CLUB BROAD OAK TIME TRIAL RESULTS Wednesday 13 August

Despite it being a cooler evening with a stiff wind and temporary traffic lights there were some great times on the Broad Oak course this Wednesday. Two juniors stole the headlines with 17 year old Joe Kingsman joining the elite few that break 20 minutes with a winning time of 19.24, a PB by 41 seconds, and 12 year old Fabien Large knocking a massive two minute off his PB with a time of 27.57 which shows his training for the GHS National Uner-17s final on 13 September is going well.

 Stuart Hodd (19.58) was second and Malcolm Daly (21.33 SB) third.

 Nigel Tamplin (22.30) set a PB by just under a minute and Mark Ingram (23.56) by 23 seconds.

Three new members set very useful times on their TT debuts: Alex Smith (23.40), Ben Whitmore (23.49) and Dan Selmes (24.59).  Please see the attached table for all the times.

Some nine years after being introduced to club cycling, TTs and road racing as a junior Sam Wadman was back from Newcastle, where he has been competing in triathlons and road racing, to ride the circuit again, but added a leg to Northiam to his ride having missed the left turn at Horns Cross!

 Last week's event was cancelled due to the road between Horns Cross and Staplecross being closed for redressing the surface with chippings which make for a slower ride. It seemed that all would be clear this week but temporary traffic lights were set up after Cripps Corner and just before Ellen Whorne Lane due to a sunken drain cover on the south side of the road that could easily wreck car wheels. Rules of the road must but obeyed when riding TTs but fortunately the lights were only twenty yards apart and changing every 15 to 30 seconds so only a few rides lost ten or so seconds timing their ride to go through on green.

 Next week's TT on Wednesday 20 August is the last evening event of the series, sign on earlier at 18:15 for first rider off at 18:45. It will be followed by a meal in The Rainbow Trout, places to be booked with Chris Parker by Sunday 17 August.

Chris Parker