Viking Race 1998 - the video

I've ripped some clips from the DVD Richard Frawley and myself put together of the Viking Race at the Bwlch back in 1998. There's a good few clips below, including several of the new records made that week, finishing with Jan Hansen's 32.97. The outtakes are probably worth a look too.

Introduction

Trond Olsen - Round 1

John McCurdy - Round 2

Klaus Kowalski - Round 2 - equals own world record

Kevin Newton - Round 2

Dave Woods - Round 2

Espen Torp - Round 2

Kevin Newton - Round 4

Simon Thornton - Round 5

Fritz Kristofferson - Round 5

John Phillips - Round 5

Kevin Newton - Round 8

Jan Hansen - Round 9 - New World Record!!!

John Bennett - Round 9 - killer cut!


Pierre Rondel - Round 10

VR 98 - Outtakes

BMFA League 6 - Huddersfield

1	Simon Thornton	Ceres	3861.97
2	Kevin Newton	Ceres	3758.54
3	Richard Bago	Vikos	3741.96
4	Gary Harrison	Race M	3732.26
5	Joel West	Ceres	3673.17
6	Mike Evans	Fstyler	3648.48
7	Mark Abbots	Extreme	3600.18
8	Paul Middleton	Vikos	3592.39
9	Adam Richardson	Extreme	3582.24
10	Keith Wood	Fstyler	3539.06
11	Tom Macpherson	Skorp	3531.84
12	Dave Wright	Vikos	3496.65
13	Paul Garnett	Vikos	3469.69
14	Graham Reed	Skorp	3469.13
15	Greg Dakin	Race M	3449.1
16	Mike Shellim	Skorp	3407.44
17	Tim Shaw	Acacia	3376.04
18	Paul Foster	Skorp	3355.77
19	Mark Redsell	Skorp	3340.01
20	John Thornton	Skorp	3325.02
21	Jon Edison	Sting	3298.58
22	Warwick Smith	Skorp	3279.08
23	Ronnie Lampe	Sting	3269.11
24	Steve Clutterbuck	Viking	3255.9
25	Mick Lideard	Vikos	3255.82
26	Tom Satinet	Ascot	3252.98
27	Martin Newnham	Skorp	3229
28	John Sage	Ceres	3224.39
29	Ron Broughton	Acacia2	3213.53
30	Dave Elam	Sting	3195.88
31	Tony Fu	Vikos	3167.27
32	George Pilkingto	Predator	3106.07
33	Clive Needham	Tragi	3057.27
34	Frank Hulton	Caldera	2874.5
35	Ian Stromberg	Brio	2864
36	Andrzej Tabero	Ascot	1594.96

Welsh Open 2009

Well done to Graham Reed, youngest ever winner of the Welsh Open and the git who got the fastest time of 35.54!

Five rounds flown in total, all on the first day. The Saturday and Sunday were great fun but there wasn't enough wind to race. Excellent banquet; well done Vic!

The Spanish won the team prize.

1	Graham Reed	3781
2	Bjorn Tore Hagen	3750
3	Simon Thornton	3681
4	Cedric Grandseigne	3675
5	Iñaki Elizondo	3665
6	Kevin Newton	3633
7	John Phillips	3631
8	Gerardo Plaza	3630
9	Greg Dakin	3590
10	Paul Garnett	3589
11	Mike Evans	3574
12	José Luis Alvarez Fernandez	3570
13	Alvaro Silgado	3527
14	Mark Redsell	3526
15	Joel West	3508
16	Pierre Rondel	3506
17	Dag Skoglund	3486
18	Lage Salomonsen	3479
19	Jean-Luc Foucher	3469
20	Espen Torp	3459
21	Jonathon Sage	3408
22	Angel Lopez Cabrera	3403
23	Mark Abbotts	3388
24	Mike Young	3360
25	Andrzej Tabero	3292
26	Julian Perrott	3287
27	Andy Burgoyne	3285
28	Peter Gunning	3284
29	Jesus Herrera Borrego	3281
30	Gary Harrison	3267
31	Keith Wood	3266
32	Paul Middleton	3262
33	Andy West	3253
34	Dave Watson	3245
35	Tom Macpherson	3239
36	Mick Walsh	3210
37	Mike Shellim	3197
38	Warrick Smith	3193
39	Jon Edison	3189
40	Iain Rose	3159
41	Frank Hulton	3154
42	C M Cheng	3153
43	Ian Mason	3131
44	Mark Passingham	3121
45	Dave Rumble	3118
46	Steve Clutterbuck	3118
47	Stefan Bertschi	3072
48	Ian Stewart	2999
49	Vic Eldridge	2931
50	Tony Robertson	2749
51	Ron Russell	0
52	Jose Carrion	0
53	Jack Björnberg	0
54	David Cederwall	0