A VERY warm evening graced the opening event of the Alton CC/Owens Cycles’ summer series of 10-mile time trials on the A31 H10/8 course last week.

Visiting riders took all three top spots. Nic Stagg of Hounslow & District CC and Peter Younghusband of Petersfield Tri shared first place with identical times of 21mins 39secs. Jonny Newell (Twickenham CC) was third fastest with 22-28.

Five Alton members took part. Newcomer James Allen, who had only joined Alton CC the day before, showed his potential by taking fourth place with a time of 23-15.

He was riding a conventional road bike rather than the specialist TT bike used by many riders.

Iain Cotton was not far behind with 23-34 and Hamish Kuperus, Ian Austin and Gary Hodgson completed the Alton group with 25-15, 26-21 and 29-15 respectively.

Alan Jacob, Eddie Stevens, Peter Remnant and Jim Woods performed the essential tasks of holding the stopwatches, pushing off and recording times at the finish.