Sunday, 4th October, Clock Tower Club Run

Clock Tower Club Run
Brian and Malcolm won't be leading the Clock Tower Club Run this Sunday, 4th October as they will be marshalling the VTTA '25' at the Thicket roundabout. Members still wishing to go out from the Clock Tower can meet there as usual.

MDCC 2009 Ladies BAR Competition

Qualifiers for 2009 Ladies Best All Rounder Competition
To qualify for the Ladies BAR competition riders have to complete two '10' mile TT's and two '25' mile TT's. Their average speed over these four events is then calculated and the winner of the Ladies BAR Trophy is the rider with the fastest average speed.
At the moment Linda Regel is leading this competition with rides of 29:35, 30:06, 1:21:27 and 1:24:04 giving her an average speed for her 4 events of 19.115 mph. If any other lady riders still haven't submitted their times for these distances please will you e mail Peter to let him know.

Linda Regel receiving 'The Timberlake Tankard' from Paul Richardson earlier in the season.

Pete Weir's Record Breaking Ride In His Own Words

How Pete Weir broke the Club '25' mile TT Record

Having made the 2 and a half hour trip to the HQ in South Wales I was pleased to see that there was very little wind and that it was warming up nicely. The course starts on a quiet B road before joining with dual-carriageway that is used for the remainder of the race. Once you join this road you are greeted with a 2 mile descent into a valley, the road then proceeds along the valley dropping slightly downhill predominantly until you reach the turn. The slight downhill nicely disguised the fact that I was riding into a slight headwind.
After the turn I picked up the tail wind and began the slight drag all the back to the finish. Having no watch on me I had no idea of my time but guessed it was pretty quick and that a new PB was on the cards. Once back to the HQ I was a bit shocked to see my time of 50:35 as I was predicting a 52 or 53 minute ride. I'm very pleased with the ride and it's especially nice to break a club record which has stood for 9 years.It was also good being at the HQ afterwards, there was a really good atmosphere as everyone was waiting to see if the competition record would finally fall. When they wrote Dave McCann's time up there was a big cheer from the crowds present.
I guess my target for next year has to be sub 50 but I think yesterday was a perfect day for it so that may prove to be a bit of a challenge.

PETE WEIR BREAKS CLUB '25' RECORD

Pete Weir breaks another Club Record
Today in the Port Talbot Whs '25' on the fastest course in the country Pete Weir claimed the Club record that he made his target at the beginning of the year. He took John Woodburn's 2000 '25' record of 51:21 down to a staggering 50:35. He finished in 21st place in an amazing event.
Brilliant ride Pete! MDCC send him our warmest congratulations.
We hope to have more details from Pete later in the week.

In the same event David McCann finally lowered Chris Boardman's 1993 British '25' Competition Record of 45:57 to 45:54.

MDCC Week End Results

National GHS Final
Robert Tinn produced another personal best at the GHS Final south of Birmingham on Saturday afternoon to finish in 25:37. He was placed third in his age group [13 years].
Andrew Richardson produced one of his best times this year to finish in 26:19.
Well done to both of them for representing our Club so well.

World Triathlon Championships
MDCC's Mark Dewey successfully completed the World Triathlon Sprint competition in Brisbane Australia on Sunday. His total time for the 3 events was 1:20:07. He finished in 57th place in his age group. It's good to see MDCC being represented on the other side of the world. Ripper Mark!
Also taking part was TVT's Choc Harris who taking part in the Olympic distance produced 1:7:36 for the 40km cycle, her best placed section [24th] to finish 48th in her age group. TVT's Sharkie Jaggard finished 15th in the same event.

A3crg '10' , Andover Wheelers Weekend
Robin Smith still trying to beat his personal best this year produced a fast 21:51 in this event while Danuta Tinn finished in 22:49, an OKish ride she tells me but a time 95% 0f the Club would be very happy with.
Pete Weir riding the '10' and '25' at Andover reports that conditions were quite breezy so super fast times were ruled out. He was happy though, considering the conditions, to produce 20:22 for the '10' on Saturday and 55:08 for the '25' on Sunday.

GHS National Final

Andrew and Robert Go in GHS Final Tomorrow
Andrew Richardson and Robert Tinn as winners of the LWDC heat take part in the National GHS Time Trial Championships tomorrow on a course south of Birmingham. MDCC wishes them both the best of luck in this event.

