Fennell and Goodban power to VTTA event victories
Chris Fennell (Thanet RC) clocked an impressive 19.32 on his way to victory in the VTTA (Kent) 10-mile time trial near Reculver, while his team-mate Nicola Goodban was fastest female.
The 21-year-old took the win by more than one minute from his nearest rival, 55-year-old Kevin Tye (VeloRefined Aerosmiths), while Tye’s team-mate Andrew Meilak took third, the 51-year-old being another 14 seconds back.
Fastest female was 45-year-old Nicola Goodban (Thanet Road Club) who covered the distance in 24.37, giving her the win in that category by just five seconds from Charmaine Pullen (Adalta CC).
Starting to the east of Herne Bay, the course took riders east along the A229 to a turn at Monkton, before tracing back to a finish just short of the start point.
Fennell’s winning performance is the latest of many victories he has secured in open time trials so far this year. In fact he has only once been beaten, by Keith Murray in the West Kent RC 10 back in April.
Since then he has won the Thanet RC two-up 9.5-mile time trial and Kent CA 10 in April, while in May he was victorious in the De Laune CC 25 and Bigfoot CC 25, while he won the Kent CA 50 last month.
And for Goodban, this was her first open victory of the season, although her previous performances have seen her take third female alongside Rick Perkins in the Thanet RC two-up in April.
Oliver Robinson continued Thanet Road Club’s strong showing at the event when he clocked 20.56 to take fifth overall and finish as the pick of the junior riders.
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Results:
No. Name Club Time
1 Chris Fennell Thanet RC 19:32
2 Kevin Tye VeloRefined.com Aerosmiths 20:33
3 Andrew Meilak VeloRefined.com Aerosmiths 20:47
4 John Cockrill Abellio - SFA Racing Team 20:53
5 Oliver Robinson Thanet RC 20:56
6 Nicholas Fennell Thanet RC 20:57
7 Nick Dwyer Lewes Wanderers CC 21:06
8 Dan Martin University of Bath Cycling Club 21:09
9 Tom Rowing Abellio - SFA Racing Team 21:23
10 Matthew Stammers Abellio - SFA Racing Team 21:34
11 Mark Baker Abellio - SFA Racing Team 21:38
12 Simon Henderson Thanet RC 21:45
13 Tim Kingston GS Invicta - Eye Level Optical 21:52
14 Rodney Smith Wigmore CC 21:52
15 John Osborn Folkestone Velo Club 21:55
16 Christian Yates East Grinstead CC 22:02
17 Huck Garip Thanet RC 22:04
18 Mark Hill VeloRefined.com Aerosmiths 22:08
19 Gary Grayland CC Bexley 22:09
20 Mark Doxey Abellio - SFA Racing Team 22:11
21 Shaun Williams Abellio - SFA Racing Team 22:16
22 Richard Williams Bigfoot CC 22:26
23 Colin Newton PMR @ Toachim House 22:27
24 Paul Smith VeloRefined.com Aerosmiths 22:29
25 Simon Wix VTTA (South Wales) 22:29
26 Lee Buckman Ashford Whs 22:30
27 Adrian Lyons GS Invicta - Eye Level Optical 22:33
28 Martin Foord Abellio - SFA Racing Team 22:35
29 Scott Meeks Thanet RC 22:40
30 Karl Strugnell Kassei CC TeknoFuel 22:48
31 Andy Branson Ashford Whs 22:50
32 Matt Williams Abellio - SFA Racing Team 23:13
33 Dave Stocker Abellio - SFA Racing Team 23:17
34 Allan Ng San Fairy Ann CC 23:26
35 Nicholas Scott Thanet RC 23:28
36 Colin Robinson Thanet RC 23:32
37 Matthew Hall Thanet RC 23:41
38 Martin Russell Thanet RC 23:42
39 Chris Bax PMR @ Toachim House 23:49
40 Tony Day Bigfoot CC 23:49
41 Danny Frost Folkestone Velo Club 23:52
42 Anthony Attwood San Fairy Ann CC 24:00
43 Paul Kelk Thanet RC 24:18
44 Lance Childs Thanet RC 24:21
45 Nick Fretwell Brixton Cycles Club 24:23
46 Nicola Goodban Thanet RC 24:37
47 Mick Claydon Ashford Whs 24:39
48 Charmaine Pullen Adalta Cycling Club 24:42
49 Shay Giles VC Elan - Harry Perry Cycles 24:44
50 Jeremy Edwards Thanet RC 24:49
51 Mark Vowells CC Bexley 25:03
52 Neal Watson 7 Oaks Tri 25:04
53 Paul Kirkness Thanet RC 25:09
54 Brian Hood Thanet RC 25:10
55 Dean Painter MedwayTri 25:17
56 Thierry Huser Dulwich Paragon CC 25:46
57 Graham Strugnell Kassei CC TeknoFuel 25:53
58 Dave Mastin Thanet RC 25:58
59 Jeremy Saynor PMR @ Toachim House 26:22
60 Charlie Burgess Thanet RC 26:31
61 David Barnes Gravesend CC 26:33
62 Emma Juden San Fairy Ann CC 26:50
63 Chris Childs Thanet RC 27:43
64 Edward Piper-Brown Thanet RC 28:05
65 Paul Simon Griffiths Thanet RC 28:11
66 Malcolm Adams De Laune CC 28:26
67 Dave Holmes Thanet RC 29:07
68 Susan Shields Thanet RC 31:02
69 Jennifer Fearn Thanet RC 31:52
70 Freya Cook Thanet RC 32:52
David Danton Thanet RC TBA
Bronwen Ewing Rye & District Wheelers CC TBA
Martin Jones Gemini BC DNF
Mike Kirkness Thanet RC DNF
Dean Chapman Ashford Road CC DNS
Colin Record West Kent RC DNS
Karl Ford Medway Velo Club DNS
Simon Charles Thanet RC DNS
David Mackey Medway Velo Club DNS
David Smith VC de Londres DNS
Mark Gidney Southborough & Dist. Whs DNS
Theo Tadros In-Gear Quickvit Trainsharp RT DNS
Grant Cousins BowlPhish Racing DNS
Bill Hawkes Thanet RC DNS
Kelly Wyld 4 T+ Velo Club DNS
Mark Palmer Thanet RC DNS
Andrew Hill VC Deal DNS
Pete Elms VeloRefined.com Aerosmiths DNS
Shawn Manning Thanet RC DNS
Spencer Wood BowlPhish Racing DNS
Fabien Large Direct Power Cycling Team DNS
Peter Tadros In-Gear Quickvit Trainsharp RT DNS
Paul Burrows Thanet RC DNS