Father and son duo Frazer and Josh Wallis both had something to shout about at Spalding Cycling Club’s latest ten-mile time trial event.
Leading Spalding talent Josh was back at the top of the leaderboard at round ten of the series, but it was dad Frazer who walked away with a trophy on the night.
That’s because the event incorporated the Fisherman’s Arms Trophy, which offers riders who aren’t always at the top end of the timesheet the chance to enjoy some success.
The principle behind it is that everyone who takes part will have had a previous best time for the current season.
The winner of this trophy is the person who beats their personal best (PB) time by the biggest margin on the night.
So, while normal service was resumed with Josh Wallis taking top spot in 23.11mins ahead of the winner of the previous two Keiran Buffham (23.27mins), his winning time was 2.06mins slower than his season’s PB – which put him in last place in the Fisherman’s Trophy.
Father Frazer Wallis, who only took fourth spot in the league time trial in a time of 24.12mins, which was 23 seconds faster than his PB, took the trophy.
Several riders including second placed Brian Johnson, were held up for over half of the leg down North Drove by a large combine harvester, which badly hit their times.
- Last Sunday saw Spalding CC’s Tom Wright in action at a junior road race in the town of Bekegem (Belgium).
He finished in a respectable 26th place after spending the first half of the race in the bunch, before finishing aggressively despite getting caught in a bad position on the final lap.
- A small group of Spalding’s social cyclists rode a 50-mile loop to Corby Glen last Thursday. The leg out was quite tough with a strong head wind gusting in the mid 20mphs. However, all the hard work out there earned a speedy win assisted return.
