Latest Club News 2010 .....

August 29th.  Sunday, Team Swift Charity `10` V718 near Hull. A fine day with a savage rising west wind, as the day went on the wind got up more. Rob riding in the `slow` event got the best conditions and recorded 22mins 54secs. Good `un Tink. In the `overflow` event Dek decided not to start, as did Lee in the `fast` event. Steve, who was a reserve in the `fast` event rode starting at 3-25pm when the wind was blowing a right gale. Going out, he was `spinning out` on 53x11 & the turn was reached in 9min 30secs. !!!  The return leg was a nightmare, block headwind and then his front mech jammed on the big ring. --- time 24mins 31secs. Sorry about laughing mate, thats how it goes sometimes. 

August 21st.  Saturday, `10` organised by Hartlepool CC on the T102 (Crathone - Tontine) on the A19. Rob was our only rider today, he clocked 24m10s, winner was Simon Baxter in 20m 52s. Not many more now Tink.

August 18th.  Wednesday, the final BRC Evening `10` on Park Springs Rd.  Neil Dyson couldn`t make this event because of work committments, but it didn`t stop him from winning the Points Competition with 54 points, 2nd was Steve Roper with 45 points and 3rd was Wayne Randall with 42 points. Well done to these 3 and to everyone else who rode the `10`s.          Neil has now won the `Club 10 Championship` the `Points Competition` -- will he also win the `Special Events Competition` ?

August 17th.  Tuesday,  Birdwell CC evening `5` on Park Springs Rd. Steve Roper was only 3 secs behind winner Trev Mayne. Steve`s time was a P.B. of 11mins 37secs. There were 23 riders. Good ride Steve.

August 14th.  Saturday, Bridlington CC `10` on the V718 near Hull. Dek Crawshaw knocked 40seconds off last Saturdays time when he recorded 21m 31secs. Michael Hutchinson was the clear winner with 18m 03s.

North Notts Olympic RC `10` on the A10/21 Sutton on Trent, Notts. Rob Barnard clocked 23m 17s, Alan Bullock DNS. James Colman won in 20m 33s

August 12th.  Thursday, at the BRC meeting Dave Lawence & Lee Thortersen were made members of the Club. Welcome lads, hope you enjoy riding with the `Road Club.

August 11th.  Tuesday, Birdwell Whs `10` Grimey bypass. Steve Roper & Lee Dixon rode as a 2up and came in with a time of 22mins 38secs, 16 secs short of the Club record of 22-22

August 7th.  Saturday, Lincoln Whs `Charity 10` on the A10/20 just south of Tuxford, Notts. This is a difficult course, half of it being on the A1 South where it was very fast and the other half on the `old` A1 with its slow surface and into the wind. Dek Crawshaw`s time of 22mins 11secs was only 18secs faster than Rob Barnard`s 22min 29secs (is it the new bike Tink ?). Alan Bullock riding his 1st open event of the year did very well with his 23mins 36secs. A very good ride Alan, keep it up. James Colman won the event with 19mins 44secs.

July 31st.  Saturday,  V.T.T.A. Yorkshire Group `25` Topcliffe area of N.Yorks. Rob Barnard hadn`t got his racing legs back on after holidaying in France but still managed to record a descent time of 1hr 02mins 11secs, The ride to the turn (11miles) was wind assisted but the 14miles coming back was anything but !    Michael Ellerton won in 52mins 52secs.

July 24th.  Saturday, Wold R.T. `10` on V718 at Newport near Hull. Dek Crawshaw 21mins 26secs (personal best). Steve Roper 21mins 53secs (personal best). Wayne Randall 22mins 53secs. Total of times (1-06-12) was 14secs off the club 10 mile team record. Hard luck lads. Michael Hutchinson set a new competition record of 17mins 51secs beating Bradley Wiggins`s time by `One` second.

Footnote.  Dek was delayed for a few seconds by a bus who`s driver didn`t see him. Steve had only just (11hrs earlier) returned from holidaying in Crete was suffering from lack of sleep and proper food. he was sick afterwards. Wayne had a trouble free ride till 1 mile to go when he unshipped his chain, he had to get off, untangle it, put it on and restart his effort. .......only 14secs was required.!!!!!!  

