Dusk Til Dawn 2010 Review

2010 was the 3rd year in a row that TROG attended Thetford’s Dusk Til Dawn, 12hr overnight race.  2008 was a washout, 2009 was a dust-fest and 2010 once again saw the rain-gods conspiring against us.

There were many teams riding for TROG, with all the categories covered (solo, 2s, 3s, 4s, male and female).  As the rain took hold the track started to deteriorate; laps that took 1hr to begin with soon turned into 2hrs and over.

As the night drew on and the conditions worsened, different teams tackled the challenge ahead in their own ways.  Some decided that it wasn’t worth ruining their bikes and potentially themselves and called it a night, whereas others saw fewer competitors in their way and battled on until the end!

Congratulations to Dawn & Tina for getting on the podium and very well done to Carl & Dan and Jules & Mike for making the top 10.  A special mention goes out to Steve Manser who battled on all night in a solo effort to raise money for the James Paget Hospital in Lowestoft and West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds.

At the end of the night the TROG results were as follows;

Solo – Male
22nd Steve Manser
27th Simon Gooch
57th Andy Ward
94th Mark Lambert
103th James Shillaw
107th Leslie Heather

Pairs – Female
3rd Dawn Pretty & Tina Potter

Pairs – Male
4th Carl Smith & Dan Howe
7th Jules Bosley & Mike Moore
21st David Anderson & Simon Rudland
38th Adrian Healey & Mark Hodge
44th Mark Algar & Mike Robinson
53rd Chris Lupton & Ian France
63rd Danny Ellis & Ian Aldis

Threes – Female
5th Jodie Cole, Karen Aldis & Lizzy Stevens

Fours – Male
36th Billy Baxter, Ian Wilson, Pat Kearney & Paul Wood