R15 Friction Hydraulics Series: Wrekinsport CC 10

Another course record for Hayley Wells, the Junior Friction Hydraulics Series won; and things getting mightily tight at the head of the overall standings in Round 15, Wrekinsport CC’s 10 – as the club remembered fallen member Pete Jukes. Wells shaved a single second off her own female course record set in 2025 on the Shawbury – Hodnet course, stopping the watch on 22 minutes and 55 seconds, doing just enough to fend off the ominous charge of reigning Series Champion Tomos Hales, who won the event by exactly a minute in 20:33.

Wells, who has already sealed the Female Friction Series for another year now holds the narrowest of five point margins from Hales. The race was blissfully light on traffic as a bonus, as Wells commented on: “Quieter roads due to the World Cup were a welcomed change! I felt like I held a good pace throughout the race and finished strongly; many thanks to Wrekinsport for hosting”.

Rumours of Jukes’ passing abroad three days prior to the event was only confirmed the day before race day, and a number of club mates chose to ride with black armbands in his memory. Hales’ thoughts were perhaps understandably partially on the race and partly on the tragic news: “The Wrekinsport Open 10 had the potential to be a quick night, and with the added pressure to get back for the England game I was able to hold good power and it was great to take the win; thanks to all the guys at Wrekinsport for helping out and creating a good atmosphere after the awful news of Wrekinsport member Pete Jukes’ passing earlier that week”.

It was a dead heat for runner-up spot as Wrekinsport’s Oli Freeman and SCCA Private Member Jonathan Whittaker tied on 21:33 to earn 55 points each. Freeman set a personal best with this ride on a sunny but unexpectedly tough evening, as he explained: “I was looking forward to the Wrekinsport Open, more of a measure of my improvement over the past year. Last year I recorded a 22:36 on the same course, I was super happy with a 21:33 this year and an outright 10 mile personal best. It was a race of two halves: a stern head wind on the way out which I knew I had to really push hard into, and a rewarding tail wind on the way back. It was a great evening of racing, as always thanks to everyone for making these events happen”.

Whittaker’s comments showed that the relentless heat took it’s toll in the closing stages of the race, with a ride good enough to elevate him into the Top 10 overall standings for the first time: “It was another very hot evening, something we were getting well used to over recent events. Going out toward Hodnet there was a bit of headwind, so I knew I had to go a little harder but try not to over do it. This allowed the chance to ease up slightly on the way back to Shawbury. Compared to the previous week’s racing in the heat this one seemed to be hitting me harder than usual, which meant I was suffering during the last few mile, so I just tried to keep it together. I was relieved to find out my effort was enough to manage joint second on the night; big thanks to Wrekinsport and their volunteers for hosting the event and making it possible”.

In his first season of County level time trialling, Mid Shropshire Wheelers’ 14 year old Taliesin Goh is looks like a chip off the old block of proud father Jonathan as he sealed Friction Series Junior Gold thanks to a 27:19 effort. Goh only raced his first ever 10 mile event earlier in the season and is already coming on leaps and bounds as he has fine-tuned his position. He stated: “It was harder than expected but still an enjoyable event, thanks to the marshals”.

Taking his second Veterans win on the trot, Hafren CC’s Bryn Davies took the win by 40 seconds with a Veterans Standard +5:01 from Paramount’s John Westhead with +4:21, with the welcome sight of Aerologic’s recovering Jonathan Mills-Keeling taking third with +4:06. It was nearly a non-start however, until event organiser Hales came to the rescue, and Davies explained: “I had a bit of hanging around after work to make the start, but was glad I did, it’s a great course and good to catch up with everyone. I was really happy with my time; it’s good to see some improvement after getting a couple of races in over the previous couple of weeks. Really happy to get Vets winner. I had a bit of a nightmare before the start with a puncture that refused to seal, thanks to Tomos for the super glue to seal it. Thanks also to everyone involved in putting the event on, much appreciated, thank you”.

In the Friction Road Bike Series leader Stuart Proctor stretched his lead further with a win in a handicap-adjusted 22:04 ahead of Jonathan Goh, the reigning Road Bike Champion, in 22:57, which extended that lead over Andrew Dawson from just five points to 25. This was a new course for Proctor, but doing his homework pre-race paid dividends: “Yet more toasty conditions on race evening, and the first time I’d raced on this particular course. I did a quick reconnoitre as a warm up and realised that the headwind on the way out was not going to be fun! And so it was… it was really a great relief to turn at Espley roundabout, and a lovely blast back to Shawbury, with a cheeky little sprint over the line; a great course, great organising, many thanks to one and all”!

