On the 11th October, we returned to Milestones Museum in Basingstoke for the fifth round of the Wessex Cyclocross League. This bumpy round was hosted by Pedalon and NHRC and featured a variety of corners, banking and a tough uphill start line.

In the U8 Girls, Lucy Greenhalgh took third and Summer Zhao came ninth. In the U8 Boys, Eli Tang came fifth. In the U10 Girls, Flo Boustred came second. Wilf Barlow came ninth in the U10 Boys, Leighton Riley followed in tenth with Joshua Marsden in 11th, Sunni Muriithi in 13th, Harrison Hough in 17th and Jordan Riley in 19th. In the U12 Girls, Ella Greenhalgh came second and Jess Barry claimed seventh. In the Boys, Alfie Hough came sixth and Rex Davies in fourteenth.

In the U14 Girls, Emily Williams finished in second place, with Elsa Varney in sixth and Ruby Boustred in eleventh. Freddie Trosh came seventh in the Boys. Reuben Lewis finished tenth, Billy Dyer in 11th, Ruben Davies in 13th, Leeyo Muriithi in 14th and James Martin in 16th. In the U16 Girls, Alexis Barry finished fifth. Sam Comben came seventh in the Boys, with Aneurin Gilbert in ninth and Morgan Gilbert in 10th.

Next up, the Junior Open saw Benji Pike in sixth and George Boustred in seventh. George Connell came fourth in the U23 Open, with Sam Ridgement in fifth. It was another win for Andi Gardiner in the M40 category and Pete Boustred closed off the top three, with Ian Crocker finishing seventh. Marit Davidse took her first win, winning the Junior Women’s race. Emma Harrison came third in the U23 Women’s and Caroline Trosh finished third in the M40 Women’s. Jon Dudley came twelfth in the M60s and Jon Hall finished seventh in the M50s.

A good race for Sotonia that weekend and, overall, a great turn out once again. On a slightly different note, James Sutton, Archie Frogley, Joseph Lovegrove and Maximilian Palmer raced in the RTTC National Closed Circuit Championship over in Thruxton. Archie won the 11 year olds category and Joseph came first in the 9 year old category. Well done to all four of them – it’s always great to see Sotonia representation in other disciplines.

On the 18th October, cyclocross took to Derby for the first National Trophy of 2026, here’s the link to view the results: https://my.raceresult.com/429030/

Overall, it’s been a fun-filled time for Sotonia Racers. See you all in Swindon this weekend!