Author: Dave Fletcher

A tough evening saw riders battle into a wind down the mile straight twice in Round 9 of the Denso and Tern Cycles Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport – not that it seemed to affect Tomos Hales who took a great win in 21 minutes 16 seconds by a margin of 1:08 ahead of Oli Freeman. The nature of the 9.1 mile circuit sees 0.9 miles tackled twice to make up the distance, meaning that wind was just in the wrong direction. Hales extended his Series lead to 14 points over Ben Wood as a result of this ride, with Phil Collins in only his second event taking third in 22:37 – seven seconds ahead of another second-timer Paul Edwards.

There was a fine turnout of 24 riders, seven of them unattached – and with Sam Messingham winning the Road Bike category in 23:30 showing great promise. A tightly contested club Road Bike Championship saw things open up just a little as Rich Smith took the six points on offer with his 25:42 to open up his Series lead to six points over Matt Price, nine seconds back.

There’s no doubting who’s the dominant force in the Women’s Series though as Hayley Wells took another fine win in 23:06, helping herself to sixth place overall ahead of newly-signed Emma Horne in 26:15.

Pos’n	Name	Club	Cat	Bike	Time	No.
1	Tomos Hales	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	21:16	3
2	Oli Freeman	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	22:24	6
3	Phil Collins	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	22:37	9
4	Paul Edwards	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	22:44	11
5	Chris Halford	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	22:52	12
=6	Hayley Wells	Wrekinsport CC	F	TT	23:06	2
=6	Ben Wood	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	23:06	16
8	Adam Mumford	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	23:29	22
9	Sam Messingham	Unattached	S	RB	23:30	20
10	Deb Hutson-Lumb	Legato RT	FV	TT	24:12	21
11	Clive Middleton	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	24:14	14
12	Ben Bramford-Hale	Newport Shropshire CC	J	RB	25:03	24
13	Rich Smith	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	25:42	8
14	Matt Price	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	25:51	10
15	Emma Horne	Wrekinsport CC	FV	TT	26:15	4
16	Allan Henderson	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	26:21	1
17	Phillip Blackwell	Unattached	V	TT	26:57	18
18	Paul Cadman	Unattached	V	RB	27:10	5
19	Chris Dunn	Unattached	V	RB	27:21	13
20	David Seager	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	27:26	15
21	Paul O’Brien	Unattached	V	RB	27:53	19
22	Paul Coupe	Unattached	V	RB	28:10	7
23	Megan de Toit	Unattached	F	RB	28:30	17
.	Franco Della Mura	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	DNF	23

Cumulative Standings after nine rounds

Solo – Overall

Pos’n	Name	Total Points
1	Tomos Hales	42
2	Ben Wood	28
3	Hayley Wells	23
4	Oli Freeman	20
5	Chris Halford	17
6	Peter Jukes	10
=7	Allan Henderson	9
=7	Clive Middleton	9
=7	Phil Collins	9
=10	Matt Price	8
=10	Rich Smith	8

Solo – Road Bikes

Pos’n	Name	Total Points
1	Rich Smith	37
2	Matt Price	31
3	Allan Henderson	30
4	Peter Jukes	29
5	David Seager	17
6	Chris Halford	12
7	Sarah Bradshaw	5
8	Dave Moore	3

Solo – Women

Pos’n	Name	Total Points
1	Hayley Wells	42
2	Victoria Doran	20
3	Karen Sherriff	16
4	Sarah Bradshaw	8
5	Emma Horne	5

2-Up – Overall

Pos’n	Name	Total Points
1	Oli Freeman & Phil Roberts	24
2	Dave Moore & Matt Price	17

A reminder that whilst this is the Championship it is not a BAR counter because it is a club event. Only Open events count towards BARs.

