Witham Wheelers promoted the latest round of the Lincs Cyclo-Cross league at Stroxton on Sunday. Although the circuit is laid out on 2 open grass fields it became quite slippery and technical due to the constant rain all morning and its always a tough physical challenge. Unfortunatley due to the rain entrants were down on previous years there was still some exciting racing.
The opening U16 race was won by Bradley Sprogis of Paul Milnes Cycles.
The U12s race is always competitive a shortened course giving the opportunity for plenty of encouragement from the side lines. Jake Kennedy (VC Lincoln) took another win just getting the better of his team mate Daniel Backhouse on teh final lap. Of the Witham Wheelers riders Amy Kolbert was 13th overall and 4th girl as Jessica East dropped back to 16th following a small spill.Isla Kolbert was 26th just in front of Oliver Bailey 27th who did well to finish after completing the 2nd lap with only 1 pedal. Max Kolbert was 34th overall.
The Veterans race probably saw the toughest conditions as the mud got stickier but Llewey Byrne produced another good result in his first season of cross for many years.
1st Rick Lister Team Ford Ecoboost 6 laps in 40.34
10th Llewey Byrne 44.39
23rd Dave Moulds (9th Vet 50) 49.11
31st Sean East 5 laps in 41.36
45th Graham McAndrew 45.49
46th Mark Bailey 45.54
47th Daveid Miller 46.31 (1st vet 60)
Paul Conneely retired with a puncture on the 4th Lap
For the seniors race the rain stopped and the sun made a brief appearance and the course started to dry out George Thompson (Sleaford Whs) took a clear win 8 laps in 50.51. Rober McAndrew was the only club rider finishing in 14th overall (3rd junior)
Well done to Dave Beckett for organising and all those club members who turned out on Saturday morning for 4 hours to set out the course and those who spent upto 8 hours on Sunday (3 in the rain) helping run a sucessful event.
