Veterans Time Trials Association
National Association for the over 40 year old racing cyclist
VTTA National 15 Championship Results
The 15 mile championship, postponed from March, was run on Sunday 20th September – a bright and dry morning but with a noticeable breeze slowing riders on the outbound leg on the A53 towards the roundabout at Ternhill, north of Shrewsbury. The event was oversubscribed but all VTTA members got a ride as did all 10 reserves.
The women’s championship was won by Deb Hutson-Lumb of Merseyside Group in an impressive 35.58 with Debbie Moss (North Lancs & Lakes) taking the silver medal and Sue Semple (Midlands) the bronze.
|
Pos |
First name |
Last name |
Club |
VTTA Group |
Actual Time |
VTTA Plus |
|
1 |
Deb |
Hutson-Lumb |
Nova Raiders CC |
Merseyside |
35:58 |
8:34 |
|
2 |
Deborah |
Moss |
Team Merlin |
North Lancs & Lakes |
36:39 |
7:13 |
|
3 |
Susan |
Semple |
Stafford RC |
Midlands |
37:30 |
6:53 |
|
4 |
Jenny |
York |
Mid Shropshire Wheelers |
Merseyside |
39:49 |
5:50 |
|
5 |
Sue |
Cheetham |
North Lancashire Road Club |
North Lancs & Lakes |
39:34 |
5:15 |
|
6 |
Claire |
Davies |
Hinckley Cycle Racing Club |
Notts & E.Mids |
39:14 |
3:45 |
|
7 |
Joanna |
Cebrat |
Bury Clarion CC |
Manchester & NW |
39:00 |
3:42 |
|
8 |
Jenny |
Newton |
Nova Raiders CC |
Merseyside |
40:42 |
3:10 |
|
9 |
Helen |
Tudor |
Oswestry Paragon CC |
Merseyside |
43:01 |
0:59 |
DNS: Sandra Burrows, Brigid Knight, Janet Fairclough
The men’s championship saw another outstanding ride by Keith Ainsworth (North Midlands) giving him a winning margin of over one minute. Second on standard and fastest time of the day went to Mark Holton (North Lancs & Lakes) with a 30:30 just beating Anthony Brown (East Anglian) in bronze medal position. Honorary mention should be made of Ken Stevens who at age 90 rode sub 50 minutes to set a new age record..
The Group team award went to Merseyside (Deb Hutson-Lumb, Paul Grindley, Tim Beardmore) who provided a strong and large contingent of riders for a ‘home’ championship event with the Club team award going to Pirate Juice CC (Victor Chetta, Stuart McCormick and Philip Hill).
In the tandem event Ian Greenstreet and Rachael Elliott continued their winning ways setting a blistering time of 29:53 for a plus of 10:26. The tandem trike pair of Andy Newham and Ian Pike also set an age record.
Keith Ainsworth commented on the event 'I really enjoyed it, thought the semi-sporting course was a great challenge, had to be cautious to hit those early inclines with purpose but not overbake...heart rate was quite escalated at one point early on but pleased that I maintained form where my 5 mile splits were all pretty much identical. Big kudos to Phil Guy and team for putting on such a great event and of course surmounting the issue regarding the original course. They saved the day - most appreciated.'
On the day we even managed to present Keith with his championship jersey and cap (at a safe distance!).
The top 60 in the Men’s results are shown below,
A full list of the result on standard can be seen under the Events/Results section here
| posn | firstname | lastname | club | age | vtta_group | Actual Time | VTTA Plus |
| 1 | Keith | Ainsworth | Sheffrec CC | 61 | North Midlands | 31:50:00 | 10:01:00 |
| 2 | Mark | Holton | Springfield Financial Racing Team | 42 | North Lancs and Lakes | 30:30:00 | 9:00:00 |
| 3 | Antony | Brown | Kettering CC | 61 | East Anglia | 33:00:00 | 8:51:00 |
| 4 | Paul | Grindley | Liverpool Century RC | 57 | Merseyside | 32:57:00 | 8:19:00 |
| 5 | Tim | Beardmore | Nova Raiders CC | 48 | Merseyside | 32:08:00 | 8:04:00 |
| 6 | Victor | Chetta | Pirate juice cc | 43 | Merseyside | 31:47:00 | 7:50:00 |
| 7 | David | Williams | Velotik Racing Team | 41 | Merseyside | 31:34:00 | 7:48:00 |
| 8 | Joseph | Costello | Walsall Roads Cycling Club | 61 | Midlands | 34:07:00 | 7:44:00 |
| 9 | Alan | Chorley | Seamons CC | 49 | Manchester & NW Group | 33:01:00 | 7:18:00 |
| 10 | Stuart | McCormick | Pirate juice cc | 52 | Merseyside | 33:25:00 | 7:14:00 |
| 11 | Richard | Coleman | Stourbridge Velo | 66 | Midlands | 35:40:00 | 7:06:00 |
| 12 | Jez | Willows | Sherwood CC | 55 | Notts & E.Mids | 33:56:00 | 7:05:00 |
