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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2009 22:31:04 GMT
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Post by chamoniards on Oct 28, 2009 22:35:14 GMT
It's good isn't it?
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Post by mariad on Oct 29, 2009 8:11:33 GMT
And it could be a pretty hot contest between the Misses Juniper, McRae and Hall as well as a number of quick road racers. All those handbags!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2009 10:10:41 GMT
Most of the field have never ridden cross before. First attempt in the dark on a technical course? Could be interesting
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Post by mariad on Oct 29, 2009 11:10:10 GMT
Just doing a quick count up - 16 of the girls on that list have done cross races either this season or in previous seasons and a couple of them are strong mountain bikers - about 5 of them take part/have taken part in national trophy/national cyclo cross champs. Not sure how people will do in the dark, but there are about 5 of them who have taken part in those mountain bike 24hr marathon jobbies. Anna Glowinski, who will have had input in the course design is abit of a bmx/tricks chick so she'll be quite handy.
Charlotte is very good on road, has never done cross before but has recently bought a cross bike and will have been out training recently. Same goes for Maryka Sennema and Elise Laverick.
Nicola Juniper, Joanne McRae and Corrinne Hall are solid cyclo cross riders so I think it'll be abit of a battle between them. For the rest of us it'll be quite an open field and there could be a few surprises. For me, I'm looking forward to the beer tent bit and it'll be an achievement if I can ride in fancy dress and it all stays in place!
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Post by mariad on Oct 29, 2009 11:33:55 GMT
Oh, and there's also Nadine Spearing who's pretty good.
The national championships have had around 20-25 riders over the years. The inter-area champs attract a comparable sized field, with almost 30 entering a few years ago. This Rollapaluza event is definitely the biggest women's cross race we've ever had outside of national level races.
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Post by andyw on Oct 29, 2009 11:49:56 GMT
Maria, Boom Boom Beaumont's not going to be happy she's not on your list.
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Post by mariad on Oct 29, 2009 14:39:51 GMT
The lovely Claire B as well - riding high in the national rankings and made the field work at Ipswich National Trophy race last week. Sorry, thought everyone knew that already - she's from our manor so we've been following how well she's doing. (Alright I'll shut up now!)
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