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Location: Penair School, Truro
Date: 28 October 2012
Report: Stuart Pickering/Snowdon Sports
Team Certini rider Dexter Hurlock took victory in the Penair Cross, round seven of the South West League, staged at Penair School in Truro, Cornwall, on Sunday.
A field of 40 seniors tackled a course which featured a variety of terrain with long fast straights, slippery off-camber corners and long banked climbs. Overnight rain hadn’t generated much mud, but the ground was slippy with sporadic showers through the day.
Hurlock took victory after a very tight race with Matt Ziets (Pearson Cycles). The pair stormed away from the field during the first two laps and quickly gained a significant advantage over the next three Matts - Matt Richardson (3rd) from Matt Noble who just edged Matt Loake for 4th.
Junior James Davey continued his fine form by finishing 6th overall to take the category win ahead of seventh-placed Tim Carpenter winning the Veterans race. Carla Haines (WAC) took the Women’s race victory.
The youth race was run over 30 minutes on an extended circuit featuring two sections of banks with tricky off-camber sections. The field was bolstered by the entry of the local BMX elite including National Series and British Champion BMX rider Scott Dominguez, swapping his usual cruiser bike to show his national colours on a borrowed CX bike.
Charlie Meredith (Taw Velo) led the race right from the whistle, showing a very fast pace and wonderful skills on the off-camber chicanes which his rivals struggled to match. Harry Birchall (MDCC) tried admirably to match Charlie’s pace with Charles Hough (the Bike Cellar) coming in third overall and Scott Dominguez fourth.
The U12 race had started the day off on a slippery course following a quick rain shower. A massed start of 24 riders included 10 riders from the Cornish One and All cycling academy which is developing a huge reputation for developing young riders in the county. For many in the field this was their first attempt at a new discipline in cycle sport.
True to form under-10 rider Freddy Birchall (Mid Devon CC) dominated from start to finish leading the race around its four laps with an exceptional display with team mate Ross Pratt coming second overall.
Results:
Senior:
1st Dexter Hurlock Certini
2nd Matt Ziets Pearson Cycles
3rd Matt Richardson
4th Matt Noble
5th Matt Loake Southfork Racing
6th Oscar Hutchings Exeter Uni
7th Roy Wyle Smith Elie Velo
8th Phil Coad – Clive Mitchell Cycles
9th Grahan Sheldon – Clive Mitchell Cycles
10th Steven Holmes
11th Alan Drury MDCC
12th Ben Farrer Certini
13th Tom Evans
14th Neil Ayres All Trax
15th Samual Whittlesea MDCC
16th Josh Priest
Vets:
1st Tim Carpenter Elite Velo
2nd Chris Hutchings VC Venton
3rd S Bray Pave Velo
4th Neil Vingoe Elite Velo
5th Mike Mulroy Velocake
6th David Hamilton – Tomassini
7th Scott Robinson
8th Dayne Hitchcott Somerset Rc
9th Richard Fowlds MDCC
10th M. Alexander Callington Cycles
11th James Alsept Clive Mitchell Cycles
12th Michael Richardson
13th G. Barnett Newquay Velo
14th Stuart Gibbons
15th J Dodwell
16th Andy Reynolds
17th Kris Pratt MDCC
18th Ian Warren Velocake
19th Darren Lanyon Cornwall BMX Racing
Junior:
1st James Davey Hot Pursuit
Women:
1st Carla Haines WAC
2nd Amy Gallacher
3rd Helen Dodwell
Youth:
U16:
1st Charlie Meredith Taw Velo (Overall Winner)
2nd Charles Hough The Bike Cellar
3rd Scott Dominguez Lovenotmoney
4th Joanna Kistile Cornwall BMX
5th Sam Gibbons
6th Morwenna Hastings 1st Chard
U14:
1st Harry Birchall MDCC (2nd Overall)
2nd Michael Hughs Hardy Bikes
3rd Harry Meredith Taw Velo
4th Matthew O'Brien DBS/CBMX
U12:
1st Ross Pratt MDCC
2nd Toby Peters One & All / Dales
3rd Evan Richards 1st Chard
4th Ben Norton One & All
5th Sam Norton One & All
6th Tristan Davies
7th Ethan Jones Somerset Rc
8th Sam Plowright One & All
9th Ruby Faun
10th Jasper Coate
U10:
1st Freddy Birchall MDCC (overall winner)
2nd Sam Medlyn One & All
3rd Jonny Pickering One & All
4th Aaron Martyn One & All
5th George Bond 1st Chard Wh
6th Alex Robinson
7th Skyla Coate
8th Tegan Davies
U8:
1st Alex Barton
2nd Sol Drury MDCC
3rd Abby Martyn One & All
4th Felix Faun
5th Imogen Jones Somerset RC
6th Eli Pickering One & All
Please credit www.britishcycling.org.uk and link back if you use any of our race results.
British Cycling would like to thank the organising team, officials and everyone else who helped promote this event. Our sport could not exist without the hundreds of people, many of them unpaid volunteers, who put in many hours of hard work running events, activities and clubs.
