Stuart Metcalfe celebrated recently hitting 70 with a convincing win on Vets standard.
Riders arrived at Horsham to find calm, warm conditions making for an ideal evenings testing.
A few riders inc. Geoff, Matt and Maurice had raced the Addiscombe interclub the previous night so while conditions were good some riders legs weren't feeling so well! But all testing is good training.
Scratch result as follows:-
| Scratch | ||
| Rider | Time | Scratch Pos |
| Maurice Brennan | 00:21:14 | 1 |
| Matt Peel | 00:22:36 | 2 |
| Steve Bryant | 00:24:02 | 3 |
| Geoff Clifton | 00:24:40 | 4 |
| Stuart Bunt | 00:25:07 | 5 |
| Stuart Metcalfe | 00:25:47 | 6 |
| Will Henton | 00:26:05 | 7 |
| Rick Gregory | 00:27:18 | 8 |
| Richard Bailey | 00:27:57 | 9 |
| Nick Curran | 00:30:06 | 10 |
In the handicap competition Richard Bailey made it two in a row. Can he make it three next week?!
| Handicap | |||
| Rider | Time | Handicap diff | Handicap Pos |
| Richard Bailey | 00:27:57 | 00:00:18 | 1 |
| Rick Gregory | 00:27:18 | 00:00:17 | 2 |
| Maurice Brennan | 00:21:14 | -00:00:01 | 3 |
| Matt Peel | 00:22:36 | -00:00:08 | 4 |
| Stuart Metcalfe | 00:25:47 | -00:00:08 | 4 |
| Steve Bryant | 00:24:02 | -00:00:11 | 6 |
| Stuart Bunt | 00:25:07 | -00:00:11 | 6 |
| Will Henton | 00:26:05 | -00:00:22 | 8 |
| Geoff Clifton | 00:24:40 | -00:00:30 | 9 |
| Nick Curran | 00:30:06 | -00:01:28 | 10 |
Stuart has been knocking on the door of a vets win for a while and took full advantage of his 70 years of age to win this week.
| Vet std | ||||
| Rider | Time | Vet Std | Vet Time | V Pos |
| Stuart Metcalfe | 00:25:47 | 00:29:02 | 00:03:15 | 1 |
| Geoff Clifton | 00:24:40 | 00:27:09 | 00:02:29 | 2 |
| Steve Bryant | 00:24:02 | 00:26:13 | 00:02:11 | 3 |
| Stuart Bunt | 00:25:07 | 00:26:41 | 00:01:34 | 4 |
| Rick Gregory | 00:27:18 | 00:28:32 | 00:01:14 | 5 |
| Richard Bailey | 00:27:57 | 00:28:43 | 00:00:46 | 6 |
| Nick Curran | 00:30:06 | 00:26:45 | -00:03:21 | 7 |
It was good to see Nick Curran making an appearance too, with the now 10.1 mile course his time still over 20mph average speed... perhaps next time he'll bring the catering.
Guests included a welcome appearance from Chris Batch and a promising potential new member in Annie Rebindaine.
| Guests | ||
| Chris Batch | Norwood Paragon | 00:22:46 |
| Annie Rebindaine | Private | 00:28:50 |