The last club TT of 2019 (there`s still the club hillclimb on 21st September) was a sunny affair, and had a superb attendance with 33 individual riders and a 2-up. The numbers were probably swelled by us being one of the last club TTs of the year, so people had missed out on the Barnesbury the night before, and brought a lot of new riders to our event, but also for the regular competitors to cement their places on the leaderboards.

Stiff competition meant you had to go sub-24 to make the top 10. 

In total there were 12 riders who hadnt previously featured in my database for the 10, so i`ll refrain from mentioning them all but you can check the results below for details. Michael Gill rocked up and took the win in his first vags TT and was just 18 seconds off the record. Lewis Timmins took 2nd in his first event with us, just 10 seconds back and Lewis Wake who has ridden with us before completed the podium. 

The Heighton`s easily took the family team award, travelling North from Stockton for the evening.

PRs were achieved by Peter Stokoe, Simon Emsley,Harris Hall,Charlie Tomson and Roger Clarke. I`m unsure if Neil Clarkson had a PR with his 28.56 - I have him on a 25:24 from June but I wonder if this was an error or a flash of form - happy if anyone can enlighten me.

Danny Winthorpe and Elaine Dey did a 34.09 as a 2-up, but dont make the scoreboard as my excel is too inflexible for paired riders - computer says NO. However there has been a suggestion for a road bike category next year so I may need to arrange some changes to the system before then.

So, in the overall for 2019, Lewis Wake takes the trophy (metaphorically - sorry, there isnt one) for the BAR. Amongst the VAGS, Ken won comfortably, but there was a shootout for the minor places with Dave coming out on top, then Russ from Roger. In the Vets, Dave pushed past Ken to take the top spot. Vicky Gibbs took the ladies top spot and no Juniors completed.

Thanks to everyone who rode or supported us this year. If you`ve benefited from the series and would like to give something back I believe there are still opportunities to help out at the 100 on Sunday - please get in touch with Don. I look forward to seeing many of you at the awards evening, moved into the new year. 

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Many thanks to Richard for organising the final 25 mile TT in my abscence. I believe all went well and a small but perfectly formed group had good conditions and out of 11 riders there were 4 PBs and a DNF. I`m told it was a fast night and these results would seem to bear that out.

Charie Tomson made his 25m TT debut, having ridden the 10 for the first time 2 weeks before. He managed a creditable 1:08:24 on his road bike.

Vicky Gibbs, Alex Daniels Martin Rasmussen and Roger Clarke all managed 5 year PBs, although of note Roger held the Vags record on this course with a 57.27 for 17 years, without ever going under the hour again. Must have been some float night that!

The standings below are correct as far as we know now, there were one or two anomilies which crept in over the last few spreadsheets.

Things look pretty tight at the top of the Vets Short Bar again this year, between Dave and Ken, and there`s still a lot of competition for the final place on the podium of the overall Short Bar from completed riders and an opportunity for gatecrashers from the Two Rides table in the mix too, although Lewis Wake and Ken Thursbys top two spots look safe.

Vicky Gibbs is assured of all the womens prizes, being the only female to do more than one ride this year.

Suggestions for a road bike category next year have been mooted and hopefully will add to next years competition, and we have our hill climb on 21st September to look forward to before that. 

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