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A red hot evening saw some red hot rides as the course record fell twice, the female course record was decimated, and personal bests were lowered in Round 6 of the SB Sports Injuries Series, Wrekinsport CC’s 25 as 11 riders broke the hour from 16 competitors. Held on the Crudgington – Shawbirch – Tern Hill – Waters Upton course; the benchmark of 52 minutes 37 seconds had been set by Fibrax Wreham RC’s Benjamin Goodfellow in 2020 in one of the limited events held when Covid restrictions were eased. First to break it was Tomos Hales, slicing 31 seconds off after charging for the line in 52:06. However, Hales held that record for just 52 seconds as Aerologic’s Dean Callister again reset the benchmark to 50:58.

Callister was delighted to take the Course Record, one of several he holds, stating: “A great evening for weather which gave fast conditions. My legs felt good on the night so I maintained good pace. Pleased to take the win and Course Record – thanks to all involved”.

Hales was philosophical about holding a record for less than a minute thanks to extending his SB Series title defence points tally to 120, 32 ahead of Jonathan Mills-Keeling. He battled hard into the initial headwind to Shawbirch and made hay to Hodnet thanks to a tailwind, but like many others reported the final few miles were hard going: “Beautiful conditions suggested a very low weather impact for the Wrekinsport 25 mile time trial. I set off hard into the headwind, then was blown all the way from Shawbirch to Hodnet. The last five miles were tough, but I knew I was on for a good time as my average speed was so high.  It was nice to have the Course Record – even if it was for 52 seconds! Well done to Dean who bettered me by over a minute to break it again. Also thanks for the Wrekinsport marshals that help out on a heavy marshal course”.

Mills-Keeling took 3^rd spot on actual in 54:48, 40 seconds ahead of Chris Halford, and extended his SB Veterans Series lead with +13:14, again 40 seconds ahead of Halford who moved up to 3^rd spot in the Veterans standings as a result of his efforts. Mills-Keeling now holds a 34 points advantage over Paramount’s John Westhead and enjoyed his evening on a personal favourite course: “A fast night, I really enjoy that course but only done once before in 2021. Great to see Dean smash the Course Record and so many breaking the hour”

A single female took the line – not that that bothered Hayley Wells who smashed Charlotte Chapman’s longstanding record of 1:01:48 set in 2018 to become the first female to dip below the hour – and by a considerable margin. Wells stopped the watch on 56:57, good enough for 6^th overall among a quality field, and added a further 26 points to her Series lead in this bonus point round designed to attract newer riders stepping up and riders with an interest in the Championships to ride a longer distance. A 25 is no bother to a strong rider like Wells as she defends her SB Series title, making her lead a giant 76 points, though incredibly this course was new to her. She stated: “My first time riding this course and it didn’t disappoint. A tough leg out to Shawbirch into the headwind meant a quick ride all the way to Tern Hill. I had saved enough in the tank for a tough return to Crudington; but was pleasantly surprised that this was quicker than expected, the toughest part being the final kilometre! Super chuffed to not only go under the hour on a local course but also taken the Course Record; many thanks to Wrekinsport for arranging all the fabulous marshals to allow us to safely navigate a roundabout heavy course”.

In the Road Bike Series Wells’ father Colin continues to make similar gains to his daughter, with a 50 point lead opened up after taking the County win and 26 further points. Wells crossed the line in 1:14:55 actual, which when the handicap was applied converted to 1:07:57, only beaten by unattached rider Chris Dunn by 57 seconds. Wells commented: “It was hard, and age catches up with you. However, it looked like a hard first few miles, then a good tailwind to Tern Hill and a hard slog eight miles back. I tried to pace myself and I think the last two miles hurt. A great evening though with some cracking times, if only I could roll back the years – thanks for organising and everyone involved”.

For Dunn this was a step into the almost unknown, and he finished with a creditable 1:08:08 on actual. His post-race comments show however that you can’t treat it like a 10 and expect to hang on: “This 25 mile time trial was only my second one, so I was not too good with the pacing strategy. It was a tough start back to Shawbirch with a good tailwind all the way to Hodnet, I tried to make the most with the wind by pushing a bit too much paid the price later and found the last eight miles tough. I was aiming for a sub 1:10, and enjoyed the ride”.  

