LONDON X LEAGUE

[Sylv]

Lots of ACC friends at Alexandra Palace yesterday, if you weren't there you missed out on an awesome event - better than Belgium apparently. I got 2nd place (non Elite race)- and a Rouleur Cowbell!

Photos Cheryl King & British Cycling & bobalicious

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[Sylv]

Oh and Muddy Hell wasn't half bad either

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[carl f]

Nice pix!,did you have a fall?
Oh and by the way if you don't already know you are leading the London/SE X league -way to go!

[John G]

Good work geeza! Great pics

[Sylv]

Did have a couple tumbles on Sat Carl, but these are fake scars : )

See you at Hillingdon ???????????????????????????????????????????????????

[carl f]

Yes i'll be at hillingdon this sun still on the mtb though!
See you there

[carl f]

Very well done to Sylv at Hillingdon today who finished a very impressive 4th after being amongst a lead group of 4,crashed but still managed to hold on to take 4th spot
Huge field of about 180 starters saw a manic bunch sprint at the start along the back straight on the tarmac, lots of pushing and elbowing for the 1st lap but it soon got strung out
My legs were already shredded after a hilly 10k xc race yesterday in Tonbridge and by the end of this race on my mtb i was cooked. Reckon i must have got at least top 100
Really enjoyed it good friendly event as usual apart from one or two muppets inc a LD rider who was very rude to riders he was overtaking and lapping-totally uncalled for!
Surprisingly tough course didn't realise Hillingdon had so much off rd

[Sylv]

Hey Carl
I only did a 5km run race yesterday
Yes it was extra busy today with the combined Central League
It's funny but me and a few others had the opposite problem, with lapped riders seemingly fighting for position and not yielding way. Goes both ways I guess.
Tried hopping over the sleepers .. fine on lap 1, lap 2 was travelling bit too fast .. big otb and buggered my STI and wheels, and lost touch with the top 4 group. Caught Gary for 4th, but the Corley guys (Central League, incl. Michael Smith past Bec Hill climb winner) plus Matt Webber were gone and I couldn't get back on them (3 vs 1 on such a crazy windy day I soon lost hope).
If that course didn't convince you on getting a cross bike though! You can also get your son a new bike at the same time, reckon he will bug you for it after weighing mine

[carl f]

Was that a park run 5k race Sylv? nowt like a hilly xc race
Yes i'm sure it must be a problem if your at the sharp end and looking for the win even i was lapping the back markers and finding it hard to past at certain points of the course and fighting for space but i saw an incident where a guy came of his bike trying to dismount up one of the short sharp hills and a certain Dynamo rider shout his head off at him to get out of his way- well out of order
hmm my son has been hinting for ages about getting a cx bike for him its never ending!. I was on course to buying the new Focus Mares AX 2.0 from wheelbase but they have messed me around with my order and deposit so i'm back to square one now!,if i want one now i'll have to go for the canti brakes unless i blow the budget.......

[carl f]

Stanmer park results-nice one Sylv good to see your still flying!

