25th May 2003

Somerset RC/The Bicycle Chain riders retained Gold Medals with a convincing win in the West District 50 Mile Team Championship event at Falfield, north of Bristol at the weekend. Conditions on the tough U19 course were made more difficult with a SW breeze and intermittent showers. Jon Wynn claimed first place overall with a time of 1-55-41 and team mate Andy Winterbottom followed him home in 2nd place with a time of 1-58-54, the only 2 riders in the event to get under the 2 hour mark, from a field of 47 riders.

Martin Pearse helped secure the team prize with a time of 2-08-37 in 13th place, while club rider Tim Reeves rode a credible time of 2-11-49 in 17th place. In coming first, Wynn also holds the "Gold Flake Jubilee 50 Cup" for one year, a cup first awarded in 1935 to mark the Jubilee of King George V. Full result on www.bristolsouthcc.co.uk.

On Sunday, in South Wales, Tom Cox rode the Ogmore Valley Wheelers' 25 mile time trial on the R25/3 course in a time of 57:20. Mark Kurpyta road the overflow event on the same course and won in a time of 1:00:21.

Meanwhile, at 7 a.m. on Bank Holiday Monday, Rick Johnston won the latest round of the EDCA Series in the Poole Wheelers' 10 mile time trial on the P415 course. He finished in a great time of 21.47 while Mark Kurpyta was just outside his personal best at 22.24.

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