25 mile Evening Time Trial, 18th April 2018

The first 25 of the season was held at Betteshanger in warm and sunny conditions and we had one of the biggest fields ever for the longer distance. In total, 42 riders signed on, including a very healthy group of 10 juniors.

The times recorded were very good, aided by the fine conditions and one or two other factors! In fact there was 15 rides under the hour by the senior riders. Alex Ashman was fastest junior rider with a fine 1:01:45, and Catherine Morrell was first girl with a very creditable 1:09:32. It is believed that there were a couple of new age records; for a 13 year old girl by Talulah Butcher and for a 10 year old boy by Max Robinson.

Moving onto the seniors, Chris Fennell of The Independent Pedlar and second claim TRC member recorded an exceptional time of 50:31. In second place was the fastest TRC rider, Nic Fennell with 52:02. The quickest woman was another Independent Pedlar, Emma Lewis with a time of 56:11 which was also good enough for 5th place overall. Faye Faiers was the first of the TRC women with a good time of 1:07:32. Finally there was an age record for Jenny Fearn as well.

All times can be found in the attached PDFs.

Many thanks as ever go to the band of helpers who ensure the event can take place. This week they were Sue Shields, Terry Fearn, Brian Hood, Andrew Morrell, Pete Huckstep, Colin Robinson, Rob Milnes, Malcolm Adams, Andy Faiers and Dave Mastin.

Report by Dave Mastin.

Juniors BCP 18th April.pdf

Seniors BCP 18th April.pdf

Steve Abraham talk Friday 20th April at Goody’s Ales

Reminder of Steve Abraham talk at Goody’s Ales tomorrow should be fascinating what this guy has done check out the website.

http://oneyeartimetrial.org.uk/biog

Post by Colin Robinson

Thanet RC Grasstrack Fun 12th May 2018

In the 10th Anniversary of the Thanet RC Go-Ride we are hoping to make this a great event for all our members either riding or not. BBQ and bar open during day please come along great to see you all. Bell meadow St Nicholas at wade. Post by colin robinson

KCA 25 Mile Time Trial, 15/04/18

There was success for club riders at the KCA 25 held on the Chilham-Canterbury-Ashford course. The event was held in grey, cool conditions with a light SW wind. First place went to Nic Fennell in a time of 53.23, and he led the winning team of three which included Adrian Hawkins (57.31) and Mike Kirkness (59.11).

Not so fortunate was Huck Garip, who suffered a mechanical issue early in his ride, and second claim member Chris Fennell, who was one of a number of riders to pick up a puncture.

Club times in starting order:-
Rob Milnes: 1.00.24,
Martin Russell: 1.04.49,
Paul Griffiths: 1.15.30,
Andy Burrows: 1.14.58,
Paul Kirkness: 1.07.22,
Mike Kirkness: 59.11,
Simon Charles: 1.09.54,
Dave Mastin: 1.10.36,
Adrian Hawkins: 57.31,
Chris Bax (2nd claim): 1.04.27,
Nick Fennell: 53.23.

DNF – Huck Garip and Chris Fennell.
DNS – Andy McCall and Rick Perkins.

Thanks go to second member Ray Whibley for running the event, and to Chris Burrows, Terry and Jenny Fearn for timing the event.

Report by Dave Mastin.

TRC Evening 10 Mile Time Trial, 11th April 2018

The conditions for the second Wednesday evening time trial of 2018 at Betteshanger CP were somewhat better than the previous week. it was still a grey and misty evening, but the wind was lighter from the north east, which meant the temperature was still in single figures.

With better conditions came a larger field and some better times were recorded. 47 riders signed on, comprising 10 juniors, 35 seniors and a 2-up pairing.

The fastest junior rider was Charlie Burgess with 25.00, and the fastest girl rider was Scarlett Bates who recorded a time of 28.55. Douglas Tulett took 16 minutes off his PB, and there was an age record for a 6 year old girl for Harriet Butcher (44.46).

It was a close thing for first and second in the senior event, with Nic Fennell just edging out Dan Martin by three seconds. Nic recorded a fine 20.59 to Dan’s 20.59. The fastest woman was Hilary Powell of Adalta CC in 26.11, just ahead Nicola Goodban who was the quickest Thanet RC woman with 26.15. Finally, the father and daughter pairing of Catherine and Andrew Morrell recorded 29.44.

Please see the attached PDF documents for all the times.

