R2 Friction Hydraulics Series, Coaching Revolutions Shropshire Championship 10 presented by Nova Raiders

Coaching Revolutions Shropshire Championship 10 presented by Nova Raiders

Time trialling returned with a bang after four months of lockdown with both Overall and Women’s course records smashed and County riders competing for the Coaching Revolutions Shropshire Championship 10 straight from the gun in Round 2 of The Friction Hydraulics Series. With limited Open events available countrywide cycling royalty came to town, with Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling professional Dan Bigham annihilating the Waters Upton – Hodnet course record by a huge margin of 1 minute 11 seconds. Visibly faster than other riders in a quality field, Bigham became only the third rider to beat the 20 minute/30mph mark, battling through a tough northerly headwind that made things difficult on the ‘out leg to stop the watch on 18 minutes 27 seconds – over 32.5mph average.

Originally from Stone, Bigham’s entrance to the event attracted plenty of socially distanced supporters and several nationally known photographers willing him on from the sidelines on an otherwise glorious afternoon where there was a palpable sense of relief that an almost-lost season was unexpectedly back on the table. Finally able to return to British shores after time trialling in Denmark, Bigham was pleased with his efforts, stating: “It was nice to be back racing on British soil after a stint abroad, especially as the course is local to where I grew up. I think despite the headwind out the weather were pretty good today and I think I paced it well for the conditions – kudos to Nova Raiders for the super smooth running event given all the restrictions at the moment”.  

Overall it was a 1-2 for Ribble, with Bridgnorth-based George Mills-Keeling taking the runner-up spot in 20:16. But just two seconds behind SCCA Private Member Kieran Morris took The Gordon Davies Trophy and Shropshire Championship Gold with a fabulous 20:18. The 19 year-old shows promise of more to come as he pushed Dan Watts into County runner-up spot by 29 seconds. Morris’ comments refer to the large chippings recently applied to the surface which bring back memories of the infamous Peplow pavé: “I love the course, but those chippings were terrible. It was hard out to the turn, fast coming back. It was amazing to see Dan Bigham ride a local event – class ride. It was great to see everyone – a huge thank you to The Nova Raiders and Shropshire CCA for putting the event on”.

Watts meanwhile was satisfied with his efforts to take Silver, pushing out 2019’s 10 mile Champion Dean Callister into the Bronze medal position after the Nova Raider crossed the line in 21:03. Watts stated: “It feels good to be back racing, was nice to catch up with everyone and see everyone in good spirits. I was happy to come away with an SCCA medal and a good result overall in a strong field. Credit to Nova Raiders and the SCCA for putting on these events when we could have easily ended up with no racing, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the SCCA is probably one of the best run local TT leagues in the country, so hats off to those that make it happen – I’m looking forward to the next one”. 

Callister had double reason to celebrate after leading the promoting club home to Team 10 Gold with solid backup from Tim Beardmore and Andy Rose in a combined 1:05:15, pushing out Wrekinsport by 1:29. Callister commented: “Firstly it’s great to be racing this year and have a number on my back, I was very pleased with both mine and the team’s results in what was a very strong field – a course personal best for me! Big thanks to all the event organisers at The Nova Raiders for a super smooth day”. Beardmore also took home a brace of medals, adding Veteran’s Bronze to that Team Gold with a fine +5:21. He stated: “So happy to be racing again. Well done to everyone who took part and helped make it happen. I was very happy with my race and how I paced it, and gave it all I could due to some really strong competition. I’m very happy to get a Veteran’s medal and the Team Gold”. Rose added: “Delighted to have won Team Gold, I really enjoyed the event. I gave everything on the way out and was really pleased to equal my course best from four years ago, thanks to all the helpers for a great event”.

That Veterans Championship was won by Beardmore’s team mate Deb Hutson-Lumb in +5:35, beating Chris Halford into Silver by just 9 seconds in a great day for the promoting club, with Hutson-Lumb also doubling up with a win in the Women’s Championship in 23:57, retaining two of her 2019 titles in style. She commented: “It was great to be out competing again and on a new bike – although with only a handful of practice miles on it I had a couple of wobbles at the start and turn. I had a tough but good outward leg, but didn’t really capitalize on the return tailwind. Overall I was pleased with the ride. It was good to be out and great to catch up with folk – many thanks to all the organisers and helpers”.

