posted by Mark, 2 June 2009 The 2nd race of the BVI Mountain Bike Club Cadet Series took place on Sunday 31st May. 27 Cadets showed for the start and put on some fast and exciting racing for the large number of spectators that were supporting them. With the Cadet series focusing on developing new riders in a safe racing environment the HLSCC course providing a challenging course with mixed terrains for the young riders to contend with. Riders completed 5 laps of the .75 mile course on a mix of paved, grass and gravel surfaces. After a Parade lap to show everyone the route, the riders lined up for a mass start and the group quickly spread out as the lap progressed. With Mekiel Robin taking an early lead in the and chased by Devonte Furlonge, Jude Kinkead, James Nicholas and William Adamson. William Adamson took a fall at the end of the first lap and lost some places whilst he remounted his bike, but like his Caribbean Champion mother he pushed hard and regained the lost places. However he couldn't quite catch the fast moving front runners and Mekiel Robin taking first place ahead of Devonte Furlonge and Jude Kinkead. Orlando Savory was also providing some competition for the younger riders but as he is 14 was not elligible to enter the race but he rode hard and pushed the other riders to challenge him. The Girls class also provided some exciting racing with Nakisha Savory winning her first race closely followed by Meg & Ella Thompson and Emily Abrehart just missing out on a medal in 4th place. The girls class is proving to be a competitve as the boys with the girls all challenging each other. In the special under 8 Class, George Mcintyre took the victory in the 3 lap race, with Natalie Fay getting 2nd place and Sam Childs in 3rd and John Cullimore having to settle for 4th place. After the race, the top 3 Girls and Boys all received medals from Club President Mark Smith who said "It's amazing to see the kids coming out and racing so competitively and to hear the conversations after the race between them all of how the race went, they are really getting into and the turn outs are exceeding my expectations, hopefully we'll be able to keep up the momentum and interest with the next races, it's already at the stage where we're going to have to start having separate races for the age groups so that we can keep everybody safe and get the kids competing against each other on a more equal footing" Results Boys 8-12 1st Mekiel Robin 2nd Devonte Furlonge 3rd Jude Kinkead 4th James Nicholas 5th Dekembe Parsons 6th Devon Furgonge 7th Earl Hazel 8th William Adamson 9th William Mcintyre 10th Tate Hempell 11th Devonte Prentice 12th David Carter 13th Leonardo Jefferson 14th Dillon Ettienne 15th Kier Bibby Girls 8-12 1st Nakisha Savory 2nd Meg Thompson 3rd Ella Thompson 4th Emily Abrehart 5th Sophie Nicholas 6th Poppy Pearey 7th Helene Carter Under 8's 1st George Macintyre 2nd Natalie Fay 3rd Sam Childs 4th John Cullimore Details of the next race will be available shortly. Special thanks to all the Volunteers that helped out and the Club's sponsors Road Town Wholesale/Gatorade, Caribbean Insurers, Last Stop Sports, Zolfo Cooper (BVI) Limited.
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