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