Simon Keitch Photography Blog

The Soggy Bottom Winter Race Series 2008/2009 began yesterday at Newnham Park, Plymouth, under wet and overcast conditions; I was there photographing the race for an editorial client as well as shooting some team portraits and action images for a 2009 team launch (more on that to come). Featured above is Certini team rider Jay Horton leading the Masters category, below is Kona/Torq team rider Matt Loake.

I was out shooting the fifth round of the South West Cyclocross Series in Central Park, Plymouth, yesterday for Shred West; the weather was in stark contrast to the last CX race I covered a few weeks back and was exactly what I was hoping for: mud. Featured above is the men’s race winner Roy Wyle Smith (cyclo-cross.com) leading the field on the first lap, which is exactly where he stayed for the remainder of the race taking the win by over one and a half minutes over the second place rider Simon Young (Certini).

A busy day yesterday, shooting round four of the South West Cyclocross Series at Kingsbridge in the morning/mid-day for Shred West magazine and then back to Plymouth to photograph the Plymouth Raiders’ second home game of the season. Race organiser David Hamilton got lucky with the weather for the second consecutive year, once again managing to stage his race on a rare perfect Autumn day making for warm racing conditions and a very fast track. The cyclo-cross.com team took the top two men’s places; Vin Cox first and Tim Williams second, with Blake Pond (CCSW Guerciotti) rounding out the podium positions, while Maddie Horton (Team Certini) took the win in the women’s category.