Local success was the order of the day as Saturday 23rd April saw the inaugural Woodbridge Criteriums run off under clear blue skies and in baking heat. The days racing was organised by Velo Club Revolution and staged with the support of Ipswich, Plomesgate and Stowmarket Cycling Clubs. The riders were faced with a flowing course laid out across the runways of the former US Airforce base at Woodbridge Airfield with the venue hosting cycle racing for the first time.

Stowmarket & District Cycle Club rider Thomas Shuster took a fine solo win in the Regional B event, enjoying a winning margin of several hundred metres, with his team mates in the peloton working hard to disrupt efforts to chase him down. In the Under-16s event Colchester rider Ross King of Velo Schils Interbike RT took victory after a sprint finish. In the other events the winners were:

National B: Ian Knight (Team Corley Cycles/Cervelo/Alpha R.C)
Go-Race: Adam Tapley (Cambridge Triathlon Club)
Under 14s: Joseph Fry (Welwyn Wheelers)
Under 12s: Michael Parry (Welwyn Wheelers)
Under 10s: Seth Houlgate (unattached)
Under 8s: Edgar Mitchell (Cycling Club Hackney)

Riders had come from across East Anglia to attend the races which offered youth riders the first opportunity to score points in the Eastern Region Youth Race Series. The events were kindly sponsored by D&D Buckle of Stowmarket and Thomass Cycle Revolution which has stores in Ipswich and Colchester.

Photos of the event are available in our photo gallery.

Full results are available on the British Cycling website here.

Ross King (Velo Schils Interbike RT) outsprints Luke Hattersley (St Ives CC) to take the win in the Under 16s race. (Photo by Alan Lawrence).