Matlock Cycling Club Hill Climb
Matlock Cycling Club Hill Climb 2014
























In the Youth races, Elena Smith (Fossa Racing) took the U14 girls win with Matlock CC's Amelie Wayte 2nd and Sarah Briggs 3rd. The Junior men’s victory was taken by Matlock CC’s Arthur Green with William Gascoigne (Specialized Notts) and Ollie Peckover (Sherwood Pines) completing the podium positions. In the seniors John Johnstone again rode strongly in his first cyclocross season to finish 12th. The Veteran Men’s race was won decisively by Zepnat’s Dan Alexander with Matlock's Chris Green 7th. Marianne Heffron (Zepnat) took 2nd in the Ladies veteran race and Zepnat took victory in the V50 race as well, with a resurgent Tim Gould continuing his comeback to racing and taking the win.
Words provided kindly by Andrew Woolf (Matlock Cycling Club Press)
Images by M Ludbrook of Sportsshots Photography
The Combined Results provided by Matlock Cycling Club
2013 Hill Climb
October 2013
Those foolish enough to walk the course would be more familiar with how breath taking this climb can be, both visually and physically, but to cycle up it in against the clock leaves little time for looking back.
This is something that will pull a crowd, and the crowds did gather and voiced their encouragement to help spur the 31 competitors to the top.
Riber was the first location for the Matlock CC annual hill climb.
Now in it's 34th running, named as the George Higton Memorial Hill Climb after a former member of the club, it has seen many big names take to the start line over the years, with multiple National Hill Climb Champions and local pro riders testing their abilities against the gradients. The course is just shy of 1.2km in length and has an average gradient of 12%, but this is mis-leading due to the flat section as you pass Starkholmes Village Hall. The shock comes to the riders when they turn off on to Riber Road where the gradient ramps up to a maximum - and eye watering - 25%. Crowds gather at the hair pin sections as the riders pass with grimacing faces. This is the steepest section of the climb, before it eases off with just a few yards to the finish line. Sunday's running was made all the more difficult due to the wet road surface and the leaves covering the road, making traction on the steep areas particularly difficult.
The course record is currently set at 3 minutes and 29 seconds, held by local pro-rider Dave Clarke set 8 years ago. Adam Kenway of Buzz Cycles took the win, and was 10 seconds off the course record, but his time was very impressive given the conditions as he had to battle in to a headwind on the early slopes before the trees gave some respite on the zig zag Riber Road.
Words by S Strange,M Ludbrook Images by M Ludbrook
The Days Results
Riber
No Name Club Status Time
1 Adam Kenway Team Zenith.www.buzz cycles.co.uk S 03:39.5
2 Lee Baldwin Buxton CC S 03:43.0
3 James Allen Langsett Cycles RT S 03:46.7
4 Charles Taylor South Pennine RC S 04:00.7
5 Andy Nichols Neon-Velo.com S 04:02.0
6 Arthur Green Matlock CC J 04:10.5
7 Stephen Price Derby Mercury RC S 04:13.7
8 Aaron Handley Sheffrec CC J 04:15.7
9 Liam O'Toole Sheffrec CC S 04:21.4
10 Paul Robinson Lyme Racing Club V 04:21.7
11 Chris Green Matlock CC V 04:24.7
12 David Watson Coventry RC V 04:25.5
13 John Johnston Matlock CC S 04:26.3
14 Greig Burt VC Long Eaton S 04:33.7
15 Chris Statham Matlock CC Y 04:35.6
16 Kevin White Matlock CC V 04:40.2
17 Chris Sharp Matlock CC S 04:40.4
18 John Keane Coventry CC S 04:43.7
19 Sidney Wilson Derby Mercury RC J 05:25.6
20 Eve Lyon Nutcracker MTB Racing YL 06:40.4
21 Kyle Fantom Matlock CC S 07:11.0
22 Michael Kuszynski Matlock CC V 08:08.6
5 Henry Morten Matlock CC Y DNS
11 George Swindell Sherwood Pines SRAM RT Y DNS
14 Sarah Naylor Ashfield RC L DNS
16 Xavier Scott Bolsover & District CC S DNS
27 Dave Archer Bolsover & District CC S DNS
1 Team Matlock CC
Bank Rd
Pos No Name Club status Time Prime
1 26 James Allen Langsett Cycles RT S 01:52.6 01:05.8
2 30 Lee Baldwin Buxton CC S 01:54.7 01:04.5
3 31 Matt Clinton Mike Vaughan Cycles S 01:55.4 01:05.7
4 29 Adam Kenway Team Zenith.www.buzz cycles.co.uk S 01:56.0 01:03.6
5 28 Liam O'Toole Sheffrec CC S 01:59.5 01:07.4
6 24 Andy Nichols Neon-Velo.com S 02:08.5 01:08.5
7 22 David Watson Coventry RC V 02:14.9 01:17.4
8 5 Adam Machan Sheffrec CC S 02:15.6 01:28.0
9 21 Arthur Green Matlock CC J 02:18.4 01:19.7
10 27 Dave Archer Bolsover & District CC S 02:19.1 01:19.2
11 13 John Johnston Matlock CC S 02:20.9 01:03.5
11 18 Paul Robinson Lyme Racing Club V 02:20.9 01:15.2
13 19 Chris Green Matlock CC V 02:23.9 01:19.0
14 25 John Keane Coventry CC S 02:28.0 01:20.6
15 12 Aaron Handley Sheffrec CC J 02:28.7 01:21.0
16 15 Chris Sharp Matlock CC S 02:30.5 01:29.6
17 20 Greig Burt VC Long Eaton S 02:31.0 01:24.1
18 23 Kevin White Matlock CC V 02:34.0 01:27.6
19 10 Chris Statham Matlock CC Y 02:34.7 01:29.4
20 2 Nicola Soden Champion Systems/Maxgear/Base L 02:46.9 01:36.1
21 17 Sidney Wilson Derby Mercury RC J 03:00.0 01:37.3
22 3 Natalie Hodson Dirtwheels RT L 03:13.1 01:35.8
23 4 William Havercroft Matlock CC S 03:15.7 01:40.7
24 7 Kyle Fantom Matlock CC S 03:43.4 01:55.8
25 8 Eve Lyon Nutcracker MTB Racing YL 03:51.8 01:59.4
26 9 Michael Kuszynski Matlock CC V 04:07.9 02:22.8
27 1 Josh Eaton Matlock CC S 04:09.7 02:07.6
6 Nick Decker Congleton CC V DNS
11 George Swindell Sherwood Pines SRAM RT Y DNS
14 Sarah Naylor Ashfield RC L DNS
16 Xavier Scott Bolsover & District CC S DNS