Lawrence completes comeback
Shannon Lawrence overcame a three-second deficit to claim the Butterfield Bermuda Grand Prix Male A title in Hamilton yesterday.
Lawrence, chasing Mark Hatherley who won the time-trial in St George’s on Friday and Saturday’s circuit race in Southside, pulled away from his rivals midway through yesterday’s criterium and never looked back, beating Hatherley by two laps in a a time of 59min 53sec.
Lawrence finished the time-trial in 51 seconds and circuit race in 1hr 44min 6.4sec, which gave him an overall time of 2:44:39.
Hatherley, who won the time-trial in 48 seconds and the circuit race in 1:44:06.2, could not protect his slim lead but managed to hold on to second place.
He finished the criterium in 1:02:15 to give him a total time of 2:47:00.
Mathew Ackland, who was eight seconds behind Hatherley finished third in 2:47:08.
“It was tough going out there, Mark is not one to give up easy,” Lawrence said.
“I knew I had to use every tactic possible in not only getting the win but also overcoming the gap that was between us heading into the racing. The first two days were pretty good, in my opinion, and the conditions made it good to be out there.
“On Saturday, we were all pretty tight together and Mark got the win by a hair, so I needed to come out and go after the win and not allow myself to get caught up in trying to chase anyone down.”
Nicole Mitchell completed a clean sweep as she brushed aside her competitors in a dominating fashion on her way to claiming the Female Open. Mitchell, who has been competing overseas in recent months, held a 28-second lead over April Galda Joyce heading into the criterium.
She finished the time-trial in 59 seconds, the circuit race in 1:02:55 and the criterium in 31:20 for a combined time of 1:35:04.
“I am really happy with my overall results this weekend,” Mitchell said. “I was able to continue to grow my lead in the overall competition on each successive day of racing.
“Having been overseas for the last two months racing, it was a good test to see where my fitness is at the moment and in my build-up for the Commonwealth Games.
“Women’s racing has come a long way since I started racing and it was great to see both the number of women racing as well as the level locally.”
Galda Joyce finished second overall in 1:36:47 while Gabriella Arnold, a National Junior Athlete Sponsorship Programme awardee, claimed the final podium spot in a time of 1:38:22.
Dennis Joell won the Male B division by three seconds ahead of Anthony Smith. Joell had an overall time of 2:04:19, with Smith finishing in 2:04:22, in the time-trial, which proved to be the difference between the two riders. Howard Williams came third in 2:04:23.
Matthew Oliveira won the Male 13-16 honours in a time of 1:37:14 for the second successive year. Christian Oatley, in a time of 1:37:41, was second, while Rajul Matthie-Shakir was third in 1:37:55.
In the Female 13-16 age group, Victoria Davis, 1:17:26, beat Tristan Narraway, 1:17:55, for the second year running. Rebecca Harrison was third in 1:28:15.
Peter Dunne, the Bermuda Bicycle Association president, was delighted with the three days of racing.
“What a great Bermuda weekend for cycling,” Dunne said. “The weather was spectacular and it made today’s race in Hamilton a very fast one. Shannon really turned in a great performance today, getting a gap on a small group of leaders and then just riding away from everyone.
“In the A race today, the battle was for second and Mark Hatherley worked hard to get the silver spot.
“Thanks go to title sponsor Butterfield Bank, the race directors, officials, volunteers and host venues for an enjoyable three days of racing.”
BUTTERFIELD BERMUDA GRAND PRIX
Stage three
CRITERIUM
Male A
60min plus 1 lap
1 Shannon Lawrence 59:53.950
2 Mark Hatherley, 2 laps 59:51.462
3 Matthew Claridge, 2 laps 59:52.219
4 Mathew Ackland, 2 laps 59:52.373
5 Alan Mooney, 3 laps 59:52.705
6 Kent Richardson, 3 laps 59:52.827
7 Tracy Wright, 3 laps 59:53.817
8 Grant Goudge, 3 laps 59:53.900
9 Justin Ferreira, 3 laps 59:54.182
10 Arthur Pitcher, 3 laps 1:00:06.380
11 Nathanial Hartwig, 4 laps 59:54.241
12 Clifford Roberts, 4 laps 59:54.316
13 Tim Goodyer, 4 laps 59:55.251
14 Mtume Hart, 6 laps 59:57.798
15 Anthony Bartley, 7 laps 59:57.551
