British Hill Climb Championships - NE

Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, UK, October 28, 2007

2006 Results Results

Photography

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The 2007 champions.
James Dobbin (Arctic Shorter Rochford RT) won the men's title.
Dobbin was quickest up the hill.
David Clark (Blue Sky Cycles) ponders the question what he could have done differently to win instead of finishing second.
Matt Clinton (mikevaughaun.co.uk) finished third and shows off his bronze medal.
The team award went to Rochford cycling club.
The women's winner was Caroline Kloiber.
Adam Pinder won the juniors championships.
He ended up in 9th overall.
James Dobbin during his ride.
Dobbin was focused on the road ahead and had one goal in mind.
Dobbin out of the saddle.
Skinny legs go a long way on an uphill time trial.
David Clark rushes up the hill.
Gritting his teeth Clark tries to get as much energy out of his body as possible.
Clark looked powerful.
Jim Henderson during the ride.
Like others he is out of the saddle and pushed hard.
Henderson is cheered on by the many spectators.
Matt Clinton (mikevaughaun.co.uk) puts on the pressure.
Clinton looks ahead to the next hairpin.
The aerodynamic shoe covers may have helped in securing third.
Tejvan Pettinger (Sri Chinmoy CT)
Pettinger got seventh.
Pettinger used full finger gloves as it wasn't too warm on the day.
Ian Stott (Blackburn & Dist. CTC) got eighth
Stott in his all blue outfit managed to crack the top ten.
Danny Axford (Arctic Shorter Rochford RT) is on the drops and flying.

