ECC 10 MILES SPRINT RACE #10

Hey people, it was a good run Sunday for the club. We got a 1, 2, 3 podium finish. Hey, hey, hey Marloe had a flat, but that was just a plus for turning out to support the event. You could never tell what will happen on the day. Alexzander Doyley did capitalized on that little window of misfortune and rode away with the race. The second place went to Garnet Young, who held off a charg from Mavin Anderson, who came through on the line for the thrid place finish. With all said, we would like to say a big thank you to all who have supported. this new event and continue to keep it running.

THE JAMAICA CYCLING FEDERATION'S 50TH COMMEMORATIVE DEVELOPMENT MEET

The Jamaica Cycling Federation's 50th Commemorative Development Meet went off with a bang. It was a lovely showcase of skills and endurance by some of the country's best cyclist, both young and old. The star of the day was as usually Marloe Rodman, who rode away with all the major prizes. The clubs highlight of the day came from the fresh blood to the Endurance squad Terran "Cow" Brown. He won the category 5 race, while Garnet Young slipped away with the 2nd place in the Masters 8 lap scratch race. Closing out the clubs medal haul was Alexander Doyley with his 3rd place win in the category 3, 4, Masters and Recreational 8 lap mixed race. The biggest misfortune for the club was it's main sprinter Mavin Anderson who dropped out of his pet event due to mechanical problems, both in the first round and again in the ride off for the final spot through to the second round of the Match Sprint.

It was a fantastic day for racing. The spectators got what they came for, as they were all witnesses to the brutal ambush in the "Devil's Take The Hind Most" with Marloe Rodman showing his fellow competitors what agility and fitness is all about. He tore the field apart leaving some guys to fight out who will be caught first, then dragging the rest across the line for the win. He then took the reins and led from start till finish, lapping the entire field in the 20 lap main event. All this after winning the match sprint earlier on. The women brought a nice flavor to the evenings event with a easy passed 4 lap race, not to mention Dahila Palmer who went up against the men in the match sprint and the feature race. It was a gallivant effort on her path and we do applaud her for it. The older guys was as immaculate as ever.  With the testosterone running, one could see that age was just a number as they rode like real champions. 

These are the podium finishers:
 

Category  5 (beginners/new to racing) - Road bicycles (Scratch)

1 Terron Brown -(Endurance Cycling Club)
2 Mathew Parchment -(Blisset Cycling Club)
3 Surge Mcgill -(Unattached)

Masters 8 laps (Scratch)

1 Gary Smith -(Cornwall Cycling Club)
2 Garnet  Young -(Endurance Cycling Club)
3 Andrew Roussaeu -(Cutters Cycling Club)

Devils Takes Hind Most (every lap the last person is eliminated)

1 Marloe Rodman -(Unattached)
2 Thailer Hill -(Portland Cycling Club)
3 Linford Blackwood -(Fresh Vibes Racing)

Juniors  4 laps (Scratch)

1 Dervin Myers -(Portland Cycling Club)
2 Andre Jackson -(Portland Cycling Club)

Match Sprint (one on one elimination)

1 Marloe Rodman -(Unattached)
2 Thailer Hill -(Portland Cycling Club)
3 Peter Thompson -(Blisset Cycling Club)

Women's  4 lap (Scratch) - newcomers

1 Renee Cousins -(Portland Cycling Club)
2 Kimberley Rose -(Portland Cycling Club)
3 Liona Ricketts -(Unattached)

NB Dahlia Palmer - Women's National Road and TT champion was present but she
enter events with the men

All Comers 2 lap (Scratch)

1 Dave Ines (not sure about last name) -(Unattached)
2 Shawn Allen -(Unattached)
3 Orville Lee -(Unattached)

Cat 3, 4, Masters & Recreational  8 lap (Scratch)

1 Gary Ford (Unattached)
2 Gary Smith -(Cornwall Cycling Club)
3 Alexander Doyle -(Endurance Cycling Club

The Main Event  20 Laps (Scratch)

1 Marloe Rodman -(Unattached)
2 Thailer Hill -(Portland Cycling Club)
3 Linford Blackwood -(Fresh Vibes Racing)

ECC 10 MILES SPRINT RACE

It was a successful start to what we hope will be an every free Sunday evening event (This event will only be run on those Sundays that dose not have a cycling event scheduled). This new introduction to the Endurance racing calendar,  will see all type of riders coming out to challenge the fast course, and even try to dethrone the reining champions of the sprints. The Hellshire circuit is one that riders have shied away from in the past, due to the fact that it is one that never eases, as It is a flat out racing from the start to the finish.

