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  • 13 Jul 2021 16:20 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    With many riders’ eyes on a football semi-final entries to Round 11 were perhaps understandably down from normal levels, but that didn’t stop a terrific tussle between Chris Halford and Tomos Hales at the top of the Decathlon Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport. The pair had been tying at the top of the standings going into the race but were split by just three seconds as Halford took the win in 21 minutes 53 seconds. Halford too over sole lead at the top of the Series despite struggling with a season-long knee injury that was being operated on the following morning, and here he was looking to consolidate his position as much as possible.

    Hales has stepped up to challenge Halford during 2021 and having tied with him the previous evening in a Newport CC promotion was gutted at the finish line to finish three seconds off the pace. He had a 58 second gap to the riders in third spot Phil Roberts, with these three occupying the Top 3 spaces in the Series.

    In the Road Bike Series Junior Luka Stolic continues to put in dominant performances as he tries to make up for lost ground. Stolic only joined the club from Round 7 but has tasted victory four times in four races, with a superb 25:17 effort seeing off Series leader Stuart Wortley by a large margin of 6:24. Wortley however has a 13 point advantage at the head of the standings and will be tough to reel in.

    In the Women’s Series it was a straight head to head between the two women who were occupying the top two spaces, with Clare Cotterill sensing victory in 29:27, 1:23 ahead of Victoria Doran. This sees the pair on equal points at the top of the standings in what is turning out to be a keen competition.

    Decathlon Series by Wrekinsport Top 5 Cumulative Standings after eleven rounds

    Pos'n

    Name

    Total Points

    1

    Chris Halford

    55

    2

    Tomos Hales

    54

    3

    Phil Roberts

    32

    4

    Rob Jackson

    30

    5

    Rich Smith

    24


    Road Bike Series Top 5 Cumulative Standings after eleven rounds

    Pos'n

    Name

    Total Points

    1

    Stuart Wortley

    52

    2

    Dave Slater

    39

    3

    Luka Stolic

    30

    4

    Steve Porter-Knott

    29

    5

    Hannah Jukes-Jones

    10


    Women’s Series Top 5 Cumulative Standings after eleven rounds

    Pos'n

    Name

    Total Points

    =1

    Victoria Doran

    56

    =1

    Clare Cotterill

    56

    3

    Clare O'Donnell

    34

    4

    Emma Horne

    12

    5

    Hannah Jukes-Jones

    10


  • 9 Jul 2021 23:36 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Glorious conditions saw over a third of the field beat the hour in Round 9 of the SB Sports Injuries Series Wrekinsport CC’s 25 with personal bests the order of the day. With bonus points on offer for the longer distance it was Dean Callister who came out on top with a fabulous effort of 53 minutes 8 seconds on the Crudgington – Shawbirch – Tern Hill - Waters Upton course. The Nova Raider narrowed the gap at the top of the standings to just 12 points as he consolidated his second place in the Championship with just a light north-easterly wind to cope with. Callister was pleased with his effort, stating: “Great conditions and a fast night, I paced it well so was very happy with my time. It was a 25 mile personal best for me - thanks to Wrekinsport for a top evening”.

    Callister wasn’t the only rider to set a personal best as runner-up Adam Baker also beat his previous benchmark with a fine effort of 54:17. Whilst much of the course is flat Baker’s comments show how the Hodnet bypass can catch out the unwary with a long, sapping drag back to Espley island, and how being ‘on the rivet’ of Functional Threshold Power, highest average wattage arider can sustain for one hour is a painful experience: “The race went well with a one minute personal best, although it's only my second 25 mile event. It was a tough course with slow sections of road and a headwind on the way out. 25 mile events are tough! Tying to hold close to FTP for an hour isn't pleasant - still fun nonetheless”.

