A full field of 50 riders took to the start line in the third of the New Forest Cycling Clubs 10 series. A beautiful warm spring evening greeted the riders but they were hampered by a mild North Easterly breeze which hampered their progress for the first half of the course towards Beaulieu from Lyndhurst. NFCC rider Ben Boardman secured his first victory of the year in Division 1, edging out Sasha Ring by twelve seconds in 23:26 and 23:34 respectively. Ben used his power to weight ratio count in full on the final drag up to Ferny Croftys near the end of the course. Antony Green shook up the podium positions with a strong ride pushing James Bannister into fourth place. Ben was delighted with his victory and is confident that there is more to come after early season illness. Lyndon Thompson again held all the cards in Division 2 with a closely fought victory ahead of the improving Richard Mason and Bob Dowling who are breathing down his neck. With only twenty one seconds separating the riders, Division 2 promises to be a tight affair all season. Richard Mason commented that all the hard work undertaken during the winter is clearly paying dividends and is thrilled with the results.
Division three continued the close contest theme as Adrian Hunt prevailed over Adam Conti by a mere ten seconds in 28:47 and 28:57 respectively. Peter Hawker came in a bit further back in 32:14 to take third place.
Dave Dent representing Offshore RT was the quickest of the private entries with the fastest time of the evening in 23:04, Phil Wilks riding for Sotonia CC (23:24) just held off Ray Claridge from GA Cycles (23:33). Local cycling club 3CCC also provided a strong continent of riders with half the 3CCC ladies race team participating in the event.
Div1
1 Ben Boardman 00:23:26 25.6
2 Sacha Ring 00:23:34 25.5
3 Antony Green 00:23:57 25.1
4 James Bannister 00:23:58 25.0
5 Nick Buck 00:24:35 24.4
6 Tom Butler 00:25:38 23.4
7 Joe Phillips 00:25:42 23.3
8 Barry Hard 00:26:17 22.8
9 Stephen Skinner 00:26:26 22.7
10 Andrew Hanley 00:27:06 22.1
Div 2
1 Lyndon Thompson 00:26:45 22.4
2 Richard Mason 00:27:00 22.2
3 Bob Dowling 00:27:06 22.1
4 Paul Grant 00:28:04 21.4
5 Richard Parker 00:28:23 21.1
6 Phil jones 00:30:16 19.8
Div 3
1 Adrian Hunt 00:28:47 20.8
2 Adam Conti 00:28:57 20.7
3 Peter Hawker 00:32:14 18.6
4 Clare Gronow 00:32:51 18.3
5 Chris Mills 00:33:28 17.9
Privates
1 Dave Dent 00:23:04 26.0 Off shore RT
2 Phil Wilks 00:23:24 25.6 Sotonia CC
3 Ray Claridge 00:23:33 25.5 GA Cycles
4 Julia Shaw 00:23:48 25.2 Drag2 zero
5 Matt Dixon 00:23:55 25.1 Soton Tri Club
6 Paul Lockyer 00:24:59 24.0 DHC
7 Marc D?Arcy 00:25:27 23.6 Hardley Runners
8 Ian Boshier 00:25:47 23.3 Soton Tri Club
9 Ian Sherin 00:26:12 22.9 3C
10 Phil Glasgow 00:26:19 22.8 3C
11 Richard Bradley 00:26:27 22.7 3C
12 Justin Priest 00:26:46 22.4 DHC
13 Mike Anderson 00:26:57 22.3 VC St Raphael
14 Chris Jolliffe 00:27:13 22.0 Crawley Whs
15= Adam Curtis 00:27:21 21.9 3C
15= Geoff Morris 00:27:21 21.9 Fareham Whs
17 Jamie Cole 00:28:16 21.2 DHC
18 Jo Payne 00:28:30 21.1 3C
19 Laura Bailey 00:29:08 20.6 3C
20 Steve Lane 00:29:16 20.5 3C
21 Martin Balk 00:29:25 20.4 3C
22 Jamie Doel 00:29:49 20.1 DHC
23 Donna Lovelock 00:30:01 20.0 3C
24 Oliver Moody (Juv) 00:30:04 20.0 Unattached
25 Sarha Hickman 00:30:27 19.7 3C
26 Seve Bancrott 00:31:23 19.1 3C
27 Martin Angel 00:31:44 18.9 3C
28 Norman Harvey 00:33:28 17.9 Sotonia CC
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