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gave Wessex Group women’s best all rounder Saddles almost beat 30mph with 1:00:01 for 30 miles
Angela Carpenter (...a3crg) her best 10 of 20:45. at age 44, Greg Parker of Estrella Cycles recorded
50:04 for 25 miles at age 54 and then 50:22 at age
Angela, at age 50, was the stand-out rider in the
group taking the Women’s three distance and short 55. James Fawcett of ...a3crg set an age 53 10 mile
distance competitions, not to mention claiming VTTA record of 19:24, clubmate Neil Mackley set a new age
national age 50 records at 100 miles (3:53:16), 30 56 25 mile record of 51:43 and 10 records of 19:25
(1:05:31), 25 (twice with 53:39 and then 51:56) and and 19:27 at ages 55 then 56.
15 (32:28). In addition there were group records at 50 Wessex super-vet, 75-year-old Terry Icke (CC
miles (1:52:48) and 10 (21:10 and 20:45). She also Weymouth) continued to amaze with new group 10
took fourth place in the CTT Women’s BBAR with records of 22:54 and 22:30. H also clocked 56:54
27.067mph, won the VTTA National Three Distance and 57:06 to make up his short distance competition
and Short Distance Competitions and, with her time figures.
of 1:05:31, she also set a new CTT women’s team Despite suffering from various viral infections,
comp record for 30 miles of 3:28:12 with Kirsty Sotonia CC’s Norman Harvey set an age 86 years
McSeveny and Lucy Mitchell.
10 record of 27:49 and, with Mary Corbett (61) set
Teammate Sarah Matthews also continued to crank new group tandem records of 25:56 for 10 miles and
out some sparkling performances at age 59 41:06 for 15 miles. With another birthday under her
including national age records at 15 miles (34:21 belt, Mary went on to set two new 10 women’s trike
and 34:10) and 10 miles (22:05), and group records group records of 37:44 and 34:36. Be aware that
of 58:08 and 56:32 at 25 miles. she and Norman have been seen out in the New
Forest on a tandem trike. She told me it has been
In addition to her CTT competition record 24-hour
ride of 478.42 miles (mentioned in the September named Trixie Trundlebarrow. Scarey!
edition of The Veteran), Christina Murray (Army Heart problem
Cycling) also set Wessex Group age 42 record rides Spare a thought for New Forest CC’s Antony Green
at 12 hours (266.43 miles) and 100 miles (3:58:18). who after setting a new group age 55 record of
She also recorded a 10 of 23:11, a 25 of 54:34 and 1:45:14 for 50 miles, a personal best 10 of 19:37 and
a 50 of 1:55:23 which helped her to second place in a pb 3:48:31 100, was on a 30mph-plus ride in the
the Wessex BAR with a plus of 1:09:51
VTTA 25 on E2/25 on August 17. But he crashed out
Another Wessex woman setting group records was and was taken to hospital with a broken shoulder and
Bournemouth Arrow CC’s Michelle Walter with a 12 other injuries; worse was to come however when he
hour ride of 220.94 miles at age 58, 100 miles in was also diagnosed with a serious heart condition
4:51:21 on a wet day in Wales, 50 miles in 2:15:22 which caused a blackout and the crash. It has forced
and 30 miles in 1:16:04. him to retire from time trialling and to return to
enjoying mountain biking in the New Forest. “It is a
David Shepherd (...a3crg) topped the overall
Wessex BAR competition with his plus of 1:18:12, great shame because physically otherwise, I hadn’t
followed by Christina Murray and then his teammate finished improving and had more time to train since
Steven Williamson with plus 1:06:55. David - who retiring,” he said, adding that he expects to be
set a new national record at age 58 in the CTT attending some club dinners.
National Championship 12 hour with a VTTA Slow recuperation expected
Championship winning 289.45 miles – also A rider who will be away from the sport for some
produced group records of 3:40:47 for 100 miles time to come is Sotonia CC’s Chris Summers who
and 31:19 for 15 miles. His younger teammate did was in collision with a Land Rover while training in
3:37:14 for a new 48 years’ group age record which the Test Valley in August. He was, for a time, in a
helped him to tenth place in the CTT BBAR.
critical condition in Southampton General Hospital
Others claiming group age records were: Nigel Sign with multiple fractures of his pelvis and leg.
of Fareham Whlrs (age 62) who did 32:02 for 15 Thankfully he has been making a slow recovery and
miles and 258.42 miles for 12 hours. His 81-year-old has now returned home. In mid-November he
clubmate Bryan (Sid) Hygate clocked a brilliant started undergoing rehabilitation at a specialist unit
185.68 miles in 12 hours. Howard Bayley of Blazing at Salisbury Hospital so he will be able to walk

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