Stoke Hammond '10' 14/4/10

This was the first of the evening club events, and the start list was limited to ensure we'd all get finished before sunset.  On the face of it, we had a rather nice evening, quite sunny and dry.  In fact there was a stiff easterly that was rather chilly.  Anxious that I be able to get home safely without lights, I signed on as number 3. Lining up to start, I felt distinctly chilly, but this soon dissipated as I set off.  Fortunately, the breeze afforded me a helping hand all the way up to the Stoke Hammond bypass (beginning at the left turn on the third roundabout - see map below).  This was most welcome, and the tail wind remained as I set off along the dual carriageway section. By the time I'd reached the turn, I'd caught both riders in front of me, and I was looking forward to the return leg, unfortunately not as quickly as on the way out.  This was particularly noticeable once off the dual carriage way section (and having negotiated the appallingly damaged road surface at the roundabout), when even the downhill section was hard! As I approached the finish, I retained some hope I might pull off a long 22, but the headwind was just a bit too much, and I ended up finishing in about 23:11.  I don't at this stage have the final result, as I left pretty quickly, before the light faded too much.  This may be my quickest time on this course... Results below the map
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								Pos. on
Pos	No	Name	Club	Time	Cat	Vets Std	.+ / -	Vets Std
1	21	Tony Parks	NBRC	22.45	V45	26.30	.+ 3.45	4
2	19	Aaron McCaffrey	AW Cycles	22.47	S
3	3	Robert Saunders	NBRC	23.12	V50	27.33	.+ 4.21	2
4	18	David Glossy	Team Corley Cycles	23.22	S
5	13	Lindz Barral	i-Team CC	23.37	S
6	22	Geoff Perry	TeamMK	24.11	V50	27.33	.+ 3.22	6
7	5	Darren Haydon	NBRC	24.21	S
8	6	Glenn McMenamin	NBRC	24.24	S
9	10	Kevin Stokes	TeamMK	24.38	V47	26.54	.+ 2.16	8
10	9	Ian Stokes	NBRC	25.03	V50	27.33	.+ 2.30	7
11	20	John Buchanan	TeamMK	25.38	V40	25.30	.- 0.08	10
12	14	D.Carrington	TeamMK	25.45	V44	26.18	.+ 0.33	9
13	17	Rob Chaundy	TeamMK	25.55	V58	29.20	.+ 3.25	5
14	8	Clive Faine	TeamMK	26.39	V64	30.45	.+ 4.06	3
15	12	Gilbert Wheelwright	NBRC	26.50	V67	31.30	.+ 4.40	1
16	16	Brian Primett	NBRC	27.01	V42	25.54	.- 1.07	11
17	4	David Skeggs	NBRC	27.24	V41	25.42	.- 1.42	13
18	7	Yvonne Gurney	TeamMK	27.42	Lady
19	1	Alan Lawson	NBRC	28.08	V41	25.42	.- 2.26	14
20	11	Tony Brunton	NBRC	30.25	V45	26.30	.- 3.55	15
21	2	Dave Garrard	NBRC	31.57	V62	30.16	.- 1.41	12
		Two up TTT
	15	Simon Cannings	TeamMK	21.40	V40
		Jason Gurney	TeamMK	DNF	V40
Time Keeper :- Tony Farmborough NBRC
Pusher Off :- Bryan Scarborough NBRC