 Despite some great rides by everyone on Thursday evening we wuz robbed by a badly timed puncture to John Pilgrim in the first mile which meant that instead of winning the mens trophy this year by a couple of minutes we lost by some 3 minutes to VC Lincoln.
With Newark back in the frame promoting this year on the fast A46 dual carriageway course from Newark to the Stragglethorpe intersection there was the potential for some fast times with Gary Symons leading the way in 55.46 for the club backed up by Stepehn Hobday going under the hour for the first time in an excellent 58.16 as did Paul Pearson in 59.42 and Henry Gould just outside the hour in 1.00.40
Also some excellent rides by the ladies with Louise George first with 1.04.52 from Tracey George 1.06.09 and Julie Clark 1.10.05 coping well with their first rides on a DC course.
| Jack O’Connor Interclub 25 – 21st June 2018 | |||||||
| No. | Pos | Rider | Club | Time | VC Lincoln | ||
| 25 | 1 | Mark Cotton | VC Lincoln | 00:53:32 | Mark Cotton | 00:53:32 | |
| 10 | 2 | Richard Hamblin | Sleaford Whs | 00:53:53 | Richard Kettleborough | 00:58:55 | |
| 15 | 3 | Gary Symons | Witham Whs | 00:55:46 | Simon Sheperd | 00:59:10 | |
| 27 | 4 | Jez Willows | Newark | 00:57:55 | Matt Brian | 00:59:24 | |
| 23 | 5 | Stepehn Hobday | Witham Whs | 00:58:16 | 3:51:01 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Nick Burton | Newark | 00:58:28 | Witham Whs | ||
| 6 | 7 | Richard Kettleborough | VC Lincoln | 00:58:55 | Gary Symons | 00:55:46 | |
| 5 | 8 | Simon Sheperd | VC Lincoln | 00:59:10 | Stephen Hobday | 00:58:16 | |
| 2 | 9 | Matt Brian | VC Lincoln | 00:59:24 | Paul Pearson | 00:59:42 | |
| 12 | 10 | Paul Pearson | Witham Whs | 00:59:42 | Henry Gould | 01:00:40 | |
| 16 | 11 | Henry Gould | Witham Whs | 01:00:40 | 3:54:24 | ||
| 3 | 12 | Simon Cocker | Witham Whs | 01:01:18 | Newark | ||
| 26 | 13 | Michael Smalley | Witham Whs | 01:01:45 | Jez Willows | 00:57:55 | |
| 4 | 14 | Dave Miller | Newark | 01:02:20 | Nick Burton | 00:58:28 | |
| 17 | 15 | James Westwood | Witham Whs | 01:03:09 | Dave Miller | 01:02:20 | |
| 22 | 16 | Tony Hardenberg | Witham Whs | 01:03:09 | Alf Davies | 01:09:00 | |
| 11 | 17 | Louise George | Witham Whs | 01:04:52 | 4:07:43 | ||
| 18 | 18 | Tracey George | Witham Whs | 01:06:09 | |||
| 14 | 19 | Alf Davies | Newark | 01:09:00 | Witham Ladies | ||
| 9 | 20 | Russell Newman | Witham Whs | 01:09:03 | Louise George | 01:04:52 | |
| 8 | 21 | Julie Clark | Witham Whs | 01:10:05 | Tracey George | 01:06:09 | |
| 19 | 22 | John Scott | Witham Whs | 01:14:14 | Julie Clark | 01:10:05 | |
| 24 | 23 | Tony Dineen | VC Lincoln | 01:16:04 | 03:21:06 | ||
| 1 | 24 | Matt Bailey | Newark | DNF | |||
| 20 | 25 | John Pilgrim | Witham Whs | DNF | |||
| 21 | 26 | Dave Herd | Witham Whs | DNF | |||
| 13 | 27 | Martin Hedley | Witham Whs | DNS | |||
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First Rider off at 7.01 – Dont forget your Backlight!!
Course Details
| 1 | Matt Bailey | Newark |
| 2 | Matt Brian | VC Lincoln |
| 3 | Simon Crocker | Witham Wheelers |
| 4 | Dave Miller | Newark |
| 5 | Simon Shepherd | VC Lincoln |
| 6 | Richard Kettleborough | VC Lincoln |
| 7 | Nick Burton | Newark |
| 8 | Julie Clarke | Witham Wheelers |
| 9 | Russell Newman | Witham Wheelers |
| 10 | Richard Hamblin | Sleaford Wheelers |
| 11 | Louise George | Witham Wheelers |
| 12 | Paul Pearson | Witham Wheelers |
| 13 | Martin hedley | Witham Wheelers |
| 14 | Alf Davies | Newark |
| 15 | Gary Symonds | Witham Wheelers |
| 16 | Henry Gould | Witham Wheelers |
| 17 | James Westwood | Witham Wheelers |
| 18 | Tracey George | Witham Wheelers |
| 19 | John Scott | Witham Wheelers |
| 20 | John Pilgrim | Witham Wheelers |
| 21 | David Herd | Witham Wheelers |
| 22 | Antony Hardenberg | Witham Wheelers |
| 23 | Stephen Hobday | Witham Wheelers |
| 24 | Tony Dineen | VC Lincoln |
| 25 | Mark Cotton | VC Lincoln |
| 26 | Michael Smalley | Witham Wheelers |
| 27 | Jez Willows | Newark |
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Club entries can be made via Tony Hardenberg, as last year Chris O’Connor has generously offered to pay for all WW club entries.
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Following all the gratefully received guidelines and advice, I can confirm the following for this years event:
- Venue and date: Farndon/A46 course (a25/34); date Thursday 21st June 2018, sign on (at start line) by 18:40, first off 19:00
- This is a Newark Castle CC club event run under CTT rules
- Entry:
- no ‘on the night’ entrants. First and second claim members of Newark Castle CC, VC Lincoln, Sleaford Wheelers and Witham Wheelers only. Entry fee £5 per rider.
- All entries to be received by end Sunday 17th June 2018 latest
- First claim can take part in the Jack O’Connor trophy competition (awarded to the club with the lowest aggregate time of 4 riders)
- 1st and 2nd claim take part in the individual competition – male and female
- Ignoring my previous email, all entries (including entry fee) to Paul Beaumont, Ashleigh House, Far Holme Lane, Sutton on Trent, Notts, NG23 6PQ. Please state name, address, phone number, club, 1st or 2nd claim, best 25 mile TT time (for field placement), emergency contact and phone number
- Newark Castle CC TT rule….ALL RIDERS MUST HAVE A WORKING REAR RED LIGHT – NO LIGHT NO RIDE
- There will be no HQ – only roadside at start and finish
- Newark Castle CC to provide timekeepers – 1 at start and 1 at finish
- There will be basic roadside refreshments available post ride near the finish timekeeper
- Marshals needed in total excluding timekeepers = 6. Can clubs please email me names, mobile numbers and email addresses of marshal volunteers – just so I have them in advance. Could I suggest 2 marshal volunteers from each of visiting clubs as Newark is providing timekeepers. I will provide all signage. Volunteer, marshals will need a car due to nature of course.
Kind regards,
Paul Beaumont
Newark Castle CC
Tel: 07747 456123