But Hutson-Lumb didn’t have an answer for the Overall Women’s winner Jessica Rhodes-Jones, who broke Hetty Nibblett’s long-standing Women’s course record by 28 seconds in a fabulous time of 22:26. The Aerocoach rider has broken Shropshire course records before on her rare forays into the county, and she was pleased with her efforts, stating: “Thank you very much all the marshals, timekeepers and organisers – it was a very well run event by Nova Raiders – I always enjoy their time trials! It was also great to have so many people out cheering us on the course! It was a tough day with the heat and headwind on the outward leg, but I was very happy to take time off the women’s course record”.  

Halford meanwhile was pleased to take Veteran’s Silver, and gave a typically measured response post-race: “It went OK, I didn’t pace it the best, but I’m very happy to have got a medal”.

Hutson-Lumb wasn’t the only female to take home a brace of medals, with 13 year-old Rebecca Woodvine helping herself to Women’s Silver and Junior Bronze thanks to her 25:48 ride, in the former pushing out Mid Shropshire Wheelers’ team mate Jenny York into the Bronze position by six seconds. A delighted Woodvine commented: “I really didn’t know what to expect. I hoped to get around the 26 minute mark, but to be under was really pleasing. I was surprised to finish second female as it’s only my second year of time trialing amongst such a quality field of ladies.  A lot of thanks go to Mid Shropshire Wheelers as all three junior medalists started as youths at the Shrewsbury based club.  It has given me confidence ahead of the National time trial final planned for September”. York added: “Wow! Pleased with that! The first event for me, it felt good but I knew that I had good competition from my two team mates who both did fantastic rides! Well run by the Nova Raiders; and a great atmosphere too”.

Woodvine’s comments referred to the Gold and Silver Junior medalists, with 16 year-old Henri Bedford capturing The Alan Roberts Junior Trophy in 21:19 with a personal best by the narrowest of margins. He stated: “I was happy to get a new PB by a second despite being held up by a rider causing traffic to slow me down. Well done to Dan Bigham for smashing the course record; and to The Nova Raiders for hosting such a great event”.

That left the final word to James Satoor, posting a fine 21:42 for Junior Silver. He Commented: “It was a good time trial, although it was really tough into the headwind going out. I just thought my legs were dead, but I managed to come back from the roundabout a lot quicker. Fairly happy with the time though, and well done to Henri winning the Juniors! Thanks again to Nova Raiders for putting on such a well organised event”.

Full result.

Course record by 1:11!

