This has been a great year of results for Dominique

Dominique Mayho and Nicole Mitchell were crowned the 2012 Male and Female Riders of the Year at the Bermuda Bicycle Association (BBA) awards ceremony on Saturday night.

The pair were clear favourites to claim the honours on a night that also acknowledged the performances of athletes throughout the year.

Mayho had a season to remember, winning national titles in the mountain bike series, time trials, road circuit and criterium series.

“Dominique has had a wonderful year, winning all four National Championship titles and won all road races locally but one, all the mountain bike races and turned in several awesome time trial series performances,” said BBA president Peter Dunne.

“He bested Garth Thomson’s Harrington Sound time trial course record and came within four seconds of Tyler Butterfield’s Shelly Bay course record. This has been a great year of results for Dominique and there is certainly pressure for him to continue at this level and go further.”

Mitchell’s performances were equally impressive, winning the Time Trial, Road circuit, and Criterium series, along with a silver medal at the Caribbean Cycling Championships (CCC) time trial and a bronze in the CCC road race in Antigua.

“Nicole has continued to progress her racing and carried a basketful of National Championships titles with time trial, road race and criterium which were capped with a silver and bronze CCC time trial and road race respectively,” said Dunne.

“She was the standout in the local women’s field and has her sights to go even further.”

Mark Godfrey won the Junior Rider of the Year after a series of impressive results.

Among his achievements for 2012 included an eighth place in Adult ‘A’ road race series, and was the junior road race champion.

He was also third in the junior time trial championship plus a first place finish in stage three, second at the Tour de FCCC, and eighth in the junior CCC time trial.

Vashon Cann won the Most Improved Junior, while Clifford Roberts and Richard North won the Most Improved Rider and Club Person of the Year awards.

Attending the dinner as the BBA’s guest was Lauren Tamyao, a silver medallist from the 2012 London Olympic Games and her husband Mike Tamayo, manager of the top US men’s cycling team United Healthcare Pro Cycling.

Meanwhile, 14 candidates successfully completed the introductory level course for race officials, courtesy of the BBA last week.

The two day course was the first time the BBA has held such a programme to develop the officiating of local racing and with the number of successful completions the association is in a strong position to become more self sufficient at local races.

Led by top official Diane Fortini of the US and the administrator for cycling in New England, the newly qualified officials will also be capable of working the Island Games cycling events.

Mrs Fortini has been a frequent visitor to Bermuda to help with officiating at major events and will be the Chief Referee for the Island Games cycling in July.