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Cycling Round Up - 4th July 2016

Round up of a busy week of cycling and triathlon for members of the West Suffolk Wheelers

 

 

Another good turn out from West Suffolk Wheelers & Triathlon Club at Suffolk Cycle Race Series on Wednesday 29th Jun at Ipswich’s Trinity Park saw Stu Grand again up in the mix in the men’s 4th category race. The fast paced racing also had good turns from Giles Prime, Stephen Palmer, Mark Camp, Chris Whitby, Stephen Campbell and Joseph Kaye. Fraser Elsworth continued his recent run with a fine 2nd in the U16 event.

The racing theme continued with Round 6 of the Mud Sweat and Gears mountain bike race at Carver Barracks near Saffron Walden on Sunday 3rd July. Facing a tight, fast flowing and technical circuit, Paul Watson shredded the course and chased the leaders hard for a well deserved 4th spot in the Grand Vet Male (4 laps/1:31:53). Jospeh Kaye will be pleased with 26th in the Veteran category (6/1:41:45).

Further afield, 10 Wheelers were in action at the Norwich ABC open 10 mile time trial held on the B10/43 course on the Wortwell-Bungay-Wortwell section of the A143. A tailwind assist on the out leg meant a harder effort on the return. Darren Davis took all in his stride and produced a highly polished finish time of 21:56. Paul Rooke (22:18) and Adrian Rudd (22:25) followed with Alan Hale (25:38), David Young (26:15), David Howes (26:25), Ron Back (26:27), Mark Eastwood  (26:51), John Steed (27:01) and John Coles (27:15) all making their mark.

Darren Davis was in action again on Sunday at the Eastern Counties CA’s 25 mile time trial on the B25/4 course. 2 Laps of the A11 dual carriageway between Wymondham and the turnaround at Larling on what is a reasonably fast course saw Davis along with club mates Jason Davies and Paul Vickers produce an aggregate time of 2:45:28 which was  enough to bag 1st team spot. John Coles enjoyed the day with an encouraging 1:07:30.

Meanwhile, Holkham Hall in Norfolk was the venue for the Outlaw 70.3 Half Ironman, held for the first time outside its home of Nottingham. A 1.2mile open water swim followed by a 56 mile bike section and topped off by a 13.1 mile run saw the squad of 8 Wheelers give another top account of themselves. Stand out performances came from Hannah Naylor, whose combined time of 5:16:01 not only saw her the fastest Wheeler home but also 2nd in her age group category, and Nicky Bennet who finished 3rd in her age category and 2nd fastest Wheeler behind Hannah with 5:25:00.

Darren Sharman followed with 5:33:18, then Aiden Dunn (5:35:05) with Lee French (5:36:13), James Heath (5:39:55), Chris Wiseman (6:03:01) and debutant over this distance Phil Clarke (6:08:55) all putting in the hard work.

Last Updated (Wednesday, 03 August 2016 20:13)

 
About the West Suffolk Wheelers
  • The West Suffolk Wheelers cycling club was formed in 1922 and is based in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. We have a good cross-section of cycling on offer to welcome new and experienced cyclists alike. If you wish to learn bike handling skills for on and/or off-road cycling our members have the knowledge and experience to teach you. The Club is proud of it's development work with young people, and we have coaches to guide new cyclists in their training. We are active in all areas of cycling including: Road Racing, Time Trials, Track Racing, Club Runs,Touring, Audax, Sportive, Mountain Biking and Cyclo-cross. Members also compete in triathlon competitions; the Club is recently affiliated to Triathlon England, and new triathlete members are welcomed

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