It was a very warm evening with only a slight breeze on the 10.7 mile P140 course. We had 34 riders including 20 from Sotonia, 4 from VC Venta, 3 from Southampton University and 3 from New Forest CC.
Matthew Downie came looking to break the course record in the favourable conditions, which he did with a momentous time of 21:44 (29.5 mph). For comparison this would have given him a time of 20:19 had the course been 10 miles instead of 10.7.
Red Walters was second place and fastest Sotonia rider, finishing 53 seconds behind Matt with an impressive 22:37 (28.4 mph).
Gemma Wilks was fastest woman with a time of 29:11 (22.0 mph)
Colin Witt organised the event, and Sotonia would like to thank the following club members for giving up their free time to marshall, push off, timekeep, put out signs and enabling us to run this event…
- Phil Nightingale
- Phil Wilks
- Nick Wisby
- John Radford
- Martin Napier
- Nick Bradban
- Alan Sharpen
- David Crocker
Photos
Photos from the evening are available on our Facebook page, or via the link below. You can view these even if you don’t have a Facebook account.
https://www.facebook.com/pg/SotoniaCC/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1751090404930050
Results
| Position | Rider | Club | Time | Speed (mph) |
| 1 | Matthew Downie | TAAP Cervelo |
21:44 |
29.5 |
| 2 | Red Walters | Sotonia |
22:37 |
28.4 |
| 3= | Tom Ellis | SURC |
23:14 |
27.6 |
| 3= | Nick Tarmey | VC Venta |
23:14 |
27.6 |
| 5 | Owen Lewis | VC Venta |
23:19 |
27.5 |
| 6 | James Fox | VC Venta |
23:38 |
27.2 |
| 7 | Rhys Thomas | Soton Uni |
23:44 |
27.1 |
| 8 | James Dick | Tri Team Wessex |
24:31 |
26.2 |
| 9 | Tony Maschio | Sotonia |
24:32 |
26.2 |
| 10= | Sam Cooper | Sotonia |
24:48 |
25.9 |
| 10= | Graham Harman | Sotonia |
24:48 |
25.9 |
| 12 | Russel Speight | Sotonia |
25:02 |
25.6 |
| 13 | James Peckham | Sotonia |
25:04 |
25.6 |
| 14 | Henry Salmon | Soton Uni |
25:42 |
25.0 |
| 15 | Phil Connell | Sotonia |
25:59 |
24.7 |
| 16 | Jon Legg | Sotonia |
26:01 |
24.7 |
| 17 | Sam Malam | VC Venta |
26:05 |
24.6 |
| 18 | Harry Parsons | Sotonia |
26:10 |
24.5 |
| 19 | John Phillips | Sotonia |
27:25 |
23.4 |
| 20 | Stuart Martingale | Sotonia |
27:43 |
23.2 |
| 21= | Matt Davison | Sotonia |
27:46 |
23.1 |
| 21= | Tom Bloomfield | Sotonia |
27:46 |
23.1 |
| 23 | Russ Davies | VC St Rapheal |
27:54 |
23.0 |
| 24 | Brian Coupe | Sotonia (2nd claim) |
28:04 |
22.9 |
| 25 | Alastair Cooper | Sotonia |
28:44 |
22.3 |
| 26 | Richard Parker | New Forest CC |
28:54 |
22.2 |
| 27 | Mick Anglim | New Forest CC |
28:57 |
22.2 |
| 28 | Gemma Wilks | Sotonia |
29:11 |
22.0 |
| 29 | Rob Ridley | Sotonia |
29:46 |
21.6 |
| 30 | Annie Dixey |
30:10 |
21.3 |
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| 31 | Ian Macdonald | New Forest CC |
30:29 |
21.1 |
| 32 | Jonathan Ray | Sotonia |
31:46 |
20.2 |
| 33 | Steve Wilks | Sotonia |
32:36 |
19.7 |
| 34 | Julian Gee | Sotonia |
35:04 |
18.3 |