Medium Gear League 2008
As in previous years the league will be free of charge to the riders and promoting clubs, all you need to do is enter the events and I will do the rest.
The rules.
Points will be awarded in each event according to your finishing position, 120 for 1st, 119 for 2nd and so on down the field. You can ride as many events as you like but your 4 best rides will count towards the overall league so the more you ride the better your chances.
The maximum gear allowed is 72", if you ride gears you must have them adjusted so a higher gear cannot be selected, gears will be checked at each event. A 72" gear was traditionally achieved using 48x18, however with modern smaller wheels and tyres a 49x18 is ideal and in some cases (19mm tyres) you can use a 52x19. The only way to be sure of your gear is to measure the distance travelled for one complete pedal revolution, this should be 18ft 10 1/4 inches. Remember if you are using a track bike with a single front brake you must have a lock ring securely fitted to the fixed sprocket.
Here is the list of 2008 events.
Event 1, Yorkshire CF 10, Sunday February 24th, 9.30am course V310
Position | Riders name and club |
Actual time | Points |
1st | J Hobson (Team Chevin Cycles) |
24-39 | 120 |
2nd | M Haigh (Leeds Westfield CC) |
25-10 | 119 |
3rd | A Stuart (VC st Raphael) |
25-12 | 118 |
4th | D Crompston (Bridlington CC) Vet |
25-51 | 117 |
5th | M Hooper (Bob Jackson RT) |
26-01 | 116 |
6th | D Amess (Pennine CC) Vet |
26-12 | 115 |
7th | J Cullen (Otley CC) Vet |
26-28 | 114 |
8th | R Lambert (Cottingham Coureurs) | 26-29 |
113 |
9th | P Smith (Team Swift) Vet | 28-20 |
112 |
10th | R Porter (ABC Centreville) Vet | 28-25 |
111 |
11th | L Barry (Sportcity Velo) Juv | 32-14 |
110 |
12th | C Barry (Sportcity Velo) Lady Vet | 33-41 |
109 |
Event 2, Manchester & District TTA 10, Saturday March 1st, 2pm course J2/3
Position | Riders name and club |
Actual time | Points |
1st | G Coghlan (Janus RC) |
24-27 | 120 |
2nd | A Stuart (VC st Raphael) |
25-11 | 119 |
3rd | S Roberts (Holme Valley Wh) |
25-31 | 118 |
4th | R Pollen (Ashley TC) |
26-17 | 117 |
5th | D Thompson (West Pennine CC) |
27-44 | 116 |
6th | R Porter (ABC Centreville) |
28-29 | 115 |
7th | R Haigh (Holme Valley Wh) |
31-23 | 114 |
8th | J Poole (Ashley TC) |
31-35 | 113 |
9th | M Lewis (Whitham Wh) |
33-04 | 112 |
10th | G Southworth (Ashley TC) |
35-48 | 111 |
Event 3, Altrincham Ravens CC 25, Saturday March 22nd, 2pm course J2/9
Position | Riders name and club | Actual time |
Points |
1st | A Moore (Mammoth Lifestyle RT) | 1.1.32 |
120 |
2nd | G Coghlan (Janus RC) | 1.4.42 |
119 |
3rd | N Wood (Wills WheelsCC) | 1.8.23 |
118 |
4th | D Thompson (West Pennine RC) | 1.9.35 |
117 |
5th | K Austin (Congleton CC) | 1.10.30 |
116 |
Event 4, Diss & District CC 25, Sunday March 23rd, 9am course B25/17
Position | Riders name and club |
Actual time | Points |
1st | A Leggett (Stowmarket and District CC) | 1.7.47 |
120 |
2nd | J Hobson (Team Chevin Cycles) | 1.9.22 |
119 |
3rd | C Nudds (CC Breckland) | 1.12.39 |
118 |
4th | D Jewson (Kings Lynn CC) | 1.25.49 |
117 |
Event 5, A5 Rangers CC 10, Sunday March 23rd, 9am course NC17/10
Positon | Riders name and club |
Actual time | Points |
1st | A Stuart (VC St Raphael) |
29.09 | 120 |
Event 6, Ravensthorpe CC 10, Saturday April 12th, 1pm course V910. Not in handbook.
Position | Riders name and club |
Actual time | Points |
1st | S Roberts (Holme Valley Wh) |
25.34 | 120 |
2nd | B Porter (ABC Centreville) |
28.12 | 119 |
3rd | R Haigh (Holme Valley Wh) |
31.19 | 118 |
Event 7, Lea Valley CC 25, Sunday April 13th, 8am course E1/25B
Position | Riders name and club | Actual time |
Points |
1st | G Taylor (API-Metrow) | 1.0.35 |
120 |
2nd | M Steers (Hainault RC) | 1.5 48 |
119 |
3rd | P Godfrey (Hainault RC) | 1.6.30 |
118 |
4th | B Davies (Icknield RC) | 1.10.19 |
117 |
5th | S Williams (Essex Roads CC) | 1.12.07 |
116 |
6th | C Tomkins (Hainault RC) | 1.15.01 |
115 |
7th | R Johnson (Brighton Mitre CC) | 1.17.22 |
114 |
8th | W Gilham (Lea Valley CC) | 1.27.10 |
113 |
9th | M Gowers (Chelmer CC) | 1.27.25 |
112 |
Event 8, Bedfordshire Road CC 25, Sunday April 13th, 7am course F1B/25
Position | Riders name and club |
Actual time | Points |
1st | A Stuart (VC St Raphael) |
1.4.43 | 120 |
Equal 2nd | P Lisher (Team Welwyn) |
1.5.29 | 119 |
Equal 2nd | S Goodbier (Evesham & Dist Wh) | 1.5.29 |
119 |
4th | M Steer (Finsbury Park CC) | 1.5.40 |
116 |
5th | R Moule (Bossard Wh) | 1.6.41 |
115 |
6th | I Turner (Finsbury Park CC) | 1.8.16 |
114 |
7th | T Cooke (St Ives CC) | 1.14.50 |
113 |
8th | T Benson (Redbridge CC) | 1.16.10 |
112 |
9th | A Perkins (Hitchin Nomads) | 1.16.31 |
111 |
Event 9, St Ives CC 10, Saturday April 26th, 2pm course N1/10
Position | Riders name and club |
Actual time | Points |
1st | A Stuart (VC St Raphael) |
25.23 | 120 |
2nd | M Steer (Finsbury Park CC) |
26.27 | 119 |
3rd | N Burns (St Ives CC) |
27.41 | 118 |
4th | T Cooke (St Ives CC) |
28.33 | 117 |
5th | P Frost (Fenland Clarion) |
28.45 | 116 |
6th | A Baird (Peterborough CC) |
28.53 | 115 |
7th | T Page (Rockingham Forest) |
29.21 | 114 |
8th | G Bickle (Rockingham Forest) |
29.24 | 113 |
Event 10, Vegetarian C&AC 10, Wednesday May 21st, 7pm course V318
Position | Riders name and club | Actual time |
Points |
1st | S Roberts (Yorkshire Velo) | 25.08 |
120 |
2nd | D Amess (Pennine CC) | 25.38 |
119 |
3rd | R Pollen (Ashley TC) | 25.41 |
118 |
4th | L Koch (Withington Wh) | 27.20 |
117 |
5th | R Porter (ABC Centreville) | 27.28 |
116 |
6th | R Haigh (Holme Valley W) | 30.05 |
115 |
7th | J Poole (Ashley TC) | 31.26 |
114 |
8th | G Southworth (Ashley TC) | 34.09 |
113 |
Event 11, Brighton Mitre CC 10, Monday May 26th, 6am course G10/97
Position | Riders name and club |
Actual time | Points |
1st | S Frame (Eastbourne Rovers CC) |
24.26 | 120 |
2nd | R Johnson (Brighton Mitre CC) |
29.12 | 119 |
Event 12, Matlock CC 10, June 11th, 6.30pm course A10/16
Position | Riders name and club | Actual time |
Points |
1st | J Hobson (Team Chevin Cycles) | 23.58 |
120 |
2nd | G Cooke (Chesterfield Coureurs) | 25.12 |
119 |
3rd | R Birkin (Ashfield RC) | 25.36 |
118 |
4th | R Pollen (Ashley TC) | 25.40 |
117 |
5th | D Thompson (West Pennine RC) | 26.05 |
116 |
6th | J Poole (Ashley TC) | 30.56 |
115 |
7th | G Southworth (Ashley TC) | 33.09 |
114 |
Event 13, Yorkshire CF 15, Sunday June 22nd, 10am course V225
Position | Riders name and club |
Actual time | Points |
1st | D Amess (Pennine CC) |
39.15 | 120 |
2nd | I Lindsay (Sowerby Bros CRT) |
42.54 | 119 |
3rd | P Smith (Team Swift) |
43.58 | 118 |
4th | H Firth (Sowerby Bros CRT) |
45.54 | 117 |
Event 14, Matlock CC 25, Sunday June 29th, 8am course A25/12
Position | Riders name and club | Actual time |
Points |
1st | J Hobson (Team Chevin Cycles) | 1.2.28 |
120 |
Event 15, Airedale Olympic CC 10, Wednesday July 2nd, 7pm course V212
Position | Riders name and club |
Actual time | Points |
1st | J Hobson (Team Chevin Cycles) |
23.59 | 120 |
2nd | D Amess (Pennine CC) |
24.33 | 119 |
3rd | J Poole (Ashley TC) |
31.02 | 118 |
4th | G Southworth (Ashley TC) |
33.03 | 117 |
Here is the full league table.