| 13 | Sean | Quinn | Law Wheelers | 47 | Scotland | 33:07:00 | 6:58:00 |
| 14 | Kenneth | Addison | Southport CC | 64 | North Midlands | 35:44:00 | 6:38:00 |
| 15 | Phillip | Warburton | Liverpool Phoenix CC (Aintree) | 59 | Merseyside | 34:56:00 | 6:37:00 |
| 16 | Jonathan | Mills-Keeling | Cycle Club Bridgnorth RWG | 48 | Merseyside | 33:41:00 | 6:31:00 |
| 17 | Simon | Dighton | Beacon Roads CC | 57 | Midlands | 34:50:00 | 6:26:00 |
| 18 | Steven | Loraine | Team Swift | 64 | Midlands | 36:01:00 | 6:21:00 |
| 19 | Philip | Hill | Pirate juice cc | 57 | Merseyside | 34:57:00 | 6:19:00 |
| 20 | Greg | Plummer | Springfield Financial Racing Team | 60 | North Lancs and Lakes | 35:30:00 | 6:12:00 |
| 21 | Jonathan | Lloyd | Westmead Team 88 | 52 | Manchester & NW Group | 34:30:00 | 6:09:00 |
| 22 | Kenneth | Stevens | South Pennine RC | 90 | Notts & E.Mids | 49:07:00 | 6:08:00 |
| 23 | Alexander | Munro | SVTTA | 87 | Scotland | 46:06:00 | 6:02:00 |
| 24 | Alastair | Semple | Stafford RC | 53 | Midlands | 34:47:00 | 5:59:00 |
| 25 | David | Evans | Team Echelon | 64 | Midlands | 36:27:00 | 5:55:00 |
| 26 | Brett | Lowndes | Pro Vision Cycle Clothing | 45 | Midlands | 34:00:00 | 5:52:00 |
| 27 | Andrew | Simpkins | Team Echelon | 66 | Midlands | 37:06:00 | 5:40:00 |
| 28 | Mark | Hamer | Stratford Cycling Club | 45 | Midlands | 34:14:00 | 5:38:00 |
| 29 | David | Taylor | Ravensthorpe CC | 65 | Yorkshire | 36:57:00 | 5:37:00 |
| 30 | Matt | Stell | Springfield Financial Racing Team | 43 | North Lancs and Lakes | 34:05:00 | 5:32:00 |
| 31 | Steve | Aston | Wrexham RC | 43 | Merseyside | 34:05:00 | 5:32:00 |
| 32 | Warren | Mason | VTTA (North) | 55 | North Lancs and Lakes | 35:30:00 | 5:31:00 |
| 33 | Gino | Trasatti | North Shropshire Wheelers | 70 | Merseyside | 38:20:00 | 5:22:00 |
| 34 | Rob | Kennard | Stourbridge Velo | 55 | Midlands | 35:42:00 | 5:19:00 |
| 35 | Steve | Cornish | Mid Shropshire Wheelers | 64 | Merseyside | 37:30:00 | 4:52:00 |
| 36 | Alan | Chell | Crewe Clarion Wheelers | 48 | Manchester & NW Group | 35:22:00 | 4:50:00 |
| 37 | Martin | Horrobin | Horwich Cycling Club | 53 | North Midlands | 36:06:00 | 4:40:00 |
| 38 | Ben | Love | Pirate juice cc | 41 | Merseyside | 34:56:00 | 4:26:00 |
| 39 | Barrie | Whittaker | Lyme Racing Club | 63 | Manchester & NW Group | 37:48:00 | 4:24:00 |
| 40 | Steve | Biddulph | Born to Bike - Bridgtown Cycles | 45 | Midlands | 35:33:00 | 4:19:00 |
| 41 | Graham | Noble | Pirate juice cc | 46 | Manchester & NW Group | 35:47:00 | 4:12:00 |
| 42 | Ben | McCaulder | Stone Wheelers CC | 45 | Manchester & NW Group | 35:46:00 | 4:06:00 |
| 43 | Richard | Tyson | Rock to Roll CC | 53 | North Lancs & Lakes | 36:54:00 | 3:52:00 |
| 44 | Brian | Morrell | Dumfries CC | 60 | Scotland | 38:03:00 | 3:39:00 |
| 45 | Nigel | Briggs | South Pennine RC | 59 | Notts & E.Mids | 38:01:00 | 3:32:00 |
| 46 | Anthony | Marlow | Mercia - Lloyds Cycles CC | 75 | Notts & E.Mids | 41:47:00 | 3:28:00 |
| 47 | Jeff | Mace | Chester RC | 56 | Merseyside | 37:42:00 | 3:26:00 |
| 48 | Mark | Shore | Walsall Roads Cycling Club | 61 | Midlands | 38:32:00 | 3:19:00 |
| 49 | James | Meldrum | Liverpool Phoenix CC (Aintree) | 40 | Merseyside | 35:59:00 | 3:15:00 |
| 50 | Gareth | Brookes | North Shropshire Wheelers | 52 | Merseyside | 37:25:00 | 3:14:00 |
| 51 | Stephen | Turner | Westmead Team 88 | 60 | Manchester & NW Group | 38:30:00 | 3:12:00 |
| 52 | Nev | Ashman | Manchester Velo Cycle Racing Club | 81 | Manchester & NW Group | 44:43:00 | 3:12:00 |
| 53 | David | Pottinger | North Wirral Velo | 59 | Merseyside | 38:22:00 | 3:11:00 |
| 54 | Andrew | Clarke | North Shropshire Wheelers | 61 | Merseyside | 38:45:00 | 3:06:00 |
| 55 | Paul | Wynne | Exeter Whs CC | 60 | West | 38:38:00 | 3:04:00 |
| 56 | John | Robertson | Wrekinsport CC | 65 | Merseyside | 39:43:00 | 2:51:00 |
| 57 | Ian | Casson | Birkenhead Victoria CC | 68 | Merseyside | 40:35:00 | 2:38:00 |
| 58 | John | Westhead | Paramount CRT | 63 | Merseyside | 39:37:00 | 2:35:00 |
| 59 | Derek | Hodgins | Stockport Clarion CC | 86 | Manchester & NW Group | 48:45:00 | 2:31:00 |
| 60 | Philip | McCormick | Pirate juice cc | 73 | Merseyside | 42:23:00 | 2:11:00 |