Race round up - 30 April 2017

A clutch of riders were out sporting the TSE colours over the Bank Holiday weekend. Hitting the tarmac first (not literally), was Roy Robinson. Roy took part in the Sussex CA 10 on the G10/97 between Steyning and Shoreham. The course is based on the A283. In somewhat wintry temperatures of 2.5deg, Roy tapped out a 27.43, a 1.43 improvement on his N&DCA ride from last week.

Later in the day, Hugo Hocknell, Sam Hayes and Chris Rimes formed the TSE team in the Cambridge CC 10 miler on the F2 course near Cambourne. Hockers was once again the first rider off and clocked a time of 21.39. Sam Hayes posted a time of 21.42, he would have been ahead of Hockers had he not been held up at the turn (unlucky dude - watch out Hockers, Sam's on your case). Putting the icing on a strong team performance was Chris Rimes. Chris in his first month back racing recorded a 22.49.

Dave Wentworth was also in action on the Bossard Wheelers 10 (30 Apr 2017). As with Roy Robinson, Dave improved on his N&DCA Round 2 ride of last week. On what was described as a "big moan" day (due to the windy conditions), Dave recorded a time of 23.51. Not many riders had come back in sub-21 minute times at time of writing.

N&DCA Rd 2 2017

Round 2 of the 2017 N&DCA series pitted TSE riders against a very competitive field. This week's 10 miler, based on the roundabouts of Glatton, saw another bumper turnout of team riders.

Hugo Hocknell capitalised on his early start with a time of 24.01. That set the benchmark for the rest of "the engine". Steve Robinson was second in the pecking order. Even an enforced bike change could not damper his performance with a cracking time of 24.11.

Chris Rimes and Steve Franklin shared the same time of 24.22, both being slightly edged out by Simon Doyle (24.19). Steve is in a good spot of form and both Simon and Chris are getting back in to the groove of racing. 21 seconds separated 5 riders, this has no doubt set all riders off to the local bike shop to buy some additional speed...

New boy, Michael Watts punched the clock with 24.47 in his inaugural run for the team. Despite a frantic run up and down to the HQ and some fashion adjustments in his new skin suit, Michael demonstrated a lot of potential. He is going to be one to watch.

Ric Palmer clocked a PB in his first ride of the season. The comeback-kid (a big kid at that too) recorded a 25.34. Chapeau Ric.

Dave Wentworth notched a time that will contribute to the Masters' competition of 26.27. Roy Robinson rounded things off with a time of 29.13.

N&DCA Rd 1 2017

Round 1 - results
The season's first Northampton and District Cycling Association (N&DCA) time trial saw a number of Team Salesengine riders dust off the racing kit for this early season battle. Based on a very sporting (that means hilly) 18.7 circuit the race saw 8 riders commit to the start line. Sam Hayes was the quickest of the bunch with an impressive 44.51 that saw him sneak in to the top 20.

Best performances for the team went, by general consensus, to Steve Franklin (47.33) and Chris Rimes (47.23). Chris was making a welcome return to racing after a sabbatical. Steve was evidently capitalising on a strong winter. Chapeau chaps.

N&DCA Rd1 - 04/04/2017
Sam Hayes 44.51, Simon Doyle 47.08, Chris Rimes 47.23, Steve Franklin 47.33, Dave Wentworth 51.47, Dave Ledgerton 58.11, Roy Robinson 61.36. Steve Robinson DNF (mechanical).

Round 2 - preview
Round 2 is based on a 10 mile "out and back" course and will take place on 22/04/2017. The event, hosted by Fenland Clarion sees another massive TSE turnout,

Newbie Mike Watts, Hugo Hocknell and Ric Palmer are due to make the series debuts and will be supported by Rimes, Frankin, Wentworth, Robinson x 2 and Doyle.

TSE 10 Mile Time Trial - 1 April 2017 - Report

Saturday, 1st April 2017. 

The annual Team Salesengine.co.uk 10 mile time trial drew a record number of entries. A field of 150 riders competed on the Cambourne based F2D/10 course in Cambridgeshire. TSE's new recruit Ryan Witchell set the bar for the day. Going off at the traditional "home team" #1 spot, Ryan recorded 20.54 for his inaugural ride with the team. A sign of things to come.

