We’ve had club members racing and representing the club at various events recently. Deacon Cutterham did a great ride to finish 3rd (Bronze Medal) in the BC Master Scratch Race over at the Newport Velodrome. Noel Waldron, Mark Hughes and David Rutty have been racing on the local circuit with numerous top 10 results.
On the events front congratulations to Mark Bishton for completing Wales Veloton and just yesterday, both Michael Robinson and Kieran Murphy completed the iconic L’Etape de Tour.
Well done all, keep the jersey out there whether just riding your bike or competing!
Tuesday 18th July
U103 12.1m TT
Yay!!! After having to cancel the last 7 TTs we were finally able to hold another event on the U103 12.1 mile TT.
The hero of the night was Dr Kerfoot – he made a school boy error by setting everyone one off one minute early, but he fully redeemed himself by doing time keeping, setting off and working out all of the results. He also let me borrow his pedals and shoes, and he phoned the marshals so they knew what was going on with riders. He was a super star, and to top it off he has surprisingly neat hand-writing for a doctor!!! Cheers Doc!
Big thank you to everyone that helped out – Andy Higginson, Si Davis-Savage and Mark Bishton for manning the roundabout. Alex for sorting signing on. Ken, Phil and Martyn for setting off and timekeeping. Now down to the results, total of 15 riders raced.
1st Jim Peters 28:34 – Velo Club Bristol
2nd Chris Davis 28.36 – Giant CC Halo Films
3rd Rob Hall 28.51 – SAS
4th Adam Whittaker 29.38 – SAS
5th Richard Franklin 30.24 – VC St Raphael
6th Neil Parker 30.49 – KiT
7th Chris Gardner 31.43 – KiT
8th Charlie Beresford 31.45 – KiT
9th Leon Baker 32.05 – KiT
10th Andy Beveridge 32.20 – KiT
11th Andy Kelly 33.11 – BSCC
12th Steve Penman 34.38 – KiT
13th Gary Week 34.52 – KiT
14th Annamarie Miles 34.55 – SAS
15th Lee Francis DNF – to much flapping! – Velo Club Bristol
This weekend saw Toby Smith and Kieran Murphy represent the club in the Bristol South RR. It’s a tough one to start with – 8 times up Stowey hill..! Both did well but unfortunately Toby got caught up in a crash need the end and Kieran suffered with cramp on the 7th time up.
Further afield – Nick Tomkins rode the Echelon Vets RR finishing a credible 6th place in his first race of the year.
Earlier in the week Matt Dale and Deacon Cutterham rode the 2/3 crit over at Maindy Track, Cardiff on Wednesday evening. Matt found the pace a little too much for his first outing, but Deacon managed a top ten placing with 9th.
Well done to everyone and lots more to come no doubt in 2017!
Sunday 2nd October
Belmont Hill
Yet again we had a glorious day weather-wise for the hill climb. A good group of about 12-14 riders met up at Warmley Station for the gentle ride across town (Great to see some new faces out as well). New to the club this year – Toby Smith took the honours, jointly with Tom Sharp in a respectable time of 3:26.
After the event we had a nice little ride down into the docks and sat outside for a coffee and a catch up. Many thanks to Ken Dicker, Si Davis-Savage, Steve Ashlinn and David Foxwell for time keeping / marshalling.
Tuesday 7th June 2016
Iron Acton, U102
Thanks to Joe Lund for taking over the organising this week, backed up by the usual crew of helpers and time keepers. Another pleasant night weather wise, some new competitors and a new winner!
Tuesday 7th June 2016
Iron Acton, U102
The weather on Tuesday was a lot better then the previous weeks, dry, warm and relatively still. 31 people faced the time keeper and there were some great times and lots of PBs.
Big thank you to Matt Dale, Chris Francis, Alex Jolly, Dave Foxwell, Steve Taylor, Phil Derrick and John Backwell for their time, marshaling and time keeping.
Tuesday 24th May 2016
Iron Acton, U102
A warm and dry evening greeted the 30 riders for the first event of our 2016 series. Series regular – Billy Oliver set the fastest time and took the honours! Thanks as ever to the team of helpers from the Velo Club that turn up and promote these events.
Belmont Hill,
Sunday 4th October
We were lucky enough to enjoy another bright and sunny October day for our annual hill climb champs. Riding across from Warmley Station, eight riders started (and finished!) with Jon Gates regaining the title for the third year on the trot – congratulations!
Thanks to Ken Dicker, Phil Derrick, Simon Davis and Hayley Savage for helping out and great to see Dave Foxwell, Steve Ashlinn and Stevie Roberts out as well.
Tuesday 4th August 2015
Iron Acton, U102
Cloudy skies and a stiff wind greeted the riders for the last TT in our series. With Lee away running and swimming in Belgium somewhere, Kieran and John took over the reigns with the help of many regulars along with some new helpers. As always thanks for all the efforts helpers and riders put into this series. KIT have their event next week then it’s the VCB vs KIT Comp on the 18th August.
Tuesday 21st July 2015
Iron Acton, U102
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