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Barry's time of 24:56 gave him 21st out of 46, behind the winner's time of 22:21.

Result

1. Phil Young 23 mins 32 secs
2. Barry Page 23 mins 59 secs
3. Renato Davies 25 mins 05 secs
4. Steve Watson 25 mins 06 secs
5. Peter Walton 25 mins 08 secs
6. Doug Davies 25 mins 17 secs
7. Graham Knight 26 mins 52 secs

Peter's time of 2:31:01 earned him 10th place in this event based at Sawtry. However as only 14 riders completed, it's not really much to brag about. The winner was timed at 2:02:18 on a fairly slow course.

The two-up team work of Barry Page and Brian Evans (mainly BP) thrashed the three-up efforts of Clive Wellings, Paul Fennell and Steve Watson by a whole 3 seconds in this entertaining event. Their respective times were 25:10 and 25:13.

Merv (2:11:08) gained 2nd Vet on Standard Prize along with a VTTA Group Record at 76 years young.

Again back at Newark (this time in good conditions), mechanical problems enabled Peter to start with a 50min penalty, but the actual time ridden (1:06:05) was his fastest 25 this year. Looking forward to getting a decent bike to race on. Might not be any faster, but should at least look and feel better.

Result

1. Phil Young 21 mins 51 secs
2. Barry Page 22 mins 37 secs
3. Renato Davies 22 mins 56 secs
4. Doug Davies 23 mins 37 secs
5. Peter Walton 24 mins 23 secs
6. Graham Knight 25 mins 28 secs (PB)

Private Time Trials

1. Nino Piccoli 19 mins 06 secs
2. Ross Clarke 19 mins 57 secs
3. Andre Dyason 20 mins 28 secs
4. Kevin Gill 20 mins 43 secs
5. Neil Hornett 21 mins 00 secs
6. Neil Dowie 21 mins 03 secs
7. Steve Clarke 21 mins 04 secs
8. Greg Lewis 21 mins 56 secs

Peter rode this course on the A1 at Newark in windy conditions and could only manage 1:08:56. Despite this he did not come last, being 89th out of 97.

Result

1. Phil Young 21 mins 56 secs
2. Barry Page 22 mins 50 secs
3. Renato Davies 22 mins 56 secs
4. Doug Davies 24 mins 11 secs
5. Peter Walton 24 mins 32 secs

Private Time Trials

1. Ross Clark 20 mins 10 secs
2. Damian Foy 20 mins 27 secs
3. Andre Dyason 20 mins 30 secs
4. Steven Brown 21 mins 03 secs
5. Neil Dowie 21 mins 04 secs
6. Kevin Gill 21 mins 11 secs
7. James Sale 22 mins 25 secs
8. Anthony Whale 23 mins 00 secs
9. Mick Hennessey 23 mins 53 secs

Result

1. Phil Young 21 mins 56 secs
2. Barry Page 22 mins 50 secs
3. Renato Davies 22 mins 56 secs
4. Doug Davies 24 mins 11 secs
5. Peter Walton 24 mins 32 secs

Private Time Trials

1. Ross Clark 20 mins 10 secs
2. Andre Dyason 20 mins 30 secs
3. Steven Brown 21 mins 03 secs
4. Neil Dowie 21 mins 04 secs
5. Kevin Gill 21 mins 11 secs
6. James Sale 22 mins 25 secs
7. Anthony Whale 23 mins 00 secs
8. Mick Hennessey 23 mins 53 secs
9. Colin Hodges 24 mins 32 secs

Barry's time of 2:11:38 got him 24th place out of 71.

Barry (1:15:16), Peter (1:20:25) and Chris (1:28:59)rode this event as the only team entry on a warm but slightly windy Sunday morning. Barry's time earned him second place overall.

Out of 90 riders Merv raced this course to record 1:02:14, his best time for the distance this year. With this he came First Vet on Standard.

Barry finished 13th out of 47 in this event.

Peter rode the Guilden Morden course in good cycling conditions in 1:06:52.

Unfortunately Merv only completed about 40 miles of this event due to a puncture and a malfunctioning gas pump.

At Tunstall (near Ipswich) Clive Wellings managed three laps on a muddy, technical course in 2:03:12 and was placed 34th out of 170 finishers.

Barry (24:45) and Merv (26:21) rode this windy course, with Merv taking second Vet on Standard.

On the slower of the two A1 courses Merv recorded 1:18:50 to gain Second Vet on Standard.

In good conditions Peter completed this Shropshire course in a poor 2:33:36.