Category: IBC Road Race

IBC Re-scheduled Spring Scramble Sunday 22nd July

/ Mark Salter

Ipswich Bicycle Club is pleased to be holding its delayed Spring Scramble on the 22nd July, on the Butley circuit. Moving course for logistical reasons, the route is shorter and much flatter than the Gosbeck circuit which we have used for many years. The cold weather in March forced us to reschedule both races to the next available date in the Eastern Road Race League calendar. There will be the Men’s 3/4 in the morning, and after lunch a Women’s 2/3/4.

The Members of Ipswich Bicycle Club have pulled together to produce an excellent day of racing. Together with British Cycling commissaires, the National Escort Group, and local Accredited Marshals.

A small number of Entry on the Line is available for the Men, and with slightly more for the Women. With temperatures expected to hit 24C on Sunday afternoon, and remaining dry all day. EOL is £25.

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Entry & Details Online here

Course map and GPX files here

Ipswich Road Race Results

/ Mark Salter

2015 saw the Ipswich Road Races being a huge success again. The Mens race was oversubscribed for another year and selection for the races took place around the ERRL rules to ensure we had an even field of riders from the Eastern area ERRL CLubs.

A full field of 70 Men took to the roads around Gosbeck before the 40 Women raced after lunch. The Womens field had double on online entries compared to last year, and was a Womens Eastern Road League (WERL) event. While it was a little damp for the Men, the sun did come out in the afternoon for the Women.

Many thanks to all the people who gave up their time to help out on this prestigious event.

Mens result to 20th place
1 Jack Hardwicke, Ipswich BC
2 Morris Bacon, Strada Sport
3 Grant Martin, Ipswich BC
4 James Browne, VC Norwich
5 Chris Guy, Iceni Velo
6 Martin Barkes, Ipswich BC
7 Amir Eshtehardi, Finsbury Park
8 Jeremy Perks, Chelmer CC
9 Trevor Ormes, Velo Shils Interbike RT
10 Ben Steadmand, Colchester Rovers
11 Andrew Bean, Strada Sport
12 Chris Cassell, Rapha CC
13 Micheal Atkinson, North Road CC
14 Joshua Aiken, Stowmarket & Dist CC
15 Stuart Clark, Chelmer CC
16 Simon Potter, CC Sudbury
17 Dan Grey, VC Norwich
18 Jonathon Chapman, CC Ashwell
19 Matt Bridges, Strada Sport
20 Ben Wright, VC Revolution.

Womens Results to 20th place
1 Sian Botteley, Velosure Starley Primal
2 Rose Osborne, Team WNT
3 Abby Mae Parkinson, Team Giordana Triton
4 Suzetta Guerrina, London Dynamo
5 Annasley Park, Team Giordana Triton
6 Laura Cameron, London Phoenix
7 Susan Freeburn, PMR@Toachin House
8 Helen McKay, Les Filles Racing Team
9 Nicole Oh, Les Filles Racing Team
10 Lauren Kirchel, Chelmer CC
11 Michelle Sellars, London Phoenix
12 Rebecca Carter, Team WNT
13 Aofie Doherty, London Phoenix
14 Louise Laker, PMR@Toachin House
15 Gaia Casciello, Welwyn Wheelers
16 Caroline Guest, Ford Cycling Club
17 Melissa Dowell, Braintree Velo
18 Catherine Coley, Ludlow CC
19 Rebecca Johnston, Stowmarket & Dist CC
20 Nicola Soden, Carnac Planet X

Ipswich Spring Scrambles 22nd March

/ Mark Salter

Ipswich BC as part of the Eastern Road League is proud to present a Reg B race for 3rd and 4th Cats (0930hrs), and a Women only race (1300hrs) on the same day for 2 / 3/ 4’s.

Working with British Cycling regional representatives and local authorities, Ipswich Bicycle Club has a history of providing quality racing in the area, and the Gosbeck circuit is quite a challenging course. The neutralised roll out from the Village Hall heads north to Helmingham and Framsden Mill, where at the top of the climb and after five laps the race ends. The course itself turns left to Petaugh after Framsden, left to Crowfield and sharp left back to Gosbeck.

This year we have employed the services of the National Escort Group who with their motorcycles help to ensure the safety of the riders and the public.

Whilst the riders are racing a team of volunteers has worked hard in order to support the race on the day, and in the weeks beforehand. These people give up their own spare time to support this event, and are appreciated enormously by the organiser.

Women only racing is becoming more popular and this year a field of 40+ has already signed up for the afternoon race. Riders in this race are coming from as far afield as Manchester and Kidderminster, with lots of Eastern counties riders taking part. The Men’s race has a full field of 70 riders, all from Eastern Road Race League member clubs.

The Women’s Only Reg B has 19 places left. If you would like to enter please contact Paulrippon32@btinternet.com, who will endeavour to get you a place before the race day.

IBC Road Race – Results

/ Mark Salter

This years Ipswich Bicycle Club Spring Scramble took place last Sunday, on the Gosbeck circuit, just north of Ipswich. For the first time Ipswich BC hosted an E1234 Women Only race which attracted women from Manchester, York and Edinburgh. These races were ERRL and WERL events. The day was mostly bright and slightly windy for both races. Whilst the men’s race was full at 60 riders, we managed to attract 23 riders for the Women’s race. With only minor grazes in the men’s race after some of the riders came together, the Women’s race was incident free. Each race had several leaders, which was hotly contested, but the lone riders didn’t manage to stay out in front for too long.

The Mens 3/4 Race result is
1st Chris Jackson -Strada Sport
2nd Tom Bicknell -Pro Cycle Hire UK Racing Team
3rd Daniel Young -Glendene CC
4th Ross Fawsett – Ipswich Bicycle Club
13th Dan Zagni – Ipswich Bicycle Club

The Womens E1234 Race result is
1st Elanor Cadzow – Bonito Squadra Corsa
2nd Maryka Sennma – Kingston Wheelers
3rd Tanya Griffiths – Starley Primal Pro Cycling
12th Ruth Bradbrook – Ipswich Bicycle Club

More results at
https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/101213/Ipswich-BC-Spring-Scramble#results

http://www.velouk.net/2014/03/24/result-ipswich-bc-spring-scramble-2/

Special thanks from Organiser go out to all of the volunteers from the local area, and to the friends & members Ipswich Bicycle Club for the time & support they give to holding this event.

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