Mullier fights back!

Event 10 of the Fulfords Cycles Time Trial League took place in windy conditions on the sixteen mile rolling course of the A168 from Arkendale Lane end to Green Hammerton then Aldborough and a return up the A168. Yet again Ian Fairweather of Yorkshire Road Club showed that he is peerless in this class, finishing an amazing 3:08 ahead of Nova’s Duncan Mullier in second place in a time of 34:43 and closes in on a perfect points total in this best of nine series, having scored seven wins out of seven starts. Mullier’s form improved after a poor run of results to extend his lead in the not so clear cut veterans’ title, beating team-mate Simon Ketteringham by a mere three seconds and second placed veteran, Malcolm Yates, by eight seconds. In form and current vet champion, Simon Hudson, was left cursing his luck after puncturing in the last two miles, but still managed to ride on the rim to finish just thirty seconds behind Mullier, in fifth and thirty seconds ahead of Chris Mawer in sixth. The Ladies’ Championship is as clear cut as the overall title, with Joanne Ketteringham needing one more win for the perfect nine after taking another Ladies’ course record in a time of 42:45, 2:22 ahead of second placed Corinne Mitchell. Fourteen year old school boy Edwyn Oliver-Evans continues to impress by taking yet another School Boy record with a time of 40:17. Full league results on nova.mullier.me. The previous week Edwyn Oliver-Evans took his talents to the Yorkshire heats of the National School Boys’ Championships on a ten mile circuit on the old A1 at Ferrbybridge. Oliver finished second in a time of 24:23, twenty five seconds behind winner Jake Womersley, earning a place in the final in September.