2020 WECC RIDERS IN OPEN TIME TRIALS

…a3crg Glorious Goodwood (Road Bikes)
5 Laps : 11.8 miles
P917
Sunday 6 Sept 2020

Rider

Time

 

Pos

Paul Townsley

31:04

23

 
Utag RT 10
P881/10
Saturday 5 Sept 2020

Rider

Time

 

Pos

+/-
VTTA Std

 

Pos

Nik Allen

20:28

57

+6:17

 

Nolan Heather

21:45

99

+4:37

 

Colin Barton

DNS(A)

 

A heavily subscribed event due to the fast course, and which attracts all the quick riders from far and wide.
​The qualifying entry time is fast indeed. The first 102 riders all finished inside 21:59.

Nik and Nolan secured their fastest 10s of a very brief season. 
​SCA CHAMPIONSHIP/SPORTING 25
​(incorporating WECC SPOCO event)
G25/49
Monday 31 August 2020

Rider

Time

 

Pos

+/-
CTT Tgt

 

Pos

+/-
VTTA Std

Nik Allen

58:08

13

+8:37

8

+9:43

 

Another fine performance by Nik and he secures the SCA Vets Short Distance BAR (10-25-30) title for 2020.
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SCA VETS SHORT BAR - FINAL TABLE
​SCA CHAMPIONSHIP/SPORTING 10
​(incorporating WECC SPOCO event)
G10/45
Saturday 29 August 2020

Rider

Time

 

Pos

+/-
CTT Tgt

 

Pos

+/-
VTTA Std

Nik Allen

23:00

12

+3:42

7

+3:45

Nolan Heather

25:11

31

+0:34

22

+1:11

Ian Newbold

27:53

47

-1:34

33

-1:17

 



​TT Bike event

Rider

Time

 

Pos

+/-
CTT Tgt

 

Pos

+/-
VTTA Std

Paul Townsley

28:13

29

+3:09

3

+0:56

Kelvin Newman

DNS(A)

 


​Road Bike event
Southdown Velo 25.
P901/25
Sunday 23 August 2020

Rider

Time

 

Pos

+/-
VTTA Std

Nik Allen

55:00

24

+12:51

Nolan Heather

59:27

45

+7:25

Spencer Kirkham

1:00:03

47

+8:35

Colin Toppin

1:01:46

61

+5:42

Rick Hughes

1:03:59

72

+5:31

Paul Townsley

1:06:05

80

+8:05

Trevor Leeding

1:10:29

90

-1:38

Simon Steeles

DNS(A)

 

An interesting day for a couple of our riders. Nolan did well to go inside the hour despite taking a wrong turn at the roundabout at the end of Stane Street. Meanwhile Trevor imagined that he was on the P901/50 course and so did an extra loop of the Stane Street lap, thus adding an extra three miles or so to his ride.
Bec CC 25
G25/93
Sunday 16 August 2020

Rider

Time

 

Pos

+/-
VTTA Std

Nik Allen

55:13

16

+12:38

Nolan Heather

58:34

34

+8:18

Spencer Kirkham

59:47

42

+8:51

Simon Steeles

1:00:28

47

+7:23

Colin Toppin

1:01:14

51

+6:14

Trevor Leeding

1:02:16

56

+6:35

Rick Hughes

1:04:18

64

+5:12

Paul Townsley

1:07:04

68

+7:06

Ian Newbold

DNS

 

A bumper entry as the season finally kicks into action. All eight riders are also scheduled to start next week's Southdown Velo 25 on P901/25.
Medway Velo 10
Q10/1
Saturday 8 August 2020

Rider

Time

 

Pos

+/-
VTTA Std

 

Pos

Nik Allen

21:08

19

+5:37

9

 

Race report from Nik:

On the right day this would be a very nice course (Q10/1).  A very slight rolling climb to turn and then reverse to the finish with a slightly dodgy tight, speed draining left turn with half mile to go.
This point was proved by winner, Chris Fennel in 18:11. Only 93 seconds ahead of 2nd place!!!!!!!
Anyway I made no use of this, as the 10 mph headwind seemed to drain my strength leaving very little to make use of better return leg.
And as for the last half mile after turn.......  I think that I was being sucked back into the vacuum being left by Chris Fennell....
The search for race legs continues. 
​SCA CHAMPIONSHIP 50
​(incorporating WECC Championship event)
G50/10
Sunday 2 August 2020

Rider

Time

 

Pos

+/-
CTT Tgt

 

Pos

+/-
VTTA Std

 

Pos

Rick Hughes

2:14:37

43

+6:58

26

+7:50

28

Trevor Leeding

DNF

 

A bolt failure on his aero bars put paid to Trevor's race this season. So Rick becomes club champion and moves into pole position for the Richard Shipton Trophy (fastest 50 of the season by a WECC rider).
South Eastern Road Club 10
G10/42
Saturday 1 August 2020

Rider

Time

 

Pos

+/-
VTTA Std

Nik Allen

21:59

17

+4:46

Ian Newbold

26:09

59

+0:27

 

TT Bike event

Paul Townsley

27:15

11

+1:54

 
Road bike event
​​​SCA CHAMPIONSHIP 30
​(incorporating WECC Championship event)
G30/91
Sunday 26 July 2020

Rider

Time

 

Pos

+/-
CTT Tgt

 

Pos

+/-
VTTA Std

 

Pos

Nik Allen

1:08:51

9

+8:51

7

+12:59

7

Nolan Heather

1:13:38

15

+3:37

23

+7:00

16

Trevor Leeding

1:16:25

23

+6:41

17

+6:37

17

 

Addiscombe CC
G10/42
Saturday 25 July 2020

Rider

Time

 

Pos

+/-
VTTA Std

Ian Newbold

26:20

1

+0:16

Colin Barton

DNS

 

Ride report from Ian : I'm sorry to say that today was a mare! Torrential rain and headwind on the outward section combined with a poor ride made for one of my worst TT times.
SCA Hard Riders
​(incorporating WECC SPOCO event)
GS/195
(shortened)
Sunday 1st March 2020

Rider

Time

 

Pos

Comp

John McGrath

58:45

7

TT Bike

Nik Allen

58:47

8

TT Bike

Simon Steeles

1:05:41

24

TT Bike

Ian Cheesman

1:07:04

27

Road Bike

Colin Toppin

1:07:52

29

Road Bike

Rick Hughes

1:08:55

30

TT Bike

Dominic Maxwell

DNS

Road Bike

 

The SCA/WECC Hilly/Hardriders event is always a little bit of a lottery with the weather. last year saw all three WECC riders DNS due to extremely windy and potentially dangerous conditions. Whilst the 2020 event seemed to have escaped the clutches of Storm Jorge, there was still sufficient surface water to mean that the course had to be shortened to 22.80 miles due to a road closure near the end of the course. Whilst winds were still gusting up to 25 mph there were seven entrants from WECC which may be the biggest club field in his event in recent history.

Our riders made their own decisions as to their equipment choice and with John McGrath and Simon Steeles citing riding their TT rigs as "scary" those opting for road bikes may have chosen wisely! It was a difficult ride with a cornucopia of pot-holes and puddles to be avoided and quite breezy at some points. Worthing put in a good and solid performance and if nothing else it would be a good race training ride.

It should be noted that Rick had to deal with a shipped chain which impacted his time but John won his age category and came 3rd on VTTA Standard, as well as taking club honours, just 2 seconds ahead of Nik. Had Dom not been suffering from a cold WECC would have won the road bike category by default.

A good start to the 2020 season with some early points for our riders in the SPOCO competition.​