Full:

Pos’n	Name	Club	Cat	Machine	Time	Points
1	Dean Callister	Aerologic RT	S	TT	50:58	26
2	Tomos Hales	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	52:06	24
3	Jonathan Mills-Keeling	Aerologic RT	V	TT	54:48	22
4	Chris Halford	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	55:28	20
5	Phil Collins	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	56:10	18
6	Hayley Wells	Wrekinsport CC	F	TT	56:57	16
7	Ben Wood	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	57:54	14
8	Ian Laverie	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	58:00	12
9	Adam Mumford	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	59:01	10
10	Julian Kirkpatrick	Stourbridge CC	V	TT	59:15	.
11	Clive Middleton	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	59:38	8
12	John Westhead	Paramount CRT	V	TT	1:03:49	6
13	Allan Henderson	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	1:04:05	4
14	Chris Dunn	Unattached	V	RB	1:08:08	.
15	Ashley Kirkham	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	1:10:34	4
16	Colin Wells	Paramount CRT	V	RB	1:14:55	4

Veterans:

Vets Pos’n	Name	Club	Cat	Machine	Vet +/-	Vets Points
1	Jonathan Mills-Keeling	Aerologic RT	V	TT	+13:14	26
2	Chris Halford	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	+12:34	24
3	Clive Middleton	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	+11:14	22
4	Phil Collins	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	+11:10	20
5	Ian Laverie	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	+11:09	18
6	John Westhead	Paramount CRT	V	TT	+10:06	16
7	Julian Kirkpatrick	Stourbridge CC	V	TT	+8:47	.
8	Allan Henderson	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	+2:07	14
9	Chris Dunn	Unattached	V	RB	-1:00	.
10	Colin Wells	Paramount CRT	V	RB	-1:57	12
11	Ashley Kirkham	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	-3:26	10

Females:

Female Pos’n	Name	Club	Cat	Machine	Time	Female Points
1	Hayley Wells	Wrekinsport CC	F	TT	56:57	26

Road Bikes:

RB Pos’n	Name	Club	Cat	Machine	RB Adj Time	RB Points
1	Chris Dunn	Unattached	V	RB	1:07:00	.
2	Colin Wells	Paramount CRT	V	RB	1:07:57	26
3	Ashley Kirkham	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	1:09:26	24

Cumulative SB Series Standings after six rounds

Overall

Position	Name	Club	Cat	Best 12
1	Tomos Hales	Wrekinsport CC	S	120
2	Jonathan Mills-Keeling	Aerologic RT	V	88
3	Hayley Wells	Wrekinsport CC	F	72
4	Chris Halford	Wrekinsport CC	V	54
5	Dean Callister	Aerologic RT	S	46
6	Chris Riley	Paramount CRT	V	28
7	Oliver Rodwell	Wrekinsport CC	V	24
8	Mark Hill	Hafren CC	V	22
=9	Ben Wood	Wrekinsport CC	S	20
=9	John Westhead	Paramount CRT	V	20
=9	Simon Romei	Paramount CRT	V	20

Veterans

Position	Name	Club	Cat	Best 12
1	Jonathan Mills-Keeling	Aerologic RT	V	104
2	John Westhead	Paramount CRT	V	70
3	Chris Halford	Wrekinsport CC	V	62
4	Clive Bourne	Oswestry Paragon CC	V	48
5	Clive Middleton	Wrekinsport CC	V	40
6	Mark Hill	Hafren CC	V	36
=7	Chris Riley	Paramount CRT	V	32
=7	Ian Laverie	Wrekinsport CC	V	32
9	Colin Wells	Paramount CRT	V	30
=10	Phil Collins	Wrekinsport CC	V	20
=10	Simon Romei	Paramount CRT	V	20

