Juniors jet ahead!

Event number 1 in the Ceta Form Time Trial League was the well-known V212 10-mile course on the A168 from Arkendale lane end down to Walshford roundabout and back. After a winter of training how would everyone perform?

The evening boasted almost perfect weather – warm with a light south-easterly wind.

30 riders signed on from Harrogate Nova, Moonglu and Harrogate Tri Club. There were a few more riders on TT bikes than road bikes.

It was the certainly the night for 2 young riders from Nova/Prologue race team. James Beagley smashed the course record in a supersonic time of 20:03 whilst Mark Ketteringham was close behind in a stunning 21:12. Tom Ward of Moonglu came in 3rd in a fantastic 21:25.

Nova rider, Andrew Wild crushed the men's vet’s road bike record in 22:40. Tom Rowlay (Nova) was 2nd in 23:09 with Rob Senior (Nova) 3rd in 23:37.

Joanne Wallace (Moonglu) was 1st lady in 28:24 on a road bike, just 1 second ahead of Caroline Wallace (Moonglu) on a TT bike in 28:25.

Mark Ketteringham was the most improved rider, reducing his time by almost 7 minutes!!! Tom Bromiley was next with an improvement of 109 seconds. Once again, it was the youngsters who were shining on the night.

Thanks, as always to Margaret, Vaughan Caswell and Tony Kent for time keeping. Also, a big thank you to Roger Bromiley and Mike Cross for signage, not forgetting Duncan Mullier for producing the results.

Next week’s event is the Farnham 9-miler.

Pictured is James Beagley going thermonuclear with Mark Ketteringham in a super aero position. Image courtesy of sarahbehindthelens.co.uk

James Beagley

Mark Ketteringham