The club Hill climb was run on a bright September morning in perfect conditions for any kind of riding. The event is part of the inaugural SCCA Hill Climb Series, which is proving a successful series, with Hafren riders showing well across the events. Unfortunately, the date planned for this event had to be changed as it clashed with another event in the series (Ludlow Brewery were hosting on the 18th) The two legged event from last year, with Pentrebierdd hill being tackled from both sides requires a lot of extra organizing and as the changed date clashed with Race the Train in Welshpool it didn’t seem possible to run the two legs this year. Consequently (and with the clash of Race the Train and Vyrnwy Half Marathon) entries were lower than had been hoped
This did not prevent the event being a real success, with some fast times over this challenging climb
Hafren Riders took first and second in the men’s event, Chris Roberts’ winning time of 4:05 pushed Ian Coe into second (4:13) with MSW Ian Coupland taking third. Hafren’s RebeccView Posta Richardson (4:24) was first in the Women’s event and was 5th overall. Sarah Willhoit (Sy Tri) 5:03 and Hafren’s Emma Serjeant (6:01) rounded out the podium. Sam Holwill continued his fine form in the series winning the juniors event with 4:44
See the SCCA Report for official race reports and series results
Kat Holwill and Mike Williams marshalled, Tony Brooks was time keeper and event organizer. Thanks guys
Results
Rider Name | Overall Time | Category | Overall Position | HCC Men | HCC Women |
Chris Roberts | 04:05 | Senior | 1 | 1 | |
Ian Coe | 04:13 | Senior Vet | 2 | 2 | |
Ian Coupland | 04:16 | MSW | 3 | ||
Alex Loven | 04:23 | Nova Raiders | 4 | ||
Rebecca Richardson | 04:24 | Senior | 5 | 1 | |
Ashley Banks | 04:33 | Senior | 6 | 3 | |
Richard Williams | 04:34 | Come & Try | 7 | ||
Andy Maxwell | 04:35 | Nova Raiders | 8 | ||
Mark Hammond | 04:40 | Paramount | 9 | ||
Sam Holwill | 04:44 | Junior | 10 | 4 | |
Mike Holwill | 04:45 | Senior | 11 | 5 | |
Carl Evans | 04:47 | Senior | 12 | 6 | |
Conrad Taylor | 04:52 | Senior | 13 | 7 | |
Thomas Fraenzel | 04:57 | Senior | 14 | 8 | |
Mark Thomas | 05:01 | Veteran | 15 | 9 | |
Mark Hill | 05:02 | Veteran | 16 | 10 | |
Sarah Willhoit | 05:03 | Sy Tri | 17 | ||
Alun Roberts | 05:36 | Grand Vet | 18 | 11 | |
Emma Serjeant | 06:01 | Senior | 19 | 2 | |
Tim Evans | 06:24 | NSCC | 20 | ||
Steve Taylor | 06:55 | Grand Vet | 21 | 12 |