SSSCCRRL 2026 Round 2

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Race report

by Will Fotheringham

Another turn-out of more than 50 riders for round two, moving to the long-established Leighton circuit, seamlessly promoted by the Paramount CRT. A well worked win from the scratch group for Piers Mahn of DAS-Richardsons, again with riders from the lower groups in contention until the finale, and a successful operation in the overall standings for Kirk Vickers of Holohan Coaching.

Mahn, who has just completed the Ras Tailteann, had looked strong the previous week for his second place at Shipton, and rode a well-calculated race, keeping his effort back until the final drag to the finish through the village of Eaton Constantine to win by 5sec from a nine-rider chase group led in by junior leader George Bromley (Beeston).

An early split in the scratch group left Mahn, Vickers, Bromley, Tom Herbert of Bridgnorth and Isaak Herbert (no relation) of Schils to go through the earlier-starting groups, with the front of the race finally coming together at the foot of the climb with a couple of kilometres to go – another good piece of handicapping.

“I knew we needed to catch the front group before the climb,” said Mahn, “we got to them at the left turn at the crossroads before the village, there was a lot of cat and mouse, but luckily it stayed together, I followed Tom Herbert when he made his effort, kicked around him and then it was a couple of minutes effort to the line.”

Jenny Billington strengthened her grip on the women’s standings although she may face a challenge from new rider Hayley Wells (Aerologic) who made a strong debut, while Scott Palmer (Aerologic), Stacey Morgan (Ludlow) and Richard Bromley (unattached) respectively lead the vet 40, 50 and 60 standings. Aerologic lead the team standings from Stourbridge but this looks a very open battle.

Next week the action moves to Pattingham hosted by Bridgnorth CC, known as a round with a handy pub from which to observe the action!

Result

For the full league tables see https://sssccrrl.org.uk/event/sssccrrl-2026-round-2/#tables

Pos	No	Name	Club/Team	Cat	Time	Pts
1	65	Piers Mahn	DAS Richardsons	1st	1:10:54
2	23	George Bromley	BCC Race Team	2nd	+00:05	93
3	10	Thomas Herbert	Bridgnorth CC	2nd	+00:05	87
4	44	Kirk Vickers	Holohan Coaching Race Team	3rd	+00:05	82
5	30	Isaak Herbert	Schils – Doltcini Racing Team	2nd	+00:05	78
6	28	Tomos Hales	Aerologic RT	4th	+00:05	75
7	34	Nick Morris	Clee Cycles	3rd	+00:05	74
8	38	Scott Palmer	Aerologic RT		+00:05	73
9	50	Luke Brooks	Royal Airforce CA	3rd	+00:05	72
10	63	Euan White	Chase Racing Team	4th	+00:05
11	26	Dean Callister	Aerologic RT	3rd	+00:13	70
12	8	Ian Gilkes	Bridgnorth CC	2nd	+00:16	69
13	40	Mark Pritchard	Aerologic RT	4th	+00:18	68
14	67	Rob Nash	Bridgnorth CC		+00:18
15	4	George Coombes	Aerologic RT	3rd	+00:22	66
16	9	Phillip Glaze	Stourbridge CC	3rd	+00:41	65
17	31	Kaleb Herbert	Halesowen A & CC	2nd	+00:49	64
18	33	Stacey Morgan	Ludlow Brewery Race Team	3rd	+00:50	63
19	14	William Panter	Paramount CRT	3rd	+00:54	62
20	62	Jonathan Dickens	Bridgnorth CC		+00:58
21	6	Tim Cullinan	Bridgnorth CC	3rd	+01:00	60
22	16	Jack Ward	Sharrow Cycling Group	4th	+01:04	59
23	55	Hayley Wells	Aerologic RT		+01:10	58
24	17	Ben Wood	Wrekinsport	4th	+01:14	57
25	53	Simon Haycock	Aerologic RT	4th	+01:19	56
26	64	Dominic Horsfield	Nopinz RT	2nd	+01:38
27	45	Ben Walker	Mid Shropshire Wheelers	4th	+01:46	54
28	39	Kevin Payton	Stourbridge CC	3rd	+01:46	53
29	22	Matthew Bradley	Stourbridge CC	4th	+01:50	52
30	7	Bryan Davies	Holohan CC	3rd	+02:27	51
31	69	Chris Staples	Wrekinsport		+02:56
32	21	Genevieve Billington	Wolfox CAMS Le Col RT	3rd	+03:23	49
33	18	Ian Williams	Stourbridge CC	4th	+06:38	48
34	2	Chris Breeze	Black Country Racing Club		+07:07	47
35	42	James Saunders	Halesowen A & CC	3rd	+07:14	46
36	12	Rob Jones	Nova Raiders	4th	+09:48	45
37	13	Damian Lee	Stafford Road Club	4th	+10:41	44
38	19	Robert MacGregor	Paramount CRT	3rd	+10:56	43
39	29	Benjamin Hancock	Private Member	3rd	+10:56	42
40	58	Jodi Mackinnon	Mid Shropshire Wheelers		+12:33	41
41	57	Lorna Dangerfield	Stourbridge CC		+12:48	40
42	15	Neil Ruston	Dudley Cycle Club	3rd	+12:50	39
43	24	Richard Bromley	Private Member		+17:11	38
DNF	41	Luke Mannings	Halesowen A & CC	2nd		1
DNF	70	James Satoor	Bridgnorth CC
DNF	51	Tim Burn	Wrekinsport			1
DNF	61	Patrick Fotheringham	Schils – Doltcini Racing Team	2nd
DSQ	68	Josh Horsfield	Cycling Sheffield	Elite