Report - 30th May 2013

We had 23 riders this evening, including four members making their TT debuts (Joanna, Joe , Chris and Ed) and another new guest from Milton Keynes, Jason Lee, who took the honours on the evening with the fastest time of 26.39.

Conditions were more favourable this evening than they have been for a number of weeks and we had six PBs with notable improvements by Andy Holt, David Wilson and Stuart West. Andrew Kluth and Stephen Lyons also improved as did current Handicap Trophy leader Jon Keefe .

Our guests from Milton Keynes, Jason and Kevin, took first and third place with debutant Joe Finucane splitting them in second place with an excellent 26.47 despite having an attack of cramp a half mile from the finish which caused him almost to stop pedalling.

Ed Cosbie, despite his protests of not been on his bike for a long time, turned in a very creditable 32.28 for a first ride as did Chris Goodsall with a 35.54 and Joanna Fitzsimons with a 38.01. We have now had 60 riders take part in this year’s TT series and there are still plenty of weeks left for many others to test themselves on our popular course.

We had to amend the start and finish points this evening as there was a 3-way set of temporary traffic lights in the village of Abbotsley, so we began the TT beyond the traffic lights and finished at the top of the hill in the village. As the course was shortened for the evening it was agreed that for handicap time purposes we would add 20 seconds to the times posted and if this resulted in an improvement over the previous best time then this revised time would stand as the new handicap time. For example, Stuart West's previous best was 28.50. Tonight’s time was 27.17 + 20 seconds = 27.37, so his handicap time is now 2.37 instead of 3.50 (25 minutes is the standard time for handicap purposes).

Times

1 Jason Lee 26.39
2 Joe Finucane 26.47
3 Kevin Stokes 26.55
4 Stuart  West 27.17
5 Adrian Taverna 27.56
6 Neil Wood 27.57
7 Steve  Rodley 29.22
8 Paul Littledyke 29.59
9 Jonathan Pang 30.08
10 Andrew Kluth 30.19
11 Alistair Henderson 32.07
12 Gareth Smith 32.21
13 Ashley  Cooper 32.23
14 Ed Cosbie 32.28
15 Stephen Lyons 32.54
16 Trevor Porter 33.01
17 Liam  Bradfod 33.28
18 Jon Keefe 33.28
19 Simon Richardson 34.10
20 Chris  Goodsall 35.54
21 David Wilson 36.03
22 Andy Holt 36.58
23 Joanna Fitzsimons

38.01

Handicap Points

We are now a third of the way through the TT series and after 6 events Jon Keefe continues to hold the “yellow jersey” with his consistent and improving performances and another PB this evening. Despite 23 riders on the road there were only 15 points on offer as we do not include first time riders and guests in the points.  Maximum points were taken by David Wilson who had the most improved performance of the evening.

At the same date in 2012, the leader (Jonathan Pang) had 53 points and we already have 4 riders over this total so it looks like it will take a record number of points to win the trophy in 2013, and at the moment anyone in the Top 5 has to be in contention.

 

23/05/2013 30/05/2013
1 Jon Keefe 74 86
2 Adrian Taverna 64 73
3 Dan Baxter 57 57
4 Jonathan Pang 49 55
5 Gareth Smith 45 49
6 David Lindsay 43 43
7 Chris Ritchie 40 40
8 David Smith 32 32
9 Darren Preston 32 32
10 Simon  Richardson 26 31
11 Trevor  Porter  23 30
12 Steve Rodley 21.5 29.5
13 Andy Holt 16 28
14 Ashley Cooper 24 25
15 Daniel  King  24 24
16 Lee Radley 23 23
17 Andrew  Kluth 12 23
18 David  Wilson 6 21
19 Steve Muchmore 18 18
20 Richard Hancock 17.5 17.5
21 Ian Turner 17 17
22 Tom Stead 16 16
23 Leon  Bradford 14 16
24 Adrian Lancaster 15 15
25 Adrian Bloxham 15 15
26 Alistair Henderson 11 15
27 Craig Jallal 14 14
28 Ian Gerrard 14 14
29 Stuart West 14
30 Tim Pennell 13 13
31 Wayne Tunnah 12 12
32 Steve Pleasance 12 12
33 Chris Preston 11 11
34 Stephen Lyons 10
35 Mark  Colmer  9 9
36 Jane  Stapleton 6 6
37 Rob  Black 5 5
38 Richard Ostler 4 4
39 David  Standring 2 2
40 Ruth Stapleton 2 2
41 Jeremy  Griggs 1 1