Results

1 James Dobbin (Arctic Shorter Rochford RT)                6.51.5
2 David Clarke (Blue Sky Cycles)                           0.06.1
3 Matt Clinton (mikevaughaun.co.uk)                        0.17.0
4 Jim Henderson (Southport CC)                             0.18.8
5 Geoffrey Beetham (Retrobike.co.uk)                       0.20.2
6 Danny Axford (Arctic Shorter Rochford RT)                0.21.1
7 Tejvan Pettinger (Sri Chinmoy CT)                        0.22.9
8 Ian Stott (Blackburn & Dist. CTC)                        0.32.1
9 Adam Pinder (Blackburn & Dist. CTC)                      0.35.6
10 Ben Pochee (Bike & Run London)                          0.37.6
11 Chris Myhill (API-Metrow)                               0.38.2
12 Alastair Kay (York Cycleworks)                                
13 Carl Saint (Yorkshire RC)                               0.40.2
14 Robert Gough (Johns Bikes)                              0.40.4
15 Daniel Soltys (Wrekinsport CC)                          0.40.7
16 Matt Lelliot (Severn RC)                                0.41.4
17 James McLaughlin (Guernsey VC)                          0.41.5
18 Max Bienkowski (Oxford University CC)                   0.41.9
19 Mark Perry (Bournemouth Arrow CC)                       0.42.3
20 Matthew Jones (Merlin RT)                               0.42.4
21 William Moore (Wyre Forest CRC)                         0.45.1
22 Peter Bissell (Arctic Shorter Rochford RT)              0.45.9
23 Owain Lovell (Ashfield RC)                              0.46.4
24 Jeff Jones (Chippenham & Dist.Wheelers)                 0.46.7
25 Ishmael Burdeau (www.agiskoviner.com)                   0.50.0
26 Tim Bayley (Arctic Shorter Rochford RT)                 0.52.4
27 Liam Holohan (Merlin RT)                                0.54.9
28 Adrian Rodgers (Worthing Excelsior)                     0.56.2
29 Chris Edmondson (Blackburn & Dist. CTC)                 1.00.1
30 Dave Gilbert (Camel Valley C&TC)                        1.01.1
31 Sam Clark (Buxton CC)                                   1.01.9
32 Jon Wood (Coventry CC)                                  1.04.1
33 Neil Blessitt (Severn RC)                                     
34 Christopher Green (Clwb Rasio Mona)                     1.06.1
35 Colin Parry (Royal Dean Forest CC)                      1.06.2
36 Paul Murphy (Tyneside Vagabonds CC)                     1.07.1
37 David Boughton (Coventry RC)                                  
38 Daniel Arblaster (Guernsey VC)                          1.07.4
39 Caroline Kloiber W (Chirio Foron D'Asolo)               1.08.8
40 Derek Smetham (Dursley RC)                              1.10.1
41 Luke Dunbar (Bristol Cycling Development Squad)         1.10.2
42 Calum Nicholson (Pro bike kit)                          1.12.6
43 George Unsworth (Gloucester City CC)                    1.13.0
44 Mathew Dell (Weston Wheelers)                           1.13.6
45 Daniel Stevens (Liverpool Century RC)                   1.13.9
46 Rob Powell (Ogmore Valley Wheelers)                     1.14.9
47 Paul Moss (Coventry RC)                                 1.18.3
48 Dave Kiddell (Cavalier CC)                              1.21.1
49 James King (In Gear Development Squad)                  1.21.8
50 Stephen Nunn (Arctic Shorter Rochford RT)               1.23.0
51 Marc Allen (Swindon RC)                                 1.23.4
52 Graham Little (Dulwich Paragon)                         1.25.2
53 Robert Pollen (Ashley Touring Club)                     1.25.4
54 Jason Streather (VC St Raphael)                         1.25.6
55 Paul Glanville (Hardly Athletic CC)                     1.26.0
56 Stewart House (Arctic Shorter Rochford RT)              1.26.2
57 Jonathan Knox (Kent Valley RC)                          1.26.3
58 Dave Collinge (Blackburn & Dist. CTC)                   1.27.3
59 Carlo Berton (Border City Wheelers CC)                  1.27.5
60 Matthew Woods (Stockton Wheelers)                       1.32.1
61 Lynn Hamel W (The GreenRoomGroup.com)                   1.32.4
62 David Wilkinson (Exeter Wheelers CC)                    1.34.2
63 Rob Weare (Coventry CC)                                 1.34.4
64 Rob Jackson (Cambridge CC)                              1.35.6
65 Steve Chmiewliski (Weston Wheelers)                     1.36.1
66 Andrew Miles (Bristol Cycling Development Squad)        1.37.2
67 Dave Faulkner (Charlotteville CC)                       1.37.7
68 Stephen Kaye (VC Lincoln)                               1.38.9
69 Graham Howell (Ogmore Valley Wheelers)                  1.39.4
70 Leigh Pinchen (Somerset RC)                             1.40.0
71 Robin Coomber (Johns Bikes)                             1.40.1
72 Mark Plowright (Beeston RC)                             1.40.2
73 John Ealing (Rossendale RC)                             1.46.3
74 Ann Bowditch W (ScienceinSport.com)                     1.47.0
75 Jerry Rayner (Somer Valley CC)                          1.48.2
76 Hugh Carthy (ScienceinSport.com)                        1.49.3
77 Richard Birkin (Ashfield RC)                            1.51.3
78 David Summers (Bath CC)                                 1.51.6
79 Robert Edgell (Somer Valley CC)                         1.51.7
80 Dave Candy (North Road CC)                              1.52.5
81 Nathan Chamberlain (Redhill CC)                         1.53.4
