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  • What seems to have been a fairly perfect evening, a few PBs. .

    Phil Young

    22.21

    Barry Page

    22.24

    Peter Walton

    22.36

    Tony Marriott

    22.46

    Richard Clark

    22.48

    Kevin Paget

    24.47

    Ian … more ->

  • Barry, fresh from his French exploits and his victory in the club TT the previous night, led a large group around the lanes.  The evening was enlivened by MarkT’s constant battle with his wheels, spokes and tyres.

  • France must have been good for Barry as he returned to a victory. There was some close racing between the non-TT specialists. It was a warm evening with a north-east cross-wind.

    Barry Page

    24.31

    Tony Marriott

    24.33

    Phil Young

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  • On Sunday I raced in the Mud, Sweat & Gears event at Thetford.  I placed 33rd out of 62 in the veterans category. Once again the course was in good condition and very fast.  My race was two hours long with the winner completing 6 … more ->

  • Merv was chuffed.  He established an East Anglian VTTA Group Age Record for 79 year olds.   His time of 2.13.04 was nearly 10 minutes quicker than last Sunday, and only 2 minutes slower than his age record at 77 of 2.11.13.

  • Despite many being on tour in France nine riders did make their way to Buntingford this morning.  Some took the faster pace return whilst others remained at the easy pace.

  • Numbers are picking up as seven took to the streets for an early evening trip.

  • A not too disastrous day.  Weather reasonable, course reasonable, Merv reasonable, Peter rubbish.  As he is about to celebrate his 79th birthday Merv was timed at 2:22:21.  Peter had no excuses for 2:16:10.

  • Starting 1 minute ahead of Le Hutch, Peter wanted to see if he could get to 4 minutes before being passed.  At 5mins 7secs he got his answer.  This spurred him onto a course PB of 23:19.  (Hutchinson – 18:10).

  • In a field of 26 riders, PhilY was 13th in 1:13:39 and Merv was 23rd in 1:22:57.