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.

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.

Entries received

Entries received for Hilly 30 on Sunday 31st August. Entries closed - with 28 riders, we can just run the event (cut-off was 30) with a limited prize list.
Event secretary: Andrew Small

H Boatman (W)
R Brockwell^*
P Brown
P Callinan
M Cox
J Cross^*
G Crosswell
J Dowling
J Fairley^*
S Fleming
W Girvan
S Greenland^*
C Heape^*
S Hindman^*
R Hughes
E James^*
P Lloyd
R MacFadyen
R Meaden^*
I Middleton
G Panesar^*
G Pritchard^*
A Payne^*
N Shurben^*
W Sybrandy
N Williams
P Weir^*
A Zebedee (W)

^* MDCC members - please ask family/friends if they're willing to marshal the event.

WLCA 25 Result (Club Championship)

Finally got the results through from the organiser. The Club did really well, winning the Team Aggregate category, and placing 2nd and 4th in the Vets on Standard category - well done guys! (No MDCC ladies rode, so this is entirely PC.)

Pos	Name	Time	Vet +/-
10	Joseph Francis	0:56:53	9:07+
30	Simon Greenland	0:59:57	13:52+
37	Frank Pressling	1:01:32	16:48+
51	Nigel Shurben	1:06:48	3:16+

Martin Smith of awcycles.co.uk won overall in 0:52:46, with Carole Gandy fastest lady at 32nd and 1:01:10. Only clubs affiliated to the WLCA were eligible for awards.

Evening 10 on 3/7 cancelled

Due to roadworks on the A4 between Knowl Hill and Littlewick Green, the evening 10 this Thursday (3rd July) is cancelled. It's resurfacing, but alas not the bad bit near the Jeep garage, but granite chippings on the half decent bit this side of Knowl Hill! The event on the 10th should be back to normal.

WLC 25 Result

We had three riders in the 45 strong field at West London Combine's 25 mile TT last Sunday. The HCC118 is a sporting course (code word for hilly) up near Amersham, so John Warnock's (Twickenham CC) 56:28 time was very impressive and three minutes clear of a gaggle of HWCC riders in 2nd to 5th place.

Simon Greenland (11th) 1:03:46
Paul Hartigan (25th) 1:08:44
Mark Brewer (32nd) 1:12:48

WLCA 10 Entries

Note my phone is broken (you'll hear a ring, I won't) so please phone 585238 if there are any queries. Entries received to date (18/9 pm) (in alphabetical order):

A Allcock
M Ayres (W)
T Ball
R Battison (W)
C Bond
J Bourton
N Bowdler
J Boyman
J Boyman
P Bryant
P Burgin
A Butcher
J Cannon
L Colombo (W)
J Conibear (J)
M Conibear (W)
M Cox
J Dowling
C Dyrenforth (W)
A Feek
M Fountain
D Free
D Gaida
W Gladwin
S Golla
S Greenland
R Griffiths
D Hedges
D Hickman
B James
J James
E Kidd (J)
I Lakey
T Langlands (W)
R Latchford
S Lee
J Lloyd-Jones (W)
S Luck
R MacFadyen
J Maule
D McGaw
P Mills
B Moon
L Morris
R Moule
J Page
G Panesar
A Payne
D Poole
F Pressling
R Purdy
G Reynolds (W)
A Richardson (Jv)
P Richardson
M Scanian
P Scaplehorn
N Schiettecatte
D Shaw (W)
A Sherwood
R Simmonds
D Smith
M StLeger
S StLeger (W)
C Stocks
P Stonell
W Sybrandy
D Tinn (W)
J Thornhill
T Tugwell
C Voller
K Williams
P Williams
I Windall
B Engers/S House (Tandem)

Closing date is Tuesday 18th September and the startsheets will be prepared on Thursday evening.

Accident

Just to let everyone know that Anne is OK after last night's accident; just a few scrapes and a badly damaged bike. Hopefully the latter will come out of the driver's pocket.

Midsummer Sunday

Sunday 24th is close to Midsummer and us crazy English are out in the midday sun, not that you could tell from the rain and cold wind (conditions for the Hilly 30 back in March were better!). The Club's 25 championship event was held slightly later than originally planned due to overlapping with Hounslow's 25. Little did we know that the new time would clash with (I think) Reading CTC's national bike week ride that was routed through Winkfield Plain, complete with marshals. Most of our riders knew the course and either the marshals recognised that lycra clad riders on disk wheel bikes were unlikely to be on a CTC ride, or we just ignored them. Unfortunately it was Ian's first time on the Fifield circuit & he was on a traditional frame with normal shorts and T so ended up in Windsor. Better luck next time. Results

I was up early so I could complete Hounslow's event before timekeeping ours, haven't got my time yet but by my stopwatch it was about 1:19. The last lap was tough, I'd guess about 31 minutes for the last 10 and I just couldn't keep my heart rate up - here's the plot (ignore the speed, the Polar software is doing something strange in the Km to mile conversion).

