13 May
Only 10 riders attended
tonights 10 Mile Time Trial on the Gallows Hill
circuit. The winner, and proving that age old
saying of "Form is temporary but class
is permanent" was Julian Thacker. His time
of 22:10 was 1:14 ahead of 2nd place Ian Cardy.
3rd place, and 2seconds adrift of Ian, was John
Chapman with 23:26. 4th place went to Gordon
Scott with a very good time of 24:10.
Next up was Poole Wheelers
rider Ken Farwell with 25:19. He was closely
followed by Paul Stockley who was still feeling
the effects of a 2 1/2 hour mountain bike race
in the blistering sun on Sunday afternoon. Paul
did 25:22. Chris Jones was next up riding his
road bike and "taking it easy" with
25:59 and just 18 seconds ahead of Michelle
Lindley. 9th and 10th were separated by only
10 seconds. Dave Arrowsmith getting the better
of Pete Tindley. Their times being 26:58 and
27:08. Result
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12 May
Results from the Welsh
25 mile Championship have given Chris Jones
his 2nd PB of the weekend. Chris powered his
way to 55:12 to complete a great weekend for
himself. Winner was Rob Wood with 50:08. Michelle
Lindley also had a great ride with a 1:01:20
to come close to her PB. Winner of that race
was Ruth Eyles with 56:15.
The Sotonia event on
Sunday was cancelled due to an accident involving
our own Paul Gould. All the very best wishes
to Paul for a speedy recovery and lets hope
to see him back with us very soon.
10May
Some news just in from
the Crabwood CC 10 over at Andover. A PB for
Chris Jones with 21:09 and riding a fixed gear
of 106". Michelle Lindley also had a PB
with 23:45, Although she is claiming a 23:40.
Shelly, the timekeeper is never wrong, unless
i'm riding of course.
Ian Locock also put
in a great ride, although wishing he had opted
for the bigger 56t chainring. Ian's time of
21:41 was enough for 8th place in his age group
and comes only 4 weeks after completing the
marathon. Lots more to come yet no doubt. Winner
of Ian's event was Ray Hughes with 20:11. Ewan
Tarrant did not make the it to the start line
due to a heavy work load leading into a busy
exam period. No news yet on the winner of this
event.
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8 May
Another busy weekend
of timetrialling for CC Weymouth riders. On
Saturday we have Ian Locock, Michelle Lindley,
Chris Jones and Ewan Tarrant taking part in
the Crabwood CC 10 Mile Time Trial up at Andover.
On Sunday we have Paul
Gould, Peter Tindley, Dave Arrowsmith and John
Chapman taking part in the Sotonia CC 25 Mile
Time Trial on the P415/25 over at Poole.
Also on Sunday we have
Chris Jones and Michelle Lindley taking part
in the Welsh National 25 Mile Time Trial Championships
at Usk. Best of luck to all the riders.
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6th May
12 riders turned out
for tonight's 10 mile time trial only to be
faced with a strong headwind down to the Wool
Roundabout. This did not seem to affect Chris
Jones too much as he won in a great time of
23:25. In doing so Chris produced his best power
output of 310 watts. John Chapman was next in,
just managing to get under 24 minutes with 23:58.
The battle for the next 2 placings was very
close, with Ian Locock just pipping Ian Cardy,
their times being 24:13 and 24:15. 5th place
went to the still improving Paul Stockley with
25:58. Julian Thacker, still ill with a chest
infection, was next up with 26:42.
Michelle Lindley was next up, but it appears
she has a new rival in the shape of young Sam
Edwards. Michelle’s 27:01 was just enough
to hold off Sam who produced 27:03. Not too
far behind these 2 was Peter Tindley with 27:22.
David Arrowsmith, still smiling from his big
prize win at the weekend, was next in with 28:17.
Pete Bowen from Poole Whs was our only visitor
this evening and was next in with 28:46. The
final place went to new member Chris Minto in
a very respectable time of 29:50. Result
The thanks of all riders goes to Adam Barrett
who stepped in as start line timekeeper, to
allow Carolan Smerdon time to get to the finish.
More weekend news has emerged from Wales about
Michelle and Chris' trip to ride the Port Talbot
Wheelers 10 and recce the course for this weekend's
Welsh 25 championship.
In the 10 Chris picked up 15th place with 23:10
and Shelly got 43rd with 25:57. Winner was Wayne
Van Den Bergh in 21:32.
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4th May
Results from the weekend have Ian Locock producing
a great ride in the Bath CC 10 on Saturday.
