Results from Twelfth Club TT held on Saturday 16th August 2003
Phillips - Etton Circuit

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Whilst the rest of the country are bemoaning the fate of time trials on dual carriageways, Paul Kilvington must be applauded for providing an interesting, almost social, way of revivivng the club events. The event on Etton this Saturday proved to be more than interesting, it was quite exciting and in some respects more of an adventure than a race.

Steve Macklin, however, was a very worthy winner. Not only did he go around the fastest - he didn't fall off. Some excuses might be found for Paul Noton riding a private trial and recovering from a bad traffic accident. But eager beaver Dean Fulstow would have been more of a threat had he not fallen off - twice - both times on the same corner.

The Etton circuit passes around some very quiet country lanes and Paul decided to try a different start and finish, safer and away from parked vehicles. The road from South Dalton toward Kiplingcotes valley had a lovely back wind and some rare speeds would be done along here. Unfortunately there is a very acute turn which turns up to a hill so anyone wishing to use some of the back wind speed would find themselves in difficulty as the corner was about an inch deep in gravel. Nathan Chester takes the prize for falling the heaviest sustaining a lot of superficial grazes, maybe enough to prevent him riding hi planned 'Phil and Friends' ride on Sunday morning. Craziest most go to Dean who went down twice. Creative prize must go to Paul Noton who went around at speed on the grassy bit, no doubt inspired by Lance Armstrong's epic in the Tour de France.

Adding to these problems was a farmer cutting his hawthorn hedge around the start area with a huge circular saw attached to a tractor. Tim White was the unlucky one here and he didn't complete the first lap.

Nice to see two newcomers to the field, Andy Tate and Sarah Davies, who both did fair rides as novices. The Overall Points competition is getting quite interesting, Val Brabiner looks to be uncatchable in the ladies section but the others are still up for grabs, especially when only the best eight count.

Managed to take a lot of photos you might find interesting.

 

Event 12  Etton Circuit  16^th August 2003

Pos	Competitor	Lap 1	Lap 2	Lap 3	Time
1	Steve Macklin	10.14	10.56	10.55	32.05
2	Paul Noton	10.50	11.34	11.36	34.00
3	Dean Fulstow	10.34	12.02	11.32	34.08
4	Paul Kilvington	11.16	11.46	11.48	34.50
5	Mark Burtonshaw	11.30	11.55	11.45	35.10
6	John Lockwood	11.22	11.58	11.56	35.16
7	Derek Palmer	11.28	12.04	12.02	35.34
8	Nathan Chester	11.18	12.51	12.14	36.23
9	Andrew Barnes	11.38	12.31	12.31	36.40
10	Nathan Wilson	11.50	12.39	12.32	37.01
11	Chris Young	11.58	12.29	12.36	37.03
12	Graeme Lawton	11.46	12.54	12.41	37.21
13	Mike Gomersall	12.00	12.35	13.15	37.50
14	Mike Kilgour	12.20	13.03	12.55	38.18
15	John Weaden	12.48	13.07	13.04	38.59
16	Chris Peers	12.16	13.01	14.03	39.20
17	Dave Green	12.38	13.30	13.22	39.30
18	Dave Milson	12.41	13.33	13.30	39.44
19	Andy Tate	13.18	14.04	14.17	41.39
20	Ian Brabiner	13.20	14.09	14.13	41.42
21	Roy Harvey	13.59	14.32	14.33	43.04
22	John Ullyett	14.28	15.07	15.15	44.50
23	Dennis Hunter	15.15	16.04	16.08	47.27
1	Val Brabiner	13.22	13.55		27.17
2	Sarah Davies	15.05	15.27		30.32