A tough evening saw the final medals decided in the Denso and Tern Cycles Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport as the 14th round saw riders having to cope with a stiff westerly wind that made things difficult on the hardest part of the course – the climb of Cotwall Bank. Times were well down on usual, evidenced by the winning time of 23 minutes 1 second recorded by Oli Freeman, which saw him move into the overall Silver medal position at the last gap, overtaking Ben Wood. Freeman’s nearest competition came from a great effort by Ian Laverie, finishing in 23:30.

All interest was on the Road Bike competition, which has been keenly fought this season. Won overall by Wolverhampton Wheelers CC Junior Tom Oxley in 24:31, good enough for 3rd overall; It was a straight head-to-head between Peter Jukes and Allan Henderson, with Jukes edging out Henderson by 24 seconds in 26:04 to win Silver outright by just two points, whereas a reversal would have seen them share that medal. However that didn’t stop Matt Price taking the Road Bike honours among the Wrekinsport contingent on the night in 25:25, missing out on a medal by five points.

With no females in competition on an evening attracting a modest 11 riders the Silver medal went to Victoria Doran whilst Bronze was taken by Karen Sherriff. Meanwhile in the inaugural 2-Up competition Dave Moore made it a brace. After riding most of the season with Price he rode a final event with a different partner, Dave Seager to win both Silver and Bronze.

Denso and Tern Cycles Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport No.14

Pos’nNameClubCatBikeTimeNo.
1Oli FreemanWrekinsport CCSTT23:011
2Ian LaverieWrekinsport CCVTT23:3010
3Tom OxleyWolverhampton Wheelers CCJRB24:319
4Cameron Coley-SmithWrekinsport CCSTT24:4111
5Matt PriceWrekinsport CCVRB25:258
6Peter JukesWrekinsport CCVRB26:043
7Allan HendersonWrekinsport CCVRB26:282
8Chris MarrsMid Shropshire WheelersVTT27:444
9Franco Della MuraWrekinsport CCVTT27:577
10Vince EvansWrekinsport CCVTT28:166
11Paul DucommunMid Shropshire WheelersVRB28:445

Final Cumulative Standings after fourteen rounds

Solo – Overall

Pos’nNameBest 12
1Tomos Hales48
2Oli Freeman42
3Ben Wood38
4Hayley Wells31
5Chris Halford29
6Peter Jukes16
=7Phil Roberts15
=7Rich Smith15
=9Allan Henderson13
=9Cameron Coley-Smith13
=9Ian Laverie13
=9Matt Price13

Solo – Road Bikes

Pos’nNameBest 12
1Rich Smith61
2Peter Jukes49
3Allan Henderson47
4Matt Price42
5David Seager24
6Chris Halford12
=7Chris Dunn5
=7Sarah Bradshaw5
9Dave Moore3

Solo – Women

Pos’nNameBest 12
1Hayley Wells54
2Victoria Doran20
3Karen Sherriff16
4Sarah Bradshaw8
5Emma Horne5

2-Up – Overall

Pos’nNameTop 5
1Oli Freeman & Phil Roberts30
2Dave Moore & Matt Price23
3Dave Moore & Dave Seager6

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