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Pos’n	Forename	Surname	Club	Gender	Cat	No.	Time
1	Dan	Bigham	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	Male	Senior	60	18:27
2	George	Mills-Keeling	Ribble Weldtite Pro Cycling	Male	Espoir	40	20:16
3	Kieran	Morris	Team Bottrill	Male	Espoir	5	20:18
4	Daniel	Watts	Royal Air Force Cycling Association	Male	Senior	50	20:47
5	Grant	Bigham	VeloRunner RT	Male	Senior	20	20:53
6	Alastair	Ribbands	Manchester Wheelers	Male	Senior	51	20:55
7	Dean	Callister	Nova Raiders CC	Male	Senior	15	21:03
8	Christopher	Halford	Wrekinsport CC	Male	Veteran	35	21:14
9	Stephen	Feeney	Team Chronomaster	Male	Veteran	45	21:18
9	Nick	Morgan	Hitchin Nomads CC	Male	Veteran	55	21:18
11	Tim	Beardmore	Nova Raiders CC	Male	Veteran	1	21:19
11	Henri	Bedford	Revolutions Racing	Male	Junior	6	21:19
13	Chris	Mann	Velotik Racing Team	Male	Espoir	61 (36)	21:33
14	James	Satoor	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	Male	Junior	22	21:42
15	Ben	Bright	Marsh Tracks Race Team	Male	Junior	31	22:01
16	Jonathan	Mills-Keeling	Cycle Club Bridgnorth RWG	Male	Veteran	26	22:04
17	Bryn	Davies	Hafren CC	Male	Veteran	25	22:11
18	Tomos	Hales	Wrekinsport CC	Male	Senior	27	22:18
19	Brett	Lowndes	Pro Vision Cycle Clothing	Male	Veteran	11	22:22
20	Jessica	Rhodes-Jones	AeroCoach	Female	Senior	21	22:26
21	Andrew	Rose	Nova Raiders CC	Male	Veteran	52	22:53
22	Dean	Dovey	Nova Raiders CC	Male	Veteran	56	22:56
23	Adam	Mumford	Wrekinsport CC	Male	Senior	47	23:12
24	Nicholas	Long	Nova Raiders CC	Male	Senior	12	23:22
25	Anna	Docherty	Team Breeze	Female	Espoir	2	23:25
26	Rich	Smith	Wrekinsport CC	Male	Veteran	57	23:30
27	Graeme	Donnell	Nova Raiders CC	Male	Veteran	32	23:40
28	Andrew	Lacon	Nova Raiders CC	Male	Senior	42	23:54
29	Deb	Hutson-Lumb	Nova Raiders CC	Female	Veteran	23	23:57
30	Allan	Henderson	Wrekinsport CC	Male	Senior	53	24:12
30	Richard	Howes	Wrekinsport CC	Male	Veteran	18	24:12
32	Jon	Bradley	Nova Raiders CC	Male	Veteran	44	24:29
33	Neil	Wilson	Paramount CRT	Male	Veteran	33	24:33
34	Ian	Connolly	Ludlow CC	Male	Veteran	7	24:43
35	Tony	Harvey	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	Male	Veteran	46	24:53
36	Steve	Cornish	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	Male	Veteran	38	25:05
37	Phil	Guy	North Shropshire Wheelers	Male	Veteran	3	25:08
38	Steve	Chapman	Nova Raiders CC	Male	Veteran	58	25:22
39	Tony	Perrin	Stone Wheelers CC	Male	Veteran	64 (49)	25:26
40	Rebecca	Woodvine	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	Female	Juvenile	34	25:48
41	Ian	Casson	Birkenhead Victoria CC	Male	Veteran	67 (39)	25:52
42	Jenny	York	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	Female	Veteran	24	25:54
43	Les	Boughey	North Shropshire Wheelers	Male	Veteran	8	25:58
44	Carys	Blowers	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	Female	Juvenile	29	25:59
45	Dave	York	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	Male	Veteran	13	26:00
46	Bethan	Till	Wrekinsport CC	Female	Senior	59	26:06
47	Louise	Hurdley	Hafren CC	Female	Veteran	14	26:08
48	Lucy	Bulkeley	Velotik Racing Team	Female	Senior	19	26:09
49	Jenny	Newton	Nova Raiders CC	Female	Veteran	28	26:19
50	Richard	Goddard	Newport (Shropshire) CC	Male	Veteran	17	26:51
51	Helen	Tudor	Oswestry Paragon CC	Female	Veteran	4	27:30
52	Mel	Griffiths	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	Male	Veteran	9	37:48
Victor	Chetta	Pirate juice cc	Male	Veteran	41	DNF
B Xavier	Disley	AeroCoach	Male	Senior	30	DNF
Laurence	Fryer-Taylor	OVB	Male	Senior	62	DNS-A
Rob	Jackson	Wrekinsport CC	Male	Veteran	37	DNS-A
James	Neale	North Shropshire Wheelers	Male	Veteran	43	DNS-A
Jamie	Pleavin	Liverpool Century RC	Male	Veteran	63 (16)	DNS-A
Andrew	Clarke	North Shropshire Wheelers	Male	Veteran	36	W/D
Rosemary	Homer	Newport (Shropshire) CC	Female	Senior	39	W/D
Keri	Parton	Pro Vision Cycle Clothing	Female	Senior	16	W/D
Ben	Rawlings	Wrekinsport CC	Male	Senior	49	W/D
Joss	Lowden	Drops Cycling	Female	Senior	10	DNS
Mark	Pritchard	Nova Raiders CC	Male	Senior	54	DNS
Geoff	Edgerton	North Shropshire Wheelers	Male	Veteran	48	DNS
Tandem
Pos’n	Forename	Surname	Club	Gender	Cat	No.	Time
1	Charlotte	Chapman	Nova Raiders CC	Female	Senior	65	27:39
1	Jade	Chapman	Nova Raiders CC	Female	Veteran	66	27:39