    Wrekinsport were holding their club 25 mile championship within the event and it was a straight battle between Tomos Hales and Chris Halford, with Hales taking third spot overall in 54:39 and Halford two places back in 55:07. Hales had his sights set on this trophy whilst enjoying the first use of Wrekinsport’s new HQ, Eyton Village Hall: “An excellent hosting from Wrekinsport and a great new HQ, I was pleased with the time on a quick night. I was very happy to take the trophy as I targeted this event at the start of the year - thanks to all the marshals and timekeepers”.

    The rider getting in between Hales and Halford was Bridgnorth CC’s Jonathan Mills-Keeling in an actual time of 54:47, and who also took victory in the Veteran’s Series with a strong +15:09 with Halford runner-up in +12:36. Mills-Keeling is a regular visitor to Wrekinsport 10’s but seemed to enjoy the stretch, commenting: “A nice course, I had a great ride, thanks to Wrekinsport and all involved”.

    The Series leader Henri Bedford had a quiet evening by his standards finishing 6th in 55:35, but stretching his Junior Series lead to a huge 86 points. He explained: “I didn’t quite have the legs for some reason but I tried to limit my losses as best as I could - thanks to Wrekinsport for running the event as smoothly as ever”.

    In the Women’s Series it was a case of coming up with the goods in the face of adversity as nothing seemed to be going right for Series leader Marie Llewellyn – as the Nova Raider scored a massive personal best regardless. Llewellyn stopped the clock on 1:07:07, stretching her Series lead over Wrekinsport’s Clare Cotterill who finished in 1:12:33. Llewellyn explained what went wrong: “Everything was against me for racing! I’d worked three night shifts with no sleep, and my boyfriend was pushing me to race when I just wanted to sleep! I ended up borrowing his shoes as I'd left mine in my horsebox, added to which my Garmin computer dying 10miles in! I thoroughly enjoyed the race, I was racing blind to power and heart rate, but I felt strong and put 100% in. I’m very happy with a new personal best by five minutes -thank you to the organisers once again”!


  • 7 Jul 2021 20:59 | Anonymous member (Administrator)
    Pos'n Name Club Cat Time No.
    1 Chris Halford Wrekinsport CC V 21:53 3
    2 Tomos Hales Wrekinsport CC S 21:56 13
    3 Phil Roberts Wrekinsport CC S 22:54 8
    4 Darren Shaw Stourbridge Velo V 23:16 11
    5 Rob Jackson Wrekinsport CC V 23:28 17
    6 Rich Smith Wrekinsport CC V 23:34 2
    7 Adam Mumford Wrekinsport CC S 23:56 18
    8 Allan Henderson Wrekinsport CC S 24:51 14
    9 Luka Stolic Wrekinsport CC J 25:17 12
    10 Chester Romei Market Drayton CC J 25:56 15
    11 Elliott Wills Wrekinsport CC S 26:11 6
    12 Ben Southgate Wrekinsport CC J 26:16 7
    13 Clare Cotterill Wrekinsport CC WV 29:27 9
    14 Victoria Doran Wrekinsport CC WV 30:50 4
    15 Stuart Wortley Wrekinsport CC V 31:41 1
    16 John Rowlands Wrekinsport CC V 32:10 10
    17 Beth Wilson Total Tri Training W 32:35 16
    18 Stephen Porter-Knott Wrekinsport CC V 33:45 5


  • 30 Jun 2021 22:03 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Result of tonight's club 25 - County points and categories over on SCCA website

