Hastings Rye Hastings Classic TT Wednesday 26 June

The last HRH classic of 2013 had a field of 14 riders on an evening that was not as good as the float evening of last week when there would actually have been 11/12 PBs and not 10/12 PBs had Steve Curtis not dropped a light on the way out and stopped to cross the road and retrieve it on the way back. Quite why new full time pro Greg Blackwell was the only one to miss out on PB is a mystery!  The first timers all set very good times which some went on to better this week.

Ready For The Off Captain Mainwaring 

Stuart Hodd (47:28) becomes another club member to add to those who have a 12 pointer to their name. His winning PB pipped Malcolm (48:56) in to second place. However Malcolm decided to undertake a brief field trip to study the flora and fauna in a nettle patch on the way back .........

Our only remaining 100% record of starts came to an end courtesy of Southern Trains. Ollie Chapman had been to Plumpton College and phoned me from Lewes Station to say there were delays on the train "service".

A very big thank you to Tim Miles who had turned up hoping to ride but ended up doing marshalling duties at Rye for a third week in the absence of any other offers. Marshals are mandatory for certain events.  Events will have to be cancelled if no marshal turns up since the CTT public liability insurance may well be invalidated if a mandatory marshal is not present if an accident occurs.

Also it was almost a self starter TT…….. A very big thank you to John Vidler who was tired after a tough training session earlier in the week in the glorious setting of Ashburnham Place (triathlons on Sat 6 and Sun 7 July) who turned up to chat and had a quick course in the fine art of pushing off followed by practical implementation whilst the lesson was still fresh in his mind.

There were four PBs:
Barney Willard 45:59 by one second
Stuart Hodd 47:28 by 40 seconds
Steve Butcher 50:33 by 11 seconds proving again that he is not only a megga mile eating Audaxer but a sound tester
Andy Foster 51:22 by 37 seconds
All bettering PB times they set on the float evening last week.



CLUB EVENTS:
Sign on for the Pevensey 10 is in the lane by the west wall of Pevensey Castle: High Street, Westham, BN24 5LL.  Please sign on ASAP and no later than 15 minutes before first off.  The course is basically Pevensey roundabout to Little Common roundabout and back.  We usually rehydrate afterwards in the Royal Oak and Castle.

Wed     03 July Pevensey 10    G10/83           Meet 7.00 first rider off 7.30 late
Wed     10 July Pevensey 10    G10/83           Meet 7.00 first rider off 7.30 late
Wed.    17 July Ninfield 14                             Meet 6.30 first rider off 7.00
Wed.    24 July Ninfield 14                             Meet 6.30 first rider off 7.00
Wed.    31 July Ninfield 14                             Meet 6.30 first rider off 7.0