Bill Temme Memorial Races - Dunton

Mon 24th March

Easter Monday saw the VC Revolution riders travel to Dunton to race on the Ford Test Track, the Bill Temme Memorial Races we promoted by local club Glendene, first thing the weather was looking better than the previous days blizzards but that was short lived and the snow soon returned to hamper some of the racing. Fraser Woods had a good ride in the Youth event to finish in sixth place.  

Youth B
1 Michael Norris - Crest CC – Ilford
2 Ed Bird Team - Economic Energy
3 Josh Green - Glendene CC / Bike Trax
4 Dan Young - Lea Valley Youth CC
5 Jordan Cheek - San Fairy Ann CC
6 Frazer Wood - VC Revolution
7 George Wood - Maldon & Dist CC

Picture © Martin Orpen, Lotto Olympia Team Interbike

Andrew Elderfield attacks up the Climb

In the 3 / 4 Category Senior event there were several VCR riders who were all active during the race, Andrew Elderfield, Brett Travers, Tom Starmer and Dick Woods all finished in the peleton after being very active during the race and Richard Norris had a great ride in the second race of his comeback season by taking the bunch sprint and fourth place overall.

Picture © Martin Orpen, Lotto Olympia Team Interbike

Richard Norris wins the sprint

3/4
1 Alex Kirk - Shavedlegs.co.uk
2 Dennis Van Gaveren - Lotto Olympia Team Interbike
3 Andrew MacPherson - Unattached
4 Richard Norris - VC Revolution
5 James Price - Chelmer CC
6 Martin Hunter - Met Police CC
7 Spencer Wilson - Team Economic Energy
8 Adam Dawson - Crest CC – Ilford
9 Rob Windsor - Team Economic Energy
10 Trevor Orme - Lotto Olympia Team Interbike
11 Jason Jeffers - Team Economic Energy
12 Neil Bryan - Glade CC
13 Kevin Barker - PCA Ciclos Uno
14 Peter Grundy - Essex Roads
15 Patrick Hawkins - Shavedlegs.co.uk
16 Dean Russell - Whitewebbs
17 Darren Cainey - Team Economic Energy
18 Craig Northam - Dulwich Paragon
19 Mark Barningham - Glendene CC / Bike Trax
20 Mark Cooper - Glendene CC / Bike Trax
21 Ian Samuel - Crest CC – Ilford
22 Graham Pearl - Southend Wheelers
23 Dave Francis - Gateway Cycles
24 Brett Travers - VC Revolution
25 Stephen Tomes - CC Giro
26 Richard Borwell - Glendene CC / Bike Trax
27 Gavin Williams - Unattached
28 Un-identified - Glendene CC / Bike Trax
29 James Wylie - Lotto Olympia Team Interbike
30 Nick Esser - VC Baracchi

 In the afternoons Elite senior race VCR’s Joe Skipper had a fantastic ride, the race was very active early on with numerous attacks, eventually a group of 7 managed to break away and Joe held on to take second place overall from eventual race winner Adam Norris [Heron Cyclesport]. Joe has put some recent bad luck behind him and is looking forward to this weekends Tour of the Dengie Marshes which fields a line up of some of the best riders in the UK.

E/1/2/3
1 Adam Norris - Heron Cyclesport
2 Joe Skipper - VC Revolution
3 Matthew Carden - Team Quest the Bike Shop
4 Jake Butler - In Gear Dev. Squad
5 Dan Patten - PCA Ciclos Uno
6 Andy Lyons - Heron Cyclesport
7 Werner Otto - Finchley RT
8 James Jackson - Plowman Craven RT
9 Paul Crook - Beyond Mountainbikes
10 Graham Galvin - Team Economic Energy
11 Adam Gent - In Gear Dev. Squad
12 Gerard Tighe - Finsbury Park CC
13 Ed Graefe - Team Economic Energy
14 Will Hedden - Glade CC
15 Stephen Brazier - SIS
16 Steve Charles - Glendene CC / Bike Trax
17 Phil Jones - Citihub
18 Steve Saunders - Maldon & Dist CC
19 Simon Howes - Wheelspincycles