STILL fighting it out for the top of the points table in the Cycling Club Breckland club event series, Chris Nudds collected 30 points when he recorded a time of 24 minutes 30 seconds in the 10-mile event held at Ketteringham.

STILL fighting it out for the top of the points table in the Cycling Club Breckland club event series, Chris Nudds collected 30 points when he recorded a time of 24 minutes 30 seconds in the 10-mile event held at Ketteringham.

Close behind was Bobby De'ath in 24:51 followed by Geoff Muller 25:05 for third place.

Just one junior, Adam Cross rode that evening finishing in 27:01 while other Breckland riders were Iain Dawson 26:15, John Perium 26:41, Rodney Hobbs 27:03, Mark Fairhead 29:24, Paul Cross 31:26, Lloyd Thompson 33:23 and Martin Badham 33:58.

Making up the 17-strong field were second-claim members Peter Harmon 31:23 and Dave Smith 32:09 together with E Dean (Norwich ABC) 25:27, O Milk 25:45 (Diss and DCC), P Lynch 27:39 (East Anglian CC) and J Ethridge 27:41 (North Norfolk Wheelers).

Still mourning the death of founder member Albert Saunders, the club has been further saddened by the untimely death of the popular Aubrey De'ath.

Known to many in the cycling world as a “pusher off” or “propulsion executive,” he was the person who held the riders as they waited for the “five, four, three, two, one - go!” from the start timekeeper.

Heavily involved as usual in the Ride for Life on Sunday while some members were out in the early hours putting out direction and warning signs, others were taking part in some of the various distances on offer including several youngsters.

Thomas Doe with his father Ian, the Muller family with Geoff and Debbie, children Tom aged 13 and eight-year-old Reya, and Emily Davis, 12, brother Declan, 10, and grandfather Don Saunders all successfully completed the 35-mile on-road route.