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Photo (c) Richard Owens

This year’s national hill climb championship was held at Cheddar Gorge in Somerset, just south of Bristol.

The winner was James Dobbin, Arctic Shorter Rochford, in a very good time of 6.51.

Second place was David Clark, who just missed out for the second year running.

I finished 7th in a time of 7.14, just 6 seconds behind 3rd place. I finished 7th last year at the 2006, National Hill climb championship in Devon.

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 Southport CC - 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 Ian Stott Blackburn & Dist. CTC - 07:23.6
9 Adam Pinder Blackburn & Dist. CTC - 07:27.1
10 Ben Pochee Bike & Run London

Excellent event, with good organisation and support.

My new Cycling site Cycling Info 

Many Thanks to Rich Owens for photos from race. Flickr gallery of event

• National Hill Climb Championship 2005 at the Rake
• National Hill Climb Championship 2006 in Devon

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My cycling in 2007, has been  a bit disappointing.

I have only done a small number of races with no pbs.

I did win a couple of races, early in the season. This included the Oxonian CC 31 mile hilly TT. and the 10 mile TT organised by London West D.C

My fastest 10 was about a 21.31

My fastest 25 was about a 57.00 - which is really slow. My pb is a 52.

Hill climb Season 

The hill climb season is usually the highlight of the season for me. However, circumstance prevented me from competing in any races. I have been doing a bit of training. Several times I have cycled out to Lewknor to race up the A40. But, training is not the same as racing and even my training has been a bit disrupted.

Next week is the National hill climb championship at Cheddar Gorge. I am seeded number 4, last year I finished 7th, when the race was down in Devon. This will be the final race of the season. It is a shame I didn’t have chance to ride up Cheddar Gorge because it sounds an interesting hill.

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Tejvan Pettinger

Sri Chinmoy Cycling Team