What an amazing start to our 2023 season. Complimenting sixteen existing members were five new pilots (Louise, Jimmy, Ed, James and Donard) and a new stoker, Junior. An absolute delight to meet you all. And here’s hoping that we’ll see lots more of you as the season progresses. (Thankfully, there was no-one new called Steve today. We’ve already got enough of them).
With so many inductions, and only seven tandems on the track, there was only time for one extra-curricular activity – a slow race; an oxymoron if ever there was one!
And what an event it was. New pilot James, ably assisted by Izzy Harle, scooped bronze. (Izzy you did much better than your dad ever could have). Beating them by the narrowest of margins (just 0.4 seconds) and claiming second place were Judith and Elisa. (Elisa at this rate you’ll be leading rides before the season is through). But clear winners by over seven seconds (no mean feat) were new pilot Jimmy and Pete Hoey who only joined us at the tail end of last season.
Yes … a truly fantastic start to the year.
(And, finally, apologies for the dearth of pictures today. Got taken up with admin stuff).
What a great start to the TT ’23 season. I hope to be with you in a couple of weeks. One of the Stephens