by Tim Costello

PTTL special

The latest points position for the Portsdown Time Trial League has been published which shows we are, narrowly, top team with three events to go.
We are four points ahead of Fareham Wheelers and eight ahead of Portsmouth North End.

Individual scores

In the individual rankings our best placed rider is Shaun Smart in 6th place with Mike Marchant right behind him in 7th. Special mention should be made of Alistair Mallet who is our third rider in 17th place. Alistair has ridden all but one of the events so far this year and he has improved tremendously as a rider. Alistair is an exemplar of what can be achieved through dogged perserverence.

Alistair Mallett displaying dogged perserverence


All the current positions:
6th Shaun Smart
7th Mike Marchant
17th Alistair Mallet
24th Dave Pothecary
25th Fraser Nurse
37th Paul O’Donovan
38th Dave Bridle
42nd Stephen Hasler
51st Rob Fields
56th Toby Neave
60th Mike Miles
64th Pete McGuiness
70th Richard Bevan
71st Angus Peel
72nd Daryl Rice
76th Andy Matthews
86th Alex Rice
88th Fay Cripps
109th Dave Lack

Thanks Mike


Mike Marchant is entirely responsible for us being in the PTTL. Mike lobbied the committee and despite some opposition persuaded them that we would be a positive addition. I think this is true. We have not dominated the event, but we have added to the number of participants and Mike promoted our own event.

Southdown Velo PTTL event

One of the conditions of joining the PTTL was that we promote our own event. As mentioned above, Mike Marchant took on the task of this promotion using a brand new course centred around Goodwood. A very successful morning blessed with glorious weather. Full results here.

Next events

The remaining events are on:
9 August, 07:30, 35Km on the P822
13 September, 08:00, 15 miles on the P851
27 September, 08:00, 10 miles on the P829/10A