TWENTY-one riders took part in VC Sevale’s come-and-try-it time trial on a warm but breezy evening.

The event saw novices race against the clock on the fast 5.5-mile Hanley Swan course.

Overall women’s winner was Rachel Vann in a time of 15 minutes 16 seconds, while impressive rides by the second-placed Julie Overton and Sheena Law and Trish Cerrone in joint third saw the minor places separated by less than 30 seconds.

Junior girl Abigale Knight also produced a strong ride, stopping the clock at 23.32.

Ross McCormick led the novice men home in 14.12, closely followed by Richard Walsh (14.32) and Mick Cerrone (15.25).

The juniors’ race was also tight with Curtis Knight (14.05) coming in ahead of Worcester’s Brandon Drinkwater (14.54).

John Davies was third with a personal best of 20.12.

POSITIONS AND TIMES

1 N Preece 12.06, 2 J Millner 12.19, 3 R Clews 13.45, 4 M Collins 14.03, 5 C Knight 14.05, 6 R McCormick 14.12, 7 R Walsh 14.32, 8 D Manning 14.52, 9 B Drinkwater 14.54, 10 R Vann 15.16, 11 M Cerrone 15.25, 12 S Price 15.36, 13 P Corbett 15.46, 14 N Hall 16.01, 15 A Whalley 16.07, 16 J Overton 16.31, 17 S Law 16.58, 18 T Cerrone 16.58, 19 R Piff 17.23, 20 J Davies 20.12, 21 A Knight 23.32.