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With temperatures struggling to get much above 1 or 2 degrees for the early races the Under 10s and Under 12s were definitely not in the mood for hanging around as they tackled an undulating course, with some tricky off camber bankings. Emile Alexander (Wyre Forest CRC) took the honors in the Under 10s category after a race long lead, with St Johns brothers Joe and Michael Dyson finishing 10th and 13th respectively.

With the course now bedded in, and the sunshine having now broken through the early mist, a field of 55 veterans, juniors and ladies lined up for the off. Local man Phil Blacker (Wyre Forest CRC) was first onto the course proper after a starting loop that took riders around the edge of Top Barn's largest fishing lake. First time through the finish and Blacker had a small lead over former National Elite Champion, Steve Knight (Endura/Thule), renowned for his ‘steady' starts, followed by local junior Joe Page (Echelon Cycles). The expected surge from Knight never materialised, and Blacker took the 7 lap race by a minute and a half from Knight, with Page taking the prize for first junior a further 2 minutes down. A great ride by Ruth Eyles (Beacon RCC) saw her take the ladies category, and 11th overall in the race, with team mate John Rice taking the Over 50s category. Martin Staines enjoyed his first cross race this year finishing 24th with Pammie Murray-Hopkin not far behind in 39th.

On to the climax of the day, the senior race, and a strong contingent from outside the West Midlands region were keen to make sure the mileage travelled to Worcester was rewarded by high finishing positions. First time through the finish line and a three man lead group had formed, consisting of Rob Smail (Cyclepremier/Metaltek), Steven Allen (Kenilworth Wheelers) and Mark Cotton (Bycka Sport). The leading trio were pursued by Lee Shunburne (Matlock CC) and Paul Bethell (Team Elite). By the end of lap 3, Smail had a small lead over his rivals, which he duly increased over subsequent laps, only to see a late surge from Allen. This was not enough to deny the lone leader, Smail, who won the ten lap race, but only 13 seconds ahead of Allen. Mark Corbett and Dave Preece flew the St Johns colours and finished 19th and 20th respectively.

There some photos of the event on the new gallery.

Worcester St Johns cc 14 year old Holly Page won the National junior BBAR , to qualify riders under 18 must do 2 open (not club events)10 mile time trials and two open 25 mile time trials. The winner is the rider with the fastest average speed for 4 events over the season.
Holly’s qualifying events were Welsh CA 25 mile TT Championships with a time of 1hr 5minutes and 18seconds, Coventry cc 25mile SPOCO 1.8.48, GHS Final with a personal best time of 26.26 and Hinckley crc 10 mile TT inc Midland GHS Championship in 26.38.
Holly averaged 22.5mph!
Holly’s brother Joe was 8th in the male junior competition with an average speed of 25.921mph
St Johns cc also had two riders qualifying for the senior competion Dawn Smith 80th with 2 distances of 50 and 100 mile time trials in ladies BBAR and toughman Martin Staines 108th in the men’s BBAR which includes 50 and 100 mile TT’s and a 12 hour race averaging 21.019 mph.
Holly in action in the GHS final

Blenheim Palace TT

Worcester Saint Johns CC had a healthy number of entrants in the Bike Blenheim Palace time trial on Sunday in wet and windy conditions. On the 12.5 mile course riders completed three laps of the grounds at the World Heritage Site. The leading Saints rider was Martin Staines who finished 22nd with 31:42. Ed Dursley finished in 31st in 32:17. Other riders to compete were Mick Hedges (94th in 37:39), Jonathan Wheeler (96th in 37:41), Martin Hawker (102nd in 38:17), Gareth Hooper (113th in 39:17), Jeff Grainger (125th in 41:15) and Maureen Aston (23rd lady in 43:02). Matthew Bottrill of I-Ride won the event in 27:14. Saints Club honorary member Roger Alma competed in the tricycle event and finished 29th in 48:11.

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Warwickshire double hill climb

St Johns hill climbing team of Dave Preece, Martin Staines and Holly Page rode the double hill climb of Saintbury and Dovers hill. All put in fine performances on a cold windy day, times listed below.

