Club Evening
10miles tt 2 August – Official Result
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Actual
Handicap |
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21.57 Graham
Briggs 21.18 John
Hadley 12pts |
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22.31 Graham Rushworth
21.23 Ron Moat 11pts |
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22.50 Levi
Huck 21.31 Alan
Mattinson 10pts |
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23.05 Steve Cowlbeck
21.35 Steve Cowlbeck 9pts |
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24.38 Phil
Henson 21.38 Alex
Wallis 8pts |
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25.01 Alan Mattinson
21.40 Levi Huck 7pts |
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25.08 Ron
Moat 21.41 John
Davies 6pts |
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25.23 John
Hadley 21.48 Phil
Henson 5pts |
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25.29 Graham
Huck 21.57 Graham
Briggs 4pts |
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25.38 Alex
Wallis 22.16
Graham Rushworth 3pts |
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27.11 John
Davies 22.29 Sam
McGuinness 2pts |
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29.29 Sam McGuinness
23.14 Graham Huck 2pts |
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Handicap League |
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87 Steve Cowlbeck
53 Keith Whittaker |
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85 John
Hadley 53 Levi
Huck |
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77 Alex
Wallis 49
John Davies |
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71 Dave Furniss
45 Alan Mattinson |
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66 Ron
Moat 45
Mark Robinson |
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59 Ian Furniss
41 Graham Huck |
The
Senseless Statistical Suburbia of Sid Scoop
Former British Espoirs TT Champion Graham Briggs made a
winning debut in this years 10 series, becoming the 3rd
member to go sub 22 and the 52nd member to
compete.
Steve Cowlbeck was only 1 second off his years fastest
time as he retained the lead in the Handicap League.
John Hadley sheared 22secs off his pb to deservedly take
maximum points and narrow the gap to a slender 2 points
behind Steve. With only 3 events remaining, it’s almost
as exciting as if it was fictional.
Levi Huck shattered his season’s best by a massive 1sec
while Alex Wallis was a mere 2secs off his years best.
‘Rocket’ Ron Moat clocked his fastest time since 3 May
and John Davies improved 1sec on his previous week’s
time.
More senseless statistics next month? Let’s hope not!
The
Unlucky Chucky Award July 2005
VC Chesterfield 10 miles
tt 23 July Course 010/2
20.52 Graham Rushworth 1st
team award
21.03 John Maughan Total time
1hr 3mins 53secs
21.58 Levi Huck
Congratulations to this illustrious trio and additional
felicitations to John and Levi who both recorded
lifetime bests.
However, this month’s unlucky chucky award goes to a
rider who missed getting into the winning team by only
8secs and didn’t get his name in the paper or a mention
on News at Ten, or any recognition or accolades
whatsoever despite achieving a personal best time of
22mins 06secs at the commendable age of 68 years. Take a
bow Bob Burleigh. If you suffer from
insomnia and you would like to hear a full account of
this spectacular sporting miracle, Bob will be pleased
to accommodate you. Don’t forget to reverse the charges,
it’s your taxes that fund Bob’s pension!
National
12 Hours Championship Preview
30 years ago, Graham Huck led the Doncaster Wheelers to
a famous team victory, with Allan Robson & Bob
Bickerstaffe amassing 790.43miles. Hucky’s 270miles was
also good enough to take the bronze medal. On the start
line next week there is one question to be answered, can
our modern day intrepid heroes equal the accomplishment
of the class of ’75?
Martin Oliver has already clocked a brilliant 4-4-13 in
the recent YCF 100 and on a good day he will certainly
present a formidable challenge for individual honours.
At 6ft 4in, Ian Furniss is the club’s big hope. Big Ian
has excelled in the club 10’s and in road races, but
this represents an entirely new experience. Former North
Midlands Division Champion Martin Maltby is also
entering virgin territory but this challenge has
re-ignited his competitive juices. Trevor Siddons is the
most experienced campaigner and last year he finished in
a remarkable 10th place. Following a recent
training ride to Filey, Sizzler mowed the lawn, washed
the dishes and still had enough energy to chat on-line
with Science who had just been evicted from the Big
Brother House. Paul Taylor is a mile-eater
extraordinaire whose voracious appetite for solo
endeavours knows no bounds. Last years preparation
included touring Utah & Arizona while this years
highlight was a 170miles solo trip to Middlesbrough.
Dave Furniss’ experience in this type of event can be
described conservatively as limited. However, what he
lacks in experience he more than makes up for in guts as
was almost witnessed recently when he completed a club
10 only 30mins after consuming a sizeable spaghetti
bolognese.Last but not least, can Graham Huck turn back
the clock? His impressive C.V. includes twice being in
the winning teams in the BBAR in 1970 & 75, National 12
in 1975 & 80 and National 100 in 1975 & 80. Wouldn’t it
be absolutely amazing if ……
Go for it lads!!
Sid Scoop