    Pos'n Name Club Cat Time Vet +/-
    1 Dean Callister Nova Raiders S 00:53:08 .
    2 Adam Baker SCCA Private Member S 00:54:17 .
    3 Tomos Hales Wrekinsport CC S 00:54:39 .
    4 Jonathan Mills-Keeling Bridgnorth CC V 00:54:47 +15:09
    5 Chris Halford Wrekinsport CC V 00:55:07 +12:36
    6 Henri Bedford Revolutions Racing J 00:55:35 .
    7 Mark Pritchard Nova Raiders S 00:56:44 .
    8 Rob Kennard Stourbridge Velo V 00:58:17 +10:50
    9 Rob Jackson Wrekinsport CC V 00:58:42 +10:57
    10 Darren Shaw Stourbridge Velo V 00:59:48 +07:43
    11 Phil Roberts Wrekinsport CC S 00:59:53 .
    12 Ian Bond Wrekinsport CC S 01:00:15 .
    13 David Mole Stourbridge Velo V 01:00:28 +07:03
    14 Allan Henderson Wrekinsport CC S 01:01:33 .
    15 Mark Hammond Bridgnorth CC S 01:02:34 .
    16 Mike Bigwood Wrekinsport CC S 01:03:14 .
    17 Ben Wood Wrekinsport CC S 01:03:46 .
    18 George Coombes SCCA 1st Claim S 01:04:30 .
    19 Dave Moore Wrekinsport CC V 01:06:34 +03:05
    20 Marie Llewellyn Nova Raiders W 01:07:07 .
    21 Ben Southgate Wrekinsport CC J 01:07:34 .
    22 Elliott Wills Wrekinsport CC S 01:08:33 .
    23 Mark Stocks Newport Shropshire CC V 01:09:01 +00:06
    24 Richard Southgate Wrekinsport CC V 01:12:04 -05:09
    25 Clare Cotterill Wrekinsport CC WV 01:12:33 +00:16
    26 Victoria Doran Wrekinsport CC WV 01:13:22 -00:58
    27 Stuart Wortley Wrekinsport CC V 01:19:04 -09:08
    28 John Rowlands Wrekinsport CC V 01:19:28 -04:05
    29 Stephen Porter-Knott Wrekinsport CC V 01:21:03 -15:03
    30 Clare O'Donnell Wrekinsport CC WV 01:23:56 -09:03
    Tandem
    Pos'n Name Club Cat Time Vet +/-
    1 Chris Riley & John Westhead Paramount CRT V/V 00:56:17 +11:09


  • 29 Jun 2021 18:30 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    A rider on the comeback trail took a solid win as Dan Watts showed his regained form with a fabulous 21 minute 21 second effort in Round 10 of The Decathlon Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport. Watts had been stationed in The Falklands which limited his training opportunities but he is now beginning to approach the level of form he showed during 2020, beating Chris Halford into the runner-up spot by 33 seconds.

    Halford had other reason to celebrate however as he moved back into the joint lead of the Series, levelling things up with Tomos Hales on 49 points a piece thanks to his 21:54 ride. Watts and Halford were the only riders to beat 22 minutes on a mild evening where times were generally fractionally better than in Round 9. The rider taking third spot Darren Shaw gained his best finish of the season with a 23:01 effort as constant positional fine tuning of his new time trial bike seems to be paying dividends as he edged out Phil Roberts by 18 seconds. Roberts is having a ding-dong battle with Rob Jackson in the Overall standings and a two second advantage saw Roberts claim third place in the Series on his own right as a result.

    In the Road Bike Series Luka Stolic keeps piling on the pressure with the Junior taking his fourth straight win in a row, which is all the races he’s entered, showing his potential as he posted an excellent 25:23. But for a late start in the Series Stolic would surely be in a commanding position, with nearest challenger Dave Slater on 30:04. Meanwhile Series leader Stuart Wortley had a nightmare evening thanks to a cleat which simply wouldn’t clip in and the difference that mechanical issue cost him was easily demonstrable as he was 1:58 back on his Round 9 effort in 32:46.

    In the Women’s Series Victoria Doran seized on the opportunity to move to the head of the standings after crossing the finish line in 30:05, with Clare O’Donnell getting nearest in 32:34.             

