Sunday: Owen Blower Memorial Road Race

Leicestershire Road Club’s Women’s National B and & Men’s Category 3/4 support race on Sunday 15th August, near Loughborough

Sunday: Owen Blower Memorial Road Race

Leicestershire road club are delighted to promote the inaugural Owen Blower Memorial Road Race together with a supporting event for 3/4 category male riders. A National B Women’s event, the riders tackle seven laps, measuring over 100km’s of racing, as they fight it out for the Owen Blower Memorial Trophy and generous prize list thanks to our sponsor Punk’d Protein.

A tough competitor and true clubman, Owen Blower was a Life Member of the Leicestershire Road Club for over 70 years. He broke his first National Competition Record for 50 miles with LRC teammates in 1950 aged 18. Owen went on to win the British Best All Rounder Championship in 1958 breaking the 12-hour record with 271.8 miles. Which stood for 9 years. Owen rode over 100 races for Great Britain, including being the only British rider to finish 4 Peace Races. He had a successful pro career in the UK and in France.

After retiring from racing Owen organised several road races for LRC. As Club president he secured club sponsorship with Kirby & West. Owen coached and supported many local riders to successful careers. In his 40’s and 60’s Owen broke several National Vets Records & won his age-related World Championship in 1997. In 1998 he won the National Veterans BBAR 40 years after winning the BBAR. Owen was an active cyclist and club member until his death in 2020

Race Distances — 1 lap = 9.5 Miles
Race 1 (3/4): 5 Laps – 47.5 miles | 09:30
Race 2 (Wom. Nat B): 7 Laps – 66.5 miles | 13:30

RIDERS

WOMEN’S NATIONAL B
1 Tamsin Miller Avid Sport 2nd U23
2 Lydia Watts AWOL Worx Galliard 2nd U23
3 Charlotte Gibson AWOL Worx Galliard 3rd U23
4 Charlotte Colclough Bianchi Dama 2nd
5 Natasha Reddy Bianchi Dama 2nd
6 Sian Botteley Brother U.K – Cycle Team OnForm 2nd
7 Jessica Finney CAMS-Basso 1st
8 Emma Edwards CAMS-Basso 2nd
9 Sophie Thackray CAMS-Basso 2nd U23
10 Jamie-Lee Wright CC London 3rd
11 Lucy Harris Cowley Road Condors 3rd
12 April Tacey DROPS-LE COL SUPPORTED BY TEMPUR (DRP) 1st U23
13 Laura Cheesman Evans Cycles Race Team 2nd
14 Anya Tamplin HuntBikeWheels 2nd U23
15 Dannielle Khan Isorex NoAqua Ladies Cycling Team 2nd
16 Sophie Lankford Jadan – Vive le Velo 1st
17 Francesca Hall Loughborough Lightning – TRG 1st
18 Alderney Baker Loughborough Lightning – TRG 2nd U23
19 Meg Smith Loughborough Lightning – TRG 2nd U23
20 Chloe Vickers Loughborough Lightning – TRG 2nd U23
21 Monica Greenwood Macclesfield Wheelers 2nd
22 Georgia Bullard Natural Greatness – Vib Sports 2nd U23
23 Emily Wadsworth NXTG Racing 2nd U23
24 Madeleine Nutt Paceline RT 2nd
25 Keri Parton Pro Vision 3rd
26 Charlotte Berry Pro-Noctis – Redchilli Bikes – Heidi Kjeldsen 1st
27 Samantha Fawcett Pro-Noctis – Redchilli Bikes – Heidi Kjeldsen 1st
28 Jennifer Powell Pro-Noctis – Redchilli Bikes – Heidi Kjeldsen 1st
29 Poppy Thompson Pro-Noctis – Redchilli Bikes – Heidi Kjeldsen 2nd
30 Jo Tindley Pro-Noctis – Redchilli Bikes – Heidi Kjeldsen Elite
31 Sarah Briggs RFDA 2nd U23
32 Lucy Ellmore SKODA DSI Cycling Academy 1st U23
33 Amy Graham Team Boompods 2nd
34 Francesca Cutts Team LDN – Brother UK 1st
35 Lucy Lee Team LDN – Brother UK 1st
36 Lauren Higham Team LDN – Brother UK 2nd U23
37 Polly Mason Team LDN – Brother UK 2nd
38 Ruth Shier Team LDN – Brother UK 2nd
39 Leah Dixon Team TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank 1st
40 Matea Deliu Team Watto-LDN 2nd
41 Marine Guerin Team Watto-LDN 2nd
42 Heather Mayer Team Watto-LDN 2nd
43 Dannielle Watkinson Team Watto-LDN 2nd
44 Olivia Bentley Torelli-Assure-Cayman Islands 2nd
45 Isabel Ellis Torelli-Assure-Cayman Islands 2nd U23
46 Gabriella Nordin TW1 Racing 2nd
47 Maddie Wadsworth Watersley R&D Cycling Team 2nd U23
48 Molly Renfer 3rd
49 Rebecca Rimmington 3rd