82 Paul Brierley (Huddersfield RC)                         2.00.8
83 James Ford (VC Walcot)                                  2.03.2
84 Daniel Gee (Ashfield RC)                                2.03.7
85 Marc Cox (Ely & Dist. CC)                               2.04.4
86 Iain Hounsell (Somerset RC)                             2.05.9
87 Hugo Baldacchino (Yeovil CC)                            2.06.5
88 Martin Fullard (Sid Valley CC)                          2.09.8
89 Neil Reynolds (Blackburn & Dist. CTC)                   2.10.0
90 Ben Kellet (Holme Valley Wheelers)                      2.10.9
91 Dean Critchel (CC Weymouth)                             2.11.9
92 Shaun Walsh (Yeovil CC)                                 2.14.0
93 Paul Godfrey (Hainault RC)                              2.14.7
94 John Deeley (Ogmore Valley Wheelers)                    2.16.1
95 Steven Mcguigan (Severn RC)                             2.17.1
96 Stephen Clarke (Bristol South CC)                       2.20.6
97 Jake Eddy (Bristol Cycling Development Squad)           2.23.3
98 Claire Thomas W (Edinburgh Road Club)                   2.24.6
99 Anne Buckley W (Yorkshire RC)                           2.25.5
100 Kim Hurst W (www.agiskoviner.com)                      2.25.6
101 Mike Westmorland (Border City Wheelers CC)             2.30.2
102 Dean Ward (1st Chard Wheelers)                         2.31.7
103 Philip Curtis-Whitfield (VC Bristol)                   2.32.0
104 John Batchelor (St Ives CC)                            2.32.7
105 Peter Murrieri (M&D Cycles)                            2.34.6
106 James Chant (Gillingham & Dist. Wheelers)              2.36.0
107 Avril Swan W (MI Racing)                               2.36.8
108 David Curtis-Whitfield (VC Bristol)                    2.37.5
109 Jill Postlethwaite W (Welland Valley CC)               2.40.8
110 Raj Soni (Bristol Cycling Development Squad)           2.41.2
111 Trevor Pain (North Hampshire RC)                       2.42.6
112 Aidan Searle (Severn RC)                               2.48.6
113 Gary Wallbridge (Guernsey VC)                          2.49.7
114 Michael Ives (MI Racing)                               2.52.1
115 Barry Page (Hertfordshire Wheelers)                    2.52.3
116 John Cowley (Sodbury Cycle Sport)                      2.53.1
117 Robbie White (Bristol Cycling Development Squad)       2.55.5
118 Chris Jones (Bynea CC)                                 2.57.2
119 Jamie Richardson-Paige (Chippenham & Dist.Wheelers)    3.01.4
120 Colin Bennett (Sid Valley CC)                          3.06.5
121 Clive Wellings (Hertfordshire Wheelers)                3.08.5
122 Brian Wilson (Clevedon & Dist RC)                      3.10.3
123 Michael Gregg (Liverpool Century RC)                   3.11.0
124 Karl Austin (Congleton CC)                             3.14.7
125 Leigh Harvey W (North Road CC)                         3.15.7
126 Ken Roberts (Preston Wheelers)                         3.25.8
127 Mitch Pope (Gillingham & Dist. Wheelers)               3.41.1
128 Alexandra Zebedee W (MI Racing)                        3.41.9
129 Marianne Britten W (Severn RC)                         3.42.0
130 Mark Kurpyta (Somerset RC)                             3.50.0
131 Richard Towse (Buxton CC)                              3.51.0
132 Ann Burnett W (Camel Valley C&TC)                      3.53.1
133 Denise Shackleton W (Yorkshire Velo)                   3.57.1
134 John Kavanagh (LVRC)                                   4.02.4
135 Ruby Ellis W (Bristol Cycling Development Squad)       4.29.8
136 Jonathan Poole (Ashley Touring Club)                   5.22.0
137 Geoffrey Southworth (Ashley Touring Club)              5.27.1
138 Arthur Vince (Yeovil CC)                               6.17.2
139 Luke Prescott (Bristol Cycling Development Squad)      6.26.1
140 Rex Facey (1st Chard Wheelers)                        46.03.6
DNS  Joshua Teasdale (Stockton Wheelers)                         
DNS  David Francis (Camel Valley C&TC)                           
DNS  Simon Foster (North Notts Olympic RC)                       
DNS  Jane Kilmartin W (Rapha Condor)                             
DNS  Jean-Paul Lambhorth (Ogmore Valley Wheelers)                
DNS  Peter Maxwell (Severn RC)                                   
DNS  Chris Newman (Farnham RC)                                   
DNS  Simon Alexander (Wyre Forest CRC)                           
DNS  Jeremy Ponting (Ride Venture Cycling Team)                  
DNS  Ben Carty (Stratford CC)                                    
DNS  Steve Manning (Bath CC)                                     
DNS  Steve Downs (Bristol South CC)                              
DNS  Ethan Conlin (Stockton Wheelers)                            
DNS  Philip Hersey (Eagle RC)                                    
DNS  James Ward (Cambridge CC)                                   
DNS  Scott Walker (Hinckley CRC)                                 
DNS  Mark Solley (Mildenhall CC)                                 
DNS  Carl Helliwell (Blackburn & Dist. CTC)                      
DNS  David McGaw (Oxford University CC)                          
DNF  Phillip Bennett (Sid Valley CC) 

Women

1 Caroline Kloiber (Chirio Foron d'Asolo)			8.03.0

Juniors

1 Adam Pinder (Blackburn & Dist CTC)	         	7.27.1