Report/Result: Will Houghton Women’s Team Cup Race & Mens race

Sasha Dyke and Mohammad Ganjkhanioa winners at the Will Houghton Women’s Team Cup Race & Mens race at Hillingdon on September 1

Report/Result: Will Houghton Women’s Team Cup Race & Mens race
Hillingdon Circuit, 1st September

For another year, the Will Houghton Men’s Road Race was at the Hillingdon Circuit, on a hot sunday afternoon. A 44 lap race would prove to be a tough and hot race. At around halfway, six riders managed to break clear of the bunch, including a strong looking Mohammad Ganjkhanioa from the Reading CC. They eventually lapped the main field which also had two groups which made it difficult for the race commissaire, luckily we had race transponders!

The six man group dropped one rider and the five remaining battled it out for the sprint finish. In first place was Mohammad Ganjkhanioa, second place was Matthew Wright and Thrid Alan Jay. Bob Mcglue impressively managed to hang on to his sixth place after being dropped from the main break.

Ladies Team Cup Race 2024
We had an exciting race at Hillingdon for the Team Cup finale hosted by Scott and Helen Holmes on behalf of the Will Houghton Memorial foundation. London Academy Orange Race Team headed by Sasha Dyke and Katy Hill triumphed in a lone breakaway to take 1st and 2nd and elevated their position from 6th to 3rd place. Billy Oliver’s FTP-Fulfill The Potential Racing Team retained the overall BWTC lead boosted by Katherine Sheridan taking 3rd place in yesterday’s race.

The winning teams for the Will Houghton event were:
1. London Academy Orange Race Team 356
2. FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing 204
3. Loughborough Lightning 194

RESULT

Ladies Race
1. Sasha Dyke, London Academy
2. Katy Hill, London Academy
3. Katherine Sheridan, FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing
4. Katie-Anne Calton, Saint Piran WRT
5. Caitlin Bower, Wolfox x Pedal Mafia RT
6. Ellen Bennett, Brother UK – On Form
7. Georgina Oakley, Loughborough Lightning
8. Libby Smithson, Doltcini – O’Shea
9. Penny Colloff, Loughborough Lightning
10. Lydia Watts, The Phoenix Collective
11. Gemma Mitchell, Team Boompods
12. Isabella Johnson, Jadan Vive le Velo Glasdon
13. Pippa Inderwick, Army Cycling Union
14. Trhas Teklehaimanot Tesfay, Kingston Wheelers CC
15. Grace Bell, London Academy
16. Anna Brearley, London Academy
17. Emily Chilton, Jadan Vive le Velo Glasdon
18. Alice Lethbridge, Loughborough Lightning
19. Louise Davidson, London Academy
20. Elektra Georgiakakis, FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing
21. Bex Clowes, Jadan Vive le Velo Glasdon
22. Rebecca Hair, FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing
23. Lydia Turan,
24. Louise Moriarty
25. Miriam Bullock, London Academy
26. Eva Callinan, Loughborough Lightning
27. Catherine Hadfield, London Academy
28. Harriet Evans, FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing
29. Anna Boniface, FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing
30. Sasha Halsey, London Dynamo
31. Alice Butcher, Wolfox x Pedal Mafia RT
32. Marie-Louise Kertzman, FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing
33. Kimmae Payn, Army Cycling Union
34. Lauren O’Brien, Stolen Goat Race Team
35. Jasmine Cornelius, London Academy

Cat 2/3 Men
1. Mohammad Ganjkhanioa, Reading CC
2. Matthew Wight, Verulam – reallymoving
3. Alan Jay, Brazier
4. Cosmo Dercengi, Brighton Mitre
5. Bryce Matthewson, Sigma Sports Race Team
6. Bob McGlue, Ride Revolution Coaching
7. Jonathan Wileman, Hart Performance Coaching
8. Thomas Sutton, London Dynamo
9. Guy Newson, Trash Mile
10. Gavin Spiers
11. Paul Dutton, Wolfox
12. Jason Macrae, Beds Road Race Team
13. Batu Yildiz, Onyx Racing Team
14. Krzysztof Herba, United Eagles Cycling Team
15. Alwyn Frank, Brighton Mitre CC
16. Will Metcalfe, Waldy Wheelers

ORGANISERS would like to say a huge thank you to all of those who took time out of their day to help us with marshalling, is not possible to keep these events going with out helpers All of the money made on the day is donated to the Will Houghton Foundation. This race is always a wonderful way of remebering Will who rode this race three times and our way of keeping his name alive. A huge thank-you to Scott and Helen for organising the race and to FTP team helpers who stepped up to assist with race marshalling.