So, who won? Well, if you have been following the results trend over the last few weeks, you’ll have seen that Dave Wilkinson has been improving steadily over the year, enabling him to maximise his points. By last week, only Rich Munro could get near. This was not to be though, as Dave did enough, and improved on his PB and take maximum points in fine style on the night. Rich gave him a run for his money though, so it wasn’t an easy win.
Therefore, congratulations go to Dave Wilkinson as our 2016 Guardian Cup Winner, with 120 points, closely chased by Rich Munro in 2nd with 118 points, and Steve Marlow in 3rd with 109 points.
Points for round 10 of the Guardian Cup were as follows:
| Position | Rider | Time | Current PB | New PB | PB Date 2014/15 | +/- Sec s | Guardian Cup Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dave Wilkinson | 28:03 | 28:39 | 28:03 | 10-Aug-2016 | 36 | 25 |
| 2 | Rob Amson | 30:46 | 30:46 | 30:46 | 01-Jun-2016 | 0 | 24 |
| 3 | Jo Blakeley | 25:27 | 25:24 | 25:24 | 01-Jun-2016 | -3 | 23 |
| 4 | Dave Read | 27:08 | 26:52 | 26:52 | 29-Jul-2016 | -16 | 22 |
| 5 | Rich Munro | 26:23 | 26:07 | 26:07 | 06-Jul-2016 | -16 | 22 |
| 6 | Andy George | 28:31 | 27:55 | 27:55 | 18-May-2016 | -36 | 20 |
| 7 | Alison Morton | 30:37 | 29:50 | 29:50 | 03-Aug-2016 | -47 | 19 |
| 8 | Colin Carthy | 26:02 | 24:57 | 24:57 | 20-Jul-2016 | -65 | 18 |
| 9 | Dave Fearon | 24:29 | 23:21 | 23:21 | 11-May-2016 | -68 | 17 |
| 10 | Dan Robson | 26:46 | 25:36 | 25:36 | 20-Jul-2016 | -70 | 16 |
| 11 | Steve Marlow | 26:53 | 25:38 | 25:38 | 03-Aug-2016 | -75 | 15 |
| 12 | Geoff Lovelady | 29:50 | 27:32 | 27:32 | 20-Jul-2016 | -138 | 14 |
| 13 | Matt Sayle | 28:20 | 25:23 | 25:23 | 12-Aug-2015 | -177 | 13 |
and the overall Guardian Cup positions, are as follows:
| Place | Total Points Best 5 | Name | Counting Rides | Current Handicap | Race 1 11th May | Race 2 218th May | Race 3 25th May | Race 4 1st June | Race 5 15th June | Race 6 29th June | Race 7 6th July | Race 8 20th July | Race 9 3rd August | Race 10 10th August |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 120 | Dave Wilkinson | 5 | 28:03 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 11 | 16 | 24 | 25 | |
| 2 | 118 | Rich Munro | 5 | 26:07 | No points | 25 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 3 | 109 | Steve Marlow | 5 | 25:38 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 15 | |||
| 4 | 108 | Nick Butterworth | 5 | 24:45 | No points | 24 | 21 | 20 | 24 | 19 | ||||
| 5 | 105 | Emily Martin | 5 | 26:17 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 25 | ||||
| 6 | 100 | Rob Amson | 5 | 30:46 | 22 | 9 | 25 | 20 | 24 | |||||
| 7 | 94 | Jo Blakeley | 4 | 25:24 | No points | 25 | 23 | 23 | 23 | |||||
| 7 | 94 | Andy Woolley | 5 | 25:59 | No points | 24 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 18 | 14 | 17 | ||
| 9 | 93 | Colin Carthy | 5 | 24:57 | 14 | 11 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 21 | 18 | 18 | ||
| 9 | 93 | Geoff Lovelady | 5 | 27:32 | 10 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 20 | 17 | 23 | 14 | ||
| 11 | 89 | Andy George | 5 | 27:55 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 22 | 20 | |||
| 12 | 88 | Dan Robson | 5 | 25:36 | 8 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 20 | 16 | ||
| 13 | 87 | Jim Williams | 5 | 23:45 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 10 | |||
| 13 | 87 | Dave Read | 5 | 26:52 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 22 | |||||
| 15 | 75 | Patrick Lucas | 3 | 26:53 | 25 | 25 | 25 | |||||||
| 16 | 70 | John Hassall | 4 | 25:36 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 22 | ||||||
| 17 | 66 | Elaine Mossman | 4 | 29:39 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 19 | ||||||
| 18 | 65 | Mark Walker | 3 | 26:34 | 20 | 24 | 21 | |||||||
| 19 | 61 | Caroline Fearon | 3 | 28:25 | 21 | 16 | 24 | |||||||
| 20 | 60 | Dave Fearon | 3 | 23:21 | 23 | 20 | 17 | |||||||
