Results

2015 Hill Climb Championships

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.

  • 1.  Jon Gates  Velo Club Bristol  –  3.30
  • 2.  Kieran Murphy  Velo Club Bristol  –  3.42
  • 3.  Rob Sutton  Velo Club Bristol  –  3.57
  • 4.  Matt Dale  Velo Club Bristol  –  4.11
  • 5.  Luke Pimm  Velo Club Bristol  –  4.22
  • 6.  James Norman  Velo Club Bristol  –  4.31
  • 7.  Dave Rutty  Velo Club Bristol  –  4.38
  • 8.  Chris White  SAS  –  4.43
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VCB Evening ’10′ TT Series, Week 6

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.

  • 1  Alastair McChesney  Bath CC  23.05
  • 2  Chris Davis  Giant CC  23.35
  • 3  Wayne Osmond  KIT  23.48
  • 4  Jason Flooks  Velo Club Bristol  24.53
  • 5  Tim Scruton   KIT  24.56
  • 6  Matt Dale  Velo Club Bristol  25.09
  • 7  Thomas Stimpson  SAS  25.09
  • 8  Simon Kelly  Bristol South CC  25.14
  • 9  Des Green  KIT  25.37
  • 10 Andy Kelly Bristol South CC  26.25
  • 11 Jamies Evans  KIT  26.58
  • 12 Gary Weeks  –  27.36
  • 13 Everton Young   Velo Club Bristol   27.50
  • 14 Sam Kelly  BCDS  30.49
  • 15 Jennifer Green  KIT  33.02
  • Karen Spiteri DNF (punctured)

 

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VCB Evening ’10′ TT Series, Week 5

Tuesday 21st July 2015
Iron Acton, U102

  • 1  Jon Gates    Velo Club Bristol   22.3
  • 2  Alastair McChesney    Bath CC    22.54
  • 3  Chris Davis    Giant CC    23.08
  • 4  Lee Francis    Velo Club Bristol    23.12
  • 5  Matt Dale    Velo Club Bristol    24.21
  • 6  Des Green    KIT    25.05
  • 7  Thomas stimpson    SAS    25.06
  • 8  Tim Scruton    KIT    25.17
  • 9  Eric Downey    KIT    26.35
  • 10  Jamie Evans    KIT    26.41
  • 11  Andrew Cook    Bad Tri    26.50
  • 12  Sarah Hart    KIT    28.27
  • 13  Chris Hares    KIT    29.13
  • 14  Rebecca Sheppard    KIT    29.32
  • 15  Gordan Lewis    Severn RC    31.48
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Velo Club Bristol Open 10 Mile TT Results

Saturday 18th July 2015

Firstly a big thank you to everyone who raced and supported the event I hope you enjoyed the day and the course, secondly thank you to Mike and Sheila Edwards for timekeeping, Ken Dicker for assistant time keeper and all the guys from the Velo Club that help mark out and marshall the event.

Every rider that entered, turned up to race and we had some very impressive times; Billy Oliver broke the course record that he set just last week with a time of 21.02 but even this was not quite quick enough as Dean Robson won the event with an outstanding time of 20.31 knocking 57 seconds off.

1st Dean Robson
2nd Billy Oliver
3rd Simon Coles

1st Vet Steven Cottington
2nd Vet Rick Johnston

1st Lady Joanna Knight

Full Results below:

