It was a very warm evening with only a slight breeze on the 10.7 mile P140 course. We had 34 riders including 20 from Sotonia, 4 from VC Venta, 3 from Southampton University and 3 from New Forest CC.

Matthew Downie came looking to break the course record in the favourable conditions, which he did with a momentous time of 21:44 (29.5 mph). For comparison this would have given him a time of 20:19 had the course been 10 miles instead of 10.7.

Red Walters was second place and fastest Sotonia rider, finishing 53 seconds behind Matt with an impressive 22:37 (28.4 mph).

Gemma Wilks was fastest woman with a time of 29:11 (22.0 mph)

Colin Witt organised the event, and Sotonia would like to thank the following club members for giving up their free time to marshall, push off, timekeep, put out signs and enabling us to run this event…

  • Phil Nightingale
  • Phil Wilks
  • Nick Wisby
  • John Radford
  • Martin Napier
  • Nick Bradban
  • Alan Sharpen
  • David Crocker

Photos

Photos from the evening are available on our Facebook page, or via the link below. You can view these even if you don’t have a Facebook account.

https://www.facebook.com/pg/SotoniaCC/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1751090404930050

 

Results

Position Rider Club Time Speed (mph)
1 Matthew Downie TAAP Cervelo

21:44

29.5

2 Red Walters Sotonia

22:37

28.4

3= Tom Ellis SURC

23:14

27.6

3= Nick Tarmey VC Venta

23:14

27.6

5 Owen Lewis VC Venta

23:19

27.5

6 James Fox VC Venta

23:38

27.2

7 Rhys Thomas Soton Uni

23:44

27.1

8 James Dick Tri Team Wessex

24:31

26.2

9 Tony Maschio Sotonia

24:32

26.2

10= Sam Cooper Sotonia

24:48

25.9

10= Graham Harman Sotonia

24:48

25.9

12 Russel Speight Sotonia

25:02

25.6

13 James Peckham Sotonia

25:04

25.6

14 Henry Salmon Soton Uni

25:42

25.0

15 Phil Connell Sotonia

25:59

24.7

16 Jon Legg Sotonia

26:01

24.7

17 Sam Malam VC Venta

26:05

24.6

18 Harry Parsons Sotonia

26:10

24.5

19 John Phillips Sotonia

27:25

23.4

20 Stuart Martingale Sotonia

27:43

23.2

21= Matt Davison Sotonia

27:46

23.1

21= Tom Bloomfield Sotonia

27:46

23.1

23 Russ Davies VC St Rapheal

27:54

23.0

24 Brian Coupe Sotonia (2nd claim)

28:04

22.9

25 Alastair Cooper Sotonia

28:44

22.3

26 Richard Parker New Forest CC

28:54

22.2

27 Mick Anglim New Forest CC

28:57

22.2

28 Gemma Wilks Sotonia

29:11

22.0

29 Rob Ridley Sotonia

29:46

21.6

30 Annie Dixey

30:10

21.3

31 Ian Macdonald New Forest CC

30:29

21.1

32 Jonathan Ray Sotonia

31:46

20.2

33 Steve Wilks Sotonia

32:36

19.7

34 Julian Gee Sotonia

35:04

18.3