Astwood '10' 15/4/15

Having ignored Team Grumpy Rule #2 (Don't tinker with your bike the evening before the event. It will break, either then or, worse still, during the event) before Sunday's '25', and having paid the price in mechanical up-cocks in the opening few metres of that event it seemed entirely reasonable, I suppose, to similarly disregard Team Grumpy Rule #5 (Never train or race with a bad cough - it will destroy your entire season) and to turn out for this club event on the Astwood sporting course. The club has pretty much decided to shift the start/finish to the area of the Bikebus cafe for the Astwood events. And on an evening as lovely as this, it was indeed very nice to be able to sit out on the decking for a cup of coffee after the race! The race itself attracted 22 riders (though one poor soul punctured before starting). A cracking evening saw some fine times, notably Jason Gurney's winning ride of 22:34. For my part, I was quite pleased with 24:36, though I slipped back in the placings! I didn't really suffer from the coughing while out on the course, though I could feel a horrid rattling sensation in my chest throughout the race. It was good to see that we had several riders from Team Corley - some of who had been at the "Come and Try It" event a few weeks earlier, but some were riding for the first time. Result

Pos	No	Name	Club	Time	Cat	Vets Std	.+ / -	Vets Std
1	4	Jason Gurney	Arbis/Colbert Cycles RT	22.34	V45	26.23	.+ 3.49	1
2	10	Richard Golding	Equipe Velo	23.37	V46	26.27	.+ 2.50	2
3	21	Steve Torley	TeamMK	23.49	Sen.
4	9	Simon Moss	Equipe Velo	23.53	V41	26.04	.+ 2.11	4
5	17	Robert Saunders	NBRC	24.36	V55	27.09	.+ 2.33	3
6	7	Ant Smith	TeamMK	25.12	Sen.
7	2	Mick Atkinson	TeamMK	25.19	V46	26.27	.+ 1.08	5
8	15	Alan Crane	ChronosRT	25.25	V46	26.27	.+ 1.03	7
9	18	Andy Wickham	NBRC	25.28	V44	26.18	.+ 0.50	8
10	13	Andy Sharpe	Unattached	26.07	Sen.
11	3	Andy M.Smith	TeamMK	26.13	V57	27.20	.+ 1.07	6
12	16	Ian Markham	ChronosRT	27.23	V45	26.23	.- 1.00	10
13	22	Grame Freestone-King	45 Road Club	28.02	V50	26.45	.- 1.17	12
14	11	Paul Woodham	Bossard Wheelers CC	28.09	V63	27.59	.- 0.10	9
15	8	Glenn McMenamin	Equipe Velo	29.58	V43	26.13	.- 3.45	13
16	6	Matt Holland	Club Corley	29.59	Sen.
17	19	Helene Wighs	Club Corley	30.07	LV52	29.03	.- 1.04	11
18	12	Yvonne Raw	Club Corley	32.38	LV44	28.29	.- 4.09	14
19	20	Stephen Mayes	Club Corley	33.11	V51	26.50	.- 6.21	16
20	1	John Pick	ChronosRT	35.22	V70	29.02	.- 6.20	15
21	14	Dave Crane	ChronosRT	37.38	V50	26.45	.- 10.53	17
	5	Jason Lee	TeamMK	DNS	V46	26.27