Riders name and club |
Event 1 | Event
2 | Event 3 |
Event 4 | Event
5 | Event 6 |
Event 7 | Event
8 | Event 9 |
Event 10 | Event
11 | Event 12 |
Event 13 | Event
14 | Event 15 |
Total |
J Hobson (Team Chevin cucles | 120 |
- | - |
119 | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
120 |
- | 120 |
120 |
480 |
A|Stuart (VC st Raphael) | 118 |
119 |
- | - |
120 |
- | - |
120 |
120 |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
479 |
D Amess (Pennine CC) | 115 |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
119 | - |
- | 120 |
- | 119 |
473 |
R Porter (ABC Centreville) | 111 |
115 | - |
- | - |
119 | - |
- | - |
116 | - |
- | - |
- | - |
461 |
J Poole (Ashley TC) | - |
113 | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
114 | - |
115 | - |
- | 118 |
460 |
G Southworth (Ashley TC) | - |
111 | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
113 | - |
114 | - |
- | 117 |
455 |
S Roberts (Holme Valley Wh) | - |
118 | - |
- | - |
120 | - |
- | - |
120 | - |
- | - |
- | - |
358 |
M Steer (Finsbury Park CC) | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
116 | 119 |
120 | - |
- | - |
- | - |
355 |
R Pollen (Ashley TC) | - |
117 | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
118 | - |
117 | - |
- | - |
352 |
D Thompson (West Pennine CC) | - |
116 | 117 |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
116 | - |
- | - |
349 |
R Haigh (Holme Valley Wh) | - |
114 | - |
- | - |
118 | - |
- | - |
115 | - |
- | - |
- | - |
347 |
G Coghlan (Janus RC) | - |
120 | 119 |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
239 |
R Johnson (Brighton Mitre CC) | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 114 |
- | - |
- | 119 |
- | - |
- | - |
233 |
P Smith (Team Swift) | 112 |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 118- |
- | - |
230 |
T Cooke (St Ives CC) | - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
113 |
117 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
230 |
A Leggett (Stowmarket and District CC) | - |
- | - |
120 | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
120 |
A Moore (Mammoth Lifestyle RT) | - |
- | 120 |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
120 |
S Frame (Eastbourne Rovers CC) |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
120 | - |
- | - |
- | 120 |
G Taylor (API Metrow) |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
120 | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 120 |
M Steers ( Hainault RC) |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
119 | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 119 |
N Wood (Wills Wheels CC) |
- | - |
119 | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 119 |
G Cooke (Chesterfield Coureurs) |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 119 |
- | - |
- | 119 |
M Haigh (Leeds Westfield CC) |
119 | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 119 |
I Lindsay (Sowerby Bros CRT) |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
119 | - |
- | 119 |
P Lisher (Team Welwyn) |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 119 |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 119 |
S Goodbier (Evesham & Dist Wh) |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 119 |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 119 |
N Burns (St Ives CC) |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
118 | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 118 |
K Austin (Congleton CC) |
- | - |
118 | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 118 |
P Godfrey (Hainault RC) |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
118 | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 118 |
R Birkin (Ashfield RC) |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 118 |
- | - |
- | 118 |
C Nudds (CC Breckland) |
- | - |
- | 118 |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 118 |
D Jewson (Kings Lynn CC) |
- | - |
- | 117 |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 117 |
D Crompston (Bridlington CC) |
117 | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 117 |
H Firth (Sowerby Bros CRT) |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
117 | - |
- | 117 |
B Davies (IcnieldRC) |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
117 | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 117 |
L Koch (Withington WH) |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 117 |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 117 |
S Williams (Esses Roads CC) |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
116 | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 116 |
M Hooper (Bob Jackson RT) |
116 | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 116 |
P Frost (Fenland Clarion) |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
116 | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 116 |
C Tomkins (Hainault RC) |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
115 | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 115 |
R Moule (Bossard Wh) |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 115 |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 115 |
A Baird (Peterborough CC) |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
115 | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 115 |
J Cullen (Otley CC) |
114 | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 114 |
T Page (Rockingham Forest) |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
114 | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 114 |
I Turner (Finsbury Park CC) |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 114 |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 114 |
W Gilham (Lea Valley CC) |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
113 | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 113 |
R Lambert (Cottingham Coureurs) |
113 | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 113 |
G Bickle (Rockingham Forest) |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
113 | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 113 |
M Lewis (Witham Wh) |
- | 112 |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 112 |
T Benson (Redbridge CC) |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 112 |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 112 |
M Gowers (Chelmer CC) |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
112 | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 112 |
A Perkins (Hitchin Nomads) |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 111 |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 111 |
L Barry (Sportcity Velo) |
110 | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 110 |
C Barry (Sportcity Velo) |
109 | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | - |
- | 109 |