CLUB '10' THURSDAY, JULY 9TH, 'BRING AND BUY'

Bring and Buy Club ‘10’
Get rid of all your unwanted kit at our
‘Club Bring and Buy Evening ‘10’’
Stalls open from 6.45pm onwards until HQ closes.
Make sure all items are labeled with your name and priced.
Small entry fee for each item dependent on price.

Other Clubs are welcome to join in this 'Bring and Buy'

27 / 28th June Open TT report

Maidenhead riders where again in action in open TT this weekend. Simon Greenland travelled down to the Bristol area for a Saturday afternoon 50mile tt. The journey was worthwhile as he completed the course in 1hr 56min 47sec. This placed him 46th out of 105 finishers. The winner was James Wall from Stratford-on-Avon CC in 1hr 42min 57sec.

Also on Saturday afternoon, Peter Weir, Frank Pressling and Andrew Payne were entered for a 10tt on H10/1, just west of Reading on the A4 Aldermaston and Thatcham. As expected, Peter was the best finisher of the 3 with a time of 20.55 to finish 3rd behind Richard Prebble with a winning time of 20.23 and Steve Golla on 20.31. Andrew finished 23rd in a time of 23.51 with Frank 34th and 24.42. If there’s a team prize for this event the Maidenhead boys look like taking this award.

Like the previous weekend Frank and Andrew were again doing a 25tt this time on H25/1 along the A4 between Thatcham and Pangbourne. Chris Heape was on the startsheet but didn’t show up. Frank completed the course in 1hr 3min 39sec to finish 22nd out of 40, with Andrew stopping after 10 miles with a series of feeble excuses.

Lets all enter the Antony Maynard memoral Sportive

On the Sunday 19th July the Reading CC are organising a Sportive in memory of their member Antony Maynard who was killed out riding just north of Henley at Bix a couple of years ago. This event includes 2 distances 190km, 105km. See http://tinyurl.com/m8f4z3 for full details.

It would be good to have strong representation from the Maidenhead & District CC. The event start just west of Reading at Theale, so the only reason I see for members not taking part is because they are doing the club 50mile tt event on the same day. The club 50 is on the A4 west of Theale, so it would be possible to do the TT and then take part in the shorter route.

Shea and I have already entered and I will have room in my car for another rider.

So instead of the normal club rides lets all get down to Theale to show support of a local rider.
Andrew Payne

Maidenhead & District Cycling Club CEEPO Tri/TT Bike Clubnight TONIGHT!

TONIGHT ! ALL CLUBS WELCOME !

CEEPO Tri/TT Bike Clubnight Friday, June 26th, 8pm -10pm
You are invited to Maidenhead & District CC’s exclusive CEEPO Tri/TT Bike Clubnight on Friday, June 26th, at St Lukes Church Hall, Norfolk Road, Maidenhead.
You will have the chance to ride one of these state of the art aerodynamic bikes created by Club members Mike and Reiko Trees. Just bring your own pedals to screw in to the cranks. We will have rollers and turbos to try them on.
Mike Trees will be there to discuss all aspects of these terrific machines.
Refreshments available
For more information look at the CEEPO website. See Peter for more information about the evening.

MDCC 2009 Track Sprint Champion

Shea Hindman, MDCC's New Sprint Champion
Following a number of practice sessions held to encourage and develop club members skills and confidence in the art and simplicity of riding a fixed wheel bicycle, we ran the first of this years track specific championships decide the Sprint Champion.
It looked like we were to have six riders taking up the challenge but unfortunately Jon Cross was unable to compete as he was unable to remove one of his pedals from his road bike. This left Chris Taylor, Joe Francis, Shea Hindman, Paul and Andrew Richardson.
The evening started with each rider completing a time flying 200 metres to determine the seeding for the match sprints.
Shea 13:64 Joe 13:94 Andrew 14.:13 Chris 14:96 Paul 15:21
This meant that the seeding saw Paul and Chris battle it out to obtain the remaining place in the semi-finals. The match sprints were to be the best of three over a distance of 500 metres The first match went to Paul by half a bike length with the final 200m being covered in 15:05 secs. The second was a much slower race as each rider tried to force the other on to the front. With the distance to the finishing line reducing to 150 metres Paul finally made a dash for the line. He just managed to hold Chris off to cross the line first, winning by a tyre width. Hopefully the photo finish will support this decision.
We now had our semi finalists.
The 2nd seed Joe would be riding against Andrew and 1st seed Shea taking on 5th seed Paul.
The clash between Joe and Andrew didn’t go according to the seeding as Andrew produce two excellent rides. In the first Joe led out with Andrew following close behind. As both riders approached the 200 metre line they were following the blue line. This allowed Andrew to drop inside Joe and sprint away. Andrew taking this match in a time of 15:14 secs. In the second Andrew led off with Joe slowly following Andrew’s wheel. On the first banking Andrew slowed the pace even further this forced Joe to go early. Joe opened up a gap of about 3 bikes lengths but Andrew began to slowly bride the gap. At this point Joe failed to push home his advantage and Andrew made it onto Joe’s wheel. As both riders headed for the line Andrew moved out and accelerated past Joe to win by half a wheel (14:95). The remaining semi final was a much clearer affair as it went with the seeding. Paul put up a fine effort but Shea’s power and smooth peddling style allowed him to win in two rides completing the final 200m in 15:70 secs and 14:94 secs.
While the riders got their breath back Joe’s son Carlo had an attempt at the flying 200m. He was cheered on to record his PB of 20:90 secs..
With the evenings racing coming to a climax everyone could not have foreseen the strong effort Andrew was going to unleash. The first sprint went to Shea who led from the front and eased away while carefully watching and matching Andrews’s efforts. The second went to Andrew who out foxed Shea who didn’t hold as tight as he should allowing Andrew to pip him in the final dash for the line (14:12). While the finalists rested the match for 3rd and 4th took place. This saw Joe take on Paul. Both riders agreed that this match was going to be a single race event. Once again the riders used the first 350m to see how slow they could ride and how close they could force each other to the fencing. At 150 m Joe stamped on the pedals and headed for the line. Paul reacted quickly but his earlier efforts now took its toll and Joe won in 16:24 to take the honours. With 3rd place decided it was back to the finalists.
The final race began at a walking pace with Andrew showing off his skills by doing a track stand which forced Shea into the lead. Shea increased the pace . Andrew tried to maintain contact but as they entered the finishing straight Shea’s advantage took him to the line in 14:82 secs making him this year’s track sprint champion.

