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Inter Club Shield event - 7 out of 15 events
Posted: 22/06/23
The Howgills event this Sunday will mark the halfway point on the Shield League, shortly followed by Brecon one week later. SLOW seems to have a big lead, but it has had 2 home events - Lakes and Black Mountains will have their 2nd event on the next 2 weekends and we will have a good snapshot of the true positions at the top. It does seem that the Away Points table is a good predictor, so great opportunities to steal points and warm-up for Nationals. Good reasons to travel to the Lakes or Wales!
The Great Dalby event revisited an area already explored by the infamous 2019 Gaddesby Muddy Mess (including fully frozen puddles back then). The riders wouldn't have been able to recognize the tracks though in such dry conditions, mixing very fast rolling gravel and some really hard bumpy fields (as Ian Daniels found the hard way). The forecasted rain decided to only show up during control collection (sorry for the organizers) - some rain would have actually been useful to cooldown the competitors. Killian Lomas managed the best route on a big map (more hilly than usual for the area), with SLOW and Lakes locking out the podium - Warren Mason repeating a great ride after managing some points in Quenington. Midlands got a strong result with 12 riders in the top 15, and might have done even better if some of the fields weren't so aggressive on gravel bikes.
POS Rider Club Event Net Points
#1 Killian Lomas Midlands MBO 503 15
#2 Nuno Cerqueira SLOW 480 14
#3 Warren Mason Lakes MBO 430 13
#4 Kevin Horsley Midlands MBO 419 12
#5 Robert Crowfoot Midlands MBO 395 11
#6 Michael Rackham (ebike) SLOW 391 8
#7 David White Midlands MBO 360 9
#8 Phil Botting Midlands MBO 359 8
#9 Bryan Elson Midlands MBO 350 7
Steven Davidson Midlands MBO 350 7
Dennis Jaques Midlands MBO 350 7
#12 Graeme Barker Midlands MBO 347 4
Ria Murray Midlands MBO 347 4
#14 Ian Daniels Midlands MBO 300 2
#15 Richard Gennis/Tracey Hinde Midlands MBO 290 1
LEAGUE TOTAL AWAY POINTS
POS Total
#1 SLOW 104
#2 Black Mountains 73
#3 Lakes MBO 48
#4 Midlands MBO 16
#5 NYMBO 15
#6 Scottish MBO 2
SHIELD OVERALL POINTS
POS Total
#1 SLOW 310
#2 Black Mountains 173
#3 Midlands MBO 138
#4 Lakes MBO 130
#5 NYMBO 77
#6 Scottish MBO 2