Three Sydenham riders left the relatively slow courses of Kent and headed west to Bentley in Hampshire for the H50/8 in search of a fast 50 miles. Richard Hallett led the way scrapping under 2 hours 1:59:12 (21st), Mark Newton was next off chasing hard and recorded a PB at 1:55:10 for 10th place and Robert Royston last man off recorded 2:02:26 (25th). The event was won by Nik Bowdler in a course record time of 01:46:20 ! riding a 71 !