Thursday, October 30, 2008
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Full Bermuda Results for Junior Caribbean Cycling Championships
Time Trial - Saturday, July 12th
Females - 15 Kilometers
Hayley Evans - 3rd
Sophie Adams - 4th
Juvenile Men - 20 Kilometers
Alex Godfrey - 9th
Ryan Gunn - 13th
Tyree Armstrong - 16th
Junior Men - 20 Kilometers
Thomas Godfrey - 6th
Aaron Place - 9th
Philip Woolridge - 10th
Road Race - Sunday, July 13th
Females - 42.5 Kilometers
Sophie Adams - 3rd
Hayley Evans - 4th
Juvenile Men - 59.5 Kilometers
Alex Godfrey - 9th
Ryan Gunn - 11th
Tyree Armstrong - 18th
Junior Men - 85 Kilometers
Thomas Godfrey - 7th
Aaron Place - 15th
Philip Woolridge 17th
Sunday, July 13, 2008
More Bronze For Bermuda
Sophie Adams took third place in the road race today, claiming Bermuda's second medal of the Junior Caribbean cycling Championships. She and Hayley (4th) got away with the eventual winner but we later caught by the strong rider from Curacao who took second place, just two seconds ahead of Sophie. What a great result for both our girls to have claimed prizes in these championships.
More pictures to follow but two happy girls will have to suffice for now.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Hayley Gets Bronze!!!
Hayley Evans took third place in the time trial today, finishing behind riders from Aruba and Curacao and just ahead of our Sophie Adams. It was a great day for Hayley and the entire team as it was the first time any Bermuda junior has won a medal in the Junior Caribbean Cycling Championships. We'll see if we can get a comment from her but we may have to wait until the grin disappears.
The boys fared well in their 20K TT with Thomas taking 6th, followed by Aaron in 9th and Philip in 10th. The winner, Quentin Winkel of Curacao beat his own personal record on his home course by one minute and demonstrated that course knowledge can be a big factor. Just wait 'til we host this event next year.
Our "Juvenile" boys did well, with Alex G finishing 9th with Ryan 12th and Tyree at 16th. The heat on the morning was very intense and is a bit of a warning for the road race tomorrow.
This afternoon was spent relaxing in the A/C after a dip in the pool (Tyree demonstrated all of his best Bermuda dives) and lunch, including what must be the standard fare of cyclists in the Caribbean, fried plantains (amongst other things) and chicken.
Wishing you could be here to experience all of the sights and sounds of Curacao and the racing but know that you are as delighted as Nigel and I with Hayley's awesome result.
Friday, July 11, 2008
We've made it to Curacao!
We're here! The Lido Hotel was ready for us and even has air conditioning. The local cycling federation has been great, picking us up from the airport last night and then driving us to dinner. And today they were back at the hotel to make sure that everything was OK. Aaron's seat post snapped after he had set up the bike and Thomas's rear deraileur was bent so off to a local shop for a seat post and a loaner deraileur for Thomas.
After putting together all the bikes with Philip's expert assistance we set off for a warm up ride a la Geri Mewett with our local guide Daniel. Working on sticking the video here, maybe by this afternoon.
-peter
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Starting Out To Curacao
We started today with our flight from Bermuda to Miami where we are now 4 hours into our 6 hour layover. It was great to see so many cyclists out on the roads in Bermuda before 6:30 this morning, including Joey Richardson, Mark Lombardi (apparently he flatted) and even Manny Packwood. Jay Donawa was on our flight and he gave some great encouragement to the team. Everyone is really thrilled to be heading to Curacao for the competition.
Here in Miami we're mainly just sitting around and some are learning the basics of card games. In a few hours we get a direct flight to our final destination and hope to be in the hotel and assembling the bikes by 9:00PM. With any luck we might even see dinner.
Thanks for all the supportive comments you have sent.
-peter
p.s. - apparently I omitted Thomas Godfrey from a list of our team in the last BBA newsletter. He's here and dilligently working on his Sudoku puzzels (see hand in corner of picture).
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