Guest rider Gavin Poupart, competing in Echelon Cycles of Pershore colours, flew round the Chance Lane course in a Velo Club Sevale time-trial.

On the hottest evening of the year, he recorded a time of 22min 47sec, taking over a minute out of the fastest club rider, Brian Boswell. Will Davies kept in the chase for the points title by coming a close third.

Results: G Poupart 22.47, B Boswell 23.59, W Davies 24.11, D Preece 24.28, M Amery 24.36, S O'Toole 24.43, M Potter 25.09, B Mellor 25.31, C Smallman 26.10, P Thorpe 26.14, J Barnett 26.44, J Sharrock 26.46, S Price 26.56, T Knight 27.28, G O'Mahoney 27.41, S Potter 28.40, D Yapp 28.44, W Douglas 28.58, M Burrows 29.28, E Bray 33.52.

The next event is the second of the two 'come and try it' time-trials, open to all-comers. This is a 10-mile event using the Chance Lane - Old Hills - Callow End - Jennett Tree Lane course. Signing-on is from 6.45pm, with the first rider away at 7.30pm.

Prizes will be awarded to the first novice rider, first lady, first mountain bike, first over-40, and first under-18, sponsored by Back on Track Mountain Bikes. Fetails of all events and course details are on the club's website, www.sevale-malvern.freeserve.co.uk