Females

Position	Name	Club	Cat	Best 12
1	Hayley Wells	Wrekinsport CC	F	126
2	Jan Davies	Hafren CC	FV	50
3	Helen Tudor	Oswestry Paragon CC	FV	48
4	Alison Salthouse	Propel CC	FV	40
=5	Laura Sheppard	SCCA Private Member	F	18
=5	Sorrell Williams	SCCA Private Member	FV	18

Road Bikes

Position	Name	Club	Cat	Best 12
1	Colin Wells	Paramount CRT	V	96
2	Ashley Kirkham	Wrekinsport CC	V	46
3	George Coombes	Newport Shropshire CC	S	40
4	Rich Smith	Wrekinsport CC	V	38
5	Mark Fenn	SCCA Private Member	V	34
=6	Daniel Watts	SCCA Private Member	S	20
=6	Steve Minton	Ludlow Brewery RT	V	20
=8	Andrew Dawson	Paramount CRT	V	18
=8	Chris Edwards	Ludlow Brewery RT	V	18
=8	Matt Muir	Propel CC	V	18
=8	Peter Jukes	Wrekinsport CC	V	18

Juniors

Position	Name	Club	Cat	Best 12
1	Ben Bramford-Hale	Newport Shropshire CC	J	20

Oli Freeman took a solid win on a less than ideal evening in Round 8 of The Denso and Tern Cycles Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport in only his third appearance of the Series – beating a rider making his first by a narrow margin. Freeman stopped the watch on 2 minutes 49 seconds, coping best with a SSW cross-headwind hampering rider’s progress up Cotwall Bank. That pushed Phil Collins into the runner-up spot 16 seconds back on 23:05, with Ben Wood taking the final podium position in 23:13. All made ground up on absent Series leader Tomos Hales, who was competing at County level in an event taking place at the same time at Hafren CC.

Hales wasn’t the only notable absentee, with Hayley Wells at the same event, but there was no change in the Women’s standings with the only ones in competition both unattached at the time – although winner Emma Horne has subsequently joined Wrekinsport. Horne tied for 10^th spot overall in 26:12.

There was significant competition in the Road Bike Series however with nine riders entering in this simplified non-aero category. Overall plaudits went to regular Scottish visitor of Musselburgh RCC, Hamish Maclean, who took the win in 24:06 to help himself to 5^th spot overall, with Chris Halford enjoying a foray away from the maximum six points on offer 19 seconds back. Halford’s presence didn’t stop Rich Smith rising to sole lead of the Road Bike Series however, heading up the best of the rest in 25:20 ahead of Peter Jukes in 26:03 who is now just two points off the pace after former joint leader Matt Price elected to compete in the 2-Up competition with Dave Moore instead. They stopped the watch on 25:11.

Denso and Tern Cycles Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport No.8

Pos’n	Name	Club	Cat	Bike	Time	No.
1	Oli Freeman	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	22:49	3
2	Phil Collins	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	23:05	16
3	Ben Wood	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	23:13	15
4	Clive Middleton	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	23:52	8
5	Hamish Maclean	Musselburgh RCC	V	RB	24:06	13
6	Chris Halford	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	24:25	17
7	Andy Fletcher	Royal Navy & Royal Marines CC	V	TT	24:29	12
8	Rich Smith	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	25:20	18
9	Peter Jukes	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	26:03	4
10	Emma Horne	Unattached	FV	TT	26:12	2
11	Allan Henderson	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	26:12	9
12	David Seager	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	26:44	10
13	Chris Marrs	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	V	TT	27:32	7
14	Chris Dunn	Unattached	S	RB	27:36	14
15	Paul Cadman	Unattached	V	RB	28:00	1
16	Kev Flint	Unattached	V	TT	30:30	19
17	Jane Godfrey	Unattached	FV	RB	33:10	11

Denso and Tern Cycles 2-Up Series by Wrekinsport No.8

Pos’n	Name	Club	Cat	Bike	Time	No.
1	Dave Moore & Matt Price	Wrekinsport CC	V/V	TT/TT	25:11	6&7