We have to say a huge Congratulations to the top three winners of the first staging: Alexander Doyley who took first place, Gary Ford in second place and Mavin Anderson rounding of the top three position in third place. The next staging is slaited for this Sunday November 11, 2012. Lets see if our two podium finishers can hold on to their positions our even better them.

The race starts from the first turn in to Grearter Portmore off the Hellshire main road, where there is a stop light below the Family Tree Hardware. Everyone rides off at 4:30pm sharp. If you are late, don't force the issue. Just come to see the finish. The purse contribution is just $200. Please bear in mind that it is a first, second and third place overall (no specific category).

Week #2 Winners are:
1st place - Alexander Doyley -(Endurance Cycling Club)
2nd place - Gary Ford - (Unattached)
3rd place - Mavin Anderson - (Endurance Cycling Club)

BLUE MOUNTAIN TIME TRIAL 

Held at Blue Mountain Inn - Irish Town (Upper St. Andrew) on Sunday May 29, 2011.

Distance: 5.6 MILES

RESULTS:

CATEGORY I + II:

Winner - THAILER HILL -(Portland Cycling Club)
2nd Place - TYRONE EDWARDS - (Endurance Cycling Club)
3rd Place - MICHAEL DAILEY - (Breakaway Cycling Club)

CATEGORY III + IV:

Winner - NOVEL THOMPSON - (Portland Cycling Club)
2nd Place - ORLANDO FERGUSON - (Portland Cycling Club)
3rd Place - 

JUNIORS:

Winner - SHACQUILLE SINCLAIR - (Endurance Cycling Club) 
2nd Place - DRVIN MYERS - (Portland Cycling Club)
3nd Place - ANDRE JACKSON -  (Portland Cycling Club)

MASTERS 40+:

Winner - CLEVAND SHARP -  (Fresh Vibes Racing)
2nd Place -              (Portland Cycling Club)
3rd Place - KARL DOUGLAS -(Endurance Cycling Club)

SUPER MASTERS 50+:

Winner - LINVAL WILLIAMS - (Endurance Cycling Club)
2nd Place -
3rd Place - 

CATEGORY V:

Winner - KEVIN LIONS -  (Endurance Cycling Club)
2nd Place -
3rd Place - 

CATEGORY FEMALE:

Winner - ALEXANDRA CONSTANTIN - (Fresh Vibes Racing)
2nd Place - DAHLIA PLAMER - (Cornwall Cycling Club)
3rd Place - JENNIFER HILTON - (Breakaway Cycling Club)

GOD PEE MEMORIAL

Held in Mineral Heights May Pen on Sunday May 22, 2011.

RESULTS: 

CATEGORY I + II:

Winner - THIALER HILL - (Portland Cycling Club)
2nd Place - CLEVAND SHARP - (Fresh Vibes Racing)
3rd Place - RADIEN LAWSON - (Westmoreland Cycling Club)

CATEGORY III + IV:

Winner - NOVEL THOMPSON - (Portland Cycling Club)
2nd Place - ORLANDO FERGUSON - (Portland Cycling Club)
3rd Place - COURTNEY COUSIN - (Cornwall Cycling Club)

JUNIORS:

Winner - DRVIN MYERS - (Portland Cycling Club) 
2nd Place - Shacquille Sinclair - (Endurance Cycling Club)
3nd Place - ANDRE JACKSON -  (Portland Cycling Club)
4th Place - HOWEN CARDOZA - (Cornwall Cycling Club)
5th Place - DAHLIA PLAMER - (Cornwall Cycling Club)
6th Place - TERRY SIMPSON - ?

