Author: Dave Fletcher

Both the course record and the female course record were lowered in a memorable and competitive Round 13 of the Friction Hydraulics Series, the Shropshire Championship 10 presented by Wrekinsport CC as Dean Callister shaved 10 seconds off Thomas Brazier’s record; and Hayley Wells sliced 17 seconds off her own record; both set in 2024. Callister took 10 Championship Gold and The Gordon Davies Trophy in a blistering 20 minutes 13 seconds on the Shawbury – Hodnet course in a hastily reassigned Championship originally planned for Round 12 but instead promoted by Wrekinsport CC. Conditions were warm and near still, with just the lightest of a rare easterly wind, making things near perfect for record breaking.

In only his third appearance of the 2025 Friction Hydraulics Series, Callister scored maximum points again; re-took The Gordon Davies Trophy from event organiser Tomos Hales, the 2024 winner; and led Aerologic to Team Gold in a combined 1:02:59 with solid backup from Scott Palmer and Jonathan Mills-Keeling. Callister was delighted by his efforts, stating: “A nice warm evening for racing and fast conditions. I paced it well and my legs felt good. Really pleased to take the Championship title, course record and also a team win – thanks to Wrekinsport for putting on a great evening”.

Callister beat Hales by 21 seconds as the Wrekinsport rider took overall Silver in his first promotion, with the unexpected and belated assignation as the Shropshire Championship 10 attracting additional entries. Hales beat Dan Watts in his first appearance of the 2025 season into the Bronze position after the SCCA Private Member finished in 21 minutes exactly – just a solitary second ahead of another SCCA Private Member Jonathan Whittaker. Hales commented: “I was pleased with my time in the Shropshire Championship. It was added pressure of organise the event, so I was pleased that went smoothly. It felt a quick night and never felt like you went into the wind. Well done to Dean for the win; and thanks to all the people that helped me out to get the event on”.

Mills-Keeling and Palmer took home a brace of medals after adding Veterans Silver and Bronze to their Team Gold with +5:16 and +5:07 respectively in a closely fought battle for the medals won by Simon Romei. Mills-Keeling stated: “I didn’t ride last year so was motivated to do a good ride. I went out a little too hard and struggled back. I was very happy with Veterans Silver, well done to Simon. I was also very happy with the Team Gold, with Dean taking course record, and with a strong ride from Scott”. Palmer added: “I was really looking forward to the Shropshire 10 Championship on yet another course I’d never ridden. On a warm night I got to the HQ in plenty of time, had a chat and got a decent warm up on the rollers. I got to the line a little nervous, which added to my downfall. With no holder I struggled to clip in, and it cost me a lot of time. Eventually I clipped in with a sprint effort to get up to speed. I paced it well with a strong effort out, then I maintained a good speed on the return. I’m sure next time I ride the course I’ll be able to gauge where to put the power down in key places. Simon Romei had a solid ride and got me by two seconds on actual time, congratulations to him after his recent ‘off’. Well done to Dean for the overall, and Jonathan for second standard Veteran – also nice to take the Team Gold; a great job by Tomos Hales and the rest of the volunteers”.

Romei had indeed recovered from his fall in Round 11 and took Veterans Gold and The Veterans 10 Mile Trophy by six seconds from Mills-Keeling with +5:22, moving up to third in the Friction Veterans standings. He was very pleased with his effort, stating: “Super happy to have won Veterans Gold at the Championship 10. It was a good evening for the race, not too much wind around. On the outward leg I pushed hard on the rolling course, hoping that the slight tail wind back would secure me a top position and personal best, of which I achieved both. Big thanks to the marshals and timekeepers that did a fantastic job on the evening, without these great people these races just wouldn’t happened so thanks again”.

In the Female Championship Hayley Wells took a solid win in 22:46, lowering her own course record by 17 seconds and successfully retaining The Gordon Davies Female Trophy despite a seeming disconnect between head and legs due to her competitive nature, as she explained: “A course I quite enjoy as we don’t get to ride it often. Pre-race I felt good and raring to go, but a busy few weeks of time trials had caught up with me! The ‘out’ leg to the roundabout felt tough into a headwind and my power was down on where I’d like to be, but the return leg was a lot more enjoyable. A wonderful evening of racing with plenty of high spirits, something I love about this sport. I was chuffed to have taken the win; many thanks to Wrekinsport for another great event”.

A strong ride by Paramount’s Thea Osmund-Smith saw her take Silver and record a fine personal best of 24:42 ahead of team mate Emma Brown who gained Bronze. Osmund-Smith was delighted with her result and doing so on a course rapidly gaining popularity with riders. She commented: “I was really pleased to get a 10 mile personal best on a course I enjoyed riding for the first time last year. I’m not often able to make midweek races, but I was happy to make this one along with a load of my Paramount CRT team mates, who put on a strong show. Thanks to Wrekinsport for organising and as always, the brilliant marshals who make the whole thing safe and enjoyable”!

