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2021 WECC RIDERS IN OPEN TIME TRIALS

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SCA HARD RIDERS (TT Bikes)
​(incorporating WECC SPOCO event)
GS/194
Sunday 17 Oct 2021

Rider

Time

 

Pos

Ian Cheesman

1:07:24

7

 

Well done to Cheesy for completing the full set of SPOCO events for the season.
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​SCA CHAMPIONSHIP HILL CLIMB
​(incorporating WECC Championship event)
G15/92
Saturday 2 Oct 2021

Rider

Time

 

Pos

+/-
CTT Tgt

 

Pos

+/-
VTTA Std

John McGrath

5:15.3

24

+ 0:26.7

 

+ 0:11.7

Ian Cheesman

5:53.1

38

- 0:25.1

 

- 0:32.1

Kelvin Newman

DNS

 

​Dreadful weather with lashing rain and wind.

John McGrath regains the WECC title that he won 2 years ago with the 2020 champion Kelvin being a DNS.
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Epsom CC 25
H25/8
Sunday 26 Sept 2021

Rider

Time

 

Pos

+/-
VTTA Std

Colin Toppin

57:47

28

+9:44

 

Race report from a very happy Colin:

Early fog thankfully cleared to leave good conditions with hardly any wind.
88 entries incl 14 road bikes.  20 DNS (fuel shortages to blame mainly !) and 4 DNF punctures.
I clocked 57:47 to knock a good margin off my 59:01 from back in April in the SCA…setting a new PB  (my LTS PB at start of this year was 59:39) and my quickest 25 since 1993 before I jacked it all in for a number of years !

Happy with that, to complement last weekend’s 10 PB too. That’s 2021 TTs all done now for me
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Paceline RT 10
P881/10
​Saturday 18 Sept 2021

Rider

Time

 

Pos

+/-
VTTA Std

Colin Toppin

21:35

62

+5:06

 

This was  the last 10 of the season on the popular P881 course, run by Paceline RT this time.

Just Colin T from WECC in this one. A full field entry (but minus a good few DNS’s) and good weather on the day.
Big congratulations to Colin for clocking 21:35 to practically equal his lifetime PB, and knocking 40 seconds off his 22:15 held since 2019. 

Colin reported that he felt good….but suspected that it felt even better for Chris McNamara when he crossed the line to win with 18:24, albeit that was 3 seconds slower that his own course record !
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Utag RT 10
P881R/10
Saturday 4 Sept 2021

Rider

Time

 

Pos

+/-
VTTA Std

Nolan Heather

21:44

20

+4:43

Andrew Lock

23:10

41

+4:08

Colin Toppin

DNS

 

Sadly not everyone got to race as the was a serious accident on the course (not involving a cyclist) and only 55 out of the 160 entrants were able to get a result.
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SCA Sporting 25 (incl WECC SPOCO event)
G25/49
Monday 30 August 2021

Rider

Time

 

Pos

+/-
VTTA Std

Ian Cheesman

1:03:15

19

+5:08

 

​Cheesy was the only WECC rider entered for both of the WECC sporting course events (held within the SCA events) on the gnarly roads around Kirdford, Plaistow and Ifold.

For the 25 mile the road surface turned out to be the lesser issue due to farm traffic blocking roads and lanes on two out of three laps but he still managed a course PB by 13 seconds!

Needless to say the WECC SPOCO Competition is in the bag with one event to go (the Hard Riders)
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SCA Sporting 10 (incl WECC SPOCO event)
G10/45
Saturday 28 August 2021

Rider

Time

 

Pos

+/-
VTTA Std

Ian Cheesman

25:10

9

+1:51

 

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Farnham Road Club 25
Middle-Markers & Long-Markers, Slowest 120
H25/8
Sunday 22 August 2021

Rider

Time

 

Pos

+/-
VTTA Std

Colin Toppin

59:11

15

+8:20

Andrew Lock

1:05:59

35

+3:08

 

Colin recorded a very similar time to his 59:01 on this course back in April. Andrew was a bit back on his 1:02:41 also on this course in April.
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​…a3crg (Men) 10
P881/10
Sunday 15 August 2021

Rider

Time

 

Pos

+/-
VTTA Std

Nolan Heather

22:02

43

+4:25

 

Conditions were overcast and became wet on the return leg as Nolan just missed out on going under the 22 minute mark. The 22:02 is his fastest Open 10 of the season so far.
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Bec CC 25
G25/93
Sunday 15 August 2021

Rider

Time

 

Pos

+/-
VTTA Std

Ian Cheesman

58:19

12

+10:04

Colin Toppin

DNS

 

