Late News.

National '10' Champs
Last weekends '10' Champs at Newbury gave the Club mixed fortunes. Danuta finished 12th in a pleasing 23:38 to Julia Shaw's very rapid 21:49. Peter Weir having been ill for the previous week produced a below par ride for him of 22:14 to Michael Hutchinson's 19:34.

Chris Cockerton
We were very sorry to hear that Derek and Samantha's son Chris had a nasty fall at Hillingdon last Tuesday. Samantha tells me he will be fine but Chris has to have some teeth repaired as well as possible plastic surgery on his lip. We wish Chris a speedy recovery.

Club '10' 28/5/09
Pete Weir seems to have recovered from his virus as he produced the fastest time this year, on the best evening so far at our Club events ,with 21:28. There were a crop of '22's' and '23's' with Chris Heape tantalisingly close to a '21' with 22:01. Most riders took some time off their best this year with Gary Curtis chopping another minute off to record 24:39. It was good to see Mike Trees back in action on one of his new CEEPO bikes at 25:45. Just how good these bikes are is shown by Louise Bardsley's [TVT] 24:53 on her pink CEEPO. She was doing a 28:30 at the start of the season. New comer Lorna White produced a quick 28:06 for a first ever TT.

Paul Richardson keeps a steely grip on the handicap competition with 129 points.

Ladies Clubnight / National '10' mile TT Champs

Ladies Clubnight
Our first ladies clubnight went well with several of our lady members dropping in for a chat and a lightning course of bike repair tips by our resident 'maestro mechanic' Paul.

National '10' mile Time Trial Championships, Sunday 24th May, Newbury.
We have 2 members taking part in the Nationals on Sunday. Pete Weir goes in the senior mens' and Danuta Tinn in the senior womens'. We wish them both the best of luck. Newbury isn't far away so why not ride out and support them. Full details on the CTT website.

Club Track Night 2, Palmer Park, Wed 27th May

Track Night 2
Our second track night is taking place on Wednesday evening, 27th May at Palmer Park, 8pm - 10pm. There is no charge to members for the use of the track and we provide members with the free use of a track bike for their first session.

These sessions cater for everyone, including young members, and they provide valuable experience in teaching you how to ride in a group.

Sportsbug 2. Cox Green Leisure Centre.

This mornings Goride session at Cox Green Leisure Centre as part of the RBWM Sportbug fortnight proved to be a rewarding and worthwhile experience both for the children who took part and our Club.

13 children took part in the skills building games, exercises and races keeping our two Goride coaches Nigel and Paul busy. By the end of the enjoyable session both the children and the coaches had gained in confidence and thoroughly enjoyed the activities.

Feedback from parents and children was very pleasing, all praising the session and wanting to come back for the next group of lessons that we hope to run in June.

Track Night 1 / Tonight's Club '10'

The first Club track session went off successfully last night although with reduced numbers of riders, seven, due to the weather and other committments.
Six rode the evening on fixed wheel track bikes and gained valuable experience for our Club Championships in July.

The Club '10' moves to the A4 Maidenhead Thicket course this evening .Start 7.45pm. Riders are especially recommended to carry a flashing rear light as the light is likely to be poor this evening.

Track Night Wednesday 13th May / Results

Club Track Night
Just a reminder that the first Club Track Training Session is on this Wednesday evening [ 13th May] Arrive 8pm to get onto the track at 8.15pm
Don't forget tools and pedals if you are using a track league bike.
We will still run if it's wet but will use only road bikes so it is advisable to bring a road bike just in case.

NO HELMET, NO RIDE!

Charlotteville '50'
Peter Weir and Simon Greenland both rode the Charlotteville '50' this weekend and got their opening longer distance events off to a good start with Peter recording 1:56 :12 and Simon on 2:04:07.

MDCC Sportsbug / Goride, Cox Green

Our first Go ride session at Cox Green Leisure Centre as part of RBWM's Sportsbug fortnght ran successfully yesterday morning. Although we didn't have as many children as we would have liked they all enjoyed it and said they would be returning for next weeks session.

The site is excellent being a large tarmac surfaced carpark behind the leisure centre. Our coaches Paul , Nigel and John were all on hand with Nigel providing the lead. It was good to have Peter, Andrew Richardson and Malcolm helping with Andrew Payne and Brian also dropping in. We also had a visit from RBWM's Sports Development Officer , Helen Preedy, who is keen for us to continue and build on these sessions at Cox Green.

Next week we expect at least a dozen to take advantage of these free sessions.

Club 10

A cold and blustery evening didn't seem to affect the times at last nights '10' too much with a welcome visit from ex-club member Chris Stocks winning in 22:31 almost 30 seconds clear of Reading's Neil Cooper. First junior was Sandy King only a minute slower at 23:36, who found it a quieter and less bumpy ride than his 11th place in the junior Paris-Roubaix.
New member Linda Regel continued to improve with 31:03 and first time rider Gary Curtis produced an excellent 26:37.
Paul Richardson continues his dominance of the Handicap Competition with a total of 91 points after producing his fastest ride of the year last night [25:58] to score another 16 points. Nigel Shurben is second overall on 41 points.

A WIN AND TWO COURSE RECORDS FOR MDCC!

Peter Weir produced another stunning ride on the brand new '10' course on the A404 to win the VTTA '10'. His time of 21-36 was well clear of the second man, Paul Callinan of London Dynamo. Not only did he win the event but he also set the course record. This was his second win in two weeks.

Simon Greenland going off early in the vets race set the benchmark course record [23-58] early on only to have it taken off him by Peter Weir late in the event and eventually finish 9th. Andrew Small also made a return to time trialling recording a very creditable 28-56 on a traditional machine including mudguards.

Visit from Jim Rogers, MDCC's Norfolk Rep

Jim Rogers paid a visit to Peter on Saturday morning along with son Mark and grandson Adam. Malcolm also came along. Jim moved to Norfolk 10 years ago after serving on the MDCC committee in several posts for the previous 10 years. He also took over the newsletter editorship after Jim Burgin left the club. Mark also rode for the Club for several years and both still keep up their membership.

The main reason for the visit was for Jim to drop off his Harry Quinn track bike which the Club has bought as it's first 'Club Track Bike' for use by any members who don't own one. It's 50cm and we hope to use it mainly for our juvenile and junior members at our Palmer Park sessions.

Jim also dropped off some material for the expanding Club archive. So it's a double thanks to Jim and we hope to see him later in the season at 1 or 2 of our '10's' on the Bath Road.