In stark difference to the week before, the weather was dry but the wind was in an entirely different direction. This made for a very hard night for most, and there weren’t many who were gaining time on the night, with a crosswind off the start, and a headwind along the A50 for what seemed like an eternity!
Notwithstanding the tough conditions, our resident speed machine Jim Duffy took another 7 seconds of his PB, drilling it down the home straight to make sure of his time of 22:49.
Visiting from sunny Sheffield, Matt Nowell brought home the fastest time of the evening, with an impressive 21:34 ahead of Jim Duffy, with Dave Fearon, winding along on 116″ fixed gear bringing home 3rd with 23:21.
Here are the results in order of fastest time for the evening.
Position | Rider | Time |
---|---|---|
1 | Matt Nowell* | 21:34 |
2 | Jim Duffy | 22:49 |
3 | Dave Fearon | 23:21 |
4 | Jacob Booth+ | 24:01 |
5 | Jim Williams | 24:38 |
6 | Stu Ward | 25:25 |
7 | Gordon Conway* | 25:59 |
8 | Julian Perrett | 26:12 |
9 | Neil Drummond | 26:13 |
10 | Colin Carthy | 26:25 |
11 | Colin Walsh | 26:45 |
12 | Nick Butterworth | 26:48 |
13 | Mark Walker* | 26:56 |
14 | Craig Lee | 27:11 |
15 | Andy Woolley | 27:18 |
16 | Steve Malkin | 27:19 |
17 | Emily Martin | 27:20 |
18 | Jo Blakeley | 27:33 |
19 | Ady Japp | 27:37 |
20 | Mark Dixon | 27:40 |
21 | Caroline Fearon | 29:05 |
22 | Dave Read | 29:15 |
23 | Steve Marlow | 29:17 |
24 | Dave Wilkinson | 30:20 |
25 | Geoff Lovelady | 30:21 |
26 | Alan Silver | 30:33 |
27 | Elaine Mossmann | 31:09 |
28 | Derek Heine | 31:25 |
29 | Simon Howells | 32:26 |
30 | Rob Amson | 33:13 |
* Non member and + 2nd claim member – will not gain points for Guardian Cup.
As we have now started the Guardian Cup competition, those who recorded a PB last week, and those who didn’t but had a time recorded during 2015 will carry forward their best time from 2015 as the baseline for this year. So, the points table after round 1 looks like below, but with a joint 1st place taken by Jim Duffy and Derek Heine, both gaining 7 seconds from their PBs on the night! Only Dave Fearon and Dave Wilkinson managed to gain time on their previous PBs.
The battle is on, but the season is young…
Pos | Rider | Actual Time | Current PB | New PB | PB Date 2015./16 | +/- Sec s | Guardian Cup Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1= | Derek Heine | 31:25 | 31:32 | 31:25 | 04-May-2016 | 7 | 25 |
1= | Jim Duffy | 22:49 | 22:56 | 22:49 | 11-May-2016 | 7 | 25 |
3 | Dave Fearon | 23:21 | 23:24 | 23:21 | 11-May-2016 | 3 | 23 |
4 | Dave Wilkinson | 30:20 | 30:22 | 30:20 | 13-May-2015 | 2 | 22 |
5 | Caroline Fearon | 29:05 | 28:46 | 28:46 | 03-Jun-2015 | -19 | 21 |
6 | Jim Williams | 24:38 | 24:18 | 24:18 | 04-May-2016 | -20 | 20 |
7 | Emily Martin | 27:20 | 26:59 | 26:59 | 04-May-2016 | -21 | 19 |
8 | Alan Silver | 30:33 | 29:55 | 29:55 | 04-May-2016 | -38 | 18 |
9 | Colin Walsh | 26:45 | 26:05 | 26:05 | 05-Aug-2016 | -40 | 17 |
10= | Steve Malkin | 27:19 | 26:34 | 26:34 | 24-Jun-2015 | -45 | 16 |
10= | Stu Ward | 25:25 | 24:40 | 24:40 | 01-Jul-2015 | -45 | 16 |
12 | Colin Carthy | 26:25 | 25:16 | 25:16 | 24-Jun-2015 | -69 | 14 |
13 | Elaine Mossmann | 31:09 | 29:58 | 29:58 | 04-May-2016 | -71 | 13 |
14 | Neil Drummond | 26:13 | 24:59 | 24:59 | 01-Jul-2015 | -74 | 12 |
15 | Ady Japp | 27:37 | 26:11 | 26:11 | 24-Jul-2015 | -86 | 11 |
16 | Geoff Lovelady | 30:21 | 28:49 | 28:49 | 22-Jul-2015 | -92 | 10 |
17 | Simon Howells | 32:26 | 30:46 | 30:46 | 13-May-2015 | -100 | 9 |
18 | Mark Dixon | 27:40 | 25:47 | 25:47 | 22-Jul-2015 | -113 | 8 |
19 | Dave Read | 29:15 | 27:19 | 27:19 | 01/07/2015 | -116 | 7 |
20 | Steve Marlow | 29:17 | 27:19 | 27:19 | 01-Jul-2015 | -118 | 6 |
21 | Craig Lee | 27:11 | 24:18 | 24:18 | 15-Jul-2015 | -173 | 5 |
22= | Julian Perrett | 26:12 | 26:12 | 26:12 | Benchmark | N/A | No points |
22= | Andy Woolley | 27:18 | 27:18 | 27:18 | Benchmark | N/A | No points |
22= | Jo Blakeley | 27:33 | 27:33 | 27:33 | Benchmark | N/A | No points |
22= | Nick Butterworth | 26:48 | 26:48 | 26:48 | Benchmark | N/A | No points |