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  • 18 Jul 2024 22:41 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Dean Callister smashed his own course record in Round 8 of the SB Sports Injuries Series, Wrekinsport CC’s Gordon Davies 21 on a warm but windy evening. Held over two laps of the Tiddly circuit, Callister sliced 16 seconds off that record set only in Round 4 with a superb effort of 43 minutes 33 seconds ina tight battle with Tomos Hales. Split by just eight seconds at the 10 mile point Callister wound the pace up to come home with a 27 second advantage and a new course record – despite that wind. He stated: “Conditions didn’t feel fast with it being very gusty but was a warm evening. My legs felt good and I paced it well. I was surprised to knock some more time off my previous Course Record, so very happy with that, thanks to all involved”.

    Hales finished in 44 minutes exactly and halved the gap to Series leader Jonathan Mills-Keeling to the narrowest possible – two points – after pushing the Aerologic rider into third place on the evening. Hales commented: “I enjoyed the Tiddly two-lapper. I managed to hold consistent power for the whole duration, and my pacing was on point for a change. Well done to Dean for the win, and thanks for Wrekinsport for hosting”.

    Mills-Keeling finished in 46:17 for that 3rd place and was Veteran’s runner-up behind Chris Riley after registering a strong +10:47, just 11 seconds behind the Paramount rider. This narrowed the gap at the top of the Veterans standings which Mills-Keeling also leads, but by a very impressive margin, making barely a dent as he holds onto a huge 62 point advantage. Mills-Keeling appeared to struggle getting going from his post-race comments: “A nice evening of racing, the first lap was a struggle but on the second lap I got into a better rhythm. Some fast times, great for Dean to take the win and another course record”.

    Riley was pleased with his second Veterans maximum of the Series, registering +10:58 based on an actual 47:02 in this age-adjusted competition, as well as enjoying his evening’s racing: “The Tiddly is a great little course and two laps is a real workout. Lovely to take the Veterans 20 points on the age card, but what a great performance from the fast riders - thanks Wrekinsport”.

    Mills-Keeling isn’t the only rider holding a huge Series lead as Hayley Wells took another fine win in the Female Series and extended her lead to 64 points. Wells scored a fabulous 49:05 after a miserable time in Round 4 saw her severely baulked by farm traffic. She stated: “The weather was more favourable compared to a couple of months ago on the course - and no tractor hold ups this time! It was another great evening of racing, well done to Dean for the Course Record”.

    Wells beat first time entrant to the 2024 Series Deb Hutson-Lumb, but she didn’t go home empty handed with a win in the Road Bike Series with an adjusted 47:32 in this age and gender handicap competition. Hutson-Lumb had little choice in the matter if she wanted to race however, as she explained: “With my time trial bike in bits it was a good opportunity to test a new road bike. I started off well, but back pain on the second lap resulted in a lot of sitting up - bike tweaks required. A good evening despite the strong breeze, thanks to everyone involved”.

    Hutson-Lumb wasn’t the only debutant in the 2024 as Newport CC Junior Ben Bramford-Hale took the step up for his longest time trial yet – and coped admirably. Bramford-Hale has been a regular attendee at Wrekinsport 10 mile club events, but tried his luck at the longer distance, crossing the line in a very respectable 54:16. He even managed to set a 10 mile personal best of 25:55 along the way at the end of the first lap. He commented: “I started time trialling this season at the weekly Wrekinsport time trial events, where the support and advice from the friendly organisers and other riders has been brilliant.  For the step up to 21 miles I tried to focus on pacing myself so the speed was consistent throughout. I was pleased with the result, and I’m looking forward to doing other longer distances to get even better with judging pace. The time trials are really helping my racing overall”.

