The Beacon Message Board

Round Three 2013/14 Waldrons Cyclo Cross League



Organised by Redditch R&PCC and Beacon RCC

Location: Pitcher Oak Woods, Bromsgrove Road, Redditch. B97.
Access by main entrance off bromsgrove road.



Marshals required please. Marshalling sessions 6.30 to 9.30 (course marking), 9.30 to 12.30, 12.30 to 15.30. We'd like to contribute 8 Beacon marshals to each session. There will be a rallying point in the park details will be advised.

Also volunteers needed to help with course clearing Sat 7thSeptember (date to be confirmed). Meeting point ..car park on right of Bromsgrove Road (if coming from Tardibigge direction) at 2pm. If anyone has petrol brushcutter..pls bring. Also loppers, secateurs etc.

Can marshals / clearance volunteers please contact Gary Mac on 07974435165, email thegmac@yahoo.co.uk or PM from message board

I'll be there on the day. May be assistant commissaire, if it's permitted. Whatever, I will be there all day.

Put me down. Although you probably already have.

Not here on the 7th though.

I'll help out on the Sunday all day.
D

I'll help with either first or second session on the Sunday whichever is needed

I'll help out on the day Gary, put me down for the full day. I can't help with the course clearing on 7th though as I've got a date with Saintbury Hill.

As already posted in the news and events section. I am running a cake stall at the CX. Therefore all donations of cake would be greatly received. Please bring them with you on the day.

Sonia from RRPCC.

Hi all

Thanks to everyone who has volunteered!!!! to marshal on Sunday. I now have enough people for the morning, but still would appreciate some more help for the second shift.

Morning/All day marshals

Chris Hudson
Harry
Laurence Cooley
Martin McGowan
Doug F-S
Gary

11:30 Shift

Paul Dean
Philip Whiteman
Greg Thompson
Dave Cox.

If you can help please get in touch asap, thanks

As I am now into tranvestism, please don't mind me turning up in high heels whilst wearing an ill-fitting short skirt.

Phil -- sounds like a fragment of truth in that... getting a little excited at the thought of being caught??

Would love to marshal but plan on doing a blipping race if something else doesn't go wrong

Happy to help with the clearup operation though.

Errr ... why are there two threads on this?

Gary
I will be there at 1230 tomorrow along with Richard Kings and Andrew Burley

Dave

Just curious really, but is this event sponsored by Waldrons the haulage Co, their place is on the old A38 by Lidiate Ash. I used to race against Graham Waldron in 100c Kart Racing back in the seventies

David Farley wrote:Just curious really, but is this event sponsored by Waldrons the haulage Co, their place is on the old A38 by Lidiate Ash. I used to race against Graham Waldron in 100c Kart Racing back in the seventies

The sponsors are Waldrons the solicitors...no idea whether there's a connection.

Well that was 'interesting' as we watched some fairly hair brain lunatics riding at full pelt around others at a more sedate pace in a tricky location. The environment was certainly 'interesting' too, with plenty of overhanging branches and tree routes posing obstacles to the riders. One poor fellow crashed into a holly bush, a rather prickly way of falling but at least he had a cushioned fall. CX has got to be cycling's equivalent of the contact sport 'shinty' - worth watching but suicidal to enter. I take my hat off to Darren and Paul Garey who rode and clearly braver than I.

Were there enough helpers on the day? I should say so. The chap from Redditch successfully allocated 7 marshals to my allocated marshaling station. Thinking that was somewhat silly and a chronic case of over-staffing on a piece of ground that measured 1 metre cubed, I moved down hill to join Greg, Laurence, Mark and a Redditch guy where we spent a productive time talking stuff. Enjoyable company and an event that was 'interesting' to view with a fun atmosphere. I can see why people ride CX but don't expect my entry form too soon.

Thanks to you all for donating and then purchasing cake(s) . The stall raised £236.15. The burger van man also gave a donation to CX fund.

Thanks again

Sonia

A handful of snaps from Sunday:

https://picasaweb.google.com/GFBarchive ... JO6vdn-9gE

Woo, at least two people on real bikes!

Hi Everyone
A big thank you to everyone who helped out at Pitcher Oak Woods on Sunday,
especially those poor fools who stayed all day.
And a special thanks to John Hitchcock!!!

Gary

I just found this video of the seniors/V40s race online: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAcvjxnlkuU.