SouthernXC Round 5 Report

The Elite Male race saw Isaac Pucci,  Jody Crawforth and Ade leading out the race on the first lap.  Jody dropped back to the chasing group of Chris Minter, Mike Cotty and George Budd on the second lap when Isaac broke his saddle leaving Ade to lead the race home.  Jody and Chris worked together to close the gap to just 20 seconds at the finish. 

A very small Elite Female race was one convincingly by Louise Robinson (XCRacer.com) from Leona Kadir moving up from Expert.

The Expert Male race was won by UK-Biking's Matthew Hill who seemed to really enjoy the jumps on the course. Matthew took second in the Series with this win from Richard Phillips-Schofield and Michael Guilford.

Agata Tamulewicz took advantage of Leona's move to Elite to win the Expert Female race and seal the Series trophy.

Roland Tilley managed the victory in the Grand Vets race to take the Series trophy from Rob Jackson and Steve Jones. Carol Tilley matched his trophy on the mantlepiece with the Grand Vets Female win.

Sam Stean took the Junior race and sealed the Series title with three wins.  A mention must go to Will Taylor who missed the start but battled to 7th and dropped to 3rd in the series.

Gretel Warner completed a full house of wins in the Junior Female race.

Juvenile races were won by Katie Halliday and Toby Martin.  Toby also took the Series with an absent Emily Wadsworth taking the Female Series title.

Al Fairbairn arrived to take the Master Male race and again showed fast boys can jump.  Rob Purcell only managed fifth but took the Series trophy with three wins. 

In the Open Male race, James Styrin turned a 12th place finish at Wasing to a win at Round 5.  James Martin managed second and took second in the Series from Derek Wilson.

Heidi Gould took a third straight win in the Sport Female race to seal the Series trophy.

Marc Chamberlain and Paul Hopkins  were battling for the Series title in the Veteran Male category with Lewis King absent.  Paul took an early lead but couldn't shake Marc who caught him on the second lap and took a comfortable win in the end.

Catriona Ross won the Female Vet series missing this race. 

The Youth races were won by Hannah English and an improving Christopher Rothwell, both taking second in the Series from Abigail Van Twisk and Matthew Fratesi.

The Kids races were awarded Series trophies this year donated by ASL Locksmiths and OffCamber - Noah Charlton, Anna Wadsworth, Connor Greenwood, Alexa Hawkins, Finn Hawkins and Gracie Fox.