SouthernXC 2015 Round 5 Report

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BY: SMBC Crew

Published: 29th June, 2015


Chris Peacock and his helpers from Spokes & Spanners laid on a challenging course that rewarded risk taking but with much less climbing than last year.

The Elite/Expert/Junior/Sport was halted to allow for the evacuation of a badly injured Paul Lloyd. Timelaps and the Commissaires did a great job of making sure the race restart was well managed while the medics and other racers carried Paul out of the gully to the ambulance. Our best wishes to Paul for a speedy recovery. And, yes, we do have a photo of the injury but its too gruesome for this site!

The Elite race was, unsurprisingly won by Phil Pearce who was the only rider to post sub 16 minute lap times. More entertaining was the battle for the remaining podium places as Scott Chappell, George Budd, Liam Earl and Simon Ernest rode together all race only for Scott and Liam to break away for a sprint finish.

Louise Robinson found some of the best lines on her local course to take the Elite Female race from Ruby Miller and Cat Ross.

Paul Hopkins battled back from a crash on the third lap to claim the Vet win.

The Sport races saw the podium places switched from last round. David Pusey won the ongoing battle with Sam Edwards at this round in the Sport Male race. Charlotte Cummings beat last round winner Rosie Brown in the Sport Female race.

Oliver Stean and Holly MacMahon kept the Junior podiums in the same order as last round.

Andy Cracknell couldn't repeat his great ride at Bordon in the Grand Vets, leaving the podium to the usual Mark Chadbourne, Nigel Brown and Roland Tilley combination.

The final round is a while away on the 23rd August at the SMBC home course of Checkendon where we prep the course for our Autumn Rampage races. Have a good Summer break and we'll see you in August.



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