Ian’s 22:12 giving him 48th place.
Quote from Ian “22:12 was the damage today
for 48th place. It was also John Woodburn’s
turn to beat me which he did by one second.
My turn next time out. I’m quite happy
with that at this stage in my season.”
Elsewhere on Saturday, Ewan Tarrant's ride
in the BUSA championship in Oxfordshire resulted
in 27th place with a time of 58:33. This event
was won by Ashley Brown in 51:59.
A tough day in the Bournemouth & District
WCA 25m Time Trial saw Steve Walkling, a3crg,
take the win with an excellent 54:49. Of the
CC Weymouth riders, nobody managed to get under
the hour, which shows how tough it was. John
Chapman came closest with 1:00:53 closely followed
by Paul Gould in 1:01:51. Fighting it out for
the 3rd place on the team was Peter Tindley
and David Arrowsmith. This time around it was
Peter who had the edge with 1:08:30 to David’s
1:10:32, even though David had a 9sec improvement
on his time.
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2nd May
A busy weekend of time trialling for members
of CC Weymouth.
First up is Ian Locock in the Bath CC 10 on
Saturday morning. Ian is hoping to get some
form in readiness for the national 10. Saturday
afternoon has Ewan Tarrant riding in the BUSA
25 mile Championship that is incorporated into
the Oxford University event.
Sunday morning has Peter Tindley, David Arrowsmith,
John Chapman and Paul Gould riding the Bournemouth
& District WCA 25m Time Trial. Also down
to ride was Julian Thacker, who unfortunately
has picked up a chest infection and will have
to miss out on this one.
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1st May
Ewan Tarrant took part in the Crabwood CC 10m
TT tonight. He took the win in 23:26, a winning
margin of 1:18. Well Done.
TOP
29th April
Only 4 riders made their way to the start line
in tonight’s first hilly 18 of the season.
Reports were that it was a tough night, especially
the return leg from Lyons Gate.
This did not stop Ian Cardy from taking the
win with an impressive 47:59.
2nd place went to Paul Stockley, still trying
to find his old time trialling legs, with 52:24.
The usual battle between Michelle Lindley and
Peter Tindley came down in favour of Michelle
this time around with 56:32 to Peter's 59:37.
Result
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28th April
Ewan Tarrant took part in 2 events over the
weekend. First up was the BUSA 10m Championship
where Ewan did 23:26. The winner here was Michael
Hutchinson, In –Gear Quickvit RT in a
time of 19:50.
On Sunday he also took part in the Andover Wheelers
25m TT. Although not a great day he recorded
a terrific 57:45 for 8th place. Winner was Ray
Hughes in 53:17.
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26th April
A bit late with this
one, but it appears that in addition to his
great ride last night, Julian Thacker was also
very active in the Norman Halewood Memorial
Road Race on sunday. Unconfirmed reports have
compared his ride to that of Jens Voigt. Julian
eventually finished 19th in the same time as
the winner, Lee Tunnicliffe of DH Cyclesports.co.uk.
Up on the P613 Last night
Ewan Tarrant produced a 21:50 on what he described
as "not a very good night". The winning
time was 20:34, so perhaps it wasn't that bad.
22nd April
With tonight's course
being used for Saturday's open event it was
no surprise that a few of the top seeds put
in an appearance. There was plenty of friendly
banter before the race, but when it got down
to the serious stuff it was CC Weymouth's own
Julian Thacker who took the win with his best
time on the course, a very impressive 22:14.
Second place went to one of the seven visitors,
Ian Diaper with an excellent 22:36. Third place
was taken by Terry Icke, riding one of his first
races of the season.
Gary Steadman, fresh
from his great ride in the EDCA 27k on Sunday,
was 4th in 23:11 followed by John Chapman in
23:52. Ian Locock riding his first TT in anger
was next up in 23:54. 7th place was a tie between
Paul Gould and Gordon Scott with 25:19. 9th
place went to Paul Stockley and 10th to Peter
Tindley who had a incident free ride for once.
Andrew Preston, who only just made the start,
was next up closely followed by another visitor
Eddy Toal. Finally there was the 2-up team of
Andre and Lauren Barber who finished with a
creditable 28:28.
Result
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20th April
The EDCA 27k event this
morning had Peter Tindley and John Chapman riding
for CC Weymouth. Both riders managed to puncture,
John on the start line and Peter whilst riding
through Wool. Peter did manage to finish with
a time of 53:38. The winner was Paul Jones,
BJW, in 37:33.
