Club TT- Hastings Rye Hastings 10/6

Good Performance From the Two Pete's

It was not easy evening despite a bit of wind assist on the return from Rye on a bright but rather breezy and chilly evening.  Malcolm Daly (47.04) won the club event with Tom Norris (51.15) slicing more than two minutes off his PB to take second ahead of Ian Hendry (53.25), riding the course for the first time since 2010, Neil Smith (54.12), a first timer on the course, and Simon Grogan (55.48) fresh from his Cambridge adventure at the weekend, it is well worth reading his excellent BLOG report (Nigel Tamplin and Andy Lancaster were also there).

 In Gear’s Peter Tadros (40.07) was quicker that his best time in 2014 and not far of breaking 40 minutes as he did in 2012 and 2011. Rye junior Michael Maxwell also took two minutes of this PB for third fastest time.

So only two PBs in a field of 15 riders confirms it was a hard evening, 8 have gone quicker in the past and there were 5 first timers on the course. Please see the attached table of times.

Many thanks to Andy Lancaster who passed his time keeper training!  We must have marshals at the Rye mini roundabout, so many thanks to Tim Miles, Mark Ingram and John Vidler.

We must have a marshal(s) in Rye so volunteers always required, please.  Steve Curtis will time keep on 17 June and so far we have Tim Miles marshalling at Rye, riding out ahead of the field to stretch his legs.

Many thanks to those who popped by to chat during sign on and setting off, it is a good way of catching up with people as is the post event drink in the White Hart at the top of Guestling Hill, eight of us socialised there this week.