WOR's Llwyd and proud
By TMX Archives on 2nd Mar 07
ONCE again the unpredictable Welsh weather challenged the organising team at WOR Events when it staged its latest event over the weekend of February 24/25.
On Saturday over 80 riders attended a fantastic race experience day and set the tone for a big turnout on Sunday.
The huge forest venue at Cefn Llwyd was freshly graded and had new sections right the way through it. The circuit had been planned to run mainly on flowing stone tracks with some minimal work in the trees. A huge piece of open moorland was also included which offered riding conditions very similar to those found in Scotland.
The 11km loop had to be changed and tweaked slightly but on the whole the course stood up and the riders enjoyed a great ride.
The usual WOR format of two races was the order of the day and at 9.30am the two hour Intermediate event got under way, riding a slightly smaller and easier course than devised for the main open race. Goggles were useless within a quarter of a lap but the grin factor from the riders enjoying the long blasts of fire roads was evident for all to see.
In the Ladies class, Rachael Atherton took the spoils with a consistent ride that had her finishing comfortably ahead of Kate Lloyd and Leah Jones. The Ladies class was one of the biggest to date with over 15 females taking part!
A huge Youth class saw some very spirited displays with the two Humphreys boys who love hard conditions, on the podium. Gethin finished in second with Owain third. The win went to the impressive Josh Taylor who built up a four minute advantage.
WOR HARE AND HOUNDS Two Hour Hare Scramble
Expert: 1 Lincoln Brewster 6 laps - 0:38 time penalties, 2 Conan Mayman 6 - 2:00, 3 Aled Evans 6 - 5:53, 4 Jason Crossland 6 - 7:30, 5 Pete Lightfoot 6 - 9:03, 6 Shaun Turner 6 - 10:32.
Clubman 4T: 1 Jim Buchanan 6 - 20:59, 2 Andy Simmonds 6 - 21:16, 3 Rudy Austin 5 - 2:37, 4 Steven Ellis 5 - 15:07, 5 Paul Waterhouse 5 - 20:49, 6 Darren Morgan 5 - 20:52.
Clubman 2T: 1 Dan Atherton 6 - 14:38, 2 Craig Reynolds 6 - 15:13, 3 Gee Atherton 6 - 15:40, 4 Aled Humphreys 6 - 16:42, 5 Harry Hillas 6 - 19:41, 6 Mike Evans 6 - 29:14, 7 Dave Cooper 5 - 0:24, 8 Jim Barrie 5 - 0:44, 9 Alun Jones 5 - 2:07, 10 Sean Griffiths 5 - 3:10.
Over 35: 1 Ian Barnett 6 - 9:27, 2 Anthony Crowe 5 - 2:42, 3 Tom Humphreys 5 - 8:05, 4 Martin Wells 5 - 9:13, 5 Kevin Humphreys 5 - 9:34, 6 Ian Coburn 5 - 10:42, 7 Chris Lord 5 - 15:38, 8 Mark Dean 5 - 19:05.
Over 45: 1 Colin Jones 5 - 0:18, 2 Nigel Pugh 5 - 13:06, 3 Paul Cook 4 - 1:18, 4 Chris Simm 4 - 4:57.
Sportsman: 1 Barnaby Moore 5 - 7:20, 2 Stephen Thornton 5 - 11:27, 3 Rhys Evans 5 - 13:44, 4 Steffan Kojs 5 - 14:36, 5 Neil Hawksey 5 - 15:19, 6 Gareth Roberts 5 - 18:22, 7 Lee Jones 5 - 18:27, 8 Nelson Buckland 5 - 21:55, 9 Pete Middleton 5 - 26:33, 10 Steven Hughes 5 - 27:47.
Two Hour Intermediate Hare Scramble
Novice: 1 Lewis Belfield 7 - 14:25, 2 Steven Carter 6 - 0:12, 3 Karl Chadwick 6 - 2:58, 4 Pete Thacker 6 - 4:23, 5 Rhodri Ellis 6 - 4:30, 6 Paul Bright 6 - 6:54, 7 Gareth Jones 6 - 7:00, 8 Delwyn Pugh 6 - 7:20, 9 Adam Johnson 6 - 12:25, 10 Roger Gamblin 6 - 14:01.
Youth: 1 Josh Taylor 6 - 0:51, 2 Gethin Humphreys 6 - 1:41, 3 Owain Humphreys 6 - 3:25, 4 Joe Deakin 6 - 11:00, 5 Tom Beedles 6 - 14:09, 6 Huw Jones 6 - 16:11.
Ladies: 1 Rachel Atherton 5 - 1:22, 2 Helen Gaskill 5 - 3:13, 3 Kate Lloyd 4 - 4:58, 4 Leah Jones 4 - 28:19.
Beginner: 1 John Roberts 6 - 12:30, 2 Andy Latham 6 - 15:04, 3 Damien Groves 6 - 16:01, 4 Joe Frost 6 - 19:59, 5 Stuart Middleton 5 - 2:21, 6 Rhodri Jones 5 - 12:20, 7 William Charnock 5 - 12:42, 8 Leon Dolby 5 - 13:30.
Sportsman: 1 Scott Hughes 7 - 17:59, 2 Lee Cottrell 7 - 20:22, 3 Henry Snelson 6 - 5:13, 4 Paul Goldstraw 6 - 5:17, 5 Ashley Jones 6 - 10:36, 6 Bryan Lloyd 6 - 13:40.
For full report, results and pictures see T+MX NEWS, Friday, March 2, 2007.