MDCC Track Champs/CEEPO Clubnight/New Track Sec/Go Ride

MDCC Track Champs, Wednesday 24th June
Our first Track Championship takes place tomorrow evening at Palmer Park, Reading, 8pm-10pm. This first evening is the Sprint Championships. If any riders have not yet confirmed they are riding please let Peter know by Wednesday morning. Riders using the track league bikes need to arrive in plenty of time to set them up. Don't forget your pedals.

CEEPO Clubnight, Friday 26th June
Your chance to try out these wonderful aerodynamic TT bikes and talk to their creator, Club member, Mike Trees. Bring your own pedals to fit to the CEEPO bikes. Members of other clubs are welcome to join us.

New Track Secretary
Committee member Andrew Richardson is taking on the job of being Club Track Secretary. If you have any questions about the track have a word with him. We'll be circulating information from Andrew and his contact details later this week.

Go Ride Session, Saturday 27th June
Our next GoRide session for 8-11 year olds is at Cox Green Leisure Centre on Saturday afternoon, 27th June from 2pm - 3pm. Club members are reminded that these enjoyable and instructive activities are free for their children

Timetrials on consecutive days

Over the weekend of 20th/21st June, Andrew Payne and Frank Plessling both decided to enter the afternoon 10mile tt on the H10/8 course at Bentley on the Saturday and follow this up with a 25mile TT on the H25/8 also at Bentley early on the Sunday morning. This was in addition to taking part in the club 10tt on Thursday evening.

On Saturday Frank completed the 10tt with a time of 24min 19sec which he felt was an ok(ish) time and Andrew in a time of 23min 9 sec. Despite being 38sec quicker than his previous best time Andrew was frustrated by missing out on a 22min time. 10 seconds can be quiet a gap to bridge.

So Sunday arrived with both riders thinking 17 hours was more than enough time to fully recovery for the 25tt. The pressure was on Frank as he was rider no 60 which implied he was one of the top seeds, although he was not sure what he had done to deserve this honour. Frank completed the course in 1hr 3min 43sec with Andrew coming in with 1hr 1min 1sec. Both riders felt they suffered with the affects of the 10tt from Saturday. The general opinion amongst riders was that the moderate NW wind hindered progress by up to 2 mins.

Both Frank and Andrew appear to enjoy doing tt on consecutive days as they've both entered the Reading CC H10/1 event next Saturday pm and the Reading H25/1 event on the Sunday am. On Saturday the pair will be joined by Peter Weir, with Chris Heape taking part Sunday. Can the Maidenhead boys win the team prize on both days?

MDCC Members in Windsor Triathlon 14/6/09

In ideal weather conditions 5 MDCC club members took part in the Windsor Triathlon on Sunday. Our 3 senior men taking part produced terrific performances with Chris Taylor who won the Club '10' last Thursday coming home first of the three in 2:13:01 to finish 26th overall. Austin Swain was close behind in 2:13:57 after a superb swim [ 31st overall] and only 30 seconds later was Anthony Cooper in 2:14:27 [38th overall] who while leading Chris after the swim and cycle lost out in the run.
Gervase Foley, one of our two ladies taking part, put in a fast swim but suffered in the later stages to finish in 2:50:58. Kate Hunt took part in the shorter sprint event and produced an excellent result being first vet women to finish in 1:36:23 and second woman overall . Kate's brilliant cycle section she put down to going out on our fast club run from Birds Hill.

We would like to offer our congratulations to all our members who took part in this event.

