The weather holds back Sam

Sherwood CC 10 - 12/08/2006 - Long Bennington, Nr Grantham

The weather took a turn for the worse over the weekend of the 12th August as high winds and rain blew down the course on the day of the Sherwood CC 10. The Sherwood 10 was held on the normally fast A1 from Long Bennington to Gonerby Moor near Grantham but with a strong northerly wind blowing down the course, the slightly harder return leg was made even more difficult with some real snail pace riding from Gonerby back to Bennington.

Cherry Valleys sole rider in the event was Sam who was looking for a good day to put in a fast ride but the weather conditions beat him and Sam eventually finished with a time of 23.46. A disappointed Sam had never felt so awful after finishing a time trial with a nagging hip injury that was ‘hurting like hell’ on the way back from the turn.

The event was won by Julian Ramsbottom (Scunthorpe Poly) who could only manage a short 21 to underline how difficult the day was.