Dave Fletcher – Page 3 – Wrekinsport Cycling Club

Conditions were tough in Round 2 of the Denso and Tern Cycles Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport as a strong and chilly south-westerly wind made things difficult for riders. That wind made no difference to was the winner was – just his time, as Tomos Hales stopped the watch on 22 minutes exactly, 21 seconds down on his Round 1 effort. Hales did note however that he finished strongly, with the tailwind bowling riders along the mile straight of the Shawbirch – Cotwall Bank circuit.

The strength of Hales’ ride was shown by him being over two minutes clear of anyone else, with a close battle for runner-up spot between Ben Wood, crossing the line in 24:02, and Newport Shropshire CC’s George Coombes, just three seconds back and first Road Bike across the line. This week Peter Jukes got the better of Rich Smith thanks to Matt Price splitting the pair, as Jukes rose to the top of the Road Bike standings thanks to his 26:09 effort.

In the Women’s Series just one female was in competition – Hayley Wells, and despite declaring her 24:44 as ‘Rubbish’ post-race due to being 57 seconds down on her Round 1 time that belied the strength of her performance in character-building conditions as she finished 4^th overall from a 15 rider field.

Hales has recently joined Telford Athletic Club, and as part of his signing conditions he persuaded three of that club’s runners to have a go. Fastest was Jordan Stamp in a very creditable 27:53.

Denso and Tern Cycles Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport No.2

Solo

Pos’n	Name	Club	Cat	Bike	Time
1	Tomos Hales	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	22:00
2	Ben Wood	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	24:02
3	George Coombes	Newport Shropshire CC	S	RB	24:05
4	Hayley Wells	Wrekinsport CC	F	TT	24:44
5	Cameron Coley-Smith	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	25:20
6	Peter Jukes	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	26:09
7	Matt Price	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	26:40
8	Rich Smith	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	26:57
9	Allan Henderson	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	27:26
10	Dave Moore	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	27:35
11	Ashley Kirkham	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	27:47
12	Jordan Stamp	Unattached	S	RB	27:53
13	Chris Marrs	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	V	TT	28:13
14	Dean Gapper	Unattached	V	RB	29:23
15	Paul O’Brien	Unattached	V	RB	30:13

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

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Cumulative Standings after two rounds

Solo – Overall

Pos’n	Name	Total Points
1	Tomos Hales	12
2	Hayley Wells	7
=3	Ben Wood	5
=3	Cameron Coley-Smith	5
=3	Oli Freeman	5

Solo – Road Bikes

Pos’n	Name	Total Points
1	Peter Jukes	11
2	Rich Smith	10
3	Allan Henderson	7
4	Matt Price	5

Solo – Women

Pos’n	Name	Total Points
1	Hayley Wells	12
2	Victoria Doran	5

2-Up – Overall

Pos’n	Name	Total Points
1	Dave Moore & Matt Price	6

A rare ‘float’ evening saw the newly renamed Denso and Tern Cycles Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport off to a great start, with fast times all round, some keen competition in the Road Bike category, and a brand new season-long 2-Up competition added taking place at the same time. Back on the traditional Shawbirch – Cotwall Bank circuit after the opening of Crudgington roundabout, Tomos Hales set out a solid defence of his Series Championship with a superb effort of 21 minutes 39 seconds, with nearest challenger Jonathan Mills-Keeling of Aerologic RT 32 seconds back.

Hales opened up a lead of a solitary point by beating 2024’s silver medallist Oli Freeman, who stopped the watch on 22:34 in his first effort on the course after joining the club last year. Hales wasn’t the only rider looking to hold onto a Championship as Hayley Wells opened up her defence of the Women’s Series with a superb 23:47.

The Road Bike Series opened in some style with a solitary second splitting Rich Smith from Peter Jukes, with Smith making his first ever appearance in this contest stopping the watch on 25:48, and with visiting Scottish rider Hamish MacLean of Mussellborough RCC taking the Overall win in 24:13.

The change to facilitate the Denso and Tern Cycles 2-Up Series has been an adjustment to the points, with both formats available in almost all Wrekinsport 10 mile club events (but with the exception of the County level 2-Up week where a different handicap trophy is in play to Wrekinsport pairs, and SCCA County-level points are also at stake). Rider’s best 12 scores will count towards the destination of trophies in the solo Series, whereas the best 5 scores will count towards the new 2-Up Series. Dave Moore and Matt Price made the initial running, registering a time of 26:57.

Denso and Tern Cycles Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport No.1

Solo

Pos’n	Name	Club	Cat	Bike	Time
1	Tomos Hales	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	21:39
2	Jonathan Mills-Keeling	Aerologic RT	V	TT	22:11
3	Oli Freeman	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	22:34
4	Phil Roberts	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	23:07
5	Jack Gormley	RAF CA	S	TT	23:23
6	Hayley Wells	Wrekinsport CC	F	TT	23:47
7	Hamish MacLean	Mussellborough RCC	V	RB	24:13
8	Cameron Coley-Smith	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	24:39
9	James Elgar	Paramount CRT	V	TT	24:54
10	Rich Smith	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	25:48
11	Peter Jukes	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	25:49
12	Simon Thursz	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	26:38
13	Allan Henderson	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	26:44
14	Elliott Wills	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	28:22
15	Steve Elcocks	Revolutions Racing	V	RB	29:56
16	Victoria Doran	Wrekinsport CC	FV	TT	31:52
17	Jane Godfrey	Unattached	FV	RB	33:24

Tandem

Pos’n	Name	Club	Cat	Bike	Time
1	Anthony Nicholls & Stuart Richards	Unattached	V/V	TAN	27:19

Denso and Tern Cycles 2-Up Series by Wrekinsport No.1

Pos’n	Name	Club	Cat	Bike	Time
1	Dave Moore & Matt Price	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB/RB	26:57