Club '10' , Thursday, 11/06/09

A fine evening last night ,with the breeze dropping to give later competitors an easier ride, saw 20 Club members and another 25 riders from other clubs take part in the Club '10' on the Thicket course. Chris Taylor made another electrifying appearance on his CEEPO TT bike to finish fastest in 22:32. There was a mixture of times with some going faster and some slower. It was a pleasure to see Choc Harris [ TVT] on her new TT bike improve by almost a minute to produce 26:20. It was also good to see so many new riders having a go as 'Come & Try It' riders with some good times done, Paul Veazey finishing in 25:16 and George Eyles in 26:47.

Go-Ride Session , Cox Green Leisure Centre

Our next session at Cox Green Leisure Centre is tomorrow afternoon at 2pm. Members are reminded their children can take part free in these enjoyable bike control teaching sessions.

Club Night Tonight- St Lukes Church Hall

Our Clubnight is this evening, Friday, 12th June, from 8pm to 10pm at St Lukes Church Hall, Norfolk Road ,Maidenhead.

We'd be pleased to see Club members there to discuss their cycling activities and what the Club can do to improve them. We also welcome prospective members who would like to find out more about the Club's activities.

Pete Weir's National '25' Ride in His Own Words

With the forecast of strong winds and heavy rain, I was not looking forward to this race. In the end I was reasonably pleased with my ride under the tough windy conditions. The course used has the potential to be quite fast, if not for the conditions we had on Sunday. After a fast first couple of miles to the first turn, there was a long 10 or so mile exposed section into a headwind which I think took it's toll with a lot of riders. After this, the return leg was very fast and I ran out of gears quite quickly.
After this, there was a final stint into the headwind, but this time for only a few miles which was quite a relief. I was also quite fortunate with the weather too as I got almost all of my ride done on dry roads which was not the case for some of the later riders.

A Busy Weekend for MDCC

MDCC members have had a busy weekend taking part in a variety of events from the Club'30' Champs to a track training session at Newport Velodrome. This was probably the best choice 'as it has a roof over it' commented Paul Richardson.
National '25' Championships.
Danuta finished 16th in the Norfolk based event in 1:1:23 to Julia Shaw's amazing 55:18. Pete Weir turned in a 56:35 to Michael Hutchinson's staggering 48:23.
Danuta was disappointed with her ride, although there are many in the club would have been very pleased to do a '1'. She feels she didn't go hard enough into the head win out to the turn and so lost quite a lot of time there. Her team did however come home with the Ladies prize.
Windsor Great Park Breast Cancer Charity Walk
We were pleased to have Derek and Samantha Cockerton support this worth while event as a mobile support crew on their bikes to the walkers . Samantha tells me it was an enjoyable ride around the Park, although rather wet, and no emergencies to cope with amongst the walkers. She's keen to help again next year.
Don't forget our Charity '10' on Thursday, 16th July when the whole Club can do their bit.
Newport Track Training Session
A full complement of our coaches, John Percy, Paul Richardson, Nigel Shurben and, fresh from his L1 Course, Club junior Andrew Richardson took part in the session today at Newport.
Club '25', Fifield Course
With so many riders taking part in other events we had a smaller than usual field for this afternoon's Club '25'. With Peter timing and Brian 'pushing off'' the event went smoothly until the heavens opened as the last few riders finished.
Fastest was Paul Holdsworth, Hounslow and District Wheelers in 1:02:03. First MDCC rider was Andrew Payne in 1:5:04. Full results on our events page.

Chris Heape takes MDCC Club '30' Championships

Chris Heape took the Club '30' championships this afternoon with an excellent ride of 1:10:35 at his first attempt at the distance.
Today's Club '30' championships was run on the same course as last weeks '100' championships but in hugely different conditions, last week was hot and dry, this week was wet and cold.
The expected challenge from Joe Francis was washed away with the rain when he punctured late in the event while level with Chris on time . Simon Greenland obviously happy to be back on the course after last weeks win produced a cracking ride of 1:11:50 to finish second in the Champs. and also come second in the event on standard.

Go-Ride Session
Our Go-ride coaches Paul and Nigel, with Peter on hand to help, ran the first of a series of Go-Ride sessions at Cox Green Leisure Centre today. Although rather low on numbers this afternoon, because of clashes with other events, the children that took part enjoyed it immensely and their bike handling skills visibly improved by the minute. Next session is next Saturday afternoon and Club members are reminded these sessions are free for their children.

Greenland, the new MDCC 100 mile TT Champion

Simon Greenland is this years Club '100' champion. In Sunday's event on the Bentley /Chawton course in Hampshire on a day when temperatures were constantly rising but with a nagging breeze to make it harder on the return leg, Simon produced an incredibly well judged ride, his 20 miles times were consistently at the 52 and 53 minute mark. He was helped by having Paul Richardson in attendance to hand up bottles. He finished in 4:21:13.
A disappointed Joe Francis with perhaps not enough miles in his legs tended to produce variable circuit times and although in with a chance early on slowed in the latter stages to produce 4:33:08.
In third place was Gurpal Panesar hoping for a big improvement on his new bike but who found the distance more than he would have liked to record 5:34:21.

Don't forget the Club '30' mile championships is this Saturday which is going to be a fascinating three way battle between Simon Greenland, Joe Francis and Chris Heape. Peter Weir and Danuta Tinn go in the National '25' championships on Sunday. We wish all our riders the best of luck.