Saintbury Hill 2288yards Dave 7min.38sec
                                          Martin 8.43
                                          Holly 10.25

Dovers Hill 1487yards      Dave 5min.24sec
                                          Martin 5.57
                                          Holly 7.20

Fastest time overall was Trejvan Petinger in 9.54.

coventry cc 10 mile time trial

The coventry cc 10 mile time trial at Bourton on Dunsmore.115 riders entered the event on a cool bright afternoon. James Wall won the event with 20;20. there was 6 seconds between the top 3 . Adam Hart was yet again the fastest st johns rider with 21;46 and 10th overall. Dave Walker was the next fastest with 22;43 and 24th overall. Ed Dursley did 23;23 and was 34th.

WMCCL Rnd 1 Redditch

Round 1 was as usual a tough challenge and had St Johns riders in several categories.
First up were some of our youngest members Joseph and Michael Dyson in the under 10’s race, they rode well to finish around the middle of the group.
Next up were Tony Horton and Pammie Murray-Hopkin in the Vet’s and Women’s race, which was split into 2 groups the over 40’s and the over 50’s and Women. Tony started with the first group and finished 46th.
Pammie starting in the second group rode well to finish 28th and first lady vet.

VC Sevale 10 mile TT

vc sevale ran a 10 mile tt at severn stoke. 30 riders competed on a sunny afternoon. Jon Simkins won the event with 20;20 .st johns had 7 entries of which Adam Hart was the fastest with 22mins and 3rd overal. daver Walker got 8th with 22;44 and Martin Staines was 11th with 23;48 which was enough to give st johns the team prize , other members who also did credible rides were Ed Dursley,Mick Hedges, Jon Wheeler and Maureen Aston.

13th September

WCA 25 mile TT Championships

Holly Page travelled down to south Wales for the Welsh 25 mile TT Champs and rode strongly in only her 2nd 25 to record 1.5.18, Alex Royale i-ride.co.uk was the quickest with 50.09.

GHS Final

Ryan Mullen (Eiraras High School) successfully defended his 2009 title to take the 2010 GHS 10-mile championship on Saturday at Stone, Gloucestershire. The 16 year-old juvenile 10-mile competition record holder covered the U7B course in 21-16 to claim victory by 15 seconds from Team Endura’s Josh Teasdale.
Just eight seconds slower was 15 year-old  Germain Burton (Team De Ver) who took the bronze medal position with his 21-39.
Continuing the family tradition, Alice Barnes (Sponne School), following in sister Hannah’s footsteps, clinched the girl’s title with 25-14.

Holly Page did a fine ride recording a pb of 26.28

British TT Champs

Ed Dursley represented Saints in the British Time Trial Championships at the weekend in Llandeilo, Wales. He finished 11th in the Masters B category which covered a 20 mile undulating circuit.

Knutsford Ordinary race

Dave Preece rode in worcester st johns colours on his penny farthing in a race held once every 10 years at Knutsford on sunday, Lap counting got complicated .Dave Rode for 3 hours round a track and did 41 miles witch was good enough for 4th place,just 2 1/2 miles off the winner there were a few nasty crashes with people taken to hospital that afternoon too. the penny farthings can be exceptionally difficult to handle on a cycle track.

Leamington c& ac 2up & solo 10 mile TT's

On Saturday Holly Page rode with her father Vince in the Leamington c& ac 2up 10 mile TT at Princthorpe nr Coventry, they finished 4th o/a with 23.42 and won the prize for fastest team with a female under 40.The fastest time was Bryony Costin and Nick Jones Team Corley cycles with 22.50.

Adam Hart rode the solo event and did a great ride of 22.34 for 8th Place, the winner was Jon Simpkins in 20.59.

Midland youth circuit race Championsips

Holly recieving her trophy

Pontypool RCC 10 mile TT

Dave Evans and Edward Dursley represented Worcester St Johns at the Welsh National 10 mile championships near Abergavenny. Evans finished =39th in 22:35 with Dursley =42nd in 22:38. The winner was Simon Harradine of CC Topp in 20.00

Speedwell BC 10 mile 2 UP TT

Held on the local K33/10d course Holly Page rode with her brother Joe and they did an excellent 23.15 for 2nd place and also won the prize for fastest team with a female. The fastest team was Scott O'Neill-Gwilliams & Mark Hammond Stourbridge Velo with 21.39.

