James Dobbin in action

James Dobbin (Arctic Shorter Rochford Racing Team) recorded his second successive
win in the National Hill Climb Championships at Cheddar Gorge on October 28 in a time
of 6 min 51sec.

In damp and blustery conditions, his winning margin of 6 seconds proved
decisive, relegating David Clarke (Blue Sky Cycles) to the silver medal position. Matt Clinton
(mikevaughaun.co.uk) was a further 11 seconds away for the bronze medal.

James, who lives nearby in Bath and who has spent many hours training on the hill , commented
" I was really worried about David Clarke. We have had a tussle on more
than one occasion in this year’s hill climb season. I feel really pleased
to win, considering I have missed most of the road season due to injury"

Other results include:
Best Junior – 9th Adam Pinder (Blackburn & Dist CTC) 07:29.1
Best Young Vet .12th Chris Myhill (API-Metrow)07:29.7
Woman 39th Caroline Kloiber(Chirio Foron D’Asolo) 08:00.3
Best Team : Arctic -Shorter Rochford RT ( James Dobbin 06:51, Danny Axford 07:12,
Peter Bissell 07:37)

Top 20

1 James Dobbin, Arctic Shorter Rochford RT 06:51.5
2 David Clarke, Blue Sky Cycles 06:57.6
3 Matt Clinton, mikevaughaun.co.uk 07:08.5
4 Jim Henderson, SouthportCC 07:10.3
5 Geoffrey Beetham, Retrobike.co.uk 07:11.7
6 Danny Axford, Arctic Shorter Rochford RT 07:12.6
7 Tejvan Pettinger, Sri Chinmoy CT 07:14.4
8 lan Stott, Blackburn & Dist. CTC 07:23.6
9 Adam Pinder, Blackburn & Dist. CTC 07:27.1
10 Ben Pochee, Bike & Run London 07:29.1
11 Alastair Kay, York Cycleworks 07:29.7
12 Chris Myhill, API-Metrow 07:29.7
13 Carl Saint, Yorkshire RC 07:31.7
14 Robert Gough, Johns Bikes 07:31.9
15 Daniel Soltys, Wrekinsport CC 07:32.2
16 Mart Lelliot, Severn RC 07:32.9
17 James McLaughlin, Guernsey VC 07:33.0
18 Max Bienkowski, Oxford University CC 07:33.4
19 Mark Perry, Bournemouth Arrow CC 07:33.8
20 Matthew Jones, Merlin RT 07:33.9