VTTA National 50 Championship results

It was a dry morning in Cumbria for the VTTA 50 mile National Championship. There was a strong field of 72 riders and conditions were good for fast riding. There was a headwind on the mostly uphill section to Cockermouth and a tailwind helping the riders speed downhill to Keswick.

Ray Hall of North Group won the Open Class with an Age Adjusted Time of 01:37:37. Second was Douglas Watson, Scotland Group with ab AAT of 1:38:10 and Peter Greenwood of North Lancs and Lakes Group was third with an AAT of 1:39:34.

Liz Ball of Scotland Group won the female class with an AAT of 1:41:55. Deborah Hutson-Lumb of Merseyside Group was second with an AAT of 1:44:04 and Deborah Moss of North Lancs and Lakes Group was third with an AAT of 1:45:23.

The Scotland Group team of Douglas Watson, Liz Ball and Angus Wilson won the Group award with a total AAT of 5:02:55.

The Legato Racing Team of Mike Lythgoe, Simon Dighton and Deborah Hutson-Lumb won the VTTA Club Competition with a total AAT of 5:07:58.

Bill Maxwell of North Lancs and Lakes Group had the fastest AAT on a road bike with 2:09:34.

It was a day for breaking records. Liz Ball set a National age record for a 72 year old with a time 02:20:07. Group age records set by Marcel Schubert, Douglas Watson, Angus Wilson, Deborah Moss and Deborah Hutson-Lumb. All records are subject to ratification.

Olliver Pemberton of GTR - Return To Life p/b Streamline was fastest overall with a time of 1:39:21.

Individual results on AAT are available on the VTTA site here and scratch results at the CTT site here.

Many thanks to Richard Taylor and his team at NLTTA  for hosting the event.