Latest News - March '08

Festival RC Surrey League Road Races

The first weekend of the Surrey League road race season saw the Festival promoting two events on the Kirdford circuit. The morning event for 3rd category riders saw a large field set off in breezy but dry conditions. Midway through the race the winning break formed which was whittled down to two by the last lap. First across the line was Ben Wilson (Private Member) from Roger Smith (VC Etoile).

Result in brief:

1st Ben Wilson (Private Member)
2nd Roger Smith (VC Etoile)
3rd Geoffrey Lulham (Evans Cycles RT)
4th Philip Watkins (Old Portlians CC)
5th John Hyde (Velocity Bikes CC)

The afternoon race for 2/3rd categories had a cold wet start as heavy rain fell in the neutralised zone, so a quick start was guaranteed to warm everyone up. Pretty soon the numerous attacks saw riders clipping off in ones and twos, however after concerted chasing from the bunch, the race arrived at the finish intact with the win being taken by Mark Perry of the Bournemouth Arrow.

Result in brief:

1st Mark Perry (Bournemouth Arrow)
2nd James Holland-Leader (agiskoviner.com)
3rd Steven Saunders (Kingston Wheelers)
4th Stephen Dring (Team Echelon)
5th Phil Sheehan (Mosquito Bikes)

For the full race results and some more race pictures, please see the Results page or click here.