Quite a pleasant evening saw 26 riders turn up at Temple. So far 60 people have taken part in the 2010 TT series. The thing about handicap races is there are quite a few time calculations that have to happen. The first is the random assignment of the actual handicap time penalties. Those who placed highly this week have obviously learned the importance of passing the "brown envelope" to Desi. The other calculation is subtracting the start offset and handicap from the stop watch time. Should not be a problem for an ex-School Teacher! Anyway, an impressive 5 column paper sheet taped to a big board was eventually populated with numbers and it transpired that Bill Rafferty found himself top of the charts.
Lost (don't mention the TV show - there's 6 years you can't get back) soul of the week goes to Clifford Rodgers who took the wrong road, turning before the Ballygowan roundabout onto Middle Road. Critics of Rodgers suggested after that he may have been going for the (illegal) shortcut turn before the roundabout but turned left too early by 20 metres.
Results
1 Bill Rafferty 25.32
2 Phil Boyd 25.36
3 Ricky Cowan 25.41
4 Karl King 25.43
5 Gareth Martin 25.59
6 Davy Calvert 26.02
7 Enda Marron 26.04
8 Alison McConnell 26.1
9 Kieran McVeigh 26.15
10 Bernard Mulvihill 26.2
11 Stephen Smart 26.22
12 Thomas O'Hagen 26.28
13 Judith Lowry 26.3
14 Vaughan Purnell 26.47
15 Wes Kettyle 26.47
16 Tony McNulty 26.5
17 Niall McGee 26.51
18 Jim Cooke 26.53
19 Stephen McWilliams 27.02
20 Brian Loughridge 27.1
21 Kevin McCormick 27.42
22 John McManus 27.55
23 Penny Beyer 28.26
24 Jon Reilly 28.44
25 Willie Noteman 29.1
26 Peter Swan 29.23
DNF Clifford Rogers
Time keeping: Dave Lonnen, Desi and Heather
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