| 21 | 59 | Craig Lee | 5 | 24:18 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 12 | ||||
| 22 | 55 | Colin Walsh | 3 | 25:27 | 17 | 18 | 20 | |||||||
| 22 | 55 | Chris Gilbertson | 3 | 24:24 | 18 | 13 | 24 | |||||||
| 24 | 50 | Neil Drummond | 4 | 24:59 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 18 | ||||||
| 25 | 49 | Stu Ward | 3 | 24:40 | 16 | 15 | 18 | |||||||
| 26 | 46 | Lee Suthard | 4 | 21:02 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 11 | ||||||
| 27 | 41 | Ady Japp | 3 | 26:11 | 11 | 10 | 20 | |||||||
| 28 | 40 | Steve Malkin | 3 | 26:34 | 16 | 12 | 12 | |||||||
| 28 | 40 | Steve Thomas | 2 | 28:59 | No points | 19 | 21 | |||||||
| 30 | 25 | Derek Heine | 1 | 31:25 | 25 | |||||||||
| 30 | 25 | Jim Duffy | 1 | 22:49 | 25 | |||||||||
| 32 | 22 | Stephen Lucas | 2 | 26:04 | 8 | 14 | ||||||||
| 33 | 19 | Matt Sayle | 2 | 25:23 | 6 | 13 | ||||||||
| 33 | 19 | Alison Morton | 1 | 29:50 | No points | 19 | ||||||||
| 35 | 18 | Alan Silver | 1 | 29:55 | 18 | |||||||||
| 36 | 13 | Geoff Mullett | 1 | 23:33 | 13 | |||||||||
| 36 | 13 | Ben Jones | 1 | 26:19 | No points | 13 | ||||||||
| 38 | 9 | Simon Howells | 1 | 30:46 | 9 | |||||||||
| 39 | 8 | Mark Dixon | 1 | 25:47 | 8 | |||||||||
| 40 | 5 | Anthony Booth | 1 | 26:07 | 5 |
A pint in the pub, and the Guardian Cup Winner for 2016, looking a bit perplexed, along with Rich, a very close 2nd, making sure that Dave didn’t get an easy win!
The Final Fling
The Final Fling is a free, fun affair just to finish your season off (enough f’s?), and on a pleasant summer evening, 22 riders gathered to have a light hearted bit of fun (yes, we still call this fun…).
To make it more interesting, as riders signed on, each took a ticket with a random handicap value on, meaning that you could, by getting a good handicap and riding well, be a winner and get a bottle of wine (never a bad thing).
The fastest times on the night went to an absolutely flying Jo Blakeley, with a 24:31 – followed by a sickening commentary of how she could have easily gone faster, and hadn’t really been training anyway…!! Chris Gilbertson was a close 2nd with a 24:48, and Matthew Lovelady 3rd with 25:03.
With the random handicaps, Emily Martin clinched the prize bottle of vino, with a corrected time of 21:31, ahead of Dan Robson and that Munro fellah again!
Results for the Final Fling are therefore below, sorted if you wish by any of the columns to see where the finishers were in scratch times or handicap times.
| Position | Rider | Time | Random Handicap | Handicap Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jo Blakeley | 00:24:31 | 00:01:00 | 00:23:31 |
| 2 | Chris Gilbertson | 00:24:48 | 00:00:45 | 00:24:03 |
| 3 | Matthew Lovelady | 00:25:03 | 00:00:30 | 00:24:33 |
| 4 | Paul Woodfinden | 00:25:37 | 00:00:00 | 00:25:37 |
| 5 | Ben Jones | 00:25:40 | 00:03:15 | 00:22:25 |
| 6 | John Hassall | 00:26:05 | 00:00:15 | 00:25:50 |
| 7 | Neil Drummond | 00:26:06 | 00:03:30 | 00:22:36 |
| 8 | Emily Martin | 00:26:16 | 00:04:45 | 00:21:31 |
| 9 | Rich Munro | 00:26:36 | 00:04:15 | 00:22:21 |
| 10 | Dan Robson | 00:26:38 | 00:05:00 | 00:21:38 |
| 11 | Dave Fearon | 00:26:55 | 00:01:30 | 00:25:25 |
| 12 | Paul Connor | 00:27:02 | 00:02:45 | 00:24:17 |
| 13 | Michael Newman | 00:27:04 | 00:02:50 | 00:24:14 |
| 14 | James Lovelady | 00:27:38 | 00:02:50 | 00:24:48 |
| 15 | Adrian Japp | 00:27:44 | 00:03:45 | 00:23:59 |
| 16 | Matt Sayle | 00:27:45 | 00:04:30 | 00:23:15 |
| 17 | Steve Martin | 00:28:09 | 00:03:00 | 00:25:09 |
| 18 | Kate Peers | 00:28:13 | 00:01:15 | 00:26:58 |
| 19 | Dave Wilkinson | 00:29:27 | 00:04:00 | 00:25:27 |
| 20 | Kington Perry | 00:30:11 | 00:01:45 | 00:28:26 |
| 21 | Karen Boyle | 00:32:17 | 00:02:30 | 00:29:47 |
| 22 | Craig Lee | DNF | DNF | DNF |
..and that’s it for this year for our midweek club 10s. It’s been a great season, with many riders improving considerably over the year. Here’s looking forward to next season… 🙂