Result from Hill Climb held on Tuesday 17th August 2004
Jack McGlone Cup - Brantingham Hill

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Shack is Back

Funny night! When we set off from home the sky was black and our wipers were on full when we passed Paul Purdy through Eppleworth, I was almost certain he'd turn around and go home. 'There'll be no women and no super vets tonight' I thought to myself, 'Perhaps a few of the youngsters and it'll be over fairly quickly.' But I was wrong. As we got into Brantingham it was just as George Formby used to say (that's got you young 'uns) "Turned out nice again!" Just couldn't believe the numbers that turned up - thirty three competitors for a club hill climb! (More pictures from the event)

First up was Paul Kilvington - he'd really come to tell us how many had signed on but we gave him a time and he said he needed the points. Next was Mattie Barratt - he'd caught Les off a minute and was well satisfied with that. Matty actually did a good time to keep his minute man off, but Neil caught Les on the line. I remember Les saying he wouldn't ride any more hill climbs after the last one - he even remembers borrowing a track bike off me to do it on. I liked the father and son patter at the end - Les was completely knackered whilst Mattie looked at him as if to say "Can I have an ice-cream now dad?"

Then came Dave Shackleton with the time no one was able to beat - looking quite determined but hardly out of breath. No doubt he could have done it again. And then was the first of the vets - Dean Fulstow giving it, as always - one hundred and ten percent. (There - I've used that phrase that's used so often nowadays - but I hate it.)

Some real efforts then by Mike Gommersal, Graeme Lawton and Mike Kilgour and a really good ride by Nathan Wilson - he'd been hassled by an irate people carrier on the way up who acted as if he owned the road.

Matthew Fenton was next up revving a fixed wheel - he was only five seconds down on Dave and showed an awful lot of power. Steve Macklin came next, really trying (you can see from the photo) But Dean had got the measure of him tonight.

Mally Daddy, very concentrated, was next and then anxiously awaited his wife Marie who was doing her first bike race. A first bike race on a bloody hill climb! I'll bet Mally will be cooking his own dinners for the next couple of weeks.

Marie wanted to stop two inches from the line but we managed to persuade her that she had to cross it. She hadn't done badly, not much more than half a minute behind Les and, if truth be known, would easily have beaten me. Marie had been caught by John Anson but he's only a featherweight anyway.

Calum was next, all five and a half stone of him, looking quite the part now and beating Steve Macklin to boot. Calum's had his hair cut - he's not the tousle haired youngster any more - I think the barber must have taken a few pounds off his overall weight.

Then came Paul Purdy. Paul is a real powerhouse and was using quite a big gear and suffering for it. If there'd have been a back wind he might have got away with it but he lost a few seconds in the run in.

Crossing the line next was Dave Percival, Andy Peers, Chris Garden and Steve Guymer. Ultra-featherweight Steve Guymer did a good ride - this is really a situation where the lightweights slaughter the heavyweights - particularly when the power to weight ratio is high.

Mark Carmichael was next - he really hated it - and then Mark and Roger Summer followed by Peter Smith and Andy Barnes. Then we waited to see what Chris Whitelam was going to do. Chris gave it everything but I think it's the first time that I've actually seen Chris beaten. But hill climbs are a different game.

Ryan was next up and I anticipated something decent from him - he's a good climber and I was interested to see if he could beat Matthew. He didn't - but only by three tenths of a second, and this would give him third fastest.

Nathan Chester, a former winner here, was next up. Not as fit or as light as he used to be he still gave good account. Youngest of all was next, David Brearley doing really well to beat 4 minutes and his clubmate Dan Ashman, off last man, who just failed to beat this mark.

Hill Climb   Spout Hill   Tues 17^th August 2004

Pos	Rider	Time
1	Dave Shackleton	2:42.0
2	Matthew Fenton	2:47.2
3	Ryan McLachlan	2:47.5
4	Chris Whitelam	2:51.6
5	Paul Purdy	2:55.7
6	Steve Guymer	2:57.8
7	Nathan Wilson	3:01.1
8	Dean Fulstow	3:01.2
9	Andy Peers	3:03.0
10	Peter Fielding-Smith	3:08.4
11	Calum McElwee	3:08.9
12	Steve Macklin	3:14.3
13	Chris Garden	3:15.2
14	Nathan Chester	3:17.0
15	Neil Cleminshaw	3:17.7
16	Andy Barnes	3:24.8
17	Mark Carmichael	3:25.9
18	Graeme Lawton	3:32.4
19	Dave Percival	3:32.9
20	Matty Barratt	3:40.7
21	Roger Summer	3:41.9
22	Mark Summer	3:46.7
23	Mike Kilgour	3:49.7
24	John Anson	3:51.3
25	Mike Sheridan	3:53.1
26	David Brearley	3:54.9
27	Dan Ashman	4:06.3
28	Mike Gomersall	4:17.9
29	Malcolm Daddy	4:35.7
30	John Weaden	4:39.2
31	Paul Kilvington	4:59.2
32	Les Barratt	5:18.2
33	Marie Daddy	5:59.0