Steve Lampier & Emma Trott two of the winners on Monday at the Ixworth Town Centre Circuit Races
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Report & Results – Ixworth Town Centre Circuit Races
By Fergus Muir
Steve Lampier (Velosure/Gordiano) lapped everyone, saving only second-placed Dean Shannon (Richardsons/Trek), on his way to an outstanding win on the picturesque village centre circuit at Ixworth near Bury St Edmunds
In the race for top category riders Lampier originally broke clear with Shannon but opened a gap on Southend man.
“Steve had just that extra mile-an-hour on me†said Shannon afterwards. However Shannon kept pressing on and took second spot alone while Lampier rode right through the lapped bunch.”
“There were late chases by Neon Velo riders Alex Minting, George Wood and Hugo Robinson, plus Steve Adams (Metaltek) and Dominic Schils (Zannata), with Schils, Adams and Robinson taking the next three places at the line.
The afternoon of racing on closed roads in the village centre was even bigger and better this year – a fitting conclusion to ten years of organising by Adi Grimwood
It is no surprise that next year it is going to take a whole team of West Suffolk Wheelers members to replace him.
As a counting event in the new Womens Eastern Racing League there was large women’s entry, their race starting shortly after the race for 4th cat men. It was soon clear that Emma Trott (Boels Dolmans) was intent on catching the men – which she soon did …emerging from the front of the race with only Sean Dunlea (Neon Velo) and Rob Ormond (Stowmarket) for company.
Ormond could not quite hold the leaders’ pace but still took second among the men. Trott and Dunlea, an international Junior at cyclo-cross now making a mark on the road scene, carried on to finish side by side, each winning their respective races. Ipswich rider Tanya Griffiths (Starley Primal) finished alone to score top WERL points, with Evgenia Ilyinskaya (Edinburgh RC) third among the women.
In the Under 16s Colchester rider Frank Longstaff of the specialist track-coaching Team Terminator took the win ahead of Dougal Toms (Iceni Velo) Jali Packer (Great Yarmouth CC) and Charles Broadway (Ipswich BC) – these four having formed a near race-long breakaway.
Adam Capes (Finchley Racing Team) won a hard-fought race for second and third cat licence holders after constantly appearing among the attackers, who also included Peter Hargreaves (VC Norwich) Lewis Stevens (Strada Sport) and Phil Hetzel (Ipswich BC).
Caelen Miller (ELV), Thomas Davies (Welwyn Whs) and Charlie Martin ( Barking & Dagenham CC) formed the leading group in the Under 10s while CC Ashwell’s Joseph Hadsley and Mark Lightfoot took the next two positions.
Other winners included Aaron Freeman Chelmer CC), Kathryn Anderson, Imogen Chastell, Thomas Durkin and Millie Gage all from Welwyn Whs while winner of the Ixworth Residents Fun Race was Kim Bonnelykke.
