Keith Murray of the Ferryhill Wheelers headlines entry for this North East event on Sunday 25th March
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Headquarters: Staindrop Comprehensive School, DL2 3JU
Course Details – T244
Start on the B6279, 3 yards before ‘Staindrop’ sign and proceed towards Darlington, taking care at Spinford Bridge through the blind corners, to turn left onto the unclassified road signposted ‘Hilton 1 ml, Wakerfield 2ml’ before Ingleton village (2.3 miles). Continue uphill, past Hilton and Wakerfield turn left onto A688 opposite The Sun Inn (4.15 miles).
Go down Keverstone Bank and past Raby Castle into Staindrop. Turn left at Staindrop School onto the unclassified road signposted ‘South Cleatlam 1.5ml, Newsham 2ml, Whorlton 4ml’ (7.15 miles). Go through South Cleatlam and Little Newsham to bear right as the road forks at the top of the bank towards Whorlton. At Whorlton Crossroads (9.35 miles) turn left with extreme care onto the A67.
Proceed past Winston, through Gainford, and at Piercebridge bear left onto the sliproad B6275 for ‘Royal Oak’ (17.35 miles). Give way and turn left onto the B6275 to proceed north to Denton/Summerhouses crossroads, where turn left onto the B6279 towards Staindrop (19.35 miles).
Head back towards Staindrop in a westerley direction, past Summerhouses, through Ingleton, and past the first turn (22.1 miles), to finish 3 yards beyond the grate opposite the ‘Staindrop’ village sign (ie opposite the start line) (24.4 miles).
STARTSHEET
1 09:01
2 09:02
3 09:03
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24 09:24
25 09:25
26 09:26
27 09:27
28 Chris Scaife Teesdale CRC 09:28
29 John Main Cleveland Wheelers 09:29
30 Ben Lane GS Metro 09:30
31 Steve Gibson Peak RC 09:31
32 Andy Moss Adept Presicion RT – NE Healthcare Solutions 09:32
33 Dougan Collins Ferryhill Wheelers 09:33
34 Mike Drake Darlington CC 09:34
35 Simon Coates Cleveland Wheelers 09:35
36 David Lund Godleys Cycles 09:36
37 Andrew Watson Ferryhill Wheelers 09:37
38 Rick Mitford Cestria CC 09:38
39 Mike Cole Cleveland Wheelers 09:39
40 Paul Thirling Westbrookcycles 09:40
41 Dave Robinson Tyne Vags 09:41
42 Colin Lowe Stockton Wheelers 09:42
43 Sven Wardle Richmond CC 09:43
44 Ian Bryan Banesbury CC 09:44
45 Steve Fullerton Darlington CC 09:45
46 Steven Davison Ferryhill Wheelers 09:46
47 Blaine Metcalf Team Swift – Allsports 09:47
48 Glen Turnbull Boneshakers.com 09:48
49 Deborah Hales Cestria CC 09:49
50 John Tuckett Blumilk.com 09:50
51 Martin Gibson Adept Presicion RT – NE Healthcare Solutions 09:51
52 Paul Tyler Cestria CC 09:52
53 Joe Brown Teesdale CRC 09:53
54 Paul Scaplehorn Club Redmon Cycling Club 09:54
55 Ian Knights VC Briganti – Cycleways RT 09:55
56 Howard Heighton Ferryhill Wheelers 09:56
57 Patrick Hamilton Derwentside CC 09:57
58 Dawn Sherrin GS Metro 09:58
59 Andrew Miles Durham University – AURA Cycles 09:59
60 Keith Murray Ferryhill Wheelers 10:00










































