Louis wins and Centreville are 1st team at West Pennine hill climb

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Louis Szymanski winning on Blackstondedge_ABC Centreville
Louis Szymanski adding to his fine series of wins this year

West pennine Hill climb on Blackstonedge, 1st October 2017

ABC Centreville had a good day at the office on Blackstonedge today at the West Pennine hill climb, with Louis Szymanski taking the win with a storming 7.41 and leading the club to the first team prize, backed up by new member Andy McLaughlin with 9.05 (including a 20 second penalty for a late start!) and Ben Whitehead with 9.12 which also gave him the first V40 prize. Also present in green blue and white were Neil Swithenbank (9.47), Gary Fleet (9.57), and Dave Grogan (10.28) all digging in well in the windy conditions which made the middle straight section harder, then helped on the main upper climb to the White House.

First woman was Charlotte Gorman riding for Team Lusso in 10.28, with local rider Cat Jessop riding for East Lancs only 10 seconds off the win with 10.38 . First Junior was a fast James Noonan in 8.16, and first juvenile was Francis Woodcock with an impressive 8.25 which put him 5th overall!

Neil and Ben will be representing the club on the Rake Hill Climb at Ramsbottom next week, a shorter, steeper effort which should suit them well.

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Andy McLaughlin climbing strongly in his first race for Centreville
Ben Whitehead_ABC Centreville cycling club_Weste Pennine Hill Climb
Ben Whitehead 3/4 in on his way to first V40
Neil Swithenbank_ABC Centreville_Weste Pennine Hill Climb
Ex-international and current busy dad Neil Swithenbank digging in
ABC Centreville Manchester Cycling Club hill climbing
Gary Fleet looks ahead to the windy straight section above the Moorcock
Dave Grogan_ABC Centreville_Weste Pennine Hill Climb
Dave Grogan has ridden this hill a few times both in and out of competition
Charlotte Garmon 1st woman_West Pennine Hill Climb
Charlotte Gorman, Team Lusso, pushing on for first place
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Andy McLaughlin obviously didn’t try hard enough if he was this happy straight afterwards! He had the foresight to buy a bike in club colours even before joining
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Down the Red Lion afterwards. Too bad the sandwiches arrived as everyone was leaving…
ABC Centreville Cycling Club Manchester_first v40 Ben Whitehead
Ben turns pro with his V40 prize – don’t spend it all at once

Thanks to John, Nick and Geoff for photos

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