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East Devon Evening Ten series, event 5 results, report and league table

It was a return to duty for the Exeter Wheelers evening ten task force for race 5 of the series, but to be sure it’s not a bad thing to be doing, providing a race for such a convivial bunch of riders. Timekeepers Mike Rose, Ken Evans and Pete Bishop were joined by Ian Moore, Ann Owen, Phil Harris and Rod Saxby, who all marshalled. Rod would ideally like to be riding, but work commitments have limited his racing to the Margaret Baker/Four Firs Hilly this year. The good news is that he is retiring from work at the end of the year, and we am sure that we will be seeing some strong performances from him next year.

The conditions were better than average; whilst there was some breeze with west in it, and whilst some stretches of road were into headwinds, it was more a case of crosswinds. The air was warm but not overly so.

Above – ‘In the zone’ riders await their 5-4-3-2-1-GO ! from timekeeper Ken.

Fastest rider on the night with a time of 23:06 was Tristan Kelsall-Spurr, who was once an Exeter Wheeler but now rides for Magic Shine. His time is a fine time for a road bike. Tristan had a nasty crash back at Eastertime, and was out of action for a bit, but is now back riding and is coming into some serious fitness. He is looking forward to the Autumn hill climb season, and no doubt will post a good time in the National Hill Climb at on the Porlock Toll Road at the end of October.

Last week’s winner Rob Chuffy Simmonds said at the time he was pleased with his performance and that he felt he could go faster, addinf that a 23 minute ten was a possibility for him, and hurrah he got round this evening on 23:59 ! A happy rider !

Third placed Stuart Pollard of EWCC, and the league leader, was 44 seconds slower on 25:43, but would like to point out that he rides a metal road bike and asks if there might be a special prize for best placed metal biker. On yer bike Stuart. Cheeky chap.

Fourth place with 25:07 was another Exeter Wheeler in 25:07. Tim Fowler. Asked how his ride went afterwards Tim said “Yeah well I sort of adopted a different strategy of pacing, not sure if it worked, but it was definitely more comfortable“. 

In fifth place was George Robb of CS Dynamo. Until three weeks ago George had not ridden an ‘Evening Ten’ or indeed any other ten, but he’s certainly enjoying the challenge that the discipline offers, and in fact got his third PB in three weeks, with 25:10. He’s gone from a winter bike with mudguards, to a proper road bike, to a road bike with tri-bars. That’ll help.

Above – youngster Robin Dafforn looking ahead to his final A-level tomorrow.

Sixth placed Robin Dafforn, riding his first evening ten for a while, has his final A-Level tomorrow. A very good idea to get out and get some fresh air after probably a day spent indoors at table revising. 25:43. Robin has the physique of a racing whippet and no doubt goes v. fast up hills.

In seventh place, and riding another strong v60 ride was Exeter Wheelers Andy Haydon, on 26:42, whilst eight place went to the tandem ridden by Sid Valley pair Dal Dawlemi (sp.?) and Simon Olive, who overcame a mechanical on the way to the start to record a race time of 28:02. Tenth placed rider Richard Crosby was but 5 seconds outside his course PB with 28:55, Axe Valley Pedaller David Gray (v. nice Lemmy T-shirt you had there post-event David) was 11th with 29:28.

Above – A tandem. A veritable blurr. Go Sid Valley CC’ers !!

Twelfth placed John Baker was asked on the start line what his hopes were for his time, sub-30 minutes perhaps ? “Nah, sub-40 . . . .” Well he go round faster than evens with 21 secnds to spare, 29:39.

The event’s only V70 rider, Exeter Wheeler Dave Fleming also got round in sub-evens, just – 29.54. David is still getting used to his new eyes. After he had had his recent grafts, the world turned upside down. His brain has now got the images adjusted and the right way up, otherwise it would’ve made for some very challenging cycling for him this evening..

Above – Riders post-race discussing heart rates, sprockets, and time trial courses. And which of Taylor Swift’s shoes they found most becoming on her last tour.

