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Beacon Little Mountain Time Trial

We still need a few more marshals

Sunday 23rd April 2017 - 745 - 1200

This is a major event in the Beacon Calendar and we need everyone who is not riding to help, if they are available. Please let me know if you are able to marshal this year.

We need 23 marshals to ensure that the course is safe for riders and so far we have 18 volunteers

So far the following people have agreed to marshal– Please can we have some volunteers

John Deeley
Alan Nicholls
Steve Croggon
Richard Bussell
Phil Field
Ken Clegg
David Clegg
Richard Leaper
Phil Richards
Craig Walmsley
Chris Cole
Colin Hall
Andy Stowe
Paul Hardiman
Helen Jamieson
Carolyn Clegg
Neville Billington
Graham Gamblin
Martin McGowan
Robin Kirkham
Fenella Brown
Les Ladbury

Dave


David Cole

daveandann345@btinternet.com
0121 475 7384
07572 314 460
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David Cole
President
Beacon Roads Cycling Club

Dave,

I have obtained permission from senior management to go out on Sunday next so I am available for marshalling duties at the LMTT.

Can you let me know where and when please.

I do hope that you have a last minute rush of volunteers and therefore are not so reliant on the aged and infirm.

I can marshall this Sunday. Let me know what time to get there.
fenella

Adrian McHugh is here with me and keen to come out and help

07772 078078

Is anyone riding out from Black Horse?

Ade isn't on email but I can pass on message or text him

Thanks

Dave

Thanks Fenella
Can You help Alan Nicholls and Robin Kirkham at Lower Broadheath from 9.00 AM.
Send me an email and I will email back full instructions

Dave


daveandann345@btinternet.com
0121 475 7384
07572 314 460

Thanks Les
Can you help Neville Billington and John Deeley where Bromyard Downs joins the A44. Staring from 8.15

Send me an email and I will email back full instructions

Dave


daveandann345@btinternet.com
0121 475 7384
07572 314 460

4
Bromyard Downs exit
WR6 5TE
Marshals to meet me at junction at junction 0815

Good Day,

I have been rejected from the race I had entered on this day so am now free, is there still a requirement fro more marshals?

Stuart
We could do with some more help at the start/finish + directing cars into the car park, you would need to be at Shelsley Walsh by 730 AM.

let me know what you think

Dave

Hi Dave,

I'll be there, no problem. See you at 7:30am

Thanks Stuart -that's great

Can I just add a big thanks to all who have offered to do marshalling tomorrow. Without you there would be no event & I wouldn't get to ride it.

Thanks

Think this will be advised at sign on but ignore any yellow arrows by Witley Court and just follow direction of marshals and the black and white LMTT signage....unless you want to join the Tour of the Black Country sportive as a detour! There's some overlap in route at this point.

Thanks from me too to John and all the organisers and marshals.

Ditto, my thx to everyone too. Another superbly well organised event. I would say it was fun, but the suffering endured makes that adjective not quite the right choice. Thx folks...and well done to all the Beacon riders.

Yep, thanks from me too. Really well organised yet again - despite the challenges of a new course, new HQ and a sportive.

My thanks also. Superbly run and marshaled. I prefered that course and the venue was first class .with more chance to socialise afterwards . A good day for the Beacon

A great route made even more special by the finish and hq. Massive thanks to John and all the volunteers.

Bit of feedback on a TT forum on Facebook from a St John's rider
"Superb event by the beacon racing club. Thanks to all who made it happen.
Today at shelsley walsh at the beacon little mountain time trial 131 riders took on the punishing 37 mile course in very good conditions. The event was very well organised so many thanks to the beacon racing club for that. St johns fielded 10 riders."

Are the full results by category available anywhere? Just asking because someone has messaged the club Facebook page asking if it's possible to see the road bike results and hill climb times.

I've added the Road bike column to the provisional results we published yesterday so you may need to refresh if you've already looked at this...

http://www.beaconrcc.org.uk/open_races/ ... -Times.pdf

pain faces from the final climb on the link below, if anyone wants a particular image just pm me and I can send the file.

https://goo.gl/photos/BWNaWZ3S5PeT4fMb6

Haha thanks Ian! I think! Hope ok I've shared link on Facebook group too. Big thanks to you and George for taking pics.

Thanks Ian. Super pictures.

IanT wrote:pain faces from the final climb on the link below, if anyone wants a particular image just pm me and I can send the file.

https://goo.gl/photos/BWNaWZ3S5PeT4fMb6

Great pics Ian

Thanks for the pics, Ian, and the road bike times, Steve.

Are the hill climb times going to be made available? Just checking so that I can tell this person asking the Facebook page, either way.

Laurence looking at Strava I'm not sure we want to see the full hill climb results!

Tim wrote:Laurence looking at Strava I'm not sure we want to see the full hill climb results!

Ditto.

laurence_cooley wrote:Thanks for the pics, Ian, and the road bike times, Steve.

Are the hill climb times going to be made available? Just checking so that I can tell this person asking the Facebook page, either way.

I am not sure if John looks at the message board much Laurence so he may not respond to this post. I suspect that the results will be abandoned as one of the hill climb watches was found to be running significantly out of time (by mins!). I will see JH this WE and ask him. (If I can remember).

I expect if that is the case riders will get that communication via the post in with the usual results sheet and photo is going out.

I wonder though if something could be done with the Strava data? certainly you can see who the winner was according to the Strava segment, Richard Gildea, and that I beat Laurence and Adrian

Ian
Thanks for taking those photos - some great pictures
Dave

Seeing John this afternoon so will have a chat then.

The watch I was using started to loose time somewhere in the middle of the event. From the early times of the fast juniors I would think the winning time would have been somewhere in the short 4min area. Most midfielders were doing mid 6s and the slowest times about 12 min. Unfortunately the clock seems to have started losing time gradually from midway. We have checked this against Strava. Therefore it's impossible to give you times.

Sorry