With the added carrot of father Doug to chase down starting two minutes ahead; Brown was also on the hunt for a personal best, aiming to beat her 26:20 benchmark, but instead ended her evening on 27:06 after getting stuck behind traffic, as she explained: “I was looking forward to racing the 10 and was hoping for a personal best. However I was unfortunately held up in a long queue of traffic from mile 3-4, so the personal best was off the cards, However, I am still very pleased with my time as it’s my second fastest 10 mile time trial and my best result on that course, so overall another great evening of racing. Plus when chasing Dad it’s even more fun and competitive, only just passing him in the last ½ mile – he was very strong and a hard chase that night”!

In the Road Bike Championship Paramount rider Andrew Dawson took the win and The Shropshire Road Bike 10 Mile Championship Trophy by just three seconds on handicap from team mate Will Preston in an adjusted 22:56. Home advantage seems to have played a part in Dawson’s victory, as he explained: “Firstly thanks to all the organisers, marshals and time keepers for putting on a great event. It’s a course I know well as I only live a short distance away. The weather was perfect and I was fortunate with the traffic. It was however a real surprise, and a privilege, to take the Road Bike Gold in what’s turning out to be a great season of racing for the Shropshire clubs”.

Unfamiliarity made the difference to Silver medallist Preston on a course that gives all the appearance of being pretty flat when viewed from a car but actually undulates and drags in places when experiencing on a bike under your own power. Nevertheless Preston was happy with his ride, stating: “I am pleased to take the Silver medal. It is the first time I’ve actually done that course and it was a little bit lumpier than I thought, but still a great race – thanks to Wrekinsport for organising a great event”!

The age and gender-related handicapping system surprised Smith in his first appearance of the 2025 Friction Series as he took Road bike Bronze in an adjusted 23:31, 27 seconds ahead of Wrekinsport team mate Peter Jukes. Smith has stuck doggedly to a Road Bike for the 2025 season which paid dividends here, commenting: “The first time I’ve ridden that course where the wind direction helped on the return leg. It was lovely to top off a season time trialling on the road bike with this result – big thanks to the long suffering organisers, time keepers and marshals; a great event”.

SCCA:

Posn	Name	Club	Cat	Machine	Time	Points
1	Dean Callister	Aerologic RT	S	TT	20:13	60
2	Tomos Hales	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	20:34	55
3	Daniel Watts	SCCA Private Member	S	TT	21:00	50
4	Jonathan Whittaker	SCCA Private Member	S	TT	21:01	45
5	Simon Romei	Paramount CRT	V	TT	21:09	40
6	Scott Palmer	Aerologic RT	V	TT	21:11	35
7	Jonathan Mills-Keeling	Aerologic RT	V	TT	21:35	30
8	Robert McGregor	Paramount CRT	S	TT	21:43	25
9	Bryn Davies	Hafren CC	V	TT	21:59	20
10	Oli Freeman	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	22:36	15
11	Hayley Wells	Wrekinsport CC	F	TT	22:46	10
12	Paul Edwards	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	22:48	5
13	Adam Mumford	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	22:55	5
14	William Preston	Paramount CRT	S	RB	22:59	5
15	Ben Wood	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	23:02	5
16	Clive Middleton	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	23:09	5
17	Rob Kerr	Oswestry Paragon CC	V	TT	23:30	5
18	Ian Laverie	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	23:44	5
19	Mitchell Fletcher	Paramount CRT	S	TT	23:49	5
20	James Elgar	Paramount CRT	V	TT	23:59	5
21	Billy Panter	Paramount CRT	S	RB	24:08	5
22	Andrew Dawson	Paramount CRT	V	RB	24:40	5
23	Thea Osmund-Smith	Paramount CRT	F	TT	24:42	5
24	Matthew Price	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	24:55	5
25	Rich Smith	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	24:59	5
26	Peter Jukes	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	25:18	5
27	Dave Moore	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	25:20	5
28	Robert Garbett	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	25:31	5
29	Tim Evans	Newport (Shropshire) CC	V	TT	25:33	5
30	John Westhead	Paramount CRT	V	TT	25:55	5
=31	David Seager	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	26:00	5
=31	Franco Della Mura	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	26:00	5
33	Peter Rickard	Paramount CRT	V	RB	26:16	5
34	Ashley Kirkham	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	26:33	5
35	David Cannell	Paramount CRT	V	RB	26:34	5
36	Nick Hickman	Paramount CRT	V	TT	26:50	5
37	Emma Brown	Paramount CRT	F	RB	27:06	5
38	Geoff Edgerton	North Shropshire Wheelers	V	TT	27:44	5
39	Colin Wells	Paramount CRT	V	RB	28:12	5
40	Gill Snelson	Paramount CRT	FV	TT	28:31	5
41	Evie Fryer-Jones	Paramount CRT	F	RB	28:45	5
42	Doug Brown	Paramount CRT	V	RB	29:09	5
43	Robert Elliott	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	30:06	5
44	Jayne Powell	Paramount CRT	FV	TT	30:19	5
.	Phil Collins	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	DNS	.