Here are the results – 

1 Tristan Kelsall-Spurr Magic Shine M senior road 23:06
2 Rob Simmonds Exeter Wheelers M v50 tt 23:59
3 Stuart Pollard Exeter Wheelers M v40 road 24:43
4 Tim Fowler Exeter Wheelers M v50 tt 25:07
5 George Robb CS Dynamo M v50 tt 25:10
6 Robin Dafforn Exeter Wheelers M senior road 25:48
7 Andrew Haydon Exeter Wheelers M v60 road 26:42
8 Dal Dawlemi ( ? ? ) Sid Valley CC M v54 tandem road 28:02
  Simon Olive Sid Valley CC M v50 tandem road  
10 Richard Crosby   M v60 road 28:55
11 David Gray Axe Valley Pedallers M v60 road 29:28
12 John Baker   M v60 road 29:39
13 David Fleming Exeter Wheelers M v70 tt 29:54

The next race in the series, next week 24th of June, is a Sid Valley CC event. It isn’t true that Sid Valley is Frankie’s brother, tho’ it would be an idea to form a dance band called Sid Valley and The Evening Ten.
Foxtrots and Waltzes and Bongo Drums a speciality.

STOP PRESS – THE NEXT TEN IS A CS DYNAMO EVENT and not SVCC. ooops. sorry.

Here is the latest league table – the column in bold, after the bike type, is the total points column

1 Stuart Pollard Exeter Whs. CC M vet 40+ road 77 19 17 21 20
2 Andrew Haydon Exeter Whs. CC M vet 60+ road 59 14 18 11 16
3 George Robb CS Dynamo M v50 road  50 13 19 18  
4 Tim Fowler Exeter Whs. CC M vet 50+ tt 50 17 14 19  
5 Harry McMahon guest M senior road 43 15 13 15  
6 Rob Simmons EWCC M v57 tt 43 22 21    
7 James Salter Sid Valley CC M senior tt 37 18 19    
8 Lennox Turner guest M senior road 36 12 10 14  
9 John Baker Exeter Whs. CC M vet 50+ road 32 10 11 11  
10 Simon Brown CS Dynamo M v60 tt 27 12 15    
11 Richard Crosby VoL M v60 road 25 12 13    
12 Tristan Kelsall-Spurr Magic Shine M senior road 22 22      
13 Jimmy Richards Pure Endurance M senior road 21 21      
14 Neil Grimwood TTT M v50 tt 20 20      
15 Rich Babbage Exeter Whs. CC M vet 50+ tt 20 20      
16 Dave Fleming EWCC M v70 tt 20 10 10    
17 James Greenaway Exeter Whs. CC M snr road 19 19      
18 Denise Burrows Aero Coach F v40 tt 17 17      
19 Robin Dafforn Exeter Wheelers M senior road 17 17      
20 Dan Lugg TTT M v40 tt 16 16      
21 Jon Hare Exeter Whs. CC M v40 road 16 16      
22 Stewart Dunn Mid-Devon CC M vet 40+ tt 16 16      
23 Lubos Obornik Cranbrook CC M vet 50+ tt 15 15      
24 Talita Ancona TTT F v44 tt 14 14      
25 David Guy AVP M v60 road 13 13      
26 Doug Parker Tor 2000 M vet 60+ road 13 13      
27 Michael Mason-Sanders Exeter Whs. CC M youth road 12 12      
28 David Gray Axe Valley Pedallers M v60 road 12 12      
29 John Hutchins Chard Wheelers M vet 50+ road 11 11      
30 Pete Bishop Exeter Whs. CC M v60 road 11 11      
31 Clare Pentecost CS Dynamo F v50 tt 10 10      
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East Devon Evening Ten Series event 4 results, report and league table.

The latest East Devon Evening Ten took place Wednesday evening the 10th of June, thanks to the input and work put in by Sid Valley CC.

The usual uncomplimentary west wind etc etc but it was a good evening for Exeter Wheelers, who took the top two places.

Also pleasing in an EWCC-stylee was to see 70+ vet Dave Fleming back in action, after a health issue had curtailed some of cycling activities of late, now, apparently, addressed, so we will hope Dave can see his way to coming along for more of the tens.

Winner on Wednesday Rob Chuffy Simmonds.
And Club Chair Ian Hennessey’s right ear. far right.