Coventry cc 25mile SPOCO

The Course K10/25P starts just North of Princethorpe to the South East of Coventry. It begins on the A423 with a short fast downhill into Princethorpe., then left along a B road towards Rugby. The climb out of Princethorpe forms the only real hill on the course, and a tame one by SPOCO standards. Round a couple of Z bends then flat and fast onto the “Straight Mile” before turning onto the A45 dual carriageway. Fast again with a helpful tailwind two roundabouts then it was off up the slip road at the now demolished Peugeot factory onto the A423, a couple more roundabouts and back to the start for Lap 2. Big black clouds had been gathering during Lap1 and now it was time for them to do their worst, giving riders a thorough soaking and invigorating facial massage. At least it was warm rain!

Adam Hart was 8th with 57.32 and Holly Page riding her first ever 25 did a creditable 1.8.48.

First overall was Matt Clinton in 52:03 and First Lady was Michelle King in 58:23

Severn rc 25 mile TT

on Sunday at slim bridge Ed Dursley represented Worcester st johns in a Severn rc event on the u17 course posting a credible 1.02;25 on a difficult course for 20th place.
Dave Preece Tried his first triathlon in st johns colors, 196 competed and Preece got 11th in the bike ride but nod so good at the other events. he was 77th overall, not bad for his first one.

Wyre Forest crc Rudy Project nat series rnd 5

4 st johns member competed in the rudy project open time trial at Great Witley on the k22 course. The16 mile undulating route went over the martley hillside then into Broadheath and on to hallow then back to great Witley. Dave Walker was the fastest saints man 41 mins getting 6th place in the vets event .Next was martin staines with 42;29 who was 8th Then Jonathan Wheeler with 49;40. Ex saint man Vince Page (echelon)suffered a nasty crash and gravel rash on a wet corner but still managed to do 42;29.Son Joe did 42;13 in the juniors event and daughter holly did 48;27 on the testing course.

Worcester News RR

Ian Knight (Virgin Active) wins Worcester News RR from Tony Gibb and Simon Wilson (www.cyclepremier.com-Metaltek).

Organised and marshalled by the Worcester St Johns Cycling Club, a full field of 80 riders set out for 125km over 6 laps of the Severn Stoke course.

On the 2nd lap the break that would dominate the race escaped the bunch over the Severn Stoke climb. On the descent from the feed hill a few miles later a runaway horse hindered the chasing bunch, requiring the race to be stopped. When the race re-started the 17 man break (including a few riders who cunningly made it across in the confusion) were credited with a 25 second head start over the bunch. The gap remained the same throughout the race as the break was too large to work smoothly and the bunch was led along at a good pace by a band of sacrificial workers, most notably Ben Anstie (Chippenham Wheelers) who gave his all to the chase.

With 2 miles to go Gibb and Knight escaped the break and gained a few hundred metres that was enough to allow them to fight out the win up the final climb of Severn Stoke. Knight led it out and hung on to win by a length as Gibb finished runner up for the second consecutive year. Five seconds later 2009 winner Simon Wilson led in the remains of the break with junior rider Matt Bailey finishing a creditable 4th.

The bunch sprint was won by Ian Rees (Wilier/Big Maggys) just catching the tail end of the break for 14th place.

Afterwards Knight, a former elite rider and team mate of mine for the Terry Wright Cycles team in the late 90s, found the whole experience “surreal” enjoying his comeback season after 12 years out of the sport. The win was Ian’s 3rd of the season and a first cat licence beckons. Ian said “I really did not know what to expect at the start of the year, I am absolutely made up”

Gibb was pleased with his team’s efforts to split the race but disappointed that he didn’t quite have the legs to secure the victory. Team mate Wilson was pleased to celebrate his 30th birthday with 3rd place a fine follow up to his win the previous year.

Knight collected the Worcester News trophy, presented every year since 1958 to the winner of this summer classic and joined the list of notable winners including Bradley Wiggins, Matt Stephens, Steve Farrell and Darryl Webster amongst others.

