Race Report - Bromley Club National

On Saturday the 2010 plastic season started with the Bromley Club National. More than 20 Aldershot racers took part in the event which is a great start to the year. Watching course setting is always of value but this time around it was also entertaining. The course was looking "interesting" and was almost finished when an overzealous official decided to take over, get confused and then carry on regardless of the bizarre course that was left behind.

Bizarre or not, it did not phase the majority of the Aldershot racers and we set the tone for the year with some superb results. Star performers were Ellen Hathway and Hannah Bozier who dominated the females race and took first and second overall respectively. Toby Deighton also deserves a special mention as he skiied really well and won the children one group in his first club national out of the minis.

Talking about the minis, Harry Deighton won the second place trophy in the mini boys and after Toby picked up his first place children one trophy, it was time for the girls children 2 which is where Aldershot really are the power team! With at least one racer missing we still finished first, second, third and fourth! In order the successful girls were Hannah Bozier, Annie Usher, Jenny Davies and Bella Hathway. Still on a winning roll, in the junior one girls race Ellen Hathway took first place but then we have to go through a few age groups for the final Aldershot podium as Graham Nayler won second place in the Masters race.

The prizegiving concluded with Ellen Hathway being awarded the females race overall first place and Hannah Bozier second place. In all a great days racing made much more enjoyable by all the Aldershot success!