Our evening 10s series commenced at Fowlmead on 2nd April (please click on the title to see the stories and the results)

The opening event tool place on a cold but calm evening. Fastest on the night was Danial Phillips in a time of 23-32, followed by his GS Invicta team-mate, Martin Dawkins, in 23-57. In third place was Dave Williams, VC Deal with a time of 24-19.
Other times were:
Steve Quincey, VC Elan, 24-20
Martin Lloyd, Deal Tri, 25-00
Mark Whittaker, GS Invicta 25-02
Chris Bax VC Deal 25-24
Jeremy Saynor VC Deal 26-08
Colin Inett Thanet 27-14
Andy McCall Thanet 28-16

9th April 2008
The second week saw an improvement in both the weather and the number of riders, with 16 competing on a bright but cool evening, with a fairly gentle breeze.
Due to the unavailability of the regular timekeeper, Dave Saffery, timing duties were handled by Dave Mastin. It was his first attempt using the club’s hi-tech watch but he came through it without any problems. He was assisted by Pete Huckstep and young Ollie Robinson, who kept a score of the laps completed.
Fastest rider of the evening was not a big surprise as Kristian House of the Rapha Condor Team came along to try out his time trial machine. Kristian posted a time of 22:28, which might be a course record, or at least very close to it. Thanet riders making an appearance were Colin Robinson, Colin Inett, Steve Quincey and Malcolm Adams.
To confuse the timekeeper, there were two Dave Williams’ riding, both from VC Deal! The elder of the two signed on as “Dave Williams – old git”, to avoid any confusion!
1st Kristian House Rapha Condor 22:28
2nd Adrian Lyons GS Invicta 23:00
3rd Danial Phillips GS Invicta 23:27
Dave Williams (Snr)VC Deal 23:43
Steve Quincey VC Elan 23:51
Martin Lloyd Deal Tri Club 25:00
Tim Ramsden VC Deal 25:28
Dave Williams (Jnr)VC Deal 25:42
Jeremy Saynor VC Deal 25:46
1Adam Broyad GS Invicta 26:01
Colin Robinson Thanet RC 26:46
Phil Steptoe Victoria CC PCA 27:01
Andrew Iggulden 21st Century Airports CC 27:09
Colin Inett Thanet RC 27:15 (10 points)
Alison MaCartney Deal Tri Club 29:32
Malcolm Adams De Laune CC 29:45

16 April 2008
This was the third week of the Wednesday evening 10 series at Fowlmead. Conditions were bright but a bitterly cold easterly wind kept the temperature down and made it a struggle for riders on the back part of the course. Due to a good turnout from the Deal Tri Club, there were 22 riders in total, which was very encouraging considering the conditions.
Timekeeping and lap counting duties were carried out by Andy McCall, Pete Huckstep and Dave Mastin.
The fastest two riders of the evening were Thanet members, with Paul Burrows first in a time of 22:26 and a comfortable margin over Andy Girling, who clocked 24:05.
Thanet riders making an appearance were Colin Robinson, Colin Inett, Chris Bax (2nd claim) and new member Simon Henderson who did 27:21, which was a very respectable ride given the conditions.
1st Paul Burrows Thanet RC 22:26
2nd Andy Girling Thanet RC 24:05
3rd Danial Phillips GS Invicta 24:07
Dave Williams (Snr)VC Deal 24:34
C Bax VC Deal 24:56
Martin Lloyd Deal Tri Club 25:25
Gary Holmes Deal Tri Club 26:19
Jeremy Saynor VC Deal 26:31
Simon Henderson Thanet RC 27:21
Colin Inett Thanet RC 27:30 (10 points)
Colin Robinson Thanet RC 27:41 (9 points)
Alison Stagg Deal Tri Club 29:12
Alan Sedgwick Deal Tri Club 29:30
K Dugard Deal Tri Club 30:13
Graham Vine Deal Tri Club 30:45
Alison MaCartney Deal Tri Club 30:49
David Weller Deal Tri Club 30:49
Len Bradford Deal Tri Club 31:35
S Martin Deal Tri Club 32:52
Dale Adams Unattached 33:28
Dave Martin Deal Tri Club 33:53
Sophie Newington Deal Tri Club 35:32

23 April
The first of the Thanet Way Evening “10’s” only attracted eight riders, even though the conditions were very good. It was a warm and clear evening with just a gentle breeze. Timekeeper for the event was Chris Burrows, with marshalling duties being carried out by Shay’s partner Jan, Pete Huckstep and Dave Mastin. The fastest two riders of the evening were the same as the previous week at Fowlmead.
1st Paul Burrows Kent Cycles 22:27
2nd Andy Girling Thanet RC 23:39 (10 points)
3rd Chris Bax VC Deal 24:12
Dave Williams VC Deal 24:21
Andy Burrows Thanet RC 25:39
Shay Giles VC Deal 25:54
Mike Hawkins Velocity 26:12
Alison Macartney Deal Tri Club 30:00

30 April
The weather for most of the day had been very wet and windy - hence only 6 riders. Luckily, those riders that signed on had a dry but breezy ride. Officiating on the night were Andy McCall, Pete Huckstep, Dave Mastin, Doug Bromham and Phil Steptoe. Three VC Deal riders took the top three places, with the two Thanet riders, Andy MacPherson and Colin Inett, taking 4th and 6th respectively. The other rider was Greg French of VC Elan in 5th place, riding his first time trial for three years.
1st Shay Giles VC Deal 24:25
2nd Dave Williams VC Deal 24:39
3rd Chris Bax VC Deal 25:37
Andy McPherson Thanet RC 26:31
Greg French VC Elan 27:14
Colin Inett Thanet RC 27:28 (10 points)

Evening points competition - to date
Colin Inett 30
Andy Girling 10
Colin Robinsion 9