Adam Skeet (Northern) won last week’s club 10 mile time trial with a very impressive 21:13, taking nearly a minute out of Keith Philips (North Down) and John Rafferty (Ards CC).
We’ve not been able to confirm rumours that Adam was on the outskirts of Donaghadee before he’d slowed down enough to get turned, following a tailwind assisted finished sprint.
Here’s the full result –
| Name | Club | Time | H’cap | HC pts | McF pts | |
| 1 | Adam Skeet | Northern | 21:13 | |||
| 2 | Keith Philips | North Down | 22:05 | |||
| 3 | John Rafferty | Ards CC | 22:11 | +31 | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | Robin Millar | Ards CC | 23:43 | -96 | 7 | |
| 5 | Niall Brown | Ards CC | 24:17 | -61 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | James Lemon | Ards CC | 24:36 | +16 | 7 | 3 |
| 7 | Andrew Jess | Ards CC | 24:52 | -46 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Barry Greer | Kinning | 25:09 | |||
| 9 | Mark Hodgins | North Down | 25:43 | |||
| 10 | Alan Rodgers | Ards CC | 25:50 | -9 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | William Orr | Ards CC | 26:17 | -1 | 5 | |
| 12 | Gillian Orr | North Down | 26:35 | |||
| 13 | Brian Wylie | Castlereagh | 26:39 | |||
| 14 | Colin Wilson | Ards CC | 26:41 | -90 |
Neither of the top two in the 10 mile handicap cup took part, so Peter McErlane wins this trophy. The final standings in the 10 mile handicap cup are as follows.
| Name | 17/4 | 15/5 | 24/7 | Total | |
| 1 | Peter McErlane | 10 | 10 | 20 | |
| 2 | Barry Mitchell | 7 | 10 | 17 | |
| 3 | Alan Rodgers | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | John Rafferty | 10 | 10 | ||
| 5 | Andrew Jess | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | James Lemon | 7 | 7 | ||
| 7= | Niall Brown | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 7= | William Orr | 5 | 5 | ||
| 9 | Robin Millar | 1 | 1 | 2 |
10 mile time trials also count towards the McFarlane Trophy, calculated across all club 10 and 25 mile time trials on a scratch basis. John Rafferty has a small lead with only the Champion of Champions 25 remaining on 12th August.
| Name | 17/4 | 15/5 | 22/5 | 24/7 | 12/8 | Total | |
| 1 | John Rafferty | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | ||
| 2 | Robin Millar | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 26 | |
| 3 | Barry Mitchell | 3 | 10 | 7 | 20 | ||
| 4 | Niall Brown | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | |
| 5 | James Lemon | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | ||
| 6 | Andrew Jess | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 7 | Alan Rodgers | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 8= | Peter McErlane | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 8= | Roman Sarvas | 1 | 1 |
Thanks as always to the time keepers and marshals.
And here’s the reason for the story title (and not whatever else you were thinking….)