Ryan's time held until the seeded riders on "0"s started to come through the finish. William Wallace (CC London) took top spot for a while.  at least until Karl Willis (Herts Rouleurs) riding on #21 inserted himself on the top step. Ultimately though, the faster seeds, riding towards the back of the field, proved dominant. Stuart Travis (Team Bottrill/HSS Hire) shaded the day, ahead of Andy Jackson (SSLL Racing Team) and  Rob Young (Team Vision Racing Silverhook). Travis and Jackson both dipped under the 20 minute mark.

In the Ladies event, Bronwen Ewing (Rye and District Wh) took top spot ahead of Katja Rietdorf (Born to Bike - Bridgetown Cycles). Third spot went to Lindsay Clark (Fenland Clarion). Ewing very sportingly donated her prize money to the Stroke Association (our chosen charity for 2017).

In the team competition it was Team Bottrill/HSS Hire who took the win. A gap of 1m 39s separated the winning trio of Stuart Travis, Max Sahota and Keith Dorling from second place Beds Road RT (Mick Hodson, Jason Green and Daniel Sibley).

Men (Top 10)

1	Stuart	Travis	Team Bottrill/HSS Hire	19:34
2	Andy	Jackson	SSLL Racing Team	19:51
3	Rob	Young	Team Vision Racing Silverhook	20:26
4	Jim	Boyle	Sleaford Wh CC	20:33
5	Mick	Hodson	Bedfordshire Road RT	20:33
6	Karl	Willis	Hert Rouleurs RC	20:47
7	William	Wallace	CC London	20:51
8	Dave	Lazenby	Baines Racing Silverstone Cycle	20:51
9	Max	Sahota	Team Bottrill/HSS Hire	20:52
10	Leigh	Smith	JCA Equipe Velo	20:53

Ladies (Top 10)

1	Bronwen	Ewing	Rye & Dist Wh CC	22:45
2	Katja	Rietdorf	Born to Bike Bridgetown Cycles	23:06
3	Lindsay	Clarke	Fenland Clarion CC	23:44
4	Wendy	Gooding	Team Bottrill/HSS Hire	24:06
5	Sarah	Short	Bonito Squadra Corse	24:18
6	Emma	Koppe	CC Ashwell	24:46
7	Rebecca	Murley	Wisbech Wh	24:49
8	Sally	Withey	Team Swift	24:59
9	Agata	Milk	Tri- Anglia Tri Club	25:24
10	Leanne	Cutler	Hitchin Nomads CC	25:28

Team

Team Bottrill-HSS Hire

Stuart	Travis	00:19:34	1:01:45
Max	Sahota	00:20:52
Keith	Dorling	00:21:19

Addendum

As a small team the event places a significant stretch on our resources, we are however very happy to put something back in to the sport. Thanks is due to many people, not least our team principal, Steve Robinson and his family for pulling the lion's share of the event together. Thanks to our time-keepers (John Pick and Mike Bannister) and to the many volunteers from the team who marshalled with aplomb and hosted the HQ and provided the results. A full list of acknowledgements and results will be supplied with the results sheet (to include DNS and DNF information).

Thanks also to all riders who helped make the event a success by riding safely and working with us to make the HQ functions run smoothly.

The initial results were published at the end of the event yesterday -http://teamsalesengine.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/tse-open-10-mile-tt-1-april-2017.html 

Note - During the event a motorcyclist crashed near the course at approximately 4pm. There was no one else involved in the incident, the Cambridgeshire Police attended the scene and they worked with our organisers to keep the event running. We believe the motorcyclist was up and moving at the scene.

TSE Open 10 Mile TT 1 April 2017 - Provisional Results

Subject to ratification, please see the provisional results from our event today. Thanks to everyone who took part and thanks for the generous contributions to the Stroke Association.

Full report to follow once we have eaten all the cake.