Team Gold:

Aerologic RT (Dean Callister/Scott Palmer/Jonathan Mills-Keeling) 1:02:59

Veterans:

Vets Posn	Name	Club	Cat	Machine	Vet +/-	Vets Points
1	Simon Romei	Paramount CRT	V	TT	+5:22	60
2	Jonathan Mills-Keeling	Aerologic RT	V	TT	+5:16	55
3	Scott Palmer	Aerologic RT	V	TT	+5:07	50
4	Bryn Davies	Hafren CC	V	TT	+4:52	45
5	Clive Middleton	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	+4:47	40
6	Ian Laverie	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	+3:33	35
7	Geoff Edgerton	North Shropshire Wheelers	V	TT	+3:25	30
8	Paul Edwards	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	+3:18	25
9	John Westhead	Paramount CRT	V	TT	+3:11	20
10	Andrew Dawson	Paramount CRT	V	RB	+3:08	15
11	Rob Kerr	Oswestry Paragon CC	V	TT	+2:52	10
12	Robert Garbett	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	+2:43	5
13	Dave Moore	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	+2:36	5
14	Rich Smith	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	+2:33	5
15	James Elgar	Paramount CRT	V	TT	+2:07	5
16	Peter Jukes	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	+2:06	5
17	Matthew Price	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	+2:02	5
18	David Cannell	Paramount CRT	V	RB	+1:50	5
19	Franco Della Mura	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	+1:40	5
20	David Seager	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	+1:32	5
21	Tim Evans	Newport (Shropshire) CC	V	TT	+1:30	5
22	Nick Hickman	Paramount CRT	V	TT	+0:42	5
23	Peter Rickard	Paramount CRT	V	RB	+0:41	5
24	Colin Wells	Paramount CRT	V	RB	+0:32	5
25	Gill Snelson	Paramount CRT	FV	TT	+0:22	5
26	Robert Elliott	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	+0:17	5
27	Ashley Kirkham	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	-0:02	5
28	Doug Brown	Paramount CRT	V	RB	-1:04	5
29	Jayne Powell	Paramount CRT	FV	TT	-1:10	5

Females:

Female Pos’n	Name	Club	Cat	Machine	Time	Female Points
1	Hayley Wells	Wrekinsport CC	F	TT	22:46	60
2	Thea Osmund-Smith	Paramount CRT	F	TT	24:42	55
3	Emma Brown	Paramount CRT	F	RB	27:06	50
4	Gill Snelson	Paramount CRT	FV	TT	28:31	45
5	Evie Fryer-Jones	Paramount CRT	F	RB	28:45	40
6	Jayne Powell	Paramount CRT	FV	TT	30:19	35

Road Bikes:

RB Posn	Name	Club	Cat	Machine	RB Adj Time	RB Points
1	Andrew Dawson	Paramount CRT	V	RB	22:56	60
2	William Preston	Paramount CRT	S	RB	22:59	55
3	Rich Smith	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	23:31	50
4	Peter Jukes	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	23:58	45
5	Matthew Price	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	24:02	40
6	Billy Panter	Paramount CRT	S	RB	24:08	35
7	David Cannell	Paramount CRT	V	RB	24:14	30
8	David Seager	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	24:32	25
9	Emma Brown	Paramount CRT	F	RB	24:33	20
10	Peter Rickard	Paramount CRT	V	RB	25:23	15
11	Colin Wells	Paramount CRT	V	RB	25:32	10
12	Evie Fryer-Jones	Paramount CRT	F	RB	26:03	5
13	Doug Brown	Paramount CRT	V	RB	27:08	5

Top Club Award:

Pos’n	Club	Points
1	Wrekinsport CC	150
2	Paramount CRT	145
3	Aerologic RT	125
4	Hafren CC	20
=5	Newport (Shropshire) CC	5
=5	North Shropshire Wheelers	5
=5	Oswestry Paragon CC	5

Cumulative Standings after thirteen rounds

Friction and Hydraulic Services Shropshire Championship Points Series

Position	Name	Club	Cat	Best 12
1	Tomos Hales	Wrekinsport CC	S	615
2	Jonathan Mills-Keeling	Aerologic RT	V	580
3	Christopher Riley	Paramount CRT	V	390
4	Simon Romei	Paramount CRT	V	380
5	Robert McGregor	Paramount CRT	S	345
6	Jonathan Goh	Paramount CRT	V	310
7	Hayley Wells	Wrekinsport CC	F	305
8	Bryn Davies	Hafren CC	V	215
9	Dean Callister	Aerologic RT	S	180
10	Oli Freeman	Wrekinsport CC	S	160

