Dorking Cocks

This is the team name we use when taking part in the occasional event. Just to explain a little, as you may or may not know the town motif for Dorking is a Cockerel. There is a nice big Silver one on the Deepdene roundabout and even the towns football team are nicknamed 'The Chicks'. This is because there is a actual breed named 'The Dorking Cockerel' as is explained in the following link

http://www.happyhens.me.uk/page4.htm

So, this page will be used to show any future results gained in races or other events where we enter a team under this name. Earlier in the year we had a good result coming 19th at the Strathpuffer 24hr race and have had riders finnishing 1st & 2nd (Kiwi Mike & Aussie Matt) in the South Downs Way in a day June Version and another 2nd (Antony) in the July Version. The next event where the team name will appear is Dusk to Dawn at Thetford Forest in early October.

Well, thats was fun. D2D has come and gone and a good night was had by all. We did ok finishing in the 'Team of 4' category 25th out of 70. At one stage we where up to 20th but a little dissapointingly fell back to 25th.

Charlie had our quickest laps despite being on his rigid singlespeed but all did fairly well. George got us off to a good start and we maintained it for the 1st eight hours just slipping down the order towards the end loseing two places on the last lap was a little frustrating. Lap times are all shown below

 It was a really good course with plenty of singletrack and in super condition (a little to dry if anything). At about 10 miles long the laps were just about the right length and the odd bomb hole added just a little extra spice to a fun but not technically challangeing circuit.

Must just say thanks to all the organisers for putting on a great event, much appreciated by all who took part I'm sure.

This weekend, March 7th 2010 saw Brian being the 1st person to take part in a race with the new team kit. He entered the Gorrick in the Veteran category where he managed to finish in mid table obscurity, 29th out of about 60 starters. Well done Brian on a good effort.

Midland Trailquest

We entered 2 teams, Toby & George and Simon & Antony. They finished 4th and 5th doing 18 of the 26 checkpoints which to be honest was a little disapointing. Brian entered solo and came 28th whilst Joe came in 32nd along with his partner. It was a good fun event on a beautiful day. It encouraged us do do trails we haven't been on for ages which in itself made a good change and brought out a bit of the compedative spirit which is lacking from our regular rides.

Peaslake in a couple of weeks should see a few of us have another crack at trailquesting with  perhaps slightly differant teams. George will be with Charlie for a start which should make for a fast pairing but we'll see.

Peaslake MTBO (April 2010)

George and Charlie entered as a pair and did ok to finish 4th in there category and 21st overall out of the 101 starters. Brian once again went solo and managed 30th overall and 9th in his category so a good effort to all of them. I was unable to attend but will hopefully make itto the next one in September 2010.