National Masters Road Race Championships

Sunday Afternoon
 
40 – 44 Years
 
This race had the biggest field of the weekend. With four laps to go the decisive break was already established. This included Paul Dring (Echelon Rotor), Henry Furniss (WyndyMilla), Simon Cox (NFTO Race Club), Steve Golla (High Wycombe), James Fox (CC Luton), Graham Crow (Handsling Racing), Wayne Crombie (East London Velo), Duncan Moralee (All Terrain Cycles) and Chris MacNamarra (Pedal Heaven). At the finish it was Crombie who triumphed.
 
After the race he commented: ‘I was really pleased to win since I’ve been second and third in the past I’ve now got a full set of medals.

 
Men C (40-44)
 
Pos Number First Name Last Name Club / Team Name
1 20 Wayne Crombie East London Velo
2 55 Duncan Moralee All Terrain Cycles
3 51 Chris McNamara Pedal Heaven RT
4 39 Richard Harris Cwmcarn Paragon Cycle Club
5 32 James Fox CC Luton
6 21 Graham Crow Handsling Racing
7 25 Paul Dring Team Echelon – Rotor
8 5 Grant Bayton Ride 24/7
9 50 Glenn McMenamin Equipe Velo
10 33 Henry Furniss WyndyMilla
11 52 Simon McNamara Southdowns Bikes
12 36 Steve Golla High Wycombe Cycling Club
13 28 Mark Dziobon VELO CLUB UK
14 15 Steve Calland Southdowns Bikes – Casco
15 31 Martin Ford BowlPhish BONTRAGER Racing
16 26 Peter Dumbreck Banbury Star CC
18 62 Alan Strang Dulwich Paragon CC
19 12 James Browne VC Norwich
20 19 Andrew Critchlow WyndyMilla
21 67 Barny Willard PB Cycle Coaching Racing Team
22 43 Jason Kierman St Ives CC
23 37 Anthony Greenhalgh Private Member
24 40 Paul Hayward Cwmcarn Paragon Cycle Club
25 14 Paul Butler PB Cycle Coaching Racing Team
26 8 Paul Bennett Team PB Performance
27 29 Tim Edwins Equipe Velo
28 34 John Gartland GJS Cruise Racing
29 22 Malcolm Davies 4T+ Velo Club
30 74 Chris Bakal Rapha Cycling Club
31 53 Julian Mills Club Corley Cycles
32 59 Jonathan Shepherd Forza Cycles Racing Team
33 30 Stephen Feeney Team Chronomaster
34 3 Christopher Bates Beeston Cycling Club
35 7 Justin Belcher Banbury Star CC
36 58 Jonathon Puleston-Jones Dulwich Paragon CC
37 69 Andy Sykes Team Quest – The Bike Shop
38 11 Sheridan Bridal Abellio – SFA Racing Team
39 46 David Lowe BowlPhish BONTRAGER Racing
40 4 Ian Baynes TMG Horizon Cycling Team
41 41 Mike Jackson CC Luton
42 49 Craig McLean Nuun-Sigma Sport-London RT
43 65 Neil Wass TMG Horizon Cycling Team
44 57 Phil O’Connor Banbury Star CC
45 24 Steve Dring Team Echelon – Rotor
46 6 Wayne Beba Adalta Cycling Club
47 23 Sean Dines CC Luton
48 1 Benjamin Allen Dulwich Paragon CC
49 63 Richard Unwin VC Meudon
50 64 John Wager Felt Racing
51 42 Jason Kettle Mid Devon CC
52 35 Phil Giles Beeston Cycling Club
53 71 Darren Parish Maison Du Velo-Storck Bikes UK
54 27 Niel Dunnage Cotswold Veldrijden
55 76 Steve Tooke Private Member

30 – 34 and 35 – 39 Years.
 
This was the only race of the weekend where a crash caused anything like a serious problem. Two riders came down and were slightly injured, although what looked serious at the time did not seem nearly so bad after being cleaned up at the HQ.
 
However, a complaint of dangerous riding was made to the commissaires, and when this was put to the accused rider he honourably put his hand up and admitted his mistake. The commissaires decision was to disqualify the rider which meant that the riders who had crossed the line in third and fourth positions moved up into second and third.
 
The winner, Ashley Cox (CC Luton), had got round the crash and managed to catch the break it had caused. He was the clear winner at the finish.
 
The last word should go to Geoff Wiles, British Professional Champion in 1976 and still a contender today. This is a man who, on retiring from work, took a degree in Sports Science and is now engaged in a study of the extent to which the decline in physical ability with age is linked to external factors such as increased responsibilities. He is also a man who, sneaking a look at his own file in his GP’s surgery, found a note on the front stating ‘Whatever this patient says he wants to do, do not tell him he is too old.’
 
His comment at the HQ was: “This Championship should send a message that age is no bar to physical activity.”
 

Men A/B (30-39) Sunday 31 May at 1245
 
A 30-34
 

Pos Number First Name Last Name Club / Team Name
1 54 Ashley Cox CC Luton
2 55 Deacon Cutterham Army Cycling Union
3 72 Anthony Morris Cycle Club Ashwell (CCA)
4 53 Douglas Coleman CC Luton
4 71 Stuart Travis-Beames Spirit Bikes Racing Team
5 63 Paul Lally Onimpex Bio Racer RT
5 70 Mike Wragg Arbis – Colbert Cycles RT
6 69 Adam Thompson Reading CC
7 62 Neil Kerr Twickenham CC
8 67 Nick Perks Velo Schils – Interbike RT
9 68 Richard Poynter London Phoenix CC
10 57 Cameron Fraser Nuun-Sigma Sport-London RT
11 61 Bevan Humphreys Easton Ritte
12 58 Stuart Gourley Radeon Cycle Coaching
13 59 Tom Grigson Radeon Cycle Coaching
 

B 35-39
 
Pos Number Name Name Club/ Team
1 116 Andrew Hastings Richardsons-Trek RT
2 123 James Notley Mammoth Lifestyle Racing Team
3 113 David Griffiths Paramount CRT
4 104 Matthew Bonehill Mammoth Lifestyle Racing Team
5 107 Simon Coles Norwood Paragon CC
6 119 Paul Jones NFTO Race Club
7 127 Jamie Pine Pedal Heaven RT
8 121 Bryan Moore Equipe Velo
9 105 Richard Cartland Southdowns Bikes – Casco
10 111 Anthony Gibb Full Gas Racing Team
11 132 Richard Wood Arbis – Colbert Cycles RT
12 115 Jonathan Harris PMR@Toachim House
13 117 James Holland-Leader Nuun-Sigma Sport-London RT
14 130 Andrew Ten-broeke PB Cycle Coaching Racing Team
15 118 Steve James High Wycombe Cycling Club
16 112 George Gori Nuun-Sigma Sport-London RT
17 200 Tim O’Rourke Twickenham CC
18 131 Glyndwr Thomas VC Norwich
19 129 Luke Smith Whyte Bikes
20 106 Edward Catford Equipe Velo
21 110 Paul Flynn Southdowns Bikes Cycling Club
22 126 Stuart Percival G M C Fire Services
23 102 Jason Baran TMG Horizon Cycling Team
24 122 James Norris High Wycombe Cycling Club
25 128 Michael Porter Radeon Cycle Coaching

All photos courtesy of Andy Whitehouse (AWM Photography)