LSERSA Race at Welwyn 30/05/09

A much smaller Aldershot contingent made the trip up the A1M to Welwyn for the first LSERSA race of the year. For those who have not been before, the slope at Welwyn is very sticky when dry, very fast when wet and has two big bumps which set an interesting challenge when the poles are set out. First of the medals to be awarded was a silver medal for Toby Deighton in the 2M group. The 3f group was won by Hannah Bozier with Jenny Davies finishing third while in the next girls age group (4F) Ellen Hathway won the silver medal. In the boys equivalent Ed Taylor won the bronze medal and finally in the 9M group Brian Davies also won a bronze medal.

On to the team races and the Aldershot team of Hannah Bozier, Ellen Hathway, Graham Nayler, Peter Davies and Charley Lewis battled to an excellent silver medal on a very tricky dual slalom course. In the fun teams competition Chris Reader's team won the gold medal, Bella Hathway and Harry Deighton's team won the silver medal and Euan Chapman's team won the bronze medal.

One highlight that came out after the event was in terms of the club championship. I was unaware that this was taking place in the LSERSA series but apparently a competition is being run along the same lines as the Club National competition (as invented by the Calverts) and the times of the five fastest racers from each of the clubs in various categories are added together to give a time for each club. With Toby Deightons last minute transfer to Aldershot we were able to score points in this competition and in fact are now leading it! The racers whose times were included are Toby Deighton, Ellen Hathway, Hannah Bozier, Peter Davies and Charley Lewis.