VCM 4th Squadra off to a flying start

Ian Franklin reports from Dunsfold:

"Ten Meudon riders on the start line of the 50 strong field.
Dean Corney
Ian Franklin
Gary Hampton
William Lane
Simon Laws
Kevin O'Neill
Paul Nelson
Dan Smith
Colin Stevens
Pip Taylor
Several little attacks occurred but they all came to nought because of the nagging wind. With a mile or so remaining Dan Smith made a break for it but was reeled in on the long finish straight. In the hectic sprint Kevin O'Neill proved the strongest taking first place. Paul Nelson came in fourth and Simon Laws in seventh. The rest of us all finished in the bunch.

Congratulations to Kevin who got his points to go 3rd cat.

There are another eleven events to go so if you are a 4th cat give the events a try."

Current Overall - Eelmore Cycle Kingdom Circuit Series

Here are the current overall standings for the Eelmore Cycle Kingdom Circuit Series - This is after 7 races of a total of 14 - Your best 9 results will count at the end of the series.


E12 RACES
1 - Justin Hoy - Felt-Colbornes Racing Team - E - 76
2 - Anders Christensen - Cycle Kingdom Race Team - 1 - 71
3 - Paul Pickup - Cycle Kingdom Race Team - 1 - 69
4 - John Wager - Felt-Colbornes Racing Team - E - 64
5 - Pete Wager - Felt-Colbornes Racing Team - 1 - 55
6 - David Creeggan - VC Meudon - 1 - 51
7 - Lee Smith - Felt-Colbornes Racing Team - E - 51
8 - Richard Mardle - Felt-Colbornes Racing Team - 1 - 46
9 - Tim Elverson - Felt-Colbornes Racing Team - E - 44
10 - Robert McCarthy - Cycle Kingdom Race Team - 2 - 43
11 - Allan Ridler - Cycle Kingdom Race Team - 1 - 40
12 - Lewis Atkins - Twenty 3C Orbea - E - 34
13 - Daniel Duguid - Sigma Sport Specialized - 1 - 29
14 - Stephen Bradbury - AWCycles - 2 - 20
15 - Neil Cooper - A W Cycle.co.uk - 1 - 20
16 - Jamie Newall - Team Corley Cycles - 2 - 20
17 - Tom Smith - Felt-Colbornes Racing Team - E - 16
18 - Henry Furniss - Wyndymilla - E - 13
19 - Darren Moore - Pendragon LeCol Colnago - 1 - 12
20 - Robert King - AW Cycles co.uk - 1 - 12
21 - Jake Martin - Pendragon LeCol Colnago - 1 - 9
22 - Joe Harris - Reading CC - 2 - 7
23 - James Bracey - VC Meudon - 2 - 6
24 - Ross Muir - - 3 - 5
25 - Alex Peterson - AW Cycles co.uk - 1 - 4
26 - Chris Snook - Banjo Cycles.Com - 2 - 4
27 - Adrian Goatley - Felt-Colbornes Racing Team - 2V - 4
28 - John Lewis - Charlotteville CC - 2V - 3
29 - Darren Parker - - 2 - 2
30 - Martin Smith - Primal Europe - EV - 2
31 - Matt Gittings - AW Cycles co.uk - 2 - 2
32 - Wouter Sybrandy - Sigma Sport - E - 2
33 - Dave Larcombe - Cycle Kingdom Race Team - 2V - 2
34 - Jamie Caldwell - St Ives - 2 - 1
35 - Alex Pantcheles - Twichenham C C - 2J - 1


34 RACES
1 - Richard Unwin - VC Meudon - 3 - 42
2 - Rory Townsend - Prestige Velo - YA - 28
3 - Nick Allen - VC Meudon - 3 - 28
4 - Joseph Laborero - Cycle Works.co.uk - 3 - 27
5 - Gavin Morton - Charlotteville CC - 3 - 20
6 - Dan Maslin - Prestige Velo - YA - 19
7 - Ross Muir - LA Fuga-Sigma - 3 - 18
8 - Mike Laborero - Cycle Works.co.uk - 3 - 18
9 - Kevin O'Neill - V C Meudon - 4 - 11
10 - Bruce Karsten - Prestige Velo - 3 - 10
11 - Jared Spier - LA Fuga-Sigma - 3 - 10
12 - Phill Bowley - Owens Cycles - 3 - 10
13 - Jon Harris - CCB - 3 - 10
14 - Declan Higgins - Twickenham C C - 3J - 9
15 - David Barnaurice - Felt Colbornes - 3 - 9
16 - Andrew McCombe - CCB - 3 - 9
17 - Ross King - Velo Schils - YA - 9
18 - Karl Norfolk - Pedalon.co.uk - 3 - 8
19 - Nils Gustafsson - Inverse RT/Cyclaim - 3 - 8
20 - Michael Laborero - CycleWorks.co.uk - 4 - 8
21 - Ben Marks - CycleWorks.co.uk - 3 - 8
22 - Chris Boote - Zappis CC - 4 - 7
23 - Joe Crolla - Palmer Park Velo - YA - 6
24 - Leigh-Roy Macfarlane - Cycleworks.co.uk - 4 - 5
25 - Tristan Matoli - Charlotteville CC - 3 - 5
26 - Nick Kiree - CycleWorks.co.uk - 4 - 4
27 - Scott Oatridge - CC Basingstoke - 3 - 4
28 - Ian Black - Norwood Paragon - 3 - 4
29 - David Farmer - CycleWorks.co.uk - 3 - 4
30 - Steve Smith - Python - 3 - 3
31 - Henry Peacock - Team Zappis - 3 - 3
32 - Matt Wakeford - Wyndymilla - 3 - 3
33 - Andy Keynes - VC Meudon - 4 - 3
34 - John Rawnslel - Cardiff Jif - 3 - 3
35 - Rob Hunter - East Street Cycles - 4 - 3
36 - Mark Lawn - Inverse RT/Cyclaim - 3 - 2
37 - Louis Mashani - Prestige Velo - YA - 2
38 - Stuart Morton - Hargroves Cycles - 3 - 1
39 - Rich Pyne - Army Cycling Union - 4 - 1
40 - Craig Oneil - VC Meudon - 4 - 1
41 - Mark Taylor - VC Meudon - 4 - 1
42 - Natalie Ceswick - Abus Nutrixxion - 1W - 1