Cumulative Standings after eight rounds

Solo – Overall

Pos’n	Name	Total Points
1	Tomos Hales	36
2	Ben Wood	27
3	Hayley Wells	22
=4	Chris Halford	15
=4	Oli Freeman	15
6	Peter Jukes	10
=7	Allan Henderson	8
=7	Clive Middleton	8
=9	Matt Price	7
=9	Phil Roberts	7
=9	Rich Smith	7

Solo – Road Bikes

Pos’n	Name	Total Points
1	Rich Smith	31
2	Peter Jukes	29
3	Allan Henderson	26
3	Matt Price	26
5	David Seager	14
6	Chris Halford	12
7	Sarah Bradshaw	5
8	Dave Moore	3

Solo – Women

Pos’n	Name	Total Points
1	Hayley Wells	36
2	Victoria Doran	20
3	Karen Sherriff	16
4	Sarah Bradshaw	8

2-Up – Overall

Pos’n	Name	Total Points
1	Oli Freeman & Phil Roberts	24
2	Dave Moore & Matt Price	17

Racing a 10 two days after a 100 mile time trial would often see performance down due to muscle fatigue. However, Hayley Wells seemed to have missed that memo in Round 7 of The Denso and Tern Cycles Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport after registering a course personal best 22 minutes 55 seconds, her first ever under 23 minutes on this tough course, which saw her take the overall runner-up spot behind Tomos Hales, who crossed the line in 21:27. That this was a less than perfect evening with a hampering wind up the toughest part of the circuit, Cotwall Bank, makes that result all the more impressive, with Hales, also a 100 mile competitor, back nine seconds from his Round 6 time. Meanwhile it was a close call for 3^rd spot as former Wrekinsport member now riding for RAF CA Ben Southgate just got the better of newly signed Paul Edwards by six seconds in 23:06. Hales now leads the Series with 36 points, with Wells only a point behind second in the standings Ben Wood on 23 as well as convincingly heading the Women’s Series.

Things are much closer in the Road Bike Series with the top four split by just three points – although first-time road bike entrant Chris Halford took the spoils on the night. Halford stopped the watch on 23:57, with Matt Price moving up to joint lead of the Series with Rich Smith thanks to his25:38 effort pushing Smith out by 10 seconds.

Denso and Tern Cycles Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport No.7

Solo

Pos’n	Name	Club	Cat	Bike	Time	No.
1	Tomos Hales	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	21:27	2
2	Hayley Wells	Wrekinsport CC	F	TT	22:55	1
3	Ben Southgate	RAF CA	S	TT	23:06	4
4	Paul Edwards	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	23:12	8
5	Ben Wood	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	23:33	14
6	Chris Halford	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	23:57	5
7	Ian Laverie	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	24:00	13
8	James Elgar	Paramount CRT	V	TT	24:42	11
9	Matt Price	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	25:38	10
10	Rich Smith	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	25:48	9
11	Rob Garbett	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	26:20	15
12	Chris Dunn	Unattached	V	RB	27:42	12
13	Victoria Doran	Wrekinsport CC	FV	TT	32:18	3
.	Ben Bramford-Hale	Newport Shropshire CC	J	TT	DQ	16

Denso and Tern Cycles 2-Up Series by Wrekinsport No.7

Pos’n	Name	Club	Cat	Bike	Time	No.
1	Oli Freeman & Phil Roberts	Wrekinsport CC	S/S	TT/TT	22:07	6&7

Cumulative Standings after seven rounds

Solo – Overall

Pos’n	Name	Total Points
1	Tomos Hales	36
2	Ben Wood	23
3	Hayley Wells	22
4	Chris Halford	13
=5	Oli Freeman	9
=5	Peter Jukes	9
=7	Allan Henderson	7
=7	Matt Price	7
=7	Phil Roberts	7
=10	Cameron Coley-Smith	6
=10	Rich Smith	6
=10	Clive Middleton	5