July 18th.  Sunday, L.V.R.C. road race at Great Limber, Lincolnshire. Club Treasurer Ken Corbett won his age category in his 2nd race of the year. Good `un Ken.

July 17th.  Saturday, North Notts Olympic R.C. `25` A1, Nottinghamshire. On a very windy day `Tink` managed to get under the hour again, this time with a 59min 18secs ride. Keep it up fella.  Matt Bottrill was on top form as he won the event with a 49m 51s !!!!!  Same day, different event and course, V.C.Chesterfield `10` Hatfield Woodhouse. Still very windy from the SW. Dek Crawshaw could only manage 23m 50s for 10th place. Event was won by Richard Cordin in 21m 48s, that shows how hard it was. George Miles was DNS.

July 10th.  Saturday, Drighlington BC `25` North Yorkshire. `Tink` came close to beating the 1 hour barrier today with a 1h 00m 11s ride in this 2 lap time trial. With a SW wind helping going out but not coming back he reached the half way point in exactly 30mins but was slightly slower on the 2nd half. A good solid ride Rob. --- Wonder if he used the same saddle again ?

July 04th.   Sunday, Yeovil C.C. `25` (somewhere `darn sarth`). Rob Barnard chose this event to try out a new saddle - not a good idea Tink, as he did a saddle sore 1-02-11. The conditions were fine, sunny with a rising SW wind. The winner was Simon Edney 54-34. Just for interest, there were 2 other ex BRC riders competing, John Clemit (Yeovil CC) 1-03-48 and Alan Smith (Gillingham & Dist.CC) 1-06-13. Well done all 3.

July 03rd.   Saturday, South Elmsall Social C.C. `10` at Hatfield Woodhouse using the slow O10/1 again. Tony Galvin did a 25m 57s ride and George Miles a 26m 17s. There was a strong wind blowing from the south west which made it hard out and not a lot of help coming back. Sunny then cloudy. Ian Dalton was the winner in 21m 23s. 

June 26th.   Saturday, Velo Club Chesterfield `10` on the O10/1 at Hatfield Woodhouse. When the event started it was cloudy with a stiff SE wind blowing, it was warm & the sun did get out. George Miles having his 1st outing of the year clocked 26m 42s and Rob `Tink` Barnard clocked 24m 14s. Rambo Ramsbottom won with 20m 47s. he slowed a bit so it must have been windy !!!  V.C. Chesterfield will cease to exisit at the end of this year, Dave Hunter says it`s not viable with 4 members, Sorry to hear that Dave.

June 23rd.  Wednesday, with 8 events gone in the Evening`10`s Points Competition Neil Dyson is leading the way with 32pts. In 2nd spot is Wayne Randall with 30pts and 3rd is Steve Roper with 26pts.

June 10th.   Thursday, June club meeting. Wayne Randall and Derek Crawshaw are given Life Membership of the Club after 21years of continuous membership.     Congratulations

June 15th.  Tuesday eve. City R.C. (Hull) `10` on the V718 at Newport, Steve Roper did a quick time of 22mins 19secs. Winner Michael Hutchinson did 18m 08s. --- Wow.

June 12th.  Saturday, Sherwood CC `25` Nottinghamshire. Not such a good day - bit more wind. Tink went back half a minute from last week. But a 58m 28s was still a very good ride. Well done Rob. Winner today was Matt Bottrill 48m 52s.

June 5th.   Saturday, Newark Castle CC `25`, a personal best ever for `Tink`. He recorded a 57mins 56secs on a hot day with thunderstorms promised in the area. A great ride Rob, well done.

May 22nd.   Saturday, Paul Ruta did an actual time of 58m 52s in the VTTA National Championship `25` at Carlton on Trent, unfortunately he got an 8 minute late start as well, otherwise this would have been the fastest `25`of the year. Hard luck Paul, it was a good ride anyway.  Hatfield Woodhouse, Sheffrec CC `10`. Tink did another good ride on this `slow` course when he did 24m 09s, he was only just over 3mins behind the winner Julian `Rambo` Ramsbottom who could only manage 20m 52s. He`s slowing down fella, you could have him next year. 

