Guardian Cup Round 7 – 5th July 2017

6 July 2017Written by Adrian

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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
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
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!