New section

Anyone considering starting a new section for pedalos?


Could make for an interesting race evening at Dorney (or even the A4 if the weather carries on), and looks quite sociable too.

Accident

Just to let everyone know that Anne is OK after last night's accident; just a few scrapes and a badly damaged bike. Hopefully the latter will come out of the driver's pocket.

Rider competitions

Some news about our riders:

GHS Championship

Andrew Richardson has entered the London West District round of the GHS Championship. Best of luck to him, and we hope he qualifies for the Nationals.
Update: Andrew didn't have a good ride (mid 27s) and so hasn't qualified for the Nationals. Better luck next year!

WLCA 50

Joe Francis and Andrew Payne have entered the WLCA 50 that's this year's event for our Club 50 Championship. Good luck to them (& I'm sure you'll both beat my PB of 3h17m!)
Update:The event was won by Adam Topham in 1:52:43; he was an MDCC member last year but joined Team SBR this year as it's closer to where he lives in Windsor. Joe came in just outside the top ten with 2:07:34 and Andrew finished in 2:12:04. Congratulations to you both - remember to ride the 100 in August to register for the BAR. Results

Dragon ride

While the rest of us were getting dizzy round the Fifeld circuit, Andrew Payne and Vincent Taylor travelled to South Wales to take part in this year's Dragon Ride. They had both entered the 200km ride, but due to weather conditions while crossing the river Severn had serious discussions about opting for the short 135km route. However on arrival at Bridgend conditions were dry, if a little cold (and better than the rain we had here most of that morning) so they set off in the second wave of riders around 8.05am on the long route as planned.

Despite the best intentions to stay together they quickly got separated. Once the ride settle down Andrew spent most of his time in small groups varying in size from 2 to 9 riders taking turns on the front to ensure a reasonable pace was maintained on the flatter parts of the route. He was generally happy with his performance on the ascents, but lost any gains on the descents; his max speed was around 35mph but others had reached nearly 50. Vincent suffered with a puncture and various small aches which slowed his overall progress.

915 riders set out on the longer ride with 895 finishing.

Place	Name	Total Time	Club
1	Adrian Lee	05:59:57
212	Andrew Payne	07:09:04	Maidenhead CC
871	Vincent Taylor	09:41:03	Maidenhead CC
895	Matthew Burns	10:26:16