Author Topic: The Knutsford Great Race. (Ordinaries)  (Read 27207 times)

Charlotte

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Re: The Knutsford Great Race. (Ordinaries)
« Reply #25 on: 04 September, 2010, 11:29:50 pm »
Find Mr Gates at the course. You can't miss him. We'll be nearby.

Bugger. Just started to rain.
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ed_o_brain

Re: The Knutsford Great Race. (Ordinaries)
« Reply #26 on: 05 September, 2010, 12:15:24 am »
Hopefully the rain will have cleared by Morning.
South Easterly wind all day tho @ 20-24 kph

Re: The Knutsford Great Race. (Ordinaries)
« Reply #27 on: 05 September, 2010, 08:23:06 am »
I want pictures! And lots of them!  :)
Those wonderful norks are never far from my thoughts, oh yeah!

Re: The Knutsford Great Race. (Ordinaries)
« Reply #28 on: 05 September, 2010, 08:51:13 am »
It's fine in Manchester this morning and the forecast looks good.

I'll be wearing my yellow yACF top when I get to Tatton.

Good luck in the race folks  :thumbsup:

Re: The Knutsford Great Race. (Ordinaries)
« Reply #29 on: 05 September, 2010, 02:23:50 pm »
The Ladies are going well :D. Charlotte is on the course now :). Mr Gates, Phil and us are in the vicinity of the pit stop, ready for the changeovers. Come and say hello if you are here.
Quote from: Kim
^ This woman knows what she's talking about.

Re: The Knutsford Great Race. (Ordinaries)
« Reply #30 on: 05 September, 2010, 06:05:44 pm »
So who won then?
Those wonderful norks are never far from my thoughts, oh yeah!

Julian

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Re: The Knutsford Great Race. (Ordinaries)
« Reply #31 on: 05 September, 2010, 06:11:35 pm »
According to Twitter, last year's winner Jim Brailsford and the Czech team had the most laps in the last ten minutes, but that was before it finished.

No new news.

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Julian

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Re: The Knutsford Great Race. (Ordinaries)
« Reply #32 on: 05 September, 2010, 06:24:55 pm »
*NEWS*

Charlotte and Kat have won the team prize.  :D

So spake Twitter.

Re: The Knutsford Great Race. (Ordinaries)
« Reply #33 on: 05 September, 2010, 06:25:53 pm »
 :thumbsup:

Re: The Knutsford Great Race. (Ordinaries)
« Reply #34 on: 05 September, 2010, 06:30:00 pm »
Nice work  :)
Those wonderful norks are never far from my thoughts, oh yeah!

gordon taylor

Re: The Knutsford Great Race. (Ordinaries)
« Reply #35 on: 05 September, 2010, 06:35:26 pm »

Re: The Knutsford Great Race. (Ordinaries)
« Reply #36 on: 05 September, 2010, 07:15:22 pm »
*NEWS*

Charlotte and Kat have won the team prize.  :D

So spake Twitter.

...after a "Stewards Enquiry" (also spake Twitter/Facebook).

Details, people, details! :D

And also Pictures Or It Didn't Happen, natch.
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rogerzilla

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Re: The Knutsford Great Race. (Ordinaries)
« Reply #37 on: 05 September, 2010, 07:21:29 pm »
*NEWS*

Charlotte and Kat have won the team prize.  :D

So spake Twitter.

Yay!  Now YACF have to do the same at the Brompton Worlds.
Hard work sometimes pays off in the end, but laziness ALWAYS pays off NOW.

ed_o_brain

Re: The Knutsford Great Race. (Ordinaries)
« Reply #38 on: 05 September, 2010, 07:48:16 pm »
Hmmm I've lots of pictures.
Lots and lots and lots of pictures.

The fastest riders were the most difficult to photograph, naturally.
Ergo Charlotte was difficult to photograph. She was up there with the most determined riders.


Now to upload all these goddam pictures. I can't promise to get many processed tonight.. I need an early one as I'm going to the airport at stupid o clock tonight.

Bob's fault I've got all these pictures. I wasn't even going to take a camera until I read his post this morning.