    Decathlon Series by Wrekinsport Top 5 Cumulative Standings after ten rounds

    Pos'n

    Name

    Total Points

    =1

    Chris Halford

    49

    =1

    Tomos Hales

    49

    3

    Phil Roberts

    28

    4

    Rob Jackson

    27

    5

    Rich Smith

    22


    Road Bike Series Top 5 Cumulative Standings after ten rounds

    Pos'n

    Name

    Total Points

    1

    Stuart Wortley

    47

    2

    Dave Slater

    39

    3

    Steve Porter-Knott

    25

    4

    Luka Stolic

    24

    5

    Hannah Jukes-Jones

    10


    Women’s Series Top 5 Cumulative Standings after ten rounds

    Pos'n

    Name

    Total Points

    1

    Victoria Doran

    51

    2

    Clare Cotterill

    50

    3

    Clare O'Donnell

    34

    4

    Emma Horne

    12

    5

    Hannah Jukes-Jones

    10


  • 23 Jun 2021 21:09 | Anonymous member (Administrator)
    Pos'n Name Club Cat Time No.
    1 Dan Watts RAF CA S 21:21 15
    2 Chris Halford Wrekinsport CC V 21:54 2
    3 Darren Shaw Stourbridge Velo V 23:01 28
    4 Phil Roberts Wrekinsport CC S 23:19 17
    5 Rob Jackson Wrekinsport CC V 23:21 5
    6 Allan Henderson Wrekinsport CC S 24:01 12
    7 Mark Hammond Bridgnorth CC V 24:05 23
    8 Chris Riley Paramount CRT V 24:07 13
    9 Deb Hutson-Lumb Nova Raiders WV 24:20 24
    10 Mike Bigwood Wrekinsport CC S 24:49 3
    11 Paul Mulready Bridgnorth CC V 25:00 4
    12 John Westhead Paramount CRT V 25:10 14
    13 Gary Smith Stourbridge Velo V 25:16 21
    14 Luka Stolic Wrekinsport CC J 25:23 7
    15 Ben Wood Wrekinsport CC S 25:24 9
    16 Ben Southgate Wrekinsport CC J 25:40 16
    17 Cameron Coley-Smith Stourbridge Velo S 26:07 27
    18 Darren Craig Propel CC S 26:53 10
    19 Steve Elcocks Revolutions Racing V 27:28 29
    20 Alan McDonald Wrekinsport CC V 27:30 18
    21 Mark Stocks Newport Shropshire CC V 27:33 20
    22 Lauren Turley Nova Raiders 27:54 26
    23 Dave Slater Wrekinsport CC V 30:04 22
    24 Victoria Doran Wrekinsport CC WV 30:05 6
    25 John Rowlands Wrekinsport CC V 32:05 1
    26 Clare O'Donnell Wrekinsport CC WV 32:34 25
    27 Stuart Wortley Wrekinsport CC V 32:46 8
    28 Rebecca Pugh  Propel CC 32:48 11
    29 Stephen Porter-Knott Wrekinsport CC V 33:31 19


  • 21 Jun 2021 21:16 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Chris Halford narrowed the gap at the top of the Decathlon Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport with a determined win in Round 9. Halford was the only rider to dip below the 22 minute mark with a fine 21 minutes 56 seconds after taking a week off to recharge his batteries. Conditions were decidedly slower than in Round 8 with Series leader Tomos Hales finding himself relegated to third place with 22:18, 38 seconds slower than his Round 8 effort even though that was a far from perfect evening. Hales was pushed out by visiting rider Jonathan Mills-Keeling of Bridgnorth CC who stopped the watch on 22:03 to take the runner-up spot just 7 seconds off Halford’s pace, putting in a strong effort just 10 seconds back from his Round 8 time.

    In the Road Bike Series Junior Luka Stolic continues to impress with his third win in as many rounds to put in a late challenge for the medal positions. Stolic crossed the line in 24:42, just one second off the pace of Paramount CRT’s Chris Riley and actually improved by a huge 47 seconds showing his increasing fitness levels. Stuart Wortley continues to lead the Series and opened up his lead to nine points thanks to his 30:48 effort, a big improvement of 1:23 over Round 8.  

    In the Women’s Series Clare Cotterill fought back against Victoria Doran after a couple of uncharacteristic rounds with the improvement of the evening – 3:28 to cross the line in 28:23, with Doran just beating the 20mph benchmark in 29:54.      

