The weather was cool but clear on Saturday morning for the MIVA hill climb Championship. the sixth annual one to date. The first two were organised by Oak Bay Bikes CC, the predecessor to Mid Island Velo Association but the format has been the same throughout. Riders set off at intervals and the event is run as a road time trial.There were only eight starts, with Cheryl Morch and Sean De Pol being given an early start due to other priorities. Most of the remaining participants have supported the entire series this year, with the Hare trio of Dad, Jason, Abigail and Aiden being among the first to turn up. Other riders were Mark Wieler, Jim Brown and series leader Justin Mark. The two youth competitors were first off, followed by Jason , Jim , Mark and Justin. Start intervals were at 30 seconds to enable timekeeper Peter McCaffery to get to the finish before any of the cyclists. The club's Webscorer programme made this a simple task. As expected, Justin came into view first and then the remainder in reverse order (great seeding Mr. McC.!). Justin won the event with a time just 44 seconds off Paul Autons 12'00" record, set in 2011. Other notable performance was by Abigail Hare who established a female youth recoord.. For full results go to our Results page. Thanks to Ross Palfrey, Cheryl and Sean for helping to set up registration and toss agin for recording the event. Watch for his photos etc.

Here are the top results since 2009. If anyone has more information on the missing riders and times from the firast two years, please email to info@bikeracing.ca.

DUOMONT HILL CLIMB – TOP 3 FINISHERS EACH YEAR FROM 2008 TO 2013

2013 championship Justin Mark Steed Cycles 12' 44.5”

Sean Depol MIVA 14' 30”

Mark Wieler Arrowsmith/MIVA 14' 39.9''

2012 Championship Paul Auton Cycle Therapy 12' 17”

Dave Huntley Cycle Therapy 13' 11”

Doug Merrick CVCC 13' 31”

Sept. 12th' 2012 Doug Merrick CVCC 13' 25”

Mark Wieler Arrowsmith/MIVA 15' 23”

Kirby Villeneuve MIVA 15' 34”

2011 Championship Paul Auton ABA 12' 00” ( current record)

Rob Russell MIVA 13' 03”

Dave Huntley Everti 13' 05”

Sept. 5th. 2011 Paul Auton ABA 12' 20” (record)

Bryan Rehill HCTC 12' 38”

Doug Merrick CVCC 14' 17”

2010 Championship Patrick Paquette Ind. 12' 44”

Derek Brain Everti 13' 57”

Phil Birrer OBB 14' 54”

Sept. 23rd. 2010Derek Brain Everti 13' 31”

Bryan Rehill HCTC 14' ?? Sept. 23rd. 2010

Patrick Burnham OBB 17' ??

2009 Championship Stefan Jacobsen Frontrunners 12' 27” (record)

2008 Championship ??

Hill Climb Duomont best times Women 2013 Championship Cheryl Morch MIVA 16' 02.0”

2012 Championship Laurie Baildham MIVA 15' 40”

Sept. 12th' 2012Laurie Baildham MIVA 15' 43”

2011 Championship Cheryl Morch HCTC 15'

Sept. 5th. 2011 Janna Gillick MIVA 15' 06” ( current record)

Cheryl Morch MIVA 15' 37”

2010 Championship ?????

2009 Championship ?????

2008 Championship ?????

Hill Climb Duomont best times Youth 2008 Championship ?????

2009 Championship ?????

2010 Champoinship Brodie Hay MIVA 26'42” (record M.)

2011 Championship ?????

2012 Sept. 12th' 2012 Brodie Hay MIVA 19'23” ( current record M.)

Abigail Hare MIVA 21' 35” (record F.)

2013 Championship Abigail Hare MIVA 19' 25.2” (current record F.)

Aiden Hare MIVA 23' 45.8"

Saturday, October 5th. The Nanaimo Hill Climb Championship, also the final event in the MIVA 2013 hill climb series, will take place on the Duomont/ Wiegles hill. Registration is at Pleasant Valley Community Centre car park at 10.30am and first rider is away at 11am. Come on out and ride or cheer on your favourites.

The 2013 MIVA Hill Climb Championship is past the halfway point, with 4 of the 6 events completed.  This week is the doubleheader finale with a race on Thursday evening, and the final on Saturday morning.  NOTE: We need 2-3 volunteers to help out with this Thursdays event, please let us know via comment or on FB if you can help.  

The series standings are up to date via Webscorer.  Currently there's a tight race for top spot in the Male category, with Justin Mark holding a slight edge on Nick Kupiak 46 to 42 points respectively.  A racers top 4 scores count toward their total.

Race 1 Aho: Webscorer, Recap

Race 2 Calder: Webscorer, Recap

Race 3 Doumont: Webscorer, Recap

Race 4 Kilpatrick: Webscorer, Recap

Race 5:

Departure Bay: 3.3k.  Registration at 530pm, Race at 6pm.  Meet at Departure Bay Elementary School.

The Strava segment for this race is here.

Race 6:

Doumont Rd: 5.3k.  Registration at 1030am, Race starts at 11am.  Same route as the 9.19 Hill Climb.  Start at Pleasant Valley Social Center, here is a map.

The Strava segment for this race is here.

Our calendar function of the website is currently down as it has been causing some issues with our server.  We're working on getting it back up and running ASAP.  Meanwhile, keep an eye on our Twitter feed and Facebook for upcoming events.

The fourth event in the MIVA climb series series was held on the 3.2 kilometre Kilpatrick/Benson View roads, finishing opposite Witchcraft Lake. Like the Aho Road race, it was a massed event withal with all participants starting together. After a kilometre, six of the ten starters were still together but soon afterwards, Mike Gill dropped back. after a brief attempt to regain contact, he settled into his high cadence and continued alone, between the leaders and the slower riders.The lead pack reached the sharp right hand turn onto Benson View and, as the road kicked up to twelve percent, first Phil Birrer and then Sean de Pol were dropped. Now only MIvA rider Nick Kupiak, Justin Mark, Steed Cycles and Doug Merrick, CVCC were left. First Nick and then Justin turned on the juice, leaving Doug to find his own way to the finish. As road dipped down slightly before the final two hundred metre rise, Steed and Kupiak were still together and that's the way they finished, with just 0.2seconds separating them. These two have battled each other for the first four hill climbs with Justin winning three and Nick one. The final two events will give Nick the chance to catch his Vancouver opponent. The lone woman, For Theresa Price, UBC Tri club, this was her first hill climb and also her first start in a MIVA event. She has just relocated to take a position at NRGH and weare sure to see more of her. Abigail Hare finished behind Theresa for the female youth category and brother Aiden brought up the rear for male youth.Thanks to shutterbug Patrick Burnham for taking some photos, which should be upon the web soon.