Pos	Column1	Column2	Team	Time	Bib#
1	Stuart	Travis	Team Bottrill/HSS Hire	00:19:34	138
2	andy	jackson	SSLL Racing Team	00:19:51	150
3	Rob	Young	Team Vision Racing Silverhook	00:20:26	125
4	Jim	Boyle	Sleaford Wh CC	00:20:33	21
5	Mick	Hodson	Bedfordshire Road RT	00:20:33	100
6	Karl	Willis	Hert Rouleurs RC	00:20:47	40
7	William	Wallace	CC London	00:20:51	10
8	Dave	Lazenby	Baines Racing Silverstone Cycle	00:20:51	140
9	Max	Sahota	Team Bottrill/HSS Hire	00:20:52	70
10	Leigh	Smith	JCA Equipe Velo	00:20:53	30
11	Ryan	Witchell	Team Salesengine.co.uk	00:20:54	1
12	Christopher	Revell	Cambridge Univ CC	00:20:54	148
13	Andy	Whale	Verulam Really Moving	00:21:00	85
14	Jason	Green	Bedfordshire Road RT	00:21:03	132
15	matt	steel	Shaftesbury CC	00:21:05	15
16	Oliver	Milk	Tri- Anglia Tri Club	00:21:05	45
17	Thomas	Pfeiffer	Dulwich Paragon	00:21:07	145
18	paul	vickers	West Suffolk Whs & Tri Club	00:21:09	50
19	Martin	Reynolds	Cambridge CC	00:21:15	60
20	Bryn	Davies	Oxford University CC	00:21:16	22
21	Robert	Golding	Ely & District/ B&T Motor Repairs	00:21:16	65
22	mathew	Eley	Ely & District/ B&T Motor Repairs	00:21:16	130
23	rob	fletcher	TMG Horizon Cycling Team	00:21:17	25
24	Jon	Surtees	SSLL Racing Team	00:21:17	147
25	Keith	Dorling	Team Bottrill/HSS Hire	00:21:19	81
26	Anthony	Collier	Hoddesdon Tri Club	00:21:23	90
27	Steven	Jennings	CC Ashwell	00:21:28	96
28	Paul	Sparks	Ely & District/ B&T Motor Repairs	00:21:30	53
29	Rory	Havis	Ely & District/ B&T Motor Repairs	00:21:33	95
30	Keith	Barton	St Neots CC	00:21:34	94
31	Sean	Taylor	RAF CA	00:21:37	80
32	Mark	Ellis	Team Milton Keynes	00:21:38	5
33	Paul	Coles	73 Degrees	00:21:38	91
34	James	Beechey	Baines Racing Silverstone Cycle	00:21:39	93
35	Colin	Lizieri	Cambridge CC	00:21:39	146
36	Simon	Pitchford	Fenland Clarion CC	00:21:45	56
37	Andrew	Knight	Team Bottrill/HSS Hire	00:21:46	73
38	Ken	Platts	Cambridge CC	00:21:48	20
39	Daniel	Sibley	Bedfordshire Road RT	00:21:48	27
40	robert	watson	Team Bottrill/HSS Hire	00:21:49	55
41	Paul	Lilley	Fenland Clarion CC	00:21:51	127
42	Samuel	Thienel	Shaftesbury CC	00:21:57	58
43	Abid	Hussain	Icknield RC	00:21:58	61
44	Ian	Bibby	Finsbury Park CC	00:21:59	31
45	Darren	Davis	West Suffolk Whs & Tri Club	00:21:59	66
46	James	Hutchins	Shaftesbury CC	00:22:00	23
47	Michael	Martin	CC Ashwell	00:22:02	131
48	Nick	Green	Stratford CC	00:22:03	6
49	Alex	Bailey	CC Breckland	00:22:03	42
50	ed	watson	Ratae RC	00:22:04	46
51	Steve	Kaye	Fenland Clarion CC	00:22:04	126
52	Robert	Gilmour	Hounslow & Dist Wh	00:22:05	52
53	Richard	Moys	Fenland Clarion CC	00:22:12	67
54	Matthew	Cook	Bedfordshire Road RT	00:22:12	78
55	Martin	Holmes	Ely & District/ B&T Motor Repairs	00:22:13	19
56	Andrew	Grant	Cambridge CC	00:22:13	35
57	Ian	Markham	Chronos RT	00:22:15	141
58	Dale	Sturman	West Suffolk Whs & Tri Club	00:22:20	44
59	Mark	Constable	CC Ashwell	00:22:23	87
60	Kevin	Haynes	Finsbury Park CC	00:22:32	12
61	Robert	Saunders	North Bucks RC	00:22:32	71
62	Alan	Crane	Chronos RT	00:22:32	149
63	Phillip	Gosling	Ely & District/ B&T Motor Repairs	00:22:33	86
64	Chris	Dyason	Cambridge CC	00:22:41	122
