Wow! What an exciting finale to the 2024 Dan Knight competition. In this competition points are awarded for position and improvement (based on best time in the last three years on the course). There are six rounds, with the four best scores counting for each rider. Riders must complete at least four races to qualify.
Before this round, Jeremy Addis had already secured first place, but the other five prizes were up for grabs. Matt Hill (sporting a new helmet) was fastest on the night in a time of 22:48 to pick up 10 points for position and 2 points for improvement.
Fresh from completing a tough 100 mile race on Sunday, Vince Douglas produced a personal course record of 23:08 picking up 8 points for position and 8 points for improvement. He also scored 16 points on the previous round. This put pressure on Ian Cole, who was competing on his road bike, (making it difficult to score high points for position). Ian has been consistently fast throughout the competition and produced another personal course record of 25:38, but due to other riders’ improvements it was only enough for 6 points total and thus did not improve his overall total.
Daryl Stroud won the battle of the V60s beating Adrian Rowley by a handful of seconds to score the 4 points he needed to overhaul Nathan Monk for 5th place. In preparation for the Paris Paralympics, Mel Nicholls improved her best time by a whole minute to take 10 points for improvement.
| DATE | COURSE | NAME | DISTANCE (MILES) | ||
| 8/13/2024 | UC713 | STAUNTON | 10 | ||
| POSITION | NAME | AGE GROUP | MACHINE | TIME | AVERAGE SPEED (MPH) |
| 1 | Matt Hill | V40 | TT | 22:48 | 26.316 |
| 2 | Vincent Douglas | V50 | TT | 23:08 | 25.937 |
| 3 | Anthony Lake | V50 | TT | 24:23 | 24.607 |
| 4 | Daryl Stroud | V60 | TT | 25:07 | 23.889 |
| 5 | Adrian Rowley | V60 | TT | 25:16 | 23.747 |
| 6 | Ian Cole | V40 | RB | 25:38 | 23.407 |
| 7 | Gerry McGarr | V70 | TT | 25:57 | 20.089 |
| 8 | Simon Witts | V50 | TT | 26:18 | 22.814 |
| 9 | Mel Nicolls | V40F | HB | 31:20 | 19.149 |
There were also excellent rides by Gerry McGarr, Simon Witts and Tony Lake.
The final positions are:
| Rider | Category | 5/21/2024 | 6/4/2024 | 6/11/2024 | 7/16/2024 | 7/30/2024 | 8/13/2024 | Total |
| Jeremy Addis | TT | 10 | 20 | 14 | 18 | 62 | ||
| Vincent Douglas | TT | 4 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 42 | ||
| Ian Cole | RB | 10 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 35 | ||
| Matt Hill | TT | 6 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 35 | ||
| Daryl Stroud | TT | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | ||
| Nathan Monk | RB | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
The season’s results are here.
Thanks to Malcolm Grainger, Emma Biggs, Marie Cook and Pete Kellow.