Little Again as Bowers Blows! New Forest XC Enduro

Kim Little (Merida UK) won the New Forest XC Enduro at Avon Tyrrell Activity centre on the edge of the National Park in Hampshire. Little started favourite but was made to work hard for the win, a gallant effort from Stu Bowers (Hargroves Cycles) inevitably ran out of legs but put the Merida man on the back foot early on in the 2 hour race.

Bowers may have lacked race miles but has bags of experience and was up for the fight, hitting the front from the gun and putting daylight between himself and a clearly worried Little. Behind these two, Pete Warner (Ridebike.co.uk) was clear in third place as the 100 plus field started to string out.

Little may have been worried but he never panicked, gradually riding back up to Bowers wheel, making contact on the third lap. Sensing Bowers was starting to pay for his early enterprise, Little pressed on, quickly opening a winning gap of over a minute. The purpose built, 4 km circuit at Avon Tyrrell includes, single track, wooded trails and parkland, testing both stamina and technique and is popular with the riders. As Little continued his solitary procession so Bowers continued to go backwards, eventually being caught by a more than surprised Warner. Across the finish ine Little was already thinking of the Brass Monkeys enduro in two weeks whilst a spent Bowers could talk of nothing but bacon sandwiches.

Amy- Jo Hansford (Off Camber) looked strong as she led the women home, distancing Fay Cripps (Southdown Bikes/Cask)

and Little’s teammate, Heidi Gould (Merida UK). Hansford rode away on the opening lap and was never seriously challenged.

Full Results
Women
1 28 Amy-Jo Hansford Main
2 47 Fay Cripps Main
3 26 Heidi Gould Main
4 65 Kate Hewett Main
5 38 Julia Hamlyn Main
6 40 Zoe Buckland Main
7 35 Maggie Maundrell Main
8 50 Samantha Jones Main
9 79 Kym Harvey Main
10 87 Lynnn Broom Main
11 1 Ros Harper Main
12 98 Sarah Thomas Main
13 102 Lorraine Lambert Main
Overall - Male

1 64 Kim Little Main
2 37 Peter Warner Main
3 66 Stuart Bowers Main
4 73 Stuart Waite Main
5 72 Ross Smith Main
6 18 Paul Axon Single Speed
7 76 Alfie Beaty Main
8 34 Simon Lesser Main
9 31 Andrew Smith Main
10 80 Rick Evans Main
11 27 Darren Matthews Main
12 90 Marcus Williams Main
13 36 Mark Hardwicke Main
14 48 Simon Waite Fat Bike
15 51 Scawen Roberts Main
16 59 Sam Pociecha Main
17 91 Alex Williams Main
18 58 Peter Flint Main
19 2 Steve Gordon Single Speed
20 11 Alex Evens Main
21 71 James Brett Main
22 93 Darren House Main
23 24 Tyrone Miller Main
24 23 Liam Teesdale Main
25 29 James Homer Single Speed
26 32 Graham Starmer Main
27 62 Garry Taylor Main
28 30 Russell Thompson Main
29 49 Christopher Clark Main
30 74 Chris Kelly Main
31 75 Matt Klinkard Single Speed
32 3 Dr Rob Single Speed
33 86 Andrew Parsons Main
34 103 James Meakin Main
35 77 Mike Richman Single Speed
36 39 Padhraic O'Connor Single Speed
37 17 Dr Bryce Dyer Fat Bike
38 7 Chris Randall Main
39 61 Stu Domay Main
40 97 Stefan Fratesi Main
41 55 Glenn Frampton Main
42 81 Jonny Weber Main
43 41 Reece Kite Main
44 83 Andy Stevenson Main
45 99 Simon Gabriel Main
46 85 Jonathan Carr Main
47 67 Alex Drummond Main
48 96 James Kensington Main
49 89 Jo Sinclair Fat Bike
50 43 Lee Higgins Main
51 53 Jack Klingman Main
52 33 Paul Dehon Main
53 78 Chris Wills Main
54 21 Andrew Trayford Main
55 12 Tony Broom Main
56 4 Andy Neil Main
57 84 Jason Kanning Fat Bike
58 104 Andy Brown Main
59 88 David Evans Single Speed
60 42 Gary Kite Main
61 63 Neil Hanham Main
62 100 Mike Gilson Main
63 92 Jon Fosyth Main
64 101 Tim Cole Main
65 94 Adam Felton Main
66 70 Lee Woodhams Main
67 9 Prof Guy Clarke Main
68 95 Daniel Partridge Main
69 60 Kevin Harris Main
70 82 Jamie Skuse Fat Bike
71 68 David Andeson Main
72 52 Jordan Owen Main
73 69 Paul Larby Main
74 45 Jed Edmonds Main
75 54 James Frampton Main
76 105 Stephen White Main
77 15 Darren Cooper Fat Bike
78 14 Darenn House2 Main
79 106 Glen Blacker Main
80 19 Prof Vince Argones Single Speed
81 10 Martin Garnish Main
82 20 Mark Treviss-Bell Single Speed
83 22 Matt Williams Single Speed

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