    Decathlon Series by Wrekinsport Top 5 Cumulative Standings after nine rounds

    Pos'n

    Name

    Total Points

    1

    Tomos Hales

    49

    2

    Chris Halford

    43

    =3

    Phil Roberts

    23

    =3

    Rob Jackson

    23

    5

    Rich Smith

    22


    Road Bike Series Top 5 Cumulative Standings after nine rounds

    Pos'n

    Name

    Total Points

    1

    Stuart Wortley

    43

    2

    Dave Slater

    34

    3

    Steve Porter-Knott

    22

    4

    Luka Stolic

    18

    5

    Hannah Jukes-Jones

    10


    Women’s Series Top 5 Cumulative Standings after nine rounds

    Pos'n

    Name

    Total Points

    1

    Clare Cotterill

    50

    2

    Victoria Doran

    45

    3

    Clare O'Donnell

    29

    4

    Emma Horne

    12

    5

    Hannah Jukes-Jones

    10


  • 16 Jun 2021 21:31 | Anonymous member (Administrator)
    Pos'n Name Club Cat Time No.
    1 Chris Halford Wrekinsport CC V 21:56 2
    2 Jonathan Mills-Keeling Bridgnorth CC V 22:03 22
    3 Tomos Hales Wrekinsport CC S 22:18 13
    4 Paul Horton Wolverhampton Wheelers CC S 22:24 25
    5 Dan Elliott Tri Central UK S 22:59 5
    6 Rob Jackson Wrekinsport CC V 23:06 7
    7 Darren Shaw Stourbridge Velo V 23:17 20
    8 Phil Roberts Wrekinsport CC S 23:39 16
    9 Allan Henderson Wrekinsport CC S 23:53 12
    10 Mark Hammond Bridgnorth CC S 24:15 21
    11 Mark Spruce Wolverhampton Wheelers CC V 24:27 24
    12 Chris Riley Paramount CRT V 24:41 17
    13 Luka Stolic Wrekinsport CC J 24:42 3
    14 Ben Wood Wrekinsport CC S 25:10 8
    15 Stuart Cobourne Stourbridge Velo V 25:13 11
    16 David Mole Stourbridge Velo V 25:57 9
    17 Chester Romei Unattached J 26:19 19
    18 Steve Elcocks Revolutions Racing V 27:02 23
    19 Jonathan Davies Stourbridge Velo V 27:19 26
    20 Mark Stocks Newport Shropshire CC V 27:21 14
    21 Clare Cotterill Wrekinsport CC WV 28:23 1
    =22 Ben Southgate Wrekinsport CC J 28:27 15
    =22 Alan McDonald Wrekinsport CC V 28:27 18
    24 Victoria Doran Wrekinsport CC V 29:54 6
    25 Stuart Wortley Wrekinsport CC V 30:48 10
    26 Stephen Porter-Knott Wrekinsport CC S 32:21 4


  • 14 Jun 2021 23:12 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Andy Bason’s long-standing course record was finally smashed on the Shawbirch – Cotwall Bank circuit as Ribble Weldtite professional Jacob Tipper sliced 11 seconds off the benchmark on a far from perfect evening in Round 8 of the Decathlon Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport. Tipper steamed around the course in 20 minutes 8 seconds, getting closer than anyone to dipping below the magical 20 minute/30mph barrier on a tough, sporting course having arrived at the event determined to break the record after travelling across from The Black Country. On a better evening he would surely have made that target, but a significant westerly win nixed progress on the toughest leg of the course between Crudgington and Cotwall Bank.

    There was close competition for runner-up spot with three riders split by just four seconds as Henri Bedford continues to improve. The 17 year-old Revolutions Racing rider stopped the watch on 21:06, seeing off strong challenges from a brace of RAF riders with Adam Baker taking third in 21:09 an Scott Hill a second back for fourth.

    Tomos Hales took the honours for the promoting club in a fine 21:40; 27 seconds back from his Round 7 effort showing the trickiness of conditions and opened up daylight at the head of the Series as a result with Chris Halford sitting this round out on the sidelines.

