The battle for top place in the TT league continues. This time Steve Hulme triumphed with 21:57, ahead of Ben Norbury in 22:01 with Pete Smith third Congleton rider in 23:23. Mark Lovatt (Planet X) was the actual fastest with 21:37 on what turned out to be a unexpectedly fast evening with a chilly NE wind.
The Ladies competition was also close. Claire Thompson was top in 28:25 from Denise Hurst 28:44 and Sue Blake 28:49. Visiting junior Paige Milward (Bike Pure) returned 28:42, after missing a few weeks to compete with the elite ladies in the Tour Series criteriums, which were televised on ITV4.
Mark Allen made up for his DNF puncture of the previous week by winning the Congleton Juniors race on the night in 25:33 from Sam French 25:36 and Joe Langford 27:37. The actual fastest junior was regular visitor Alex Braybrooke (Velocity WD40) with 22:57.
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Ken Norbury was out taking photos again so these should be available soon. Thanks Ken and thanks as always to the event volunteers.
Mark Allen (photo Ken Norbury)