Result:

1 Ian Knight
2 Tony Gibb
3 Simon Wilson
4 Matt Bailey
5 Will Fox
6 Steve Guymer
7 James Stewart
8 Lee Davis
9 Andrew Magnier
10 Connor O’Brien
11 Thomas Collier
12 Ben Roach
13 Richard Harris
14 Ian Rees
15 John Cooper
16 Phil Starr
17 Ian Fagan
18 Steve Allen
19 Ben Luckwell
20 James Lowsley-Williams
Primes – Joint 1st Gibb and Stewart

Gloucester cc 10 mile TT U7

Holly Page rode this course which is single carriageway and rolling roads and is to be used for the GHS final in September. She recorded 27.10 and won the prize for 1st juvenile, the overall winner was Stu Dodd with an incredible 20.45

VC Sevale 10 mile TT

15 year old Johannes Selz took 1st place in the VC Sevale 10 mile race on Thursday for his first UK win and last race before he returns to Germany on Monday. Johannes has spent the summer term studying at Christopher Whitehead Language College and racing with Worcester St Johns Cycling Club. Johannes rides for the German RSV Ebringen racing club based near his village of Wittnau, close to Freiburg in the Black forest region. He said ‘It’s great to be welcomed into the Worcester St Johns Cycling Club and take part in training rides and races with help from many club members’. Before coming to Worcester Johannes concentrated on mountain bike racing and had never ridden a time trial. He showed a natural talent for the ‘race of truth’ and earlier in the week was presented with Worcester St Johns CC bronze and silver medals for achieving 10 mile standard times for his age group. In Thursday’s race, riding a specialist carbon fibre time trial machine lent by a club member Johannes achieved his personal best time of 24 minutes 7 seconds, 25 miles an hour average over 10 miles. In winning the race he beat all the senior riders as well as the juniors in conditions far from ideal. After finishing in pouring rain Johannes commented ‘I am used to the English weather now!’

Wyre Forest Crits (Stourport's new circuit)

Adam Hart rode round 3 of 4 Thursday night races, riding with the 4th cats and 3rd cat juniors he found himself with the leading group of 5 until about half distance when he lost contact. A fine performance as it is a new discipline for him, the winner was  Andy Overton who narrowly out sprinted Joe Page

National 100 mile TT Championship.

Dawn Smith flew the st johns colours in the National championships recording another pb of 4.37.46 in the process. The winner was again Julia Shaw in a new competion womens record of 3.45.22 a staggering 26.6mph average speed!

Leamington C&AC 10 mile TT

Dave Walker and Ed Dursley rode, with Dave getting in the top 10 with 23.01, and Ed was not far behind with 23.36. The winner was Richard Bradley 20.32.

Hinkey crc 10 mile TT inc Midland GHS Championship.

Holly Page recorded a pb of 26.38 on the Wolvey K41/10 course and was the fastest girl, which qualified her for a place in the final in September. The fastest rider was Tom Ward Redditch r&pcc with 22.53.

National 50 mile TT Championship.

Dawn Smith, in the above the weekend just gone... she did 2 hours 15 mins 13 seconds, a pb and about 7 minutes better than last year but nowhere near the front of the race as 11 riders went under 2 hours! The winner was Julia Shaw in a new womens record of 1.46.46.

Shirley rc 50 mile TT

On sunday morning the shirley rc ran a 50 mile tt at evesham. Despite dry roads and little wind the rolling 50 mile course from Alcester to Bishops Cleeve and back proved tough for 3 St Johns riders on Sunday morning. Adam Hart, in his first ride at the distance broke the magic 2 hours with 1:58:14 for 5th place overall dispite an uncomfortable seating position. Dave Evans also his first 50 flagged towards the end to record 2:07:08 followed by Martin Staines disappointed with his 2:08:40. He felt he went too hard early on and wass spent towards the end. They did take over 3 minutes off the Worcester St Johns club team record for the distance set in 1983. The winner Scott Westwood from Walsall RCC completed the 50 miles in a remarkable 1:48:32.

