2018 WECC Riders in Open Time Trials

2018 WECC RIDERS IN OPEN TIME TRIALS

Brighton Mitre CC 25

G25/93

Sunday 21 October 2018

Rider	Time	Pos	+/- VTTA Std

Neil Crowther	1:01:38	21	+5:25

Neil's comments from this end of season event : "No legs. Tired after 5 miles. No power at all."

Lewes Wanderers CC Grand Prix des Gentlemen

GS/838A

Sunday 7 Sept 2018

Riders	+/- CTT Tgt	Pos	Time	Pos

Dominic Maxwell & Paul Townsley	+ 9:17	4	43:16	11
Trevor Leeding & Allan Orman	+ 8:33	5	45:10	14
Nik Allen & John McGrath	+ 8:03	6	39:23	2
Simon Steeles & Rick Hughes	+ 3:00	15	44:26	12

This is a two-up team trial with a difference. The team is made up of one veteran and one other rider, riding in time trial team formation. The veteran is paced round the course by his/her partner and must remain as second rider throughout, only permitted to overtake for the last 200 yards. Two veterans may form a team but one must be the pacer and one the nominated veteran. This is a team handicap event and results are based on the age and gender of the paced rider using CTT standard target times.

Well done to our pairs for placing so highly, and also to Nik & John for recording the second fastest time on scratch.

Southdown Velo Goodwood Hilly Classic

P311

Sunday 7 Sept 2018

Rider	Time	Pos

Neil Crowther	DNS

SCA Championship Hill Climb

GH/92

Saturday 29 Sept 2018

Rider

Time

Pos

+/-
CTT Tgt

Pos

+/-
VTTA Std

Pos

Nik Allen

4:59.3

+ 0:16.7

John McGrath

5:04.8

+ 0:30.2

+ 0:18.2

Trevor Leeding

6:01.5

- 0:33.5

- 0:41.5

Rick Hughes

6:16.5

- 0:40.5

- 0:52.5

Another set of fine performances by WECC riders as they retain the team title for the third year running.

Southdown Velo 25 (& Clonmore)

P901/25

Sunday 16 Sept 2018

Rider	Time	Pos	+/- VTTA Std	Pos

Nik Allen	55:04	5	+12:22	6
John McGrath	57:45	12	+11:20	10
Neil Crowther	58:49	16	+8:14	19
Trevor Leeding	59:06	17	+9:20	15
Rick Hughes	1:02:20	26	+6:45	25
Paul Townsley	1:06:47	33	+6:50	24
Colin Barton	DNS

This event was postponed from a few weeks ago and rides in in also counted towards the annual Clonmore inter-club Trophy.

The times for our first five riders plus that of Nathan Gale (1:06:45 in the supplementary 'non-Open ride produced a winning aggregate time of 5:59:49 as we finished ahead of second placed Hampshire Road Club (6:02:13). Southdown Velo had only 5 qualifying riders, and Bognor Regis managed just 3.

Gary Chambers (Nopinz) broke Michael Hutchinson's course record with a remarkable 49:38.

Paceline RT 10

P881R/10

Saturday 15 Sept 2018

Rider		Time

Colin Barton		n/a
Neil Crowther		n/a
Mike O'Gorman		n/a

A disappointing afternoon out for our three riders.

Event promoters report:

“Had to cancel the event. A broken down vehicle on the return leg north of the Ham Barn roundabout got hit by a passing van. Police in attendance, lane coned off, vehicles not recovered in time to enable the event to be run.”

Utag 10

P881R/10

Saturday 8 Sept 2018

Rider	Time	Pos	+/- VTTA Std	Pos

Nolan Heather	21:35	71	+4:34	72
Colin Barton	22:15	89	+5:05	59
Neil Crowther	DNS

Well done to Nolan as he records his fastest 10 for many years and thereby boosts his LTS rating.

SCCU 25

G25/51

Sunday 2 Sept 2018

Rider	Time	Pos	+/- VTTA Std	Pos

Nolan Heather	1:02:13	16	+4:13

This was the first time that the new G25/51 was used. The weather conditions could not have been better but it was clear from the overall times that, as expected, this will not be a fast course. The winning time was a comparatively modest 57:52. With only eight riders going under the hour Nolan's 1:02:13 was a respectable one.

