Excellent conditions and 8 PB’s

29 riders to push themselves against the challenging 11.2-mile SNCC TT course at Abbotsley this evening.

The riders were greeted with almost perfect riding conditions and knowing that the wind would be on our backs for at least half the course distance. The portents were excellent to add the tally of PBs already this season and so it transpired with 8 riders setting PBs.

Tonight we welcomed another first timer from the club , Adam Hutchison , an old friend and guest rider , Michael Hoy, and a new guest in Mark Redwood. Good to see Simon Richardson back in the saddle this week making his 2019 debut after helping with the time-keeping for the past few weeks.

Mark was the fastest home this evening posting an excellent 25:32 for his first time on the course. Fastest club member was Simon Elkington with another PB followed by Mark Greenhow who was only one second from his PB in third place.

8 PB’s this evening and congratulations to Matt C , Richard R , Simon M , Richard B , Norman Matt G and Simon E and Pat .

Also, further congratulations to Matt C , Richard R and Richard B for posting their first sub 30-minute TT.

In the Bond family Martin (father) has held the bragging rights over son Richard with a better PB and next week he will have to get used to Richard setting off behind him for the first time

Average time was 29:57 which is unusual for this early in the season.

Thanks to Mandy for the time keeping and her excellent chocolate cake ,  to Mike Biggs for helping with the pushing off and to John Brysden for his help on the night.

Housekeeping : Reminder that the CTT levy increased to £3/TT for 2019 and a request that once the first riders have lined up for the start that other riders do not ride past the start line as part of their warm up.

Next TT – Thursday 30th May – Sign on by 7.00 and Start at 7.15 pm

 

TT Results

   
 

23rd May

   
 

Name

Time

 

1

Mark Redwood

25:32

Guest

2

Simon Elkington

25:39

PB

3

Mark Greenhow

26:13

 

4

Graham Wesson

26:23

 

5

Pat Ellerbeck

26:26

PB

6

Simon Murphy

26:30

PB

7

Karl Hiner

27:22

 

8

Michael Hoy

27:40

Guest

9

Geoff Smith

29:03

 

10

Matt Charter

29:10

PB

11

Richard Rogers

29:20

PB

12

Ian Stokes

29:31

Guest

13

Neil Adams

29:44

 

14

Richard Bond

29:52

PB

15

Simon Richardson

30:11

 

16

Matt Gurnell

30:13

PB

17

Martin Bond

30:15

 

18

George Lendrum

30:20

 

19

Alistair Henderson

30:45

 

20

Andrew Kluth

30:57

 

21

Adam Hutchison

31:20

First Time

22

David Wilson

31:25

 

23

Ruth Stapleton

31:36

 

24

Jim Robertson

32:13

 

25

Leon Bradford

32:26

 

26

Dawn Parr

32:42

 

27

Alan Hurst

33:35

 

28

Norman King

35:26

PB

29

Fiona Wynde

36:53

Guest

Handicap Results

Quick reminder that for the Handicap Trophy points are awarded for the number of riders on the night less Guests and First Time Members. So tonight 29 riders and 24 points on offer. A Handicap Time of 25 minutes or less means that you have either matched your PB or improved on it. A Handicap Time greater than 25 minutes shows how much you are off your PB.

To be in contention to win the 2019 Handicap Trophy you need to do as many TTs as you can and ride as close to or improve on your PB consistently until the end of the season.

Congratulations to Matt Charter for taking the maximum points this week and for taking almost 2 minutes from the PB he set the previous week.

 

Name

Time

H/Cap

H/Cap

Points

     

Time

 

Matt Charter

29:10

5:58

23:12

24

Richard Rogers

29:20

5:42

23:38

23

Simon Murphy

26:30

2:00

24:30

22

Richard Bond

29:52

5:16

24:36

21

Norman King

35:26

10:49

24:37

20

Matt Gurnell

30:13

5:32

24:41

19

Simon Elkington

25:39

0:52

24:47

18

Pat Ellerbeck

26:26

1:30

24:56

17

Mark Greenhow

26:13

1:12

25:01

16

Neil Adams

29:44

4:41

25:03

15

Martin Bond

30:15

5:08

25:07

14

Jim Robertson

32:13

6:59

25:14

13

Leon Bradford

32:26

7:06

25:20

12

Graham Wesson

26:23

1:03

25:20

11

Alistair Henderson

30:45

5:17

25:28

10

Dawn Parr

32:42

7:11

25:31

9

Andrew Kluth

30:57

5:12

25:45

8

George Lendrum

30:20

4:35

25:45

7

Ruth Stapleton

31:36

5:48

25:48

6

Alan Hurst

33:35

7:41

25:54

5

Karl Hiner

27:22

1:08

26:14

4

Geoff Smith

29:03

2:37

26:26

3

David Wilson

31:25

4:24

27:01

2

Simon Richardson

30:11

2:18

27:53

1

Handicap Trophy – 2019 – Running Total

Simon Murphy after 5 TT’s has now opened up a gap on the other Simon and it will only take one of them to miss a TT for that position to change again. Pat and Norman lead the chasing peleton and watch out for the two Matt’s in fifth and sixth spot who if they maintain their current momentum in terms of improving PB’s will be in contention by the end of the season.

18 TT’s plus the Ashman means that there are very more points up for offer for this season.

 

Name

02/05/2019

09/05/2019

16/05/2019

23/05/2019

TOTAL

1

Simon Murphy

14

10

22

22

83

2

Simon Elkington

12

8

19

18

70

3

Pat Ellerbeck

10

6

16

17

55

4

Norman King

7

4

8.5

20

48.5

5

Matt Gurnell

0

9

20

19

48

6

Matt Charter

0

0

23

24

47

7

Leon Bradford

8

5

11

12

46

8

Richard Rogers

0

0

21

23

44

9

Alistair Henderson

4

0

15

10

41

10

Richard Bond

0

0

0

21

37

11

Graham Wesson

11

0

14

11

36

12

Mark Greenhow

0

0

18

16

34

13

Jim Robertson

5

2

13

13

33

14

Nic Pillinger

0

0

17

0

31

15

Andrew Kluth

6

0

8.5

8

30.5

16

Mandy Rogers

0

0

24

0

24

17

Wayne Tunnah

9

0

12

0

21

18

Ruth Stapleton

13

0

0

6

19

19

Roger Silk

0

7

0

0

18

20

Neil Adams

0

0

0

15

15

21

Martin Bond

0

0

0

14

14

22

Alan Hurst

0

0

1.5

5

13.5

23

George Lendrum

3

3

0

7

13

24

Dawn Parr

0

0

4

9

13

25

David Wilson

1

1

7

2

12

26

David Lindsay

0

0

10

0

10

27

Geoff Smith

0

0

1.5

3

8.5

28

Adrian Lewis

2

0

3

0

8

29

Paul Littledyke

0

0

6

0

6

30

Mike Biggs

0

0

0

0

5

31

Chris Green

0

0

5

0

5

32

Karl Hiner

0

0

0

4

4

33

Dave Richards

0

0

0

0

2

34

Simon Richardson

0

0

0

1

1