ECCA 12hr date change to 17th August

Please note that the ECCA 12 hours, which also includes the VTTA National Championship will now be held on 17th August 2014 not 31st August as in CTT & VTTA National Handbooks.

The RTTC National Championship will now be held in the Team Swift event on 27th July.


Terry Anderson

East Surrey Road Club 'Hardriders 30'

The 2014 East Surrey Road Club 'Hardriders 30' event is fast aproaching!

Please find attached publicity notice outlining details and prizes for this our 50th anniversary of the event.

Please feel free to pass these details on to any fellow club members.

Hope to see as many of you on the day as possible

Best regards,

Blake Coxon,
Event Secretary

Finsbury Park Cycling Club Reliability Trial

The Finsbury Park Cycling Club is once again holding its annual Reliability Trial through the lanes of Hertfordshire in aid of Road peace, the organization campaigning for Road Safety and for justice for the victims of crashes caused by reckless or careless driving.

There are two routes – a 50km and a 100km – and route cards will be given out at the HQ on the day. The long route heads North, skirts Hertford and continues West between Hitchin and Stevenage. It then turns South through rolling country before returning to Potters Bar through the short sharp hills of ‘Little Switzerland’. The shorter route turns South earlier but has its share of ups and downs too.

The entry fee is a nominal £5 and refreshments will be available at the HQ.

Further info is available from Sam Parker samparker1uk@yahoo.co.uk

I look forward to seeing many riders out on the 16th of February.

Many thanks in advance for your time.

Kind regards
Sam

RTTC National Championship 12hr 2014

Due to circumstances outside the control of Cycling Time Trials and the Event Organisers, it has been necessary to change both the date and the location of the 2014 12hr Championship.

The 2014 RTTC National Championship 12hr will now be the Team Swift event on Sunday 27th July.

The WCTTCA event which was scheduled to be held on 17th August will now be on 31st August.


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Timekeeping Course

Through London South District CTT, Mike Kilby (Lewes Wanderers) and Su Balcombe (Brighton Excel) are running a New Time Keepers course again this year.

It’s being held on 18^th February 2014, and the venue is at  St. Paul’s Methodist Church Hall, Woodfield Road, Northgate, Crawley.
Please be at the hall for a  7:30pm start.

We would be very grateful if you could publicise this course through your clubs.

Please can you let me know if you or any of your clubs mates would like to attend so that we have an idea on numbers,  also if you email can you put your club name somewhere in the text.

Guidance Notes that will be useful on the night are available below as word documents for download:
GN07 - Timekeeping Practice
GN15 - Rider Safety
GN16 - Setting Riders at Half Minute Intervals


If you have access to your club stopwatches,  please can you bring them with you so that you can get used to using them, although I do have a few spare ones for you to borrow on the night.

We look forward to seeing you on the  18^th

Take care
Su  and Mick
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Brighton Excelsior CC Early Season 11’s

Happy New Year

It’s that time of year when the dark rainy days seem to merge together and we all need something to look forward too.

Well the wait is almost over as the Brighton Excelsior CC Early Season 11’s is on the 19th January 2014 at Washington Village Hall from 10:30am to 12noon.

This is the ideal chance to meet up with old mates and have a good old gossip over a cuppa, and plan your 2014 racing season.

There will be steaming hot mugs of tea and coffee, bacon butties, homemade cakes including Vanessa’s world famous bread pudding, a sale of cycling tops, a raffle and the long awaited 2014 Yellow Handbook (let’s hope we can read it this year I hear you all sigh)

Why don’t you use it as your training ride refreshment break or your weekend club run breakfast stop, either way you are guaranteed a warm welcome and a hot drink

Fingers crossed for good (not snowing) weather. We are all looking forward to seeing you on the 19th.

Take care

 Su

Kingston Wheelers Sporting 14

Greetings all and Happy New Year to you - whilst you are considering fitting bouyancy aids to the bike to prevent drowning whilst out on rides at the moment can I draw your attention to our event - as usual 2 laps of the Hungry Hill circuit, with HQ at the Ripley Scout Hut, Rose Lane, Ripley - the date Sunday 9th Feb and the time 8:30

Please can you promote and encourage entries!

Its our 21st Edition - coming of age! Home made cakes, conviviality - bliss.


Yours in festive cycling!

Nicola Wadham/Peter Anderson

Organisers Kingston Wheelers Sporting 14