    • With the race a memorial to former Wrekinsport Secretary Gordon Davies one rider was determined to honour his late uncle as Paramount’s Keith Davies made a rare appearance at a time trial in a lovely family connection. Davies ended his evening out on 1:01:11, and with a great deal of satisfaction, bringing back memories of his uncle: “It was a privilege and honour to ride the Wrekinsport TT on the Tiddly course the club kindly runs in memory of my late uncle, Gordon Davies. Gordon helped build my first bike using an Ernie Clements frame that I used when the club 10 mile time trials used to run from The Gate at Bratton. I think it rekindled his love for cycling and he became again an avid rider over various time distances. Many thanks again for running the annual event in his name, and to all who organised last night.  I hope to be back next year and may even beat the hour”!


  • 18 Jul 2024 20:51 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Result:

    Pos'n Names Club(s) 2.5 miles 6.25 miles 10 miles
    1 Oli Freeman & Tomos Hales Wrekinsport CC 5:05 13:10 21:18
    2 Phil Roberts & Ben Southgate Wrekinsport CC 5:06 13:18 21:48
    3 Paul Duncan and Alvydas Janusauskas Paramount CRT  5:27 14:00 22:41
    4 Chris Riley & Hayley Wells Paramount CRT & Wrekinsport CC 5:31 14:09 22:43
    5 Ben Wood & Deb Hutson-Lumb Wrekinsport CC 5:49 14:38 23:40
    6 Jack Young & Peter Fletcher Oswestry Paragon CC  5:46 14:53 24:01
    7 Dave Moore & Matt Price Wrekinsport CC 5:56 15:25 24:54
    8 Karl Lombardi & Sorrell Williams Oswestry Paragon CC & SCCA Private Member 6:08 15:35 25:14
    9 Jan Davies & Mark Hill Hafren CC 6:06 15:42 25:34
    10 Bruce Gregory & Andrew Crow Wrekinsport CC & Unattached 6:37 17:01 27:26
    11 Stuart Wortley & Steve King Wrekinsport CC 7:14 18:17 29:52


    Private solo time trail:

    Pos'n Names Club(s) 2.5 miles 6.25 miles 10 miles
    1 David Cannell Paramount CRT  6:26 16:59 27:46


  • 10 Jul 2024 21:03 | Anonymous member (Administrator)
    Pos'n Name Club Cat 2.5 miles 6.25 miles 10 miles No.
    1 Oli Freeman Wrekinsport CC S 5:20 14:02 22:36 6
    2 Phil Roberts Wrekinsport CC S 5:29 14:12 22:46 4
    3 Ben Southgate Wrekinsport CC J 5:47 14:37 23:31 3
    4 Deb Hutson-Lumb Wrekinsport CC FV 5:54 14:54 24:06 10
    5 Hamish Maclean Musselburgh RCC V 5:49 14:50 24:11 14
    6 Ben Wood Wrekinsport CC S 5:47 15:16 24:45 9
    7 Rich Smith Wrekinsport CC V 6:01 15:20 24:46 2
    8 Cameron Coley-Smith Unattached S 5:54 15:22 24:52 11
    9 Simon Thursz Wrekinsport CC S 6:03 15:47 25:31 12
    10 Chris Dunn Unattached V 6:10 16:01 26:05 13
    11 Matt Price Wrekinsport CC V 6:24 16:30 26:26 8
    12 Dave Moore Wrekinsport CC V 6:15 16:25 26:37 1
    13 David Seager Wrekinsport CC V 6:26 16:59 27:48 7
    14 Vince Evans Wrekinsport CC V 6:53 17:30 27:55 5


