Oswestry Paragon CC 10.

Round 9 of the SB Sports Injuries Series attracted a quality field of 49 riders on a glorious summer’s evening looking to compete in Oswestry Paragon’s Hilly 19. However with a road closure due to an accident shutting the A495 for several hours that field instead faced a shortened 10 mile event, with Kirk Vickers coming out on top of the pile. The SCCA Private Member stopped the watch on an impressive 19 minutes 50 seconds, a winning margin of 36 seconds in his first appearance of the SB Series in 2018. Vickers had had an attempt at the 19 mile course record in his sights but those hopes were temporarily dashed, though he indicated he would return, stating: “I was pleased with my performance and time despite being held up behind traffic, I’ll be back for more“.

Vickers beat Rhino Velo team mate Matt Garthwaite into the runners-up spot for the first time this season showing the quality of his ride with Garthwaite having won all five previous rounds he had entered. He revealed however that he had heavy legs after a particularly gruelling week on the bike and was relived to face a shortened course: “I was glad it was switched to a 10 as my legs were tired from the previous day’s road race league and the National 12 hour only 5 days earlier“. That Garthwaite managed a superb 296 miles in that 12 hours shows his adaptability between perseverance and explosive power.

In third spot another SCCA Private Member posted a personal course best after tinkering with his set-up as Dan Watts crossed the line in an excellent 20:54. Watts was fully aware of the quality ahead of him in the standings and acknowledged as such in his comments: “I was trying a few new things ahead of the Cyclotherapy Shropshire Championship 25. It didn’t work out overly well, but even if it had I wouldn’t have been able to match Kirk and Matt anyway. I’m still happy with a sub-21 ride, a course PB for me“.

Watts wasn’t the only rider trying out a position adjustment with Oswestry Paragon’s Kieran Morris blasting around the course in 23:47 to take the Junior win, 57 seconds ahead of Junior Series leader Henri Bedford. Morris narrowed the gap at the top of the standings to 12 points despite feeling uncomfortable due to that position change: “Disaster – I messed with my position and got it all wrong. My home course. Great riding by Kirk, awesome time. I’m looking forward to the Cyclotherapy Shropshire Championship 25 now. It was a great atmosphere going past The Boote. Thank you marshals“.

In the SB Veterans Series it was a 1-2 for Marches CC as two Septuagenarian local riders made their SB debuts iry n 2018, with Stuart Mitchell taking the win with +4:24. Mitchell has finally transitioned to a dedicated time trial bike and is seeing the dividends in his results. He beat team mate Paddy Crisp by 13 seconds to take the maximum 20 points on offer and put his success down to that new bike: “My first year on a time trial bike -it’s never too late to give it a go“!

Crisp meanwhile pushed Veterans Series leader Ian Nisbett out by two seconds. Just one year older than Mitchell his response was tongue-in-cheek: “I’m happy with the result although it was a bit windy on the way down. I still can’t beat Stuart, but he is a lot younger than me“! Nisbett’s 16 point tally for his +4:09 standard extended his Veteran’s Series lead to an almost inconceivable 90 points with this Championship clearly a target for 2018. He wasn’t finished there either, stretching his Overall Series lead to 16 points from Ed Middleton after finishing 4th in 22:14 26 seconds ahead of the Nova Raider.

In the SB Women’s Series it was a straight head-to head between two Oswestry Paragon riders with Helen Tudor taking the win from Lucy Hammonds. Tudor stopped the watch on 27:48 and moved up to second place in the Women’s standings as a result. She stated: “It was a shame we couldn’t do the 19, but under the circumstances running the 10 was best course of action. Breezy conditions made it tough going and hard to get into a rhythm. Nice to get some points, thanks Mid Shropshire Wheelers for helping with marshalling“.

