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’n | Name | Club | Cat | Bike | Time | No. |
1 | Oli Freeman | Wrekinsport CC | S | TT | 23:01 | 1 |
2 | Ian Laverie | Wrekinsport CC | V | TT | 23:30 | 10 |
3 | Tom Oxley | Wolverhampton Wheelers CC | J | RB | 24:31 | 9 |
4 | Cameron Coley-Smith | Wrekinsport CC | S | TT | 24:41 | 11 |
5 | Matt Price | Wrekinsport CC | V | RB | 25:25 | 8 |
6 | Peter Jukes | Wrekinsport CC | V | RB | 26:04 | 3 |
7 | Allan Henderson | Wrekinsport CC | V | RB | 26:28 | 2 |
8 | Chris Marrs | Mid Shropshire Wheelers | V | TT | 27:44 | 4 |
9 | Franco Della Mura | Wrekinsport CC | V | TT | 27:57 | 7 |
10 | Vince Evans | Wrekinsport CC | V | TT | 28:16 | 6 |
11 | Paul Ducommun | Mid Shropshire Wheelers | V | RB | 28:44 | 5 |
Final Cumulative Standings after fourteen rounds
Solo – Overall
Pos’n | Name | Best 12 |
1 | Tomos Hales | 48 |
2 | Oli Freeman | 42 |
3 | Ben Wood | 38 |
4 | Hayley Wells | 31 |
5 | Chris Halford | 29 |
6 | Peter Jukes | 16 |
=7 | Phil Roberts | 15 |
=7 | Rich Smith | 15 |
=9 | Allan Henderson | 13 |
=9 | Cameron Coley-Smith | 13 |
=9 | Ian Laverie | 13 |
=9 | Matt Price | 13 |
Solo – Road Bikes
Pos’n | Name | Best 12 |
1 | Rich Smith | 61 |
2 | Peter Jukes | 49 |
3 | Allan Henderson | 47 |
4 | Matt Price | 42 |
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 |