Archive for February, 2009

Dunstan/Johnson Take 2-UP TT

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
Ray Dunstan and Paul Johnson teamed up well to take victory in Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s summernite series 2 up time trial last Wednesday evening.
The 16km event over the New Renwick Road/ Godfrey Road course was ridden cross winds with the Dunstan/Johnson combination riding a very slick 20 minutes 25 seconds. The minor placings were taken by Conway Taylor/ Gerard van Antwerpen (21m 10s) and Ryan Lock/ Martin Fletcher (22m 51s).
Results:
Two-up time trial, 16km- R Dunstan/ P Johnson 20m 25s 1, Conway Taylor/ Gerard van Antwerpen 21m 10s 2, R Lock/ M Fletcher 22m 51s 3, L Kendall/ M Spiers 22m 56s 4, M Pendleton/ G Henderson 23m 59s 5, C Murphy/ R Murphy 24m 04s 6, M Lister/ S Scott 26m 40s 7.

Three Records Go In Final HQ TT

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
Three records were smashed at the final time trial of Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s Bike HQ Summernite series last Wednesday evening.
Although crosswinds on the New Renwick Road/Godfreys Road 16km course did not provide perfect conditions, the top riders were fired up for the last event. Ray Dunstan (20m 28s) was again fastest over the course breaking his own 45-54yrs record of 20m 37s set last December. Second place went to Conway Taylor (20m 41s) who lowered his own 35-44yrs record of 20m 57s set 2 weeks ago. Other qick times on the night went to Paul Johnson (21m 49s), Jamie Kidd (22m 22s), Josh Scott (22m 45s) and Martin Fletcher (22m 48s). Fletcher’s time set a new record in the 55yrs+ category, breaking Ian Shapcott’s record of 23m 10s set in February last year.
The handicap section was won by Kidd with an 8s gap to Kevin Hawkins and another 5s to Ali Windleburn.
Results:
Bike HQ TT No6, 16km- R Dunstan 20m 28s (*new record Masters Men 45-54yrs) 1, C Taylor 20m 41s (*new record Masters Men 35-44yrs) 2, P Johnson 21m 49s 3, J Kidd 22m 22s 4, J Scott 22m 45s 5, M Fletcher 22m 48s (*new record Masters Men 55yrs+) 6, D MacKenzie 23m 34s 7, M Spiers 23m 52s 8, E Roach and L Kendall 23m 55s 9 equal. Sealed handicap, J Kidd (3m 15s) 19m 07s 1, K Hawkins (12m 30s) 19m 15s 2, A Windleburn (11m) 19m20s 3, M Fletcher (3m 15s) 19m 33s 4, D Hix (9m) 19m 51s 5, D MacKenzie (3m 25s) 20m 09s 6, C Taylor (30s) 20m 11s 7, C Ireland (5m) 20m 21s 8, E Roach (3m 30s) 20m 25s 9, R Dunstan (scr) 20m 28s 10.  

TT Record To Taylor

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
Records continue to fall at Cuddon Cycling Marlborough’s Summernite Series when Conway Taylor broke the Masters 35-44yrs record by 14 seconds in the Bike HQ time trial No5 last Wednesday evening.
Conditions were good with the rain stopping just prior to the start of the 16km time trial on the New Renwick Road circuit. Masters 45-54yrs rider Ray Dunstan again cracked out the winning time of 20m 43s just 6 seconds outside his record set last December. Taylor’s time of 20m 57s broke his own record of 21m 11s (Feb 08) shared with Paul Johnson (Feb 07). Johnson recorded his best time this series with 21m 26s for third with Josh Scott a personal best on 22m 41s in fourth. The handicap section went to Johnson by 15s to Scott and another 1s to Taylor.
Results:
Bike HQ Time Trial No5- R Dunstan 20m 43s 1, C Taylor 20m 57s *New record (Masters 35-44yrs) 2, P Johnson 21m 26s 3, J Scott 22m 41s 4, B Ackroyd 23m 42s 5, E Roach 23m 55s 6, R Murphy 24m 50s 7, G Henderson 25m 16s 8, G Herkt 25m 33s 9, A Windleburn 31m 25s 10. Sealed handicap, P Johnson (1m30s) 19m 56s 1, J Scott (2m30s) 20m 11s 2, C Taylor (45s) 20m 12s 3, G Henderson (5m) 20m 16s 4, A Windleburn (11m) and E Roach (3m30s) 20m 25s 5 equal, R Murphy (4m 15s) 20m 35s 7, B Ackroyd (3m) 20m 42s 8, R Dunstan (scr) 20m 43s 9, G Herkt (3m30s) 22m 03s 10.