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De Laune CC Fred Peachey Memorial - Open 25.

The Club Open 25 was held on Sunday 21 st May on a warm, bright and fairly
wind free day. Unfortunately the entry of just 35 did not match those
received in earlier years but we made the best of what we had.
It was good to see 3 club entries of Richard Preece, Steve Carter Smith and
Adrian Bond. For Adrian it was his first ever 25 so he was well pleased with
his 1.6.20 ride, good enough to earn him the Club 25 Championship Trophy
for 2017. Runner up was Steve Carter Smith with 1.8.48. One thing you
can say of Steve he is consistent, he did 1.8.22 in the same event last year
!!! Richard apologised for not riding, finding his work commitments proving
too much at this point in time to get enough training and sleep in. (

It was rather fortunate that the event was well supported by the Thanet
Road Club (Malc's other club). They fielded 7 riders and romped home with
most of the prizes finishing 1 st, 2 nd , 4 th, 5 th, 6 th , 18 th and 26 th.

The fastest on the day was Chris Fennell with 52.25, second was his brother
Nic Fennell 55.11, and third was John Osborn from the Hythe CC with 57.15.
Obviously Chris will be the custodian of the Fred Peachey trophy once we get
the engraving completed.

Fastest lady was Bronwen Ewing, Rye & Dist Wheelers in 1.0.11 which gave her
a new course record originally set in 1994 of 1.2.13 by Carole Gandy.
Fastest Junior was Fabien Large in 1.3.25 who claimed the prize money and
the Johnson Trophy for one year.

Obviously the fastest team were Thanet RC of Chris and Nic Fennell backed
up by Simon Henderson with 57.32
Veterans on standard were Bronwen Ewing, Simon Henderson and John
Osborn.

I should add that Bronwen picked up a total of £45 in prize money but
insisted that I donate this to a charity of my choice that Dad would have
supported. Being a 'Battersea' family Dad always supported the work
undertaken by this charity so this was the destination of this money.

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