H&StL CC Pevensey 10 Report - Pevensey TT next Wednesday‏

There were fine conditions for the first of two Hastings Pevensey Club 10s with a number of PBs set on a warm evening with just a light wind and occasional gust. Most impressive ride of the night was PB by 12 year old Fabien Large on his third ride at the distance after a 35:02 at Tenterden six weeks ago and 32:01 at Fowlmead a week and a half ago. He broke evens for the first time with a further massive improvement in PB of 2:24 to record  29:37. He is one of three 12 year olds on the start sheet for Saturday's SE heats on the Fowlmead Cycle Park closed road circuit to qualify for the GHS National Under-17s final in September. The fastest boy and girl from each year group qualifies for the final. Fabien will face competition from a 4T+ (!) Velo Club junior and Hastings junior Finlay Pritchard-Brady who will be making his TT debut after just a couple of Bacon Butty Runs.


Event winner Stuart Hodd (22:59) must have been a PB by a large margin and I am pretty sure second placed Trevor Deeble (23.38) was also a PB. The only other Hastings rider to break evens was third placed Malcolm Daly (23:59) who has severAfrom his very successful 2012 season, but watch this space!


Making up the top five places were Mark Brittle  (24:06) who his having a good season in Rovers and Lewes club tens but not yet ready to knock out the sort of times he could a few years ago (21s and 55s) and Lee Smith (24:28 PB) riding Tri bars in anger for the first time


Simon Newell (25:07) and Nigel Tamplin (25:42 PB) broke the 26 minute mark but no one else from the club broke the 27 minute mark.  Seven broke the 28 minute mark with what proved to be the most popular time of the evening: a 27:**. Neil Smith (27:28) rode a ten for the first time, having had a few Ninfield 14s under this belt but it was Stewart Buckland's (27:36)  TT debut. I am pretty sure Jon Stainsby's 27:05 was a PB (but it may have been his first 10?) in a dead heat with Greg Blackwell.


Note that it is impossible for me to keep a record of everyone's times. It is up to individuals to record their times in their training / racing diaries or whatever and inform me of results and PB improvements.


Note that evens is 20mph, which was more significant many years ago. It is not that long (50 or so years!) since the first man to break evens in a 100 mile TT died. He broke 4 hours on a fixed gear, I did calculate his cadence once and it would have put today's big gear grinders to shame! And of course 20mph is now pretty routine for the 12 hour and even 24 hour TTs !!!!


Epsom CC's Bob Coleman, who lives in Eastbourne and often rides private TTs with local clubs, came off his bike about 100 yards after exiting Pevensey roundabout on his way to Little Common. No car was involved and  Bob was fortunate a nurse driving behind him saw it happen, stopped and soon flagged down a passing ambulance who looked after him and got control to send another ambulance to their call.  He was taken to hospital as a precautionary measure since he had landed very heavily on his back on the near side of road verge in the brambles and after a thorough check up was released to go home soon after midnight. Stuart called round to see him in the morning and I have spoken to Bob who is bruised and sore on his left side and has a broken finger so taking it easy for a few days.


Club TTs are on the Pevensey course next week then we move back to the Ninfield circuit with an earlier sign on time:


Wed       09 July   Pevensey 10    G10/83                    Meet 7.00 first rider off 7.30 late

Wed.     16 July   Ninfield 14                                        Meet 6.30 first rider off 7.00

Wed.     23 July   Ninfield 14                                        Meet 6.30 first rider off 7.00

Wed.     30 July   Ninfield 14                                        Meet 6.30 first rider off 7.00



Chris Parker