We couldn’t have asked for a better day on Sunday, wall to wall sunshine and great racing to behold. Firstly, many thanks to the guys & girls that helped in some way on the day. Without you these events don’t happen, thank you very much. Secondly to those little legs that push the pedals round.
What a great day it was for the Sotonia Youth riders. A total of 30 of our riders were at the start and the sea of Orange was impressive to see.
Maybe the best thing about the day was the number of first time riders who picked up the courage to start in a race. Our regular riders have long forgotten the day they were first at the start line but our new riders made a great step in a hopefully long journey in cycling.
The placings of our riders were:
U10 race – 65 in race
U8 girls
Tes Bignell 2nd, Tilly Wilks 3rd, Jaya Martingale 6th, Eve Carline 8th
U8 boys
Harry Banks 11th, Lorenzo Scarponi 17th , Giulio Scarponi 18th
U10 Girls
Skye Martingale 5th, Ella Ridgment 8th, Marit Davidse 10th, Poppy Carline 11th, Alisha Kirk 12th, Eva Mar-Moliner 13th, Hannah Olney 14th
U10 Boys
Tom Wilks 7th, Joseph Bignell 9th, Finlay Banks 14th, Samuel White 15th, Benji Pike 18th, Lucas Mills 19th
U12 race – 46 in race
U12 Girls
Izzy Hall 5th, Olivia Allman 8th, Emma Harrison 10th
U12 Boys
George Connell 3rd, Samuel Ridgment 7th, Jonathan Lowe 16th, Charlie Shepherd 20th, George White 26th
U14/U16 Race – 56 in race
Max Darnton 9th (22), Louis Kirk 19th (40)