Friction and Hydraulic Services Veterans Championship

Vets Position	Name	Club	Best 12
1	Jonathan Mills-Keeling	Aerologic RT	695
2	Christopher Riley	Paramount CRT	475
3	Simon Romei	Paramount CRT	395
4	Jonathan Goh	Paramount CRT	385
5	John Westhead	Paramount CRT	330
6	Bryn Davies	Hafren CC	295
7	Deb Hutson-Lumb	SCCA Private Member	250
8	Andrew Dawson	Paramount CRT	245
9	Mark Fenn	Shropshire CCA	225
10	Ian Laverie	Wrekinsport CC	175

Friction and Hydraulic Services Female Championship

Female Pos’n	Name	Club	Best 12
1	Hayley Wells	Wrekinsport CC	630
2	Emma Brown	Paramount CRT	510
3	Helen Tudor	Oswestry Paragon CC	385
4	Deb Hutson-Lumb	SCCA Private Member	240
5	Thea Osmund-Smith	Paramount CRT	225
6	Gill Snelson	Paramount CRT	210
7	Claire Blackwell-Smyth	Paramount CRT	145
8	Kathryn Rossiter	North Shropshire Wheelers	110
=9	Jan Davies	Hafren CC	105
=9	Rebecca Pugh	Paramount CRT	105

Friction and Hydraulic Services Road Bike Championship

Road Bike Pos’n	Name	Club	Cat	Best 12
1	Jonathan Goh	Paramount CRT	V	625
2	Andrew Dawson	Paramount CRT	V	595
3	Emma Brown	Paramount CRT	F	420
4	Mark Fenn	Shropshire CCA	V	365
5	William Preston	Paramount CRT	S	335
6	David Cannell	Paramount CRT	V	170
7	David Scott	Paramount CRT	S	140
8	Billy Panter	Paramount CRT	S	120
9	Claire Blackwell-Smyth	Paramount CRT	FV	110
=10	Doug Brown	Paramount CRT	V	100
=10	Rebecca Pugh	Paramount CRT	F	100

Friction and Hydraulic Services Junior Championship

Junior Pos’n	Name	Club	Best 12
1	Jess Bufton	Hafren CC	60

Top Club Award

Position	Club	Total Points
1	Paramount CRT	2390
2	Wrekinsport CC	1760
3	Aerologic RT	965
4	Hafren CC	320
5	North Shropshire Wheelers	220
6	Newport (Shropshire) CC	165
7	Oswestry Paragon CC	160
8	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	145
9	Ludlow CC	30

In preparation for the most highly anticipated event of the Shropshire calendar Wrekinsport run a practice club 4-Up over part of the Championship course to give competitors a chance to practice smooth changes and to get used to riding together; and to give riders new to this unusual and rarely seen format the opportunity to see what all the fuss is about. Held on the Waters Upton – Hodnet 10 mile course, three of the Championship teams took the major spoils from amongst the five trying their luck, as Paramount CRT’s Chris Riley, Simon Romei, Rob McGregor and Mason Durant took a fine win in 20 minutes 25 seconds.

This format sees riders go faster than even in the popular 2-Up format which has led up to 4-Up week, but it certainly fun despite the hard work, with club chairman Dave Moore describing the event as having a great vibe, with competitors buzzing afterwards. Runners-up were the Wrekinsport squad of Oli Freeman, Paul Edwards, Phil Roberts and Ben Wood, delighted with their 21:01 time.

Popular with both time trial bike and road bike entrants, the first of the road bike contingent saw another Paramount squad take third overall, with Ian Townsend, James Elgar, Neil Wilson and Dave Woodvine ending their evening on 24:08.

4-Up result:

Position	Start No.	Forename	Surname	Club	Time
1	13	Chris	Riley	Paramount CRT	20:25
1	14	Simon	Romei	Paramount CRT
1	15	Rob	McGregor	Paramount CRT
1	16	Mason	Durant	Paramount CRT
2	17	Oli	Freeman	Wrekinsport CC	21:01
2	18	Paul	Edwards	Wrekinsport CC
2	19	Phil	Roberts	Wrekinsport CC
2	20	Ben	Wood	Wrekinsport CC
3	9	Ian	Townsend	Paramount CRT	24:08
3	10	James	Elgar	Paramount CRT
3	11	Neil	Wilson	Paramount CRT
3	12	Dave	Woodvine	Paramount CRT
4	5	Matt	Price	Wrekinsport CC	24:31
4	6	R	Jordan	Unattached
4	7	Paul	O’Brien	Unattached
4	8	George	Coombes	Newport Shropshire CC
5	1	Dave	Moore	Wrekinsport CC	25:50
5	2	Elliott	Wills	Wrekinsport CC
5	3	Allan	Henderson	Wrekinsport CC
5	4	Franco	Della Mura	Wrekinsport CC