May 18th.  Tuesday, City R.C.(Hull) `10` again on the V714 instead of the V718. I was at Howden at dinner time, it was sunny, warm and NO wind at all. 6 hours later and a strong East wind had got up turning it very cool. Steve Roper did a 24m 51s - `it was very tough, like pedalling in treacle coming back` he said.  Paul Ruta, not feeling his best was also struggling and recorded 25m 16s. The winner was Ric Handley with 20m 49s.

May 16th.  Sunday, in a L.V.R.C. road race at Scotch Corner Paul Ruta made several attempts to escape from the bunch, each time being brought back. (too many wheelsuckers eh Paul). In the end it was a massed gallop for the line and Paul not being a sprinter could only manage 12th. Better luck next time Paul.

May 15th.  Saturday, Y.C.F `10`, this event was scheduled for the V718 but a broken gas main meant it was switched to the adjacent V714 which goes from Gilberdyke to Howden and back on rough surfaced roads. Reserve rider Steve Roper decided to ride this slower course when he was offered a ride, if only for a hard training ride. So he wasn`t unduly dissapointed with his time of 24m 39s when the fastest time when he left was only 21m 14s which was about 2mins slower than the winning ride would have been on the V718. Conditions - sunny with a very strong head wind to the turn. Well done Steve.

May 8th.  Saturday, Drighlington B.C. `25` course the V232 in N. Yorks. Very strong head wind to turn, `Tink` said he was down to 15mph at times. On the very fast return leg he was mainly in 53x12 but just couldn`t make up the lost time. `Tink` finished with 1-02-51, winner was Derek Parkinson 53-18.

May 2nd.  Sunday, Rutland C.C.`s  38 mile L.V.R.C. road race at Harworth in Notts. Paul Ruta was in the over 60`s category and with 4 others broke away from their group and proceeded to catch the younger age group in front of them. This done, the `oldies` all went on the front to speed things up and ensure nobody else got across to them. When the sprint for the line came Paul couldn`t match three of his breakaway mates and took 4th place. Well done Paul, a real good effort.

May 1st.  Saturday, Sheffield Phoenix C.C. `25`, course - O25/11. Not too bad a day until it rained.  Rob Barnard set a new personal best time for this `orrible course when he did a 1h-01m-38s for 14th spot. Well done Tink, a real good ride. Nick Sparks won in 53m 19s

April 24th.  Saturday, warm and sunny with a stiff southerly wind meant Rob Barnard had an easy fast ride to the turn in the Otley C.C. `10` on the V214 Topcliffe course in North Yorks. Coming back on the longer leg into a cross-head wind meant slower times for everyone and `Tink`was no exception with a disappointing 24m 08s. Never mind `Tink`  Lee Tunnicliffe didn`t do so well either with his winning 20m 34s.

April 18th.  Sunday, very little wind for the Team Swift `25`. This was the first time a Time Trial has been held on the A1 in the North Midlands Division for several years. 3 BRC members were riding and they were Paul Ruta, Steve Roper and Chris Greasley. Steve was fastest with 59-51, Paul was next with 1-01-31 and Chris doing a very creditable 1-07-49. For both Steve and Chris this was their first rides at 25 miles. Very well done to all 3. The winning time was 50mins 57secs, that shows this new course has very good prospects.

Feb. 14th.  13 riders went to Calver in Derbyshire today under cloudy but dry skies. Dek found plenty of hills to test the legs. This must have been the best day of the year so far.  Next week its to Lotherton Hall -- will George make it,  come and see.

Jan. 31st.    17 riders turned out on the clubrun which went to Oldcotes via Blyth today. This follows on to the 13 riders on the 16th (Hope), 15 riders on the 24th (Rothwell). How many will get out next week to Halifax ? 

Martin Dainty, 1st in `Devil`,  29-01-10

Pete Ackroyd.  V.C.Chesterfield `10`

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