Denso and Tern Cycles Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport No.13

It was a close call at the top of the standings in Round 13 of The Denso and Tern Cycles Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport as Oli Freeman was left cursing his luck after a dead stop at Shawbirch island due to passing traffic cost him the win – as Tomos Hales sealed the Evening 10 Series despite taking the opportunity to ride 2-Up. Taking the honours on the night was Chris Halford, making this his third win of the Series, this time in 22 minutes 26 seconds, pushing Freeman out by two seconds. Freeman got the better of his regular 2-Up partner Phil Roberts however, who had to settle for third spot in 22:44.

Conditions were not overly favourable, with a northerly breeze hampering riders down the A442 around the 9.1 mile circuit, and with 0.9 miles having to be repeated to make the distance into the wind, that made all the difference to an attempt to beat 20 minutes on this testing circuit by Dean Callister and Tomos Hales, something that has never been done before. They came close at 20:18, but were left rueing the tough conditions which hampered their attempt. Hales at least went home with the consolation of now being in an unassailable position with a 10 point lead with just six points available from the final round after the rider lying in second place, Ben Wood gained just two points for a fifth-placed finish in 24:05, behind Female winner Hayley Wells in 23:29.

In the Road Bike Series overall plaudits went to Sitwell CC’s Tim Burn, tying with Wood for fifth in 24:05, with maximum points going to Road Bike Series winner Rich Smith. No further medals were sealed on the night, leaving all the solo Silver and Bronze awards going down to the wire in the final round. However with club Chairman Dave Moore already assured of 2-Up Silver he also made a cheeky play for 2-Up Bronze as well with a different partner, Dave Seager, finishing in 25:45.        

Denso and Tern Cycles Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport No.13

Pos’n	Name	Club	Cat	Bike	Time	No.
1	Chris Halford	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	22:26	6
2	Oli Freeman	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	22:28	12
3	Phil Roberts	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	22:44	11
4	Hayley Wells	Wrekinsport CC	F	TT	23:29	4
5	Ben Wood	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	24:05	19
5	Tim Burn	Sitwell CC	S	RB	24:05	21
7	Alex Hall	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	24:43	10
8	Rich Smith	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	25:27	9
9	Darren Craig	Unattached	S	RB	25:47	8
10	Chris Dunn	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	26:25	16
11	Allan Henderson	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	26:26	1
12	Peter Jukes	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	26:27	13
13	Paul Coupe	Unattached	V	RB	26:37	14
14	Paul O’Brien	Unattached	V	RB	26:46	20
15	Ashley Kirkham	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	26:54	7
16	Warren Nuttall	Unattached	V	RB	27:15	5
.	Clive Middleton	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	DNS-P	15

Denso and Tern Cycles 2-Up Series by Wrekinsport No.13

Pos’n	Name	Club	Cat	Bike	Time	No.
1	Tomos Hales & Dean Callister	Wrekinsport CC & Aerologic RT	S/S	TT/TT	20:18	2&3
2	Dave Moore & Dave Seager	Wrekinsport CC	V/V	RB/RB	25:45	17&18

Cumulative Standings after thirteen rounds

Solo – Overall

Pos’n	Name	Best 12
1	Tomos Hales	48
2	Ben Wood	38
3	Oli Freeman	36
4	Hayley Wells	31
5	Chris Halford	29
=6	Phil Roberts	15
=6	Rich Smith	15
8	Peter Jukes	14
=9	Allan Henderson	12
=9	Paul Edwards	12

Solo – Road Bikes

Pos’n	Name	Best 12
1	Rich Smith	61
2	Peter Jukes	44
3	Allan Henderson	43
4	Matt Price	36
5	David Seager	24
6	Chris Halford	12
=7	Chris Dunn	5
=7	Sarah Bradshaw	5
9	Dave Moore	3

Solo – Women

Pos’n	Name	Best 12
1	Hayley Wells	54
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
3	Dave Moore & Dave Seager	6