New record in Capenwray Spoco time trial

Maxwell Hereward overcame rain-soaked lanes to post a new course record in Kent Valley Road Club's Peter Knott Memorial NLTTA Spoco 15.

The 18-year-old 360 Cycling rider clocked 36 minutes 27 seconds to clip ten seconds off Ben Granger's previous best Capenwray circuit time set in 2022. Maxwell was over a minute faster than team mate and fellow 18-year-old John Bardsley and last year's runner-up Chris Booth (Giant-Kendal-Sidas.uk) who this time had to settle for third. Interestingly, all three rode road bikes.

Fastest female was 16-year-old ESV Manchester rider Ayesha Vose who rode 47 mins 42 secs.

Kent Valley’s contingent was Darren Howarth 11th in 44-23; Duncan Orme 19th in 47-58; Steven Vaughan 21st in 48-46 and Karl Mason 25th in 55-44.

A big thank-you to pusher-off Steve Gove, traffic counter Andrew Barlow, marshals Peter Rowe, Ben Lovell, Simon Horsley and Richard Belk plus timekeepers Tom Wall and Margaret Belk and registration chief Tim Bennett. All did a stirling job on a very soggy July evening. All proceeds after expenses going to charity the event raised £200 for North West Air Ambulance.

• Both time trials were charity events, with all proceeds after costs going to good causes. Edwin Howson Memorial 25 organiser Tom Wall nominated Kendal’s Stricklandgate House (which provides meeting facilities for charities and local clubs and groups) as his cause and £424 has now been transferred to the Stricklandgate House Trust to aid the upkeep of the building. Saturday's Midsummer 10 raised £800 for organiser Tim Bennett's chosen charity, CancerCare, and CancerCare's South Lakes repsresentative Lis Oliver-Harris is pictured with Tim (holding board) at another KVRC Charity time trial - the Peter Knott Memorial Spoco 15 at Capenwray. In the background are Spoco organiser Richard Belk, timekeeper Tom Wall, pusher-off Steve Gove with Spoco runner-up John Bardsley.
• Our Shap Hill Climb and Peter Knott Memorial Spoco 15 were also charity open time trial events. Together they have raised a total of £388 for organiser Richard Belk's chosen cause: North West Air Ambulance.