Shropshire Championship 10 – Overall

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Pos’n	Forename	Surname	Club	Cat	Time	Points
1	Kieran	Morris	SCCA Private Member	S	20:18	60
2	Daniel	Watts	SCCA Private Member	S	20:47	55
3	Dean	Callister	Nova Raiders	S	21:03	50
4	Christopher	Halford	Wrekinsport CC	V	21:14	45
5	Tim	Beardmore	Nova Raiders	V	21:19	40
6	Henri	Bedford	Revolutions Racing	J	21:19	40
7	James	Satoor	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	J	21:42	30
8	Jonathan	Mills-Keeling	Cycle Club Bridgnorth RWG	V	22:04	25
9	Bryn	Davies	Hafren CC	V	22:11	20
10	Tomos	Hales	Wrekinsport CC	S	22:18	15
11	Andrew	Rose	Nova Raiders	V	22:53	10
12	Dean	Dovey	Nova Raiders	V	22:56	5
13	Adam	Mumford	Wrekinsport CC	S	23:12	5
14	Nicholas	Long	Nova Raiders	S	23:22	5
15	Rich	Smith	Wrekinsport CC	V	23:30	5
16	Graeme	Donnell	Nova Raiders	V	23:40	5
17	Andrew	Lacon	Nova Raiders	S	23:54	5
18	Deb	Hutson-Lumb	Nova Raiders	WV	23:57	5
19	Allan	Henderson	Wrekinsport CC	S	24:12	5
20	Richard	Howes	Wrekinsport CC	V	24:12	5
21	Jon	Bradley	Nova Raiders	V	24:29	5
22	Neil	Wilson	Paramount CRT	V	24:33	5
23	Ian	Connolly	Ludlow CC	V	24:43	5
24	Tony	Harvey	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	V	24:53	5
25	Steve	Cornish	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	V	25:05	5
26	Phil	Guy	North Shropshire Wheelers	V	25:08	5
27	Steve	Chapman	Nova Raiders	V	25:22	5
28	Rebecca	Woodvine	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	WJ	25:48	5
29	Jenny	York	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	WV	25:54	5
30	Les	Boughey	North Shropshire Wheelers	V	25:58	5
31	Carys	Blowers	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	WJ	25:59	5
32	Dave	York	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	V	26:00	5
33	Bethan	Till	Wrekinsport CC	W	26:06	5
34	Louise	Hurdley	Hafren CC	WV	26:08	5
35	Jenny	Newton	Nova Raiders	WV	26:19	5
36	Richard	Goddard	Newport (Shropshire) CC	V	26:51	5
37	Helen	Tudor	Oswestry Paragon CC	WV	27:30	5
38	Mel	Griffiths	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	V	37:48	5
Victor	Chetta	SCCA Private Member	V	DNF
Rob	Jackson	Wrekinsport CC	V	DNS-A
James	Neale	North Shropshire Wheelers	V	DNS-A
Andrew	Clarke	North Shropshire Wheelers	V	W/D
Rosemary	Homer	Newport (Shropshire) CC	W	W/D
Ben	Rawlings	Wrekinsport CC	S	W/D
Geoff	Edgerton	North Shropshire Wheelers	V	DNS
Mark	Pritchard	Nova Raiders	S	DNS

Shropshire Championship Veteran’s 10

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Vets Pos’n	Forename	Surname	Club	Cat	Vet +/-	Vets Points
1	Deb	Hutson-Lumb	Nova Raiders	WV	+5:35	60
2	Christopher	Halford	Wrekinsport CC	V	+5:26	55
3	Tim	Beardmore	Nova Raiders	V	+5:21	50
4	Jonathan	Mills-Keeling	Cycle Club Bridgnorth RWG	V	+4:32	45
5	Bryn	Davies	Hafren CC	V	+4:25	40
6	Jenny	York	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	WV	+4:22	35
7	Dean	Dovey	Nova Raiders	V	+4:16	30
8	Phil	Guy	North Shropshire Wheelers	V	+4:12	25
9	Andrew	Rose	Nova Raiders	V	+4:05	20
10	Rich	Smith	Wrekinsport CC	V	+3:33	15
11	Graeme	Donnell	Nova Raiders	V	+3:32	10
12	Steve	Cornish	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	V	+3:01	5
13	Jenny	Newton	Nova Raiders	WV	+2:47	5
14	Tony	Harvey	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	V	+2:40	5
15	Richard	Howes	Wrekinsport CC	V	+2:33	5
16	Jon	Bradley	Nova Raiders	V	+2:25	5
17	Neil	Wilson	Paramount CRT	V	+2:21	5
18	Steve	Chapman	Nova Raiders	V	+2:17	5
19	Dave	York	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	V	+2:13	5
20	Louise	Hurdley	Hafren CC	WV	+2:12	5
21	Ian	Connolly	Ludlow CC	V	+2:11	5
22	Helen	Tudor	Oswestry Paragon CC	WV	+1:41	5
23	Les	Boughey	North Shropshire Wheelers	V	+1:24	5
24	Richard	Goddard	Newport (Shropshire) CC	V	+0:21	5
25	Mel	Griffiths	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	V	-8:28	5