Fifield 15 Start

Starting order:

No.	Name	Club	Vets Std	Time Off
1	Peter Weir	Maidenhead & District CC		9:01
2	Bob Lyle	Newbury RC	46:30	9:02
3	Steve Fleming	Reading CC	42:18	9:03
4	Nigel Shurben	Maidenhead & District CC	40:21	9:04
5	Mike Clutton	Charlottville CC		9:05
6	Catherine Essex (W)	Kings Lynn CC		9:06
7	Linda Stocks (W)	Maidenhead & District CC	43:18	9:07
8	Maggie Smith (W)	North Hampshire RC	45:45	9:08
9	Gurpal Panesar	Maidenhead & District CC	40:03	9:09
10	Steve Batsford	agiskoviner.com		9:10
11	Danuta Tinn (W)	Maidenhead & District CC	41:20	9:11
12	Joanna Wells (W)	Hounslow & District Wheelers	42:38	9:12
13	Mark Brewer	Maidenhead & District CC	40:03	9:13
14	Lisa Colombo (W)	Kingston Phoenix RC	40:40	9:14
15	David Marshall	Maidenhead & District CC		9:15
16	Rod MacFadyen	Reading CC	40:03	9:16
17	Andrew Payne	Maidenhead & District CC	40:03	9:17
18	Ian Gilding	North Hampshire RC	46:53	9:18
19	Rod Latchford	Maidenhead & District CC	45:45	9:19
20	William Girvan	North Hampshire RC	38:33	9:20
21	Chris Heape	Maidenhead & District CC	40:03	9:21
22	Dave Devine	Bath RC	43:39	9:22
23	Richard Davies	High Wycombe CC		9:23
24	John Beer	Kingston Phoenix RC	43:18	9:24
25	John Woodburn	Maidenhead & District CC	48:22	9:25
26	Nick Calkin	High Wycombe CC	39:09	9:26
27	Alex Anderson	North Hampshire RC	44:42	9:27
28	Robert French	Weybridge Wheelers	47:15	9:28
29	Paul Richardson	Maidenhead & District CC	39:45	9:29
30	Martin Smith	A W Cycles		9:30
31	Peter Cockbain	South Bucks RC	46:53	9:31
32	Chris Greig	High Wycombe CC		9:32
33	Mick Fountain	Didcot Phoenix CC	46:53	9:33
34	Andrew Richardson (Jv)	Maidenhead & District CC		9:34
35	John Tuckett	A W Cycles		9:35
36	David French	Weybridge Wheelers		9:36
37	Mark Dewey	Maidenhead & District CC		9:37
38	Piers Kenyon	North Hampshire RC	39:27	9:38
39	Ron Taylor	Farnborough & Camberley CC	47:15	9:39
40	Chris Stocks	Maidenhead & District CC	38:33	9:40
41	David Johnson	High Wycombe CC	41:00	9:41
42	Graham Taylor	Farnborough & Camberley CC	38:15	9:42

Fifield 15 entries

Entries received to date (in alphabetical order):

A Anderson
S Batsford
J Beer
M Brewer (tbc)
N Calkin
M Clutton
P Cockburn
L Colombo (W)
R Davies
D Devine
M Dewey (tbc)
C Essex (W)
S Fleming
D French
R French
M Fountain
I Gilding
W Girvan
C Heape (tbc)
D Johnson
P Kenyon
R Latchford
B Lyle
R MacFadyen
G Panesar
A Payne
A Richardson (Jv)
P Richardson
N Shurben
M Smith (W)
M Smith
C Stocks
L Stocks (W)
R Taylor
D Tinn (W)
J Tuckett
P Weir
J Wells (W)
J Woodburn

We needed 25 riders to make the event viable so many thanks for your support!
Prizelist (sponsored by dna cycles in Maidenhead) is:

Fastest overall:

Ken Smith Tankard (if it can be found)

Pair of Michelin Lithion 700x23 tyres

Fastest Lady

Ken Smith Letter Tray

Pair of Michelin Lithion 700x23 tyres

Fastest Junior

Michelin Aircomp 700x23 inner tube (long valve)

Second, Tenth, Twentieth overall

Michelin Aircomp 700x23 inner tube (long valve)

Hilly30 Result

The result sheet is now available on the website: PDF | Webpage

Hilly 30 Start Sheet on website

The start sheet is now available on the website. View

Hilly 30

Entries closed, with 43 riders competing.

