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Conor Boyle (Woking CC) for 10, 15, 25, 30 and 50 Committee News
miles. Eimear D’Arcy (Woking CC) for 10 and 25 Having mentioned the vacancies for a Social
miles. David Phillips (Old Portlians CC) for 10, 15 Secretary and Group Secretary in previous reports
and 30 miles. Brett Davis (Lewes Wanderers CC) we hope that volunteers come forward at our AGM
for 10, 25 and 50 miles. Lisa Davis (Trainsharp) for in November. This report is being written prior to
10, 25, 50 and 100 miles. Robin Johnson (Brighton the meeting so the new committee has not been
Mitre CC) for 10 miles. Tim Miles (Hastings & St elected yet. We also welcome new committee
Leonards CC) for 10, 15 and 30 miles. Jon members. Please consider helping the group by
Fairclough (Woking CC) for 10, 25, 100 miles and taking on one of these roles and if you can, or you
24 hours. Chris Rosam (Epsom CC) for 10, 15 and would like any further information, please contact
25 miles.
Keith Wilkinson at keithwilkinson@talktalk.net.
Season Long Competitions
The list below summarises the winners of the WESSEX
season long competitions. We had finishers in the
BAR (4 distances), the same as in 2018 with 3 Bob Jolliffe
claims being made in 2017. There were again 5 Brilliant season for Wessex Group
finishers in the 3 Distance Competition, with 6 THE A3 London to Portsmouth road is definitely the
claims being made in 2017. The Short Distance happy hunting ground for Wessex Group riders in
Competition had 5 finishers compared to 4 and 6 in search of rapid times, with P881r being the favourite
2018 and 2017 respectively. This is a small number course for 10-milers. Starting near Liphook and
of claims. The author is sure there are several running south-west before turning at the Liss flyover
VTTA S/S members who raced at 10, 25, 50 and it seems to be the fastest of a variation on a theme
100 miles who have not submitted claims for the 3 based on the rolling slopes of the broad dual
Distance and Short Distance Competitions. carriageway. Sixteen, almost half of the 34 with
Palmer Trophy (S/S Men’s Best All Rounder, BOS qualifying times for the various Wessex Best All-
over 25, 50, 100 miles and 12 Hours) - Jon Rounder competitions, set their first or second best
Fairclough +38:10 10-mile times in the Paceline 10 on this course on
September 14.
Jim Ballard Trophy (S/S 3 Distance Best All
Rounder, BOS over 25, 50 and 100 miles) - Adrian The other really fast 10 on the course was the
Blacker +44:17 previous Saturday - September 7 - in the Utag event
held in memory of the late Julian Jenkinson (2010
Short Distance BAR (BOS over two 10's and two BBAR), which produced another nine rapid
25's) - Chris Lord +70:44 qualifying times. Another six did their best 10s in
The Wally Perkins Cup for Ladies BAR and the the CTT South DC Championship in the Andover
Charles Robson Cup for Ladies Sort Distance were Wheelers’ promotion on P613 – another rolling dual
not awarded.
carriageway course, but on the A303 - on July 14.
Annual Lunch and Awards
The summer Wednesday evening series of 10, 15
Our annual prize giving lunch will be in Horsham on and 25-mile TTs on the A3 promoted by David and
Sunday 2nd February 2020 and we would like to Kathy Collard-Berry and their willing ...a3crg team
have all of the winners attend the event to receive also produced some stunning rides including a crop
their 2019 awards in person. Our National of CTT 15-mile records.
Secretary Rachael Elliott has accepted an invitation But it is the Paceline 10 which will go down in
to join us on the day and present the awards.
history as being the fastest 10 to date held on South
Surrey/Sussex website DC roads with no less than 32 riders equalling or
The Surrey/Sussex VTTA Group website at beating 30mph, the fastest being the 17-53 from
surreysussexvtta.org.uk has been retired and the AeroCoach’s Chris Boddy. It was also noted for its
Surrey/Sussex Group now puts its news and other 23 non-starters, even after reserves had been
information, including group records, on the national allotted spaces. A great shame for those in search
VTTA website at www.vtta.org.uk. of pbs who didn’t get a ride. The Paceline race

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