Fastest rider on the night was Rob ‘Chuffy’ Simmonds, well known within the Audax circle, and proving that Audax’ers aren’t just good at sustained but unspeedy steady pedalling . Ten days previously ‘Chuffy’ had completed the EWCC 400km Audax in a healthy 18 hours or so, and last weekend, a few days before the ten, he completed a 200km Audax. which makes his win on Wednesday, with a time of 24:32,  even more impressive.

Speaking afterwards, Rob/Chuffy said “I was chuffed to bits with that ! Windy as anything and my first 10 this year. Felt good – I reckon sub 24 might just be within reach !“

Stu Pollard, sticking to his road bike, continued his strong showing in the series with a second overall and fastest in the Road Bike category, and he will be pleased to find he is currently Top of The Table (see further below)

It was good to see we had a couple of female competitors turn out, fastest of whom was Denise Burrows of Aero Coach. Feel the bubbles. Denise’s time was 27:05 whilst the second placed woman was Talita Ancona of TT with 28:48.

Next week’s Ten will be run by Exeter Wheelers – WE NEED PEOPLE TO HELP MARSHALL !!!!

Here are the full results:

1 Rob Simmons EWCC M v50 tt 24:52
2 Stuart Pollard EWCC M v40 road 25:26
3 Neil Grimwood TTT M v50 tt 26:07
4 George Robb CSD M v50 road 26:31
5 Andrew Haydon EWCC M v60 road 27:01
6 Denise Burrows Aero Coach F v40 tt 27:05
7 Dan Lugg TTT M v40 tt 27:31
8 Simon Brown CSD M v63 tt 27:37
9 Talita Ancona TTT F v44 tt 28:48
10 David Guy AVP M v60 road 29:50
11 Richard Crosby VoL M v60 road 30:25
12 John Baker   M v60 road 30:55
13 Dave Fleming EWCC M v70 tt 31:45

Full details of the Evening Tens can be found here on the club website.

Meanwhile, here is the current East Devon Club Tens League Table. 

            total   points       
1 Stuart Pollard Exeter Whs. CC M vet 40+ road 57 19 17 21
2 Andrew Haydon Exeter Whs. CC M vet 60+ road 43 14 18 11
3 Harry McMahon guest M senior road 43 15 13 15
4 James Salter Sid Valley CC M senior tt 37 18 19  
5 Lennox Turner guest M senior road 36 12 10 14
6 George Robb CS Dynamo M v50 road  32 13 19  
7 Tim Fowler Exeter Whs. CC M vet 50+ tt 31 17 14  
8 Simon Brown CS Dynamo M v60 tt 27 12 15  
9 Rob Simmons EWCC M v57 tt 22 22    
10 Jimmy Richards Pure Endurance M senior road 21 21    
11 John Baker Exeter Whs. CC M vet 50+ road 21 10 11  
12 Neil Grimwood TTT M v50 tt 20 20    
13 Rich Babbage Exeter Whs. CC M vet 50+ tt 20 20    
14 James Greenaway Exeter Whs. CC M snr road 19 19    
15 Denise Burrows Aero Coach F v40 tt 17 17    
16 Dan Lugg TTT M v40 tt 16 16    
17 Jon Hare Exeter Whs. CC M v40 road 16 16    
18 Stewart Dunn Mid-Devon CC M vet 40+ tt 16 16    
19 Lubos Obornik Cranbrook CC M vet 50+ tt 15 15    
20 Talita Ancona TTT F v44 tt 14 14    
21 David Guy AVP M v60 road 13 13    
22 Doug Parker Tor 2000 M vet 60+ road 13 13    
23 Michael Mason-Sanders Exeter Whs. CC M youth road 12 12    
24 Richard Crosby VoL M v60 road 12 12    
25 John Hutchins Chard Wheelers M vet 50+ road 11 11    
26 Pete Bishop Exeter Whs. CC M v60 road 11 11    
27 Clare Pentecost CS Dynamo F v50 tt 10 10    
28 Dave Fleming EWCC M v70 tt 10 10    

Points are awarded on the basis of 10 points for whoever comes last on the night, and one point more for each place above last. This means that in an event with 12 entries the points would be 10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21 whereas if there were only 9 riders then the winner would get fewer i.e. 18.  There are nine counting rounds (The Women Only and the Open don’t count) – there might be ten rounds only we have yet to get the new Exeter old A30 (Pocombe to Tedburn & back) a-bit-sporty course approved. The top seven best results for each rider to count.