Solo – Road Bikes

Pos’n	Name	Total Points
=1	Matt Price	26
=1	Rich Smith	26
3	Peter Jukes	25
4	Allan Henderson	23
5	David Seager	12
6	Chris Halford	6
7	Sarah Bradshaw	5
8	Dave Moore	3

Solo – Women

Pos’n	Name	Total Points
1	Hayley Wells	36
2	Victoria Doran	20
3	Karen Sherriff	16
4	Sarah Bradshaw	8

2-Up – Overall

Pos’n	Name	Total Points
1	Oli Freeman & Phil Roberts	24
2	Dave Moore & Matt Price	11

After three fine weeks conditions in Round 6 of The Denso and Tern Cycles Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport got decidedly trickier with a block northern headwind hampering riders along the mile straight, covered twice on this course. But that didn’t stop Tomos Hales taking another fine win and another maximum point haul with a strong 21 minute 18 second effort. This was 1:47 ahead of his nearest challenger, George Coombes of Newport Shropshire CC, who stopped the watch on 23:05, himself nine seconds ahead of a promising rider yet to join a club, Paul Edwards.

The runner-up spot in the Denso and Tern Cycles Championship saw a dead heat on 23:31 between Hayley Wells and Ben Wood, with Wells similarly moving to a 30 point perfect score as Hales from the five events they have ridden – the missing week being taken up by a Majorcan triathlon. This was a superb show from Wells, with nearest competitor in the Female Series Karen Sherriff finishing in 28:52.

The Road Bike Series continues to see a close battle for supremacy in this most keenly contested of championships. Whilst visiting riders Jack Ward of Sharrow CC and Tim Burn of Sitwell CC took the overall plaudits in 23:52 and 25:14 respectively; Matt Price made up some ground by taking the maximum six points on offer for Wrekinsport members in 25:40 ahead of Allan Henderson in 26:05. This sees the leading four riders split by just four points.

In the 2-Up competition Oli Freeman and Phil Roberts scored a very respectable 22:13 to lead the Series by seven points.

Denso and Tern Cycles Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport No.6

Solo

Pos’n	Name	Club	Cat	Bike	Time	No.
1	Tomos Hales	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	21:18	3
2	George Coombes	Newport Shropshire CC	S	TT	23:05	6
3	Paul Edwards	Unattached	V	TT	23:14	14
=4	Hayley Wells	Wrekinsport CC	F	TT	23:31	2
=4	Ben Wood	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	23:31	15
6	Jack Ward	Sharrow CC	S	RB	23:52	16
7	Clive Middleton	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	23:53	17
8	Deb Hutson-Lumb	Legato RT	FV	TT	24:04	5
9	Tim Burn	Sitwell CC	S	RB	25:14	20
10	James Elgar	Paramount CRT	V	TT	25:19	8
11	Matt Price	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	25:40	7
12	Allan Henderson	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	26:05	1
13	Simon Thursz	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	26:42	19
14	Dave Seager	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	27:03	9
15	Dave Moore	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	27:23	4
16	Chris Dunn	Unattached	V	RB	27:56	18
17	Karen Sherriff	Wrekinsport CC	FV	TT	28:52	12
18	Sarah Bradshaw	Wrekinsport CC	FV	RB	34:43	13

Denso and Tern Cycles 2-Up Series by Wrekinsport No.6

Pos’n	Name	Club	Cat	Bike	Time	No.
1	Oli Freeman & Phil Roberts	Wrekinsport CC	S/S	TT/TT	22:13	10&11

Cumulative Standings after six rounds

Solo – Overall

Pos’n	Name	Total Points
1	Tomos Hales	30
2	Ben Wood	20
3	Hayley Wells	17
4	Chris Halford	11
=5	Oli Freeman	9
=5	Peter Jukes	9
=7	Allan Henderson	7
=7	Phil Roberts	7
=9	Cameron Coley-Smith	6
=9	Matt Price	6