Conditions were great, being warm and overcast with minimal breeze. Cheesy was delighted with this and took advantage to record a personal best for the course by over a minute. This brought an excellent 12th place and is his fastest 25 of the season so far.
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​..a3crg Glorious Goodwood Circuit TT

(5 Laps of Goodwood : 11.8 miles)
P917
Tuesday 10 August 2021

Rider

Time

 

Pos

Mens TT

John McGrath

25:52

17

Rider

Time

 

Pos

Womens TT

Karen McGrath

32:12

12

 

John records the fastest of his five rides on this circuit this season as he goes under 26 minutes for the first time.
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Addiscombe CC 10
G10/42.
Saturday 31 July 2021

Rider

Time

 

Pos

+/-
VTTA Std

Colin Toppin

23:16

31

+3:25

Nolan Heather

23:40

39

+2:47

 

Both riders go inside the 24 min benchmark on this undulating Surrey Hills dual carriageway course.
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SCA CHAMPIONSHIP 30
​(incl WECC CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP)
G30/91
Sunday 25 July 2021

Rider

Time

 

Pos

+/-
CTT Tgt

 

Pos

+/-
VTTA Std

 

Pos

Ian Cheesman

1:11:48

12

+10:06

9

+10:36

8

Spencer Kirkham

1:13:26

13

+9:40

10

+9:33

9

Huw Williams

DNF

Andrew Lock

DNF

 

Report from Cheesy

Four WECC riders took to the start line for the SCA 30 Mile championship, incorporating the WECC club 30 mile event. Andrew Lock, Ian Cheesman, Spencer Kirkham and Huw WIlliams were the brave souls. Whilst the winds were light and the temperature a very nice 17 degrees, rain was threatened and it didn't disappoint so it ended up being a very wet event.
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​Cheesy was very pleased to ridden a PB for course and distance by over 2 minutes and Spencer also PB'd as he'd never ridden a 30 before! Not sure what the reasons for DNF were but as both of their cars were gone from the car park I'm assuming that it was mechanical rather than crashes.
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SCCU 100
(incl SCA CHAMPIONSHIP and
WECC CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP)
G100/61A
Sunday 18 July 2021

Rider

Time

 

Pos

Clive Patterson-Lett

DNF

 

Having got himself (and Nicole) up for a 3:30 breakfast and having done great preparation Clive fell victim to bad luck in his first 100 for 10 years. In fact no WECC rider had done one since 2017.

Comment from Clive: 
Many thanks everyone 👍 Unfortunately whilst taking a drink I hit something in the road and double punctured so game over😖 It would have been easier to take if it was 13 miles in, but it was at 13 miles to go! with a big PB in the offing😖 . Thanks again but particularly to Nicole for following me around all morning then rescuing me from the roadside. Thanks to Jon & Tiffany and Steve Custance for roadside support and all the shouts from the WECC gang- it really does help 👍      ........Right how many more 100s are there this season? 🤔
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Looking happy and confident pre-race.
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​...a3crg 10
​P881/10
Wednesday 14 July 2021

Rider

Time

 

Pos

+/-
VTTA Std

 

Pos

Spencer Kirkham

22:08

40

+5:04

31

 

The last P881/10 event for a month sees Spencer finish 31 seconds slower than last week.
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Brighton Excelsior CC 25
G25/93
Sunday 11 July 2021

Rider

Time

 

Pos

+/-
VTTA Std

 

Pos

Spencer Kirkham

0:58:41

19

+10:11

12

Huw Williams

1:00:30

29

+8:07

17

 

Spencer and Huw enjoyed the fine weather conditions. Huw recorded a PB, and Spencer rode his fastest 25 since 2019.
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​...a3crg 10 (Slowest 90 riders only)
P881/10
Sunday 11 July 2021

Rider

Time

 

Pos

+/-
VTTA Std

 

Pos

Nolan Heather

22:13

18

+4:14

39

Andrew Lock

23:26

45

+3:46

49

 

An encouraging promotion (yet again) by ...a3crg as they prevent the P881/10 course being swamped by super fast riders and allow mere mortals to have a crack at it. Starting places were given to those riders with the slowest LTS.

Nolan and Andrew took advantage of the course and the benign conditions. Nolan recorded his fastest 10 of the season, whilst Andrew gained a PB.
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...a3crg 10
P881/10
Wednesday 7 July 2021

Rider

Time

 

Pos

+/-
VTTA Std

 

Pos

Spencer Kirkham

21:37

26

+5:35

19

 

The popular A3 based 10 course comes into play for the first time this season and Spencer takes advantage to record his fastest open 10 time of the season by almost a minute.
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SOUTHBOROUGH & DIST WHEELERS 25
G25/89
Sunday 4 July 2021

Rider

Time

 

Pos

+/-
VTTA Std

 

Pos

Ian Cheesman

1:00:22