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Phil's time of 1:01:34 gave him a course PB by over a minute and was his most satisfying result this year as his 12th position raised him above many of his racing contemporaries.

Barry's time of 1:17:32 meant that he came 17th out of 49 riders. It also gave him a course PB and 10 extra SPOCO points.

Phil's time of 22.27 gave him a Club Age Record (at 60). Chris's time of 26:34 was a PB for the distance. Steve Watson maintained his impressive good form with 23:32 and Merv rode consistantly to 24:41.

A triple triumph. Chris's time of 1:13:25 won the Second Handicap award (although this may be upgraded to first), whilst Merv's 1:07:00 won the First Vet on Standard award. This completed a remarkable record for Merv as he has now won the Edgar Maskell Trophy for the fifth time in the seven years it has been running.

Peter's time of 2:16:00 whilst not a PB was his fastest for the year. However he was pleased that he did not come out of the event with any more injuries than he went in with.

On a relatively windless day, Steve and Paul rode 2 up to record 29:02 and came 6th out of 17. Barry finished in the solo section in 29:56 to come 9th out of 18 despite losing time when his chain fell off.

On a cold and windy Sunday morning, Barry finished in 2:16:03.

Chris was timed at 1:14:13 on a warm afternoon near Newmarket. Only four riders (of the 41 entries) managed to complete within the hour.

On a cold Sunday morning with a strong, rising South West wind, Merv had a hard ride to the Sawston turn but managed to record a good time of 1:18:53 for 6th position on Standard out of 91 riders.

Phil, Chris and Merv rode this event with Phil (25:46) on a 'vintage' Stan Miles and Chris (27:28) on an equally ancient Raleigh competing in the Old Skool part. Merv's time was 25:20 although this was done on a 2009 Dalkia.

Peter entered this event full of hope and expectation. Unfortunately things did not work out quite as planned and although he packed in at 200 miles he has completed all the distances from 10 miles to a 12 hour race this year. Keeping an average speed of over 20mph for 6 hours, this started to drop as the wind increased and minor injury problems mounted. At 9 hours the estimated mileage at the finish was 218-220 miles. At about 10 hours (c190 miles) a left knee injury forced him to ride using just one leg and common sense prevailed at 200 miles.

Barry's time of 1:00:42 was enough to make him 28th out of 119 on the startsheet.

On a very windy day Phil (25:20), Peter (26.03) and Merv (26:50) rode this event. Riding to the start, and listening to the comments of the early finishers, it was soon apparent that most rider's times would be at least three minutes slower than hoped for.

Merv completed this event in 1:03:38.

Steve Watson produced one of his best rides to record 22:50, whilst Merv's time of 23:44 was his fastest since 2003.

Result

1. Barry Page 23 mins 44 secs
2. Renato Davies 23 mins 46 secs
3. Doug Davies 24 mins 06 secs
4. Steve Watson 24 mins 19 secs
5. Peter Walton 24 mins 28 secs
6. Chris Walker 27 mins 03 secs

Private Time Trials Solo

1. Luke Clark 20 mins 08 secs
2. Ross Clark 20 mins 34 secs
3. Stuart Tarry 21 mins 03 secs
4. Kevin Gill 21 mins 31 secs
5. Steve Clark 21 mins 55 secs
6. R Smith 22 mins 03 secs
7. G Lewis 23 mins 08 secs
8. Michael Hennessy 23 mins 52 secs

Chris Walker successfully completed this event, gaining PBs in all three disciplines. His time of 41:14 for the 1.5km Swim, followed by 1hr 11mins for the 40km Cycle and then 51:49 for the 10km Run gave him an overall time of 2hrs 54mins (incl transition times).

Merv managed 1:04:49 on a cool morning with a light crosswind. However it was enough for the First Vet on Standard award.

On a warm afternoon with a breeze from the South West Merv recorded 25:46 for the First Vet on Standard award.

Peter rode his first 100 on a course based around the A24. A reasonable and consistent pace for the first 50 miles was soured when turning south into the wind to reach the second half of the circuit. His recorded time was 4:59:54 although this did include a wait of nearly 35 seconds at some traffic lights. The winner's time was 4:06:07.