The London West GHS District Championship Time Trial took place on Sunday, 26th June. This year, the event was hosted by Hillingdon Slipstreamers. We had a strong field of 20 Youth Riders into this year’s event – with 18 riders starting. One of the favourites to do well this year, Ieuan Woods (Charlotteville) unfortunately crashed out at the National Youth Series the day before, and was not in good enough state to race. Altay Shaw (Hillingdon Slipstreamers) was unfortunate enough to fall foul of the p*nct*re fairy, putting an end to what looked like a powerful start by the rider in his first year of Time Trial competition.

We had 6 female entries this year, of which 5 qualified to go through to the national final later in the year. Amber Jospeh (PMR @Toachim House) competing in the competition for the first time lost out to Savannah Hewson (Hillingdon Slipstreamers)  by a little over 30 seconds. Savannah gains entry to the GHS National Final for the second time.

The boys had a little more competition, demonstrated by the close call on the team qualification. A strong ride by the Palmer Park Velo trio of Troy Loxley (24.29), Matthew Coulson (25.06) and Arthur Boulton  (26.48) was looking good enough to qualify with a combined time of 01:16:23. That was until a very commanding (and extremely noisy) finish by Peter Hewson meant that the Slipstreamer team took the available places by a mere 26 seconds, with a combined effort of 01:15:57.

However, the ride of the day was taken by ex-Slipstreamer Jamie Wimborne who managed to sustain a 25mph average over an uneasy undulating course. Jamie pulled out a very credible 23:59 putting a 15 second and 30 second advantage respectively over his nearest rivals. Well done Jamie!

Many thanks go to parents of all riders who contributed to an excellent safe event – without who we cannot continue to host such events. Extra special thanks go to Jim Burgin (Hillingdon Cycle Club), who gave up his Sunday morning to man the most important part of a time trial – The Stopwatch!

Qualifiers: Female

Qualified Girls 12 - London Dynamo

Qualified Girls 12 – London Dynamo

Qualified Girls 13, Slipstreamers

Qualified Girls 13 – Slipstreamers

Qualified Girls 14 - Slipstreamers

Qualified Girls 14 – Slipstreamers

Qualified Girls 15 - Slipstreamers

Qualified Girls 15 – Slipstreamers

Qualified Girls 16 - Slipstreamers

Qualified Girls 16 – Slipstreamers

Qualifiers: Male

Qualified Male 13 - Slipstreamers

Qualified Male 13 – Slipstreamers

Qualified Male 14 - Slipstreamers

Qualified Male 14 – Slipstreamers

Qualified Male 15 - Palmer Park Velo

Qualified Male 15 – Palmer Park Velo

jamie Male 16 - Watford Velo

Qualified Male 16 – Watford Velo

Qualifiers Team – Fastest Three

Qualified Male 14 - Slipstreamers

Qualified Male 14 – Slipstreamers

Boys 14 - Slipstreamers

Boys 14 – Slipstreamers

Qualified Male 13 - Slipstreamers

Qualified Male 13 – Slipstreamers

Other riders:

Amber Joseph - Girls 16 - PMT @Toachim House - 27:36.9

Amber Joseph – Girls 16 – PMR@Toachim House – 27:36.9

Boys 13 - London Dynamo

Boys 13 – London Dynamo

Boys 14 - Palmer Park Velo

Boys 14 – Palmer Park Velo

Boys 14 - Palmer Park Velo

Boys 14 – Palmer Park Velo

Boys 14 - Slipstreamers

Boys 14 – Slipstreamers

Boys 16 - Palmer Park Velo

Boys 16 – Palmer Park Velo

Boys 16 - Watford Velo

Boys 16 – Watford Velo

 

Pos Bib Name Time ± Group
1. 5 Jamie Wimborne 00:23:59.7 00:00:00.0 M16
2. 10 Tom Portsmouth 00:24:14.2 00:00:14.5 M14
3. 12 Troy Loxley 00:24:29.2 00:00:29.5 M16
4. 15 Peter Hewson 00:24:50.5 00:00:50.8 M14
5. 11 Matthew Coulson 00:25:06.0 00:01:06.3 M15
6. 1 Sam Farman 00:26:26.4 00:02:26.7 M16
7. 4 Arthur Boulton 00:26:48.2 00:02:48.5 M14
8. 13 Oisin Murphy 00:26:52.8 00:02:53.1 M13
9. 7 Savannah Hewson 00:27:03.3 00:03:03.6 F16
10. 16 Amber Joseph 00:27:36.9 00:03:37.2 F16
11. 6 Joshua Knowles 00:27:44.8 00:03:45.1 M14
12. 8 Nathan George 00:27:54.1 00:03:54.4 M14
13. 9 Elizabeth Marvelly 00:28:09.5 00:04:09.8 F15
14. 17 Eva Callinan 00:28:47.0 00:04:47.3 F12
15. 2 Zac Carrington 00:30:16.7 00:06:17.0 M13
16. 3 Anastasia Vockic 00:31:05.6 00:07:05.9 F14
17. 14 Abby Old 00:31:50.8 00:07:51.1 F13
19 Altay Shaw M16