Private solo time trials:

Position	Start No.	Forename	Surname	Club	Time
1	23	Tomos	Hales	Wrekinsport CC	20:47
2	22	Hayley	Wells	Wrekinsport CC	23:29
3	24	Rich	Smith	Wrekinsport CC	25:18
4	26	Peter	Jukes	Wrekinsport CC	26:11
5	25	David	Seager	Wrekinsport CC	26:27
6	21	Joe	Hales	Unattached	31:07

The finale of the 2025 Mower Mec 2-Up Series saw a narrow win for the Silver medallists and the destination of the remaining Series medals resolved as Wrekinsport CC hosted their 2-Up on a glorious sunny evening tempered by a tough northerly wind. Held on the club’s usual Shawbirch – Crudgington – Cotwall Bank circuit, Oswestry Paragon’s Peter Fletcher and Jack Young took their second win of the Series by just two seconds from the promoting club’s Chris Halford and Clive Middleton in 23 minutes 32 seconds. Fletcher enjoyed the sweeping new turn of Crudgington roundabout which allows more speed to be carried; however, things could have been very different for the pair due to a mix up over the start location, as he explained: “On exploration of the course we felt it was a much improved layout and so it proved, although we went to the incorrect start line within minutes of the kick off! Jack and I stuck to the plan and left it until the final round to finally nail it, and to find we triumphed by the slightest of margins made it feel all the more pleasing. Once again the platitudes are the same in thanking our fellow competitors, organisers, marshals and of course the time keepers who all played an important part in the usual smooth running of an excellent evening”.

Whilst Fletcher and Young have honed their abilities over all seven rounds of this Series at all corners of the County, the runners-up and third-placed pairings were not familiar at all with each other’s styles – and in the case of Wrekinsport’s Chris Halford and Clive Middleton, on different bike types. It’s usually best for both to either ride time trial or road bikes but not to mix them, and the issues caused were graphically stated by Halford: “It was a challenge keeping on a road bike, but we managed the situation as best we could having not ridden together before”. Meanwhile Middleton had an expensive evening and was lucky not to end up on the floor after hitting a missing drain cover hard. Thankfully he recovered enough to stay upright, but not without issues: “The race went great, but I lost my car key when I hit a hole and cracked both wheels. I didn’t find the keys and it cost £180 to get the car back home, £130 for someone to pick the lock, and £960 for two keys – and I can’t get them for two weeks”!

The welcome sight of two 15 year-old Junior riders saw Newport Shropshire CC’s Ben Bramford-Hale team up with Wolverhampton Wheelers’ Tom Oxley in their first ever experience of the 2-Up format – and they took to it well enough to get the better of Hafren CC’s Neil Vose and Mark Hill by a single second, finishing in 24:03. Bramford-Hale commented: “I really enjoyed my first 2-Up time trial with Tom. We quickly got into a good rhythm, and I’m really pleased we secured third overall – thanks to Wrekinsport for putting on a great and welcoming event”.

Vose and Hill had good consolation for being nudged down to fourth on the night as they sealed the Bronze medals in the overall Mower Mec Series on the strength of their 24:04 effort, with Vose commenting: “The Wrekinsport 10 mile course is excellent. It was a tough headwind out on the day; but a great tailwind back to Shawbirch. Mark was on fire and did most of the hard work down to Shawbirch; and we managed to get near our best time for this course. The 2-Up Series is a great way to improve your times on courses around Shropshire & Powys. We missed the first two, and this meant we were trying to catch Pete and Jack for the last five rides. We are already planning how we can improve for 2026 – thanks to all the clubs for putting on the events for 2025”.

That left the final medals to be settled from riders not competing on the night, with two Mid Shropshire Wheelers father and daughter pairs taking Mixed Team Silver and Bronze behind the already settled Gold medallists Sorrell Williams and Karl Lombardi. Silver went to 13 year-old Georgia and father Simeon Lloyd, with Simeon commenting: “It was good to be able to compete alongside Georgia. We have never raced together, so it was a great opportunity to test ourselves. We started strong, finished strong and both really enjoyed the event”.

Meanwhile Florence Parkinson just turned the minimum allowed age to compete of 12, and won a medal in her first ever time trial. Naturally she was delighted, and seems to have the bit between her teeth to go on to greater things, stating: “I am thrilled to win the Bronze, and with a bit more training for my Dad over the winter I think we can come back stronger next year to see if the Silver is in reach”! Dad Mark added: “Florence just turned 12 years old in May, so this was a perfect race to introduce her to time trialling, with a 2-Up together as a father-daughter team”.

