10th May 2003

On Saturday evening, John Wynn (Somerset Road Club/Bicycle Chain) rode well to take second place behind the expected winner, Greg Sandy, in the Plymouth Corinthians 10 mile time trial on the S4 course near Buckfastleigh. Their times and those of other Somerset Road Club riders were Greg Sandy in 20 mins 46 secs, John Wynn in 21.28, Rick Johnston in 22.42, Tom Cox in 22.43 and Richard Hill in 24.33.

Earlier in the day, Tim Reeves rode the Weymouth CC 10 mile time trial on the P451 course near Dorchester. His time of 24.21 placed him 12th. SRC members Ray Pollard and Max Perris also rode. Full results on EDCA's website.

11th May 2003

Early Sunday morning, SRC riders were again in action at Buckfastleigh for the CS Dynamo 25 mile time trial on the S4/25 course. The winner was again Greg Sandy in 56 mins 9 secs but SRC rider, Andy Winterbottom, was not far behind in third place with a time of 57.23. The conditions were mild & still for the early starters with a SW wind picking up later proving tougher for the later finishers. Other times for SRC members were Tom Cox (59.34), Leigh Pinchen (1hr 1 min 6 secs), Martin Pearse (1.01.26), Tim Reeves (1.02.01), Mark Kurpyta (1.05.11)

Meanwhile, SRC's youngest member, Torsten Junker, became Regional Mountain Bike Champion for the British Schools Cycling Association on Saturday in Abergavenny. It was his first ever Mountain Bike race so he rode brilliantly to win by a considerable margin. The hilly course was based on 2 laps of a 2 mile circuit across rough fields, through muddy gateways and across rock strewn streams.

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