It was another great turnout for the Phoenix today, with 11 riders on the start sheet for this one. A special mention to Brian and Jake who were apparently out partying until late and were feeling a little delicate; not your usual pre-cursor to a 25 mile time trial.
We were back on the G25/53 course with it's dizzyingly large number of roundabouts. The conditions seemed pretty good at the start, but then a stiff northerly headwind seemed to pick up towards the end, which made the final sections towards Southwater roundabout via Hop Oast a real grind over the last few miles (or was that just me!?)
There were some great results today, which are making the Club Championships very interesting. Russell Williams proved that his last result was no fluke with a very impressive 1:01, taking the scratch win by 19 seconds from Simon Trehearn and pipping Joe Bertorelli to the handicap win, with Joe riding his fastest 25 for 7 years. Russell's improvement of almost 6 minutes must also put him into early contention for the George Crouch Trophy?
A big congratulations to Helene Grinsted for riding her first 25. In these days of aero-efficiency, carbon everything and bikes designed using computational fluid dynamics, Helene bucked the trend with a bike shod with mudguards and panniers to earn us another valuable Rawson Shield point. Well done Helene. Grant and Mike achieved great results against the vets tables and it was good to see Simon Waller back on the start line after his adventures in Scotland. Second claim rider, Simon Tootle was also riding again today for the Festival Club, finishing in 1:11.
Thanks to the organisers, Frank for timekeeping and publishing the results and Florence and Ken for marshalling on behalf of the Phoenix.
Onwards.
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