This weeks band of helpers was Shawn Manning, Andy Faiers, Colin Robinson, Malcolm Adams, Sue Shields, Terry Fearn and Dave Mastin.

Report by Dave Mastin.

Juniors BCP11th April.pdf

Seniors BCP – 11th April.pdf

TRC weekend results

Sorry for the delay but lots of our riders in action last weekend. Below is a summary
Post by Colin Robinson

Toby Perry took 15th place on GC in the Junior national series race (Tour of the Mendips). Toby secured a brilliant 3rd place on stage 2 road race which followed the morning time trail. In the final hilly road stage lost 47 secs to the leader but still held on for a brilliant result
https://www.velouk.net/…/result-junior-national-series-2-d…/

Well done to all young TRC riders that took part in the Primivera races held at Lee Valley road circuit on Saturday organised by Hackney CC
Ben Hutton took 5th in the U10, Lughaigh Cook 16th in U12, Tom Hutton 17th in U14 boys, Tallulah Butcher 6th and Freya Cook 8th in U14 Girls. Finally George Pittock6th and Jack Hill 26th. All results in weblink below

Events

Events British Cycling

West Kent RC Open 10 Mile Time Trial Held on the Q10/22 course
PROVISIONAL – My interpretation of a picture of the result board only – Please email us at bobby@spinwheels.org This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with any time that needs correctiing.
Thanks to Dave Stocker (Abellio SFA RT)

No.	Firstname	Lastname	Club	Gender	CAT	AGE STD	Time	Vet +/-
1	Christopher	Fennell	The Independent Pedaler	Male	Senior	00:20:14
2	neil	lauder	PMR @ Toachim House	Male	Senior	00:20:38
3	Nicholas	Fennell	Thanet RC	Male	Senior	00:20:40
4	Mike	Piper	Abellio – SFA Racing Team	Male	Veteran	00:26:04	00:21:18	00:04:46
5	Andrew	Meilak	VeloRefined.com Aerosmiths	Male	Veteran	00:26:50	00:21:32	00:05:18
6	nik	allen	Worthing Excelsior CC	Male	Veteran	00:26:27	00:21:36	00:04:51
7	Mark	Baker	Abellio – SFA Racing Team	Male	Veteran	00:26:13	00:22:05	00:04:08
8	Mark	Hill	VeloRefined.com Aerosmiths	Male	Veteran	00:26:45	00:22:07	00:04:38
9	Gary	Grayland	CC Bexley	Male	Veteran	00:26:59	00:22:14	00:04:45
10	Damen	Foord	Direct Power Cycling Team	Male	Senior	00:22:17
11	Adrian	Hawkins	Thanet RC	Male	Veteran	00:26:41	00:22:23	00:04:18
12	Michael	Porter	34 Nomads CC	Male	Veteran	00:26:50	00:22:32	00:04:18
13	John	Osborn	Folkestone Velo Club	Male	Veteran	00:26:32	00:22:35	00:03:57
14	James	Ashburnham	Rye & District Wheelers CC	Male	Senior	00:22:47
15	Colin	Newton	Folkestone Velo Club	Male	Senior	00:22:54
16	Matthew	Stammers	Abellio – SFA Racing Team	Male	Senior	00:22:55
17	Stephen	Wilkinson	Folkestone Velo Club	Male	Veteran	00:26:54	00:23:18	00:03:36
18	Nicholas	Scott	Thanet RC	Male	Senior	00:23:21
19	Dave	Stocker	Abellio – SFA Racing Team	Male	Veteran	00:26:59	00:23:34	00:03:25
20	Scott	Meeks	Thanet RC	Male	Veteran	00:26:32	00:23:40	00:02:52
21=	David	Greenwood	Rye & District Wheelers CC	Male	Veteran	00:26:59	00:23:46	00:03:13
21=	Andy	Branson	Ashford Whs	Male	Veteran	00:26:41	00:23:46	00:02:55
23=	Mark	Wright	Rye & District Wheelers CC	Male	Veteran	00:26:41	00:23:59	00:02:42
23=	Daniel	Gooding	Ashford Road CC	Male	Senior	00:23:59
25	Sam	Day	CS Grupetto	Male	Veteran	00:26:18	00:24:14	00:02:04
26=	Michael	Ashcroft	West Kent RC	Male	Senior	00:24:16
26=	Danny	Frost	Folkestone Velo Club	Male	Veteran	00:27:04	00:24:16	00:02:48
28	Tony	Carty	Tri Spirit Team	Male	Senior	00:24:22
29	peter	chard	4T+ Cyclopark	Male	Veteran	00:26:50	00:24:36	00:02:14
30	Neal	Watson	7 Oaks Tri	Male	Veteran	00:26:45	00:24:52	00:01:53
31	Colin	Ashcroft	West Kent RC	Male	Veteran	00:27:09	00:24:54	00:02:15
32	Richard	Payn	34 Nomads CC	Male	Veteran	00:27:04	00:25:03	00:02:01
33	Martin	Russell	Thanet RC	Male	Veteran	00:26:50	00:25:18	00:01:32
34=	Jon	Hollidge	Ashford Whs	Male	Veteran	00:26:41	00:25:31	00:01:10
34=	Ben	Hilliar	Ashford Road CC	Male	Senior	00:25:31
36	gary	ricks	Woolwich CC	Male	Veteran	00:27:38	00:25:43	00:01:55
37	Charmaine	Pullen	Folkestone Velo Club	Female	Veteran	00:28:43	00:26:00	00:02:43
38	James	Moss	Southborough & Dist. Whs	Male	Veteran	00:26:45	00:26:19	00:00:26
39	Michael	Coulter	Gravesend CC	Male	Veteran	00:29:02	00:26:22	00:02:40
40	Doug	Bentall	Southborough & Dist. Whs	Male	Veteran	00:26:54	00:26:34	00:00:20
41	SUSAN	WALBROOK	Folkestone Velo Club	Female	Veteran	00:28:24	00:26:49	00:01:35
42	ANDREW	MCCALL	Thanet RC	Male	Veteran	00:27:59	00:26:51	00:01:08
43	simon	charles	Thanet RC	Male	Veteran	00:26:36	00:26:54	-00:00:18
44	Dave	Mastin	Thanet RC	Male	Veteran	00:28:14	00:27:08	00:01:06
45	Tracy	Wilkinson-Begg	Folkestone Velo Club	Female	Veteran	00:28:58	00:27:11	00:01:47
46	Robert	Philbrook	Wigmore CC	Male	Veteran	00:27:32	00:27:19	00:00:13
47	Natasha	Jarman	Southborough & Dist. Whs	Female	Senior	00:28:11
48	Nigel	Fry	Southborough & Dist. Whs	Male	Veteran	00:27:14	00:28:12	-00:00:58
49	Ben	Murphy	Medway Velo Club	Male	Senior	00:28:47
50	Andy	Burrows	Thanet RC	Male	Veteran	00:30:07	00:29:11	00:00:56
51	George	Stewart	Mid Devon CC	Male	Junior	00:29:35
52	Jim	O’Leary	GS Avanti	Male	Veteran	00:27:44	00:35:11	-00:07:27
Tony	Day	Sydenham Whs	Male	Veteran	00:26:32	DNF
Martin	Kober	San Fairy Ann CC	Male	Senior	DNS
simon	jones	CC London	Male	Veteran	00:27:04	DNS
Martin	Jessup	Gravesend CC	Male	Veteran	00:26:27	DNS

