Cycle Club Ashwell made the most of the glorious weather as they completed a full weekend of racing at home and on the road.
Saturday saw the grass-track season come to a close at their own Godschalk Velodrome, with hot competition across all age groups.
The Go Ride omnium saw a fabulous turn out from Hitchin’s Purwell Primary School team, and they fought hard against the home riders throughout.
At just five-years-old, Alice Haslam was a debutant for Purwell and drew huge cheers in the U8 race.
CCA’s Lucy Douillet led the field home with a mature performance.
The U10 girls' race was closely fought, with the lead changing hands as different riders won races over the afternoon.
Alyssa Butler of the Purwell Pedallers showed amazing determination to win the mixed handicap, boys and girls of every Go Ride age group racing together, but it was Welwyn Wheelers' Elizabeth Moore who had the consistency.
CCA’s Torran McKendrick, representing his school team on the day, held off competition from his older rivals to finish first in the U10 boys, ahead of Purwell’s Josh Haslam, who showed his best racing form of the summer.
Ashwell’s Charlie Brazier, aged just six, doubled up on the day, racing in the Go Ride and fixed wheel categories.
He took home gold in both, thrilling spectators by holding off the U12 racers in a handicapped endurance race.
Home favourite Lottie Anderton was in sparkling form, winning the girls' U12 omnium thanks to a starring performance in the flying lap, beating her own PB and defeating race favourites for the prize.
Home riders monopolized the U12 fixed wheel omnium with Jacob Murphy showing fantastic form to power home for gold ahead of team-mates Logan Ayers and Seb Wilkinson.
His win in the elimination race was a stand-out performance of the afternoon.
The other races across the older age groups were equally as hard fought.
Ashwell's Ella Friedlander (U16G) and Coireall Marlow (U14B) picked up a gold and a bronze while in the adult events, John Sullivan was the highest placed home rider in the 8km while Martin Lawless took the club honours in the omnium.
One day later CC Ashwell started their Eastern League Cyclo-Cross season at Chelmsford.
While no cooler, the racing did benefit from a morning start and Oscar Darton got them going with a fourth place in the U12 boys.
League regulars, Jacob Murphy and Logan Ayers, both rode flat out over a technical course in the U14 race while Nathan Douillet was putting on a brave debut ride until a crash and wrist injury took him out.
Reigning league champion Ella Friedlander started the defence of her title with a win in the junior girls, coming across the line fifth in the combined race alongside the senior ladies.
Her battle with the club-mate Jenny Andrews saw the two regularly trade position on the track before Andrews took the line ahead of her younger rival.
Fellow U16 team-mate, Erin Hall, narrowly missed out on the podium places despite a strong ride.
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