Re: The Knutsford Great Race. (Ordinaries)
« Reply #39 on: 05 September, 2010, 07:53:00 pm »
That was BRILLIANT! You should have come and found us Ed. >:( We had a great day and the racing was fantastic
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^ This woman knows what she's talking about.

ed_o_brain

Re: The Knutsford Great Race. (Ordinaries)
« Reply #40 on: 05 September, 2010, 08:01:14 pm »
That was BRILLIANT! You should have come and found us Ed. >:( We had a great day and the racing was fantastic

I'm sorry I missed you guys.
To be honest, gone through so much $hit recently I'm not terribly good at being sociable.


The racing was fantastic, as was the atmosphere. Really was a top day.

Re: The Knutsford Great Race. (Ordinaries)
« Reply #41 on: 05 September, 2010, 08:33:46 pm »
An excellent afternoon, with a great atmosphere ( I didn't take many photos as I had the kids in tow, managed a fleeting hello to Butterfly and Clarion - nice to meet the two of you), saw Mr Gates doing sterling work as pit crew (and others on the course whose faces I couldn't put a name to).

Will try to add photo once I worked out how to...
"Only the cyclist knows why the dog rides with its head out the window"

ed_o_brain


hulver

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Re: The Knutsford Great Race. (Ordinaries)
« Reply #43 on: 05 September, 2010, 08:45:13 pm »
An excellent afternoon, with a great atmosphere ( I didn't take many photos as I had the kids in tow, managed a fleeting hello to Butterfly and Clarion - nice to meet the two of you), saw Mr Gates doing sterling work as pit crew (and others on the course who's faces I couldn't put a name to.

Here's a photo to give a taste - Charlotte coming through on Joff's right.


edit - tried to attach photo but failed

How about this?



Knutsford Great Race by richardlmoss, on Flickr

Re: The Knutsford Great Race. (Ordinaries)
« Reply #44 on: 05 September, 2010, 08:50:47 pm »
Thanks Hulver.
"Only the cyclist knows why the dog rides with its head out the window"

Re: The Knutsford Great Race. (Ordinaries)
« Reply #45 on: 05 September, 2010, 09:02:01 pm »
Jim Brailsford won the race after Josef Zimovcak from Brno in the Czech Republic was disqualified for reckless riding. Josef was not able to be called in and completed more laps than Jim. Both are pictured here, Jim in front.


Other stills here, Knutsford Great Race - a set on Flickr   my friend Dave will have much better stills, I was mainly shooting video. Nice day out.



ed_o_brain

Re: The Knutsford Great Race. (Ordinaries)
« Reply #46 on: 05 September, 2010, 09:10:30 pm »
Exit Stage Left, you have a great photo of Charlotte! Loving the lean angle.

This is my favourite capture so far:




The Lens I took was produced some great results. When I could get it to focus!

1600 more pictures to trawl through... :)

And on edit: The flame haired one stealing an early lead


Julian

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Re: The Knutsford Great Race. (Ordinaries)
« Reply #47 on: 05 September, 2010, 09:48:02 pm »
Exit Stage Left, you have a great photo of Charlotte! Loving the lean angle.

Just seen that one - fantastic picture, but :o

It's possibly a good thing I couldn't go - I suffer from extreme lily-livered cowardice on other people's behalf as well as my own.


Re: The Knutsford Great Race. (Ordinaries)
« Reply #48 on: 05 September, 2010, 09:53:02 pm »
Jim Brailsford won the race after Josef Zimovcak from Brno in the Czech Republic was disqualified for reckless riding. Josef was not able to be called in and completed more laps than Jim.
That explains the a robust discussion I saw between Josef and a marshall, in different languages, neither apparently understanding the other, before Josef remounted and carried on.

It was also good to see the team of 4 young lads on their 27" penny mixing it with the full size machines.
"Only the cyclist knows why the dog rides with its head out the window"

Re: The Knutsford Great Race. (Ordinaries)
« Reply #49 on: 05 September, 2010, 10:11:33 pm »
As I understand it, after the Individual Winner was announced (107 laps), then Charlotte and Kat were presented with the Ladies' Prize.  They'd done 105 laps.  The organisers presumably felt that the Team Prize should go to the next best, who had done around 94 laps.  Hence the Stewards' Enquiry.

I guess that the prize giving presupposes that the Ladies' Prize will be a sort of consolation for the poor weak girlies who would otherwise not be in with a chance at the silverware.   ;D  :o