    Road bikes in italics

  • 10 Jul 2024 21:02 | Anonymous member (Administrator)
    Pos'n Name Club Cat 10m Time Time
    1 Dean Callister Aerologic RT S 21:11 43:33
    2 Tomos Hales Wrekinsport CC S 21:19 44:00
    3 Jonathan Mills-Keeling Aerologic RT V 22:35 46:17
    4 Jonathan Whittaker Army Cycling S 22:26 46:45
    5 Chris Riley Paramount CRT V 22:40 47:02
    6 Phil Roberts Wrekinsport CC S 23:00 48:11
    7 Hayley Wells Wrekinsport CC 23:53 49:05
    8 Paul Bailey Bridgnorth CC V 24:04 49:28
    9 Ben Wood Wrekinsport CC S 24:04 50:01
    10 Rich Smith Wrekinsport CC V 25:18 52:00
    11 Allan Henderson Wrekinsport CC V 25:34 53:08
    12 Ben Bramford-Hale Newport Shropshire CC J 25:55 54:16
    13 Chris Dunn Unattached V 26:38 54:51
    14 Deb Hutson-Lumb Wrekinsport CC FV 26:37 55:28
    15 Jon Heath Unattached V 28:29 58:24
    16 Keith Davies Paramount CRT V 29:45 1:01:11
    17 Elliott Wills Wrekinsport CC S 30:20 1:02:35
    18 Ashley Kirkham Wrekinsport CC V 31:14 1:05:22
    19 Rob Garbett Wrekinsport CC V DNF DNF


  • 1 Jul 2024 21:59 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Phil Roberts registered an all time 10 mile personal best to finally get the better of Oli Freeman in Round 10 of the Decathlon Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport – but agonisingly missed out on the overall win thanks to visiting rider Mike Senior. Senior registered a blistering 21 minutes 34 seconds effort on the best evening for cycling in a long time with warn and windless conditions ensuring fast times at the sharp end.

    Roberts was clearly straining hard – so hard the timekeeper checked his calculations twice just to make sure. He was ahead of Freeman on all three laps of the Long Lane circuit, finishing in 22:05 to Freeman’s 22:36. Freeman headed back into sole lead of the Series as consolation thanks to the rider he was tying with, Tomos Hales - otherwise engaged on honeymoon. 

    Hales wasn’t the only top rider absent with Hayley Wells not defending her Women’s Series lead thanks to representing GB in the Europe Duathlon Championships in Coimbra, Portugal – and winning her age group. That saw a first appearance of the season for Deb Hutson-Lumb finishing in a strong 25:03, whilst Karen Sherriff did enough to keep the Women’s Championship destination open for another week with a fine 28:25.

    In the Road Bike Series overall win went to regular visitor Hamish MacLean of Musselburgh RCC in 23:24, whilst Matt Price finally got the better of David Seager with 26:10, which he attributed to some solid club run miles the previous weekend. Price made up two points after Peter Jukes also beat Seager by nine seconds with 26:27.

    Decathlon Series by Wrekinsport Cumulative Standings after ten rounds

     

    Pos'n

    Name

    Total Points

    1

    Oli Freeman

    41

    2

    Tomos Hales

    36

    3

    Phil Roberts

    29

    4

    Hayley Wells

    24

    5

    Ben Southgate

    20

    6

    Chris Halford

    12

    =7

    Allan Henderson

    11

    =7

    Rich Smith

    11

    9

    Ben Wood

    10

    =10

    David Seager

    8

    =10

    Matt Price

    8

    =10

    Simon Thursz

    8

    Road Bike Series Cumulative Standings after ten rounds

    Pos'n

    Name

    Total Points

    1

    David Seager

    41

    2

    Matt Price

    33

    3

    Dave Moore

    21

    4

    Peter Jukes

    17

    5

    Stuart Wortley

    12

    6

    Elliott Wills

    8

    7

    Sarah Bradshaw

    7

    8

    Mike Bigwood

    5

    9

    Karen Sherriff

    4

    10

    Colin Smith

    3

    Women’s Series Cumulative Standings after ten rounds

    Pos'n

    Name

    Total Points

    1

    Hayley Wells

    42

    2

    Karen Sherriff

    21

    3

    Victoria Doran

    15

    4

    Sarah Bradshaw

    14

    5

    Deb Hutson-Lumb

    6


  • 1 Jul 2024 21:27 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Tomos Hales headed back to the top of the Decathlon Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport following Round 9 after a superb win of 44 seconds over Oli Freeman – with those two riders now tying for Series lead. Hales charged around the tight Long Lane circuit in 21 minutes 38 seconds, with Freeman registering a strong 22:22, improving his Round 8 time by 18 seconds on a pleasant if cool evening.

