West London Combine '10' Sunday, 7th March

The Happy Band of Brothers

Peter Weir prepares to start

First man off Andrew Payne A Cold Start To The Season But Pete Weir Is Red Hot

With temperatures only hovering around freezing this morning we were pleased to have 7 MDCC riders facing the starter as first men off on the Thicket Course.

Pete Weir finished with an impressive 23:05 saying it had all gone pretty well and he hadn't noticed the cold once he started riding. Pete was the fastest rider this morning out of a field of about 80 beating the second placed rider by over 50 seconds so a great start to the season.

Andrew Payne, well dressed up against the cold, has been putting in some serious training to start the season and opened his account with 25:38.

New members Ken Powell and Jorg James together with Rob Brockwell should consider riding a 3-up TTT together as they finished within 30 seconds of each other with 27's.

Nigel Shurben finished inside evens but wasn't that happy with his ride while Gurpal who has done little training this year was satisfied with a medium 32.

Our riders had in some ways the best of the conditions as the East wind was picking up for later riders. We were pleased to see all who entered riding. A fine example to other Clubs. Well done.

MDCC Results

Peter Weir 23:05

Andrew Payne 25:38

Rob Brockwell 27:01

Ken Powell 27:22

Jorg James 27:33

Nigel Shurben 29:21

Gurpal Panesar 32:18

Please note these times are 1,2 or 3 seconds faster than the official times as I stood on the finish line to take times.

Official result on the WLC website.

ps. apologies for the photos being the wrong way round. I can't get the blog to work.