  • 1    Dean Robson    Somerset Road Club/The Bicycle Chain    20.31
  • 2    Billy Oliver    Nopinz    21.02
  • 3    Simon Coles    Norwood Paragon CC    21.5
  • 4    Michael Davis    Dursley RC    21.57
  • 5    Jonathan Gates    RAF CA    22.03
  • 6    Steven Cottington    Cadence RT    22.2
  • 7    Dominic White    Avonlea/Treasure RT    22.39
  • 8    Alastair McChesney    Bath CC    22.47
  • 9    Iain Stuart    Bristol Road Club    22.5
  • 10    Owen Burgess    Velo Club Bristol    23.09
  • 11    Stephen Potts    Somerset Road Club/The Bicycle Chain    23.1
  • 12    Sam Butler    Severn RC    23.23
  • 13    Rick Johnston    Northovers VT    23.44
  • 14    Andrew Legge    Bristol South CC    23.45
  • 15    Jim Curry    Performance Cycles CC    23.49
  • 16    Ian Humble    Gloucester City CC    24.01
  • 17    Iain Cade    Cadence RT    24.04
  • 18    Rob Hall    Salt and Sham Cycle Club    24.36
  • 19    Desmond Green    Kingswood Tri Club    24.47
  • 20   Thomas stimpson    Salt and Sham Cycle Club    24.48
  • 21    Richard Shortridge    Velo Club Bristol    24.49
  • 22    Yan Keene    Bristol South CC    25.49
  • 23    John Eames    Team Swift    25.55
  • 24    Robert Latchem    Somer Valley CC    26.15
  • 25    Joanna Knight    Bristol South CC    26.15
  • 26    Clair Wadden    Bristol Road Club    26.42
  • 27    Robert Hutchinson    Bristol South CC    27.23
  • 28    Karen Michelle Spiteri    Salt and Sham Cycle Club    27.44
  • 29    Dave Burrows    Severn RC    28.12
  • 30    Mary-Jane Hutchinson    Bristol South CC    28.31
  • 31    Pete Keene    Bristol South CC    30.38
  • 32    George Keene    Bristol South CC    35.42
  • 33    Geoffrey Baker    VC Bristol    DNF

 

 

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VCB Evening ’10′ TT Series, Week 4

Tuesday 7th July 2015
Iron Acton, U102

  • 1  Alastair McChesney   Bath CC   22.57
  • 2 Owen Burgess   Velo Club Bristol   23.28
  • 3 Chris Davies   Giant CC   23.38
  • 4 Lee Francis   Velo Club Bristol   23.40
  • 5 Wayne Osmond   KIT   24.05
  • 6 George Beck   SAS   25.26
  • 7 Simon Kelly    BCDS    25.32
  • 8 Richard Shortridge   Velo Club Bristol   25.49
  • 9 Jamie Evans   KIT   25.49
  • 10 Andy Kelly   Bristol South CC   26.46
  • 11 Clair Wadden   Bristol RC   27.03
  • 12 Gary Weeks   KIT   27.42
  • 13 Charlie Kelly   BCDS   28.22
  • 14 Karen Spiteri   SAS    28.31
  • 15 Freya Thatcher   SAS   29.06
  • 16 Andy Beveridge KIT    29.59
  • 17 Sam Kelly   BCDS   32.03
  • 18 Derek Johnson   KIT   32.10
  • 19 Rachel Johnson   KIT   33.12
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VCB Evening ’10′ TT Series, Week 3

Tuesday 23rd June 2015, Iron Acton, U102

Tonight was a fast night and out of the 2 people that raced we had 13 PBs, the biggest improvement was Barry Pope (PAC TRI) knocking off a very impressive 2 min 5 sec off of his week 1 time, the next biggest improvement was Jonna Knight (BSCC) taking 50 seconds off her 2014 PB.

The winner of the night was Lee Francis with a time of 22.32 taking 18 seconds off of this 2014 PB, 2nd was Jon Gates with a time of 22.42 and 3rd Greg Lancaster 23.31

Again massive thank you to Ken, Dave, John, Phil, Steve, Alex Jolly and Steve Hewitt for marshalling, time keeping and setting off.

  • Lee Francis   Velo Club Bristol   22.32
  • Jon Gates   Velo Club Bristol   22.42
  • Greg Lancaster   Velo Club Bristol   23.31
  • Owen Burgess   Owen Burgess   23.37
  • Adam Sheppard   KIT   23.48
  • Andy Legge   Bristol South CC   23.49
  • Andy Bevan   Bristol RC   24.16
  • Matt Dale   Velo Club Bristol   24.25
  • Tim Scruton   KIT   24.59
  • Kieran Murphy   Velo Club Bristol   25.02
  • Rob Hall   SAS   25.10
  • Barry Pope   PAC TRI   25.50
  • Jon Wright   Velo Club Bristol   25.56
  • Andy Kelly   Bristol South CC   26.14
  • Joanna Knight   Bristol South CC   25.58
  • Clair Wadden   Bristol RC   26.27
  • Jack Tween   Team AVS   26.36
  • Everton Young   Velo Club Bristol   28.04
  • Rebecca Sheppard   KIT   28.13
  • Paul Hennessey   VC Walcot   28.55
  • Gordon Lewis   Severn RC   31.36
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VCB Evening ’10′ TT Series, Wk 2

Tuesday 9th June 2015, Iron Acton, U102

18 riders race this evenings U102 10 Mile TT, the winner of the night was Deacon Cutterham with of time of 22.58, only 1 PB tonight with was Freya Thatcher knocking off a very impressive 2min 40 secs off of her 2014 time.
Full results below.