Result:

 SB Sports Injuries and Physiotherapy Series – Round 9

Pos’n Name Club Cat Time Points
1 Kirk Vickers SCCA Private Member S 19:50 20
2 Matthew Garthwaite SCCA Private Member S 20:26 18
3 Dan Watts SCCA Private Member S 20:54 16
4 Ian Nisbett Hafren CC V 22:14 14
5 Ed Middleton Nova Raiders S 22:40 12
6 Tom Davies Fibrax-Wrexham RC V 22:55
7 Steve Aston Fibrax-Wrexham RC V 22:58
8 Andy Campbell Fibrax-Wrexham RC V 23:12
9 David Scott 3C Payment Sports S 23:20
10 D Roberts Wrecsam Tri S 23:22
11 Angelo DeRosa Graham Weigh Cycles V 23:24
12 Andy Maxwell Nova Raiders S 23:45 10
13 Kieran Morris Oswestry Paragon CC J 23:47 8
14 Tony Harvey Mid Shropshire Wheelers V 23:54 6
15 Glyn Jones Oswestry Paragon CC V 24:11 4
16 Jack Morris Oswestry Paragon CC S 24:35 2
17 Stuart Mitchell Marches CC V 24:38 2
18 Rob Kerr Oswestry Paragon CC S 24:42 2
19 Henri Bedford Revolutions Racing J 24:44 2
20 Neil Coles Oswestry Paragon CC V 24:45 2
=21 James Davies Unattached S 24:51
=21 Steve Roberts Oswestry Paragon CC V 24:51 2
23 Paddy Crisp Marches CC V 25:03 2
24 Peter Everett Fibrax-Wrexham RC S 25:23
25 Jack Young Mid Shropshire Wheelers J 25:25 2
26 Aled Williams Clwb Beicio’R Bala V 25:38
27 Roger Squire Fibrax-Wrexham RC V 25:42
28 Adam Riley Oswestry Paragon CC V 25:48 2
29 DJ Fanning VC Melyd V 26:05
30 Paul Davies Unattached S 26:08
31 Darrell Walsh Oswestry Paragon CC V 26:09 2
32 Dave Vart Oswestry Paragon CC V 26:23 2
33 Guy Clamp Wrecsam Tri V 26:25
34 Chris Marrs Mid Shropshire Wheelers V 26:28 2
35 Alan Edwards Oswestry Paragon CC V 26:34 2
36 Alex Beath Mid Shropshire Wheelers J 26:40 2
37 Bruce Selby Oswestry Paragon CC V 27:29 2
38 Helen Tudor Oswestry Paragon CC WV 27:48 2
39 Ian Carson Oswestry Paragon CC V 27:57 2
40 Stephen Davies Oswestry Paragon CC V 28:07 2
41 Steve Humphreys Oswestry Paragon CC V 28:24 2
42 Mark Devaney Oswestry Paragon CC V 28:46 2
43 Steve Taylor Hafren CC V 28:51 2
44 Robert Rees Oswestry Paragon CC V 29:53 2
45 John Rowlands Wrekinsport V 31:38 2
46 Pete Norman Oswestry Paragon CC V 32:15 2
47 Graham Cliffe Unattached V 33:24
48 Lucy Hammonds Oswestry Paragon CC WJ 33:56 2
Scott Harris Nova Raiders V DNF

 SB Sports Injuries and Physiotherapy Veterans Series – Round 9

Vets Pos’n Name Club Cat Vet +/- Vets Points
1 Stuart Mitchell Marches CC V +4:24 20
2 Paddy Crisp Marches CC V +4:11 18
3 Ian Nisbett Hafren CC V +4:09 16
4 Tony Harvey Mid Shropshire Wheelers V +3:26 14
5 Steve Roberts Oswestry Paragon CC V +3:15 12
6 Tom Davies Fibrax-Wrexham RC V +3:14
7 Steve Aston Fibrax-Wrexham RC V +3:06
8 Andy Campbell Fibrax-Wrexham RC V +3:01
9 Glyn Jones Oswestry Paragon CC V +2:58 10
10 Angelo DeRosa Graham Weigh Cycles V +2:45
11 Neil Coles Oswestry Paragon CC V +2:24 8
12 Guy Clamp Wrecsam Tri V +1:07
13 Alan Edwards Oswestry Paragon CC V +1:04 6
14 Helen Tudor Oswestry Paragon CC WV +1:00 4
15 Roger Squire Fibrax-Wrexham RC V +0:59
16 Dave Vart Oswestry Paragon CC V +0:57 2
17 DJ Fanning VC Melyd V +0:54
18 Chris Marrs Mid Shropshire Wheelers V +0:52 2
=19 Ian Carson Oswestry Paragon CC V +0:35 2
=19 Aled Williams Clwb Beicio’R Bala V +0:35
=21 Robert Rees Oswestry Paragon CC V +0:30 2
=21 Adam Riley Oswestry Paragon CC V +0:30 2
23 Bruce Selby Oswestry Paragon CC V +0:03 2
24 Darrell Walsh Oswestry Paragon CC V +0:00 2
25 Steve Taylor Hafren CC V -0:19 2
26 Stephen Davies Oswestry Paragon CC V -0:35 2
27 Pete Norman Oswestry Paragon CC V -0:38 2
28 Steve Humphreys Oswestry Paragon CC V -1:30 2
29 Mark Devaney Oswestry Paragon CC V -2:01 2
30 John Rowlands Wrekinsport V -2:36 2
31 Graham Cliffe Unattached V -5:46