The Gerry Hughes Memorial road race

Was Held at welland on Sunday for 2,3,4 cat riders at 10'30. 4 laps of a welland 16 mile circuit at about 36 mins a lap.104 km in total. organized by Mr. Clinton Haywood. 80 riders competed with about 10 in reserve. Worcester st johns had 3 members in it. John Baird Adam hart and mat Sheppard .On the 1st lap Ian Alexander and a solihull rider got a small gap but were caught back. By the 2nd lap Richard Harris (cwmcarn paragon rc) Paul Londors ( python rt) and Toby Eichler.  were in a group of 7 off the front .By the 3rd lap they were all back together. On the last lap 2 riders managed to get a 40 second gap on the main field but were caught by a furiously accelerating pack. on one corner there was a crash but most riders managed to avoid. Worcester st johns rider john Baird had to retire through mechanical problems. Mat Sheppard having completed most of the race pulled up with medical problems but Adam Hart managed to come in the bunch despite a rider colliding with his rear derailleur. Mathew Gee of Raleigh rt was the clear winner on a very hotly contested bunch sprint.
Local riders marcus walker (bush health care) Ian Fagan team (Nemisis gb) Paul Dring, Vince Page and son Joe ( Echelon-spiuk) and  Ian Treadwell Beacon rc all finished in the final sprint.
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1st   Mathew Gee - raleigh rt
2nd  Jeremy Addis - vc montpellier
3rd  David Lowe - team Elite .co.uk
4th  Ben Mountford  - Halesowen A  & CC
5th John Wlliams  -  Cwmcarn paragon rc
6th  Stephen Edwards -   Wolverhampton wheelers
7th  Andrew  Udall  - mamouth lifestyle rt
8th  Tom Stockdale -  team Qoroz
9th  Matt Blythe -  team Nemisis
10th  Jabob Tipper - Halesowen A & CC
11th  James Jones -  beeline bicycles rt
12th  Dan Bill - Cult Racing
13th Evan Adams -  red kite cycle
14th Scott wharton - solihull cc
15thJeremy Stone - solihull cc

pictures from the event http://www.uksportpictures.com/slideshow100748.html

Evesham & Dist Wheelers 10 mile TT

St John's featured in a 10 mile time trial on the k33 coarse at evesham.It was an excellent day for racing as there was little wind about. Grigor Wallace (team midland racing) was the fastest with 20;23. Saints dave walker did his fastest 10 ever with 21;32 and was joint 5th with vc sevale's mike Amery and Echelon's Mark Heath all with the same time.Martin staines too did a very fast time for him with 22;22 and Jonathan wheeler did 26;09. he had mechanical problems.

FNTL WEEK 4 & 5

Competition moved up a notch as the Categories reorganised and some of the better B-Cats riders moving up to the A-Cats

Round 4
Martin Allen continues to find his feet on the track and is riding well in the Freewheelers coming in with the bunch in all 3 races.
Tony was first off the mark with 6th place in the 8 lap scratch
Mark Allen then took a 3rd in the 500m Sprints, Tony Horton rose to the challenge coming in with a 2nd in his Heat
Mark then took off on the gun in the Course de prime (Sprint for 1 point on each lap) taking one point.
The A+B Danish Pursuit rounded out the night (20 Lap Points Race followed by the Devil) Mark and Tony survived the pace to hang in for 13th and 12th Places respectively
Tony Horton finished with 11 points for the Night with Mark Allen taking 9 points

Round 5,
With confidence riding high from last Tony took the races on looking for that first Win.
Tony took a close 2nd in the opening 8 lap scratch, Steve Croggon (Beacon) Still the man to beat.
For the first time the Saints took on a Kerin with Mark Allen hitting the front with 600m to go and fading for 6th place while Tony came over the top for 2nd place.
Tony continued the run of form with a 3rd in the Vet and ladies Points and finished off the night with a 6th in 20 lap scratch.
Tony's Haul for the night was a very respectable 18 points.
Mark Allen has some work to do with 1 point.

After 5 Nights the Standings are
7th place with 27 points for Tony Horton
13th place with 13 Points for Mark Allen
Martin Allen is still looking for his 1st point.

National 10 mile TT Championship

Fantastic weather greeted riders at Alcester from all over the country. Holly Page after no training for 3 weeks due to a chest infection, rode well to win her age catagory with 27.38, adding another national medal to her collection.The Junior title race was won by 17 year-old Oliver Rossi  (PCA Ciclos Uno), a team medallist back in 2008 when he was with the Glendene CC. Rossi’s 20-29 “a personal best” gave him the title by six seconds from Conor Dunne (Glendene CC), silver medallist for the second year running.

Local rider Tom Stockdale (Team Qoroz) took the final individual medal with a third place 20-51. Five seconds slower were Alexander Murison (Glendene CC), Tom Lackenby (I-ride.co.uk) and Jack Green (VC St Raphael) all on 20-56.

The mens race saw Michael Hutchinson’s winning in 18-37 which gave him a 32.229 miles an hour average, over a mile an hour better than his closest rival World Omnium Champion Ed Clancy, who finished with a 43 seconds deficit after leading the eventual champion over the first couple of miles.

