Archive for December, 2009

photo courtesy of John Irvine : (l to r) Pete, Roy, Jean Ann, Maggie Sandra

Local Ride Racing Wins Medals

This past weekend Mahon Park in North Vancouver hosted the 2009 BC Cyclocross Provincial Championship, and Local Ride Racing showed in force with 14 racers plus 2 support tents. Out of those 14 racers, 5 managed to battle their way onto the podium. The Local Ride development team proved that they will be a threat in the future with both Maggie and Pete grabbing 3rd place against strong competition in the U17 category. Roy had one of his strongest CX races of the season also netting himself the bronze in the Master 40-49 category. Don’t let that age fool you, those guys are FAST. First place went to Norm Thibault, a CX legend from the island.

Then it was time for the elite women to snag some hardware. Unfortunately Local Ride was shut out from a gold medal by none other than Alison Sydor, arguably the greatest female mountain biker in Canadian history. That’s OK because Jean Ann and Sandra filled up the rest of the podium in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Congratulations to all the amazing performances!!

Full LRR Results

Elite Men
9th Steve Devantier
10th Steve Doreen
11th Mike Berkenpas

Elite Women
2nd Jean Ann McKirdy
3rd Sandra Walter
6th Chelsea Bilsbarrow
7th Jeanine Ball

Masters 30-39
9th Ryan Newsome
15th Andrew Kerr

Masters 40-49
3rd Roy McBeth
15th Paul Craig
19th Barry Lyster

U17 Men
3rd Pete Whalen

U17 Women
3rd Maggie Coles-Lyster