Seniors
1 33 Matthew Webber London Phoenix S (1) 8
2 18 Sylvain Garde Addiscombe Cc S (2) 8
3 20 Ciaran O'grady Team Toachim S (3) 8
4 17 Phil Lenney Activ Cycles S (4) 8
5 2 Taylor Johnstone Team Dever S (5) 8
6 21 Stuart Spies London Dynamo S (6) 8
7 104 Jack Finch Vc Deal J (1) 8
8 27 Phillip Glowinski Vc Londres S (8) 8
9 22 Chris Dick London Phoenix S (9) 8
10 103 Chris Mcgovern Sutton Cycling Club J (2) 8
11 8 Simon Bird Dulwich Paragon Cc S (11) 8
12 32 Stuart Nisbett Crawley Wheelers S (12) 8
13 3 Mark Smith Crawley Wheelers S (13) 8
14 38 Dan Braid Sigma Sport S (14) 8
15 41 David Rees Dulwich Paragon Cc S (15) 8
16 15 Glen Whittington Unattached S (16) 8
17 188 Russell Jones London Phoenix V (1) 8
18 9 James Wilson La Fuga Sigmasport S (18) 8
19 39 Ben Lewis Fpcc S (19) 8
20 176 Martin O'grady Team Toachim V+ (2) 8
21 170 Simon Scarsbrook Mosquito Bikes V (3) 8
22 23 Hensen Weiss London Phoenix S (22) 8
23 205 Phil Murrell Finsbury Park Cc V (4) 8
24 11 Gabor Doroghazi Sigma Sport S (24) 8
25 197 Andrew Powers Unattached V (5) 8
26 199 Andy Seltzer In-Gear Quickvit Trainsharp Rt V (6) 8
27 198 George Higgs Crawley Wheelers V (7) 7
28 178 Len Delicaet London Phoenix V (8) 7
29 184 Jo Burt Kona V (9) 7
30 37 Cameron Fraser La Fuga Sigma Sport S (30) 7
31 40 Chris Wilkinson Dulwich Paragon Cc S (31) 7
32 185 Mark Simmonds Kingsnorth Int V (10) 7
33 186 Glenn Hord Team Darenth V (11) 7
34 35 Jared Spier La Fuga Sigmasport S (34) 7
35 110 Sam Judd Herne Hill Youth Cc J (3) 7
36 30 Rob Pelham Lewes Wanderers Cc S (36) 7
37 171 Phil Jones Dulwich Paragon Cc V (12) 7
38 164 Graham Berridge Pearson Cycles V+ (13) 7
39 6 George Thomas Crawley Wheelers S (39) 7
40 200 Shaun Williams San Fairy Ann Cc V (14) 7
41 24 James Drain Gemini Bc S (41) 7
42 204 Graham Freer Mosquito Bikes V (15) 7
43 168 Phillip Burnett Mosquito Bikes V (16) 7
44 162 Mark Jary Vc Londres V (17) 7
45 157 John Pollock Private Member V (18) 7
46 202 Stephen Blackmore Seeds Cc V (19) 7
47 135 Leona Kadir Sigma Sport W (1) 7
48 155 Gareth Williams Unattached V (20) 7
49 109 Luke Kennard Vc Jubilee J (4) 7
50 4 Richard Mitchelson Bayeux Ct S (50) 7
51 175 Barry Harvey Blazing Saddles V (21) 7
52 45 Andrew Nippard Pearson Cycles S (52) 7
53 158 Colin Koburn Thanet Rc V (22) 7
54 16 Jonathan Young The Alright Bicycle Company S (54) 7
55 160 Dave Blackman Sutton Cycling Club V (23) 7
56 44 Mark Winton Lewes Wanderers Cc S (56) 7
57 136 Astrid Wingler London Phoenix W (2) 7
58 46 Rory Wilkinson Dulwich Paragon Cc S (58) 7
59 19 Steve Brown Unattached S (59) 7
60 182 Simon Bennet Vc Deal V (24) 7
61 165 Andy Murray Norwood Paragon Cc V+ (25) 7
62 100 Jack Priddle Vc Jubilee J (5) 7
63 208 Pete Lawrence Southborough Whelers V (26) 7
64 163 Tony Bartlett Team Corridori V+ (27) 7
65 34 Marty Mccrossan Biobike Rt S (65) 7
66 206 Roger Fzury Team Darenth V (28) 7
67 209 Carl Wichman Kiwi Cycles V (29) 7
68 167 Paul Gibbs Unattached V (30) 7
69 211 Rupert Robinson Crawley Wheelers V (31) 7
70 174 Andy Parle Preston Park Youth Cc V (32) 7
71 12 Anthony Iafrate Unattached V (33) 7
72 173 Samuel Ramsey Lewes Wanderers Cc V (34) 7
73 25 Kevin James Crawley Wheelers S (73) 6
74 210 Brian Ashwood Sutton Cycling Club V (35) 6
75 159 Matt Scott Unattached V (36) 6
76 31 Nigel Foskett Brighton Mitre S (76) 6
77 107 Connor Murphy Vc Jubilee J (6) 6
78 14 Duncan Haste Brighton Excelsior S (78) 6
79 203 Paul Heffon Unattached V (37) 6
80 191 John Kelly Rye Wheelers V+ (38) 6
81 190 Lee Rae-Byford Unattached V (39) 6
82 172 Ken Knight Unattached V+ (40) 6
83 131 Hester Maddock Unattached W (3) 6
84 183 Paul Neville Sutton Cycling Club V (41) 6
85 192 Richard Nobbs Unattached V+ (42) 6
86 43 N Fitzgerald Unattached S (86) 6
87 42 Andrew ? Unattached S (87) 6
88 161 Julian Mcgovern Sutton Cycling Club V (43) 6
89 212 Simon Tottle Festival V (44) 6
90 207 Stephen Burgess Lewes Wanderers Cc V+ (45) 5
91 5 Steve Hambling Activ Cycles S (91) 7
92 169 Tim Phillips Arctic Premier Rt V (46) 6
93 201 Greg Blackwell Seeds Cc V (47) 5
94 10 Gary Record Vc Deal S (94) 4
94 133 Charlotte Lane Activ Cycles W (4) 4
96 26 David Smith South Eastern Road Club S (96) 3
96 189 Michael Lowry Hrc V (48) 3
98 29 Jules Birks Vc Londres S (98) 1
99 196 Matthew Levett Cycling Weekly Rt V (49) 0

[Sylv]

I def signed on as Sigma so someone's database must be old - so Carl the ACC cross prize for the Dec 18th race at your local (HH) is yours for the taking .. think you can decide on which bike to buy by then?

Legs were a bit heavy after too many 3h+ rides and I ended up close to a minute down on Matt, so think I'll focus more on some cross-specific training - max 1h hard.

[carl f]

Good effort still though!
May not be able to make the HH cross yet,got a family do i'm trying to wriggle out of so i can race that day
My assult on the cx season is frizzling out to a meagre 2 races to date but will make Penshurst in a couple of weeks.....
Have made my mind up on bike to buy just can't get hold of it yet