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Hadley Park CX
Todays CX was down at the olympic MTB venue and although we didnt have to descend the rock cliffs it was still very much an MTB race with lots of riders opting for mountain bikes. Some fast descents and lots of steep climbs. I was very glad of a 30 on the back! It got a bit slippy after the rain but the gravelly climbs were surprisingly grippy. Enjoyed it more than i thought i was going to.
Great ride from Travis as i think he punctured on his MTB and changed to CX then had an off somewhere. Emma going great on the MTB too. Also Dan rapidly moving up the ranks and Steve Hill having a great ride in his first season. Pete looking like he was enjoying himself with his MTB pedigree.
Didnt see too much of the youngsters racing but hope everyone got something out of it. Mark W unlucky with a ripped off rear mech...ouch.
result
u10
3 Gethin Hill
11 Dafydd Hill
15 Elijah Storti
18 Logan Ayres
19 Louis Oppen
u12
8 Iestyn Hill
9 Ethan Storti
16 Jo Hadsley
17 Alistair Oppen
youth
2 Adam Lightfoot
9 Felix Field
13 Sam Daniels
24 Nathan Hardy
26 Archie Foulkes
34 Thomas Ayres
vets50+/women
20 Pete Daniels
32 Jackie Field (2 vet women)
33 Stuart Field
43 Andrew Robertson
59 Emma Pell
DNF Mark Wyer
vets 40-49
26 Tim Duckett
28 Iain Foulkes
30 Stephen Hill
31 Dave Hadsley
36 Dan Hall
41 Richard Lawrence
seniors/ juniors
8 Travis Pell
17 Noah Field
Great ride from Travis as i think he punctured on his MTB and changed to CX then had an off somewhere. Emma going great on the MTB too. Also Dan rapidly moving up the ranks and Steve Hill having a great ride in his first season. Pete looking like he was enjoying himself with his MTB pedigree.
Didnt see too much of the youngsters racing but hope everyone got something out of it. Mark W unlucky with a ripped off rear mech...ouch.
result
u10
3 Gethin Hill
11 Dafydd Hill
15 Elijah Storti
18 Logan Ayres
19 Louis Oppen
u12
8 Iestyn Hill
9 Ethan Storti
16 Jo Hadsley
17 Alistair Oppen
youth
2 Adam Lightfoot
9 Felix Field
13 Sam Daniels
24 Nathan Hardy
26 Archie Foulkes
34 Thomas Ayres
vets50+/women
20 Pete Daniels
32 Jackie Field (2 vet women)
33 Stuart Field
43 Andrew Robertson
59 Emma Pell
DNF Mark Wyer
vets 40-49
26 Tim Duckett
28 Iain Foulkes
30 Stephen Hill
31 Dave Hadsley
36 Dan Hall
41 Richard Lawrence
seniors/ juniors
8 Travis Pell
17 Noah Field
Comments
Brilliant that all our riders coped. My problem was a poorly setup bike rather than an issue on the course. I'm happy to run a training session down there sometime, it's just fitting it in!
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That said, I really think the younger riders should have a less strenuous route as there is a danger that this could have put the young ones off.
There was a lot of debate on facebook as to whether a mtb would have been faster on that course but personally I found the cross bike to be faster as any time gained on the descents by the mtb was lost rapidly on the flat sections and climbs.