After last weeks encouragingly warm conditions, this week fell back to a typical April evening with a chill in the air and a vicious wind from the East, all of which indicated a slower evening than last week. There was another good turn out of riders with eleven Nomads and four guest riders competing in Round 5 of the Briercliffe series.
Andrew Herbert reclaimed top spot with his fastest time round the Old Warden circuit this year with 24m 21s. Simon Doyle edged out Ryan Witchell by two seconds to fill 2nd and 3rd places respectively.
James Gomm continued to show improvement after a somewhat slow start to the season with a personal best around the Briecliffe 10 of 25m 29s and Charlie Pugh also set his fastest time around the circuit with a 29m 24s.
Well done to James Spence who flew solo on the stop watches for the first time, and managed to produce a flawless set of results despite Pugh, Gomm and Gell all finishing in a five second window to really test James' new found skills.
Thanks also to Frank Turner who assisted with time keeping and to Geoff Perry for pushing off.
Results
A Herbert 24.21, S Doyle 24.45, R Witchell 24.47, J Gomm 25.29, M Webb 26.43, N Hickman 27.24, R Serradhino 28.39, C Pugh 29.24, J Traynor 29.57, S Smith 32.18, D Rossall 32:25
Non-Nomads
J Lane CCA 24.43, N Fraser SCC 25.01, P Gell BRCC 26.29, D Watson Chapeau 27:13
CCA - CC Ashwell, BRCC - Beds Road CC, SCC - Stevenage Cycle Club
