Sunday, 28h February 100km Reliability Trial Postponed

Sunday, 28h February 100km Reliability Trial Postponed

The Committee has decided to postpone this Sunday's 100km Reliability Trial until 14th March. The weather forecast for Sunday looks pretty dire and several Club members are unable to make this Sunday's ride leaving us with a very thin field.

We will resend the information on the rescheduled event nearer the date.

Both Club runs will operate if anyone turns up for them!

West London Combine '10'. Sunday 7th March, 9.00am start

If any member wishes to ride this event and haven't yet given Peter their name the deadline has been extended until Monday. All entry fees are being paid by the Club for this first event of the season.

Clubnight / MDCC 100km Reliability Trial

Clubnight. Friday, 26th February. 8pm-10pm
There is a Clubnight this Friday evening, 26th January, 8 pm - 10 pm at St Lukes Church Hall, Norfolk Rd, Maidenhead. We would be pleased to see any Club members or prospective members for a chat.
2010 CTT Handbooks are now available at £7 each and LWDC handbooks at £4.50 each. We will have them at the Clubroom if you would like to buy one.
NEW CLUB KIT ARRIVED
You can collect your pre-ordered kit at the clubnight or chose from the off-the-peg additional stock we now have.

MDCC 100 km Reliability Trial
The second of our Reliability Trials takes place on Sunday 28th February. It will be a mixed course for the second event of 100 kms heading into the Chilterns for the middle section.
The Route:- Bray Wick - Holyport -Twyford - Sonning - Cane End - Goring -Wallingford - Benson [Checkpoint] - Nuffield - Nettlebed -Pishill - Henley - Marlow - Bourne End - Cookham - Maidenhead - Bray Wick.
Start and Finish will be at Braywick Sports Ground Car Park to give more room to gather and to enable those who come by car to park easily.

There will be 3 groups:- Fast, Medium and Steady.

Their target times for the 100 kms are:-
Steady 4.5-5.0 hours Start Time 8.45 am
Medium 4.0-4.5 hours Start Time 9.00 am
Fast 3.5-4.0 hours Start Time 9.15 am

You don't have to start with these groups. If you are late, early or want to ride in small groups or individually we will just record your start and finish times. Last time for starting will be 9.30 am.
Entry: Event passport holders FREE. Senior Club Members/Come & Try It £1 Juniors 50p Other clubs £2
Please contact Peter if you have any questions.

MDCC 80km Reliability Trial. Sunday 14th February

Thirty Brave Riders Start Our Reliability Trial.

On a cold morning with snow, sleet and rain in the air MDCC organisers were delighted to get a really good turnout of riders from not only our own Club but also a large contingent from Maidenhead's Thames Velo.

The fast group prepare to get away

Setting off in 3 groups, steady, medium and fast each with a different target time they had to contend with cold sleet and snow. The steady group were hit with 4 punctures by Shurlock Row and decided it just wasn't their day and turned for home. The other 2 groups stayed well together and profited from this discipline to reach The Lookout reasonably intact although MDCC's Jorg James suffered punctures and the cold got to some riders meaning we lost a few from then on. The scene at the Lookout as riders pulled away was reminiscent of the Arenberg Forest in Paris -Roubaix

Well done to all riders who took part and especially those who managed to stick with the difficult conditions to finish in their target time. We were particularly pleased to see 3 ladies finish including new member Sarah Davies, Linda Regel and Debbie Parkinson of Thames Velo who finished in the fast group.
Full results on our website.

We can count our 80+km reliability ride a real success. This is the first time it has been run for a number of years but changing the format to a Sportive system using a new route with a control point and different time bands to aim for seemed popular. Our next Reliability trial of 100km is on Sunday 28th February. We'll let you have more details next week.

Club Night and Committee Meeting Tonight

Club Night, Friday 12th February. 8pm-10pm
Tonight's Clubnight at St Lukes Church Hall, Norfolk Rd, Maidenhead will include our first committee meeting of 2010. Any members who wish to come along to hear how we run the Club are welcome and also to contribute to discussions. It runs as usual from 8pm -10 pm. Refreshments will be served.

MDCC 2010 Club/Open Events

MDCC Club and Open Events For 2010
All our open and Club time trial events are now listed on our website under Events-Calendar.

They are also available on the LWDC website with all other Club events in this area.