Results from 9 & 13.5 mile TT held on Tuesday 13th May 2003
Wright Cup-Etton Circuit

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Neil Cleminshaw Shows Everyone How to Go Fast

The Stars came out tonight in the shape of Neil Cleminshaw and Vanessa Frith. Neil finished a good 49 seconds faster than Jon Dibble on the three lap Etton circuit whilst Vanessa would have finished 11th fastest and maintained a fine average.

Neil has obviously got over the crash he had a couple of weeks ago and I've seen Vanessa's name in placings in the women's road races around the country. Dave Shackleton looked to be going well - he was certainly steaming past the finishing area which was very fast tonigh because of the 'brisk' (an understatement?) breeze from the north west.

It was cold too, even though the sun shone throughout the evening. Steve Macklin did well to get the better of Dean Fulstow tonight, maybe that was because Steve has ridden this circuit a few more times and is chasing the vets section again this year. Supervet leader Mike Gomersall, no doubt worrying whether it would rain tonight, was unfortunate to puncture and damage his tyre, but was also fortunate to be able to get the loan of a wheel to be able to finish. John Weaden took advantage of this, deservedly when you look how consistently he was lapping the circuit. Andy Peers was not so lucky puncturing at the end of the second lap and having to retire. Graeme Lawton lost a minute on the last lap through a silly fault - he thought he'd finished after the end of the second lap. You have to change sex to get away with that one Graeme.

Three laps past the timekeeper puts quite a strain on keeping track. Some numbers also weren't fixed very well and I have to tell you that you should shout your number when you pass the timekeeper - every lap. You have been warned that if you don't shout your number to the timekeeper at the next event then you may not get a time.

Paul has given me the points to date up to the last event

 

Pos.	Rider	1st Lap	2nd Lap	3rd Lap	Finish
1	Neil Cleminshaw	10.15	10.25	10.30	31.10
2	Jon Dibble	10.28	10.48	10.43	31.59
3	Dave Shackleton	10.38	10.55	10.40	32.13
4	Steve Macklin	10.34	11.09	11.03	32.46
5	Dean Fulstow	10.32	11.07	11.17	32.56
6	Tony Boynton	10.55	11.13	11.07	33.15
7	John Lockwood	11.02	11.18	11.14	33.34
8	Rob Stones	11.04	11.22	11.15	33.41
9	Tristan Batch	11.23	11.23	11.15	34.01
10	Mark Burtonshaw	11.17	11.35	11.44	34.36
11	Vanessa Frith	11.36	11.40	11.53	35.09
12	Chris Garden	11.40	11.52	11.59	35.31
13	Derek Palmer	11.45	11.54	11.56	35.35
14	Mick Adams	11.56	12.08	12.00	36.04
15	Chris Young	11.41	12.10	12.15	36.06
16	Nathan Chester	11.19	12.18	12.31	36.08
17	Nathan Wilson	12.20	12.04	12.21	36.45
18	Paul Hayward	12.08	12.20	12.21	36.49
19	Andy Barnes	12.05	12.29	12.43	37.17
20	Dave Millson	12.27	12.42	12.22	37.31
21	John Weaden	12.32	12.39	12.24	37.35
22	John Galbraith	12.21	12.47	12.32	37.40
23	Graeme Lawton	11.56	12.13	13.35	37.44
24	Geoff Rawson	12.33	12.45	12.45	38.03
25	Mike Gomersall	12.19	12.31	13.31	38.21
26	Chris Peers	12.24	12.57	13.03	38.24
27	Marcus Lund	12.40	13.07	12.44	38.31
28	John Anson	12.37	12.49	13.09	38.35
29	Kevin Smith	13.06	13.35	13.31	40.12
30	Andrew Penny	13.24	13.57	13.55	41.16
31	Mike Kilgour	13.18	13.49	14.13	41.20
32	Ian Brabiner	13.37	13.42	14.41	42.10
33	Gary Sheriff	13.55	14.34	14.48	43.17
34	Roy Harvey	14.36	15.03	14.48	44.27
35	Dennis Hunter	15.02	15.26	15.35	46.03
	Andy Peers	11.32	12.06	punc	dnf
	Val Brabiner	13.38	13.29		27.07
	Clare Spencer	12.24	12.57		25.21