Astwood '10' - 24th June 2009 "What, no panniers?"

Well, this event marked my return to racing after a 4 week layoff (away for cycle touring - see elsewhere in this blog, then last week's event got called off).  It did feel a little strange.

The evening was really quite nice, probably a little over 20 degrees, and sunny, though rather windier than the BBC's predicted 14mph easterly, I reckon.  Still, it made for a fast opening leg to Chicheley.  In fact it was pretty fast almost to North Crawley.  As usual, I lost focus a bit during the drags after North Crawley, but even so I was surprised when Tony P. came past at about 18 minutes.  Still, he didn't get far away from me, finishing in around 22:37 to my 23:40.

Predictably, Tim won the event - with a 21, but some nice times were recorded this evening.  I was somewhat gratified to find an extra-ripe banana lurking unexpectedly in the bottom of my backpack - presumably it had been there since last week!  And very tasty it was, too.

Results

Pos No Rider Club Time Cat Vets Std Plus/Minus Vets Pos
1 15 Tim Carter NBRC 21.23 V43 26.06 4.43 2
2 18 Simon Cannings TeamMK 22.20 S      
3 4 Michael Smith TeamMK 22.34 S      
4 20 Tony Parks NBRC 22.37 V44 26.18 3.41 5
5 17 Lindz Barral i-team cc 23.30 S      
6 19 Robert Saunders NBRC 23.40 V49 27.20 3.40 6
7 21 Geoff Perry TeamMK 23.44 V49 27.20 3.36 7
8 3 John Buchanan NBRC 24.23 S      
9 11 Darren Haydon NBRC 24.55 S      
10 16 Rob Chaundy TeamMK 25.13 V57 29.06 3.53 4
11 10 Matthew Barton TeamMK 25.14 V40 25.30 0.16 10
12 2 Brian Primett NBRC 25.29 V42 25.54 0.25 9
13 7 Clive Faine TeamMK 25.30 V62 30.16 4.46 1
14 14 Stuart Chung NBRC 25.34 S      
15 9 Gilbert Wheelwright NBRC 26.48 V66 31.15 4.27 3
16 13 Chris Selley NBRC 27.52 V40 25.30 -2.22 12
17 1 David Skeggs NBRC 27.54 V40 25.30 -2.24 13
18 5 Alan Lawson NBRC 27.57 V41 25.42 -2.15 11
19 12 Yvonne Gurney TeamMK 28.03 L      
20 8 Tony Brunton NBRC 28.46 V44 26.18 -2.28 14
21 6 Gordon Batcock NBRC 29.48 V69 32.00 2.12 8