Evening 10s Rd 7 and racing round-up
Brighton Mitre CC hosted the first of their proposed two nights of Criterium races around Hove Park on Friday 10th June. Competing for Southborough & District Wheelers Joe Benians and Tom Moss took 3rd and 5th respectively from a field of 26 in the men’s race. In the women’s event Kathryn Gohl (Nice Brew) came fourth of seven in a race won by former-Wanderer Anya Tamplin.
A quartet of Lewes Wanderers competed in the Tour of Cambridgeshire Chrono on Saturday 11th June - a 16.4 mile closed road time-trial near Peterborough. Fastest of the eight women in the 40-44 year age group was Sally Turner (trainSharp) in 39 minutes and 41 seconds. Kate Thomas took 3rd place in 42:37 and both qualified for the world championship event in Italy.
In the event for men between 50 and 54 Gavin Richards dropped his chain on one of the few climbs on the route and placed 22nd of 29 in 43:28. No such problems for Nick Dwyer (Drag2Zero) amongst the thirty-five 55-59 year old men as he sped round in 37:59 for 8th place.
Duncan Fuller journeyed up to near Maidenhead to compete in a Westerley Cycle Club 25-mile TT on Sunday 12th June when he finished 23rd out of 48 in a time of 59 minutes and 3 seconds. In the East Sussex Cycling Association 50-mile event the same morning Peter Baker placed 19th from 23 in a time of 2 hours 11 minutes and 49 seconds.
Round 7 of Lewes Wanderers’ Evening 10s occurred on Monday 13th June when it returned to the A22-based “Boship-Course” with a dozen racers competing. Kate Thomas shared the winner’s laurels with visiting rider Sam Dix (trainSharp) as they started one minute apart and finished at exactly the same interval after 23 minutes and 50 seconds of effort.
Gavin Richards took third with 24:12 ahead of Mike Hannay (24:43), Darren Haynes (25:22) and Graham Knowles (26:18). Five seconds behind and in 7th overall was the fastest of the trio of road-bike competitors Graham Faultless who also just got the better of Peter Baker (26:26). Jamie Goldstein (27:11) was runner-up in the road-bike category with the result-sheet completed by David Beale (28:53), Paul Hanratty (28:57) and Adrian Hills (34:38).
Gina Boakes and Peter Baker by Alex Beattie
Peter was back in action on Wednesday 15th June as he and Gina Boakes competed in a variety of races comprising Week 9 of the Sussex Cycle Racing League track series at Preston Park in Brighton.
The evening began with a 6-lap “scratch” race around the outdoor velodrome in which Peter came 5th with Gina two spots behind. In the 6-lap “Snowball” the first across the line at the end of lap 1 gained 1 point, 2 points at the end of lap 2 and so-on. Again Peter scored 5th with Gina 8th.
The duo fared far better in the “Elimination” Race with Peter 3rd and Gina 6th from nine. In the 3-lap “Win-and-Out” Peter was 6th to Gina’s 7th and the night concluded with a distance race where the pair crossed the line 17th and 18th.
The following night Eastbourne Rovers CC ran their own 10-mile TT on the Boship course with a quartet of Wanderers on the start sheet. Fastest of whom was Michael Valks in 7th with 25:13, but 10th placed Jamie Goldstein took a precious five seconds off his personal-best in taking 10th with 26:21. Peter Baker (28:02) was 16th and Adrian Hills (30:19) 18th and over four minutes faster than earlier in the week.