ALSO
Rebecca Richardson Brother U.K – Cycle Team OnForm
Charlotte Dalton Jadan – Vive le Velo
Flora Knight Loughborough Lightning – TRG
Clover Murray CAMS-Basso
Morgan Newberry SKODA DSI Cycling Academy
Ione Johnson Team LDN Brother
Harriet Dodd Team LDN – Brother UK

CAT 3/4 MEN’S ROAD RACE
1 Thomas Alker University of Nottingham SCC 4th U23
2 William Allen Clancy Briggs Cycling Academy 4th U23
3 Sam Amps Beeston Cycling Club 3rd
4 Jack Arnold Ashfield RC 4th U23
5 Craig Avery Ashfield RC 4th
6 Gary Blackman West Midlands Police CC 3rd
7 Thomas Briers Loughborough Students CC 3rd U23
8 Joshua Brown Tofauti Everyone Active 3rd Jnr
9 Kit Buchanan Solihull CC 3rd
10 Kieran Buffham Spalding Cycling Club 3rd
11 Edward Calow Royal Air Force CA 3rd
12 Ian Clarke Element Cycling Team 3rd
13 Edd Clayson VéloElite RC 3rd
14 Matthew Coates OVB 3rd
15 Michael Cowland Beds Road Race Team 3rd
16 Andy Crowe Raw Sport 3rd
17 Ben Davies 3rd
18 Sean Dawson Inflite-Dynamic Rides Race Team 3rd
19 Jacob Day Ashfield RC 3rd U23
20 William Deely Rockingham Forest Whls 3rd Jnr
21 Adam Ellis Spalding Cycling Club 3rd
22 Hugh English Manchester Bicycle Club 3rd
23 Julian Freeman Rockingham Forest Whls 3rd
24 Geoff Giddings Team Ohten Aveas 3rd
25 Jacob Gilkes Lichfield City CC 4th Jnr
26 Damion Guest Wolverhampton Wheelers 3rd
27 Jeremy Godfrey 3rd
28 Nick Hammond Ilkeston Cycle Club 3rd
29 Daniel Hepton Velo Club Ardennes 3rd Jnr
30 Gareth Highley Inflite-Dynamic Rides Race Team 3rd
31 Ross Hooley Innovation Racing 3rd Jnr
32 Michael Jones OVB 3rd
33 Jimmy Kershaw Doddington Cycling Club 3rd
34 Jacob Leigh JRC-Shutt-Ridley Race Team 3rd Jnr
35 Benjamin Leroy JRC-Shutt-Ridley Race Team 3rd Jnr
36 David Lowe 3rd
37 Aaron Mansell Pro Vision Race Team 3rd Jnr
38 Paul Mardon Inflite-Dynamic Rides Race Team 3rd
39 James Mason Inflite-Dynamic Rides Race Team 3rd
40 Robert McAlinden Spalding Cycling Club 3rd
41 Adam Millington Team PB Performance 3rd
42 Thomas Moody JRC-Shutt-Ridley Race Team 4th U23
43 Robert Moore Welland Valley CC 3rd
44 Sebastian Palmer Rugby Velo 3rd
45 Mark Prinsloo Velo Sport Fosse 4th
46 George Radcliffe Identity Racing 3rd Jnr
47 Oliver Rayner FTP-Fulfil The Potential-Racing 4th Jnr
48 Philip Richards Rugby Velo 3rd
49 Marco Ruggeri Rapha Cycling Club 3rd
50 Isaac Russell Team PB Performance 3rd U23
51 Fred Shenton-McQueen Beeston Cycling Club 3rd Jnr
52 Jonathan Shum Coalville Wheelers CC 3rd
53 Michael Shuster Gorilla Coffee Cycling Club 3rd
54 Craig Smith Cowley Road Condors 4th
55 Oliver Snodden 3rd U23
56 Konstantinos Somarakis Leicester Forest CC 4th
57 Harrison Tacey Leicestershire Road Club 3rd Jnr
58 Oliver Tandy Solihull CC 3rd Jnr
59 Lewis Tarnai-Wilson Ashfield RC 3rd
60 Matt Taylor OVB 3rd U23
61 Will Thompson Shibden Cycling Club 4th U23
62 Lucas Timms Solihull CC 4th U23
63 Ricardo Torrao Inflite-Dynamic Rides Race Team 3rd
64 Jonathan Veitch Beeston Cycling Club 4th
65 Frazer Wallis Spalding Cycling Club 3rd
66 Christopher Ward 4th
67 Nigel Whiteley Hull Thursday RC 4th
68 Joss Williams Splinters CC 3rd
69 Benjamin Williams Cliff Pratt Racing 3rd
70 Adam Wright COBL Cycling Club 4th