A clear, sunny and warm evening with barely a whiff of a breeze was almost perfect for some fast times. Indeed, despite some pre-race excuses, Jim Duffy stormed around the course for a mid 22, whilst others had the cup in their sights, determined to grab valuable seconds to convert to points.
For the Guardian Cup, this meant that tonight, Paul Connor forged ahead into the lead by grabbing 23 points and knocking 20 seconds of his previous PB, with Anthony Booth only 1 point behind. Ben Ditchburn scored maximum points for the round by improving by almost 2 minutes on his previous attempt, and Alison Morton also grabbed 24 points for a solid effort around the difficult 10 course.
Results for the night are as follows:
Number | Name | Club | Time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jim Duffy | WVCC | 22:36 |
2 | Lee Suthard | WVCC | 23:46 |
3 | Colin Carthy | WVCC | 25:28 |
4 | Dan Robson | WVCC | 26:31 |
5 | Paul Connor | WVCC | 27:25 |
6 | Emily Martin | WVCC | 27:26 |
7 | Anthony Booth | WVCC | 27:29 |
8 | Ben Ditchburn | WVCC | 28:00 |
9 | Geoff Lovelady | WVCC | 28:30 |
10 | Claire Thompson* | 28:54 | |
11 | Caroline Fearon | WVCC | 29:41 |
12 | Alison Morton | WVCC | 30:19 |
13 | Andy Jeal | WVCC | 30:41 |
14 | Mark Hassall/Matt Lunt* | 22:05 |
So, at the top of the Guardian Cup table is Paul Connor, with Anthony Booth having some work to do to make improvement over the next 3 rounds, but still placed solidly in second place.
Place | Total Points Best 7 | Name | Counting Rides | Current Handicap | Race 1 10th May | Race 2 17th May | Race 3 24th May | Race 4 31st May | Race 6 28th June | Race 7 5th July |
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1 | 111 | Paul Connor | 5 | 27:25 | 24 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 23 | |
2 | 96 | Anthony Booth | 4 | 27:29 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 22 | ||
3 | 88 | Steve Marlow | 5 | 25:38 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 22 | |
4 | 81 | Emily Martin | 5 | 26:17 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 21 | 16 | |
5 | 78 | Colin Carthy | 4 | 24:57 | 17 | 18 | 23 | 20 | ||
6 | 74 | Dan Robson | 5 | 25:36 | 9 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 19 | |
7 | 73 | Alison Morton | 4 | 30:19 | 15 | 9 | 25 | 24 | ||
8 | 70 | Geoff Lovelady | 5 | 27:32 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 21 | 18 | |
9 | 67 | Jim Duffy | 3 | 22:11 | 22 | 24 | 21 | |||
10 | 61 | John Hassall | 3 | 25:36 | 20 | 21 | 20 | |||
11 | 52 | Chris Gilbertson | 3 | 24:24 | 15 | 19 | 18 | |||
12 | 47 | Benn Jones | 2 | 25:41 | 22 | 25 | ||||
13 | 46 | Clare Hargreaves | 2 | 33:04 | No points | 24 | 22 | |||
14 | 44 | Patrick Lucas | 2 | 26:04 | 21 | 23 | ||||
15 | 42 | Caroline Fearon | 3 | 28:35 | 11 | 14 | 17 | |||
16 | 41 | Dave Wilkinson | 4 | 28:03 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 14 | ||
16 | 41 | Dave Fearon | 2 | 23:28 | 20 | 21 | ||||
18 | 32 | Jim Williams | 3 | 23:45 | 12 | 7 | 13 | |||
19 | 30 | Stu Ward | 2 | 24:40 | 15 | 15 | ||||
20 | 29 | Nick Butterworth | 2 | 24:45 | 12 | 17 | ||||
21 | 28 | Rich Munro | 2 | 26:07 | 13 | 15 | ||||
22 | 25 | Phil Booth | 1 | 24:58 | 25 | |||||
22 | 25 | Ben Ditchburn | 1 | 28:00 | No points | 25 | ||||
24 | 23 | Steve Malkin | 1 | 25:54 | 23 | |||||
24 | 23 | Lynsey Astles | 1 | 29:15 | No points | 23 | ||||
26 | 21 | Craig Lee | 2 | 24:18 | 10 | 11 | ||||
27 | 17 | Louise Mainwaring | 1 | 32:04 | No points | 17 | ||||
28 | 16 | Stephen Lucas | 1 | 26:04 | 16 |
For the scratch competition, Steve Marlow still holds the top spot, but snapping at his heels are both Dan Robson and Colin Carthy in 2nd and 3rd place respectively.
Position | Name | Total points best 7 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 6 | Round 7 |
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1 | Steve Marlow | 99 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 24 | - |
2 | Dan Robson | 94 | 14 | 20 | 18 | 19 | - | 23 |
3 | Colin Carthy | 93 | 20 | - | 24 | - | 25 | 24 |
4 | Emily Martin | 88 | 12 | 18 | 17 | 20 | - | 21 |
5 | Paul Connor | 80 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 16 | - | 22 |
6 | Anthony Booth | 76 | - | - | 15 | 18 | 23 | 20 |
7 | Geoff Lovelady | 75 | 8 | 15 | 13 | - | 21 | 18 |
8 | Jim Duffy | 75 | - | 25 | - | 25 | - | 25 |
9 | John Hassall | 65 | - | 21 | 22 | 22 | - | - |
10 | Alison Morton | 59 | - | 13 | 10 | - | 20 | 16 |
11 | Jim Williams | 58 | - | 22 | 21 | 15 | - | - |
12 | Dave Fearon | 49 | 25 | 24 | - | - | - | - |
13 | Chris Gilbertson | 48 | 24 | - | - | 24 | - | - |
14 | Stu Ward | 46 | 21 | - | 25 | - | - | - |
15 | Dave Wilkinson | 46 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 14 | - | - |
16 | Craig Lee | 45 | 22 | - | 23 | - | - | - |
17 | Nick Butterworth | 42 | 19 | - | - | 23 | - | - |
18 | Ben Ditchburn | 41 | - | - | - | - | 22 | 19 |
19 | Caroline Fearon | 38 | 9 | - | 12 | - | - | 17 |
20 | Patrick Lucas | 33 | 13 | - | 20 | - | - | - |
21 | Clare Hargreaves | 33 | - | 12 | 8 | 13 | - | - |
22 | Richard Munro | 33 | - | - | 16 | 17 | - | - |
23 | Lynsey Astles | 26 | 10 | 16 | - | - | - | - |
24 | Phil Booth | 23 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - |
25 | Benn Jones | 41 | 18 | 23 | - | - | - | - |
26 | Steve Malkin | 15 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - |
27 | Stephen Lucas | 15 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - |
28 | Louise Mainwaring | 15 | 6 | - | 9 | - | - | - |
29 | Andy Jeal | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 15 |
Next week, there is no rest, as it is the Club 10 championship. One chance to get glory. Come along, give it a go!