Massive thanks to everyone that helped out setting off, time keeping and marshalling, it was great to have so many helpers.

  • Deacon Cutterham   Ride 24/7   22.58
  • Lee Francis   Velo Club Bristol   23.21
  • Paul Derrick   Bad Tri   24.36
  • Wayne Osmond   KIT   24.50
  • Adam Sheppard   KIT   24.56
  • Matt Dale   Velo Club Bristol   25.02
  • Kieran Murphy   Velo Club Bristol   25.42
  • Simon Kelly   BCDS   25.49
  • Des Green   KIT   26.15
  • Joanna Knight   BSCC   26.59
  • Adam Whittaker   SAS   27.14
  • Eric Downey   KIT   27.20
  • Charlie Kelly   BCDS   28.17
  • Freya Thatcher   SAS   28.22
  • Karen Spiteri    SAS   29.05
  • Sam Kelly   BCDS   30.15
  • Claire Graham    KIT   30.43
  • Jen Green   KIT   34.01
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VCB Evening ’10’ TT Series, Wk 1

Tuesday 26th May 2015, Iron Acton, U102

The 1st VCB evening 10 mile TT of 2015, with 28 people racing, Billy Oliver breaking his own course record with a impressive 21.37.

People making some big improvements on their 2014 times, massive thanks to Ken, Dave, Jon Wright, Alex Jolly, Jamie Evans and Deb Duckers for time keeping and marshalling. Don’t forget next week is the KIT edition with the next VCB event on 9th June.

  • 1. Billy Oliver   Bike Science    21.37
  • 2. Deacon Cutterham   Ride 24/7    21.58
  • 3. Jon Gates   Velo Club Bristol   22.36
  • 4. Alastair McChesney   Velo Club Bristol   22.41
  • 5. Greg Lancaster   Velo Club Bristol   22.50
  • 6. Chris Davis   Giant CC   23.58
  • 7. Adam Sheppard   KIT   24.02
  • 8. Andy Bevan   Bristol RC   24.34
  • 9. Matt Dale   Velo Club Bristol   25.08
  • 10. Steve Light   SAS   25.53
  • 11. Charlie Beresforf   KIT   26.00
  • 12. Scott Cole   Velo Club Bristol   26.00
  • 13. Tim Scruton   KIT   26.34
  • 14. Eric Downey   KIT   26.44
  • 15. Clair Wadden   Bristol RC   26.48
  • 16. James Turner   Bristol RC   26.57
  • 17. Andy Kelly   BSCC   26.59
  • 18. Des Green   KIT   27.05
  • 19. Lee Francis   Velo Club Bristol   27.24
  • 20. Greg Wentland   KIT   27.34
  • 21. Gwen Bevan   Bristol RC   27.36
  • 22. Karen Spiteri   SAS   27.53
  • 23. Barry Pope   27.55
  • 24. Jon Stokes   KIT   28.44
  • 25. Karen B   SCS   30.26
  • 26. Andy Beveridge   KIT   30.34
  • 27. Claire Gregary   KIT   31.55
  • 28. Kate Sheppard   KIT   35.20
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Nick impresses with solo win!

TOACHIM VETS/PS+CYCLEWEAR SERIES
Promoted by Swindon RC on Sunday 10th May
Race Category E (60-64yrs)

Proving you’re never too old to try racing – Nick Tomkins (in I believe his first road race?) rode the LVRC (League of Veteran Racing Cyclists) Road Race promoted by Swindon RC. On the rolling course based around Great Somerford, Wiltshire, he timed his solo escape to perfection, crossing the line alone on the uphill finish just in front of the chasing pack! A massive congratulations from everyone at Velo Club!

  • 1st  Nick Tomkins, Velo Club Bristol
  • 2nd  Ralph Keeler, Wheels In Wheels
  • 3rd  David Harper, Andover Whs
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March Time Trial News

Owen Burgess has been representing the club on the TT front this month, headed up with a 9th place in the Gillingham Hilly.

Gillingham & Dist Whs 19m
07/03/15
1st  Rob Pears, Procycling Magazine RT 00:31:13
9th  Owen Burgess, VC Bristol 00:34:49

Chippenham & District Whs 24m
01/03/15
Owen Burgess, VC Bristol  00:45:45

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