The Shropshire Championship 25 is having no luck this year as it was cancelled for a second time, both due to unexpected traffic lights. Initially to run on 26th June, overrunning works due off the night before forced a cancellation. Fortunately organiser Helen Tudor had had the foresight to apply for a reserve 25 to replace the slated Oswestry Paragon 10, now renumbered Round 12 of the Friction Hydraulics Series, and which was meant to be the Shropshire Championship 10. Except for the slight problem of a car ploughing into a house on the course the afternoon before race day resulting in a further set of traffic lights, which were ironically removed the day after race day; and which saw a reversion to the Oswestry Paragon 10 – although too late to reassign Championship 10 status after entries had closed and which now rolls over to Round 13, the Wrekinsport 10. The Shropshire Championship 25 now attaches to the North Shropshire Wheelers 25, the finale of the Friction Series on 24th August.

Obviously there were disappointed riders who had prepared for 25 miles and the chance of winning County silverware, but many expressed a mixture of gratitude and relief thanks to the scorching weather that a race, albeit truncated was possible. Winner was the reigning Series Champion Tomos Hales, who finished in a strong 20 minutes 27 seconds and recaptured the Series lead as a result. He stated: “Helen never gets any luck with the traffic lights, but I am glad she managed to get us a race on. I do tend to enjoy a 10 mile time trial over a 25 and the weather on the night seemed rather prefect. Traffic hindered me a little on the return, but overall I was happy with my time. Thanks for all the marshals on the night and Helen for getting us a race on”.

Hales’ nearest challenge came from Oswestry Paragon’s David Griffiths, 14 seconds back, and who was one of the riders grateful for a shorter effort, as he explained: “I was happy to see it shortened to a 10 with this being my first competitive ride on the time trial bike this year. That being the case I wasn’t displeased with my ride – I suffered in that heat – thanks to Helen and co for the adaptability to change at late notice”.

Griffiths nearly had a shock though with newly joined SCCA Private Member Jonathan Whittaker providing some top level competition, just four seconds off Griffiths’ pace in 20:45 and opening his SCCA account in some style. Like Griffiths he was pleased by the truncation due to the oppressive conditions: “I was disappointed about no 25, but with such high temperatures the shorter distance was appreciated. Having done the course a month previous with higher winds I knew the last couple of mile to the finish is tough going, so I tried to bank as much speed on the outward leg and then minimise losses on the return. I was pleased with my ride, almost a minute faster than my previous time here”.

In the Friction Veterans Series Aerologic’s Jonathan Mills-Keeling took another win to pull away at the head of the Veterans standings with a great lead of 165 points after recording a fine +5:17 to see off the attentions of Bryn Davies by 21 seconds; but lost his Overall Series lead to Hales by 10 points after finishing 6th in 21:34. He commented: “A little disappointed not to do the 25, but it was a fast evening. I was held up on the way out with traffic, a clear run back. Great to see so many racers and some fast times; I was happy to take the Veterans win”.

Mills-Keeling wasn’t the only Series leader to extend their lead as Hayley Wells took another terrific win in the Friction Female Series to stretch her advantage to110 points. Wells crossed the line in a fine 22:11 for 9th spot overall with her nearest challenge coming from first-timer Ella Hamilton of Oswestry Paragon CC in 26:01. Wells stated: “Sadly there was a course change from a 25 mile to a 10 mile which meant a change in tactics. The plan was to go out hard and make the most of the tail wind to bank some time. At the turnaround point I was slightly down and tried to push on, but at mile seven I hit a wall! The last three miles, also the toughest of the course were a slog. I was gutted to have not got a sub-22 on this course, but still chuffed with the result. Big thanks to the organisers for still allowing a race to go ahead despite the changes”.

One Series leader didn’t have a good evening however as Jon Goh suffered a puncture, meaning chasing riders could narrow his lead in the Frictio Road Bike Series. Goh still holds a 90 point lead over Andrew Dawson, who finished second on handicap in an adjusted 23:37, but his Paramount team mate William Preston captured the win in 22:47. Preston was another happy with the truncation, commenting: “I had a good ride in hot conditions, so I’m glad it was only a 10! I was very happy with my time going under 23 minutes; thank you to everyone for a smooth running of the event”.

Full:

