Medium Gear '10' mile TT Champs. Thursday 3rd September , Shurlock Row. 6.30pm Start

Any MDCC members who would like to ride the Medium Gear Championships in Thursdays Club TT are advised to arrive in good time as gears [72"] will be checked before the start at 6.30pm.

This event is open as usual to riders on standard gearing as well.

There is a possibility we will have a full field [45 riders] on Thursday. Please will all riders book in early with me, ie before Thursday, to ensure a place in the event.

Club '10' Results Thursday 27 th August

Results to be published later in the week
Paul is still recovering from his injuries received in the accident at the Club '10' last Thursday. He was taken to Wexham Park Hospital by ambulance on Friday morning as he was feeling very unwell. He is home now but still feeling painful after-effects from the accident. He is unlikely to get the results onto our website for a few more days. They may not be available until next Thursdays event. We would ask all riders to be patient.

Peter Bell
Gen Sec
MDCC

Club '10', Thursday 27th August

Delay to Results
Last night at a very busy '10' our first man off Paul Richardson was involved in an accident when his handlebars were hit by an overtaking car at the Shurlock Row/Straight Mile junction. After a visit to hospital he is back home and OK but with stitches in his elbow and assorted road rash. His helmet was written off but no damage to his head which shows why we should all wear helmets.

As Paul produces the results page there will be a delay in getting the results on the Club website. Peter took over the job of timimg the finish so it's possible there may be adjustments to the verbal times he gave last night to some riders.

DON'T FORGET CLUBNIGHT TONIGHT, ST LUKES CHURCH HALL, NORFOLK ROAD. MAIDENHEAD. 8PM-10PM

Sunday, September 6th Charity Rides

On Sunday, September 6th there are 3 worthwhile Charity Events that members may be interested in taking part in. All of them will give you more mileage to add to your present Sportive mileages for the MDCC Sportive Trophy awarded at the Club Dinner.

The Prostate Cancer Charity Tour Ride
This takes place at Stoke, Staffs using the stage route for the Tour of Britain. There are routes at 20km, 70km and 145 km.
Club members Derek Cockerton and Paul Hartigan are taking part as are other local riders. More information on the link below.

http://www.tourride.co.uk/rides/stage_5.asp

The Sue Ryder Cycle Event
This event is raising money for the Sue Ryder Home at Nettlebed, Oxfordshire. It starts and finishes at the Mapledurham Estate outside Reading, with a short family ride of 10 miles or a longer hilly ride through the Chilterns of 30 miles.

http://www.suerydercare.org/events.php/346/ride_for_ryder_bike_ride_reading

The London to Windsor Bike Ride for the British Heart Foundation
This starts at Richmond Green and finishes in Windsor. There are two routes, one of 29 miles and one of 37 miles. We usually have several members taking part in this event

http://www.bike-events.com/Ride.aspx?id=206

We hope to see many of our members taking part in these Charity Events. Don't forget to wear your Club jersey so other riders know that we are supporting these events.

Club '10' Shurlock Row, Thursday, August 27th, 6.45pm

Club '10' Shurlock Row, Thursday, August 27th, 6.45pm

Please Note: All our '10's' on the Shurlock Row course have been brought forward 15 minutes. The new start times can be found on our Events-Calendar page. The first one this Thursday, 27th August, now starts at 6.45pm.

All riders are advised to carry a rear red flashing light in these events.

MDCC's Mark Dewey Qualifies for the ITU World Championships

Mark Dewey has qualified to represent Great Britain in this year’s ITU Sprint Triathlon World Championships being held in the Australian Gold Coast later this year.
Mark has been racing in triathlons for 5 years was the 3rd qualifier from the Blithfield Triathlon on Sunday is ecstatic to have made the team he said “like most boys I dreamed of racing for my country at the Olympic Games but this is the next best thing. It feels amazing to be selected and to know that all the hard work has paid off. Sunday was really wet and windy but the race went well, I was out of the water a little further up the field than usual and I knew if I could put together a strong bike leg I would be in with a chance on the final run”
In Australia Mark will race over the sprint distance of a 750m open water swim, a 20k cycle and 5k run.