YOUTH RACES
POSTION - NAME - CLUB - CAT - TOTAL
1 - Jake Epps - VC Meudon - E Boys - 15
2 - William Colegate - Palmer Park Velo - E Boys - 7
3 - Ben Coppola - VC Meudon - E Boys - 4


1 - Joe McGuinness - H S S - D Boys - 21
2 - Jay Allen - Palmer Park Velo - D Boys - 14
3 - Zac Elverson - Felt Racing - D Boys - 3

1 - Danny Griffith - Palmer Park Velo - C boys - 7
2 - Damon King - Palmer Park Velo - C boys - 6
3 - Charles Page - H S S - C boys - 3

1 - Lucy Coleman - Palmer Park Velo - C Girls - 9

1 - Cormac Scully-King - VC Meudon - B Boys - 17
2 - Sam Oliver - Palmer Park Velo - B Boys - 14

1 - Katie Metalli - BCDS - A Girls - 6

1 - Joe Crolla - Palmer Park Velo - A boys - 9
2 - Josh Ansell - Palmer Park Velo - A boys - 6
3 - Ross king - Velo Schils Interbike - A boys - 5
3 - Jamie Fry - CCB - A boys - 5
3 - Jake Norman - Wyndymilla - A boys - 5
3 - Louis Mashani - Prestige VC - A boys - 5
7 - Richard Allen - Wyndymilla - A boys - 3
8 - Jason Brown - Palmer Park Velo - A boys - 2
9 - Will Davidson - VC Meudon - A boys - 1
9 - Matt Davies - Palmer Park Velo - A boys - 1

Andy Grant injured.

Bob Moore has contacted us with news of Andy Grant:

"Andy G just phoned me to say he will not be training at Reading Track tonight, he is feeling unwell following a freak accident at work earlier today.

While bending down to fix a vending machine this morning, a coin dispensing mechanism
fell from within the machine and struck him on the top of his head and cut his face

I'll keep you posted but sadly there has been no change since........!!!"

Get well soon Andy.

Eelmore 3/4 finish video - Richard upgrades

New to racing this year Richard Unwin's had a good start to the season moving up from 4th to 3rd cat and now after some consistent finishing at Eelmore, to 2nd cat:

"The race went pretty steadily, no real breaks so down to a group sprint. I managed to finish 4th (again) with a Meudon behind me in 8th and another in 10th if i read the video right.

So that's me done with the 3rd cats, will have to up my game now if I want any more points out of Eelmore since I think the E12 race is a whole different ball game!"

Race 7 - Eelmore Cycle Kingdom Circuit Series

Results from Race 7 of the Cycle Kingdom Eelmore Circuit Series
held 25th May 2011

E12 RACE
1 - Anders Christensen - Cycle Kingdom Race Team - 1
2 - Lee Smith - Felt-Colbornes Racing Team - E
3 - David Creeggan - VC Meudon - 1
4 - Tim Elverson - Felt-Colbornes Racing Team - E
5 - Pete Wager - Felt-Colbornes Racing Team - 1
6 - Robert McCarthy - Cycle Kingdom Race Team - 2
7 - Jake Martin - Pendragon Le Col Colnago - 1
8 - John Wager - Felt-Colbornes Racing Team - E
9 - Henry Furniss - Wyndymilla - E
10 - Justin Hoy - Felt-Colbornes Racing Team - E
11 - Tom Smith - Felt-Colbornes Racing Team - E
12 - Chris Snook - Banjo Cycles.Com - 2
13 - Neil Cooper - A W Cycles.co.uk - 1
14 - Jamie Newall - Team Corley Cycles - 2
15 - Paul Pickup - Cycle Kingdom Race Team - 1


34 RACE
1 - Joseph Laborero - CycleWorks.co.uk - 3
2 - Rory Townsend - Prestige Velo - YA
3 - Ben Marks - CycleWorks.co.uk - 3
4 - Richard Unwin - VC Meudon - 3
5 - Joe Crolla - Palmer Park Velo - YA
6 - Gavin Morton - Charlotteville CC - 3
7 - Andrew McCombe - CCB - 3
8 - Andy Keynes - VC Meudon - 4
9 - Chris Boote - Zappis CC - 4
10 - Craig O'Neil - VC Meudon - 4

YOUTH RACES
1 - Jake Epps - VC Meudon - E Boys

2 - William Colegate - Palmer Park Velo - E Boys
3 - Ben Coppola - VC Meudon - E Boys

1 - Joe McGuinness - H S S - D Boys
2 - Jay Allen - Palmer Park Velo - D Boys
3 - Zac Elverson - Felt Racing - D Boys

1 - Lucy Colegate - Palmer Park Velo - C Girls

1 - Cormac Scully-King - VC Meudon - B Boys

1 - Richard Allen - Wyndymilla A Boys
2 - Jason Brown - Palmer Park Velo - A Boys
3 - Matt Davies - Palmer Park Velo - A Boys

Gabriel - AeroPhoto

Here's a shot I took the other week of Gabriel working on his TT aero position - it obviously paid off - Congratulations! But did he shave his legs for the Championships? - could have made all the difference! (click picture for a larger image)