2016 Abbotsley TT Series

2015 Season Review

Read this introduction to the 2016 SNCC time trial series which includes a review of the 2015 season and the starting Handicap Times for club members who have already established base times.

2015 again saw some of our TT series curtailed by roadworks on the course, although we only had to cancel one event but had to use a shortened course on a couple of occasions. However, this still left 15 ‘normal’ evenings of racing. For continuity of results and to keep the Personal Best (PB) records of the TT intact only the results from the ‘normal’ events are included within the new PB and Handicap Table below.

The table includes the current PBs for all club members as at 28/4/16 and the handicaps indicated will be used until a rider improves on their time towards the 2016 Handicap Trophy.

Last season we had 78 riders (54 members and 24 guests) taking part in the series (up from 62 in 2014) totalling 402 rides (average 22 riders per evening), and representing over 4500 racing miles around the Abbotsley course. The course record fell several times during the season, and on a couple of occasions on the same night, with a fastest time of 23.58 being set by David McGaw of Cambridge CC. Across all 15 ‘normal’ events the average time was 30.20. We’re hoping that a roadwork-free summer will again see at least that level of interest from riders seeking to test themselves on the challenging 11.2 mile ‘sporting’ course.
As before we have 2 season-long Trophies to compete for in 2016 :

1. Handicap Trophy – basically anyone in the Club can win this Trophy provided they continue to improve their time over the course of the season and indeed three of the winners in the past four years have done so in their first season of competition. For rules , see the website.

2. Fastest Time Trial – speaks for itself, whoever posts the fastest time between now and the end of the season on 25th August 2016.

We’re sure there will have been some serious training taking place over the winter months plus some inevitable investment in new bikes & wheels, and no doubt a few will have improved PB’s in mind

Very good to see so many “Old Hands” and “first timers” at the “TT Taster” session on 21st April, will the winner of the 2016 Handicap Trophy come from one of you?

Without the sterling efforts of our timekeepers Mandy and Colin and without volunteers to help with the putting out and taking down the safety notices the rest of us would not be able to enjoy the TT season, so many thanks to all of them.
Whether an old hand at the TTs or whether this will be your first season taking part then we do hope that you will enjoy the experience and we look forward to seeing you at the start line between now and the end of August.

The key to winning the Handicap trophy is to be consistent with your times, to keep improving through the season and to compete in as many TTs as you can. Also to hope that when you achieve a good time that there is a large field so that you are able to claim a large number of points for that evening.

Congratulations to Chris Green, who in his first season with the Club, was anointed as the 2015 Handicap winner with a final points tally of 225. Rumour has it that Chris cancelled all his holidays until the end of the season to ensure that he would remain in contention for the Trophy, and his commitment has certainly paid off by not missing any of the races. A great effort in his first season with the Club. Chris opened the season with a 33:30 and ended the season with a PB of 28:59 an improvement of 4:31. Congratulations also to Simon and Nic who finished second and third with points totals that would have won the Trophy in many previous years.

Top 10 in 2015
1 Chris Green 225
2 Simon Rinaldo 186
3 Nic Pillinger 182
4 Keith Barton 153
5 Jon Keefe 136
6 Leon Bradford 135
7 David Wilson 132
8 Dave Richards 119
9 George Lendrum 113
10 Gary Newman 109

Congratulations to Ian Turner who repeated his 2013 & 2014 efforts to once again post the fastest TT by a SNCC member.
Top 5 in 2015

1 Ian Turner 00:24:42
2 Ed Porteus 00:24:45
3 Nic Pillinger 00:25:45
4 Adie Taverna 00:26:08
5 Darren Preston 00:26:22

Also many congratulations to anyone dipping under the 30 minute mark for the first time; in 2015 this included Becky Layland, Sam McDonald, Dave Wilson & Chris Green

2015 PBs & Handicap Times
1 Ian Turner 24:42 0:18
2 Ed Porteus 24:45 0:15
3 Nic Pillinger 25:45 0:45
4 Adrian Taverna 26:08 1:08
5 Darren Preston 26:22 1:22
6 David Lindsay 26.28 1.28
7 Kyle Chesterman 26:36 1:36
8 Simon Rinaldo 26:47 1:47
9 Mark Mossop 27:00 2:00
10 Mark Greenhow 27:10 2:10
11 Christian Tredidgo27:23 2:23
12 Michael Layland 27:25 2:25
13 Tim Pennell 27:28 2:28
14 Simon Richardson27:34 2:34
15 Geoff Smith 27:37 2:37
15 Dan Baxter 27:37 2:37
17 Richard Broad 27:44 2:44
18 Wayne Tunnah 28:44 3:44
19 Gareth Smith 28:46 3:46
20 Gary Newman 28:50 3:50
21 Paul Littledyke 28:55 3:55
22 Simon Denny 28:58 3:58
23 Steve Muchmore 28:59 3:59
23 Chris Green 28:59 3:59
25 Keith Barton 29:03 4:03
26 Sam MacDonald 29:14 4:14
27 David Wilson 29:24 4:24
28 Tom Dunkley 29:34 4:34
29 Rebecca Layland 29:44 4:44
30 Carl Albone 30:32 5:32
31 Alistair Henderson30:35 5:35
32 Mike Biggs 30:37 5:37
33 Rob Moir 30:40 5:40
34 Arron Bird 30:56 5:56
35 Simon Murphy 31:03 6:03
36 Judith Hancock 31:04 6:04
37 George Lendrum 31:06 6:06
38 Lee Houghton 31:22 6:22
39 Andrew Phillips 31:24 6:24
40 Ian Peak 31:43 6:43
41 Daniel Grant 32:00 7:00
42 Danny Brooks 32:01 7:01
43 Leon Bradford 32:23 7:23
44 Jon Keefe 32:36 7:36
45 Chris Goodsall 32:38 7:38
46 Dave Richards 32:42 7:42
47 Steve Jones 32:57 7:57
48 David Spoors 33:00 8:00
49 Martin Kirby 33:19 8:19
50 Tony Frost 35:38 10:38
51 Anne Lawrence 35:44 10:44
52 Janice Lister 35:47 10:47
53 Andrew Phillis 36:19 11:19
54 Justine Layland 39:45 14:45

2015 TT Roll of Honour
TT Handicap Trophy Winner Chris Green 225 points
Fastest Club TT Time Ian Turner 24m 42s
Ashman Trophy (Handicap) Rich Broad 57m 18s ( net 50m 12s)
Fastest Ashman Trophy Nic Pillinger 53m 24s
Hill Climb Trophy Joe Finucane 4m 20s