SCCA:

Pos’n	Forename	Surname	Club	Cat	Machine	Time	Points
1	Tomos	Hales	Aerologic RT	S	TT	20:33	60
=2	Jonathan	Whittaker	SCCA Private Member	S	TT	21:33	55
=2	Oli	Freeman	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	21:33	55
4	Robert	McGregor	Paramount CRT	S	TT	21:47	45
5	Bryn	Davies	Hafren CC	V	TT	21:56	40
6	Ben	Wood	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	22:44	35
7	Hayley	Wells	Aerologic RT	F	TT	22:45	30
8	Jonathan	Mills-Keeling	Aerologic RT	V	TT	22:51	25
9	Jonathan	Goh	Paramount CRT	V	RB	23:24	20
10	Adam	Mumford	Wrekinsport CC	S	TT	23:27	15
11	William	Preston	Paramount CRT	S	RB	23:30	10
12	Ian	Laverie	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	23:33	5
13	Stuart	Proctor	Dave Scott Coaching	V	RB	23:40	5
14	Christopher	Riley	Paramount CRT	V	TT	23:41	5
15	Rob	Kerr	Oswestry Paragon CC	V	TT	23:49	5
16	Matthew	Price	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	24:25	5
17	Robert	Garbett	SCCA Private Member	V	TT	24:32	5
18	John	Westhead	Paramount CRT	V	TT	24:57	5
19	Andrew	Dawson	Paramount CRT	V	RB	25:04	5
20	Allan	Henderson	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	25:32	5
21	Geoff	Saxon	Paramount CRT	V	RB	25:50	5
22	Franco	Della Mura	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	26:32	5
23	Chris	Dunn	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	27:03	5
24	Taliesin	Goh	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	J	RB	27:19	5
25	Helen	Tudor	Oswestry Paragon CC	FV	TT	27:32	5
26	Colin	Wells	Paramount CRT	V	TT	27:35	5
27	Ashley	Kirkham	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	28:01	5
28	Nick	Hickman	Paramount CRT	V	RB	28:13	5
29	Dave	Moore	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	29:23	5
.	Deb	Hutson-Lumb	SCCA Private Member	FV	TT	DNF	.
.	Hugh	Ashworth	Paramount CRT	V	RB	DNS	.
.	Simon	Romei	Paramount CRT	V	TT	DNS	.
.	Darrell	Biddulph	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	DNS	.

Veterans:

Vets Pos’n	Forename	Surname	Club	Cat	Machine	Vet +/-	Vets Points
1	Bryn	Davies	Hafren CC	V	TT	+5:01	60
2	John	Westhead	Paramount CRT	V	TT	+4:21	55
3	Jonathan	Mills-Keeling	Aerologic RT	V	TT	+4:06	50
4	Stuart	Proctor	Dave Scott Coaching	V	RB	+4:00	45
5	Robert	Garbett	SCCA Private Member	V	TT	+3:52	40
6	Ian	Laverie	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	+3:51	35
6	Christopher	Riley	Paramount CRT	V	TT	+3:51	35
8	Ben	Wood	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	+3:20	25
9	Jonathan	Goh	Paramount CRT	V	RB	+3:07	20
10	Geoff	Saxon	Paramount CRT	V	RB	+3:05	15
11	Andrew	Dawson	Paramount CRT	V	RB	+2:52	10
12	Matthew	Price	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	+2:38	5
13	Rob	Kerr	Oswestry Paragon CC	V	TT	+2:37	5
14	Helen	Tudor	Oswestry Paragon CC	FV	TT	+1:50	5
15	Colin	Wells	Paramount CRT	V	TT	+1:20	5
16	Franco	Della Mura	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	+1:16	5
17	Allan	Henderson	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	+0:40	5
18	Chris	Dunn	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	-0:28	5
19	Nick	Hickman	Paramount CRT	V	RB	-0:33	5
20	Dave	Moore	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	-1:18	5
21	Ashley	Kirkham	Wrekinsport CC	V	TT	-1:26	5

Females:

Female Pos’n	Forename	Surname	Club	Cat	Machine	Time	Female Points
1	Hayley	Wells	Aerologic RT	F	TT	22:45	60
2	Helen	Tudor	Oswestry Paragon CC	FV	TT	27:32	55
.	Deb	Hutson-Lumb	SCCA Private Member	FV	TT	DNF	.

