It was a close call at the top of the standings in Round 13 of the Decathlon Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport as the club's new Junior set another storming personal best and a fabulous field of 35 riders took their opportunity to race as the club season draws towards closure. Round 12's victor Tim Beardmore came up with the goods again as he took his third straight win in the Series thanks to a superb effort of 21 minutes 50 seconds. Beardmore coped best with a strong westerly wind that hampered progress on the hardest part of the course, the climb of Cotwall Bank. The Nova Raider pushed out Wrekinsport's Chris Halford by nine seconds, with these two riders beating the nearest challengers by over a minute.

 

Meanwhile Rich Smith continues to pile on the pressure at the top of the Decathlon Series standings and with just two rounds left opened up an eight point lead over Tomos Hales. Smith took third spot on the night with is 23:02 just pushing Henri Bedford out by a single second and Hales out by 21 seconds. Smith will look to put the Series beyond doubt in Round 14, but if he doesn't he will face an anxious wait in the final round to see if Hales can overhaul his advantage as he will be defending his titles at the World Transplant Games in Newcastle.

 

With Dave Moore choosing to ride his time trial bike after winning the Road Bike Series in Round 12 Bruce Gregory took the win in 28:19 to take the maximum six points on offer. Gregory beat the club's new Junior Jack Inglis by 38 seconds - not that Inglis was bothered after setting an excellent personal best of 28:57, knocking a huge 58 seconds off his Round 12 time which was also a PB.    

Decathlon Evening 10 Series by Wrekinsport: Top 10 after thirteen rounds

Pos'n	Name	Total Points
1	Rich Smith	58
2	Tomos Hales	50
3	Rob Jackson	41
4	Chris Halford	36
5	Allan Henderson	34
6	Dave Moore	16
7	Pete Mulloy	13
8	Oliver Rodwell	12
=9	Richard Howes	11
=9	Ron Perks	11

Road Bike Series after thirteen rounds

Pos'n	Name	Total Points
1	Dave Moore	42
2	Mio Kontic	23
3	Steve Smith	15
4	Andy Loveland	11
=5	Bethan Till	10
=5	Bruce Gregory	10
7	Jack Inglis	8
8	Rob Bainbridge	3