Charlotteville CC 10

H10/8

Saturday 1 September 2018

Rider	Time	Pos	+/- VTTA Std	Pos

Nolan Heather	22:41	19	+3:28	20

Icknield Road Club Charity 10

F11/10

Saturday 1 September 2018

Rider	Time	Pos

Neil Crowther	DQ

A frustrating long trip to Hertfordshire for Neil as he looked to improve his PB. He did indeed ride fast enough but unfortunately, like a number of the other competitors, having completed his ride he did not follow the course instructions from the official start sheet. So a disqualification ensued.

SCA Sporting 10

G10/45

Saturday 25 August 2018

Rider	Time	Pos	+/- VTTA Std

Neil Crowther	24:36	10	+1:47

In Neil's words:

I had no idea what to expect for my first TT for four weeks and had never ridden the SCA Sporting course - though I knew it was slow and lumpy. Nothing prepared me for the awfulness of the road surfaces - it made Ashhurst look smooth - and I made sure to set off steady whilst hanging on for grim life for the most part. On a blustery day I ended up with a pleasing 24.36 which placed me 10th overall and I was surprised my power hasn't dipped for a lack of racing. Sunday's SDV 25 was cancelled though so only one race this weekend.

Hoping to get on some fast courses with good conditions for last few weeks of the season and see if I can nudge a late season PB.

North Hampshire Road Club 25

H25/8

Saturday 11 August 2018

Rider	Time	Pos	+/- VTTA Std	Pos

Nolan Heather	57:44	26	+8:42
Colin Barton	1:00:05	38	+9:29
Neil Crowther	DNS

In Nolan's words:

Windy and wet at times ☔️☔️😮😨 Poor mechanics as rear wheel rubbing on rear brake 😡😡😡😡what a 🛎 end. That will learn me messing with it 🙄

...a3crg 10

P883/10

Tuesday 7 August 2018

Rider	Time	Pos

Nik Allen	DNS

RTTC National 25 Championships

P884C/25

Sunday 5 August 2018

Rider	Time	Pos	+/- VTTA Std	Pos

Nik Allen	52:23	69	+15:03

As Rick Hughes very nicely put it:

Huge congratulationss to our very own Nik Allen at the National 25 this morning. You know the quality of the field when everyone went under the hour and a 52:23 only gets you 69th position.

Superb ride Sir; proper mixing it with the elites today.

Nik's take on things:

Awake before dawn, off to my first national event, safe to say a i had a few 🦋🦋 in my stomach.
The fog as I started to drive and didn’t look too promising at all. Roads were clear though and arrived with plenty of preparation time. Signed in, numbers collected and kit on.

Warm up went well and felt good after ‘heavy legs’ all week from that brutal SCA 30 last weekend.
Started well with the wind assistance and made good time to the turn, was suprised by wind strength at the turn though and realised it was going to be a hard return leg. Went well though, each ramp sapping a little more strength and happy to make top of course for turn home. Last 3 miles I lumbered into top gear and held it as long as possible, last 1/4 mile took its toll and i was very pleased to cross the line finally.
Placing 69th from 108 finishers in a time of 52.23 was a pleasing result for 1st attempt, bring on next year.

Great pleasure to represent the club in this national event and hope I get some more opportunities to do so.
GO WECC.

Epsom CC 10

H10/8

Saturday 4 August 2018

Rider	Time	Pos	+/- VTTA Std

Nolan Heather	22:14	18	+3:55

It was a windy day on the course, so this was a good time and placing by Nolan.

...a3crg 10

P883/10

Tuesday 31 July 2018

Rider	Time	Pos	+/- VTTA Std	Pos

Neil Crowther	21:51	47	+4:32	39
Colin Barton	22:34	57	+4:46	35

Sussex CA Championship 30 (incl WECC 30)

G30/91

Sunday 29 July 2018

Rider

Time

Pos

+/-
CTT Tgt

Pos

+/-
VTTA Std

Pos

Nik Allen

1:08:03

+10:54

+13:20

Gavin Ash

1:10:02

Neil Crowther

1:13:36

+4:12

+7:18

Trevor Leeding

1:14:31

+7:22

+8:05

Martin Booker

1:14:39

+6:03

+7:27

Nolan Heather

DNS

A big change in the conditions as the long heatwave finally gave way to lashing rain and strong winds. 17 of the 45 entrants opted not to start - but WECC riders are clearly made of sterner stuff as all bar one opted to ride.

