24/08/08 Club 25 Results

Sun, 31 August 2008

A frantic chase by Sean Childs, Royal Navy & RMCA, over the closing miles to catch Phil Borrett, Bikinmotion CC, was just enough to give him a 3 second winning margin in the Mid-Devon CC/Colin Lewis Cycles promoted 25 mile tile trial over the home club's Peter Vincent. Conditions were not as kind as in 2007 and most riders were 1 minute slower this year. A light drizzle swept across the course from time to time blown by a south west to westerly wind that made the closing 12 miles the hard ones.

Childs had made up 1 minute on Borrett after 16 or so miles and with him now in sight he was able to reel him in at a faster rate. With 3 miles left he was less than 15 seconds behind. Borrett proved reslilant and it was only an all out effort that took him past the Sidmouth based rider as they entered the slip road to the finish line.

Karl Hodson had the consolation of winning the Over 40s award. His nearest challenger was Stuart Hall who had the misfortune to puncture with 5 miles to go and finished "on the rim" There was a promising debuts from Matt Stancombe, Mid-Devon CC, whose 57 min 46secs and 15 year old Tom Dracup. Their rides augur well for 2009.

The ladies prize went to Sue Brimecombe, CS Dynamo (Exmouth) with one of the few personal best times recorded.

In the over 50s Ron Peters held off the promoting club's Ian Deakin by one second. It was more clear cut in the Over 60s with Ken Robertson having 33 secs advantage over Mike Lawrence, Clevedon & District. This award was by luck and courtesy of a puncture to Ray Retter, North Devon Wheelers. Retter is having a wretched time of late - a heavy crash when his stem broke disrupted his training and then in the National 12 hour he had 3 punctures and retired. Today was little better when he punctired at the 20 mile point.

1 Sean Childs Royal Navy & RMCA 53mins 45 mins
2 Peter Vincent Mid-Devon CC 53mins 48 secs
3 Phil Borret Bikinmotion CC 55mins 46 secs
4 Karl Hodson Trigon JJ Coaching 55 mins 56 secs
5 Steve Kelly Royal Navy & RMCA 56 mins 10 secs
6 Stuart Hall Alltrax 56 mins 33 secs
7 Julius Jennings Trigon JJ Coaching 57 mins 16 secs
8 Andrew Hitchens Mid-Devon CC 57 mins 22 secs
9 Matt Stancombe Mid-Devon CC 57 mins 46 secs
10 Nick Harwood Trigon JJ Coaching 57 mins 50 secs
11 Steve Edwards Royal Navy & RMCA 57 mins 57 secs
12 Chris Scott Plymouth CCC 58 mins 2 secs
1st Juv Tom Dracup Mid-Devon CC 1 hr 5 mins 59 secs
1st Lady Sue Brimecombe CS Dynamo (Exmouth) 1hr 8 mins 57 secs
1st Vet 40+ Karl Hodson Trigon JJ Coaching 55 mins 56 secs
1st Vet 50+ Ron Peters Tamar CC 1 hr 1 mins 20 mins
1st Vet 60+ Ken Robertson Mid-Devon CC 1 hr 6 mins 53 secs
Team Mid-Devon CC (Vincent, Hitchens, Stancombe) 2 hrs 48 secs 56 secs

Other MDCC Times:- Mark Sanders 1hr 0mins 8 secs
Adam Holmes 1hr 0 mins 15 secs
Ian Deakin 1 hr 1 min 21 secs
Adam Fitzpatrick 1 hr 3 mins 16 secs
Keith Watts 1 hr 3 mins 54 secs
Alan Drury 1 hr 3 mins 58 secs
Malcolm Silkstone 1 hr 5 mins1 sec
Tom Dracup 1 hr 5 mins 59 secs
Eric Barber 1 hr 22 mins 59 secs