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“Although last year’s Mini-Fest was regrettably cancelled due to a lack of entrants for the Fenland Flyer Gravel, we were delighted that we could resume our very popular yearly cycling event. It was wonderful that the Grass-Track racing made a welcome return to the line-up, around which the other events were based.” explained Mark Burchett, chairman of the organisers, Mildenhall Cycling Club.

The full day of cycling began in the morning with the riders setting off against the clock at one-minute intervals in the Fenland Flyer Gravel Time-Trial.

After the previous day’s rain, the 20km course of almost entirely off-road consisting of farm tracks, droves, by-ways and a small section of minor road, was challenging! But that didn’t stop Ian Day (ROTOR Race Team) pictured top-left,  nudging the winner of the previous two stagings of this event, Mark Powell (Stowmarket & District CC) into second by just 10 seconds!

The 55-year-old Day from Kettering powered round to stop the clock in 38 minutes and 39seconds and they were the only two riders inside 40 minutes. Velouse Flyers Tom Middleton was the next quickest rider over the grass-track finishing line in a time of 40minutes 31seconds, just nine seconds ahead James Cobb (Performance Cycles).

From the host club Garth Collier finished in 21st with a time of 46minutes 11seconds and his fiancé Darcy Fairchild finished in 28^th place in a time of 1hour 4minutes 18seconds – she was the third-placed lady. However, these times reflect that Collier had already ridden the course earlier that morning, to check that all the signs on the course that they had both put out the previous day, were still there.   Read more