East Midlands Group - An Outstanding Season

2024 was an exceptional year for the East Midlands Group and so there was much to celebrate at their annual awards lunch on 2nd February. Present were multiple national champions Kath Smith (12 and 24 hours) and Richard Oakes (10 and 15 miles) together with the men's 30 mile champion, Mick Stevens. Indeed East Midlands riders were present on the podium of every national championship bar one with strong performances also from Jen Clegg and Mike Twelves. Mick Stevens won the men's National Three Distance Competition, while Kath Smith was third in the female BAR and Jen Clegg third in the Short Distance. Jen, Kath and Mick also set six national records between them during the year. Continuing the success of VTTA members at world level, Richard Oakes and Mike Twelves are also track world champions for their age category in the individual and team pursuit. With such an amount of silverware to be presented the Group invited National Chairman, Andrew Simpkins, to present the awards, shown here with Kath Smith.