Chris Halford narrowed the gap at the top of the Decathlon Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport, with four points now the margin to the top of the table in a close battle between the pair in Round 13. Halford took the win by the narrow margin of seven seconds in 21 minutes 31 seconds on a glorious evening where fast times were the order of the day. The pair have had a season-long battle for supremacy and seem to have spurred each other to grater heights thanks to the friendly competition.

Meanwhile Phil Roberts took third spot thanks to a personal best 22:49; just seeing off Stourbridge Velo’s Scott O’Neill by three seconds, with team mate Darren Shaw a further two seconds back in an event that saw an impressive five riders turn out from a club not exactly on the doorstep. 30 riders took the line – although unusually only 27 finished thanks to a variety of mishaps including mechanicals and going off course.

In the Road Bike Series Gold medallist Stuart Wortley made it a lap of honour as he knocked an impressive 1:19 off his Round 12 time in 31:03 to see off the attentions of Stephen Porter-Knott despite him improving by 1:37, highlighting the favourable conditions.

In the Women’s Series Clare Cotterill eased away from Victoria Doran to make it a two point gap with two events to go. Cotterill stopped the watch on 28:58, a 1:23 bettering of her Round 12 time, despite Doran setting a personal best 29:29.     

Decathlon Series by Wrekinsport Top 5 Cumulative Standings after thirteen rounds

Pos'n	Name	Total Points
1	Tomos Hales	65
2	Chris Halford	61
3	Phil Roberts	40
4	Rob Jackson	33
5	Rich Smith	32

Road Bike Series Top 5 Cumulative Standings after thirteen rounds

Pos'n	Name	Total Points
1	Stuart Wortley	64
2	Dave Slater	39
3	Steve Porter-Knott	38
4	Luka Stolic	30
5	Hannah Jukes-Jones	10

Women’s Series Top 5 Cumulative Standings after thirteen rounds

Pos'n	Name	Total Points
1	Clare Cotterill	68
2	Victoria Doran	66
3	Clare O'Donnell	42
4	Emma Horne	12
5	Hannah Jukes-Jones	10