Shropshire Championship Women’s 10

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Women’s Pos’n	Forename	Surname	Club	Cat	Time	Women’s Points
1	Deb	Hutson-Lumb	Nova Raiders	WV	23:57	60
2	Rebecca	Woodvine	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	WJ	25:48	55
3	Jenny	York	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	WV	25:54	50
4	Carys	Blowers	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	WJ	25:59	45
5	Bethan	Till	Wrekinsport CC	W	26:06	40
6	Louise	Hurdley	Hafren CC	WV	26:08	35
7	Jenny	Newton	Nova Raiders	WV	26:19	30
8	Helen	Tudor	Oswestry Paragon CC	WV	27:30	25
Rosemary	Homer	Newport (Shropshire) CC	W	W/D

Shropshire Championship Junior 10:

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Junior Pos’n	Forename	Surname	Club	Cat	Time	Junior Points
1	Henri	Bedford	Revolutions Racing	J	21:19	60
2	James	Satoor	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	J	21:42	55
3	Rebecca	Woodvine	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	WJ	25:48	50
4	Carys	Blowers	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	WJ	25:59	45

Shropshire Championship Team 10

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Nova Raiders	01:05:15
Wrekinsport	01:06:44
Mid Shropshire Wheelers	01:11:40

Top Club Award R2

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Pos’n	Club	Points
1	Nova Raiders	140
2	Wrekinsport CC	85
3	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	65
4	Revolutions Racing	40
5	Cycle Club Bridgnorth RWG	25
5	Hafren CC	25
7	North Shropshire Wheelers	10
8	Ludlow CC	5
8	Newport (Shropshire) CC	5
8	Oswestry Paragon CC	5
8	Paramount CRT	5

Cumulative Standings after two rounds

Friction and Hydraulic Services Shropshire Championship Points Series

Position	Name	Club	Cat	Best 5
1	Tim Beardmore	Nova Raiders	V	95
2	Henri Bedford	Revolutions Racing	J	85
=3	Kieran Morris	SCCA Private Member	S	60
=3	Liam Holohan	Holohan Coaching RT	S	60
5	Daniel Watts	SCCA Private Member	S	55
=6	Chris Pook	Holohan Coaching RT	S	50
=6	Dean Callister	Nova Raiders	S	50
=6	Tomos Hales	Wrekinsport CC	S	50
9	Christopher Halford	Wrekinsport CC	V	45
10	Victor Chetta	SCCA Private Member	V	40

Friction and Hydraulic Services Veterans Championship

Position	Name	Club	Best 5
=1	Deb Hutson-Lumb	Nova Raiders	110
=1	Tim Beardmore	Nova Raiders	110
=3	Christopher Halford	Wrekinsport CC	55
=3	Victor Chetta	SCCA Private Member	55
=5	Dan Dovey	Nova Raiders	45
=5	Jonathan Mills-Keeling	Cycle Club Bridgnorth RWG	45
=7	Bryn Davies	Hafren CC	40
=7	Steven Prince	Ludlow Brewery RT	40
=9	Jenny York	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	35
=9	Peter Escritt	Nova Raiders	35
=9	Richard Smith	Wrekinsport CC	35

Friction and Hydraulic Services Women’s Championship

Women’s Pos’n	Name	Club	Best 5
1	Deb Hutson-Lumb	Nova Raiders	120
2	Bethan Till	Wrekinsport CC	90
3	Louise Hurdley	Hafren CC	80
=4	Emma Serjeant	Hafren CC	55
=4	Rebecca Woodvine	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	55
6	Jenny York	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	50
7	Carys Blowers	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	45
8	Jenny Newton	Nova Raiders	30
9	Helen Tudor	Oswestry Paragon CC	25

Friction and Hydraulic Services Junior Championship

Junior Pos’n	Name	Club	Best 12
1	Henri Bedford	Revolutions Racing	120
2	James Satoor	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	55
3	Rebecca Woodvine	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	50
4	Carys Blowers	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	45

Top Club Award

Position	Club	Total Points
1	Nova Raiders	230
2	Wrekinsport CC	165
3	Holohan Coaching RT	110
4	Revolutions Racing	85
5	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	65
6	CC Bridgnorth RWG	55
=7	Hafren CC	40
=7	SCCA Private Member	40
9	Ludlow Brewery RT	20
=10	Ludlow CC	10
=10	North Shropshire Wheelers	10
=12	Newport (Shropshire) CC	5
=12	Oswestry Paragon CC	5
=12	Paramount CRT	5
=12	Propel CC	5

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