MASTERS 40+:

Winner - CLEVAND SHARP -  (Fresh Vibes Racing)
2nd Place - GARIE SMITH - (Cornwall Cycling Club)
3rd Place - ALBERT MILLEN - (Fresh Vibes Racing)

SUPER MASTERS 50+:

Winner - ALBERT THOMAS -  (Ewarton Cycling Club)
2nd Place - HORACE RADRICQUITS - (Fresh Vibes Racing)
3rd Place - NORMAN EVANS - (Endurance Cycling Club)

CATEGORY V:

Winner - KEVIN LIONS -  (Endurance Cycling Club)
2nd Place - HOWARD WARD - (Cornwall Cycling Club)

ALL COMERS:

Winner - MICHAEL REID
2nd Place - GARY RICKMAN
3rd Place - STEPHANIE SMALL

ALL COMERS 13 & OVER:

Winner - CONROY JOHNSON
2nd Place - RICARDO REID
3rd Place - DAVAUHN DARKINS

RAMBO:

Winner - WAYNE CAMPBELLE
2nd Place - ANDREW ROBERTS
3rd Place - LEION MULLINS

FEATURE RACE : 

Winner - CLEVAND SHARP - (Fresh Vibes Racing)
2nd Place - RADIEN LAWSON - (Westmoreland Cycling Club)
3rd Place - THAILER HILL - (Portland Cycling Club)
4th Place - GAYSON BRISCO -(Cornwall Cycling Club)
5th Place - SHACQUILLE SINCLAIR - (Endurance Cycling Club)
6th Place - DERVIN MYERS - (Portland Cycling Club)
7th Place - PETER THOMPSON - ?

PREME 1 - THAILER HILL - (Portland Cycling Club)
PREME 2 - SHACQUILLE SINCLAIR - (Endurance Cycling Club) 
PREME 3 - DERVIN MYERS - (Portland Cycling Club)
PREME 4 - DERVIN MYERS  - (Portland Cycling Club)
PREME 5 - RADIEN LAWSON - (Fresh Vibes Racing)
PREME 6 - RADIEN LAWSON - (Fresh Vibes Racing)

Jamaican Marloe Rodman, left, is all smiles as he is about to cross the finish line.

Jamaican Marloe Rodman narrowly edged two-time British National Road Race Champion Jeremy Hunt to win the $10,000 first prize in the 14-Lap main event of the Beacon T&T Cycling Festival at the Queen’s Park Savannah on Thursday night. The two riders spent the last 500m of the race sprinting neck and neck before crossing the line within a metre of each other and sending the 1000-strong crowd into a frenzy. Rodman’s final time of one hour, ten minutes and 39.6 seconds was slightly slower than last year’s winner, Walter Perez of Argentina, who clocked 1:10:14.21.

German Henner Rondel and Austrians Andreas Graf and Werner Rienbenbauer rounded out the top five respectively while seventh place Gene Samuel collected $2000 for being the first local and $1000 for being the first Master. The top junior was Akiel Campbell, who picked up $1,000 for his efforts, while Rienbenbauer won $5000 for the People’s Prime. Following the race, Rodman said he was elated with the result. “Going up against these guys from all over the world was a lot of pressure, but I just waited for the right time to make my move. The first part of the race was the hardest because everybody was strong but they gradually started to wear down and down. It was really hard but if I knew if I could endure to the finish, I could come out on top and with two laps to go, Hunt pushed ahead and I followed him.”

Samuel, a third place finisher in 2006, said he felt he could have done better. “Although I did well, I’m a bit disappointed because I made a miscalculation and missed the break in the last two laps. I was on every break in the nine laps before that and I was feeling very strong out there. I could have been there in the end.” He added that the race had moved at a slower pace than in the years past. “I think most of the guys were maybe suffering a bit of jet lag.” In other results, German Mathais Stumpf won the Power Sprint, Scotland’s Kayleigh Brogan took the Ladies’ Two-Lap title, Akiel Campbell edged Marcelle Periera for in Juvenile Two-Lap crown and Ronald Peters won the Over 50 Masters Two-Lap.

 Cornwall Cycling Club (Road Race Results)

Sponsored By - Cornwall Garden Center 

February 27 2011.

80km race from Ironshore to Duncans and back to Ironshore.
 
