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Ed Taylor Memorial Road Race - Thurlow
Sunday 26th April
Ed Taylor Memorial Road Race Report
Sunday 26 April saw the latest round of the season-long
Eastern Road Race League competition, the Ed Taylor
Memorial Road Race which is a Regional A event for 2nd,
3rd and 4th category riders.
This event was held over 10 laps of a very hilly 5 mile
circuit at Thurlow in Suffolk. VCR members pinning on a
number for this one were powerhouse Dick Woods, seasoned
roadmen Alan Lawrence, Brett Travers and Hugo Hocknell,
Ben Wright and season debutant Andrew Minns.
With challenging hills coming every two-and-a-half
miles, this race often breaks up the field and weeds out
the weaker riders. Andrew was particularly concerned as
his winter campaign hadn’t been the best but by staying
out of trouble and eventually finishing in the bunch, he
was more than pleased.
Alan felt he wasn’t firing on all cylinders so his vast
road racing experience and knowledge of the circuit told
him to sit in the bunch, follow the wheels and conserve
energy where he could. He finished safely in the bunch
and was glad to get some quality training into the legs.
Brett was the action man of the day getting himself into
a break halfway through the race alongside Richard
Whitehorn (Glade CC) and Phil Hargreaves (VC Norwich).
They were soon to be joined by Ben Nicholson (Interbike)
and a member of the Cambridge CC. Soon after, this group
was joined by 5 others including Brett’s team mate Hugo
Hocknell and for a while this looked like being the move
of the race. Sadly this wasn’t to be and the group all
came back together again. The remainder of the race
proved largely uneventful with eventual winner being
Cambridge CC strongman Digby Symons.
A good days racing for all concerned.
Race result
1. Digby Symons
Cambridge CC
2. Basil Moss
Cambridge CC
3. Sean Kilroy
Glade CC
4. Ian Randall
Essex Roads CC
5. Andrew Cullinane Finchley Racing Team
6. Richard Whitehorn Glade CC
7. Ian Franklin
BMC UK Racing Team
8. Ian Samuel
Crest CC
9. Trevor Burke
Finchley Racing Team
10. Gerard Tighe
Finsbury Park CC
11. Trevor Ormes
Lotto Olympia Team Interbike
12. Eric Gowland
Cambridge CC
13. Dieter Rowe
VC Norwich
14. Glenn Vinnicombe Cambridge CC
15. Rob Jackson
Cambridge C |