In the Female teams competition Paramount’s Emma Brown and Liz Hagen had sealed Gold as early as Round 4, but the finale saw Silver settled by another first-time pairing, Jane Morris and Jenny Cooper of Market Drayton CC. Both decided the 2-Up format was the perfect introduction to time trialling, similar to the Parkinson’s decision; and Cooper’s comments show just how easy having a go is for the inexperienced and those without full aero equipment, which is not a barrier to competition: “It was the first time either of us had competed in a time trial – it felt a bit less daunting doing 2-Up to start with. Everyone was very welcoming, and it was a very relaxed environment to have a go. I haven’t got any specific aero kit and was just on a normal endurance road bike”.

Result:

Pos’n	Names	Club(s)	Time	Points
1	Peter Fletcher & Jack Young	Oswestry Paragon CC	23:32	20
2	Chris Halford & Clive Middleton	Wrekinsport CC	23:34	18
3	Ben Bramford-Hale & Tom Oxley	Newport Shropshire CC & Wolverhampton Wheelers CC	24:03	.
4	Neil Vose & Mark Hill	Hafren CC	24:04	16
5	Rich Smith & Peter Jukes	Wrekinsport CC	25:06	14
6	James Elgar & Neil Wilson	Paramount CRT	25:12	12
7	Matt Price & Dave Seager	Wrekinsport CC	25:56	10
8	Paul O’Brien & Paul Coupe	Unattached	26:50	.
.	Oli Freeman & Phil Roberts	Wrekinsport CC	DNF-P	.

Final Cumulative Standings after seven rounds

Overall:

Position	Team	Club(s)	Best 5
1	Jonathan Mills-Keeling & Scott Palmer	Aerologic RT	98
2	Peter Fletcher & Jack Young	Oswestry Paragon CC	90
3	Mark Hill & Neil Vose	Hafren CC	82
4	Sorrel Williams & Karl Lombardi	SCCA & Oswestry Paragon CC	48
5	Emma Brown & Liz Hagen	Paramount CRT	42
6	James Elgar & Neil Wilson	Paramount CRT	38
7	Matt Clarke & Ian Gilks	Bridgnorth CC	20
=8	Chris Halford & Clive Middleton	Wrekinsport CC	18
=8	Chris Riley & Rob McGregor	Paramount CRT	18
=8	James Neale & James Powell	North Shropshire Wheelers	18

Mixed Team:

Position	Team	Club(s)	Best 5
1	Sorrell Williams & Karl Lombardi	SCCA & Oswestry Paragon CC	80
2	Simeon Lloyd & Georgia Lloyd	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	18
3	Flo Parkinson & Mark Parkinson	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	16

Female Team:

Position	Team	Club(s)	Best 5
1	Emma Brown & Liz Hagen	Paramount CRT	80
2	Jane Morris & Jenny Cooper	Market Drayton CC	18

An old hand surprised team mates in Round 12 of The Denso and Tern Cycles Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport as Chris Halford took a win on a warm evening an by a good margin. Coming back to time trialling after some time away, Halford has made marginal gains as the season has progressed and registered an impressive 22 minutes 33 seconds to see off Round 11 winner Oli Freeman by 34 seconds. Taking third spot was Freeman’s 2-Up partner Phil Roberts on 23:43.

The Road Bike category continues to be keenly contested with 50% of the field eschewing time trail steeds, Won overall by regular visitor Hamish MacLean of Musselburgh RCC in 25:25, interest was on the battle for club points and medals. Rich Smith took his fourth maximum six points in a row in 26 minutes exactly ahead of Peter Jukes 51 seconds back which sealed Series Gold in a season Smith has dedicated to this format.

In the Denso and Tern Cycles 2-Up Series Dave Moore and Matt Price rode unopposed to a 26:02 time and can in theory draw level with Freeman and Roberts on 30 points – if they take six points from each of the two remaining events in this best of 5 Series.

