Club Evening 10 miles tt 9 August – Official Result

 

Actual                                                        Handicap

22.38 Graham Rushworth                   21.27 Trevor Siddons             12pts

22.47 Levi Huck                                 21.35 Alan Mattinson             11pts

23.19 Steve Cowlbeck                        21.39 Tony Brown                  10pts

24.01 Keith Whittaker                                    21.41 John Hadley                    9pts

24.35 Alan Mattinson                         21.52 Levi Huck                       8pts

25.11 John Hadley                              22.01 Keith Whittaker                          7pts

25.28 Ron Moat                                  22.05 John Davies                     6pts

25.50 Alex Wallis                              22.09 Steve Cowlbeck              5pts

25.57 Trevor Siddons                         22.10 Alex Wallis                     4pts

27.20 John Davies                               22.18 Ron Moat                        3pts

27.39 Tony Brown                              22.18 Graham Rushworth         3pts

Handicap League – 2 events remaining

94 John Hadley                                   60 Keith Whittaker

92 Steve Cowlbeck                             59 Ian Furniss

81 Alex Wallis                                    56 Alan Mattinson

71 Dave Furniss                                  55 John Davies

69 Ron Moat                                       47 Tony Brown

61 Levi Huck                                      45 Mark Robinson

 

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Despite clocking his second slowest time of the year, Graham did just enough to hold off the ever improving Levi who smashed his previous best by 3 secs. John snipped a gigantic 12 secs off his week old pb to take a tenuous 2 points lead into the penultimate race. Sizzler improved 39secs on his previous outing to win maximum points in the handicap competition while runner up Matto advanced only 36secs on his previous excursion to Blaxton. Tony, in his first race since 9 June, carried on where he left off by being only 2secs shy of his pb.

 

With 2 events remaining, there are several questions to be answered. Can John Hadley keep improving and go sub 25? Has Steve Cowlbeck snatched defeat from the jaws of victory?  Should Dave Furniss have gone on holiday at such a crucial stage of the competition?  All these questions and more will be answered in the next 2 weeks. It’s looking like a two horse race but you can never discount Alex “I’m a ginner I’m a winner” Wallis. Now is the time to start making those financial pledges to the handicapper!

 

Despite his recent bang on the cranium region, I must record my admiration of Jacko who correctly predicted that “Revvin” Kevin Dawson and Graham Briggs’ time would be 20m 20s in their 2up ttt. Another success story for the British University system.

 

Hatfield Sprint Triathlon 31 July

 

Name               Swim 750m     Bike 20km       Run 5km         Total    Pos

Andy Shaw           11.03               36.07             17.06           64.16    1

Martin Wheeldon  13.11               37.21             20.00           70.32   13

Pete Hurst             13.24               37.46             19.29           70.39   15

Stuart Miller          14.51               38.45             20.49           74.25  29

Craig Turner          14.44               42.15             19.56           76.55  50

Ian Chorlton          12.52               42.35             22.51           78.18   57

Levi Huck             16.27               51.35             25.11           93.13  118

 

 

Fastest swim 10.15    Fastest bike 36.07    Fastest run 16,16

 

Consistent performances throughout all 3 disciplines gave Andy Shaw a comfortable winning margin of 1min 10secs. 5 days before the event Andy clocked 23.02 in the club 10 while Martin Wheeldon did 22.08. A couple of years ago, Pete Hurst halted his cycling career due to heart problems. Nice to see the former half wheeling wonder still performing well. Levi Huck 8 days previously had clocked a 21.58 10, so what went wrong on the bike? As the timekeeper announced 10 secs on the start line of the club 10, Levi quickly stated that he had done one lap too many. What I am yet to understand is how this could have happened, as my enquiries reveal that the course involved completing only 1 lap. Unless Levi has a pretty convincing excuse, I sense an award at the club dinner. By the way Levi, you’ve got about 3 months to think of one and don’t ask your dad, he never made excuses.

 

Crash of the Year

 

You will recall that Maurice Hart’s near death experience last year resulted in him collecting this most prestigious award at the subsequent presentation evening. Earlier this year, Jack Ibbotson’s head on collision with a BMW, which resulted in several lost teeth and a facial makeover, seemed to have overwhelmingly done enough to secure the 2005 title. However, that was until last Thursday evening when Fred Easton was involved in a major spill in the North Mids Road League which culminated in him using his face as a brake. Apparently while Fred was in a state of semi-consciousness he was asked by the Medic “Fred do you know what you landed on?” You have to admire his humour in this predicament when he responded “the road!” Get well soon Fred!

 

Potential crashers are reminded that posthumous awards cannot be made in this category, although subject to the Chairman’s permission, a honourable mention during the awards ceremony may be permitted.

 

And now for some breaking news, literally, Ant Heald added to the intrigue of this competition by somersaulting over his handlebars and breaking his jaw. Jack Ibbotson was unimpressed and described it as a “girlie injury.” Unfortunately Ant’s response was undecipherable since his jaw is wired up. However, the good news for Ant is that he could be heading for an award in the best newcomers crash category.

 

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