65	steve	peck	Newmarket Cycling & Tri Club	00:22:42	47
66	Andrew	Knowles	St Ives CC	00:22:42	77
67	Peter	Kerry	Ipswich Velo	00:22:43	32
68	Jerome	Watts	East London Velo	00:22:45	11
69	Bronwen	Ewing	Rye & Dist Wh CC	00:22:45	120
70	Anthony	Smith	Team Milton Keynes	00:22:46	62
71	Adrian	Taverna	St Neots CC	00:22:46	75
72	Roger	Porter	Verulam CC	00:22:46	76
73	Jon	Talbot	Wisbech Wh	00:22:49	4
74	Mark	Greenhow	St Neots CC	00:22:50	82
75	David	Cook	Bedfordshire Road RT	00:22:59	97
76	stuart	short	Bonito Squadra Corse	00:23:00	88
77	Katja	Rietdorf	Born to Bike Bridgetown Cycles	00:23:06	115
78	Derek	Ricketts	Ely & District/ B&T Motor Repairs	00:23:09	7
79	Trevor	Back	VC Revolution	00:23:11	59
80	Daniel	Homer	London Phoenix	00:23:11	128
81	Paul	French	Bedfordshire Road RT	00:23:13	36
82	Carl	Bond	Kenton RC	00:23:14	57
83	Geoff	Perry	Born to Bike Bridgetown Cycles	00:23:14	124
84	John	McCormack	Islington CC	00:23:25	39
85	Lee	Turner	Sigmasport.co.uk	00:23:26	136
86	Paul	Haig	Cheltenham and County CC	00:23:27	142
87	Steve	Clarke	Fenland Clarion CC	00:23:28	89
88	Chris	Green	St Neots CC	00:23:30	26
89	Richard	Reade	Iceni Velo	00:23:35	37
90	Adrian	Gorham	Kettering CC	00:23:37	98
91	Roger	Sewell	Hounslow & Dist Wh	00:23:40	92
92	Chris	Symonds	North Road CC	00:23:42	16
93	Lindsay	Clarke	Fenland Clarion CC	00:23:44	116
94	Adrian	Whiting	Wisbech Wh	00:23:47	63
95	Andrew	Bright	Chronos RT	00:23:52	3
96	Wendy	Gooding	Team Bottrill/HSS Hire	00:24:06	101
97	Graham	Pepperdine	Verulam CC	00:24:08	83
98	Michael	Cope	Kettering CC	00:24:09	13
99	Ian	Stokes	45 RC	00:24:14	18
100	Sarah	Short	Bonito Squadra Corse	00:24:18	111
101	paul	willis	Wisbech Wh	00:24:21	99
102	Peter	Walton	Hertfordshire Wh	00:24:44	137
103	Emma	Koppe	CC Ashwell	00:24:46	106
104	Marcus	Buksh	Kettering CC	00:24:49	48
105	Rebecca	Murley	Wisbech Wh	00:24:49	112
106	Carl	Murley	Wisbech Wh	00:24:52	14
107	John	Manlow	Ely & District/ B&T Motor Repairs	00:24:53	43
108	Kieran	Blair	Echelon Cycling	00:24:53	64
109	Jan	Ertner	Cambridge CC	00:24:54	133
110	Sally	Withey	Team Swift	00:24:59	105
111	Nikos	Papanikolaou	Cambridge CC	00:25:02	139
112	Stephen	Holmes	VC Norwich	00:25:03	24
113	Gary	Jackson	Shaftesbury CC	00:25:04	68
114	Paul	Woodham	Bossard Wh	00:25:08	8
115	Agata	Milk	Tri- Anglia Tri Club	00:25:24	117
116	Leanne	Cutler	Hitchin Nomads CC	00:25:28	107
117	Neville	Everett	Diss & District CC	00:25:33	29
118	Dave	Wilson	St Neots CC	00:25:45	34
119	john	royle	Fenland Clarion CC	00:25:50	38
120	Dominic	Whitehead	St Ives CC	00:26:04	54
121	James	Greenwood	West Suffolk Whs & Tri Club	00:26:17	69
122	Gillian	Reynolds	Willesden CC	00:26:25	102
123	Alison	Holmes	Ely & District/ B&T Motor Repairs	00:26:39	108
124	Joanna	Spragg	Bossard Wh	00:26:40	110
125	John	Hassall	Bossard Wh	00:26:44	49
126	Trevor	Parrish	A5 Rangers CC	00:26:57	9
127	Hiroko	Tagashira	Cardiff Tri	00:27:33	118
128	Trudy	Sharam	Lea Valley CC	00:27:37	119
129	Andrew	Porter	Welwyn Whs	00:27:39	79
130	Joanne	Elliott	Hitchin Nomads CC	00:29:11	104
131	Pierre	Scrase	Baines Racing Silverstone Cycle	00:29:43	134
132	Denese	Hallahan	Wisbech Wh	00:30:52	103