Julia Shaw (Utag Yamaha.com) won the womens race. At half distance she was 17 seconds up on Sarah Storey with 9-52 and at the finish her 20-31 gave her a winning margin of 27 seconds.

Sontonia CC 10 Time Trial - P613 (Andover)

The Hottest day of the year brought an all time PB for Paul Castle and a 3 year best for Mark Allen.
Local and regular riders report that conditions with a stiff 15mph NE headwind on the longest leg (5.66 Miles)were less than ideal with the course running up to a minute slower than best conditions. Given the times posted and the number of PB's on the day that was a mind boggling statment.
Starting at No. 46 Mark Allen charged down the hill from the start quickly passing numbers 45 and 46 before the turn and finishing in 23.45. The time is 2.30 better than any 10 so far in 2010 and the 2nd fastest ever time.
However Paul Castle off at No. 76 though did the best WStJCC ride of the day posting an all time PB of 23.11. With a slow day for the regulars and Pauls improvement the time has real potential for a top 20 finish.

FNTL Week 3.
Not only did the Temperature go up but so did the Competition as the night slowly cooled the pace only increased.
Martin Allen took to the track for the first time in the under 8's (freewheeler B) class. Martin rode well finishing all 3 events in the bunch and enjoying the night out.

Ringside notes are differing from the provisional report with the results missing 6th for Tony Horton in the 8 Lap scratch. If the provisional report stands it means that first points go to Mark Allen with a 4th place in the 800m Handicap Heat 1 (Ringside has 5th). Tony Horton in Heat 2 went out to even the odds bringing home 6th and his first points of the season.

Mark Allen then bailed out for a 10 TT on the Saturday. Leaving Tony to fly the flag.

Tony rode hard in the Vets+Ladies Points taking a breakaway for the first sprint. before the A-Cats put the power down and broke the bunch up over the next 6 laps.

The last ride of the night was a sizzler with the competition between Jacob Tipper and Dom Jelfs coming to the fore. Tipper went from the gun with a 2nd Halesowen rider and for first 20 laps the pace was running at 29-30 mph on the 49 or 50x15 gears that's 110 rpm for 10 miles! The race was over in just 21min 11sec.

Speedwell 36mile TT

On sunday Adam Hart and Martin Staines both did credible rides in the speedwell 36 at cleobury mortimer. a very hard hard aroud some stunning scenery over clee hill.

Climb on Biles RR

Matt shepherd rode this 90k race and was very strongly throughout including a solo attack with 4 mile to go. Unfortunately the bunch pulled him back with bout 2 mile to go. The winner was Luke Mosely Climb on bikes.

Halesowen FNTL

This year FNTL has been marked with cool, cloudy and wind swept nights with fortunately the lightest of showers passing without comment.
Fortunes have been mixed with the more consistent performances coming from Tony Horton. The Pack is of course weighted to the Halesowen Club with 50% of those riding all belonging to the purple army.

Week 1
8 Lap Scratch.
Mark Allen Went from the Gun expecting a fast race, but instead of leading a pack found himself 1/2 a lap up and Time Trialing away, Tony marked the chases and bided his time for the sprint. Mark was caught after 7 1/2 laps with 250yds to go and promptly went straight to the back. Tony sprinted well, finishing well up in the pack just missing out on points.
9 Lap Points.
A mixed race with Mark taking 1 point on the first sprint. Not enough to score league points but good sign for the season.
Tony was working hard and following all the faster wheels but the Purple army of Halesowen made sure that the points firmly went their way.
25 Lap Scratch. A&B Cats
Tony up as the only rider held on to the pack finishing in the bunch.

Week 2
A slight change of order to the schedule.
Vets and Ladies 9 lap Scratch with Tony slightly miss timing his move to finish 7th.
A+B Seniors Mark held on to the bunch in a very fast race (Avs 28.5mph) coming over the top a slowing bunch with 300yds to go leading the sprint out before finishing 10th as the A Cats wound up the pace.

4 Lap Scratch both riders working well in bunch and finishing in the Pack.

Devil take the hindmost. Mark caught out with a very fast start from the gun by a purple army thinking it was a Team time trial was the first casualty with Tony hanging in for a few more laps. Halesowen topped the board again.