     

    There was a great battle for third spot with Chris Halford just getting the better of a strong challenge by Hayley Wells as the pair were split by just eight seconds. Wells was up by six seconds after 2½ miles, but Halford had precisely reversed that advantage at the 6¼ mile point, stretching by just a further two seconds by the finish line to register 23:28. Wells almost has the Women’s Series sewn up, with the only uncertainly being whether a replacement round will be added for the cancelled Round 6 which if run mathematically allows enough points to technically be scored, if not the Women’s Series was won on the night. 

     

    Club Junior Ben Southgate took fifth spot and was quick out of the blocks, being ahead of both Halford and Wells at the first two time checks, but that early powerful start seems to have affected him for the final 3¾ mile lap to the line as he faded to 24:01.

     

    Visiting rider Jack ward of Sharrow CC took the overall honours in the Road Bike Series in 24:58, but maximum points went to disruptor Dave Moore, getting in the way of David Seager’s championship aspirations. Moore stopped the watch on 26:17 with Seager 28 seconds back, but still adding a further point difference over chasing Matt Price, back on 28:12.       


    Decathlon Series by Wrekinsport Cumulative Standings after nine rounds

    Pos'n

    Name

    Total Points

    =1

    Oli Freeman

    36

    =1

    Tomos Hales

    36

    3

    Hayley Wells

    24

    4

    Phil Roberts

    23

    5

    Ben Southgate

    17

    =6

    Allan Henderson

    10

    =6

    Ben Wood

    10

    8

    Rich Smith

    9

    =9

    Chris Halford

    8

    =9

    Simon Thursz

    8

    Road Bike Series Cumulative Standings after nine rounds

    Pos'n

    Name

    Total Points

    1

    David Seager

    37

    2

    Matt Price

    27

    3

    Dave Moore

    21

    =4

    Peter Jukes

    12

    =4

    Stuart Wortley

    12

    6

    Elliott Wills

    8

    7

    Sarah Bradshaw

    7

    8

    Mike Bigwood

    5

    9

    Karen Sherriff

    4

    10

    Colin Smith

    3

    Women’s Series Cumulative Standings after nine rounds

    Pos'n

    Name

    Total Points

    1

    Hayley Wells

    42

    2

    Karen Sherriff

    16

    3

    Victoria Doran

    15

    4

    Sarah Bradshaw

    14


  • 19 Jun 2024 21:42 | Anonymous member (Administrator)
    Pos'n Name Club Cat 2.5 miles 6.25 miles 10 miles
    1 Mike Senior Unattached V 5:16 13:20 21:34
    2 Phil Roberts Wrekinsport CC S 5:18 13:35 22:05
    3 Oli Freeman Wrekinsport CC S 5:30 14:12 22:26
    4 Chris Halford Wrekinsport CC V 5:43 14:25 23:10
    5 George Coombes Newport Shropshire CC S 5:32 14:15 23:11
    6 Hamish MacLean Musselburgh RCC V 5:39 14:32 23:24
    7 Ben Southgate Wrekinsport CC J 5:54 15:08 23:51
    8 Rich Smith Wrekinsport CC V 5:52 15:02 24:18
    9 Allan Henderson Wrekinsport CC V 5:57 15:31 24:23
    10 Deb Hutson-Lumb Wrekinsport CC FV 6:31 15:46 25:03
    11 Matt Price Wrekinsport CC V 6:23 16:16 26:10
    12 Peter Jukes Wrekinsport CC V 6:13 16:17 26:27
    13 David Seager Wrekinsport CC V 6:13 16:23 26:36
    14 Chris Marrs Mid Shropshire Wheelers V 6:32 16:34 26:41
    15 Chris Dunn Unattached V 6:30 16:50 27:06
    16 Martin Davies Unattached V 6:39 17:15 27:37
    17 Oliver Allan Unattached V 6:36 17:16 27:57
    18 Elliott Wills Wrekinsport CC S 6:43 17:22 27:59
    19 Karen Sherriff Wrekinsport CC FV 7:01 17:50 28:25
    20 Bruce Gregory Wrekinsport CC V 7:04 17:45 28:41
    21 Andrew Crow Unattached V 7:03 17:58 28:55
    . Rob Garbett Wrekinsport CC V . . DNS-P


