Colin goes west!

Colin Mantle won the Under 8's Go Ride race at HitchingbrookPark, Huntingdon recently, posting a faster lap time than the fastest U10 and U12 riders!

Colin, pictured right, showed his Mum and Dad how to do it, for as Dad Matthew said, "We need to improve our fitness." Although Diane, pictured below, was pleased her top 10 finish! She came 7th in the Ladies race, completing 3 laps of the 3.5 mile course, just 1 lap down on the leaders. While Matthew finished 22nd out of 26 in the Senior Mens race, completing 6 laps, also 1 lap down on the leaders.

Younger sister of Mildenhall rider Adam Gough, Elene did well to come 4th in her race.

Click Here for the full results.

31st August 2010

Off-Road Championship - Round 6

Results:

Senior

1. Harvey Wright
2. Marc Bowers
3. Moe Milstead
4. Dave Bowers
5. Barry Archer
6. Viv Bowers

Youth

1. David Archer

Schoolboys compete in Welwyn Grass-Track

Colin Mantle and Adam Gough took part in Sunday's Welwyn grass-track meeting.

The pictures here show them in action.

1. Adam jostling for position

2. Colin at speed

3. Go Team Mildenhall !

4. The freewheeler Keirin - the boy is 11 and the girl is 13

5. The start of one of Adam's races - he had much more competition.

There is a report & results on the BC website where Colin is described as "a super fast seven year old" !

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Off-Road Championship - Round 5

Round Five of Mildenhall Cycling Club's 2010 Off-Road Championship took place on Sunday, with Matthew Mantle repeating his win of round four.

One of the Club's younger riders, Jack Tuffs, who only recently joined under their Go-Ride programme, took part in his first Off-Road event. The eleven year old did well to finish behind the winner Colin Mantle, especially as he has ridden every round of the club competition this year.

Results:

Senior

1. Matthew Mantle
2. Barry Archer
3. Dave Bowers
4. Diane Mantle
5. Viv Bowers

Youth

1. Colin Mantle
2. Jack Tuffs
3. David Archer

Off-Road Championship - Round 4

It was Round Four of Mildenhall Cycling Club's 2010 Off-Road Championship at the weekend, with a different member taking the top spot, in Moe Milstead's absence..

Results:

Senior

1. Matthew Mantle
2. Harvey Wright
3. Marc Bowers
4. Dave Bowers
5. Dian Mantle

Youth

1. Colin Mantle

DNF: David Archer

Off-Road Championship - Round 3

Mildenhall Cycling Club's 2010 Off-Road Championship continued on Sunday, taking part on the Thetford Forest based course.

Results:

Seniors

1. Moe Milstead
2. Marc Bowers
3. Matthew Mantle
4. Diane Mantle
5. Jean Poole

Youth

1. Colin Mantle
2. David Archer

Off-Road Championship - Round 2

Mildenhall Cycling Club's 2010 Off-Road Championship continued on Sunday, with ten members taking part on the Thetford Forest based course.

Results:

Seniors

1. Moe Milstead
2. Marc Bowers
3. Matthew Mantle
4. Anthony Preece
5. Mandy Cook
6. Diane Mantle
7. Jean Poole
8. Vera Staines

Youth

1. Colin Mantle
2. David Archer

Off-Road Championship - Round 1

Mildenhall Cycling Club's 2010 Off-Road Championship began on Sunday with the first round eagerly contended.

Ten members took part on the Thetford Forest based course.

Results:

1. Moe Milstead
2. Shaun Goode
3. Marc Bowers
4. Matthew Mantle
5. Harvey Wright
6. Mandy Cook
7. Dave Bowers
8. Barry ‘Sturmey’ Archer
9. Diane Mantle
10. Colin Mantle

Mildenhall celebrate Club Champions of 2009

Mildenhall Cycling Club have celebrated members' achievements of 2009 at their recent Annual Dinner & Prize Presentation.

Mandy Cook took the top award, the Super Champion, which is based on points awarded for competing in a Rough Ride, a two-lap Circuit Time Trial*, Grass Track, Road Race, Hill Climb, Off-Road Championship, Cyclo-Cross, Club Night attendance (from September to March) and Club Run attendance. She also pushed Club Chairman Barry Archer very hard in the Senior Off-Road Championship, forcing him to share the award that he won out-right in 2008!

There was, once again, no real surprise who the winners of the Hill Climb and Grass-Track Championships were in 2009. A former National 8km Grass-Track Champion, Max Pendleton comfortably saw off younger members Keith Richardson and Sarra Boyd on the track at last year's Mildenhall Cycling Rally, while on Primrose Hill in Moulton the father of Olympic and World Sprint Champion Victoria Pendleton MBE, had a clear ten-second margin ahead of his closest rival Richard Carrington. Carrington though showed his prowess against the clock on the road, to be the fastest club-member over 10 and 25 miles.

There was a very welcome return of Anthony Preece to the competive arena in 2009 and was rewarded by becoming the Club's Senior Cyclo-Cross Championship.

It is very pleasing that the Mildenhall Club is once again, as a result of it's Go-Ride programme, starting to attract younger members. One of those Adam Gough, was missing from the presentation, as he was in Great Longstone, Derbyshire competing in the British School's Cycling Association (BSCA). However, on the day both felt they might have done better to have attended the dinner instead.

Adam's father Adrian said "it didn't go too well. We battled through the snowy conditions to get there, but had to leave the car about half a mile from the venue and walk the rest of the way as the road was too slippery."

"We took Adam's usual bike, but left the one the Club had lent him on the back of the car, which was a bad call!. Unfortunately by the time his race started the course was very slushy. His bike had no traction. The one we left with the car with proper 'cross- tyres would have been far better. We're not sure yet where he finished as we left to get home before the results were posted, to get home in the best of the weather." he added.

Adam from Cambridge, finished 10th in the Under 12 age category. But a very philosophical Adrian, said later "It was a shame for him ..... but that's racing! We both learnt a lot about having the right tyres and bike for the conditions."

He was the Club's Youth Cyclo-Cross and Grass-Track Champion in 2009 and is pictured right, proudly showing off the trophies in the Mildenhall Club's headquarters.

For all complete list of all the awards and placings by Club members in 2009 click here

Younger member not put off by the weather - part 2!

Colin Mantle went to Kettering in search of more Go-Race competition on Saturday in his age group. But the re-appearance of the snow again, resulted in lots of cancellations, so there was only Colin, two 9-year-olds and an 11-year-old.

Colin came 1st overall with no handicaps. Dad Matthew, said afterwards " It was heavy going with a few inches of snow and they found it was quicker to run with their bikes in a lot of places! But they all had a good time though!"

Younger member not put off by the weather - part 1

A cold and foggy day did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of the participants in West Suffolk Wheelers & Triathlon Club Go-Race, held in Moreton Hall in Bury St Edmunds. They included Mildenhall's Colin Mantle, who at just nine was also the youngest!

In the 11-&-under group (yellow vests) Colin received a medal for being 2nd boy and was third overall. The twelve riders did though escaped the rain, sleet and snow that came afterwards.