The club’s Roller Racing Championship took place on Saturday Feb 27 at Stanningfield Village Hall. Perhaps the change of venue from the normal Horringer Hall caused the much lower than normal support that the event suffered, with only eight riders willing to suffer/enjoy the action. This took the form of fixed wheel bikes on rollers, all geared the same, and attached by the use of front fork yokes.

All riders recorded a qualifying time at the 500 metre distance and thereafter facing knock-out rounds, two riders at a time. Young Ed Ballam set a scorching time, but not quite quick enough to beat ace-spinner Mark Eastwood.

The heats saw Adrian Grimwood not quite able to catch fast-starting David Young, and Steve Newman triumphing over John Steed. Mark Eastwood got the better of ace veteran Ron Back, testing his not-so veteran new hip at 120 rpm ! Trish Dennison was awarded a bye over Ed Ballam, who felt he was in dire danger of seeing his recently devoured KFC again!

Mark Eastwood and Steve Newman won their semi-finals and met in the main final. This was very exciting, but crafty Steve reserved his biggest effort for this event and recorded the fastest time of the night to win the trophy.

Well done to all those that took part, and those that organised the event and provided refreshments and raffle prizes ~ just a pity there were not more members on hand to enjoy the evening.