 SB Sports Injuries and Physiotherapy Women’s Series – Round 9

Women’s Pos’n Name Club Cat Time Women’s Points
1 Helen Tudor Oswestry Paragon CC WV 27:48 20
2 Lucy Hammonds Oswestry Paragon CC WJ 33:56 18

 SB Sports Injuries and Physiotherapy Junior Series – Round 9

Junior Pos’n Name Club Cat Time Junior Points
1 Kieran Morris Oswestry Paragon CC J 23:47 20
2 Henri Bedford Revolutions Racing J 24:44 18
3 Jack Young Mid Shropshire Wheelers J 25:25 16
4 Alex Beath Mid Shropshire Wheelers J 26:40 14
5 Lucy Hammonds Oswestry Paragon CC WJ 33:56 12

 Cumulative Standings after nine rounds

Overall

Position Name Club Cat Best 12
1 Ian Nisbett Hafren CC V 136
2 Ed Middleton Nova Raiders S 120
3 Matt Garthwaite SCCA Private Member S 118
4 Kieran Morris Oswestry Paragon CC J 82
5 Andy Maxwell Nova Raiders S 62
6 Scott Harris Nova Raiders V 48
7 Chris Halford Wrekinsport CC V 46
8 Andy Rose Nova Raiders V 44
9 Dan Watts SCCA Private Member S 34
10 Richard Kay North Shropshire Wheelers V 26

 Veterans

Position Name Club Cat Best 12
1 Ian Nisbett Hafren CC V 150
2 Andy Rose Nova Raiders V 60
=3 Chris Halford Wrekinsport CC V 58
=3 Scott Harris Nova Raiders V 58
5 Tony Harvey Mid Shropshire Wheelers V 46
=6 Dave Wilson North Shropshire Wheelers V 40
=6 Steve Chapman Nova Raiders V 40
8 Mark Griffiths Wrekinsport CC V 38
9 Glyn Jones Oswestry Paragon CC V 30
10 Deb Hutson-Lumb Nova Raiders WV 28

 Women’s

Position Name Club Cat Best 12
1 Charlotte Chapman Nova Raiders W 98
2 Helen Tudor Oswestry Paragon CC WV 70
3 Jenny Newton Nova Raiders WV 68
4 Jane Chapman Nova Raiders WV 56
5 Louise Downward Hafren CC W 48
6 Deb Hutson-Lumb Nova Raiders WV 34
7 Charlotte Wellsbury Evolve WV 32
8 Sarah Grant SCCA Private Member W 26
9 Alison Dockney SCCA Private Member W 24
10 Emma Serjeant Hafren CC W 20

 Juniors

Position Name Club Cat Best 12
1 Henri Bedford Revolutions Racing J 118
2 Kieran Morris Oswestry Paragon CC J 106
3 Jack Young Mid Shropshire Wheelers J 68
4 Tom Bullock Newport Shropshire CC J 38
5 George Coombes Evolve J 28
=6 Ben Pierce Mid Shropshire Wheelers J 18
=6 Sam Holwill Hafren CC J 18
=8 Freddie Jones-Hoare Hafren CC J 16
=8 Jack Emmerson Newport Shropshire CC J 16
10 Alex Beath Mid Shropshire Wheelers J 14

 

  • Round 10 of the SB Sports Injuries Series takes place on Wednesday, 4th July when Wrekinsport CC promote their 25 on the Crudgington – Shawbirch – Hodnet – Tern Hill – Waters Upton course. This is a bonus point round with 26 points for the winner down to 4 points for finishing in each category.
  • The Oswestry Paragon Hilly 19 will be rerun at 7pm on Friday, 6th July as Round 11 of the Series.