Evening '10' Handicap Championships Decided

Paul Richardson Takes Club Handicap Champs
The last of our evening ten events took place yesterday evening at Shurlock Row on a pleasant evening but with a nagging wind that seemed not to give much help on any part of the course. Paul Richardson [144 points] , still not riding because of injuries received 2 weeks ago, maintained his season long lead to clinch the Championships with Vince Dewey [130 points] , his nearest challenger, also unable to ride because of work committments.

The lower orders were thoroughly shuffled over the last 3 weeks with Gurpal Panesar [97 points] shooting up the standings to grab 3rd place from Nigel Shurben. Simon Greenlands [94 points] fast rides moved him up into a medal winning fourth place pushing Nigel [91 points] down into an eventual 5th place.
One other late riser was fast improving 13 year old Robert Tinn [88 points] who jumped up to 6th place after 2 fast rides on the Shurlock Row course.
Full Rankings on our website events page in spreadsheet form

The final event was won by an ex-MDCC rider Pete Wager [ VC Meudon] in 22:56. We were pleased to have Pete and his brother John supporting our events over the year. First MDCC member home was Simon Greenland in 24:03.

To finish the season long series we had a drink together at the Beehive, White Waltham. Although it takes a lot of work to run this series the Committee were pleased to have more members volunteering to take on duties to help out with the running this year. It does seem worthwhile when we have so many riders from other clubs expressing their appreciation and thanks for our efforts.

Don't pack up yet for the season! We still have our Hill Climb Champs on October 11th.

Derek's and Paul's Charity Ride / Last '10', Come for a Drink! / Clubnight

Derek Raises £1000 and Paul raises £1100 for the Prostate Cancer Charity
Derek Cockerton taking part in the Tour of Britain Stage 5 Charity Ride did a magnificent job raising almost £1000 for the Prostate Cancer Charity. This took place in the hills around Stoke-on-Trent and he completed the 90 miles including 2000 metres of climbing, 2km at 17%, at an average speed of 15mph.
As Derek often says, " Absolutely Awesome". Well done Derek.
Paul Hartigan had to cry off Sundays event with a chest infection. He has raised a massive £1100 for this worthwhile charity and is going to ride the Tour of Britain Charity ride on the 19th September to make up for it. A fantastic piece of fund-raising Paul. MDCC sends it's warmest congratulations to both our riders.

Friday, 11th September, Clubnight.
This Friday is our clubnight at St Lukes Church Hall,
Norfolk Rd, Maidenhead, 8pm-10pm.
Come along to have a chat, sort out any problems with your bike or find out how to enter open events before the end of the season. We especially welcome prospective members who would like to find out more about the Club.

MDCC Results in National Circuit TT Champs

Simon Greenland takes third in National TT Circuit Championships
MDCC's Simon Greenland continued his run of excellent form by taking third place in his age group in the British National TT Championships on a rolling course NW of Quainton this morning. His time of 51:29 for the 20.8 mile testing course was exceptional and Maidenheads & Dist CC would like to offer it's warmest congratulations to Simon.
Also competing in the masters category was Peter Weir who produced a strong ride of 48:38 despite having time off for injury recently. He finished 13th in his class. See below.

photo: Larry Hickmott

Danuta Tinn riding for her A3crg team, but second claim to MDCC, riding a course that isn't completely suited to her style showed her work at increasing her cadence over the season has paid off with a fast 53:26 on this demanding course. She finished 17th, and as second counter she enabled her team to finish first.
Winner was Emma Pooley, Olympic silver TT medallist, in 46:11

MDCC Medium Gear '10' Championships

It's Greenland Again!
On a blustery evening on the Shurlock Row course last night Simon Greenland again captured one of the MDCC Championships that is dear to his heart. Riding his Rotrax track iron with 72" fixed he recorded 27:49, with no other Club member getting much within 2 minutes of him. Second was Nigel Shurben in 29:40 and a surprise third was new member Paul Todd in a very creditable 30:32 for his first ever time trial. Gurpal Panesar riding his newly restored retro Raleigh [see below] was fourth in 33:32.
Peter Weir preparing, as is Simon Greenland, for the British Circuit TT Championships in Bucks. on Sunday won the unrestricted event in 23:13. We were very pleased to welcome a large contingent of riders from Summit Mountain Bike Club. Attracting a great deal of attention was Summit's Richard Key on his restored 1928 machine and in period costume who produced a terrific 29:32 to show these old machines can still be ridden at a good speed without the need for carbon fibre. Gurpal has provided the photo of Richard below.


We were also pleased to welcome junior Ellie Quarrington riding her first event and coming home in a good time of 33:16.

Thursdays 27th August, Club '10' Results now on website

The delayed results from last Thursdays '10' are now on the results web page.