MASTERS: 

1^st Place           Wayne Smith - Cornwall Cycling Club
2^nd Place         Junior Brown – Break Away Cycling Club         
3^rd Place          Albert Millen – Fresh Vibes Racing Team/Cycling Club          
 
JUNIORS:

1^st Place              Shaquelle Sinclair - Endurance Cycling Club
2^nd Place            Oshane Williams - Break Away Cycling Club
3^rd Place              Jesse Vikers - Break Away Cycling Club
 
CATEGORY 1&2: 

1^st Place           Lainel Stewart - Cornwall Cycling Club
2^nd Place         Danzie Stewart - Break Away Cycling Club
3^rd Place          Cleveland Sharpe - Fresh Vibes Racing                                                    Team/Cycling Club
4^th Place          Jason Briscoe - Cornwall Cycling Club
5^th Place          Michael Dailey - Break Away Cycling Club
 
CATEGORY 3 &4:

1^st Place           Kemar Dunn - ? Cycling Club
2^nd Place         Alex Doyle - Endurance Cycling Club
3^rd Place          Oral Powell - Cornwall Cycling Club
 
CATEGORY 5:

1^st Place           Paul Dunn - Break Away Cycling Club
2^nd Place         Brian Williams - Break Away Cycling Club
3^rd Place          Christopher Mclean - ? Cycling Club
 
Next Meet is on the 5^th of March 2011 in Portmore, St. Catherine.

 Caymans own Crankers Cycling Club has kicked off the start of a new racing series for 2011. The Endurance Cycling Club was extended an invitation to travel to the Cayman Islands to participate in the first staging of these events that was dubbed the “Cayman Challenge Cycle Series”, which is slated to run from the 23^rd of January through to the 13^th of June. This event saw a select team of Endurance cyclist namely, Shacquille Sinclair, Mavin Anderson, Tyrone Edwards and Marcel Hayles participating in the first two days of fierce competition over the January 23^rd -24^th Heroes day weekend.

The “TEN SAIL CYCLE CHALLENGE” was the official start to what is geared to be a grand series of racing for the Crankers Cycling Club. Being the first meet of the series, the team was in high spirit to be in a neighboring country to compete at the club level, and wanted to see what they were up against. Our trip was a wonderful experience courtesy of the National carrier Cayman Airways and our stay with the Jones family was very hospitable. The locals were found to be extremely kind and friendly to us as new comers to their island. From a cyclist point of view; we found the island to be a cycle friendly environment, pot hole free, breath taking scenery, long costal strips and a clean place to race. It would have been nice to know that the motoring public was not a threat to the cyclist on the roads, however this was not so.

The level of cycling in Cayman is not what we were expecting, but the good thing is that there is now something being done to resolve that problem. This bold move by the Crankers Cycling Club to introduce a new type of racing to the island by inviting us to compete against the local cyclist will only improve their standings in the realm of cycling in the Caribbean and the world at large. The level of competition that we brought to this event will only drive the local Clubs and riders to train harder and pull together to prevent other cycling counter parts like ourselves to come and dominate their home ground.

Even though one of our top riders (Marloe Rodman) was unable to make this trip, our team did very well. Shacquille Sinclair took the junior top spot and ended the weekend in second place in the overall standings. Mavin Anderson finished third in the road race to round of his effort as the fourth place finisher in the elite and fifth in the overall standing. Tyrone Edwards got sixth in the road race and did a glorious ride in the time trial to get the third place in the elite and fourth in the overall standings. Marcel Hayles rode an exceptional road race and gave it his best on the time trial leg to help the team to their second place standing in the Club aspect of the series. At the end of the three events the Club with the lowest time will be declared the Champion Club of the series.

With some minor adjustment to the team we will be armed and ready to demolish the competition at our next showing in the second leg of the Cayman Challenge Cycle Series: Cayman Brac Bluff Challenge on the 24^th and 25^th of April. We hope that it will get the full support of the local cycling community to set the stage for the finale in Grand Cayman: Tour De GC on the 12^th and 13^th of June.

We have to say a huge thanks to the promoter/president of the Crankers Cycling Club Barry Jones for getting us there. Keep up the good work, until we share the pavement on our next challenge again.

CAC GAMES AGUADILLA 2010. 

Marloe Rodman of Jamaica competes during the men's keirin cycling final at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Aguadilla - Sunday July 25, 2010.

One of the clubs finest cyclist at his best.

Jamaica's junior cyclists shine in Curacao:

From left: Kennett Ennis(Team Manager), Thailer Hill, Dahlia Palmer, Oshane Williams and Shaquille Sinclair.

NATIONAL Junior Road champions Thailer Hill of Orion Cycling Club in Portland and Dahlia Palmer of Hi Cadence Cycling Club in Montego Bay made their mark at the Klassiko International Road Series last weekend in Curacao.

Jamaica's youngsters challenged the Caribbean's top road juniors in a 20km time trial, a circuit race, and in a 60km/120km road race in the September 25-26 series.

Palmer clocked 38 minutes 8 seconds to finish second in the women's 20km time trial won by Denmark's Gerda Fokker in 36 minutes 58 seconds.

Hill also placed in the men's 20km time trial, clocking 31:21 as Aruba's Brayan VanRutten won in a time of 31:17. Another Jamaican, Shaquille Sinclair of Endurance Cycling Club in Portmore, finished third timing 31:56, with compatriot Oshane Williams of Hi Cadence Cycling Club in fourth.

Palmer and Hill also won their criterium, but found the road race more challenging.

In the 60km road race for 15 to 16 -year-olds, Williams won the male category, while Palmer finished third. In the 120km road race for 17-year-olds, Hill finished in third place.

The team was managed by Kenneth Ennis of Portmore's Endurance Cycling Club.

President of the Jamaica Cycling Federation Vaughn Phang said the "team did extremely well. We extend our congratulations to the members, parents, and clubs".

The team returned home Monday.

Rodman takes criterium, on track for 2012 Olympics

Tuesday, December 08, 2009

TOP Jamaican cyclists Marloe Rodman and Oniel Samuels showed their moves at the first annual Jamaica Bicycle Criterium at the National Stadium on Sunday with some $80,000 in prize money to competitors in both the A and B races.

With 45 minutes and three laps in the A race, Rodman and Samuels lapped the rest of their rivals after half an hour to highlight the two-man show, which also included a sprint on the 0.6 km lap.

In the end, Rodman won ahead of Samuels, with Cleveland Sharpe taking third place, followed by Jasette Bromfield and Michael Daley. The top 10 cyclists in the A race will receive money in the Oracabessa Foundationsponsored event.

In the B race, where the top five received money, in the 25 minutes and three-lap event, Winston Foster won with Donald Hall second and Devon Beckford third.

Rodman spoke after the race: “My main opponent was Oniel Samuels. Two of us were pretty strong, so I watched him closely. We were sharing the preems. I know that when it came down to the last lap, if I try to get in the corner first, he can't past.

“He is a very good rider. We have been all over the place together: Brazil, St Maarten, Trinidad, all over,” he said.

Rodman “strongly believes” he has a chance at the 2012 Olympics. “I have a team (SISScience in Sports) in England riding for and I hope to do it on the track, not on the road, so my team is preparing me for the Olympics,” noted Rodman, riding for the last three years professionally.

Added Samuels: “I’ve been racing from February and the racing season ends in October with the Caribbean Championships. I was on a two-week break when I heard about this race.

“I know I could ride the race to the end and win, but lapping the field was not a good idea as there is always some misunderstanding. Some of the riders try to sprint when they are a lap down, so when I tried to past Marloe on the corner one of the lapped riders was in the way and I had to slow down,” Samuels explained.

Australian Jeff Hopkins of Jittery Joes Pro Cycling team and on his first trip to Jamaica, was commenting on the race after conducting a velodrome skills camp for beginners and advanced riders on Saturday.

Jamaica rider tops T&T series:

Published: Thursday | October 1, 2009

 
Jamaican cyclist Oneil Samuels won the Tour of San Fernando in Trinidad on Sunday. - Reuters

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC):

Despite finishing down the field in the 100 kilometre road race, Jamaican Oneil Samuels took the winner's jersey in the Tour of San Fernando, which finished Sunday.

Samuels was 17th in the event in a time of two hours, 35.04 minutes, while Canadian Daniele Defranceschi clocked 2:34:50 to cross the line first in the gruelling race.

However, Samuels' triumph in the four-stage event was virtually sealed after he won the first two stages and then finished second in Saturday's road race behind American Ryan Parnes.

Overall, Samuels finished with a collated time of 4:56:43, ahead of Colombian Lisbon Quintero, who had an overall time of 4:57:04. Parnes was third with 4:57:11.