20 Lap (5mile) A+B Cats. The race was over in barely 11 minutes B-Cat riders were being shell like peas as some laps passed at over 30mph. By the end the simple attrition saw Mark Allen blow up and watch a pack ride away in the Sprint with Tony managing to hold a wheel and come in 13th just 3 places off some points.

Fred Whitton Challange

Three club riders completed the Fred Whitton Challange on Sunday 9th. Covering 109 miles and all the Lake District's passes the route tested riders with the 30% ascent of Hardknott Pass after 100 miles, Dave Allen took 7:33 to complete the route whilst Thomas Forrester and Ed Dursley completed the challenge for the first time in 9:17 including feeds. .1200 got a place, Coniston was start and finish and it covered every pass in the Lake District with 4000m of climbing, the weather was cool and Rob Jebb champ cyclocross did quickest ride in 5hr 47!

Severn Valley Velo

over 100 entered the event and the weather was terrible, it drizzled light and hard with a hard headwind on the return leg. Jon simkins was the fastest on the day with an amazing 21;15 and Richard Bradley 2nd. Adam Hart was the fastest saints rider with 23;23 Dave walker did 23;39 an Martin Staines 23;55 also Jonathan wheeler defiedthe foul weather.

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Beacon RCC little Mountain TT

The Beacon rc Held thier Little mountain time trial.Going up Stanford Bank and Ankerdine it was a hard 39 miles
There were 120 entries on a blowy cold morning, the forcast was dreadful so we were greatful it was dry though not as good as the previous year.
The winner was Richard Bradley (shorter rochford rt) who did it in 1.43;56 2nd was steve Berry (san fairy ann cc)1.44;34 3rd was Dean Robson ( Somerset rc) with 1.44;46 even with a broken spoke
St johns boasted 10 entries to the event.
The fastest st johns man was Adam hart with 1.52;56.finishing 14th. he would have done even better but was penalised 1 1/2 mins for being 5 seconds late for his start time.Adam won a prize for the best improved time beating last year by a massive 9 mins
The 2nd fastest saint was Dave Preece He also won a prize for being the fastest 3rd cat rider based on the midland dc ranking He came 18th and beat his time of last year (1.54;11) even though the weather was worse. Dave Walker did 1.57;26 to come 30th ,Martin Staines did 2 hours 45 secs just missing out on being under 2 hours. Edward Dursley did a credible 2.04;19 for his first time at this event.Mark Allen did 1.9.19,Richard Gourley 2;13;21 and Dawn Smith managed 2 hours 20;16.
Christopher Cox did 2;23;40 Richard Finch 2;27;06

Full Results are below.

http://www.beaconrcc.org.uk/open_races/lmtt/2010_prov_results.pdf

Birmingham CC Crits

This event had st riders in 2 of the 3 events, first up was Tony Horton with the 4th category riders. Tony rode well and finished in the front part of the bunch in a fast sprint.
The second race was for 3rd category riders and Matt Shepard rode very strongly getting involved in several of the breakaway groups. Unfortunately none succeeded and  he finished in the main bunch.

Litchfield City crits rnd 2

Johannes leading the way

VC Sevale RR

Vc sevale put on 3 lrvc road races. 3 laps around Alfrick,Suckley and Bransford, 53 mile in total. Race 1(40to 50yrs) was won by mike Jones (paramount) 2nd was Phil Raynor (welland valley) 3rd charles Zanaettacci Liesure lakes rt) and 4th was lacal man ex saints rider Ian Treadwell (Beacon rcc) . Worcester st johns riders Richard Rollasson and david Allen made a valliant effort to stay with the pace but fell away just before the end. a good performance in excellent company

. Dave Allen in action
Race 2(50to 60 yrs) was won by chris Davies (Halesowen a & cc ) he beat the former saints rider Marcus Walker (bush healthcare) by half a wheel. 3rd was vc sevale's Mike Amery,an excellent effort and his best performance to date.
race 3 (60+ yrs) was won by Mike Allen (Belper cc ) 2nd Tony Taylor (team Endura Thule-kenisis-mi racing) and 3rd was David Rutherford (solihull cc)
weather conditions were good for the 80 riders that competed

Wyre Forest CRC 13 mile TT

Martin Staines and Holly Page rode this local SPOCO event in lovely summer conditions. Martin was 13th in a time of 34.47, Holly went round in 41.49 and won the prize for 2nd lady. The winner was former World junior pursuit champion Andy Tennant Motorpoint RT 30.54 which was only one second faster than Dean Robson Sumerset RC.