MDCC Club Championships To Be Decided

MDCC Club Champs to be decided

The Medium Gear '10' mile Championship for the Tony Deadman Shield, Thursday Sept. 3rd

This event takes place at our Thursday evening '10' on September 3rd on the Shurlock Row course. For those that haven't ridden this event all riders are limited to a gear of 72". [ Check our gear table page to find which combination you need] All gears are checked for size prior to the event. See Nigel Shurben [ TT Sec.] for more details.

Best All Rounder [BAR] Trophies, Ladies and Novice

A reminder that both of these events are still wide open to riders.

Ladies BAR Ladies only need to ride two '10' mile TT's and two '25' mile TT's to be eligible for the competition.

Novices BAR First year riders only need to ride one '10' mile TT and one '25' mile TT to be eligible for this competition.
This event is currently led by Linda Regel who is the only MDCC novice to have completed a '10' and a '25'

Please contact Nigel Shurben, MDCC Coach and Time Trial Secretary for advice on which events to enter and how to enter.

MDCC v. HWCC Inter club '10' , Tuesday, 11th August, Longwick

Having recalculated the total times for our 8 riders v. High Wycombe's 8 riders the results come out a lot closer than originally thought [unless I've slipped up some where] with HWCC only winning by 32 secs.

If it hadn't been for Pete Weirs's injury meaning he wasn't going at his usual pace, Paul Hartigan being stuck behind a horse and cart for most of the course and HWCC being thoroughly unsporting and putting up a lady to ride against us we would definitely have won.
JUST IN: How about this for an absolutely unbeatable excuse from Nigel Shurben who claims he was absolutely 'flying' on Tuesday night only to be delayed by a glider at a roundabout.

Well done all our riders who took part!

Maidenhead & Dist CC v. High Wycombe CC
Inter Club ‘10’ Results

MDCC
Chris Taylor 22.20 MDCC
Simon Greenland 22.56 MDCC
Peter Weir 23.00 MDCC
Julian Fairly 23.01MDCC
Anthony Cooper 23.16 MDCC
Andrew Payne 23.51 MDCC
Paul Hartigan 25.45 MDCC
Nigel Shurben 26.05 MDCC

Total Time : 3hrs 10mins 14secs

High Wycombe CC
Chrissy Radon LDY 22.17
Chris Greig SNR 23.21
Pete lawrence SNR 23.31
Duncan Smith VET 23.43
Richard Davies SNR 23.54
Nick Calkin VET 24.09
Mike Chappell SNR 24.17
Cliff Grant VET 24.30

Total Time : 3hrs 9mins 42secs

Maidenhead loose inter-club 10tt by an unfair scoring system

On Tuesday evening 7 Maidenhead riders turned up at Longwick for what is now becoming an annual 10tt challenge against the High Wycombe club. Despite strong performance by all 7 riders the Maidenhead boys lost by a combined time of 4minutes which was better than expected with the scoring system being used. All our 7 riders times counted against the 1st 7 High Wycombe riders to finish. With Maidenhead being represented by a cross section of the clubs ability the odds were always stack against them.
On a positive note everyone was very welcoming and a good spread for free food and drink was provided posted race. During the evening the High Wycombe club were presented with a cheque from a local councillor which was being used to part fund a WattBike. The WattBike was on display and available for a rapid 1km time trial which several riders tried out including Simon Greenland.
It was agreed for next years event on a Maidenhead course that we could choose a scoring system to ensure we win.

Club ride to the Longwick 10tt course

The Sunday club ride that goes from the Birdhills golf club on Sunday morning around 8.30 will be riding out to the Longwick course. So all those wondering what it’s like will have a good chance to find out.

Thursday Evenings '10' Cancelled--But the Prize Presentation Goes On

Rain Stops Some Of The Play

Heavy rain, poor road conditions and poor visibility caused the last minute cancellation of this evenings Club '10' on the Fifield course. This is only the second cancellation in 25 years that Club Secretary, Peter Bell can remember.