Pos’nForenameSurnameClubCatMachineTime
1CrisCoxonBrighton Mitre CCVTT19:37
2TomosHalesWrekinsport CCSTT20:27
3DavidGriffithsOswestry Paragon CCSTT20:41
4JonathanWhittakerArmy CyclingSTT20:45
5RobertMcGregorParamount CRTSTT21:25
6MarkPritchardAerologic RTSTT21:28
7JonathanMills-keelingAerologic RTVTT21:34
8PhilCollinsWrekinsport CCVTT21:45
9BrynDaviesHafren CCVTT21:50
10HayleyWellsWrekinsport CCFTT22:11
11PaulEdwardsWrekinsport CCVTT22:15
12GeorgeCoombesNewport (Shropshire) CCSTT22:22
13WilliamPrestonParamount CRTSRB22:47
14CarysBlowersLiv CC Halo FilmsFJTT23:08
15AdamMumfordWrekinsport CCSTT23:15
=16MarkHillHafren CCVTT23:25
=16PaulCrisfordTotal Tri TrainingSTT23:25
18RobKerrOswestry Paragon CCVTT23:28
19CliveMiddletonWrekinsport CCVTT23:32
20PeterFletcherOswestry Paragon CCVTT23:44
21JamesElgarParamount CRTVTT24:05
22CliveBourneOswestry Paragon CCVTT24:19
23JohnWestheadParamount CRTVTT25:10
24TimEvansNewport (Shropshire) CCVTT25:16
25SimonJonesHafren CCVTT25:20
26AndrewDawsonParamount CRTVRB25:21
27RobertGarbettWrekinsport CCVTT25:33
28GreggTaylerParamount CRTSRB25:42
29EllaHamiltonOswestry Paragon CCFTT26:01
30AshleyKirkhamWrekinsport CCVTT26:08
31PeterRickardParamount CRTVRB26:09
32LesBougheyNorth Shropshire WheelersVTT26:12
33EmmaBrownParamount CRTFRB26:20
34MickCaseHafren CCVRB26:21
35EmmaRichardsParamount CRTFRB27:18
36DavidCannellParamount CRTVRB27:44
37RichardGoddardNewport (Shropshire) CCVTT28:29
38GillSnelsonParamount CRTFVTT28:33
39BenBeachellRhos-on-Sea CCVTT28:46
40JaynePowellParamount CRTFVRB29:34
41NickHickmanParamount CRTVRB30:21
.JonathanGohParamount CRTVRBDNF
.GeorgeRichardsonVTTA (Midlands)VTTDNS
.ScottPalmerAerologic RTVTTDNS
.BenjaminNickollsParamount CRTVRBDNS
.JackYoungOswestry Paragon CCSTTDNS
.IanLaverieWrekinsport CCVTTDNS
.ColinWellsParamount CRTVTTDNS
.SimonRomeiParamount CRTVTTDNS

SCCA:

Pos’nForenameSurnameClubCatMachineTimePoints
1TomosHalesWrekinsport CCSTT20:2760
2DavidGriffithsOswestry Paragon CCSTT20:4155
3JonathanWhittakerSCCA Private MemberSTT20:4550
4RobertMcGregorParamount CRTSTT21:2545
5MarkPritchardAerologic RTSTT21:2840
6JonathanMills-KeelingAerologic RTVTT21:3435
7PhilCollinsWrekinsport CCVTT21:4530
8BrynDaviesHafren CCVTT21:5025
9HayleyWellsWrekinsport CCFTT22:1120
10PaulEdwardsWrekinsport CCVTT22:1515
11GeorgeCoombesNewport (Shropshire) CCSTT22:2210
12WilliamPrestonParamount CRTSRB22:475
13AdamMumfordWrekinsport CCSTT23:155
14MarkHillHafren CCVTT23:255
15RobKerrOswestry Paragon CCVTT23:285
16CliveMiddletonWrekinsport CCVTT23:325
17PeterFletcherOswestry Paragon CCVTT23:445
18JamesElgarParamount CRTVTT24:055
19CliveBourneOswestry Paragon CCVTT24:195
20JohnWestheadParamount CRTVTT25:105
21TimEvansNewport (Shropshire) CCVTT25:165
22SimonJonesHafren CCVTT25:205
23AndrewDawsonParamount CRTVRB25:215
24RobertGarbettWrekinsport CCVTT25:335
25GreggTaylerParamount CRTSRB25:425
26EllaHamiltonOswestry Paragon CCFTT26:015
27AshleyKirkhamWrekinsport CCVTT26:085
28PeterRickardParamount CRTVRB26:095
29LesBougheyNorth Shropshire WheelersVTT26:125
30EmmaBrownParamount CRTFRB26:205
31MickCaseHafren CCVRB26:215
32EmmaRichardsParamount CRTFRB27:185
33DavidCannellParamount CRTVRB27:445
34RichardGoddardNewport (Shropshire) CCVTT28:295
35GillSnelsonParamount CRTFVTT28:335
36JaynePowellParamount CRTFVRB29:345
37NickHickmanParamount CRTVRB30:215
.JonathanGohParamount CRTVRBDNF.
.ScottPalmerAerologic RTVTTDNS.
.JackYoungOswestry Paragon CCSTTDNS.
.BenjaminNickollsParamount CRTVRBDNS.
.ColinWellsParamount CRTVTTDNS.
.SimonRomeiParamount CRTVTTDNS.
.IanLaverieWrekinsport CCVTTDNS.

