In the mounains on Mallorca 2008.
Social ride 2008.
Richard Handley winning the National Junior 25.
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League of Veteran Racing Cyclists logo
Lakes and Lancs SpoCo logo
Veterans Time Trial Association logo
Date
Dist.
(miles)
Course
Start
Time
Further
Details
Saturday
May 8th
10
L101
Garstang - A6
Inc. NLTTA champs
15:00
Full Results
Sunday
May 9th
30
L304
2 x Cockerham-Stakepool
circuit. A Lakes & Lancs
SpoCo
event.
08:00
Full Results
Sunday
Sept. 5th
25
L2525
Garstang A6 - A586
07:30
CTT website
Saturday
Sept. 18
10
L1015
A590 Levens - Lindale
13:00
CTT website

The club promotes four open time trials during the 2010 season - brief details
in the table below. For further entry details follow the links to the CTT
website (where online entry will be possible for selected events) or check the
CTT handbook. You must be a member of a cycling club, and send in your
entry about 2 weeks before the race, to ride in these events.

Blank entry forms can be downloaded from the CTT web site.

In addition, we run a series of 10 mile time trials on the Rainford bypass, which
anyone (club member or not) can enter on the night, every Wednesday evening
through the summer -
more details.
Racing Calendar
Club Runs and Training

Turbo Training has now finished for the summer but will commence again in
the autumn -
more details.

Every Sunday the club run covers 60-80 miles at a leisurely touring pace.
The group either ride north from The Cherry Gardens or south from Ashton
library on alternate weeks, leaving at 9 am each week.
Rides for the next few
weeks
are:

  • Aug 22 north from Cherry Gardens
  • Aug 29 south from Ashton
  • Sep 5 north from Cherry Gardens
  • Sep 12 south from Ashton

A
faster group also rides each weekend, always from the Cherry Gardens at
9 am, but the day varies - check
the forum for details each week.

See the
Club Runs page for more details and the forum for last minute
changes or additional rides.
Potholes

Harry Woodcock writes...

After the severe winter frosts our roads are in a
worse condition than for many years. On Most A
and B roads we have potholes that bring down
even a motor cyclist if he hit them – let alone a
cyclist on a road bike. I propose that in order to
put pressure on our local council we report them
to the department responsible for the
maintenance of our highways. I know all of the
Club member's addresses and believe me, if
everyone carefully checked the A and B roads
within a mile of their homes we would cover 90%
of Wigan's roads. If you do this, and report to
me, I will contact the
CTC (who have a number
and
web page specifically for the purpose). They
in turn will inform the relevant council.

If you hit a pothole that has never been
reported you will not get any compensation for
injury or damage to the bike – I know this from
personal experience. If you do report a pothole
we would need to know the approximate size
and depth and certainly the exact location. With
the coming of Spring we as a group will cover
every A and B road in Wigan. Don't just curse
and ride around these dangers, please make a
note and report to me – together we can make a
difference.

More info on potholes.
Club Dinner 2010

    Many thanks to John Williams for providing
    an account of the highly successful club
    dinner held in January - read it here.

    Thanks to Harry as well for the photos.
AGM and Review of 2009
Club Trophy Dates

From May 5th numbers
1-20 will be reserved for
Wigan Wheelers and St
Helens CRC club members.
Guest riders can start
signing on at 21. If later
there are any spare places
in the reserved numbers
they will be open to all.
First rider 7pm (until
September - 6.45).
Rainford
PLEASE PARK
CAREFULLY

The club trophy races are all decided on a handicap basis and brief details of
each event, including distance, course and promoting club, are shown below.
Check the CTT handbook or
web site for entry details.

Don't forget entries close about 2 weeks before the race and you must inform
the
time trials secretary of your best time for the distance (over the current
and past 3 seasons) to be handicapped for the club trophy.

Blank entry forms can be downloaded from the CTT web site.

Dave Brabbin, Ian Woodcock and Barry Rimmer
completed the national 12 hour championship  
on the Garstang course last Sunday (Aug 15).
Follow the links for results and reports.

CTT Report   Results  Cycling Weekly Report.
National 12 hour

The latest edition of the Club Newsletter
contains details of a trip to the velodrome on
May 24, ongoing pilates classes at Wigan CC and
local sportive rides for 2010.
Spring Newsletter

Harry Woodcock reports on another successful
weekend (24/25th July) for Richard Handley
(Team Raleigh).

On Saturday Richard clocked 18.43 in the Wolds
RT  '10' on the V718 course which covers the A63
near South Cave, East Yorks.  This gave him
second place, less than a minute behind Michael
Hutchinson, who set a new competition record
with 17.57 to take the record away from Brad
Wiggins by a single second.
Race Report

On Sunday Richard returned to the northwest for
the Cycling Development NW Elite road race on
the Smithfields circuit near Carlisle. He covered
the 75 miles in 2 h 48 to take victory in the
Maxgear supported event.
CDNW series website

More details on Team Raleigh
Richard Handley
Blackburn and Dist 2 up - Results
The Holme Moss club run reaches the summit

  • Ian Hughes now
    leads the 8 ride  
    Holden Cup table
    with Ian Woodcock a
    couple of points
    behind.
  • Dave Brabbin wins
    the Fletcher Cup '50'.
  • Turbo training has
    now been cancelled
    until the autumn.
  • Read about the early
    season results.
  • Carbon Kuota
    Kharma road bike for
    sale.
Latest News

The latest edition of the Club Newsletter
contains details of a trip to the velodrome on
May 24, ongoing pilates classes at Wigan CC and
local sportive rides for 2010.
Spring Newsletter

The latest edition of the Club Newsletter
contains details of a trip to the velodrome on
May 24, ongoing pilates classes at Wigan CC and
local sportive rides for 2010.
Spring Newsletter

The latest edition of the Club Newsletter
contains details of a trip to the velodrome on
May 24, ongoing pilates classes at Wigan CC and
local sportive rides for 2010.
Spring Newsletter

The 6th edition of the Lancashire Loop Cycle
Challenge takes place on September 26th.
Based at Cockerham, with distances of 18, 50
and 100 miles (and 5000 ft of climbing) available,
the event raises money for the
Together Trust
which supports vulnerable children and adults
across the north west.
Lancashire Loop Sportive
Wheelers Junior Event
Results

    Nine young riders faced the time
    keeper on the 2.8 mile  
    Bickerstaffe circuit last night
    (Wednesday July 7th) in the
    Wheelers 'Come and try it' event.
    Well done to all and especially to
    Marcus Lamb who clocked an
    impressive winning time of 8 mins
    and 31 secs. To see all of the
    results click here.
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