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November 9, 2010

Great start to Whyte Winter Series for Revel Outdoors team

Filed under: Racing — Tags: , , — Jamie @ 5:07 pm

The Revel Outdoors race team had a great start to the 2010 Whyte Winter Series with several top 10 places and many personal bests.

(Thanks to Steve Wells for the great pictures!)

4 hour results:

- Richard Muchmore 3rd (vets), 7 laps, 4:26:20

- Richard Bettaney 5th, 7 laps, 4:21:55

- Kurt Broad 7th, 7 laps, 4:28:43

- Jamie Wightman 11th, 6 laps, 3:55:49

- Neil Payne 17th, 6 laps, 4:07:01

- Iain Kemp 22nd, 6 laps, 4:14:05

Richard Muchmore

Richard Bettaney

Kurt Broad

Jamie Wightman

Neil Payne

(Kempi managed to dodge all the cameras…)

2 hour results:

- Garry Houghton, 8th (Vets), 4 laps, 2:30:27

- Darren Styles, 32nd, 4 laps, 2:48:02

- Rob Balaam, 44th, 3 laps, 2:03:50

- Will Mitcham, 73rd, 3 laps, 2:11:34

Garry Houghton

Darren Styles

Rob Balaam

Will Mitcham

(full results)

September 6, 2010

3rd Place 4-man Team at 12:12 Torq in Your Sleep

Filed under: Racing — Tags: , , , — Jamie @ 5:56 pm

The 3rd Torq in Your Sleep 12 hour mountain bike endurance event held over the August bank holiday weekend was another cracking event, with top teams and solos fighting it out through the technical singletrack around Minley Manor in Hampshire.  Starting at midday on Sunday, riders tried to complete as many laps as possible, riding through the darkness until midnight. 

The Revel Outdoors 4-man team of Jamie Wightman, Richard Bettaney, Iain Kemp and guest rider, Stephen James started off with some flying first laps, putting them in 2nd place behind the Torq performance professional team.  While the Torq team opened up a considerable lead throughout the day, a close battle developed between 2nd and 3rd place, the positions changing regularly into the evening.  With one lap left to go, the Revel Outdoors team was in 3rd place, and were just too far behind to catch up to 2nd before the end of the race.

For the Revel Outdoors team, 3rd place was a huge improvement on last year’s result, and the team was extremely pleased with their performance against such strong competition.

Transition

(full race results)

January 24, 2010

2009/2010 Thetford Winter Series Rd 3

Filed under: Racing — Tags: , , — Jamie @ 7:41 pm

3 Members of the Revel Outdoors Race Team took part in the 3rd Thetford Winter Series race of ‘09/’10.  We were  all racing in the 2 hour categories.  We had our team pit near the start line and Sarah was out with the camera.

Results:

Jamie Wightman: 16th, 2hr male 16-39, 4 laps 2:00:51

Rob Balaam: 70th, 2hr male 16-39, 4 laps 2:26:08

Richard Muchmore: 12th, 2hr male 40+, 4 laps 2:05:45

(full results here)

Team Pit

Team Pit

Jamie

Jamie

Rob

Rob

Richard

Richard

(more photos here)

December 7, 2009

2009 Thetford Winter Series Rd 2

Filed under: Racing — Tags: , , , — Jamie @ 9:08 am

3 Members of the Revel Outdoors Race Team took part in the 2nd Thetford Winter Series race of ’09/’10.  We were  all racing in the 2 hour categories.  There was an awful lot of rain falling when we arrived, but it cleared up for the start and the course handled the wet surprisingly well.  There was some excellent flowing singletrack, as well as some more boggy sections.

Results:

Richard Muchmore: 3rd, 2hr male 40+, 4 laps 2:33:30

Jamie Wightman: 8th, 2hr male 16-39, 4 laps 2:35:33

Rob Balaam: 76th, 2hr male 16-39, 3 laps 2:26:28

(full results here)

Richard

Richard

Jamie

Jamie

Rob

Rob

Rob Again
Rob Again

All picture are available from MTB Race Photos

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