Further afield, Chris
Jones and Michelle Lindley secretly sneaked
over to Wales to take part in the Acme Whs 25
at Hirwaun. Shelly was DNS for a number of reasons,
some mechanical, while Chris at least got a
ride. A 30mph plus ride to the turn was followed
by a 20mph grovel back to the finish and a time
of 57:02 for 19th was the result. Charles McCulloch
of Shorter Rochford RT led the way with 51:40.
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19th April
Three members have been
in action today in two separate events. Peter
Tindley took in the Yeovil 10 at Podimore and,
although having trouble free ride, was disappointed
with his 28:36 for 5th on standard. The stiff
easterly wind was unhelpful here and slowed
times for the those who did bother to start.
Winner was Mike Loader of the promoting club
in 22:11.
Michelle Lindley and
Chris Jones were entered in the A3crg 10 at
Liphook as Chris continued his quest for a time
that will get him into the National 10. No word
about the conditions here, but Chris managed
a 22:21 for 25th place and Shelly did 25:16
to finish as third lady. Chris now has an anxious
wait to see if his PB from last season is enough
to secure his place. Winner here was Pete Vincent
with 20:34.
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15th April
Was it the bright sunshine
or the thought of only having to do 5 miles
in one direction that brought out 16 riders
for the first evening TT of the season. A dozen
club members were joined by three Poole Wheelers
and second-claim member Gordon Scott.
The win went to Max Baldock,
making a rare appearance in a CCW event, from
Chris Jones and Julian Thacker. Gary Steadman
claimed fourth place closely followed by John
Chapman who made a last minute decision to ride.
Gordon Scott has obviously
been training well this winter taking sixth
place ahead of a tie between Ian Cardy and final
visitor Mark Moss. Paul Gould sneaked inside
12 minutes by a couple of seconds for the final
25mph-plus ride of the evening. One second covered
the next three riders with new member Paul Stockley
returning to time trialling in tenth. Sam Edwards
and Ian Locock tied for the next place with
Ian just glad to be time trialling again after
Sunday's marathon.
Peter Tindley had a trouble
free ride to show Joe Whitnall the way home.
Todd Preston made his first appearance of the
season, beating Dad Andrew by seven seconds.
Result
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14th April
Apologies for the late
results this week, but I went for a jog around
London that left me short of time.
It seems that the 25
on Saturday was affected by riders keeping rested
for their Sunday races and the uncertainty that
April showers bring. The result was that only
seven riders signed on, which included two visitors
from Bournemouth Jubilee. In the event, the
race went off in dry conditions, but with a
strong south westerly wind hampering progress
between Wool and Warmwell.
The result could not
have been closer with Chris Jones taking the
win by one second from Rob Jefferies of Bournemouth
Jubilee, after being 22 seconds down with 11
miles to go. Third place was taken by Ian Cardy,
now recovered from his ride around France, this
time by three seconds from fast finishing Paul
Gould, who nearly made up his 19 second deficit
at 14 miles.
William Wilson did some
more Ironman training to claim fifth place by
just over a minute from Michelle Lindley, most
of which he built up in the first half of the
race. In seventh was our other visitor from
Bournemouth Jubilee, George Holand with a time
of 1:13:08.
Result
Yesterday we had John
Chapman and Peter Tindley riding in the EDCA
Hilly 24 at Wimborne. No information about John's
ride apart fromt the fact that his 1:1:39 was
good enough for 14th place. However, as of late,
Peter Tindley had another eventful ride due
to mechanical gremlins. This time there was
a gearing mishap that resulted in the chain
becoming jammed in his wheel. Whether Peter
didn't have enough shredded wheat prior to the
race or not, but it took him four minutes to
release the oily blighter. 1:18:24 and 41st
place was the resulting damage. Event
winner was Dave Dent with 55:29.
Latest information from
the Pitterds Road Race where Julian Thacker
was in action is that he finished in the bunch.
A large field of 80 set a brisk average speed
of 25mph despite the obstacle of Ham Hill. Winner
was Barry CLewett of Bournemouth Arrow.
In other sports, those
subscribers to the discussion page will know
that Rosemary Locock completed the London Marathon
in 5:39:14, easily beating her target of 6 hours.
She also managed to raise in excess of £2000
to be distributed between the three beneficiaries
she has chosen. It was a magnificent effort
since she only gained her place in mid January
and then lost three weeks of training after
falling down the stairs at home. Husband Ian
was also a finisher and finally ended his days
as a runner.