Seniors & Juniors, 2nd & 3rd Category
1 Adam Capes Finchley Racing Team
2 Lewis Stevens Strada-Sport
3 Ross Fawcett Ipswich Bicycle Club
4 Kevin Knox ViCiOUS VELO
5 Peter Hargreaves VC Norwich
6 Philip Hetzel Ipswich Bicycle Club
7 cameron jeffers
8 Daniel Maynard Welwyn Wheelers CC
9 Martin Ruepp Iceni Velo
10 Ian Watson CC London
11 William Drury Glendene CC
12 Lee Desborough St Ives CC
13 Matthew Garfield Peterborough CC
14 Mark Westrup Strada-Sport
15 Joe Clarke Fenland Clarion CC
16 Paul Sheers ViCiOUS VELO
17 Nicholas Esser Strada-Sport
Youth D Under 10 Boys
1 Caelon Miller East london Velo
2 Thomas Davies Welwyn Wheelers CC
3 Charlie Martin Barking & Dagenham CC
4 Joseph Hadsley Cycle Club Ashwell (CCA)
5 Mark Lightfoot Cycle Club Ashwell (CCA)
6 Jack Emerson Colchester Rovers CC
7 Barney Walters Ipswich BC
8 Harry Garfield Bourne Whls CC
Youth D, Under 10 Girls
1 charley woodworth Bourne Wheelers
2 Zoe Swainston Colchester Rovers CC
3 Jodie Taylor Colchester Rovers CC
Senior Women, All Categories
1 Emma Trott Boels Dolmans
2 Tanya Griffiths Starley Primal Pro Cycling
3 Evgenia Ilyinskaya Edinburgh RC
4 Annabel Sill Team Jadan
5 Lindsay Clarke Fenland Clarion CC
6 rebecca Maynard welwyn whls
7 sherilyn powell Chelmer Cc
8 Susan Wood Maldon & District CC
Senior Men 4th Category
1 Sean Dunlea Ciclos Uno
2 Rob Ormond Stowmarket & District CC
3 Robyn Jones Stomarket & District CC
4 Gregory Holmes Hillingdon Cycling Club
5 Peter Blenkinsop Stowmarket & District CC
6 Lewis Knights Ipswich Bicycle Club
7 Andy Sewell West Suffolk Wheelers & Triathlon Club
8 James Kershaw Iceni Velo
Youth C under 12 Boys
1 Aaron Freeman Chelmer CC
2 Oliver Stockwell Welwyn Wheelers CC
3 Mitchell Lacey
4 William Davies Welwyn Wheelers CC
5 Harrison Powell
6 Kladas Lazickas
7 Joe Kiely Welwyn Wheelers CC
8 Cameron Neilson Spalding CC
9 Alex Barfield Birmingham CC
10 Ritchie Selfe Lee Valley Youth Cycling Club
Youth C under 12 Girls
1 Imogen Chastell Welwyn Wheelers CC
2 Harley Pell Cycle Club Ashwell (CCA)
3 Rosie Dias Barking & Dagenham
Youth B under 14 Boys
1 Thomas Durkin Welwyn Wheelers CC
2 Alexi Edwards Welwyn Wheelers CC
3 Ethan Vernon Welwyn Wheelers CC
4 Marco Passfield Lee Valley Youth Cycling Club
5 Frank Moore Cycling Club Hackney
6 Samuel Asker West Suffolk Wheelers & Triathlon Club
Youth B under 14 Girls
1 Millie Gage Welwyn Wheelers CC
2 Josie Griffin Welwyn Wheelers CC
3 Holly Hoy St. Ives CC
Youth A under 16 Boys
1 Frank Longstaff Team Terminator
2 Dougal Toms Iceni Velo
3 Jali Packer Gt Yarmouth CC
4 Charles Broadway Ipswich Bicycle Club
4 jack Marshall Barking & Dagenham
6 Laurence Lisher Green Arrow CRT
7 Adam Colbert Ipswich Bicycle Club
8 Oliver Jones Ipswich Bicycle Club
9 James Jackson Colchester Rovers CC
10 Mostyn Taylor Crockett Lea Valley Youth CC
Youth A under 16 Girls
1 Kathryn Anderson Welwyn Wheelers CC
2 Lyster Romero Plomesgate CC
3 Alice Codling Gt Yarmouth CC
Elite, 1st & 2nd Category Males 1st & 2nd Category Juniors
1 Steve Lampier Velosure – Giordana RT
2 Dean Shannon Richardson Trek Rt
3 Dominic Schils Zannata Cycling Team
4 Steven Adams Metaltek -Kuto
5 Hugo Robinson Neon-Velo Cycling Team
6 Kieran Brady City Cycle Centre.com
7 George Wood Neon-Velo Cycling Team
8 lewis Stevens Stradasport
9 Alex Minting Neon-Velo Cycling Team
10 John McClelland Bush Healthcare CRT
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