Denso and Tern Cycles Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport No.12

Pos’n	Name	Club	Cat	Bike	Time	No.
1	Chris Halford	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	22:33	6
2	Oli Freeman	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	23:07	5
3	Phil Roberts	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	23:43	4
4	Ian laverie	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	24:15	17
5	Ben Bramford-Hale	Newport Shropshire CC	J	TT	24:52	15
6	Andy Fletcher	Royal Navy & Royal Marines CC	V	TT	25:12	14
7	Hamish MacLean	Musselburgh RCC	V	RB	25:25	13
8	Hayden Beebee	Total Tri Training	S	TT	25:55	18
9	Rich Smith	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	26:00	3
10	Peter Jukes	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	26:51	7
=11	Dean Gapper	Unattached	V	RB	27:02	11
=11	Cameron Coley-Smith	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	27:02	16
=13	David Seager	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	27:28	9
=13	Chris Dunn	Unattached	V	RB	27:28	12
15	Paul O’Brien	Unattached	V	RB	27:32	10
16	Paul Coupe	Unattached	V	RB	28:41	8

Denso and Tern Cycles 2-Up Series by Wrekinsport No.12

Pos’n	Name	Club	Cat	Bike	Time	No.
1	Dave Moore & Matt Price	Wrekinsport CC	V/V	TT/TT	26:02	1&2

Cumulative Standings after twelve rounds

Solo – Overall

Pos’n	Name	Best 12
1	Tomos Hales	48
2	Ben Wood	36
3	Oli Freeman	31
4	Hayley Wells	28
5	Chris Halford	23
6	Rich Smith	14
7	Peter Jukes	13
8	Paul Edwards	12
=9	Allan Henderson	11
=9	Phil Roberts	11

Solo – Road Bikes

Pos’n	Name	Best 12
1	Rich Smith	55
2	Peter Jukes	41
3	Allan Henderson	39
4	Matt Price	36
5	David Seager	24
6	Chris Halford	12
7	Sarah Bradshaw	5
8	Dave Moore	3

Solo – Women

Pos’n	Name	Best 12
1	Hayley Wells	48
2	Victoria Doran	20
3	Karen Sherriff	16
4	Sarah Bradshaw	8
5	Emma Horne	5

2-Up – Overall

Pos’n	Name	Top 5
1	Oli Freeman & Phil Roberts	30
2	Dave Moore & Matt Price	23

Traffic lights at Longdon on Tern saw a course change to the tight and technical Long Lane circuits for Round 11 of The Denso and Tern Cycles Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport and which saw an impressive 69% of the field use road bikes, the growing area of time trialling –with the first Series medals taken without turning a pedal in the respective competitions. Oli Freeman and Phil Roberts can no longer be caught in the Denso and Tern Cycles 2-Up Series, with the best five scores counting their maximum 30 points acquired by Round 10 can no longer be overhauled. This saw Freeman instead ride to victory in the solo competition in 23:23, exactly 30 seconds ahead of team mate Paul Edwards. Freeman commented how tough the race was, with riders facing a brisk northerly wind three times down the mile straight between Shawbirch and Long Lane.

With Series leader Tomos Hales absent Ben Wood made up some ground by finishing third in 24:15, seven seconds ahead of an impressive performance by overall Road Bike winner George Coombes of Newport Shropshire CC stopping the watch on 24:22. Best placed of Wrekinsport’s riders in this contest was Rich Smith, whose 26:05 meant he extended his Series lead to 10 points with a maximum 18 remaining after pushing Matt Price out by 10 seconds.

Despite Hayley Wells being absent, she can no longer be caught in the Women’s standings and takes a well deserved Gold medal. The only female in competition on a tough evening was unattached Megan du Toit in 28:24.

After a shortage of under-18 riders in competition three showed up at once – and all were closely matched, spread by just seven seconds. Best placed was Ben Bramford-Hale of Newport Shropshire CC registering 24:53 for 6^th place overall, and who pushed out Jude White of Mid Shropshire Wheelers by two seconds despite a superb third lap evidenced by split times; and Tom Oxley of Wolverhampton Wheelers CC by seven in a tight competition.

Pos’n	Name	Club	Cat	Bike	2.5 Miles	6.25 Miles	10 Miles	No.
1	Oli Freeman	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	5:59	14:46	23:23	3
2	Paul Edwards	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	6:07	15:02	23:53	6
3	Ben Wood	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	6:05	15:00	24:15	8
4	George Coombes	Newport Shropshire CC	S	RB	6:00	15:17	24:22	12
5	Tim Burn	Sitwell CC	S	RB	6:12	15:26	24:49	16
6	Ben Bramford-Hale	Newport Shropshire CC	J	RB	6:16	15:40	24:53	15
7	Jude White	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	J	RB	6:35	16:18	24:55	14
8	Tom Oxley	Wolverhampton Wheelers CC	J	RB	6:22	15:45	25:00	13
9	Phillip Blackwell	Unattached	V	TT	6:23	16:00	25:35	11
10	Rich Smith	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	6:34	16:14	26:05	2
11	Matt Price	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	6:34	16:23	26:15	4
12	Allan Henderson	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	6:33	16:33	26:27	1
13	Peter Jukes	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	6:41	16:48	26:47	5
14	Chris Dunn	Unattached	V	RB	7:02	17:18	27:37	9
15	David Seager	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	6:51	17:28	28:07	7
16	Megan du Toit	Unattached	F	TT	7:21	18:00	28:24	10