    Road Bikes in italics

  • 18 Jun 2024 22:10 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    With several key riders on County level duty in the Hafren CC 10 taking place at the same time, Oli Freeman and Phil Roberts were looking forward to a straight head-to-head for the win in Round 8 of the Decathlon Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport – but reckoned without visiting rider Mike Senior. Making his only appearance of the season so far, Senior took the win in 22 minutes 7 seconds, starting off last from the 18 competitors – after Freeman and Roberts who started much earlier thought it was done in discussions near the finish line.

    Freeman took the maximum six points on offer to Wrekinsport members by a solitary second, finishing in 22:40 to Roberts’ 22:41 as the pair had been split by exactly that margin at the 6¼ mile point in an extremely tight contest. That one second margin proved vital as it moved Freeman into the Series lead by a single point, with Roberts moving up to third in the Overall standings.

    The evening was notable for a number of returning and first-time riders with first sight of Chris Halford this season taking fourth spot in 23:52. In the Road Bike Series another first sighting of 2024 took the runner-up spot as Mike Bigwood recorded 27:28, with Series leader David Seager extending his lead to nine points with a strong 26:42. Meanwhile it was a first ever time trial for Colin Smith with a creditable benchmark of 32:11.

    In the Women’s Series Karen Sherriff moved up to second in the standings thanks to a 29:05 effort, seeing off a challenge from another first-timer Amy Watkins on just beating the 20mph mark with 29:56.

