Leicestershire Cyclocross League – Round 5
Round 5 of the Leicestershire League was hosted by Leicester Forest CC at Beaumont Park.
After weeks of heavy rain the course at Beaumont Leys was set to be a technical challenge with slippery off-camber turns and run-ups, becoming more slippery as the rain set again in the afternoon.

The Welland Valley results are shown below:
- U9 boys: Jacob Smith 2nd, Ben Horder 4th
- U12 boys: Jamie Kershaw 5th, Andrew Deathridge 10th, Dan Holton 14th
- U14 girls: Mia Hopkins 2nd, Hannah Henderson 3rd, Brooke Traynor 4th
- U14 boys: Luke Jones 3rd
- U16 girls: Jess Ayears 5th
- U16 boys: Dom Switzer 2nd, Jim Vernon 5th, Thomas Dixon 7th, Huw Wilson 9th, Dan Henderson 13th, Joel Ayears 17th, Kian Traynor DNF after 1 lap
- Vet40 women: Nikki Traynor 4th, Amanda McPherson 6th
- Junior Men: Ben Brant 11th
- U23 men: Fraser Ayears 3rd, Josh Van Nierop 4th
- Senior men: Michael Burke 9th, Mark Fiddy 13th
- Vet40 men: Simon Dixey 9th, Austin Smith 15th, Nick Horder 17th, Hamish Low 24th, Steve Coulam 31st, Hans Van Nierop DNF after 2 laps.
- Vet50 men: Adrian Killworth 20th, Marc Henderson 24th
- Vet70 men: Vic Barnett, resplendent in his new Vet75 European Masters champion’s jersey, 1st
See the LCXL Facebook page for some great photos of the action:
https://www.facebook.com/LCXLeague/
See link for full results:
http://results.d3racetec.co.uk/results.aspx?CId=17077&RId=140