About a dozen riders turned up but most looked quite relieved that the decision not to go ahead had been taken. Exception and winner of the 'Club Hard Man of the Night Award' was MDCC's Gary Curtis who went on to ride and time himself over the '10' course.

However the rain didn't prevent Mike Tree's presenting a pair of his highly desirable '2xu Compression Tights' to last week's winners' of the fastest senior and vet award, Neil Campbell and Robin Smith. See caption photo of Neil collecting his prize from Mike.

Robert Tinns smashes his PB on the A3

On Wednesday, Robert persuaded his mum (Danuta) to travel down to the A3 10tt course to ride, as holiday commitments meant they couldn't ride H10/10 with us. The trip was well worth while as Robert completed the course in 25min 58sec, about 2minutes quicker than his previous best time. This was done on his normal road bike without tri-bars!! Will Robert be beating his Mum next season? Well done Robert.

Tomorrow's '10' 6th August- Fifield Course

Club '10' Thursday 6th August. Fifield Course. 7.15pm Start
Just a reminder that our Thursday evening '10' series switches to the Fifield Course for the next three weeks. The first one tomorrow starts at 7.15pm.
Riders are recommended to use a red rear flashing light for our evening events, especially important now the nights are getting shorter.
We will be presenting the prizes [ 2xu Compression Tights, donated by Mike Trees ] to last weeks fastest senior and fastest vet shortly before the start.

PLEASE LET PETER KNOW BY TOMORROW IF YOU WISH TO RIDE IN THE INTERCLUB '10' AGAINST THE HIGH WYCOMBE CC NEXT TUESDAY AT LONGWICK.

Simon convincingly takes the 2009 25tt championship

With all the rain over recent days the Maidenhead riders taking part in the club 25mile TT championship held on H25/2 were greeted by a bright and sunny morning with a light westerly breeze. 120 rider and 10 reserves were on the start list for what can be a very fast course with the first 1.7miles going down hill along the A404 from High Wycombe. This included 7 Maidenhead riders but only 4 reported to the start line. First off was Simon Green as number 51, shortly followed by Andrew Payne no 57. Dr Paul Richardson (PhD in ground penetrating radar) was off no 74 with Nigel Shurben the last Maidenhead rider being 99. Andrew and Simons paths crossed on the A4 about 1/2mile before the Twyford RB. With the turn at the Sonning RB Andrew felt he was 1-2mins down on Simon at this point. Andrew and Dr Paul crossed around Hare Hatch, but Andrew doesn’t recall seeing Nigel during the ride.

The westerly breeze definitely made it hard work riding to the turn, but didn’t appear to give much benefit on the way back to Maidenhead. It also felt much like a head wind back along the A404 to finish at the Marlow slip road.

On regrouping at Liston Hall in Marlow it was clear Simon had become the new 25tt Champion with a time of 57.45 easily beating Andrew on 1:00.55. Third was Dr Paul in 1:04:09 with Nigel just behind on 1:04.57. The overall view was that the conditions made it tuff going and not ideal for flying down the A404 at speed. All 4 riders would liked to have been quicker aThe overall event winner was Simon Trout of Velocity Bikes in 52min 10sec.

MDCC '25' Championships / Club Run

Simon Greenland takes the '25' TT Trophy
In the absence of some of the Club's fast men Simon Greenland seized the opportunity to produce a stunning ride on the H25/2 yesterday morning to win the Club's '25' mile TT Championships. His time of 57:45 beat Andrew Payne's 1:00:55 by 3 minutes while in third place was Paul Richardson in 1:04:09.
Pete Weir was unable to ride owing to severe neck strain from riding his first 12 hour the week before.
More details later.
What a turnout! Sunday's Clubrun
Run leaders Bryan Simmonds and Malcolm Brewer were delighted to have 10 riders out on the Clock Tower Club run on Sunday morning including 1 or 2 first timers. A ride through the Chilterns was enjoyed by all with a stop at West Wycombe for refreshments on the way home.