    In the Road Bike Series the overall win was taken by Paramount CRT’s Chris Riley in 24:25, with new Wrekinsport member Luka Stolic taking the maximum six points on offer for Wrekinsport riders for the second week in a row with 25:29 despite being 48 seconds back on Round 7. Stuart Wortley again took over at the head of this Series thanks to his 32:11 effort; 40 seconds back on Round 7.

    In the Women’s Series Clare Cotterill continues to maintain the Series lead but it’s a narrowing gap to Victoria Doran who just beat the 30 minute mark by two seconds; 37 seconds down from her Round 7 personal best.   

    Decathlon Series by Wrekinsport Top 5 Cumulative Standings after eight rounds

    Pos'n

    Name

    Total Points

    1

    Tomos Hales

    44

    2

    Chris Halford

    37

    3

    Rich Smith

    22

    4

    Phil Roberts

    20

    5

    Rob Jackson

    19


    Road Bike Series Top 5 Cumulative Standings after eight rounds

    Pos'n

    Name

    Total Points

    1

    Stuart Wortley

    38

    2

    Dave Slater

    34

    3

    Steve Porter-Knott

    18

    4

    Luka Stolic

    12

    5

    Hannah Jukes-Jones

    10


    Women’s Series Top 5 Cumulative Standings after eight rounds

    Pos'n

    Name

    Total Points

    1

    Clare Cotterill

    44

    2

    Victoria Doran

    40

    3

    Clare O'Donnell

    29

    4

    Emma Horne

    12

    5

    Hannah Jukes-Jones

    10


  • 11 Jun 2021 00:02 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    The battle for supremacy between Tomos Hales and Chris Halford in the Decathlon Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport took another turn as Hales was the winner in Round 7 in chilly and wet conditions. These types of conditions sometimes give easier passage through the air as the rain came down late event, with Hales storming over the finish line in 21 minutes 13 seconds as earlier riders avoided a soaking. This sliced a huge 44 seconds off his Round 6 time as Halford remained dry but went backwards three seconds to take the runner-up spot in 21:39. Hales now hold a slender one point lead at the head of the standings as the pair seemingly swap positions each week in a great battle for supremacy.

    Taking third spot was a visiting rider from Wolverhampton Wheelers Paul Horton, gaining his first experience of the Shawbirch – Cotwall Bank circuit to stop the watch ofn 22:29, 12 seconds ahead of RAF rider Jason Walkley.

    In the Road Bike Series another first-timer caused an upset in the contest between Dave Slater and Stuart Wortley as Junior rider Luka Stolic set a highly impressive time of 24:41 to take the maximum six points on offer. Slater dipped below the 30 minute/20mph mark to finish in 29:29 and tie things up at the top of the standings with Wortley who ended his evening on 31:31.

    In the Women’s Series Victoria Doran took her first win of the season with a personal best 29:21 to narrow the gap to Clare Cotterill who had an off night by her standards, going back 2:16 and not enjoying the wet and windy conditions, which Doran seemingly relished.        


    Decathlon Series by Wrekinsport Top 5 Cumulative Standings after seven rounds

    Pos'n

    Name

    Total Points

    1

    Tomos Hales

    38

    2

    Chris Halford

    37

    3

    Rich Smith

    17

    =4

    Phil Roberts

    16

    =4

    Rob Jackson

    16


    Road Bike Series Top 5 Cumulative Standings after seven rounds

    Pos'n

    Name

    Total Points

    =1

    Dave Slater

    34

    =1

    Stuart Wortley

    34

    3

    Steve Porter-Knott

    15

    4

    Hannah Jukes-Jones

    10

    =5

    Dave Moore

    6

    =5

    Luka Stolic

    6


    Women’s Series Top 5 Cumulative Standings after seven rounds

    Pos'n

    Name

    Total Points

    1

    Clare Cotterill

    39

    2

    Victoria Doran

    34

    3

    Clare O'Donnell

    25

    4

    Emma Horne

    12

    5

    Hannah Jukes-Jones

    10


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