Season Long Competitions Report 2025

Here are the podium results on age adjusted average speed in mph.

The open Best All Rounder podium is Michael Stevens (East Midlands, 29.936), Anthony Jones (South Wales, 29.863), and David Williams (Merseyside, 28.923).

The female Best All Rounder podium is Kimberley Barfoot-Brace (West, 28.25), Christina Murray (Wessex, 27.532), and Joanna Cebrat (Manchester & North West, 26.745). Last year Kimberly was runner up to Christina, so this year they have swapped places.

The open three distance podium is Michael Stevens (East Midlands, 31.318), Anthony Jones (South Wales, 31.062), and Karl Norris (West, 31.044). Michael won it last year and Anthony was runner up, so no change there.

The female three distance podium is Sarah Matthews (Wessex, 31.354), Kimberley Barfoot-Brace (West, 29.438), and Claire Emons (Wessex, 29.424). This year Sarah tried the 100 and has come out top. Kimberley and Claire swap places.

The open short distance podium is Kevin Tye (Kent, 34.065), Keith Dorling (East Anglian, 33.5), and Chris Lord (Surrey/Sussex, 33.346). Kevin repeats his win of last year and Keith joins the podium. It’s another top three finish for Chris.

The female short distance podium is Linda Dewhurst (London & Home Counties, 34.372), Jen Clegg (East Midlands,  33.674 ) and Sarah Matthews (Wessex, 33.05).Linda has repeated her wins of 2024 and 2023. Jen and Sarah rejoin her on the podium, swapping places this year.

The winners age adjusted average speeds are broadly the same as last year, except for the open BAR, where the top 3 were all faster on age adjusted speed than the winner last year.

Group competition

For a group, the average of the average speeds of the best four riders from the group is used.

The East Midlands team of Jen Clegg, Richard Oakes, Michael Stevens, and Michael Weaver won the Group Short Distance Competition (32.745), followed by the East Anglian team of Keith Dorling, Darran Bennett, Chris Dyason and Louise Robinson  (32.206). The London and Home Counties team of Linda Dewhurst, Liam Maybank, Mike Debney and John Lacy were third (32.174).

The West team of Karl Norris, Roger Sheridan, Tim Radley, and Kimberley Barfoot-Brace won the Group Three Distance Competition (30.144), followed by the Wessex team of Sarah Matthews, Claire Emons, Peter Tomlin, and Peter Younghusband (29.792). The East Midlands team of Michael Stevens, Kevin Wood, Matthew Uttley and Colin Parkinson were third (29.744).

The South Wales team of Anthony Jones, Christopher Gibbard, Owen Burgess, and Bob Jones won the Group BAR Competition (28.18), followed by the East Midlands team of Michael Stevens, Kevin Wood, Kathryn Smith, and Philip Wilkinson (27.319). The Wessex team of Peter Tomlin, Lee Williams, Christina Murray, and Christian Geldard were third (26.611).

Club competition

Team Bottrill has won all the club competitions.

For a club, the average of the average speeds of the best three riders from the club is used.

The Team Bottrill trio of Jen Clegg, Keith Dorling and Matthew Uttley, won the Club Short Distance Competition (32.903). The Legato Racing Team of Deborah Hutson-Lumb, Steven Loraine and Simon Horsley were runners up (31.951) and the ..a3crg team of Sarah Matthews, Neil Mackley and Howard Bayley were third (31.644).

The Team Bottrill trio of Matthew Uttley, Kimberly Barfoot-Brace and David Halliday, won the Club Three Distance Competition (29.517). The FTP Racing Team of Christopher Gibbard, Lee Williams and Daniel Kingston were runners up (29.076) and the Bristol South Cycling Club team of Mark Bradley, Luke Smith and Daniel Kempe were third (26.554).

The Team Bottrill trio of Kimberly Barfoot-Brace, David Halliday and Peter Horton, won the Club BAR Competition (27.716). The FTP Racing Team of Christopher Gibbard, Lee Williams and Christian Geldard were runners up (26.567).

No other club qualified.

Summary and Recommendations

Well done to all who took part in the Season Long Competitions. Members who completed the qualifying events will get a certificate.

The  number qualifying was only one less than last year at 414. That is 27% of our racing members, i.e the members who have linked their CTT and VTTA profiles. As entry to the competitions is free, it is surprising that the number of competition entries is so low. Qualification for the short distance competition requires members to ride only two 10s and two 25s. Surely there are more than 293 members who ride more than this?

Last year no club or group team qualified for the BAR, and only one team for each of those in 2023, so we reduced the number of riders required for club or group teams to qualify. This has had the desired effect with 2 club teams and 3 group teams qualifying.

If you took part this year, your entries from this year will roll over to next season. When you renew, take a minute to review your competition entries, and stretch yourself by ticking a blank box!