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6th April
Thirteen riders signed
on for the 10 at Warmwell yesterday, no doubt
attracted by the bright sunshine after the soaking
of last week. It was not all good news as the
wind was quite strong from the north west. That
made it chilly when the sun went behind the
clouds that deposited a small amount of hailstones
around the finish.
Julian Thacker duly posted
a warning that he is after winning back his
club champion mantle with superb ride of 22:48.
Visitor Bryce Dyer of A3crg was next up on 23:31
pushing John Chapman into third with his 24:26,
showing just how tough a day it was. Chris Jones
just crept inside 25 minutes on his 86"
fixed wheel and was followed by Paul Gould riding
his first club event of the season on 25:58.
Second-claim member Julian
Foster took sixth place with 26:25 and was followed
by an outstanding first time trial from Kevin
Greening with 27:03. Sam Edwards again took
the junior honours, his 27:28 over two minutes
too good for Joe Whitnall's 29:52. Peter Tindley
put some mid-week mechanical problems with his
TT bike behind him to scoop 9th in a time of
28:08 to win the battle with Michelle Lindley
this time recording 28:21. Shelly was rueing
the 4 mile run she inadvertantly did on Friday
proving that her navigational problems are not
confined to cycling.
Andrew Preston was keen
to take the number one slot this week, but has
obviously started to train a little more as
he was quicker than his effort of a couple of
weeks ago, a feat not achieved by many. Colin
Deuchars didn't choose an especially good day
to start his season with only his second time
trial ever. His 32:51 belies the limited training
time he has available as well as the time of
year and the conditions on the day. No doubt
he will go much better when the summer actually
arrives. Result
As some of you will have
seen, Simon Millington has staked his claim
for the most bizarre puncture. 255 miles in
Majorca on training camp; 0 punctures. Unpack
bike, leave in garage for week; 1 puncture!
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1st April
Having just typed the
date you will wonder about this piece of news,
but it is true. There is a new claim
to Peter Tindley's crown for the most bizarre
puncture of the season. This one involves the
FRONT tyre of the rider's turbo training bike,
which was on the turbo, but not in use at the
time. More to the point, the room was empty
and the rider was in a different building when
it happened. Can anyone beat that?
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30th
March
After
yesterday's wash-out, the first day of British
Summertime at last gave some good conditions
enabling the Army CU 25 to go ahead at Andover.
Richard Prebble took full advantage and knocked
out a winning 52:15.
Ewan
Tarrant was quickest CCW rider with 57:26 followed
by Chris Jones on 58:33. Michelle Lindley was
in the money again, picking up third lady award
with her 1:3:41 and catching Michelle Ayres
in the process.
After
William Wilson's appearance in the Easter Bunny
10k road run last weekend, where he finished
with a time of 49:01, Ben Harris continued the
CCW participation in running events by competing
in the Bournemouth Bay half marathon today.
No times available for that one yet.
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29th
March
With
the weather forecast of earlier in the week
proving correct, it was no surprise to learn
that the Army CU 10 at Andover this afternoon
was called off, thereby denying Shelly, Chris
and Ewan any sport for today.
In Dorset
however, the rural roads used for the first
event on the new circuit course were wet with
a couple of muddy sections, but devoid of the
spray that would have caused a cancellation.
Six riders
signed-on including a couple of visitors, but
being an inter-club event, disappointingly there
was only Gary Steadman flying the flag for the
opposition. John Chapman rode well for the win
and tried manfully to catch Gary off one minute
in front, failing by a mere 14 seconds to do
so.
Third
place was taken by Phil Evans of Bournemouth
Jubilee, which he admitted was his first placing
of any sort in a time trial. Next to finish
was William Wilson, riding as training for the
Sherborne Ironman later in the year. At halfway
he had been caught by young Sam Edwards, but
reversed the position quite dramatically on
his second lap. Sam suffered quite badly with
cramp and William was one of only two riders
to cover his second lap faster than his first.
Sam did however grab fifth place from his older
rival Joe Whitnall, the other rider to have
a quicker second lap.
It's
said that riding at a constant effort is the
quickest way to time trial and John certainly
proved that today with lap times of 30:13 and
30:14. Other first lap times were; Gary 30:27,
Phil 31:57, William 34:08, Sam 33:09 & Joe
36:51. Result
Next
week's event is a 10 at Warmwell with a 2:30
pm start and hopefully on a warm, sunny and
dry day.
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23rd
March
Today
was the third consecutive day of racing for
our three club members in the Bournemouth Jubilee
42k event at Wool. Conditions appear to have
been the worst of the weekend as although the
wind had died down somewhat, icy rain started
about 10 minutes before the first rider was
off and continued hard for an hour. John Chapman
described it as absolutely horrible and he has
been used to quite a few wet days during his
winter training. Temperature was quoted at 3
degC.