Entries received in start order:
No. Time Name Club Vet Std
1 08:31 Mark Brewer (Maidenhead & District CC) 01:22:50
2 08:32 Gurpal Panesar (Maidenhead & District CC) 01:22:50
3 08:33 Joanne Kembery [L] (Cheltenham & County CC)
4 08:34 Andrew Richardson [Jv] (Maidenhead & District CC)
5 08:35 Greg Lewis (High Wycombe CC) 01:21:00
6 08:36 David Marshall (Maidenhead & District CC)
7 08:37 Peter Whitfield (Wychwood RC) 01:31:16
8 08:38 Steve Lee (agiskoviner.com)
9 08:39 Chris Heape (Maidenhead & District CC) 01:22:50
10 08:40 David Johnson (High Wycombe CC) 01:24:42
11 08:41 Shea Hindman (Maidenhead & District CC)
12 08:42 Simon Greenland (Maidenhead & District CC) 01:27:55
13 08:43 Adam Topham (Team SBR)
14 08:44 Mark Silver (Hounslow & District CC) 01:23:27
15 08:45 James Boyman (agiskoviner.com)
16 08:46 Jeremy Laming (Clarence Wheelers)
17 08:47 Mick Fountain (Didcot Phoenix CC) 01:36:06
18 08:48 Rob Griffiths (agiskoviner.com)
19 08:49 Trystan MacDonald (Hounslow & District Whs)
20 08:50 Tim Bedingfield (awcycles.co.uk)
21 08:51 Justin Radford (Python RT)
22 08:52 Paul Richardson (Maidenhead & District CC) 01:22:13
23 08:53 Paul Ruta (Team Velo) 01:31:57
24 08:54 Kim Hurst [L] (agiskoviner.com)
25 08:55 Tim Bayley (Arctic Shorter Rochford RT)
26 08:56 Tracy Langlands [L] (Farnborough & Camberley CC)
27 08:57 Ian Blatchford (Maidenhead & District CC)
28 08:58 Rohan Battison [L] (agiskoviner.com)
29 08:59 Marc Freullet (Team Quest) 01:21:00
30 09:00 Andrew Girling (agiskoviner.com)
31 09:01 Natalia Wase [L] (agiskoviner.com)
32 09:02 David George (Hounslow & District Whs) 01:19:12
33 09:03 Neil Hobbs (agiskoviner.com)
34 09:04 Steve Fleming (Reading CC) 01:27:16
35 09:05 Paul Callinan (London Dynamo)
36 09:06 Chris Greig (High Wycombe CC)
37 09:07 Andrew Payne (Maidenhead & District CC) 01:22:50
38 09:08 Kevin Holloway (High Wycombe CC) 01:21:00
39 09:09 Christopher Miles (High Wycombe CC)
40 09:10 Stephen Hunt (Icknield RC) 01:23:27
41 09:11 Peter Weir (Maidenhead & District CC)
42 09:12 Richard Davies (High Wycombe CC)
43 09:13 Stewart House (Arctic Shorter Rochford RT)

Time off 8:30 AM, HQ opens 7:30.

WLC 10 Report

The West London Combine held their opening 10 mile time-trial on the A4 course west of Maidenhead last Sunday (4th March). Maidenhead & District Cycling Club had 6 riders enter in the field of 72, but still performed well. The weather, which threatened to rain heavily that morning, held off until all the riders had completed the course and it turned out to be quite good conditions for this early in the year.
Peter Weir (who recently transferred to Maidenhead from Agiskoviner) placed second with a time of 23 minutes 31 seconds. After the race he reported, "My ride went well, I felt a bit uncomfortable though as it was my first race this season, but I guess that's to be expected and probably applied to most of the riders there."
Danuta Tinn, who'd been unsure of her form after tire problems in the run up to the event, convincingly won the ladies' event with a time of 25 minutes 6 seconds.
In the junior class, Andrew Richardson recorded a respectable time of 28.46.

Results (men):
1) M James (Willesden CC) 22.47;
2) P Weir 23.31;
3) M Woolsey (Westerley CC) 23.57;
23) A Payne 26.36;
40) A Richardson 28.46;
61) R Latchford 35.49
DNS) M Rogers

Results (women):
1) D Tinn (Maidenhead DCC) 25.06;
2) F Ford (Hillingdon Triathletes) 27.25;
3) M Arkenstall (Willesden CC) 28.56

Results (Club):
1) Westerley CC (M Woolsey 23.57, D Newman 24.10, T Childs 25.48) 1.13.55;
2) Willesden CC (M James 22.47, E Packard 24.42, S Patel 27.28) 1.14.57;
3) Maidenhead DCC (P Weir 23.31, D Tinn (L) 25.06, A Payne 26.36) 1.15.13

Six MDCC riders in WLC10 this Sunday

Six MDCC members will ride the West London Combine timetrial on 4th March at 9am. It's the H10/2 course if you want to cheer them on. Results