Solo – Road Bikes

Pos’n	Name	Total Points
1	Peter Jukes	25
3	Allan Henderson	23
2	Rich Smith	22
4	Matt Price	21
5	David Seager	12
6	Sarah Bradshaw	5
7	Dave Moore	3

Solo – Women

Pos’n	Name	Total Points
1	Hayley Wells	30
2	Karen Sherriff	16
3	Victoria Doran	15
4	Sarah Bradshaw	8

2-Up – Overall

Pos’n	Name	Total Points
1	Oli Freeman & Phil Roberts	18
2	Dave Moore & Matt Price	11

A favourable easterly wind helped riders up the toughest part of the Shawbirch – Cotwall Bank circuit as Tomos Hales returned to winning ways. Hales took a win by 1 minute 21 seconds in a superb time of 21:20 in Round 5 of The Denso and Tern Cycles Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport, with a fast improving Ben Wood getting closest on 22:41. Hales now holds a nine point lead over Wood in the Series and looks a tough customer to usurp.

Hales isn’t the only rider dominating proceedings however as Hayley Wells took another win in the Women’s Series, finishing 6^th overall in 23:50. Like Hales, she holds a nine point lead, this time over Victoria Doran.

In the Road Bike classification things are much more intense, with Hamish Maclean taking the overall win in 23:39, but with Rich Smith narrowing Peter Julers lead to just three points after crossing the line in 24:59, 10 seconds ahead of Jukes in a tight battle with Matt Price sandwiched in between on 25:04. These three have been swapping positions all season and this one looks to be going down to the wire. Meanwhile in the Denso and Tern Cycles 2-Up Series Oli Freeman and Phil Roberts took over the lead thanks to a top effort of 21:42.   

Denso and Tern Cycles Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport No.5

Solo

Pos’n	Name	Club	Cat	Bike	Time	No.
1	Tomos Hales	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	21:20	8
2	Ben Wood	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	22:41	17
3	Paul Edwards	Unattached	V	TT	23:05	2
4	Adam Mumford	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	23:12	13
5	Hamish Maclean	Musselburgh RCC	V	RB	23:39	14
6	Hayley Wells	Wrekinsport CC	F	TT	23:50	7
7	Rich Smith	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	24:59	3
8	Matt Price	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	25:04	5
9	Peter Jukes	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	25:09	4
10	Allan Henderson	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	25:21	1
11	David Seager	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	26:11	12
12	Chris Marrs	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	V	TT	27:12	6
13	Karen Sherriff	Wrekinsport CC	FV	TT	28:14	9
14	Nicky Mason	Nova Raiders	FV	RB	30:57	16
15	Jane Godfrey	Norton Wheelers	FV	RB	31:07	15

Denso and Tern Cycles 2-Up Series by Wrekinsport No.5

Pos’n	Name	Club	Cat	Bike	Time	No.
1	Oli Freeman & Phil Roberts	Wrekinsport CC	S/S	TT/TT	21:42	10&11

Cumulative Standings after five rounds

Solo – Overall

Pos’n	Name	Total Points
1	Tomos Hales	24
2	Ben Wood	15
3	Hayley Wells	12
4	Chris Halford	11
=5	Oli Freeman	9
=5	Peter Jukes	9
7	Phil Roberts	7
8	Cameron Coley-Smith	6
=9	Allan Henderson	5
=9	Rich Smith	5

Solo – Road Bikes

Pos’n	Name	Total Points
1	Peter Jukes	25
2	Rich Smith	22
3	Allan Henderson	18
4	Matt Price	15
5	David Seager	8
6	Sarah Bradshaw	3

Solo – Women

Pos’n	Name	Total Points
1	Hayley Wells	24
2	Victoria Doran	15
3	Karen Sherriff	11
4	Sarah Bradshaw	4

2-Up – Overall

Pos’n	Name	Total Points
1	Oli Freeman & Phil Roberts	12
2	Dave Moore & Matt Price	11

A brace of Aerologic riders took the overall spoils in Round 4 of the Denso and Tern Cycles Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport as Dean Callister led the way home in a fabulous time of 20 minutes 22 seconds. Callister coped best with the heat to make it a 1-2 with Jonathan Mills-Keeling, who stopped the watch on 21:56.