Wide open final

The 100k road race started at City Hall on Harris Promenade in south Trinidad and took riders through La Brea, Point Fortin, Buenos Aires, Erin, Siparia and Avocat before finishing in La Romaine.

Barbadian Phillip Clarke finished second in 2:34:51, with Adze Digkhuis third in 2:34:55. Parnes and Quintero were fourth and fifth, respectively.

On Saturday, Parnes just got the better of Samuels to claim stage three in a time of 1:30.59 to leave the door open ahead of the final road race.

Jamaica's Ricardo Lynch practises at the Velodrome at the 29th Olympiad in Beijing, China, earlier this week. (Photo: Bryan Cummings)

BEIJING, China - Central American and Caribbean (CAC) silver medallist Ricardo Lynch is optimistic ahead of today's Keirin Competition on day eight of the 29th Olympiad at the Laoshan Velodrome.

"I'm feeling a little bit nervous.that's normal before the big competition, but I'm focused on doing everything to make sure I do the best that I can," Lynch said. "I'm in a good zone for the competition (because) I was very confident in my training, so I have to believe what I've done for the last couple of months is just right and perfect for this race," added the bronze medallist from the 2006 Pan American Cycling Championships.

Lynch's coach, German Renee Schimt, says anything is possible for Lynch in the Keirin, which is one of the most technical events on the track.

"We have worked very hard for the last nine months in the UCI training centre in Switzerland to qualify for the Olympics and hopefully we'll have a good result in Beijing by qualifying for the final and then we will see because anything is possible," he said. Coach Schimt is upbeat his charge will do himself proud in the event. "He's in good form and he will make the best result for himself," the former German national coach added.

"Mentally and physically he's strong, but the point is we have a lot of riders on the same level, so anything is possible for him and the other riders," Schimt said.

The 23-year-old Lynch, who placed second in the Keirin at February's track cycling World Cup in Copenhagen, Denmark, says he hopes to finally deliver the goods after faltering at the Pan American Games last summer.

"That was then, now is the Olympic Games, so I wouldn't put a comparison between both because they are two different levels of competition, so now I just look forward to the day," Lynch said.

The Keirin is an eight-lap event which covers 2,000 metres on a 250-metre track.

The field of six to eight riders follows the Derny motorbike at an increasing pace until there are two-and-a-half laps to go.
The riders jostle for position behind the motorbike to gain the position that they want in the string depending where their biggest rivals are. The riders will be flat out at speeds at around 70 kph.

Lynch finished second to Olympic favourite Chris Hoy in the Keirin event at the track cycling World Cup round in Copenhagen in February.

In March, Lynch become the first Jamaican since Arthur Tenn, Andy Myers and Michael McKay (1992 Barcelona Games) to qualify for the Olympics after attaining a world ranking of 14 at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Manchester, England (March 26-30).

Outside of track and field, cyclist Weller is the only Jamaican to capture a medal at the Olympics. Weller collected the bronze medal in the 1,000-metre time trial by posting 1:05.241 seconds behind winner Lothar Thoms of East Germany (1:02.955) and Aleksandr Panfilov of the Soviet Union (1:04.845).

Ricardo Lynch books spot at World Champs

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

LYNCH... silver medallist at CAC Games

Jamaica's Ricardo Lynch showed his class during the third leg of the Track World Cup Series at the ADT Velodrome in Carson, California, last weekend.

Challenging some of the best cyclists in the world, Lynch - who was silver medallist at the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games and took the bronze at the Pan American Championships last year - produced a commanding performance to finish sixth overall in the men's 200m sprint qualifying in 10.423 seconds.

In the final, Lynch placed eighth with Gregory Bauge of France being declared the winner ahead of Roberto Chiappa of Italy and Britain's Ross Edgar. Lynch beat respected Australian Shane Perksins, who was 12th.

President of the Jamaica Cycling Federation Vaughn Phang told the Observer yesterday that Lynch has earned enough points to qualify for the men's sprint track world championship in March of this year.

"This means he will be representing Jamaica at cycling's premier track event in two disciplines - the men's sprints and the keirin," he said.

Meanwhile he said Iona Wynter and Oneil Samuels will be trying to qualify for the championships at the final leg of the world cup series in Manchester, England, between February 21 and February 23.

David Weller - in a class by himself