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Mothers Day women’s cycling race for a cause planned on Tortola
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| 53 Women start last year's event. Photo by Michel Penn. |
TORTOLA—Nature’s Little Secrets Cycling Club will host its second annual Mother’s Day women’s race for a cause at 3 p.m. on Sunday. The club is using the event to raise funds for breast cancer and have partnered with Eureka Medical Clinic to help defray the cost of mammograms, particularly for women who cannot afford them or don’t have medical insurance. “That’s basically what the funds raised will go towards,” said club president Maria Vieira. “This year we’re hoping it’s going to be bigger and better. Last year we had 57 women taking part and this year we are hoping to have at least 100.”
Compared to last year’s inaugural event, Vieira they have done a lot of public relations work and several partners have come on board, including OGIER, who is sponsoring all the pink T-shirts for race participants and Blossoms will provide all the flowers........
May 9, 2008, 10:46
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Ghiorse outsprints Smith to win Cable and Wireless Challenge
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| Chris Ghiorse wins....again! Mark Smith had to settle for 2nd. Photo by Dean Greenaway. |
TORTOLA-Of all the attacks and counter attacks made, Chris Ghiorse saved his best attack for last to outsprint teammate Mark Smith during Sunday’s 60-mile Cable and Wireless/bMobile Challenge that attracted 24 cyclists, including two from Antigua, and one from St. Vincent.
“This was a very tactical race today although the average speeds were way down, but there were moments when people were going pretty hard and feeling each other out and attacking,” Ghiorse recalled. “Antigua—God bless them—they were severely outnumbered and I told the guys that with so few Antiguans, we really have to ride our own race for each other......
Apr 27, 2008, 22:17
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60 mile Cable and Wireless Cycling Challenge this weekend
TORTOLA—The 10th annual 60-mile Cable and Wireless/bMobile Challenge is schedule for 7 a.m. on Sunday and will serve as a qualifier for the Pan American Cycling Championships in Montevideo, Uruguay, and the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States Cycling Championships/John T. Memorial in Anguilla.
Sunday’s race will also offer prize money and will attract cyclists from the U.S. Virgin Islands and Antigua according to BVI Cycling Federation president David Thomas.
“I’m hoping that we get a pretty decent turnout,” Thomas said. “We have some interest from throughout the region. Apart from the Antiguans and those from St. Croix, we’ve had interest from one of the French islands, but that is unconfirmed.....
Apr 23, 2008, 11:34
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Thomas wins first race, eyes set on Caribbean Championships.
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| Neil Thomas wins his 1st race and the NLSCC season opener. Photo by Carmelita Jamieson. |
TORTOLA-After a less than favourable performance in the 2007 cycling season due to an early injury, Neil Thomas is hoping to make up for it this year. This he started, by registering his first victory for the year in the first race for Nature’s Little Secrets Cycling Club (NLSCC) the AMS Highway Crit.
The top cycling sprinter out-sprinted three other cyclists on Good Friday to win the 15-lap race in 1hour 30 minutes and 58 seconds, forcing Ray Wearmouth in 2nd place, Mark Smith in 3rd, and Gareth Thomas in 4th. Speaking to the StandPoint after the race, Thomas said he is much more focused this year with his eyes set on the 2008 Caribbean Cycling Championship set for Trinidad and Tobago in October.
He said he is working on his fitness level and will be training very hard and participating in as many races to secure his participation on the team......
Mar 28, 2008, 21:00
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Ghiorse wins rained soaked 30-mile BVI Cycling season opener.
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| 2007 National Champion, Chris Ghiorse early in the race. Photo by Todd Van Sickle |
TORTOLA—Experience beat youth when 2007 BVI senior cyclist of the year, Chris Ghiorse chased down then out sprinted his Jr. counterpart Darel Christopher Jr., to pull out a .01 second victory in Sunday’s 30-mile BVI Cycling Federation season opening College Classic race.
Ghiorse had a winning time of 1 hour, 25 minutes and 13 seconds in the rain affected race. Christopher followed in 1:25.14 with Mark Smith third in 1:25.15, in the race that went from West End to the H. Lavity Souttt Community College in Paraquita Bay and return.
“The race came down to a sprint between six of us because of the rains that affected us on the hills going out to the college,” Ghiorse explained. “Darel put in a move that was a little early, which made it a little easier for me to go and follow him. With a little more experience, I think it’s going to be harder to beat him in the sprint.....
Feb 20, 2008, 11:43
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