The pesky Men’s Football World Cup interfered with the Evening Ten scheduled for the 1st of July, and should England progress to the quarter finals then that would see them playing on Wednesday 15th of July at 8pm, meaning we will have to decide what to do about the ‘Ten’ that evening. We will update this page when we know more.

Meanwhile a very warm late June evening on the 24th of June saw some good times despite the hear, or perhaps because of it, and an outing for Exeter Wheelers Luke Osborne who blew the field away with the only sub-22 minute ten on the course this year, flying around in 20 minutes and 40 seconds.

V50+ rider George Robb of promoting club CS Dynamo continued his good form with a time of 24:43, whilst series leader Stuart Pollard of Exeter Wheelers was just 6 seconds behind on 24:49 on his metal road bike.

Two female riders competed. Ayse Vahiboglu of EWCC was the faster, 25:31. Natalie Grainger of Royal Navy cycling rode a 26:58.

The next event is the 8th of July, full details of the series can be found by clicking here.

As we have lost two events we will be amending the number of results that will count towards the end-of-season league table. Again, we will update in due course.

Here are the results from the 24th of June –

							points
1	Luke Osborne	Exeter Whs. CC	M	senior	tt	20.40	24
2	Del Stafford	Podium Addict	M	v50	tt	24.02	23
3	James Greenaway	Exeter Whs. CC	M	senior	tt	24.02	22
4	Jimmy Richards	Pure Endurance	M	senior	road	24.21	21
5	George Robb	CS Dynamo	M	v50	tt	24.43	20
6	Stuart Pollard	Exeter Whs. CC	M	v40	road	24.49	19
7	James Salter	Sid Valley CC	M	senior	tt	24.52	18
8	Ayse Vahiboglu	Exeter Whs. CC	F	v49	tt	25.31	17
9	Andrew Haydn	Exeter Whs. CC	M	v60	road	26.13	16
10	Lee Mallen	Sid Valley CC	M	v40	road	26.28	15
11	Simon Brown	CS Dynamo	M	v60	tt	26.34	14
12	Nat Grainger	RN Cycling	F	senior	tt	26.58	13
13	John Baker	–	M	v60	road	28.55	12
14	David Gray	AVP	M	v60	road	28.59	11
15	David Fleming	Exeter Whs. CC	M	v70	tt	29.23	10

and here is the current league table:

						total points
1	Stuart Pollard	Exeter Whs. CC	M	vet 40+	road	96	19	17	21	20	19
2	Andrew Haydon	Exeter Whs. CC	M	vet 60+	road	75	14	18	11	16	16
3	George Robb	CS Dynamo	M	v50	road	70	13	19	18	20
4	James Salter	Sid Valley CC	M	senior	tt	55	18	19	18
5	Tim Fowler	Exeter Whs. CC	M	vet 50+	tt	50	17	14	19
6	John Baker	Exeter Whs. CC	M	vet 50+	road	44	10	11	11	12
7	Harry McMahon	guest	M	senior	road	43	15	13	15
8	Rob Simmons	EWCC	M	v57	tt	43	22	21
9	Jimmy Richards	Pure Endurance	M	senior	road	42	21	21
10	Simon Brown	CS Dynamo	M	v60	tt	41	12	15	14
11	James Greenaway	Exeter Whs. CC	M	snr	road	41	19	22
12	Lennox Turner	guest	M	senior	road	36	12	10	14
13	Dave Fleming	EWCC	M	v70	tt	30	10	10	10
14	Richard Crosby	VoL	M	v60	road	25	12	13
15	Luke Osborne	Exeter Whs. CC	M	senior	tt	24	24
16	Del Stafford	Podium Addict	M	v50	tt	23	23
17	David Gray	Axe Valley Pedallers	M	v60	road	23	12	11
18	Tristan Kelsall-Spurr	Magic Shine	M	senior	road	22	22
19	Neil Grimwood	TTT	M	v50	tt	20	20
20	Rich Babbage	Exeter Whs. CC	M	vet 50+	tt	20	20
21	Ayse Vahiboglu	Exeter Whs. CC	F	v49	tt	17	17
22	Denise Burrows	Aero Coach	F	v40	tt	17	17
23	Robin Dafforn	Exeter Wheelers	M	senior	road	17	17
24	Dan Lugg	TTT	M	v40	tt	16	16
25	Jon Hare	Exeter Whs. CC	M	v40	road	16	16
26	Stewart Dunn	Mid-Devon CC	M	vet 40+	tt	16	16
27	Lee Mallen	Sid Valley CC	M	v40	road	15	15
28	Lubos Obornik	Cranbrook CC	M	vet 50+	tt	15	15
29	Talita Ancona	TTT	F	v44	tt	14	14
30	Nat Grainger	RN Cycling	F	senior	tt	13	13
31	David Guy	AVP	M	v60	road	13	13
32	Doug Parker	Tor 2000	M	vet 60+	road	13	13
33	Michael Mason-Sanders	Exeter Whs. CC	M	youth	road	12	12
34	John Hutchins	Chard Wheelers	M	vet 50+	road	11	11
35	Pete Bishop	Exeter Whs. CC	M	v60	road	11	11
36	Clare Pentecost	CS Dynamo	F	v50	tt	10	10

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

The latest East Devon Evening Ten took place Wednesday evening the 10^th 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.