Woking Tour Series
On Tuesday the 10th of June, the P.E department took 2 teams to take part in the Woking tour series schools cycle race. With this being the last tour series for a few years, and having sadly missed out on first place last year due to a crash, it was vital that we did as well as possible this year. The race was a 4x1 lap relay format and the pressure was on as we found ourselves up against some really tough competition from the Woking High, Fullbrook, SJB and Gordons teams.
The 2
teams were made up of; Ieuan Woods (year 8), Ben Bishop (year 8), Ben Moore
(year 8), Eleanor Shorey (year 8), Sam Rawson (year 8) Dan Swords (year 9), Dan
Harrington (year 9) and Sam Bishop (year 7).
Upon leaving school, we rode to Woking town centre and watched the year R-2 and the year 3-6 races. When it came to our race, the first riders in each of our teams lined up to complete 1 lap of the 1.4km race circuit, when they finished, Ben Bishop of team 1 was in second, and Ben Moore of team 2 was in 4th, both doing well to keep up with the leaders. The next 2 riders went off. At the end of this lap, Sam Bishop had finished 1st for Team 1, and Eleanor was further down the field. Dan Harrington from team 1 blew himself out to secure 1st place by around 10 metres, and Sam Rawson gained a good few places for his team.
Upon leaving school, we rode to Woking town centre and watched the year R-2 and the year 3-6 races. When it came to our race, the first riders in each of our teams lined up to complete 1 lap of the 1.4km race circuit, when they finished, Ben Bishop of team 1 was in second, and Ben Moore of team 2 was in 4th, both doing well to keep up with the leaders. The next 2 riders went off. At the end of this lap, Sam Bishop had finished 1st for Team 1, and Eleanor was further down the field. Dan Harrington from team 1 blew himself out to secure 1st place by around 10 metres, and Sam Rawson gained a good few places for his team.
At the end of lap 3 it was neck and
neck with Winston and Woking High’s first team riders, so it was all to play
for on the final lap. The last rider, Ieuan had a rapid start
gaining a great lead on the Woking High racer and he continued to gain more ground throughout the lap. He finished in first
place comfortably, with a considerable margin between him and second
place. Team two showed great determination throughout the race fighting
for a very respectable 7th after a particularly good performance by Dan Swords,
and a great effort by one of the only girls in the whole competition, Eleanor
Shorey. A fantastic all round effort by all 8 members of the team, and
well done to Team one rolling in as the Year 7-9 winners.
By Ieuan Woods