Ewan
Tarrant was again fastest CCW rider claiming
5th place with a time of 1:9:46 and followed
by John Chapman in tenth with 1:13:35. Peter
Tindley was our third counter finishing very
wet and cold and for the first time ever recorded
a minus standard time in the vets result. His
time of 1:28:24 put him in 26th place.
Winner
was Nik Gardiner (John's Bikes), three times
National 24hr champion, with 1:3:38.
Michelle
Lindley and Chris Jones had an unexpected day
off when the A3crg 10 they had entered was called
off on Saturday due to the forecast poor weather.
It will now be run on 20th April.
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22nd
March
It was
perhaps no surprise due to the weather that
there were only ten riders for our first club
event of the season, two of whom were visitors.
However, it was a deceptive day with three of
the riders posting their fastest ever rides
on the course. Bright sunshine at the start
flattered to deceive as nearer to the turn riders
were battered by a hailstorm, driven on by a
strong and biting northerly wind reducing the
temperature to around 7deg C.
Ewan
Tarrant was first home with 22:40 and was one
of the three improvers, followed in by John
Chapman opening the defence of his club championship
on 23:30. First visitor home was Chris Baldwin
of Eagle RC with 23:41 completing the 25+mph
rides.
A deeply
disappointed Chris Jones finished fourth with
his head full of confusing power data resulting
in 24:05 and is now looking over his shoulder
as Shelly finished next with 25:51, another
course best. Our other visitor, Jack Wiltshire
of driventotri.com took sixth place in 26:11
and was the only rider in shorts and short sleeves
on the day. They're tough these triathletes!
It's
good to see that we have two juniors going head
to head this season and the rivalry should pull
them both out to some good times. Sam Edwards
managed to blag the afternoon off work to give
Joe Whitnall a 36 second beating with 27:30
for seventh to Joe's 28:06 in eighth. Watch
this space.
Peter
Tindley was happier with his effort than he
had been yesterday, but is now becoming something
of a bizarre puncture king. Having admitted
at club night to puncturing on the turbo trainer
a little mouse tells me that he had another
puncture on the way home on Good Friday when
the bike was in the back of the car. However,
he put all of this fun behind him to record
28:24.
Andrew
Preston rounded off the field with 29:08 satisfying
his target of a sub-30 minute time, which considering
he has only been on the bike once every other
week since the start of the year is no mean
feat. Result
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21st
March
There
were five club members riding in the Bournemouth
Arrow Good Friday 10 at Lytchett Matravers today.
For some it was the first event of three consecutive
planned racing days on what is a not too promising
weekend weather-wise.
Ewan
Tarrant was first CCW rider home with 24:33
in conditions described as nice going out, but
brutal coming back. At least it stayed dry.
Chris Jones was next to finish on 24:45, thwarted
once more in his effort to get a qualifying
time for the National 10 Championship in May.
Our third rider was John Chapman finishing with
25:18 followed by Michelle Lindley, whose 27:22
earned her the 2nd Lady prize.
Our final
counter was Peter Tindley who apparently had
no comment to make after his 30:59 of purgatory,
but like some others was hoping for a better
day tomorrow.
Winner
was James Gilfillan of Primera Sport with a
time of 21:58 on a day when the result had distinctly
old-fashioned look to it.
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20th
March
Those members who have joined
the Discussion page will have seen the short
note from Ian Cardy on his ride to Cannes. For
those that haven't seen it his text is reproduced
below and starts by saying "I didn't crash
(didn't even clash wheels which must be a record
for me!!)"
I had some superb highs -
a 'hilly' time trial of around forty miles,
some of which was spent at 40 mph uphill drafting
the pace car through a town centre in the evening
rush hour with five others, and this was after
160 miles in the saddle already that day.
I also had some lows - picking
up acute tendonitis on the Saturday in my right
foot (yet that was my strongest day) meaning
I was ordered off the bike for 48 hours rest
come Sunday lunchtime (at which point the pain
had got so bad I couldn't clip out) as it was
feared at first I could have a stress fracture
- I did tell them I didn't fall off though!!
The swelling got so bad I couldn't put the cycle
shoe back on anyhow - despite trying.
I was gutted not to do the 1000 miles I wanted
to do (I ended up doing just over 600 over the
five days in the end). So I've 'unfinished business'
in France (around Aix-en-Provence) to go back
to do some time later (hopefully this year).
