Last Thursday, many of the riders found the conditions on 11.2 mile Abbotsley TT course very testing. The wind was not doing the riders any favours up to the turn for the golf club or later as they headed towards the Cinques.

However some riders did cope well with the wind and Adrian Lancaster posted a PB with a 31.35 and also took maximum points in the Handicap with 14 points. Leon Bradford, at 70, demonstrated how to ride into the wind taking 3 minutes of his opening time with a 33.38.

Dom Whitehead who has been riding this course since the 1980’s came close to a sub 30 minutes (one day he may even join the club!!). Steve Blows was another to master the windy conditions and was close to his first sub 30. Richard Hancock however led the field again with an excellent 26.18.

 

28th June Handicap
Time Points
1 Richard Hancock 26.18 4
2 Kevin Stokes 27.48 Guest
3 Tim Pennell 28.36 13
4 Tom Stead 29.04 7
5 Dom Whitehead 30.08 Guest
6 David Lindsay 30.14 8
7 Steve Blows 30.20 10
8 Steve Rodley 30.39 11.5
9 Jonathan Pang 31.26 6
10 Adrian Lancaster 31.35 14
11 Alistair Henderson 33.01 1
12 Steve Pleasance 33.02 9
13 Ashley Cooper 33.19 2
14 Mark Colmer 33.26 5
15 Leon Bradford 33.38 3
16 Dan King 34.11 Guest
17 Rob Black 36.07 11.5

 

Handicap Points Update

As can be seen from the results table this competition remains wide open and could be won by a number of contenders. A bunched sprint finish still looks on with no one yet able to break away.

Jonathan Pang maintains his lead but David Lindsay is closing the gap again and Steve Pleasance is back in contention with a useful 9 points to take him to third place. Steve Rodley, as predicted, is making a sustained run for the finish and has now moved into 5th place. He has scored an average of 11 points per event to date and if this momentum is maintained then he will be difficult to beat. Steve Blows pushed himself back into possible contention with an excellent 30.20. Adrian Lancaster has 32 points from only 2 TT’s and with a fair wind could easily start to trouble the leader board.

 

June Eligible June Eligible June Eligible June Eligible
28th TTs 21st TTs 14th TTs 7th TTs
1 Jonathan Pang 75.50 10 69.50 9 60.50 8 56.50 7
2 David Lindsay 72.50 9 64.50 8 64.50 7 55.50 6
3 Steve Pleasance 69.50 8 60.50 7 60.50 7 52.50 6
4 Steve Muchmore 64.00 6 64.00 6 61.00 5 44.00 4
5 Steve Rodley 56.50 5 45.00 4 35.00 3 25.00 2
6 Alistair Henderson 56.00 9 55.00 8 50.00 7 36.00 6
7 Richard Hancock 55.50 6 51.50 5 51.50 5 38.50 4
8 Wayne Tunnah 51.40 7 51.40 7 45.40 6 45.50 6
9 Adrian Taverna 50.50 7 50.50 7 50.50 7 39.00 6
10 Jane Stapleton 48.50 4 48.50 4 48.50 4 37.00 3
11 Rob Black 44.00 4 32.50 3 21.50 2 6.50 1
12 Mark Colmer 40.50 5 35.50 4 35.50 4 29.00 3
13 Steve Blows 38.50 8 28.50 7 28.50 7 22.00 6
14 Chris Preston 38.00 3 38.00 3 31.00 2 15.00 1
15 Ashley Cooper 34.00 7 32.00 6 30.00 5 27.00 4
16 Adrian Lancaster 32.00 2 18.00 1 18.00 1 18.00 1
17 Tim Pennell 29.00 3 16.00 2 16.00 2 16.00 2
18 Adrian Lewis 24.50 6 24.50 6 20.50 5 18.50 4
19 Adrian Bloxham 23.00 2 23.00 2 11.00 1 11.00 1
20 Richard Wales 22.50 2 22.50 2 22.50 2 22.50 2
21 Richard Ostler 20.00 3 20.00 3 12.00 2 6.00 1
22 Ruth Stapleton 16.00 2 16.00 2 16.00 2 16.00 2
23 Tom Stead 15.00 2 8.00 1 8.00 1 8.00 1
24 Leon Bradford 12.00 8 9.00 7 8.00 6 7.00 5
25 Jason Dixon 10.00 1 10.00 1 10.00 1 10.00 1
26 Justin Lomas 5.00 2 5.00 2 5.00 2 5.00 2
27 David Smith 3.00 2 3.00 2 3.00 2 3.00 2
28 Andy Kinglake 1.00 1 1.00 1 1.00 1 1.00 1