The Medway News Trophy
The annual battle between local clubs Medway Velo and Wigmore CC took place on the 10mile TT course on the Isle of Grain on Wednesday, 23 June.
Each club puts forward a number of riders with the four fastest rides from each team counting towards the inter-club championship. The winning team is awarded with the Medway News Trophy.
The competition was very close but in the end the Velo held on to clench victory by just 23-seconds with the four rider count totalling 1hr 39mins 26secs to Wigmore’s 1hr 39mins 49secs.
Top 10
1 Lee Kingston Medway Velo 22:45
2 Antony Bee Wigmore CC 23:07
3 Keith Walker Wigmore CC 23:15
4 Matt Nunn Medway Velo 25:12
5 Kieron Lawlor Medway Velo 25:32
6 Dan Waite Medway Velo 25:47
7 Fraser Blandford Medway Velo 25:47
8 Jamie Harris Wigmore CC 25:53
9 Alex Cook Medway Velo 25:57
10 Dave Bishop Wigmore CC 27:30
Crit races
On Tuesday Richard Stoke and his son Matty took part in the North Weald Crits.
Matty, who has not raced much yet this season, did well to hang in with the intermediate group for most of the race before losing contact and finishing well with the chasing pack, finishing 1st in his groups sprint.
Rich went into the event with a positive attitude and wanted to ride aggressively, he had a few digs off the front and managed to get away for a few laps before being reeled back. As the raced neared the end he went for another effort, rode clear for half a lap before finding himself in the bunch again. Come the chequered flag he finished well his group.
Nathan Delaney and Richard Stokoe both raced in the Thursday evening Cyclopark series on Thursday.
Nathan attempted to get into some breaks, but nothing seemed to stick. With 5 laps to go a rider made a break and rode clear of the field leaving it to a bunch gallop for 2nd. Nathan did well to finish in 8th place overall. Rich completed the race in a good average speed.
Delaney travelled to Cyclopark on Saturday to test his luck again. In the early stages of the race he managed to get into a break, but unfortunately the elastic snapped and he ended up taking refuge back in the bunch. With about 1km to go he decided to have another go and rode clear of the field to hold them off for 6th place.
Thanet 25
Matt Nunn and Lee Kingston both rode the Thanet 25mile TT on Sunday, which also formed part of the club championships.
Lee did a great ride, finishing in a swift 57mins 26secs, 11th place overall. Matt got a PB by over 2-mintues with a rapid 1hr 5mins 55secs.
Chase the sun
Rob Kennison took part in the annual chase the sun sportive on Saturday. The event sees riders setting out at dawn to ride 200-miles from Tynemouth to Ayr.
The challenge is to complete the eipc route before sundown, Rob managed to do this with hours to spare with a finish time of 13 and a half hours.
Bedgebury Enduro MTB 6 hour race
Cassie McGoldrick and Sally Smith headed to Bedgebury to take part in a 6 hour endurance mountain bike race.
They formed part of a team of two riding in relay to complete as many laps of the racecourse as possible in 6-hours.
Cassie took the first stint and was holding 7th position overall in a field of around 40 riders. She also clocked the fastest laps by any female on the day. She handed the baton to Sally who kept plugging away best she could, trying to not lose too much of Cassie’s head start.
The pair worked well together all day eventually completing 23 laps between them. This saw them placed first women’s team in the event.