TRC Evening 10 Mile Time Trial, 4th April 2018

The first evening 10 of the 2018 season at Betteshanger CP was held in challenging conditions, which was not a great surprise, given the recent weather. The wind was strong from a south easterly direction, being particularly cold. The only positive thing about the weather was the event was held in dry conditions.

A total of 25 riders started, made up from 7 juniors and 18 seniors. There were several juniors having their first rides, including William and Harriet Butcher, and Scarlett Bates, who was unlucky to puncture.

George Pittock was the leading junior with 26.12, just 3 seconds ahead of Charlie Burgess. Fastest girl was Tallulah Butcher in a time of 33.17. The fastest senior was Ollie Robinson, riding in his Team Wiggins colours, with 21.18. This was just 6 seconds quicker than the club’s fastest rider, Nic Fennell (26.24). Third place went to Dan Martin University of Bath CC with 21.45. The fastest woman rider was TRC’s Abbie Langley with 29.02.

Times of all riders are to be found in the attached PDF documents.

This week, we had an abundance of helpers, several of whom opted to help rather than ride! The helpers were Nicola Goodban, Jenny Fearn, Tom Hutton, Paul Griffiths, Lawrence Martin, Michael Friend, Terry Fearn, Colin Robinson, Deborah McCall, Andy McCall and Dave Mastin.

Juniors BCP 4th April.pdf

Seniors BCP – 4th April.pdf