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 |