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From the Northants Evening Telegraph, Thursday, January 26th 2012
Junior duo of George Fox (45RC) and Joel Lewis (Kettering) produced attacking performances in blustery conditions for round 9 of the Imperial Winter Road Race Series at the Hillingdon race track - only to finish outside the leading positions.
Fox settled for 6th place behind winner Stuart Williams (Reading) in the 40km, 4th category race after launching a late solo bid for victory. Lewis attacked off the front in the early stages but eventually finished down in the main body of the field in 38th place. Three positions ahead of him was club-mate Josh Monger who showed great determination to stay on the pace in his road racing debut. Fox's performance earned him enough British Cycling ranking points to move up to a 3rd Cat level.
Tom Kruger (45RC) contested the Elite event at the West London circuit, finishing 14th overall after an early break of 8 riders stayed clear to contest the finish where series leader Jamie Pine (London Dynamo) emerged the winner.
Well done to George and Tom.
2012 Membership Subs NOW DUE!
It is that time of the year again I'm afraid......
Your 2012 membership subs are now due, please contact the membership secretary John Crisp, to process your payment and membership.
If you are logged in the payment form can be printed from here.
2012 Summer Club Kit Online Order Form - UPDATE
The orders will be collated over the weekend and this will be sent to the supplier on Monday 30th January. There is about 5 week delivery so kit will be available during the first couple of weeks in March.The order delivery will come to David in Bozeat, collections can be made from here. If there are non-urgent batch deliveries they can be arranged to suit convenience and a bit of help from other members.
News from Hillingdon races...
From the Northants Evening Telegraph, Thursday, January 19th 2012LIAM STONES opened his 2012 road race campaign with a close-up third place at the eighth round of the Imperial Winter Series in West London.
Riding in his new colours of Team Corley Cycles, the 23-year-old Ecton rider was in an eight-strong break which formed in the early stages of the hour-long elite race on the Hillingdon circuit and stayed away to the finish where Jamie Pine (London Dynamo) took the sprint ahead of Tom Smith (Felt Colbornes RT) and Stones.
“We all worked together nicely to stay away – I just wasn’t in the best position for the sprint although it was very close as we crossed the line,” said Stones, who began racing less than a year ago. “I really went down just to judge how I am going, if the training is paying off and to compare it to this time last year. “Overall, I was very pleased with third place as it showed my improvement from the bottom ranks to the top in just the year.
“I hope that I can continue to get stronger and have the same improvement by the start of next season. “But in between that, I’m sure there will be lots of highs and lows and a huge amount of suffering to look forward to!”
Tom Kruger finished in the main body of the field in 18th place, while 45 Road Club team-mate George Fox took a fine third place in the race for fourth categories – won by Matthew Bone (I-Team) – which ended in a bunch sprint after Fox and Kettering’s Joel Lewis had made the early running.
Northants Cycle Racing Association 2012
Northants Cycle Racing Association 2012
At the 2011 annual general meeting it was decided that membership for 2012 would only be open to clubs offering to organise events. The following clubs indicated at the AGM that they were willing to organize events :-
Rockingham Forest Wheelers
St Ives CC
45 RC
Renault-Rotor-Colbert RT
Kettering CC
Fenland Clarion CC
Numplumz Mountain Bikers
Loughborough Students CC
Peterborough CC
Welland Valley CC
Entry to races is therefore only open to members of those ten clubs.
1st, 2nd , 3rd and 4th category riders (which includes women and juniors) are eligible to ride.
Race entry procedure:
Each member club has an ‘NCRA club captain’
These are:
Rockingham Forest Wheelers – Vic Davis
St Ives CC - Tom Caldwell
St Ives CC - Tom Caldwell
45 RC - Alastair Shed
Renault Rotor Colbert RT - Dave Palmer
Kettering CC - John Hardwick
Fenland Clarion CC - Steve Clarke
Numplumz Mountain Bikers - Bob Mitchell
Loughborough Students CC - Alex Burrage
Peterborough CC - Ian Wild
Welland Valley CC - Ray Taylor
Each club has 4 automatic places for each of the three series for each race it promotes, so Fenland Clarion CC, Kettering CC, Peterborough CC, Rockingham Forest Wheelers and Welland Valley CC all have 8 places for each series, while Loughborough Students CC, Numplumz Mountain Bikers, Renault Rotor Colbert RT, St Ives CC and 45RC all have 4 places for each series.
