We will the blame the midges; they were biting everyone on Wednesday night down on the A3 at the start line. The Timekeeper (Trevor Beauchamp) & his crew couldn't get away from them. The riders at least had a good chance of getting away from the midges and hence the reason for so many pb's on the night, avoiding the biting from those dastardly biting insects.
Commiserations to number 70 Chris Boddy (Didcot Phoenix CC), posting an 18:24 & setting a new course record set last year by Gary Chambers, Boddy lowered it by 20 seconds. Then Chris Bartley (AS Test Team) off three minutes behind the Didcot Phoenix rolled over the finish line two seconds quicker winning the event in 18:22, and taking the "freshly" set course record.
Looking at the South DC riders mention should be made of 3rd place Junior rider Tom Temple (Primera-Teamjobs) with a 19:14, 5th place James Mapley (Blazing Saddles) 19:21, 7th place & first time on the course James Brickell (Fareham Wheelers) 19:44. That is one Junior and two under 23's, are we seeing "a change in the order" with the youngsters pushing the "old guard' to one side?