DNF Brian Steinhoff, 21:21.300
DNF Kevin Tucker 22:46.600
DNF Dwyer Williams 11:45.689
Male B
40min plus 1 lap
1 Dennis Joell 41:26.903
2 Kareem Johnson 41:27.378
3 Anthony Ricky Smith 41:27.493
4 Phil Trussell 41:27.511
5 Vashon Cann 41:27.732
6 Daren Dowling 41:27.732
7 Howard Williams 41:27.928
8 Kwame Curling 41:29.019
9 Christopher Eaton 41:29.074
10 Andrew Hern 41:29.409
11 Adam Hopkin 41:29.585
12 Dirk Hasselkuss 41:29.874
13 Charles A Leonard, 1 lap 41:28.754
14 Charles Thresh, 2 laps 41:39.537
15 Randolph Smith, 2 laps 42:01.618
16 Jason Piney, 3 laps 38:05.351
17 Mark Booth, 4 laps 39:12.723
18 McQuinn Burch, 4 laps 39:13.116
19 Sean Dickinson, 4 laps 39:14.109
20 Peter Dunne, 5 laps 36:52.090
21 Mark Brown, 5 laps 37:44.651
22 Christopher Smith, 5 laps 38:48.003
23 Jason Kyme, 5 laps 38:48.293
24 Edmund Robinson, 5 laps 38:48.551
25 Vincent Chaves, 6 laps 36:49.293
26 Frank Ming, 6 laps 38:20.762
27 Michael Thomas, 7 laps 35:52.880
28 Donald Musson, 7 laps 39:23.550
29 Jonathan Groves, 8 laps 36:52.969
30 Clive Francis, 10 laps 36:11.278
31 Nathaneal Tannock, 11 laps 35:49.618
32 Jonah Jones, 12 laps 28:05.400
DNF Anton Gilbert 30:38.171
DNF Wayne Scott 28:22.985
DNF Kenton Trott 28:05.792
DNF Pete Crayford 19:56.038
DNF Randy Burgess 19:43.152
DNF Luis Martins 14:38.184
DNF William Lawrence 12:12.600
Female
30min plus 1 lap
1 Nicole Mitchell 31:20.860
2 Gabriella Arnold 32:22.755
3 April Galda Joyce 32:31.960
4 Julia Hawley 32:35.328
5 Laurie Orchard, 1 lap 31:53.748
6 Heather Cooper, 1 lap 32:23.307
7 Martina Olcheski-Bell, 1 lap 31:20.864
8 Belinda Castree, 2 laps 32:00.618
9 Joanne Medeiros, 3 laps 32:08.920
10 Alexandra Wilberz, 3 laps 32:12.878
11 Kimberly McIvor, 3 laps 32:18.496
12 Stacy Babb, 5 laps 31:34.965
13 Mardell Simons, 6 laps 31:24.776
Junior Male 13-16
30min plus 1 lap
1 Matthew Oliveira 30:47.838
2 Christian Oatley 31:20.252
3 Rajul Matthie-Shakir 31:30.283
4 Robin Horsfield 31:36.281
5 Kaden Hopkins, 1 lap 31:24.581
6 Zion Dowling, 2 laps 31:19.222
7 Malik Joell, 4 laps 30:48.134
8 Cameron de ste Croix, 4 laps 31:01.055
9 Ben Edwards, 4 laps 31:59.905
10 Eusebio King-Mills, 4 laps 32:18.835
11 Malik Smith, 6 laps 32:03.915
DNF Shomari Steede 23:55.260
Junior Female 13-16
20min plus 1 lap
1 Victoria Davis 21:56.411
2 Tristan Narraway 22:17.953
3 Rebecca Harrison, 1 lap 23:18.876
Junior Male 12 and under
15min plus 1 lap
1 Nahje Smith 17:50.009
2 Z’Dao Dill 18:49.594
3 Alexander Miller, 1 lap 18:54.934
4 Alexander Southern, 1 lap 18:08.909
5 Adrian McPhee, 2 laps 17:54.680
6 Ross Cooper, 2 laps 18:42.535
7 Manning Smith, 2 laps 19:07.160
8 Nicholas Narraway, 2 laps 19:23.423
9 Gareth Cooper, 3 laps 18:46.175
10 Enshe-Nico Davis, 4 laps 19:27.877
Junior Female 12 and under
10min plus 1 lap
1 Julianne Oatley 13:27.771
2 Megan Hands 14:54.745
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION
Male A
1 Shannon Lawrence 2:44:39
2 Mark Hatherley 2:47:00
3 Mathew Ackland 2:47:08
4 Matthew Claridge 2:47:12
5 Justin Ferreira 2:48:52
6 Alan Mooney 2:48:56
7 Kent Richardson 2:48:56
8 Clifford Roberts 2:49:51
9 Nathanial Hartwig 2:49:52
10 Tim Goodyer 2:50:52
11 Tracy Wright 2:50:59
12 Mtume Hart 2:52:51
13 Anthony Bartley 2:54:18
14 Arthur Pitcher 2:54:27
15 Grant Goudge 2:54:36
Male B
1 Dennis Joell 2:04:19
2 Anthony Ricky Smith 2:04:22
3 Howard Williams 2:04:23
4 Kareem Johnson 2:04:26
5 Phil Trussell 2:04:28
6 Daren Dowling 2:04:29
7 Vashon Cann 2:04:30
8 Adam Hopkin 2:04:32
9 Andrew Hern 2:04:35
10 Kwame Curling 2:04:35
11 Christopher Eaton 2:04:36
12 Dirk Hasselkuss 2:04:44
13 Mark Brown 2:07:15
Male 13-16
1 Matthew Oliveira 1:37:14
2 Christian Oatley 1:37:41
3 Rajul Matthie-Shakir 1:37:55
4 Robin Horsfield 1:38:13
5 Kaden Hopkins 1:39:36
6 Zion Dowling 1:51:25
7 Malik Joell 1:53:43
8 Ben Edwards 1:55:20
9 Cameron de ste Croix 1:58:23
10 Eusebio King-Mills 2:08:48
11 Malik Smith 2:19:35
Female 13-16
1 Victoria Davis 1:17:26
2 Tristan Narraway 1:17:55
3 Rebecca Harrison 1:28:15
Juniors 12 and under
Cumulative positions
Male
1 Nahje Smith 3
2 Alexander Miller 7
3 Alexander Southern 10
4 Z’Dao Dill 11
5 Ross Cooper 15
6 Adrian McPhee 17
7 Manning Smith 22
8 Nicholas Narraway 23
9 Gareth Cooper 27
10 Enshe-Nico Davis 31
Female
1 Julianne Oatley 3
2 Megan Hands 6
