Tomos Hales headed to the head of the Decathlon Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport with a solid win on a warm evening that saw a 23-strong field try their luck. Hales, freshly returned from a Majorca training camp put the fitness gains to good use to charge around the Shawbirch – Cotwall Bank course in 22 minutes 16 seconds, 1:38 ahead of the nearest challenge with the easterly wind assisting transit up the toughest part of the circuit. Hales’ nearest challenge came from Adam Mumford, making his first appearance in the Series for 2023 and just taking runner-up spot by two seconds in 23:54 from visiting Scottish rider Hamish Maclean, whose effort was all the more impressive for being made on a road bike.

In the Road Bike Series with Maclean taking the Overall win there was another new name leading the standings with David Seager heading to the top with 27:40, with former leader Elliott Wills pushed out despite recording a personal course best 28:16 thanks to two first time entrants for 2023, Dave Moore and Bruce Gregory with 27:49 and 28:07 respectively. This gives Seager a two point lead which is sure to be closely contested over the remaining rounds. Meanwhile in the Women’s Series Deb Hutson-Lumb set a very impressive 24:30 in her first appearance of the 2023 Series, pushing out Series leader Mollie Croxon who ended her evening on 31:09. 

Decathlon Series by Wrekinsport Cumulative Standings after five rounds

Pos'n	Name	Total Points
1	Tomos Hales	18
2	Ben Southgate	16
3	Alex Hall	14
4	Rich Smith	13
5	Phil Roberts	8
6	Ben Wood	7
=7	Adam Mumford	5
=7	Simon Thursz	5
=9	Dave Seager	3
=9	Elliott Wills	3
=9	Stuart Wortley	3

Road Bike Series Cumulative Standings after five rounds

Pos'n	Name	Total Points
1	Dave Seager	17
2	Elliott Wills	15
=3	Martin Davies	9
=3	Stuart Wortley	9
5	Mollie Croxon	7
6	Dave Moore	5
7	Bruce Gregory	4
8	Graham Strong	3

Women’s Series Cumulative Standings after five rounds

Pos'n	Name	Total Points
1	Mollie Croxon	11
2	Deb Hutson-Lumb	6