Monday 1 May 2017

Pop Up Racing, Who Needs Open's? Poole Wheelers "Ski Slope" Club 10, Report/ Results



Pop up racing is the future, promoted on social media, £5 pay- on- the- line, a full field, cash prize fund, even we were there, who needs open's? Bad weather? cancel the event, stay in bed,(quite a few did)*, no hoops to jump through, make it up as you go along, well nearly, police notification for the event was posted a few months back but the rest was word of mouth. The Poole wheelers club 10 on the Ski Slope P415 course at Upton attracted 54 entrants more than double the field for the Tornado CRT Open 10 the previous day. Did one race affect the other, possibly yes, probably not. The rural lanes around Bransgore on the edge of the New Forest are training roads,the dual carriageway, Upton bypass on the northern tip of Poole harbour is for racing in the speed-is-king world of Time Trialling.
The trend in the south is for club racing, many will never ride an open time trial, competition at club level is all they want.... and of course speed,the downhill Ski Slope P415 course obliges, the public get what the public want.

*Over 20 riders failed to start on a damp morning
1. Sam Wadsley PW - 20.39

2. Craig Haslam Team Bottrill - 20.49
3. Steve Pink PW - 20.58
4. James Horton VCSR - 21.02
5. Adrian Murray BJW - 21.05
6. Richard Porter CCW - 21.20
7. Tim Flynn PW - 21.38
8. Mike Williams PW - 21.43
9. Adam Mitchell PW - 22.09
10. Craig Weston PW - 22.11
11 BARRIE WATKINSON BACC 22.14
12 MIKE AKERS BJW 22.30
13 MATT BLYTHE BACC 22.46
14 STUART PECKHAM NFCC 22.48
15 TOM DAY PW 22.54
16 PETE WILSON BACC 23.06
17 Nathan Stuhlmacher PW 23.08
18 CHRIS DAY PW 23.29
19 ROBIN DARCH PW 23.30
20 ANDREW HUMPHRIES PW 23.39
21 SHAUN PALMER RNRMCA 23.40
22 MICHELLE WALTER BACC 24.38
23 NEIL DYBLE BACC 24.50
24 ASHLEY CORBY 25.14
25 PAUL THOMAS CCW 25.51
26 BOB CHANDOUR PW 26.03
27 EMMA NEEDHAM CCW 26.04
28 BEN SALVIA PW 26.40
29 ANDREA HESLINGTON PW 26.43
30 EINAR THORSEN PW 27.07
31 LES JESSOP PW 27.48
32 BEN GILL PW 28.13
33 JOHN PICK CRT 29.28

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