Record breaking weekend for Team Mountain Fuel in historic Billy Bland challenge
A phenomenal performance from team Mountain Fuel over the weekend in the Billy Bland challenge resulted in numerous records being broken including smashing the mixed team record with the 2nd and 3rd fastest Bob Graham rounds ever! Numerous individual leg records were also broken:
- Mixed 1st leg record 2hrs 40 mins – Rupert Bonington & Kirsty Hall
- Mens 2nd leg record 2hrs 20 mins – Ben Mounsey & Calum Tinnion
- Mens 3rd leg record 3hrs 2 mins – James Appleton & Mark Lamb
- Mens 4th leg record 2hrs 36 minutes – Jacob Snochowski & Nichola Jackson (Despite being a mixed team!)
- Women’s 5th leg record 1hr 35 mins – Sally Fawcett & Julie Briscoe
Here are a few images of the groundbreaking event unfolding:
Calm before the storm..
Which way is faster?
Leg 2 men’s record breakers Calum Tinnion & Ben Mounsey
Alex Pilcher & Mārcis Gubāts battle on leg 2
Leg 3 Men’s record breakers James Appleton and Mark Lamb
Phil Winskill & Mark McGoldrick during leg 3
Lee Newton & Dave Troman do battle with Jacob Snochowski & Nichola Jackson on leg 4
Leg 4 record breakers Jacob Snochowski & Nichola Jackson
Dan Page & Ste Lord coming into Keswick
Sally Fawcett & Julie Briscoe during their record breaking leg 5 run
Team Mountain Fuel