Welland Trophy Event - VTTA v BMRC

This last weekend saw the annual running of the Welland Trophy event which in addition to being a ‘normal’ 15 mile time trial includes a team competition between the vets of the VTTA and those of BMCR (British Master Cycle Racing – our ‘sister’ organisation for those vets who like road racing instead of, or as well as, time trialling).

On a fairly mild, if breezy, early April afternoon there were strong performances on this rolling rural course on the Gloucestershire/Worcestershire borders. For the team competition seven solo riders counted plus one team from the 3 up team trial run alongside the solo event. (Combining solo results with a 3 up team result produced an interesting challenge for calculating the combined Welland trophy result!) The result was also presented using the new style Age Adjusted Times (AAT)   in place of standard plusses. The winners of the trophy this year were (we are pleased to say) the VTTA team, members of which are picture above and in full were Joe Costello, Jon Howard, Deborah Sheridan, Susan and Alastair Semple, Tim Beardmore and Martin Lines plus the 3 up team of Mike Logue, Graham Winstone and Peter Oliver.

With a generous spread of other prizes the top awards went to:

Jon Howard (Team Echelon) – fastest man

Kelly Murphy (AOL O’Shea Worx) – fastest woman

Joe Costello (Legato Racing Team) – fastest vet on AAT

Geoff Booker (Oxonian CC) – fastest trike

Eddie Humphreys (Nottingham Clarion) – fastest road bike on AAT

And the winning 3 up team on AAT was the ZeroBC Race team (Logue, Winstone and Oliver)

Our thanks to Mike Amery of BMRC as the event organiser supported by Steve Wood (Team Echelon) and our own chairman Andrew Simpkins and wife, Sara, on results.