Smith and Wilkinson victorious in Sunderland Clarion climb
Matty Smith (Muckle CC) and Sarah Wilkinson (Blaydon CC) were fastest male and female riders respectively as Sunderland Clarion staged their hill-climb at Silver Hills near Lamesley on Sunday.
Cold and blustery conditions made it almost as challenging for the timekeepers, particularly at the top of the two-mile exposed climb.
28 and from Ashington, Smith clocked a time of 7-52.2 to win by five seconds from team-mate Lee Cuthbertson (Muckle CC), with third being Tom Townsend (Vredestein Basso) who was another 1.6 seconds back.
Meanwhile 50-year-old Wilkinson from Chester-le-Street clocked 9-40.9 to win the women’s prize by more than a minute from 13-year-old Erin Boothman (East Kilbride CC) while Reifen Racing’s Lara Gosling was third.
“I’m really surprised with the result, but I’m super happy to finally get a hill climb win,” said Smith. “I have had a few podiums at hill climbs over the past couple of seasons but never felt I was anywhere near winning one.
“It’s been a strange year with no road racing so I wasn’t sure where I’d be at coming into hill climb season. It’s a nice surprise to get the win at my first hill climb this season.”
And Sarah said afterwards: “I am happy with the win, even with the reduced field compared to the previous races. It’s been great to see more ladies entering the hill climbs which is making it a good overall competition.
“I was a fair bit slower than last year partly due to the strong wind and also I feel like l need a few more races to be able to push myself harder. Looking forward to next weekend!”
Stephen Kerr won the Peter Foster Memorial Trophy for the fastest rider from the host club (Sunderland Clarion) with his time of 12:57.7.
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Results:
Pos Name Club Cat Time
1 Matty Smith Muckle Cycle Club Senior 7:25.2
2 Lee Cuthbertson Muckle Cycle Club Senior 7:30.2
3 Tom Townsend Vredestein Basso Espoir 7:31.8
4 Colin Atkinson Muckle Cycle Club Vet 7:35.8
5 Nick Spencer Blumilk.Com Vet 7:46.2
6 Jacob Anderson South Shields Velo Cycling Club Senior 7:47.3
7 Adam Martin Newcastle Cheviot CC Senior 7:47.9
8 Tony Fawcett Newcastle Cheviot CC Vet 8:02.4
9 Rafe Williams Team Bikestop Tyrekey Senior 8:05.5
10 Nick Munro Royal Air Force Cycling Association Senior 8:08.3
11 Wilson-Jay Brown PM Racing UK Senior 8:15.7
12 Chris Burns Reifen Racing Senior 8:17.2
13 Matthew Williams Muckle Cycle Club Senior 8:21.7
14 Josh Reid Gosforth RC Senior 8:22.6
15 Joe Stringer Muckle Cycle Club Senior 8:31.5
16 Graeme Kirton South Shields Velo Cycling Club Vet 8:35.5
17 Noel Stoddart Blaydon CC Vet 8:37.4
18 Simon Gibbs Reifen Racing Vet 8:40.4
19 Ben Wilkinson Muckle Cycle Club Senior 8:44.0
20 Joe Reed Muckle Cycle Club Senior 8:45.8
21 Guillaume Zoppi North Tyneside Riders CC Vet 8:51.6
22 Colin Ash Reifen Racing Vet 8:57.8
23 Michael Noble Muckle Cycle Club Senior 9:01.6
24 Brendan McMillan Tyne & Wear Fire & Rescue Service CC Senior 9:02.1
25 Craig Berry Reifen Racing Vet 9:03.3
26 Euan Dinning Gosforth RC Juvenile 9:04.5
27 Peter Stokoe Reifen Racing Senior 9:05.0
28 Ian Gallon North Tyneside Riders CC Vet 9:05.4
29 Daryl Oguona Tyne & Wear Fire & Rescue Service CC Vet 9:06.3
30 Brian Johnson Reifen Racing Vet 9:07.0
31 Barry Fordham Cestria C.C. Vet 9:10.4
32 Hal Kennedy North Tyneside Riders CC Juvenile 9:30.5
33 Scot Whitfield Blaydon CC Senior 9:31.9
34 Sarah Wilkinson Blaydon CC Vet 9:40.9
35 Jeff Haywood Tyne & Wear Fire & Rescue Service CC Vet 9:55.6
36 David Goodwin Newcastle Cheviot CC Vet 10:04.3
37 Ben Scott Racing Metro 15 Juvenile 10:24.5
38 Ronnie Batey Derwentside CC Vet 10:25.1
39 Michael Trow Blaydon CC Vet 10:26.1
40 David Linsley Tyne & Wear Fire & Rescue Service CC Vet 10:27.4
41 Erin Boothman East Kilbride Road Club Juvenile 10:44.4
42 Scott Robertson Tyne & Wear Fire & Rescue Service CC Senior 11:04.6
43 Lara Gosling Reifen Racing Vet 11:05.5
44 Angela McGurk Blaydon CC Senior 11:10.7
45 Richard Kirby Tyne & Wear Fire & Rescue Service CC Vet 11:19.2
46 Natalie Batey Tyne & Wear Fire & Rescue Service CC Senior 11:20.5
47 Barry Holyoak South Shields Velo Cycling Club Vet 11:44.3
48 Mick Chappel North Tyneside Riders CC Vet 11:47.6
49 Alan Snaith Derwentside CC Vet 11:55.8
50 Ronan Holloran Army Cycling Vet 12:21.6
51 Ross Herring Tyne & Wear Fire & Rescue Service CC Senior 12:29.2
52 Stephen Kerr Sunderland Clarion Vet 12:57.7
53 Joe McMillan Blaydon CC Vet 13:15.5
54 Lee Charlton Newcastle Cheviot CC Vet 14:03.9
55 Frank Devlin South Shields Velo Cycling Club Vet 14:06.7
56 Mick Quinn Tyne & Wear Fire & Rescue Service CC Vet 15:08.1
57 Christopher Anderson Sunderland Clarion Vet 16:52.7
Theodor Obholzer Durham University Cycling Club Espoir APOLS
Paul Waggott Racing Metro 15 Vet APOLS
Zac Batey Derwentside CC Juvenile APOLS
Peter Hawkins Muckle Cycle Club Senior APOLS
Daniel Holmes Derwentside CC Junior APOLS
Paul Hague Gosforth RC Vet APOLS
Harry Snaith Derwentside CC Juvenile APOLS
Christopher Wilcock Muckle Cycle Club Senior APOLS
Lee Statham Houghton CC Vet APOLS
Grace Inglis Muckle Cycle Club Senior APOLS
Colin Blacklock Muckle Cycle Club Vet APOLS
Grace Castle Mountain Goat Performance Cycle Coaching Junior APOLS
Kieron Mutch Racing Metro 15 Junior APOLS
Sophie Mutch Racing Metro 15 Espoir APOLS
Joanna Blackburn Cheshire Maverick Cycle Club Senior DNS
Sandy Cheung Reifen Racing Vet DNS