    Decathlon Series by Wrekinsport Cumulative Standings after eight rounds

    Pos'n

    Name

    Total Points

    1

    Oli Freeman

    31

    2

    Tomos Hales

    30

    3

    Phil Roberts

    23

    4

    Hayley Wells

    21

    5

    Ben Southgate

    15

    =6

    Allan Henderson

    9

    =6

    Ben Wood

    9

    8

    Rich Smith

    8

    9

    Simon Thursz

    7

    =10

    David Seager

    6

    =10

    Matt Price

    6

    Road Bike Series Cumulative Standings after eight rounds

    Pos'n

    Name

    Total Points

    1

    David Seager

    32

    2

    Matt Price

    23

    3

    Dave Moore

    15

    4

    Peter Jukes

    12

    5

    Stuart Wortley

    9

    6

    Elliott Wills

    8

    7

    Sarah Bradshaw

    7

    8

    Mike Bigwood

    5

    9

    Karen Sherriff

    4

    10

    Colin Smith

    3

    Women’s Series Cumulative Standings after eight rounds

    Pos'n

    Name

    Total Points

    1

    Hayley Wells

    36

    2

    Karen Sherriff

    16

    3

    Victoria Doran

    15

    4

    Sarah Bradshaw

    14


  • 13 Jun 2024 08:22 | Anonymous member (Administrator)
    Pos'n Name Club Cat 2.5 miles 6.25 miles 10 miles No.
    1 Tomos Hales Wrekinsport CC S 5:15 13:27 21:38 10
    2 Oli Freeman Wrekinsport CC S 5:24 13:51 22:22 13
    3 Chris Halford Wrekinsport CC V 5:57 14:41 23:28 3
    4 Hayley Wells Wrekinsport CC F 5:51 14:47 23:36 6
    5 Ben Southgate Wrekinsport CC J 5:39 14:39 24:01 14
    6 Ben Wood Wrekinsport CC S 5:58 15:08 24:10 7
    7 Rich Smith Wrekinsport CC V 6:04 15:30 24:41 4
    8 Cameron Coley-Smith Unattached S 6:08 15:35 24:48 11
    9 Allan Henderson Wrekinsport CC V 6:10 15:31 24:49 2
    10 Jack Ward Sharrow CC S 6:08 15:15 24:58 16
    11 Simon Thursz Wrekinsport CC S 6:04 15:35 25:00 9
    12 Dave Moore Wrekinsport CC V 6:08 16:25 26:17 5
    13 Ben Bramford-Hale Newport Shropshire CC J 6:33 16:30 26:36 20
    14 David Seager Wrekinsport CC V 6:14 16:26 26:45 18
    15 Chris Dunn Unattached V 6:27 16:24 26:53 15
    16 Matt Price Wrekinsport CC V 6:55 17:34 28:12 12
    17 Bruce Gregory Wrekinsport CC V 7:06 17:52 28:36 8
    18 Elliott Wills Wrekinsport CC S 6:51 17:39 28:57 19
    19 Stuart Wortley Wrekinsport CC V 7:44 19:44 31:36 1
    20 Matt Muir Propel CC V 7:43 20:02 33:13 17


    Road bikes in italics

  • 11 Jun 2024 22:13 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Tomos Hales continued his strong defence of the Decathlon Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport Championship with another fine win on a cool, dull evening for Round 7. Hales coped best with a five minute sprinkling of drizzle which reports stated was enough to make the road surface greasy and care had to be taken on corners. Starting a minute after Oli Freeman Hales had taken 7 seconds back at the 2½ mile point, 24 seconds at the 6¼ mile mark, but put in a giant effort on the final lap to catch Freeman as they crossed the finish line virtually together, with Hales recording 21 minutes 47 seconds, Freeman 22:47. This extended Hales’ Series defence by a further point to five points.

    Hayley Wells continues to impress and took third place Overall from a field of 15 riders, as well as capturing the Women’s win in 24:12, 10 seconds ahead of Junior Ben Southgate. Wells has a commanding lead of 21 points and looks a shoo-in for the Women’s title already in her first season with Wrekinsport, with nearest challenger Victoria Doran finishing in 31:56.

    In the Road Bike Series first-time visitor Jack Ward of Sharrow CC took the win in 25:29; but David Seager extended his lead over Matt Price with a fine 26:31 and was actually seven seconds up on Ward after 2½ miles in a frantic start he paid for, being 29 seconds behind Ward after 6¼ miles and 1:02 behind at the finish.


    Decathlon Series by Wrekinsport Cumulative Standings after seven rounds

    Pos'n

    Name

    Total Points

    1

    Tomos Hales

    30

    2

    Oli Freeman

    25

    3

    Hayley Wells

    21

    4

    Phil Roberts

    18

    5

    Ben Southgate

    12

    =6

    Allan Henderson

    9

    =6

    Ben Wood

    9

    =8

    Matt Price

    6

    =8

    Rich Smith

    6

    =8

    Simon Thursz

    6

    Road Bike Series Cumulative Standings after seven rounds

    Pos'n

    Name

    Total Points

    1

    David Seager

    26

    2

    Matt Price

    23

    3

    Dave Moore

    15

    4

    Peter Jukes

    12

    5

    Elliott Wills

    8

    =6

    Sarah Bradshaw

    5

    =6

    Stuart Wortley

    5

    8

    Karen Sherriff

    4

    Women’s Series Cumulative Standings after seven rounds

    Pos'n

    Name

    Total Points

    1

    Hayley Wells

    36

    2

    Victoria Doran

    15

    3

    Karen Sherriff

    10

    4

    Sarah Bradshaw

    9


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