But I've spent a week off the bike (and maybe
too much time in the cafes and bars of Nice,
Monaco and Cannes - well, I had to have some
motivation to cycle there!!) and am raring to
get back on again. Off to see the Doc re the
foot (I reckon the tendonitis was due to needing
to slow down for the others in the peloton -
we only did 15 mph average on some legs - but
why only the right foot I've no idea) and then
clean a very mile weary and worn Roubaix.
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15th
March
Disappointment,
not to mention heavy rain, greeted all of our
members who ventured up to Andover today to
ride in the Sotonia 10. The event was cancelled
due to the amount of standing water and spray
on the A303 where it was hard to see the car
in front let alone a cyclist.
This
is becoming a more regular occurrence these
days, particularly where trunk roads are used
and the suggestion has been made that perhaps
emergency courses close by could be used in
conditions such as today. It will not be an
easy solution to arrange, but there is certainly
merit in investigating the possibilities.
However,
with Easter coming up, a number of members are
planning to ride on Friday in the Bournemouth
Arrow 10, on Saturday in our first club 10 of
the season and on Sunday in the Bournemouth
Jubilee 42km event at Wool. This should go some
way towards making up for what was lost today.
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9th March
CCW members
have ridden in two events today across the South
DC.
Ewan
Tarrant was one of a disappointing field of
only 22 riders in the Team Axiom Hilly 30 at
Wickham in Hampshire. Conditions for the 9:15
start were bright, dry and chilly, but with
roads wet from overnight rain.
Resplendent
in his new skinsuit, Ewan finished in tenth
place with a time of 1:17:32. Event winner was
Dave Dent with 1:10:01.
At Lytchett
Matravers, the combined Poole Wheelers/Wessex
Road Club 25 may only have been a club event,
but it managed to attract a field of 18 individual
riders and a further six 2-up combinations.
Seven CCW members took part, recording some
excellent times for such an early event. Conditions
appear to have been much the same here.
Julian
Thacker was quickest club member this week with
a fine 57:14 that earned him 2nd place using
this.
Less than a minute behind and showing the value
of all of those early Sunday morning rides,
was John Chapman, who only yesterday said he
would not get under the hour. Some of us have
more faith and his 58:06 for third proves he
should too. Or was he just bluffing?
Next
to finish was Chris Jones, experimenting with
a fixed gear that may have been too high, as
his 1:1:28 shows. He was immediately followed
in 9th place by Paul Gould, who has obviously
been training quietly down in Bridport, with
1:2:38.
It looks
like the Lindley v Tindley race may be on again
this year, with Shelly getting the upper hand
this time. Andrew Stevenson was the meat in
this sandwich for 12th to 14th places, already
putting his new commuting mileage to good use.
Shelly recorded 1:7:50 after a tough track session
yesterday, with Andrew recording 1:8:42 and
Peter on 1:9:16.
Winner
was Max Baldock with 55:19, nearly a minute
quicker than his ride last year.
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6th March
It appears
that Ewan Tarrant started his season last Sunday
at the Sotonia club 10 on the infamous Beaulieu
Road course in the New Forest. His 23:24 earned
him second place to the winning 23:08 of the
Sotonia's Dave Koss.
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2nd March
There
were no takers or the 100 mile reliability trial
today and although Shelly set off to ride around,
she found it no fun alone and wrapped up with
a 66 mile ride for the day.
After
last weekend's flurry of racing activity, John
Chapman was the only one in action this weekend.
Partly trying to make amends for what he felt
was a poor ride last Sunday (it wasn't), he
had a go at the Poole Wheelers Whiteways Hilly.
Fourth place with a time of 45:37, just a shade
under a minute and a half behind winner Gary
Tuskin was the result, and a much happier John
is now looking forward to next Sunday's 25.
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24th
February
Eight
club members chose to start their 2008 season
today by riding in the Poole Wheelers organised
27km circuit at Bovington. Fastest starter was
Chris Jones in second place on 40:33, 5 seconds
faster than last year and beating Julian Thacker
by 1:10. Julian, riding his road bike, led a
clutch of three CCW members with Paul Gould
showing he has been busy over the winter returning
42:56, closely followed by John Chapman on 43:11.
Colin
Hoskins was next club member to finish leading
another group of three riders with his 46:39.
Ian Cardy formed the filling of this particular
sandwich with his 46:58. Was it his prodigious
mile eating of late, or his attendant camera
crew from C+ that blunted the speed he displayed
last season? Ian was closely followed by Michelle
Lindley, whose 47:06 was a minute improvement
on last season.
