With the original Club Championship 25 halted by a car on fire at the 22 mile point in June the club committee took the decision to put on an extra event: a re-run to decide the destination of the club’s overall and new handicap 25 mile Trophies – actually a characterful old silver trophy from the 1930’s named “Wrekin Cycling Club 25 Mile Championship” brought out of retirement for this new competition.

On a beautiful evening not dissimilar to conditions in the original event, Phil Roberts took the win in 57 minutes 52 seconds, 20 seconds ahead of Chris Halford. This won the pair the Silver and Bronze medals as they could not beat Oli Freeman’s 55:59 from June; who took the Fastest on Actual Trophy. Halford pushed out Ben Wood, who had finished runner-up in the original event in 59:31, with these four the only ones to beat the hour on the new ‘Duck’ 25, so named because it not only starts near The Ugly Duckling at Long Lane; but because of the course’s shape very approximately resembling a duck’s head.

The honour of being the first new name in about 90 years on the Handicap Trophy saw renewed interest in the competition, with Bethan Tomlinson taking that Trophy in an adjusted 51:28, 31 seconds ahead of Freeman, who had to be content with Silver. New club member Chris Staples took Bronze having only joined Wrekinsport part way through 2026 for a successful debut, stopping the watch on an adjusted 52:17, 28 seconds ahead of Vince Evans.

Result (on actual):

Pos’n	Name	Club	Cat	Machine	Time	No.
1	Phil Roberts	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	0:57:52	10
2	Chris Halford	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	0:58:12	2
3	George Coombes	Aerologic RT	S	RB	1:00:26	6
4	Adam Mumford	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	1:00:29	11
5	Tim Burn	Wrekinsport CC	S	RB	1:02:17	9
6	Chris Staples	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	1:02:47	8
7	Matt Price	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	1:03:45	4
8	Allan Henderson	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	1:06:44	3
9	Chris Dunn	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	1:09:32	1
10	Vince Evans	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	1:11:15	5
11	Bethan Tomlinson	Wrekinsport CC	F	RB	1:14:28	7

Relevant club member times from original abandoned event:

Pos’n	Name	Club	Cat	Machine	Time	No.
3	Oli Freeman	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	55:59	3
5	Ben Wood	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	59:31	8
7	Rich Smith	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	1:07:17	4

Actual Time 25 Championship

Pos’n	Name	Club	Time	Event
1	Oli Freeman	Wrekinsport CC	55:59	Original
2	Phil Roberts	Wrekinsport CC	57:52	Re-run
3	Chris Halford	Wrekinsport CC	58:12	Re-run
4	Ben Wood	Wrekinsport CC	59:31	Original
5	Adam Mumford	Wrekinsport CC	1:00:29	Re-run
6	Tim Burn	Wrekinsport CC	1:02:17	Re-run
7	Chris Staples	Wrekinsport CC	1:02:47	Re-run
8	Matt Price	Wrekinsport CC	1:03:45	Re-run
9	Allan Henderson	Wrekinsport CC	1:06:44	Re-run
10	Rich Smith	Wrekinsport CC	1:07:17	Original
11	Chris Dunn	Wrekinsport CC	1:09:32	Re-run
12	Vince Evans	Wrekinsport CC	1:11:15	Re-run
13	Bethan Tomlinson	Wrekinsport CC	1:14:28	Re-run

Wrekinsport Club 25 Championship (on handicap)

Pos’n	Name	Club	Time	Handicap	H/C Time	Event
1	Bethan Tomlinson	Wrekinsport CC	1:14:28	00:23:00	00:51:28	Rerun
2	Oli Freeman	Wrekinsport CC	55:59	00:04:00	00:51:59	Original
3	Chris Staples	Wrekinsport CC	1:02:47	00:10:30	00:52:17	Rerun
4	Vince Evans	Wrekinsport CC	1:11:15	00:18:30	00:52:45	Rerun
5	Phil Roberts	Wrekinsport CC	57:52	00:05:00	00:52:52	Rerun
6	Matt Price	Wrekinsport CC	1:03:45	00:10:30	00:53:15	Rerun
7	Tim Burn	Wrekinsport CC	1:02:17	00:08:00	00:54:17	Rerun
8	Adam Mumford	Wrekinsport CC	1:00:29	00:06:00	00:54:29	Rerun
9	Chris Halford	Wrekinsport CC	58:12	00:03:30	00:54:42	Rerun
10	Ben Wood	Wrekinsport CC	59:31	00:04:30	00:55:01	Original
11	Allan Henderson	Wrekinsport CC	1:06:44	00:11:30	00:55:14	Rerun
12	Chris Dunn	Wrekinsport CC	1:09:32	00:14:00	00:55:32	Rerun
13	Rich Smith	Wrekinsport CC	1:07:17	00:10:30	00:56:47	Original