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

Posted on 21/05/2025 by Dave Fletcher

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

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

Posted on 14/05/2025 by Dave Fletcher

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

Denso and Tern Cycles Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport No.4

Posted on 07/05/2025 by Dave Fletcher

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

Denso and Tern Cycles Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport No.3

Posted on 23/04/2025 by Dave Fletcher

Tomos Hales and Hayley Wells continued their dominance at the head of the Denso and Tern Cycles Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport in Round 3, held on an overcast and chilly evening with just the lightest of northerly winds for riders to contend with. Hales took his third win in a row to make it a maximum 18 points under his belt with a fine effort of 21 minutes 34 seconds, well over a minute ahead of the chasing field with Chris Halford taking runner-up spot in 22:40 and Oli Freeman a further eight seconds back.

Hales now has a commanding 9 point advantage over Wells in the Overall standings, but once again Wells was unbeatable in the Women’s competition, opening up an eight point lead with a fine 23:44 for 5^th place overall among an 18-strong field.

In the Road Bike Series it’s much closer with Rich Smith taking over the lead by a solitary point from Peter Jukes after finishing best placed of the Wrekinsport riders in 25:34. But even he couldn’t get close to visiting riders Ben Bramford-Hale of Newport Shropshire CC and Jack Ward of Sharrow CC split by a second, with 14 year old Bramford-Hale taking the plaudits in 24:30 for 7^th spot overall.

Denso and Tern Cycles Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport No.3

Solo

Pos’n	Name	Club	Cat	Bike	Time	No.
1	Tomos Hales	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	21:34	4
2	Chris Halford	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	22:40	11
3	Oli Freeman	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	22:48	7
4	Phil Roberts	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	23:11	18
5	Hayley Wells	Wrekinsport CC	F	TT	23:44	3
6	Ian Laverie	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	24:15	14
7	Ben Bramford-Hale	Newport Shropshire CC	J	RB	24:30	8
8	Jack Ward	Sharrow CC	S	RB	24:31	13
9	Clive Middleton	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	24:33	19
10	Cameron Coley-Smith	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	24:38	17
11	Rich Smith	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	25:34	9
12	Matt Price	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	25:47	16
13	Peter Jukes	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	25:51	10
14	Dave Moore	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	26:01	5
15	Allan Henderson	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	26:36	1
16	David Seager	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	26:47	15
17	Vic Doran	Wrekinsport CC	FV	TT	32:15	2
.	Elliott Wills	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	DNF-P	6

Denso and Tern Cycles 2-Up Series by Wrekinsport No.3

No entrants

Tandem

Pos’n	Name	Club	Cat	Bike	Time	No.
1	Anthony Nicholls & Stuart Richards	Unattached	V/V	TAN	27:21	12

Cumulative Standings after three rounds

Solo – Overall

Pos’n	Name	Total Points
1	Tomos Hales	18
=2	Hayley Wells	9
=2	Oli Freeman	9
4	Phil Roberts	7
5	Cameron Coley-Smith	6
=6	Ben Wood	5
=6	Chris Halford	5
8	Peter Jukes	4
=9	Allan Henderson	3
=9	Rich Smith	3

Solo – Road Bikes

Pos’n	Name	Total Points
1	Rich Smith	16
2	Peter Jukes	15
=3	Allan Henderson	10
=3	Matt Price	10
5	David Seager	2

Solo – Women

Pos’n	Name	Total Points
1	Hayley Wells	18
2	Victoria Doran	10

2-Up – Overall

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

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

Posted on 16/04/2025 by Dave Fletcher

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

No entrants

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

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

Posted on 16/04/2025 by Dave Fletcher

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