Six of our members went down to Aldermasrston on Saturday afternoon to ride the Newbury Road Club 10. Pete Cookson recorded the fastest time of the sextet with a 24.08 followed by Lance Woodman 24.21, Chris James 25.10, Gill Reynolds 25.44(3rd fastest lady award) Chris Vessey 27.15 and Ron Purdy 30.14.
Gill and Lance returned on Sunday morning to ride the Newbury 25 and Gill ‘s ride of 1.06.09 meant she took the first lady award and the overall best lady position for the two events. Lance came close to his previous best time with a 1.02.09.
Brian Moon rode in the Hert Wheelers 10 in the relatively cooler evening on Saturday and finished in 26.14
Stuart Birnie went up to Yorkshire to ride the White Rose Classic Sportive covering the 182km in 7 hours 44 minutes, narrowly missing the Gold Standard award by 7 minutes. Whilst the conditions for the main part were warm and sunny when he climbed Fleet Moss the visibility was down to 30m due to fog.
Jayne Payne’s placings down at Reading Track this week were 2nd in the 20km Endurance Race and a 3rd in the Points.