Mention
must go to two other members. Second-claim Julian
Foster finished in 47:47, but Peter Tindley
was unlucky to suffer a rear wheel puncture
near the Moreton Tea Rooms and to add insult
to injury lost his computer during his slow
ride back to the car.
Winner
was Max Baldock with 37:52, just six seconds
slower than his winning time of last season.
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17th
February
There
were only four potential starters for the 100km
reliability trial this morning, but whether
it was this lack of numbers or the bitter cold
wind blowing off the sea that caused no-one
to sign-on is unclear.
Nick
Collins decided to ride back to Bridport leaving
Ian Cardy, Julian Thacker and Joe Whitnall to
do their own thing over a shorter distance.
One other
potential starter never even made it to the
start line having become the latest member to
join the falling off club. Young Sam Edwards
was the victim of a particularly unusual accident
last evening whilst cycling home from work in
the dark on a cycle track. He was hit head-on
by another cyclist who had no lights and was
wearing dark clothing. First report is that
Sam has suffered whiplash, but nothing more.
His helmet won't be doing any more rides though
and his front wheel needs straightening, together
with a precautionary check of his carbon forks.
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10th
February
Sundays
ride started in bright sunshine for the riders.
There was Paul Mace taking a weekend break from
RAF duties, Nick Collins who had come over from
Bridport and John Chapman.
They met with Julian Thacker at Bowleaze and
headed out towards the White Horse hill.
It was at this point that the weather took a
dramatic change. The fog had descended and visibility
was down to no more than 30mtrs at best. A few
people thought about turning back, but all carried
on regardless.
At Warmwell Peter Tindley was waiting but he
decided, quite sensibly, to head for home.
The group decided to change the route slighty
due to the weather and stay off the main roads,
so they headed towards Moreton and cut across
the heath to start the climb up to Durdle Door.
It was on the climb out of the cove, where the
fog was even worse, that Nick lost contact.
He had taken the correct route, but the rest
had turned right across the range road.
Julian then decided to start the TTT training,
all the way back to Weymouth, with John and
Paul doing their best to hang on to his wheel.
Back in Weymouth the sun decided to show its
self again and the last 5 miles or so were quite
pleasant. It also coincided with Julian turning
off for home and giving the rest a much needed
rest.
The weather aside it was a very hard ride, but
a very enjoyable and worthwhile one.
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4th February
There
were only 5 entrants for the 50 miles reliability
trial yesterday, which with the wind strength
and threat of rain is not surprising. They were
joined by Nick Collins and Paul Gould who cycled
over from Bridport to the start and then peeled
off when the route completed their circuit.
Janet
Read was at the start handing out energy food,
which was well accepted by the riders. It is
also significant that all entrants opted for
the longest timespan of 4 hours. It was also
good to see Gordon Scott out for his first outing
as a second-claim CCW member. He is obviously
quite fit as the quickest finisher and having
been spotted training on Saturday morning as
well. Michelle Lindley was next in at 5 minutes,
followed another 5 minutes later by Chris Jones
and Peter Tindley. John Chapman had also been
a part of this group, but peeled off at Lanehouse
for home.
Qualifiers
were:
Gordon
Scott, Michelle Lindley, Chris Jones, Peter
Tindley and if we are generous, John Chapman.
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27th
January
The
group ride today spanned the full generation
of the club. Sam Barker was the youngest and
evergreen Peter Tindley was at the other end
of the spectrum.
Also out today was Nick Collins, who has shown
a great deal of improvement over the last month
or so and Neil Wooldridge for his first Sunday
outing with the group.
Also the usual suspects of John Chapman, back
from a couple of weeks away, and Ian Cardy who
was just finishing off a 400 mile week. After
a couple of climbs Peter informed the group
that the pace was too slow and it was not hilly
enough so he was leaving to join up with the
CTC group out of Dorchester. However, he was
still with the group along the Worgret Heath
road where the chance was taken to do some through
and off. It was at this point that Ian decided
to join Janet's "Falling Off Club"
and came down quite heavily on his side. Not
one to wimp out he carried on with the group.
On arriving at Dorchester, Sam wisely decided
that he had done his training for the day and
headed back home. With four riders left the
route then climbed Came Down and it was at this
point that Ian decided, quite rightly, to head
for an early bath and clean up his wounds. Also
deciding to depart at this stage was Neil who
had run out of drink.
That left just Nick and John to continue. Approaching
Goulds Hill for the second time Nick decided
that the lure of a sunny day and a nice brew
on Lyme seafront was too much and so he headed
for home. With the course needing to be proved
John continued alone for the remainder of the
ride.