Road Bikes (on handicap):

RB Pos’n	Forename	Surname	Club	Cat	Machine	RB Adj Time	RB Points
1	Stuart	Proctor	Dave Scott Coaching	V	RB	22:04	60
2	Jonathan	Goh	Paramount CRT	V	RB	22:57	55
3	Geoff	Saxon	Paramount CRT	V	RB	22:59	50
4	Andrew	Dawson	Paramount CRT	V	RB	23:12	45
5	William	Preston	Paramount CRT	S	RB	23:30	40
6	Allan	Henderson	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	25:24	35
7	Chris	Dunn	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	26:32	30
8	Nick	Hickman	Paramount CRT	V	RB	26:37	25
9	Taliesin	Goh	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	J	RB	27:19	20
10	Dave	Moore	Wrekinsport CC	V	RB	27:22	15

Juniors:

Junior Pos’n	Forename	Surname	Club	Cat	Machine	Time	Junior Points
1	Taliesin	Goh	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	J	RB	27:19	60

Top Club Award:

Pos’n	Club	Points
1	Paramount CRT	355
2	Wrekinsport CC Total	235
3	Aerologic RT	170
=4	Dave Scott Coaching	60
=4	Hafren CC	60
=4	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	60
=4	Oswestry Paragon CC	60

Cumulative Standing after fifteen rounds

Overall

Position	Name	Club	Cat	Best 12
1	Hayley Wells	Aerologic RT	F	540
2	Tomos Hales	Aerologic RT	S	535
3	Robert McGregor	Paramount CRT	S	490
4	Christopher Riley	Paramount CRT	V	480
5	Oli Freeman	Wrekinsport CC	S	285
6	Jonathan Goh	Paramount CRT	V	270
=7	Simon Romei	Paramount CRT	V	230
=7	Stuart Proctor	Dave Scott Coaching	V	230
9	Jonathan Whittaker	SCCA Private Member	S	225
=10	Bryn Davies	Hafren CC	V	205
=10	Paul Duncan	Paramount CRT	V	205

Veterans

Vets Position	Name	Club	Best 12
1	Christopher Riley	Paramount CRT	700
2	Stuart Proctor	Dave Scott Coaching	530
3	John Westhead	Paramount CRT	425
4	Jonathan Goh	Paramount CRT	330
5	Andrew Dawson	Paramount CRT	315
=6	Paul Duncan	Paramount CRT	295
=6	Philip Gardner	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	295
8	Bryn Davies	Hafren CC	275
9	Simon Romei	Paramount CRT	270
10	Phil Collins	Aerologic RT	190

Females

Female Pos’n	Name	Club	Best 12
1	Hayley Wells	Aerologic RT	750
2	Helen Tudor	Oswestry Paragon CC	365
3	Thea Osmund-Smith	Paramount CRT	325
4	Kathryn Rossiter	North Shropshire Wheelers	270
5	Elaine Beckett	North Shropshire Wheelers	225
6	Gill Snelson	Paramount CRT	140
7	Evie Fletcher	Paramount CRT	130
8	Claire Blackwell-Smyth	Paramount CRT	100
9	Rebecca Pugh	Paramount CRT	85
10	Sophie Edge	Dave Scott Coaching	60

Road Bikes

Road Bike Pos’n	Name	Club	Cat	Best 12
1	Stuart Proctor	Dave Scott Coaching	V	590
2	Andrew Dawson	Paramount CRT	V	565
3	Jonathan Goh	Paramount CRT	V	540
4	Paul Duncan	Paramount CRT	V	350
5	Richard Simpson	North Shropshire Wheelers	V	245
6	William Preston	Paramount CRT	S	165
7	David Scott	Dave Scott Coaching	S	155
=8	Nick Hickman	Paramount CRT	V	105
=8	Thea Osmund-Smith	Paramount CRT	FV	105
=10	George Coombes	Aerologic RT	S	100
=10	Mark Fenn	Shropshire CCA	V	100
=10	Matthew Price	Wrekinsport CC	V	100

Juniors

Junior Pos’n	Name	Club	Best 12
1	Taliesin Goh	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	180
2	Florence Parkinson	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	55

Top Club Award

Position	Club	Total Points
1	Paramount CRT	5125
2	Aerologic RT	2125
3	North Shropshire Wheelers	1455
4	Dave Scott Coaching	1135
5	Wrekinsport CC	945
6	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	715
7	Oswestry Paragon CC	595
8	Hafren CC	470
9	Holohan Coaching Race Team	275
10	Bridgnorth Cycling Club	230
11	Ludlow CC	195
12	Market Drayton Cycling Club	60
13	Propel Cycling Club	30
14	Newport (Shropshire) CC	20