Cumulative Standings after eleven rounds

Solo – Overall

Pos’n	Name	Best 12
1	Tomos Hales	48
2	Ben Wood	36
3	Hayley Wells	28
4	Oli Freeman	26
5	Chris Halford	17
=6	Paul Edwards	12
=6	Peter Jukes	12
=6	Rich Smith	12
9	Allan Henderson	11
10	Matt Price	10

Solo – Road Bikes

Pos’n	Name	Best 12
1	Rich Smith	49
2	Allan Henderson	39
=3	Peter Jukes	36
=3	Matt Price	36
5	David Seager	20
6	Chris Halford	12
7	Sarah Bradshaw	5
8	Dave Moore	3

Solo – Women

Pos’n	Name	Best 12
1	Hayley Wells	48
2	Victoria Doran	20
3	Karen Sherriff	16
4	Sarah Bradshaw	8
5	Emma Horne	5

2-Up – Overall

Pos’n	Name	Top 5
1	Oli Freeman & Phil Roberts	30
2	Dave Moore & Matt Price	17

One of those all too rare red hot ‘float’ evenings, with the lightest of southerly winds saw fast times throughout the field in Round 10 of the Denso and Tern Cycles Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport with a large turnout of 20 riders in part due to conditions, but also the late cancellation of a County level event due to road works as riders hurried to make the most of conditions. Two of those riders took the top two spaces with Aerologic’s Dean Callister taking a fine win in 20 minutes 21 seconds, ahead of Tomos Hales by 28 seconds – despite Hales recording a course personal best of 20:49, his first time ever under 21 minutes.

Hales’ closest challenger overall was unattached rider Mike Senior in 21:34, and among Wrekinsport riders looking to compete for club Evening 10 medals Hayley Wells, registering a fine 22:37. Hales now holds 48 points in a comfortable lead over Ben Wood on 32, but Wells narrowed the gap after Wood finished in 23:02 – as well as adding six points to an almost unassailable lead in the Women’s Series.

Rich Smith is easing away in the Road Bike Series, taking the six points on offer with his 25:12 effort to move to 43 points, with Allan Henderson now on 35 points after finishing in 25:29, 17 seconds back. But it was visiting riders who took the overall spoils with another unattached rider Sam Messingham stopping the watch on a great time of 23:01 ahead of Newport Shropshire CC’s George Coombes on 23:14. 

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

Pos’n	Name	Club	Cat	Bike	Time	No.
1	Dean Callister	Aerologic RT	S	TT	20:21	2
2	Tomos Hales	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	20:49	5
3	Mike Senior	Unattached	V	TT	21:34	12
4	Jon Mills-Keeling	Aerologic RT	V	TT	21:59	3
5	Hayley Wells	Wrekinsport CC	F	TT	22:37	4
6	Sam Messingham	Unattached	S	RB	23:01	22
7	Ben Wood	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	23:02	16
8	George Coombes	Newport Shropshire CC	S	RB	23:14	19
9	Ian Laverie	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	23:21	20
10	Michell Fletcher	Paramount CRT	S	TT	24:08	14
11	Cameron Coley-Smith	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	24:10	21
12	Rich Smith	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	25:12	10
13	Allan Henderson	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	25:29	1
14	Peter Jukes	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	26:34	11
15	Ashley Kirkham	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	26:55	17
16	David Seager	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	26:59	13
17	Chris Dunn	Unattached	V	RB	27:02	18
18	Paul O’Brien	Unattached	V	RB	27:40	15
19	Colin Wells	Paramount CRT	V	RB	27:59	6
20	Vince Evans	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	28:15	7

Denso and Tern Cycles 2-Up Series by Wrekinsport No.10

Pos’n	Name	Club	Cat	Bike	Time	No.
1	Oli Freeman & Phil Roberts	Wrekinsport CC	S/S	TT/TT	21:32	8&9

Cumulative Standings after ten rounds

Solo – Overall

Pos’n	Name	Total Points
1	Tomos Hales	48
2	Ben Wood	32
3	Hayley Wells	28
4	Oli Freeman	20
5	Chris Halford	17
6	Peter Jukes	11
7	Allan Henderson	10
=8	Clive Middleton	9
=8	Phil Collins	9
=8	Rich Smith	9

Solo – Road Bikes

Pos’n	Name	Total Points
1	Rich Smith	43
2	Allan Henderson	35
3	Peter Jukes	33
4	Matt Price	31
5	David Seager	20
6	Chris Halford	12
7	Sarah Bradshaw	5
8	Dave Moore	3

Solo – Women

Pos’n	Name	Total Points
1	Hayley Wells	48
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	30
2	Dave Moore & Matt Price	17

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