Briercliffe 10 16/07/2013 - Evening Series Round 11 - Report

With temperatures creeping up to 30 degrees Centigrafe at the start, Round 11 of the Briercliffe 10 series was as much of a war of attrition as it was a battle against the clock. Still, this didn't deter the riders with all but three* competitors recording either a season or personal best for the course.

*One rider's diminished performance was very much self inflicted (see below).

The fastest Nomad tonight was Andrew Herbert who rode his fastest ever time around the course with a 23:22, which is the fastest time recorded by a Nomad this year.

Andrew Herbert - fastest performance on this course.

Andy Saunders came in second with his fastest time of the season and Simon Doyle rolled in third.

Ryan Witchell improved once again to record the fastest time of the evening and dipped under the 23 minute mark for the first time. A truly stunning performance.

Nick Hickman is once again fine tuning his training for the Brompton World Championships and rode the event on his folding bicycle. Nick's time of 31:54 includes unfolding the bike (16 seconds) but was a few seconds short of his best Brompton time from last year of 31:00 (including folding time).

Nick Hickman prior to being harangued at the 7 mile mark by the Club Captain.

Thanks this week goes out to Nigel Wilson and Richard Bland for timekeeping/ pushing off and also to the many who came out to support.

Thanks to Sue Clifford-Smith for the images.

Nomads
A Herbert 23:22 (CB), A Saunders 24.26 (CSB), S Doyle 24:47, J Gomm 24:54, J Traynor 26:23 (PB), M Webb 26:37 (CSB), M Coillins 27:23 (PB), R Serradinho 27:48 (PB), K Todd 28:50 (CSB), D Summerell 29:06 (CSB), S Smith 29:56 (CSB), N Hickman 31:54 (inc. 16s assembly).

Non-Nomads
R Witchell, Welwyn Wh. 22.57 (CB)

PB - Personal Best
CB - Course Best
CSB - Course Season's Best