Our evening 10s series commenced at Fowlmead on 1st April (please click on the title to see the stories and the results)

1st April
The opening event took place in cold and breezy conditions (same as last year) and Danial Phillips won (same as last year… spooky… maybe we can get Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell interested and flog the film rights):
1st Danial Phillips GS Invicta 23:28
2nd Andy Girling TRC 24:14
3rd Simon Henderson TRC 24:38
Chris Bax VC Deal 25:13
Tim Ramsden VC Deal 25:46
Rick Perkins TRC 26:12
Jeremy Saynor VC Deal 27:04
Nick Austin VC Deal 27:21
Tony Culshaw TRC 27:23
Colin Inett TRC 27:48
Peter Huckstep TRC 28:27
Chris Fairbrass Deal Tri 28:38
Bobbie Fairhall TRC 28:55
John Burrows 30:13
Terry Fearn TRC 33:00
Jenny Fearn TRC 33:54
Pip McVey TRC 34:11
Steve Quincy/ Pete Elms (doing a 2-up and conclusively proving that two heads aren’t necessarily better than one by missing the finishing lane) VC Elan 23:47.

8th April
A slightly warmer south westerly breeze flattened the course nicely and times improved accordingly:
1st Danial Phillips GS Invicta 23:14
2nd Andy Girling TRC 23:38 (7 points)
3rd Simon Henderson TRC 24:04 (6 points)
Chris Bax VC Deal 24:27
Sean O’Regan Victoria CL 24:52
Rick Perkins TRC 25:13 (9 points)
Andy McPherson TRC 25:29
John Curry TRC 25:52
Jeremy Saynor VC Deal 26:07
Colin Robinson TRC 26:21
Nick Austin VC Deal 26:35
Tony Culshaw TRC 26:45 (8 points)
Colin Inett TRC 27:27 (4 points)
Andy McCall TRC 27:43
Peter Huckstep TRC 27:54 (5 points)
Chris Fairbrass Deal Tri 28:21
Malcolm Adams TRC (2nd) 29:17
Hannah Brinkmann TRC 29:24
Terry Fearn TRC 31:22 (10 points)
Pip McVey TRC 34:57 (3 points)
Pete Elms/Sam Hocking (2-up) VC Elan 25:08
Richard McVey/John Burrows (2-up) 26:46

15th April
Some good times recorded, despite a cool easterly breeze. The steady increase in entrants each week is particularly heartening, especially the younger riders – well done Ollie and Dan on completing a gutsy 2-up!

1st Andy Girling TRC 23:48 (1 point)
2nd Simon Henderson TRC 23:51 (3 points)
3rd Chris Bax VC Deal 23:56
Martin Apps VC Deal 24:00
T Ramsden VC Deal 24:42
Andy MacPherson TRC 24:54 (8 points)
Rick Perkins TRC 24:59 (4 points)
Jeremy Saynor VC Deal 25:49
Pete Andrews VC Elan 26:01
Tony Culshaw TRC 26:11 (7 points)
Ciaran O’Grady VC Deal 26:12
Sam Hocking 26:27
Bobbie Fairhall TRC 26:44 (10 points)
Colin Inett TRC 26:56 (6 points)
Andy McCall TRC 26:58 (9 points)
Chris Fairbrass TRC 27:19
Pete Huckstep TRC 27:29 (5 points)
R Treby VC Elan 27:34
Malcolm Adams De Laune CC 27:55
John Burrows 28:31
G Harrison “Sad Loner” (sic) CC 28:33 (join TRC mate and knock a couple of minutes off that no worries!)
Steve Robertson 29:45
Terry Fearn TRC 31:10 (2 points)
Colin Robinson TRC 31:12 (gamely pressing on till the end, despite a puncture!)
Gary Record VC Deal… great ride but sadly overshot the finishing lane.

2-ups
Phil Steptoe & Diana Grainger Victoria CC 33:41
Dan Martin and Ollie Robinson 37:33

22nd April
The 4th TRC outing at Fowlmead attracted 31 riders of all ages and abilities - this really is starting to look like a renaissance! Only one week to go at Fowlmead, so come on folks let’s have some contentious debate about your favourite venues… are you a TT purist who believes that the ‘race of truth’ can only be so if held on the public highway? Or, do you prefer the closed circuit approach? Comments on the forum please. Anyway, the results:

1st Antony Bee Kent Cycles 22:49
2nd Lawrence Martin San Fairy Ann 23:03
3rd Steve Quincy VC Elan 23:40
Simon Henderson TRC 23:46 (5 points)
Chris Bax VC Deal 24:22
Andy Macpherson TRC 24:38 (8 points*)
Sean O’Regan Victoria 25:11
Rick Perkins TRC 25:12 (2 point)
Pete Andrews VC Elan 25:19
John Curry TRC 25:36 (8 points*)
Bill Hawkes TRC 26:27
Colin Robinson TRC 26:32 (10 points)
Jeremy Saynor VC Deal 26:59
Chris Fairbrass TRC 27:19
Peter Huckstep TRC 27:32 (3 points)
Malcolm Adams De Laune 28:11
Robert Freland Deal Tri 28:19
G Harrison 28:21
Ray Treby VC Elan 28:44
Hannah Brinkman TRC 29:10 (6 points)
Steve Robertson 29:41
Terry Fearn TRC 31:11 (4 points)
Pip McVey TRC 33:56 (9 points)
Daniel Martin (Juv) 34:41
Ernie Abdella TRC 34:43

2ups
Sam Hocking/Peter Elms VC Elan 24:56
R McVey/J Burrows 28:16
Jonah Hawes/Ollie Robinson (Juv) 32:08

29th April
Yet another sunny Wednesday… 5 in a row must be a record! The wind was from the south west and not too strong, which was reflected in the times with two riders under 22 minutes and most riders improving on their times from the previous week. It is thought that Paul's time was only a few seconds shy of the Fowlmead course record. The number of riders was down from last week, with 21 solo riders and a 2 up.

1 Paul Burrows VC Elan 21.27
2 Matt Miles Wildside 21.38
3 Danial Philips GS Invicta 22.51
Steve Quincey VC Elan 23.05
Chris Bax VC Deal 23.31
Simon Henderson TRC 23.36 (5 points)
Andy Girling TRC 23.46 (4 points)
Andy MacPherson TRC 24.10 (7 points)
Jeff Cross Deal Tri 24.10
Sean O'Regan Victoria 24.52
Neil McCann VC Elan 25.06
Tony Culshaw TRC 25.31 (8 points)
Jeremy Saynor VC Deal 25.53
Cairan O'Grady VC Deal 26.10
Nick Austin VC Deal 26.22
Bobbie Fairhall TRC 26.32 (6 points)
Malcolm Adams De Laune 27.21
Terry Fearn TRC 30.3 (9 points)
Jez McCann Team Darenth 30.47
Pip McVey TRC 32.55 (10 points)
Emma Lawrence 35.05

2-up
Pete Elms/Sam Hocking 24.15

Also, Daniel Martin was paced round by dad Lawrence (or was it the other way round?) to a very respectable 32.39.

Evening Points To Date:
Terry Fearn 25
Tony Culshaw 23
Andy Macpherson 23
Pip McVey 22
Simon Henderson 19
Bobbie Fairhall 16
Rick Perkins 15
Peter Huckstep 13
Andy Girling 12
Colin Inett 10
Colin Robinson 10
Andy McCall 9
Hannah Brinkman 6