Given the adverse weather Nik did extremely well to beat his last seasons time by almost a minute and a half (a PB), finishing a superb 3rd on scratch. Gavin's first effort at a 30 produced a fine 1:10:02 and seventh place.

Neil, Trevor and Martin clustered together on the results list, all with very good times in the circumstances.

YET ANOTHER NEW CLUB RECORD !!!

The aggregate times of Nik, Gavin and Neil (3:31:41) set a new club team record beating the 3:33:09 set by Richard Shipton, Paul Toppin and Colin Miller back in 1992.

...a3crg 10

P881R/10

Wednesday 25 July 2018

Rider	Time	Pos	+/- VTTA Std	Pos

Nik Allen	20:07	20	+6:25	18

Report from Nik:
Long hot journey down to event but great conditions were possible if weather report was accurate.
Sure enough a light SW wind was present for a race around the P881R course.
A uber strong field was present as usual with PB’s on the agenda.
With a downhill start i set off to hold a little back for the uphill return, a little too much it turned out as i couldn’t regain the deficit.
Finished very strong but the early pacing had left too much to do.
A good ride but not the PB improvement i was hoping for.
Never mind there's always tomorrow.

Southdown Velo 50

P901/50

Sunday 22 July 2018

Rider	Time	Pos	+/- VTTA Std	Pos

Trevor Leeding	1:56:27	5	+24:27	6
Martin Booker	2:01:37	15	+18:23	15

A fine performance by Trevor saw him placed 5th on scratch. Highly impressive. It moved him up the leaderboard for the fastest 50 of the season and brought him agonisingly close to the top of the Vets BAR leaderboard.

Martin was chuffed with a course PB.

WECC Vets BAR (John Antram Trophy)

WECC FASTEST 50 (Richard Shipton Trophy)

Hampshire Road Club 10

P881/10

Saturday 21 July 2018

Rider	Time	Pos	+/- VTTA Std	Pos

Neil Crowther	21:20	43	+5:03
Colin Barton	21:31	47	+5:49

It turned out to be well worth travelling to the A3 for the rescheduled Saturday evening event. It was due to have been run in May but torrential rain and standing water caused the postponement. This time the weather was hot and still - couldn't be better.

Colin recorded a massive PB (his first 21:xx), and Neil gained his second PB in a week.

Addiscombe CC 10

G10/42

Saturday 21 July 2018

Rider	Time	Pos	+/- VTTA Std	Pos

Nolan Heather	22:38	15	+3:31	8

This was an excellent time by Nolan on this rolling course. His time was a personal best for the course, beating his previous best by 56 seconds.

Brighton Excelsior CC 25

G25/93

Sunday 15 July 2018

Rider	Time	Pos	+/- VTTA Std	Pos

Martin Booker	59:10	18	+8:52

A fine ride. Martin was hugely delighted to have finally managed a sub hour ride on this challenging (semi-SPOCO) 25 course.

Hounslow & District CC 25

H25/8

Sunday 15 July 2018

Rider	Time	Pos	+/- VTTA Std	Pos

Gavin Ash	52:45	4
Nolan Heather	57:10	24	+9:16	24
Neil Crowther	DNS

Great performances here. In his first ever 25 and on a road bike Gavin records an awesome time and finishes fourth on scratch. Despite not feeling too good Nolan still notches his fastest 25 of the season.

...a3crg 10

P881/10

Wednesday 11 July 2018

Rider	Time	Pos	+/- VTTA Std	Pos

Gavin Ash	20:55	17
Neil Crowther	22:22	39	+4:01	31

Observation by Gavin:
Terrible ride, no power data or cadence and helmet slipping down my face. Hated every minute.

Epsom CC 25

H25/88

Sunday 8 July 2018

Rider	Time	Pos	+/- VTTA Std	Pos

Spencer Kirkham	58:42	13	+9:32
Trevor Leeding	59:19	17	+9:07
Martin Booker	1:00:14	19	+7:48
Rick Hughes	1:02:16	13	+6:49

A rare variant of the H25/8 course - with the nasty Chawton stretch added in. Definitely not nice. Well done to Spencer who wins £20 as first placed rider in the 50-59 category.

Crawley CC 10

G10/97

Saturday 7 July 2018

Rider	Time	Pos	+/- VTTA Std	Pos

Nolan Heather	22:07	11	+4:02	16
Gavin Ash