Club runs - 24th June
Posted: 18 Jun 2018 09:50
There were no club runs on Sunday, of course, as it was the Janet Kelly Beacon RCC 10 mile Open TT. With her now weekly shout out, top kudos goes to Jess Rhodes-Jones, who won the female TT, equalling the course record with 22:01, over a minute clear of the second place rider...a fantastic ride again. Superb rides also from Xavier Disley, Paddy Allaway, Simon Dighton, Roger Cutler, Paul Watkins, Ian Taylor, Neil Orchard and Anne Hughes, with great times ridden by all.
Congratulations to Martin McGowan, Dave Cole and all the volunteers for a great event, it's wonderful that we organise these things as well as just ride out randomly, and it's this which separates us from other clubs, I believe,
Just to prove my point, there was the Silverstone 9up Team Time Trial on Friday night, with three teams from Beacon (the only club there with three teams, I think). Thanks again to Jess for organising the Beacon contingent...it was a great experience riding on the super-smooth F1 circuit, and it's a tremendously well organised event by Bicester Millennium CC. The Mixed teams finished fourth and fifth, with the 'A' team just outside the podium time...a couple of wheel clips saw Andy Terry and Laurie Derbyshire hit the deck, with Laurie the worst affected, but hopefully all will be well and back on their bikes this week. The men's team also rode very strongly in a highly competitive field.
Oh, and hot off the press...massive kudos for Rob Wade for riding and completing the 3 Coasts 615kms audax over the weekend, a true randonneur!
Oh, and club runs! This weekend sees the 2018 annual 'pushing the boundaries' club run. Outrageously, we have a 400kms club run organised by Paul Johnson...details are on the parallel thread, but it visits everywhere and leaves at quarter past midnight on Friday night/Saturday morning, i.e. the ride is all day Saturday. We appreciate that this clashes with the Beacon Track day at Halesowen track on the Saturday, so you have a choice of riding at extreme ends of the spectrum this weekend.
Please can people volunteer to lead 'traditional' club runs on Sunday, please, we have a couple of weeks of nice weather coming up, so be good if we can get ride leaders all lined up in advance. Finally, I have now loaded the July, August and September thread for us all to fill in, and I've led by example and posted early. Enjoy the Football tonight, if that's possible.
This week's rides:
A: Beacon Burst (50 miler non stop and back before the footie) - Neil Orchard, (meet at 08:15, leaving at 08:30)
B: Wellesbourne - Chris Ashford (Meet at 08:15, leaving at 08:30)
C: Bewdley - Matt Hale (meet at 08:15, leaving at 08:30)
Alternative club run: 400kms ride to most places in the Midlands, leaves at 00:15 on SATURDAY 23rd June, i.e. we’re cycling on Saturday
Congratulations to Martin McGowan, Dave Cole and all the volunteers for a great event, it's wonderful that we organise these things as well as just ride out randomly, and it's this which separates us from other clubs, I believe,
Just to prove my point, there was the Silverstone 9up Team Time Trial on Friday night, with three teams from Beacon (the only club there with three teams, I think). Thanks again to Jess for organising the Beacon contingent...it was a great experience riding on the super-smooth F1 circuit, and it's a tremendously well organised event by Bicester Millennium CC. The Mixed teams finished fourth and fifth, with the 'A' team just outside the podium time...a couple of wheel clips saw Andy Terry and Laurie Derbyshire hit the deck, with Laurie the worst affected, but hopefully all will be well and back on their bikes this week. The men's team also rode very strongly in a highly competitive field.
Oh, and hot off the press...massive kudos for Rob Wade for riding and completing the 3 Coasts 615kms audax over the weekend, a true randonneur!
Oh, and club runs! This weekend sees the 2018 annual 'pushing the boundaries' club run. Outrageously, we have a 400kms club run organised by Paul Johnson...details are on the parallel thread, but it visits everywhere and leaves at quarter past midnight on Friday night/Saturday morning, i.e. the ride is all day Saturday. We appreciate that this clashes with the Beacon Track day at Halesowen track on the Saturday, so you have a choice of riding at extreme ends of the spectrum this weekend.
Please can people volunteer to lead 'traditional' club runs on Sunday, please, we have a couple of weeks of nice weather coming up, so be good if we can get ride leaders all lined up in advance. Finally, I have now loaded the July, August and September thread for us all to fill in, and I've led by example and posted early. Enjoy the Football tonight, if that's possible.
This week's rides:
A: Beacon Burst (50 miler non stop and back before the footie) - Neil Orchard, (meet at 08:15, leaving at 08:30)
B: Wellesbourne - Chris Ashford (Meet at 08:15, leaving at 08:30)
C: Bewdley - Matt Hale (meet at 08:15, leaving at 08:30)
Alternative club run: 400kms ride to most places in the Midlands, leaves at 00:15 on SATURDAY 23rd June, i.e. we’re cycling on Saturday