The club ran the inaugural time trial on a new 10 mile time trial course at Ashton Keynes along the Spine Road to the Cotswold Water Park and to Latton- known as U41. The event attracted 50 riders, which is the largest number we have had since stopping events on the A419, presumably because the course looked so flat. We were blessed with a glorious morning - dry, sunny and almost windless which allowed riders to give of their best. However, those that ride the club leisure rides know that the road surface in that area has its own special challenge as it sucks speed out of your ride and many riders did comment on that aspect. However, all enjoyed the course - with a hard left turn near the start challenging the unwary, a bit of pothole avoidance on the Spine Road but no different to most roads these days and expertly marked up by Ian Potts, attacking the climb to the roundabouts and then returning from the Latton roundabout. (The course can be seen at: https://www.strava.com/activities/1550701736).
Note: any mistakes in rider names, order of name, capitalisation, etc below are down to how they have entered their details in the CTT database and not down to my poor eyesight!
ORDER OF FINISHTandemRiderClubCatTime1Ms Joanna KnightBristol South Cycling ClubLady00:22:31Mr Andrew LeggeBristol South Cycling ClubV4SoloRiderClubCatTime1Mr Dan MartinUniversity of Bath Cycling ClubEspoir00:20:412Mr English NickAeroCoachSenior00:21:123Mr Lee FrancisVelo Club Bristol - Webbs CyclesSenior00:22:09
DETAILS OF PRIZEWINNERS
Overall
1st PlaceDan MartinUniversity of Bath Cycling Club
2nd PlaceNick EnglishAeroCoach
3rd PlaceLee FrancisVelo Club Bristol - Webbs Cycles
Ladies
1st Place LadySara Gunn
- also winner of Sheila Wiseman TrophyMinuteman CC
Vets
1st Placed VetNiel DunnageCotswold Veldrijden
2nd Placed VetPhil BrowntrainSharp
1st Place V40Luke SmithBristol South Cycling Club
1st Place V50Jim BealesDursley Road Club
1st Place V60Christopher Davis
(also faster then V50!)Giant CC Halo Films
Tandem
1st PlaceMs Joanna Knight & Mr Andrew LeggeBristol South Cycling Club
Team
1st TeamBristol South Cycling Club – Smith/Griffiths/Kemp
It was great to have several teams at this event for the first time in many years and the team results were:
Team Placings
Bristol South Cycling ClubMr Luke Smith00:22:31
Bristol South Cycling ClubMr Griffiths Josh00:22:13
Bristol South Cycling ClubMr Daniel Kempe00:24:1301:08:57
Chippenham & District WheelersMr Paul Winchcombe00:23:00
Chippenham & District WheelersMr MIke Cox00:23:26
Chippenham & District WheelersMr Jamie Richardson paige00:23:3301:09:59
Dursley Road ClubMr Stephen White00:24:34
Dursley Road ClubMr graeme davis00:22:49
Dursley Road ClubMr Jim Beales00:22:5801:10:21
Swindon Road ClubMr Peter Garnett00:22:42
Swindon Road ClubMr Roy Carless00:24:04
Swindon Road ClubMr Broad-Drake Chris00:24:2201:11:08
As always these events cannot be run without support from the club and its members, so our thanks to:
Emma Angove - managed the HQ which allowed the Racing Secretary to race his own course
Sheila and Mike Edwards - Timekeeping and start sheet boards
Doug Gale - West DC Start Time Keeper
Ian Potts and Paul Freegard - who helped lay the course and Ian marshalled (and were there very early to help)
John Else - signing on
Andrew Spearman - pusher off
Robbie Richardson - start official and traffic count
Chris Tweedie - finish official and traffic count
Jeremy Tyzack - turn roundabout and rider counter
Helen and Martin Priestley - marshal and traffic count
Fiona Waind and daughter - kitchen and cakes
Paul Winchcombe - everything else
Remember the next club open event is the 25 mile time trial on 24 June starting at a more civilised 0930 hours. So if you can give up your time please do.