Standings, and individual results in the Cheshire County Road Race Grand Prix have just been published on the Cheshire AA site. We also received a commentary from the organiser.
Wilmslow have won the Men’s event, as our points total (best of 6) could not be bettered by the next team (Vale Royal) even if they got top points in the final race (Chester Zoo 10k) and we didn’t score any.
The Women’s event is still open, despite a very strong performance at Macc last Sunday when Sally, Jane, Kate and Katy scored 181 points. In this competition the top 4 finishers count, the first scoring 50, next 49 and so on to give the race total. At the end of the series of 8 races the best 6 race totals count. 181 is a very high score (second highest in the contest) and gives us a ‘best of 6’ score of 1016, versus Vale Royal’s 935. But no cause for complacency, because one of Vale Royal’s ‘best of 6’ was a score of 93 points in the Wilmslow Half, when they only had 2 runners. So Vale Royal need to achieve 175 in the Chester Zoo 10k to beat us. On the other hand we can improve our current ‘worst’ score of 156, and so raise the bar for Vale Royal. It all hangs on Chester – Watch this space (and keep your calculator handy!).
Thanks to Tom for passing on a note from the organiser of the event:-
“All,
Attached are the results of yesterday’s race.
Wilmslow men consolidated their Championship, with another dominant victory, and their women took a giant step towards the title, with their nearest rivals, Vale Royal, failing to show. However, with 2 scores to drop, Vale Royal do still have a mathematical chance of catching them in the last race at Chester Zoo, but they need to exceed their highest score of the year, with Wilmslow failing to score highly. On the other hand, another big score from yesterday’s winners, Macclesfield, could see Vale Royal slip to 3rd.
Any errors, suggestions etc, let me know.
Adrian Thiemicke
Cheshire RR GP co-ordinator”