On Saturday 22nd July, V-Sprint Cycle Club hosted an exclusive Hill Climb event on the prestigious Prescott Hill Climb road course in Gloucestershire, all in aid of supporting the Club’s efforts to raise money for Cure Leukaemia.
Riders braved the typical July weather and took on this unique challenge in very wet and challenging conditions. Kirstin Bamford (Bath CC) was the fastest lady with a time of 2 minutes 25 seconds, and Ben Millar (Primera-TeamJobs) was the fastest man and fastest overall on the day with an epic time of 1 minute 53 seconds, the only rider to conquer the climb in under 2 minutes! Both winners very generously (and without hesitation) donated all of their winnings to Cure Leukaemia.
Thanks to the generous support of The Bugatti Owners club, this inaugural event - which we hope to run again in the future - was a huge success and helped Club V-Sprint raise more than £500 for Cure Leukaemia.
Club V-Sprint is a community road cycling club based in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, founded by James Varnish, former Cycle Speedway World Champion and father of former European Track Champion Jess Varnish.
In 2020 the Club started a charity fundraising journey which this year we hope will reach £100,000.
In September 2023, three Club riders will take on Cure Leukaemia’s “Tour of the TAP”, with each rider aiming to raise £5,000 for a Club total of at least £15,000 combined. The team will ride around one hundred miles every day for ten consecutive days across Britain, travelling over 1,000 miles total, and visiting each of the Cure Leukaemia Trial Acceleration Programme (TAP) centres on the journey.
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V-Sprint : club.v-sprint.com
Prescott Hillclimb : www.prescotthillclimb.co.uk/
RESULTS
Finish Position : Name : Club : Start No. : Time
1 : Ben Millar : Primera TeamJobs : 11 : 1:53
2 : Dan Letherbarrow : Cheltenham and County : 6 : 2:06
3 : Ben Mitchell : Cheltenham and County : 3 : 2:10
4 : Aidan Moore : V-Sprint : 20 : 2:14
5 : Daniel Ascroft : V-Sprint : 21 : 2:17
6 : John Adey : North Cotswolds : 4 : 2:20
7 : Kirstin Bamford : Bath CC : 24 : 2:25
8 : Lee Aston : V-Sprint : 18 : 2:26
9 : Andrew Foster : Voranje : 9 : 2:27
10 : Paul Russell : WVTri : 10 : 1:28
11 : Jonathan Rawlings : Voranje : 16 : 2:28
12 : Glyn Rossant : V-Sprint : 23 : 2:30
13 : Stuart Davison : Winchcombe CC : 2 : 2:33
14 : Dan Whitehouse-Smith : Voranje : 12 : 2:34
15 : Mark Watts-Jones : Winchcombe CC : 14 : 2:40
16 : Chris Davis : Giant CC : 15 : 2:43
17 : Sammie Bevan : V-Sprint : 19 : 2:45
18 : Gareth Forknell : V-Sprint : 17 : 2:49
19 : Lis Gardner : V-Sprint : 25 : 3:26
William Denton : Woodmancote Wheelers : 1 : DNS
Rach Frost : Woodmancote Wheelers : 5 : DNS
Dan Frost : Woodmancote Wheelers : 8 : DNS
Johann Breytenbach : Stratford Cycling Club : 7 : DNS
Steven Prince : Ludlow Brewery : 13 : DNS
Andrew Atkinson : V-Sprint : 22 : DNS