It was a shame that Julian Thacker's cassette
fell off whilst riding to meet the group as
he missed a cracker of a ride. Great ride by
Sam today, who as a 14 year old, has proven
that he has a lot of potential and a great deal
of talent. Well done to all those that made
the effort.
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21st
January
Latest
news from Janet Read who took a tumble on Saturday
is that she only required some glue to put her
back together when she got to A & E. Her
knee is a bit stiff and she did get a nasty
cut on her head.
Apparently
she was trying to outscore Graham Schofield's
effort, to join the CTC Falling Off Club. Whilst
she succeeded in gaining membership, a ride
in an ambulance car doesn't compete with a helicopter
flight. Thankfully Janet is not planning another
attempt.
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20th
January
There
were ten entrants for this morning's 50k reliability
trial consisting of eight members and two guests.
It seems to have been an interesting affair
even if we discount Peter Washington's new bike,
which turned out to be a moped. It was described
as a tough day and the course only adds to that,
but Chris Jones decided to make it even tougher
by riding a fixed gear. His comment was, "Today
has to be the hardest ride I have ever done."
Of the
two guests, only Joe Whitnall completed the
course. Oliver Hill didn't make it to the top
of Portesham Hill and despite Shelly, Andrew
Preston and Peter Washington waiting for him,
he never appeared. Later on Peter Tindley and
Duncan Towner missed the Chilcombe turning (not
difficult to do) and appear to have added another
six miles to the route, not to mention an even
steeper climb. From the times it seems that
Ian Cardy romped away from the rest, although
as he was the only one to opt for the 2hrs 30mins
time, it's perhaps not surprising.
Sam Edwards
and Nick Collins were looking like finishing
in the same time, until Sam punctured in Upwey
on the way back. This was his saving as he finished
in his allotted time span, whereas Nick finished
11 minutes early and will have to successfully
complete two more reliability trials to qualify
for his medal. Closest call of the day was Michelle
Lindley who finished with just a minute to spare.
CC Weymouth
qualifiers were:
Ian Cardy,
Sam Edwards, Michelle Lindley, Andrew Preston,
Chris Jones, Peter Tindley and Duncan Towner.
Guests:
Joe Whitnall
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13th
January
This
week's report from John Chapman describes purgatory
similar to others' postings on the Discussion
Group.
As predicted
the numbers were down this week. Nick Collins
came over from Bridport and we met up with Ian
Cardy on the seafront. We headed over the White
Horse and then on towards the Warmwell roundabout.
From there we went right and then over the East
Chaldon climb and followed the road around the
back and on to Durdle Door. Ian Cardy was looking
very strong on the climbs this week and forged
ahead. It was a strong headwind up to the top,
but once over and down the other side we had
a tailwind up to Lulworth Camp. From there we
went over Whiteways, another tailwind, but the
wind on the top was brutal. We then made our
way to Corfe Castle and then left and on towards
Wareham. Not satisfied that we had done enough
climbing we turned left past the Springfield
hotel and made our way towards Creech. We turned
left towards East Creech and then over the zig
zag and on to Cocknowle. From there we went
back over Whiteways and on towards Wool. Ian
then told us he needed to get a few more miles
in for his Cannes ride so we went towards Moreton
and made our way towards Dorchester and then
over Came Down. From there it was a gentle ride
back home.
Rider of the day goes to Nick Collins as it
has been a while since he did a 4 1/2 hr ride,
let alone with hills and a very strong wind.
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6th January
John
Chapman sent in this report of today's Weymouth-based
ride.
An
excellent ride this morning and a good turnout.
I was quite a surprised to see 4 people waiting
at Foords Corner when I arrived, Shelly and
Chris, Nick Collins and John Baddeley. At Chalbury
Corner we met Ian Cardy and Julian Thacker and
at Warmwell Cross we met Gary Steadman. It was
a bit cold in places, but soon warmed up, around
the time we hit the first climb. We did the
route that I put on the forum, up until we got
back to the Springfield Hotel, by which time
I was feeling tired so we turned down toward
Wool station. Once we had recovered we split
into 2 groups to do some through and off from
Wool r/bt to Warmwell r/bt. From there we rode
back to Weymouth at a fairly steady pace. Special
mention to Shelly for working so hard in what
was a decent quality group and sticking with
us. Especially has she had done a 3 hour track
session yesterday. Speaking to the rest of the
riders they all said they really enjoyed the
route.
