmark time for the new Wareham course. Dent recorded a time of 1.10.17 for the Hilly circuit. Paul Matthews (UTAG-YAMAHA) 1.11.06 was third The Bournemouth Jubilee promotion was a dry run for the final round of the Rudy Project National series organized by the Poole Wheelers in October. Credit must go to race organiser,Les Pick who put in a lot of work to make this race a little different, including a 5 man team award, with the Poole Wheelers picking up the generous £20 each award.
Tery Icke (Poole wh) clocked a seasons best 53.37 in the A3CRG 25 on the Liphook course. Icke, who had ridden the lumpy 32 the previous day, was backed up by Leighton Girling 54.20 & Richard Davidson 54.23 on what turned out to be a float night. Stephen Whitewick (utag-yamaha) won with 49.32
The Mayor of Bournemouth, Councilor Chris Rochester, officially opened the new track with the ringing endorsement of former Olympic and Commonwealth Games rider Geoff Cooke. Thankfully the "suits" were outnumbered by the "skinsuits" and it was a great opening celebration.
CLUB EVENTS
BOURNEMOUTH JUBILEE 10 P311 28/06 26 STARTERS
1,D LLOYD (GARMIN-CERVELO) 21.03
2,J CLEMAS 22.58
3,M SAVAGE 22.59
NEW FOREST CC 15 P165 28/06 24 STARTERS
1,C HUMM 35.48
2,K KING(SOTONIA CCC) 36.05
3,J HEFFERNAN 36.14
CC WEYMOUTH 18 P451 12 STARTERS
1,B RIGLAR 47.25
2,J CHAPMAN 48.21
3,J GLYNN 50.30
(In both the Forest and Weymouth events, a rider punctured after signing on and was DNS)
POOLE WHEELERS 10 29/06 P431 20 STARTERS
1,T ICKE 23.02
2,S BIRTWISTLE 23.04
3,R DAVIDSON 23.20
BOURNEMOUTH ARROW 10 P311 30/06 20 STARTERS
1,D PICKERING (BJW) 22.24
2,B BOARDMAN (NFCC) 23.27
3,A MAYFIELD 24.09
And Finally a French Letter;
Last Friday 24th June I was third at Wachterbeke. 48 km 7 laps.
1st René Colman. (St. Niklaas)
2nd Ted Battersby (From Yorkshire)
3rd Trevor Fenwick (Bournemouth Jubilee)
On Monday 27th June I was second at Gavare 49 km 7 laps.
1st René Colman (St Niklaas)
2nd Trevor Fenwick (Bournemouth Jubilee)
3rd Daniel Nuytink.
Both events were in Belgium and for over 7O years of age, and in the Ghent area.
They have altered the rules this month. Instead of racing against over 72s they have dropped it to over 70s; which means I am giving away eleven years.
The over 68s still start with us, so the racing is no harder, just more difficult for me to get high up in my group’s prize list.
Bringing in the over 70s brings in Tour de France winner Lucian Van Impe, who you may have heard of, plus some other new lads.
His cousin Freddy Van Impe at 68 also rides with us and is going better than Lucian.
In both the events above, they started the 60 to 68 group with us; which makes it hard for me, but somehow the judges are able to sort out the finishing lists with three different races and over 60 riders.
Prizes in my event cover the first 15 and in the others the first 25, but I rarely hear any complaints.
The majority of riders are World class in my events. Tour de France stages, placings in World masters or Belgian championships.
I came off in an event three weeks ago, and although I was not hurt, I wrecked a carbon fibre frame. It has taken a couple of weeks to sort out another bike and myself.
These events are well marshalled. The marshals have Police training and authority to stop traffic. It is rolling road closure. I found out this weekend that all marshals get 16€, a lunch pack, and two bottles of beer.
At least it shows appreciation.
René Coleman who won both events above is the next oldest to me at 75. He retired last year, and the lads decided to let him win his last race.
He turned up this year with a new car, new bike and absolute flying form!
Best wishes,
Trevor Fenwick
