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Merv rode this 10.2 mile event near Newport.  He managed 28:30 which was 33 secs quicker than his previous ride on this course. He also won 5th VOS. Merv is now off his medication following his illness but says he is still waiting for a return of form.

Also riding were a trio of 'Wheelers' Steve, Paul and Clive - time 24:56.

On a very cool morning with a rising NW wind Phil's 59:59 got him inside the hour by a whisker, whilst Merv clocked 1:07:37.

Another tricky day with a cool westerly wind making life difficult on the A414 section. The photo gallery illustrates contrasting cornering styles with Tony M showing how much it is possible to lean a bike without falling off!

Results

A slight breeze at Leighton Buzzard but Merv still managed 26:56.

A windy old evening but didn’t put off 7 riders.  Phil took the win by 7 seconds.  Brian sees a fair rise in his form from the last event.  Nick Cramer taking the battle of the road bike riders.

Results

1. Phil Young 23:43
2. Peter Walton 23:50

3. Brian Evans 24:46 Avg. Watts 229
4. Nick Cramer 25:21
5. Tony Marriott 26:10
6. Renato Davis 26:14  
7. Richard Clark 27:33

Phil took time out from his busy grandparenting schedule to ride this event (in Cornwall) in 59:49.

Despite the distraction of some large barges on the river, Barry did this 50 in 2:14:35 in his quest for SPOCO points, east of Chelmsford.

Merv rode in the Icknield RC 25 on the A1 at Tempsford. It was a favourable morning for once and he was able to record what he says was a 'reasonable' time, improving on his best this year by over two minutes. His time was 1:4:17 for second Vet. on Standard. Winner was Dave Kendall Finsbury Park, beating Sam Barker with a 51:31 to Barker's 52:05.

In good conditions, Phil recorded 22:22, whilst Steve got 26:05.

At last, a race where the wind wasn't the dominant factor!!  Lots of PB's including Peter with 2:03:43.

The Wheeler's Open 10 mile time-trial, which took place on 25th June, resulted in a dead-heat between Luke Clarke of Team Milton Keynes and Nik Bowdler of Team PedalRevolution.co.uk. Both finished in a time of 20:08. Third was Nino Piccoli, also of Team PedalRevolution.co.uk, who was just 2 seconds behind.

The full results are now available online .

A head wind on the return leg made it a bit of a stuggle. Brian Evans returned after his bout of Pneumonia and was happy with his time.  Nick was unlucky to puncture.

Results

1. Phil Young 22:38
2. Tony Marriott 24:32
3. Brian Evans 24:34 Avg. Watts 220
4. Nick Cramer DNF Puncture

On a warm and fairly quick (northwards) morning Peter lowered his 100 time to 4:30:01, this despite forgetting his crash helmet (amongst other things).

Barry's time of 23:52 was inside of 2 minutes of the winner and earned him joint seventh place and lots of SPOCO points.

As per usual the weather had a large say, although on this occasion it was wet and windy as opposed to just windy.  Nevertheless Peter was timed at 24:01 whilst SteveW got 24:40.

Conditions were very good this evening on the F20.  7 riders took part.  Once again the top 3 were close, 5 seconds splitting them. The road bike boys saw great improvements in the good conditions Nick and Tony finishing in the same time both posting above 25mph avg.

Results

1. Phil Young 22:17
2. Peter Walton 22:20
3. Barry Page 22:22
4. Nick Cramer/Tony Marriott 23:44
6. Renato Davis 24:59
7. Richard Clark 25:06

On a sunny, but (dare I say it again) windy afternoon 3 HWCC members took part in the VTTA National Championship 25 at Newmarket.  Phil (59:11), Peter (1:01:16) and Merv (1:06:43).

A reasonable evening on the F20.  8 riders took part.  Top 3 were close all on TT bikes Nick and Tony not far behind then on road bikes.

Results

1. Phil Young 23:18
2. Peter Walton 23:32
3. Barry Page 23:43
4. Nick Cramer 24:48
5. Tony Marriott 24:57
6. Renato Davis 26:37
7. Richard Clark 26:47
8. Ian Penson 28:21 

PhilY (1:02:37) retained the Garrett Cup with an impressive victory over PeterW (1:02:43) and BarryP (1:04:04).  In very trying (windy) conditions, the journey north caused many riders to have a slower than expected time although on the return many experienced speeds in excess of 30mph.  After adjustment, Barry took the handicap award (1:01:28) with Peter on (1:02:21) and Phil on (1:02:37).