McDonald first with another PB
What a great night for a bike ride. Warm, blue sky and only slight concern for the 20 riders at the start line for the 11.2-mile SNCC TT was the head wind up to the golf course turn and how this might impact on performance.
3 riders had no difficulty with the wind and congratulations to David Hodgson , Gareth Mount and Sam McDonald for finding respectively 1m 40 s, 1m 39 s and 4 s improvement on their PB’s. Good to see both David and Gareth back after a couple of years away.
The one, two, three fastest home were Sam followed by the two Simon’s and this time it was Simon E who took the honours over Simon M.
This was the third TT of our truncated season and the last one will be on the 27thfollowed by the Ashman Trophy on 30th August.
Hayley Simmonds who rode our first two TT's this year has been selected for the GB Elite TT team at the European Championships later this month.We wish her well and perhaps she may even mention the Abbo course in her acceptance speech!!.
If you want to ride the course at least one more time before the new A428 decimates it in 2021 then enter and pay in advance via the website by Tuesday 25th August. Entries are not allowed on the day. Kevin Stokes, an absentee this year this, was telling us that he started riding the course 21 years ago.
Good to see Pat Ellerbeck helping at the TT after his crash on Sunday and we hope that he will back on the bike soon.
NEXT TT – THURSDAY 27th AUGUST – 6:45 pm START – NOTE THE EARLIER START TIME AND DON’T FORGET TO TAKE YOUR NUMBER WITH YOU.
TT Results – 20th August
20th August |
Time |
||
1 |
Sam McDonald |
24:27 |
PB |
2 |
Simon Elkington |
25:31 |
|
3 |
Simon Murphy |
25:55 |
|
4 |
Nic Pillinger |
26:08 |
Guest |
5 |
David Hodgson |
27:39 |
PB |
6 |
Simon Richardson |
28:15 |
|
7 |
Mark Greenhow |
28:42 |
|
8 |
Roger Williams |
28:54 |
First Time |
9 |
Ian Stokes |
29:39 |
Guest |
10 |
Stephen Muchmore |
29:49 |
|
11 |
Jim Robertson |
29:59 |
|
12 |
Andrew Kinglake |
30:00 |
|
13 |
Geoff Smith |
30:10 |
|
14 |
Gareth Mount |
30:11 |
PB |
15 |
Neil Adams |
30:26 |
|
16 |
Matt Gurnell |
31:04 |
|
17 |
Mike Biggs |
31:32 |
|
18 |
Alan Hurst |
33:15 |
|
19 |
David Wilson |
36:35 |
|
20 |
Norman King |
37:04 |
Handicap Trophy – 2020
Quick reminder that for the Handicap Trophy points are awarded for the number of riders on the night less Guests and First Time Members. So tonight 20 riders and 17 points on offer. A Handicap Time of 25 minutes or less means that you have either matched your PB or improved on it. A Handicap Time greater than 25 minutes shows how much you are off your PB.
With only 4 TT’s counting towards the 2020 Trophy and to be in contention to win the 2020 Handicap Trophy you need to ride as close to your PB as possible or set some new PB’s over the 4 TT’s.
Congratulations to David Hodgson for taking the maximum points on offer tonight
Actual |
H/Cap |
H/Cap |
Points |
|
20th August |
Time |
Time |
||
David Hodgson |
27:39 |
4:19 |
23:20 |
17 |
Gareth Mount |
30:11 |
6:50 |
23:21 |
16 |
Sam McDonald |
24:27 |
0:29 |
24:56 |
15 |
Simon Elkington |
25:31 |
0:16 |
25:15 |
14 |
Jim Robertson |
29:59 |
4:34 |
25:25 |
13 |
Simon Murphy |
25:55 |
0:12 |
25:43 |
12 |
Alan Hurst |
33:15 |
7:32 |
25:43 |
11 |
Neil Adams |
30:26 |
4:41 |
25:45 |
10 |
Stephen Muchmore |
29:49 |
3:59 |
25:50 |
9 |
Matt Gurnell |
31:04 |
5:13 |
25:51 |
8 |
Mike Biggs |
31:32 |
5:37 |
25:55 |
7 |
Simon Richardson |
28:15 |
2:18 |
25:57 |
6 |
Norman King |
37:04 |
10:14 |
26:50 |
5 |
Andrew Kinglake |
30:00 |
2:50 |
27:10 |
4 |
Geoff Smith |
30:10 |
2:37 |
27:33 |
3 |
Mark Greenhow |
28:42 |
0:54 |
27:48 |
2 |
David Wilson |
36:35 |
4:24 |
32:11 |
1 |
Sam is +29 s as PB < 25 minutes
Handicap Trophy – Running Total
Three quarters of the way through the 4 TT’s and the destiny of the 2020 Handicap Trophy remains unpredictable and we now have the TT on the 27th and the Ashman Trophy (two laps of the course) on 30th August left to decide who will lift the Trophy for 2020. Jim continues in pole position with Sam closing the gap slightly this evening. At the moment we have 24 riders entered for next week with 20 counting points available. Good luck to all the riders for the next two events.
06/08/2020 |
13/08/2020 |
20/08/2020 |
TOTAL |
||
1 |
Jim Robertson |
15 |
15 |
13 |
43 |
2 |
Sam McDonald |
12 |
12 |
15 |
39 |
3 |
Alan Hurst |
11 |
13 |
11 |
35 |
4 |
Simon Murphy |
10 |
10 |
12 |
32 |
5 |
Jamie Bishop |
14 |
14 |
0 |
28 |
6 |
Matt Gurnell |
9 |
9 |
8 |
26 |
7 |
Simon Elkington |
8 |
0 |
14 |
22 |
8 |
Ruth Stapleton |
7 |
11 |
0 |
18 |
9 |
Neil Adams |
0 |
8 |
10 |
18 |
10 |
David Hodgson |
0 |
0 |
17 |
17 |
11 |
Gareth Mount |
0 |
0 |
16 |
16 |
12 |
Stephen Muchmore |
0 |
6 |
9 |
15 |
13 |
Mandy Rogers |
13 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
14 |
Simon Richardson |
0 |
7 |
6 |
13 |
15 |
Mike Biggs |
4 |
2 |
7 |
13 |
16 |
David Wilson |
5 |
4 |
1 |
10 |
17 |
Norman King |
0 |
5 |
5 |
10 |
18 |
Geoff Smith |
3 |
3 |
3 |
9 |
19 |
Pat Ellerbeck |
6 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
20 |
Andrew Kinglake |
2 |
0 |
4 |
6 |
21 |
Mark Greenhow |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |