Jake Sargent (Team Bottrill) and Ashia Reeder (Pronto Bikes Ltd) battled through cold and wet conditions to take the open and women’s victories respectively, with Sargent winning the The T.G. Hall Memorial Cup with a time of 51 m 55s. The T.G.Hall Handicap Trophy, which is only open to Club members,was won by Vince Douglas. Other placings in this category are listed above.
The undulating terrain on the Gloucestershire and Herefordshire border attracted a good road bike field of which Kris Poole (Cheltenham & County Cycling Club) was quickest in the open category and Emily Marr (Bath Amphibians Triathlon Club) was the fastest woman.The challenging event is part of the WTTA Hardriders series and was made more difficult by very wet roads, drizzle and a cold temperate of around five degrees Celsius.
Results
Open
1 Jake Sargent (Team Bottrill) 51.55
2 Tony Chapman (Frome and District Wheelers) 57.36
3 Aaron Pascovitch (Bristol South Cycling Club) 58.07
4 Jeremy Addis (Velo Club St Raphael) 59.09
5 Tim Radley (Gloucester City Cycling Club) 1:01.02
6 Philip Marks (Stratford Cycling Club) 1:01.29
7 Vincent Douglas (Gloucester City Cycling Club) 1:01.42
8 Christopher Newby (Clevedon & District Road Club) 1:03.52
9 James Pugh (360VRT) 1:04.10
10 Mark Bradley (Bristol South Cycling Club) 1:05.22
Women
1 Ashia Reeder (Pronto Bikes) 1:05.43
2 Jo Wilkie (Cheltenham & County Cycling Club) 1:10.52
3 Marianne Carpenter (Bath Cycling Club) 1:12.41
4 Emily Marr (Bath Amphibians Triathlon Club) 1:14.32
5 Claire Fenell (Pronto Bikes) 1:17.33
6 Joanna Legge-Knight (Bristol South Cycling Club) 1:22.04
7 Sue Smith (Swindon Wheelers) 1:22.24
Road bikes
1 Kris Poole (Cheltenham & County Cycling Club) 1:05.23
2 Mark Smith (360VRT) 1:06.20
3 Damian Dodd (Gloucester City Cycling Club) 1:08.48
4 Trevor Hodges (Stroud Valley Velos) 1:10.45
5 Ian Cole (Gloucester City Cycling Club) 1:11.54
6 Nathan Monk (Gloucester City Cycling Club) 1:12.23
Road bikes Women
1 Emily Marr (Bath Amphibians Triathlon Club) 1:14.32
2 Sue Smith (Swindon Wheelers) 1:22.24
A full result sheet is available on the CTT website.