Veterans:

Vets Pos’nForenameSurnameClubCatMachineVet +/-Vets Points
1JonathanMills-KeelingAerologic RTVTT+5:1760
2BrynDaviesHafren CCVTT+4:5655
3PhilCollinsWrekinsport CCVTT+4:5050
4CliveMiddletonWrekinsport CCVTT+4:2445
5CliveBourneOswestry Paragon CCVTT+4:0540
6MarkHillHafren CCVTT+3:5935
7JohnWestheadParamount CRTVTT+3:5630
8PaulEdwardsWrekinsport CCVTT+3:5125
9PeterFletcherOswestry Paragon CCVTT+3:1920
10RobKerrOswestry Paragon CCVTT+2:5415
11RobertGarbettWrekinsport CCVTT+2:4110
12AndrewDawsonParamount CRTVRB+2:275
13JamesElgarParamount CRTVTT+2:015
14LesBougheyNorth Shropshire WheelersVTT+1:535
15TimEvansNewport (Shropshire) CCVTT+1:415
16SimonJonesHafren CCVTT+1:155
17MickCaseHafren CCVRB+1:035
18PeterRickardParamount CRTVRB+0:485
19DavidCannellParamount CRTVRB+0:405
20AshleyKirkhamWrekinsport CCVTT+0:235
21GillSnelsonParamount CRTFVTT+0:205
22JaynePowellParamount CRTFVRB-0:255
23RichardGoddardNewport (Shropshire) CCVTT-0:415
24NickHickmanParamount CRTVRB-2:495
.JonathanGohParamount CRTVRBDNF.

Females:

Female Pos’nForenameSurnameClubCatMachineTimeFemale Points
1HayleyWellsWrekinsport CCFTT22:1160
2EllaHamiltonOswestry Paragon CCFTT26:0155
3EmmaBrownParamount CRTFRB26:2050
4EmmaRichardsParamount CRTFRB27:1845
5GillSnelsonParamount CRTFVTT28:3340
6JaynePowellParamount CRTFVRB29:3435

Road Bikes:

RB Pos’nForenameSurnameClubCatMachineRB Adj TimeRB Points
1WilliamPrestonParamount CRTSRB22:4760
2AndrewDawsonParamount CRTVRB23:3755
3EmmaBrownParamount CRTFRB23:5150
4EmmaRichardsParamount CRTFRB24:4445
5MickCaseHafren CCVRB25:0140
6PeterRickardParamount CRTVRB25:1635
7DavidCannellParamount CRTVRB25:2430
8GreggTaylerParamount CRTSRB25:4225
9JaynePowellParamount CRTFVRB26:2920
10NickHickmanParamount CRTVRB28:5315
.JonathanGohParamount CRTVRB..

Top Club Award:

Pos’nClubPoints
1Wrekinsport CC145
2Paramount CRT105
=3Aerologic RT75
=3Oswestry Paragon CC75
5Hafren CC40
6Newport (Shropshire) CC20
7North Shropshire Wheelers5

Cumulative Standings after twelve rounds

Friction and Hydraulic Services Shropshire Championship Points Series

PositionNameClubCatBest 12
1Tomos HalesWrekinsport CCS560
2Jonathan Mills-KeelingAerologic RTV550
3Christopher RileyParamount CRTV390
4Simon RomeiParamount CRTV340
5Robert McGregorParamount CRTS320
6Jonathan GohParamount CRTV310
7Hayley WellsWrekinsport CCF295
8Bryn DaviesHafren CCV195
9Oli FreemanWrekinsport CCS145
10Mark PritchardAerologic RTS135

Friction and Hydraulic Services Veterans Championship

Vets PositionNameClubBest 12
1Jonathan Mills-KeelingAerologic RT640
2Christopher RileyParamount CRT475
3Jonathan GohParamount CRT385
4Simon RomeiParamount CRT335
5John WestheadParamount CRT310
6Bryn DaviesHafren CC250
7Deb Hutson-LumbSCCA Private Member250
8Andrew DawsonParamount CRT230
9Mark FennShropshire CCA225
10Robert GarbettWrekinsport CC160

Friction and Hydraulic Services Road Bike Championship

Road Bike Pos’nNameClubCatBest 12
1Jonathan GohParamount CRTV625
2Andrew DawsonParamount CRTV535
3Emma BrownParamount CRTF400
4Mark FennShropshire CCAV365
5William PrestonParamount CRTS280
6David CannellParamount CRTV140
6David ScottParamount CRTS140
8Claire Blackwell-SmythParamount CRTFV110
9Rebecca PughParamount CRTF100
10Doug BrownParamount CRTV95

Friction and Hydraulic Services Female Championship

Female Pos’nNameClubBest 12
1Hayley WellsWrekinsport CC570
2Emma BrownParamount CRT460
3Helen TudorOswestry Paragon CC385
4Deb Hutson-LumbSCCA Private Member240
5Thea Osmund-SmithParamount CRT170
6Gill SnelsonParamount CRT165
7Claire Blackwell-SmythParamount CRT145
8Kathryn RossiterNorth Shropshire Wheelers110
=9Jan DaviesHafren CC105
=9Rebecca PughParamount CRT105

Friction and Hydraulic Services Junior Championship

Junior Pos’nNameClubBest 12
1Jess BuftonHafren CC60

Top Club Award

PositionClubTotal Points
1Paramount CRT2245
2Wrekinsport CC1610
3Aerologic RT840
4Hafren CC300
5North Shropshire Wheelers215
6Newport (Shropshire) CC160
7Oswestry Paragon CC155
8Mid Shropshire Wheelers145
9Ludlow CC30