 

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East Devon Evening Ten Series event 3 results and report

Last week’s Open Ten Mile Time Trial saw many course-bests from riders thanks to the favourable wind direction. This week, however, it was back to contending with the usual westcountry westerlies.

Amusingly, of the ten competing riders no-one wanted to go off first, so there was no number 1 – first rider off was thus no. 2, Clare Pentecost of the host club CS Dynamo of Exmouth.

Last away was the youngest rider, Lennox Turner, at aged 18, on number 11.

Sadly, it is the case that entries for bike races across the land are somewhat in decline, but we remain hopeful that come better weather and faster conditions will come higher attendances for the ‘ten’ series. On the plus side, we are seeing a some younger riders coming along.

The contestants found their speed much hindered on Wednesday as they battled the strong headwind on the way out to the first turn. Once ‘turned’ then all had a welcome helping hand from the wind, but alas however much all went in search of ‘temps perdu’, lost time can’t ever be regained, no matter how many pre-race madeleine cakes you eat.  And yet more time was lost on the final leg as riders stamped hard on pedals to reach the finish line whilst the roadside trees and bushes waved to and fro in the brisk breeze.

Going fastest and winning again was Exeter Wheeler ‘J.G.’ – last week he did so on his TT machine in the Open Ten, this week he rode a road bike and still won. His time was 24:37 so top marks JG. James Salter of the organising club took second spot with 25:03. Completing the lofty podium places was Stuart Pollard, another Exeter Wheeler with 25:30. EWCC’s Escot CX race organiser Jon Hare made one of his occasional outings to the series, and was only a few seconds slower than Stuart on 25:39.

Later, over a pint at the New Fountain Inn in Whimple, Jon said of the event “Bl**dy blowy! Didn’t make for fast times but made it testing! Felt great for the short tailwind leg – getting some PBs along there. It’s a nice little course and the organisers were welcoming”. Jon did complain, however, that organiser David eschewed his offer of £4.85 of loose change as entry, asking instead for the full £Fiver, in note form. Quite right too.

It was, though, a tough night for a TT, all riders having to suffer the indignity of slower times than they would like. However, younger rider Lennox Turner bucked the trend and recorded his best-yet time for the course with 27:13, so he must be doing something right.

Here are the results:

1 James Greenaway Exeter Whs. CC M snr road 24:37
2 James Salter Sid Valley CC M senior tt 25:03
3 Stuart Pollard Exeter Whs. CC M v40 road 25:30
4 Jon Hare Exeter Whs. CC M v40 road 25:39
5 Harry McMahon guest M senior road 26:28
6 Lennox Turner guest M senior road 27:13
7 George Robb CS Dynamo M v50 road  27:25
8 Simon Brown CS Dynamo M v60 tt 27:47
9 Pete Bishop Exeter Whs. CC M v60 road 28:40
10 Clare Pentecost CS Dynamo F v50 tt 29:32

CS Dynamo Evening Ten Supremo David Hall would like to thank his team of helpers – Paul Martin, Juan Alvarez, Tony Heggadon, Patrick Neal and Ted Low. 

Here is a nice picture of CS Dynamo folk out enjoying the sprint sunshine recently one one of their weekly ‘clubs runs’, details of which can be found on their Facebook page.

The writer of this report would like to correct any of those who are thinking, like he once did, that CS Dynamo might share some commonality with similar-sounding entities such as Red Star Belgrade, Dynamo Zagreb, Sparta Prague, and the like. These latter were in fact all eastern European football clubs of the Soviet era, and not cycling clubs, although it is possible that when their Trabants broke down the players of these clubs did ride their bicycles to work. CS Dynamo, on the other hand, hail not from east Europe but from east Devon (Exmouth), and have never been much bothered about footy. They have never won the UEFA cup.

Finally, the ‘Evening Ten League Table’ will be updated on the EWCC website over the next few days – a reminder that prizes will be given for league winners both overall and in the various categories (Road Bike, TT Bike, Youth, Senior, V40, V50, V60, Male, Female etc) at the end of the series.

The next evening ten will be on the 10th of June and will be run by Sid Valley CC.

Full details of the East Devon Evening Tens series can be found here.