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It's that time of year again. This could be really closely contested, if the right people come out to play. Steve, Paddy, Ed ??? I know Gary's out I'm bringing him.

This is a nice course to ride some lumps and corners and stuff all makes it interesting.

Should be no confusion over course this week I think we all know where it is.

See you tomorrow.

Unfortunately last nights 25 Champs had to be cancelled due to unforseen roadworks on the course I will now look at available dates and post proposals by the weekend
Brian TT Sec

Availiable
10th August Echelon/VTTA Midland K34/25
17th August Coventry CC K10/25P
These are both Open Events and require entry at least 13 Days in advance Internet entry is available & can be found at http://ctt.org.uk/Default.aspx?&gv514__ ... __gvfl3=10
My suggestion would be for 10th August as it is our local course
Brian

10th is best for me and I suspect a few others - the 17th clashes with the Belbroughton Audaxes...

10th suits me

10th OK for me

Hi All
As there are no objections to 10th August being our revised date for the Club Championship 25TT Please enter the Echelon/VTTA 25TT on K34/25 ASAP this is an Open Event and requires entry at least 13 days beforethe event date .The event can be found from the link in above post
Brian

Provisional results for Beacon riders which I scribbled down after the open 25 today (so someone ought to check official times when available)

Rhys Richards 1:05:16
Ed Moss 0:59:54
Steve Morton 1:15:58
Steve Bull 0:59:45
Elfyn Jones 1:06:35
Martin McGowan 1:03:28
Brian Botfield 1:08:33
Simon Packer 1:06:28
Gary Macintosh 1:01:07
Chris Hudson 1:01:21

Congratulations Steve Bull, the club 25 mile champion again.

Congratulations, Steve.

I see that everyone's times are well outside their PBs. Is is a hard course? Was it a hard day?

I don't know about that George, I set a PB by well over 2 minutes but it was only my 2nd 25mile TT & the first was on this course on a windy day in May.

There was a few factors that conspired to make it a slow day, in fact only 17 riders made it under the hour. As we know it is not a fast course it was also a breezy day with a lot of traffic on the road, and also not to forget that although it is our regular course the start had to be altered which was at the bottom of the hill instead of the top. Also our club 25 is only 24.5 miles long so i suggest that needs to be looked at.

martin mc wrote:I don't know about that George, I set a PB by well over 2 minutes but it was only my 2nd 25mile TT & the first was on this course on a windy day in May.

Well done on the PB Martin - great ride! btw you asked in passing about how old you had to be to be eligible to join the VTTA (after I was given a leaflet from one of the organisers) - apparently only 40! Anyone recommend joining this?

martin mc wrote:I don't know about that George, I set a PB by well over 2 minutes

Congratulations, Martin. It didn't cross my mind that you hadn't previously been faster, because I think of you as someone who's capable of going well inside the hour. 3.5 minutes down on Ed (who, when at his best and riding a fast course, can do a 52) is a good ride.

Well done Steve.

martin mc wrote:Provisional results for Beacon riders which I scribbled down after the open 25 today (so someone ought to check official times when available)

Rhys Richards 1:05:16
Ed Moss 0:59:54
Steve Morton 1:15:58
Steve Bull 0:59:45
Elfyn Jones 1:06:35
Martin McGowan 1:03:28
Brian Botfield 1:08:33
Simon Packer 1:06:28
Gary Macintosh 1:01:07
Chris Hudson 1:01:21

Congratulations Steve Bull, the club 25 mile champion again.

These times agree with the official results - email received today.

Congratulations, Steve and we'll done all. Close times.

Good turn out for an open event and congrats to Steve Bull. On the handicap front Gary M snatched vital points finishing 1 second ahead of his closest challenger after the handicap adj.

K34/25
Gary Macintosh 01:01:07 00:09:31 00:51:36 40
Martin McGowan 01:03:28 00:11:51 00:51:37 39
Ed Moss 00:59:54 00:06:06 00:53:48 38
Elfyn Jones 01:06:35 00:12:30 00:54:05 37
Rhys Richards 01:05:16 00:11:00 00:54:16 36
Steve Bull 00:59:45 00:04:44 00:55:01 35
Chris Hudson 01:01:21 00:05:42 00:55:39 34
Brian Botfield 01:08:33 00:12:24 00:56:09 33
Simon Packer 01:06:28 00:09:05 00:57:23 32
Steve Morton 01:15:58 00:18:31 00:57:27 31