Speedwell 28 mile TT

5 St Johns riders compete in the Speedwell 28 on the k34/14 coarse. 2 laps of a 14 mile undulating circuit around Inkberrow.
61 riders competed the weather was lovely though there was a gentle breeze about which you noticed more when competing. National Hill climb specialist mat Clinton ( mike Vaughn cycles) won the event in 1 hour 2 mins 35. The fastest saints man on the night was Adam Hart with 108;48.he did a very quick 1st lap but slowed in the second. Dave Walker did 109;09 Dave Preece did 110.35 which was improved on last year. Martin Staines did 112;42. Local boys and ex saints riders adrian Bird and John Callaghan also competed.

Stratford CC 10 mile TT

Using the new version of the K33/10 course near Alcester, 4 St Johns riders rode in warm calm conditions with Paul Castle getting the quickest time of 23.51, one second behind was Dave Evans, John Wheeler 26.16 & Holly Page 27.53. The winner was Matt Clinton Mike Vaughan.co.uk in a time of 20.10.

Pinvin LVRC RR

About 50 riders started this A,B &C race Near Inkberrow.St Johns were represented by Richard Rollason and Dave Allen.
Local riders Marcus walker and Rob Finch also competed.
A group of about 10 riders got away at the halfway point and stayed away to finish. Allen and Rollason finished towards the front of that group. For many this was their first race of the season

VC Sevale 10mile TT

8 members take part in the velo sevale open 10 mile time trial (sponsored by Echelon ) at severn stoke.56 riders competed on the day and Matt Clinton (mike vaughn.co.uk) won the race with a time of 20 min 53 secs. The weather was quite windy at times but stayed dry thankfully.
From st johns Dave Walker was the fastest saints rider with 22;43 Adam Hart was very close behind with a personal; best of 22;58, Dave Preece did 23;24 Which was good for his first tt of the new season as it was for many. Martin Staines fresh back from training in Majorca did 23;48 and Sean Dyson did 23;58 which was remarkable considering a horrific hand injury he suffered a short while ago. Dave Evans was just 2 seconds back with 23;58 .Jon wheeler came in with 28;53 and veteran Maureen Aston did 30;08. St johns came 2nd with the team prize.

Litchfield City crits

Holly Page rode round one of 5 youth races at Curborough sprint circuit. Now in the u16 races Holly found the pace alot quicker than last year but rode well to finish 6th in the first race and 5th in the 2nd.

Stourbridge Velo 11 mile TT

Saturday's Stourbidge Velo event was Holly Page's first race of 2010, she recorded a time of 35.35 fot the undulating 11 mile course.While Holly's Dad and brother finished first and second with Vince recording 27-27, taking it by one second from Joe.

RELIABILITY RIDE'S 2010

This years reliability ride on 31st january saw the introduction of a new 30 mile course for others to choose.It ran along side the 48 mile course .taking in Droitwich, Stourport, Great Witley, Clifton, Martley and Worcester, with the main climb being from Stanford Bridge,It was a cold morning with lots of icy patches and new pot holes from the recent snow to contend with. the quickest riders coming home time was 2hrs 26 mins. 7 riders opted for a 30 mile course omiting the main climb, with young rider Holly Page completing in a time of 2hrs 15mins.The event was held at the Worcester auto club.it was as last year a superb venue.Organisor Sean Dyson suffered a horriffic hand Injury prior to the event but was still able to run the the event.Special Thanks must go to him and his wife lisa for all thier hard work.
.53 riders turned out for the event,16 went for the elite group and 7 opted for thge shorter route. Alot of st johns riders made the effort to turn out as did several other clubs.monies raised form the event will be donated to noah's arc trust. in memory of simon Walker.

On sunday 7th feb st johns riders competed in the cyclo sport reliability. a 45 route from rushwick,Broadheath, Martley turn, Hallow, Holt Great Whitley through to Tenbury wells and Back through Rochford Bank to upper Sapey,Clifton, Martley,Broadheath and back to rushwick. Saints Dave Preece completed the ride on a fixed Wheel ( no gears and no free wheeling) which was a commendable ride as was Marcus Walker who completed the ride on a mountain bike. It was a dull morning but no rain just some extra pot holes to look out for.