Andy Shackel and Ashia Fenwick winners at the second of this seasons crits promoted by VC Venta
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Report: VC Venta Summer Critérium 2
Sunday 23rd July | By Graham Robins
With three days before his twenty second birthday Andy Shackel (Team Wiggle) decided to celebrate early by winning the second of this seasons crits promoted by VC Venta at the safe of road Park and ride site near to Winchester. A depleted entry meant the race was reduced to 30mins and 5laps which the riders seemed happy with as it had rained leading up to the start and intermit idly throughout.
It took around ten minutes for the race to finally get going when Shackel along with Peter Thomas (Sunwise Latcham), Cameron Foster (Team Milton Keynes), James Brickell (Fareham Wheelers) and Michael Guilford (VC Meudon) picked up the speed and eased away from the remainder of the race.
The group of five working hard lap after lap continued until there was only five minutes to go when Shackel put in a couple of quick laps and finally dropped his pursuers, Foster was now chasing at 10secs with Guilford, Brickell and Thomas a further 6secs behind. With a few laps left Thomas picked up a front puncture, he got a wheel but lost a position on the leader board.
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At the bell Shackel had 10secs in hand from Foster and Guilford benefiting from Thomas’s puncture closing out the podium positions. Earlier the women took to the course for a race held entirely in the rain. Right from first lap Ashia and Laura Fenwick (VC Venta) along with Jennifer Forrester (Zepnat) and Sarah Hickman (IRIS Racing) formed a good working group and their lead went out very quickly.
At the halfway point Ashia made her move pulling away and this increase in speed caused Hickman to slip back as she was unable to stay with Forrester and Laura Fenwick, but this wasn’t the last of the action as soon afterwards Forrester punctured and had to stop to get a wheel. A quick stop helped her not to lose her place in the race albeit riding around on her own.
The third cat race saw three riders form a group which was never really challenged throughout. Oliver Winwood Bratchell from promoting club VC Venta taking the win with a last lap sprint from Tom Budden (Sotonia CC) and John Woyton (Pro Cycle Hire UK RT).
RESULTS
U8 Boys
1 Harrison Hendy Bike Jockey CC
2 William Holland-Leader VC Londres
3 Sebastian Foster Bike Jockey CC
4 Charles Forrester www.Zepnat.com RT – Lazer helm…
5 Oskar Ciaramella Sotonia CC
6 Myles Bradley Bike Jockey CC
7 Samuel White Sotonia CC
8 Thomas Wilks Sotonia CC
9 Jack Gillard Bike Jockey CC
10 Chase Bradley
U8 Girls
1 Holly Hurr Portsmouth North End CC
2 Skye Martingale Sotonia CC
3 Marit Davidse Sotonia CC
4 Jaya Martingale Sotonia CC
5 Matilda Wilks Sotonia CC
U10 Boys
1 Daniel Phillips Cotswold Veldrijden
2 Oliver Gill Poole Wheelers CC
3 Lewis Ridge Palmer Park Velo RT
4 Douglas Forrester www.Zepnat.com RT – Lazer helm…
5 George White Sotonia CC
U10 Girls
1 Isabella Hall Sotonia CC
2 Olivia Allman Velo Club Venta
3 Poppy Burrows Velo Club Venta
U12 Boys
1 Matthew Gilmour Velo Club Venta
2 Edward Charles Charlotteville CC
3 Lewis Seaward Solent Pirates
4 Judah Hurr Portsmouth North End CC
5 George Southon Team Tor 2000 KALAS
6 Alfred Bunyan Preston Park Youth CC (PPYCC)
7 Owain Williams Kingston Junior Cycle Club
8 Bobby Buenfeld Velo Club Venta
9 Dylan Davison Solent Pirates
10 Alexander Murphy Velo Club Venta
11 Joseph Sharkey Charlotteville CC
12 Banjamin Gibbard Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club
13 Christian Thomarel BournemouthArrow/HotelCollingw…
14 Charles Havey Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club
U12 Girls
1 Niamh Murphy Cotswold Veldrijden
2 Rose-Marie Moncrieffe VC Londres
3 Melissa Cooper Spokes BPC Racing
4 Ellen Phillips Cotswold Veldrijden
U14 Boys
1 Nathaniel Brookes Gillingham and District Wheele…
2 Matthew Hickman Portsmouth North End CC
3 Jamie Whitcher Poole Wheelers CC
4 Benjamin Pearce Maindy Flyers Youth CC
5 Tobias Houghton Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club
6 Benjamin Gill Poole Wheelers CC
7 Anthony Morris Redhill CC
U16 Boys
1 Elliot Cox Velo Club Venta
2 Samuel Clark I-Team Cyclists’ Club
3 George Pittock Thanet RC
4 Oliver Rowlands Newport Velo Youth Cycling Clu…
5 Ollie Suatt VC Meudon
6 Harvey McLean Behind The Bikeshed
7 Ethan Court VC Meudon
8 Owen Giles Portsmouth North End CC
9 Matthew Houlberg Portsmouth North End CC
10 Danny Havey Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club
11 Fergus Main Team Tor 2000 KALAS
12 Nathaniel Brookes Gillingham and District Wheele…
13 Daniel Banks Solent Pirates
4th Cat only
1 Graham Hollidge Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club
2 Justin Menhenett Sotonia CC
3 Reece Hoare Velo Club Venta
4 William Hayes UK-Biking/Bmth Cycleworks/Trek
5 Pete Boustred DHCyclesport
6 Brendan Reese BournemouthArrow/HotelCollingw…
7 Emyr Griffiths Racing Club Ravenna
8 Stuart McLay Hart Evolution Racing Team
9 Matthew Galante Velo Club Venta
10 Philip Richards Leicestershire Road Club
11 Tobias Bunyan Eastbourne Rovers CC
12 David Martin Velo Club Venta
13 Fletcher Adams Hargroves-Ridley-Montezuma’s
14 Joe Bennion University Of Manchester CC
15 Winfield Harvey
16 David Cooper Wightlink,Wight Mountain CRT.
17 Giuseppe Ruggiero Army Cycling Union
18 Jared Jedynowicz Didcot Phoenix CC
19 Matthew Wright Oakley Pedalers
20 Rob Merrifield TEAMSPY
E/1/2/3/4
1 Ashia Fenwick Velo Club Venta
2 Laura Fenwick Velo Club Venta
3 Jennifer Forrester www.Zepnat.com RT – Lazer helm…
4 Charlotte Berry Performance Cycles
5 Sarah Hickman IRIS Race Team
6 Laura Bailey IRIS Race Team
7 Lizzy Campbell IRIS Race Team
8 Deborah Smith Solent Pirates
9 Mandy Womack TEAMSPY
10 Donna Lovelock IRIS Race Team
3rd Cat only
1 Oliver Winwood Bratchell Velo Club Venta
2 Tom Budden Sotonia CC
3 John Woyton Pro Cycle Hire UK Racing Team
4 Ollie Rastall Farnborough & Camberley CC
5 Nicholas Hale Farnborough & Camberley CC
6 Garth McColville Honister ’92
7 James Cocker Velo Club Venta
8 Chris Hutchings Velo Club Venta
9 Tim Blackmore Southdown Velo
10 Luke Stratford Farnborough & Camberley CC
E/1/2
1 Andy Shackel Team Wiggle
2 Cameron Foster Team Milton Keynes
3 Michael Guilford VC Meudon
4 James Brickell Fareham Wheelers Cycling Club
5 Peter Hodson-Thomas Latchem Sunwise Race Team
6 Lewis Martin Spokes BPC Racing
7 Patrick Brown Spokes BPC Racing
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