First midweek of the season. 2014

[lajames]

Wow, what a remarkable turnout for the 1st event of the year. Fantastic to see so many. Shame about the bit of welsh dew just before we started, but at least it stopped by the time the event was underway. Roads were wet leading to some soggy bottoms, and cooler than expected. We had the experience of no less than five clubs turning out. So well done to all.

1st  Zachary May      Metaltech Kuota        21m 36s
Hugh Wilson             NFTO                       22 - 03
Joe Beech                 OVW                       22 - 05
Matt Beckett             Jif                           22 - 48
Rob Jones                OVW                        23. 29
Mark Nott                OVW                        23. 37
David Bees               Forza RT                  23. 53
John Aspell              Forza RT                  24.03
Courtney Rowe/Sam Beckett        Jif         24.17
Tom Cromarty         Cardiff Tri                 24.32
Ricky Currie            Forza RT                   24.42
Matthew Rees           Bynea CC                24.59
Zak Minto                 Jif                          25.11
Andy Harries            OVW                      25.16
Chris Goodwin          OVW                      25.25
Stephen Landeg        OVW                     25.30
Richard Roberts         OVW                     25.44
Phil Thomas               OVW                    26.25
Terry Anthony           OVW                     26.55 (first event. well done)
Shawn Murtaugh       OVW                     27.08
Neil Bartlett              OVW                     28.08
Richard Bowmerr      OVW                    28.13
Paul Belcher             OVW                    28.20
Paul Davies              OVW                     29.07
Kevin Reaney           OVW                     31.43
Sian Harris               OVW                     33.51
Lynne James            OVW                      39.19
Claire Hiett              OVW                       41.01 (first race ever. well done)

Timekeepers        Mary Marks and Norman James
Starters               Allan Marks and Tim Raine
Signage               Andy Harries, Norman James, Allan Marks and Tim Raine. Thanks to all who helped make our 1st event such a succesful one.
Please can I just caution those who drove to the event to be ever watchful of other road users whilst trying to park up for the event and remember to give clear indication of their intentions. Cheers. Lynne.

[marknott]

Wow !!!!

Where did all those riders appear from?.....28 was it ?

Great turn out.....23.37 PB for me .Previous season 24.07....well happy 

Well done to Kevin Reaney alias "Comedy Kev" who also landed a PB by nearly 2 mins !!!!

Also "Big Ups" to Joe Beech.......Flying !!!

Thanks again to all who gave their time to make it happen.

Regards,

Mark N.

[stevelandeg]

Some awesome early season performances and what an entry.
It reminds me of those fields when the Ogmore ran a midweek on the R10/10.

[Teresa]

That is a very impressive amount of riders.
Well done to those who rode the course for the first time.  You now have a time to chase.
And of course congrats to the PB'ers

[ron b]

Excellent turnout for the first event, now are we going to progress to open events. Would be nice to see more Oggies in the local 10 mile TT's and the Welsh TT on the Raglan course. Check out the calendar for dates, if you want any advice just ask on this site. A good little money earner for the club, must have been the flags?

[Steven]

Suggest we start parking about 200 metres down the Marcross road. It's wide enough, safe and traffic free.

[Shawn]

Thanks to all involved in the organisation of Thursdays first midweek. Good for the clubs coffers, but no doubt an additional stress with so many riders turning up.

Would be great to rope of those riders in as second claims

[Rob Jones]

Thanks to all involved in the organisation of Thursdays first midweek. Good for the clubs coffers, but no doubt an additional stress with so many riders turning up.

Would be great to rope of those riders in as second claims

Especially May and Wilson! But what surprised me was just how many oggies were there. Surely the most for some time and on a wet evening too. The club is expanding rapidly amd becoming more active for a number of reasons I think...the future looks bright!

[lajames]

Yes as you say a fantastic turnout. It was a bit stressful for Norman, signing on, taking levi,s and trying to place the field. He got to push me off with 30 seconds to go. Some extra hands on deck would be most welcome.

[sianharris50]

Thanks to all who made it happen, really appreciate x

[RichardB]

I did say to Norman on Thursday that I would be happy to help out in future weeks. I've entered my first open event on 17 May so I'd like to ride the first 3 Thursdays and I will then be available to help. Hope that is ok.

[sianharris50]

I'll come over to help out on the 8th May.