12 seconds back the best placed Wrekinsport rider saw Chris Halford take the six points on offer with his first win of 2025, pushing out Ben Wood in 22:40. This win elevated Halford into second spot in the Series, with Wood now in third.

In the Road Bike category visiting riders again took the overall top two spots with George Coombes of Newport Shropshire CC just outpacing Jack Ward of Sharrow CC by three seconds to take the win in 23:03, and a strong 5^th spot overall. Best of the Wrekinsport riders was Peter Jukes, whose 25:04 saw him take over the laed of the Road Bike Series.

There was a good turnout of four females in competition with Emma Horne taking the overall win in 25:58 with best of the Wrekinsport riders Karen Sherriff in 29:17 making her first appearance of the season. Meanwhile it was a straight head-to-head tussle in the Denso and Tern Cycles 2-Up Series as Oli Freeman and Phil Roberts took a strong win in 21:39, 2:58 ahead of Dave Moore and Matt Price.

Solo

Pos’n	Name	Club	Cat	Bike	Time	No.
1	Dean Callister	Aerologic RT	S	TT	20:22	10
2	Jonathan Mills-Keeling	Aerologic RT	V	TT	21:56	13
3	Chris Halford	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	22:08	8
4	Ben Wood	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	22:40	16
5	George Coombes	Newport Shropshire CC	S	RB	23:03	17
6	Jack Ward	Sharrow CC	S	RB	23:06	20
7	Ben Bramford-Hale	Newport Shropshire CC	J	TT	23:25	23
8	Peter Jukes	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	25:04	14
9	Joe Ridge	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	25:15	22
10	Simon Thursz	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	25:27	21
11	Allan Henderson	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	25:40	4
12	Emma Horne	Unattached	FV	TT	25:58	15
13	David Seager	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	26:00	18
14	Dean Gapper	Unattached	V	RB	27:08	11
15	Chris Dunn	Unattached	V	RB	27:10	19
16	Paul O’Brien	Unattached	V	RB	28:31	12
17	Karen Sherriff	Wrekinsport CC	FV	TT	29:17	7
18	Victoria Doran	Wrekinsport CC	FV	TT	31:20	3
19	Sarah Bradshaw	Wrekinsport CC	FV	RB	32:33	9

Denso and Tern Cycles 2-Up Series by Wrekinsport No.4

Pos’n	Name	Club	Cat	Bike	Time	No.
1	Oli Freeman & Phil Roberts	Wrekinsport CC	S/S	TT/TT	21:39	1&2
2	Dave Moore & Matt Price	Wrekinsport CC	V/V	TT/TT	24:37	5&6

Cumulative Standings after four rounds

Solo – Overall

Pos’n	Name	Total Points
1	Tomos Hales	18
2	Chris Halford	11
3	Ben Wood	10
=4	Hayley Wells	9
=4	Oli Freeman	9
6	Peter Jukes	8
7	Phil Roberts	7
8	Cameron Coley-Smith	6
9	Allan Henderson	4
=10	Joe Ridge	3
=10	Rich Smith	3
=10	Simon Thursz	3
=10	Victoria Doran	3

Solo – Road Bikes

Pos’n	Name	Total Points
1	Peter Jukes	21
2	Rich Smith	16
3	Allan Henderson	15
4	Matt Price	10
5	David Seager	6
6	Sarah Bradshaw	3

Solo – Women

Pos’n	Name	Total Points
1	Hayley Wells	18
2	Victoria Doran	15
3	Karen Sherriff	6
4	Sarah Bradshaw	4

2-Up – Overall

Pos’n	Name	Total Points
1	Dave Moore & Matt Price	11
2	Oli Freeman & Phil Roberts	6