SPOKESMAN Issue 124 Autumn 2013
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Cleveland Wheelers SPOKESMAN Issue 124 Autumn 2013 Monday Night Coaching NEWS AND DATES Open Events 6th Oct Hill Climb Clay Bank 9am This annual open club event has for this year has had to be moved to climb Clay Bank just south of Great Broughton on the Helmsley road. Entries can now be made on CTT entry forms downloadable from the CTT web site and sent to Mike Cole 185 Eagle Park, Marton, Middlesbrough. TS8 9QU. It is hoped that the move to this hill which is less severe than Carlton Bank will attract more entries. The start will be near to the plant nursery and climb 1.55 miles to finish just before the car park. This is a great way to finish your season off so get your entries in now! (entries close 14 days before the event) Challenge Rides Sept 22nd Castleton 50 Marton X Roads 9am Nov 10th Speed Judging. Great Ayton 10am Riders to ride at 12.5 mph or 17mph around a set course (unveiled on the day). Closest to the speed wins. Nov24th Freewheeling. Ingleby Greenhow 10.30am Start at the top of the hill and freewheel all the way down. The rider who freewheels the furthest wins. Christmas Day Time Trial Newton under Roseberry 11am The club currently have 228 members which I think must be a record, 68 of these being British Cycling members. 2013/2014 WINTER SOCIAL EVENTS Friday November 1st, 7pm, is the Club’s 27th Bring and Buy at Stokesley Town Hall. As normal it is one of those events that cyclists like, cheap, ideal for those deep pockets and short arms (joking). Cost of entry is 50p and once you have finished either selling those unwanted items or bought more wanted items you can retire to the hall’s café area for tea and cake (also cheaply priced) and a chat to friends you may not of seen for a while. For details phone Bryan Bevis 01287 633087 SATURDAY 16th November is the club’s annual quiz night, this is being held at the Globe pub in Guisborough. The quiz is as usual is an easy (!!!!) fun type quiz, you don’t have to be a brain of Britain to take part but a knowledge of nursery rhymes, biology may or may not be required. A good buffet is in included in the ticket price and the winning team may even get a prize. Limited numbers for this evening so it is first come first served. Cost £6 per head, money in advance. Contact Bryan Bevis 01287 633087. Pre Christmas lunch again is being held at Great Ayton W.I. hall. Sunday 15th December is the date for the festive event. Good buffet lunch, soup, Christmas cake and wine. It is well known that everyone enjoys singing carols so again a few carols will be sung before dining, however those that try to avoid the singing by coming in late may be cajoled into a little solo carol singing. Some have fallen foul of this in the past years. Cost £6 per head, money in advance. Contact Bryan Bevis 01287 633087. Start 12 SHARP. The Annual dinner dance and prize presentation is booked for Friday February 14th 2014 at the sporting lodge, Low Lane. This is the venue that was used last year and we received a lot of positive feedback from those attending saying how they enjoyed the new venue. Cost will be approximately £22 but further details will be issued later. The Monday night youth coaching sessions will continue through till Christmas. Steve Binks, Josef George and Michelle Roberts, with the assistance of Bill Millen are the leaders and numbers of participants is encouraging. Sessions cost £2.50 and run from 6pm till 7.30pm. Tea, Coffee available for parents but you will have to make it yourself!. Mick Storey recently completed a Coast to Coast ride, setting off from Redcar at 4am. The ride was in aid of Prostate Cancer, but unfortunately for Mick he picked one of the wettest days of the year. Congratulations from the Club. Mike Binks Memorial Road Race Nigel Hopper Sunday 4th August 2013 Nathan Edmondson riding for Node 4 - Giodarni secured victory in the 2013 Mike Binks Memorial Road Race at the end of the 70 mile race in North Yorkshire. A field of 44 competitors started coming from the local and surrounding areas with riders travelling from as far afield as Hitchin and Glasgow. On Sunday 4th August the 37th Mike Binks Memorial Road Race took place under a blue sky. The road race held each year in memory of Mike Binks a promising 25 year old cyclist killed in a road accident on a training ride. The race was held on the same course used for last year’s race, a loop on the local roads around Seamer through Thornton, Maltby to Hilton back to Seamer, with the riders having little time to enjoy the sunny picturesque North Yorkshire landscape due to the fast pace from the off in the sunny dry conditions and a strong westerly breeze. From the early part of the 1st lap Harry Tanfield riding for Herbalife – Leisure Lakes Bikes.com took an early lead riding away on his own, but was quickly caught up by a group of seven. This group took up a 20second lead which increased through the race. By lap 7, four riders were in the leading group Nathan Edmondson Node 4 Giodarni with Kit Gilham Metaltek, Charlie Tanfield a junior rider aged 16 Team Wallis Cycles, Tom Bustard Herbalife-Leisure Lakes Bikes and Scott McCrossan Rock to Roll Cycles. From following on some 90seconds behind was Charlie Tanfield Team Wallis Cycles, Harry Tanfield and James Alder Velo 29 - Blackhawk and the some way back the remaining group of riders. This was how the final 2 laps remained until the sprint for the finish where the win was taken by Nathan Edmondson from Tom Bustard Herbalife – Leisure Lakes Bikes, with 3rd Scott McCrossan Rock and Roll Cycles Ltd. Results 1st Nathan Edmondson Node 4 - Giodani 2nd Thomas Bustard Herbalife-Leisure Lakes Bikes 3rd Scott McCrossan Rock to Roll Cycles Ltd 4th Kit Gilham Metaltek – Knights of Old Racing 5th Harry Tanfield Herbalife-Leisure Lakes Bikes 6th Charlie Tanfield Team Wallis Cycles 7th Antony Moye Velo 29 - Blackhawk 8th Matthew Robinson All Terrain Cycles 9th Dan Smith TS Racing Team-Vankru 10th James Alder Velo 29 - Blackhawk The prize giving and presenting of the winner’s trophy to Nathan Edmondson, was performed at the Race Headquarters, Stokesley Leisure Centre by Mike Binks brother Steve. RACE ROUND UP Congratulations to Mike Rennison who became a British Cycling National Champion on 28th July at the Darley Moor Motor Circuit in Derbyshire. Six British Cycling National Paracycling Championship titles were up for grabs in two races. First Race was for those with a C Classification (Bike Riders). Youth Boys Matt Hamilton (MC5) and Louis Rolfe (MC2) plus females Chloe Selman (FC4) and Katie Toft (FC3) did well to take advantage of their lap advantage from the men, the boys working particularly well to fend them off until half distance. The final group of nine stayed together despite some very spirited riding resulting in a gallop which was just won by Mike Rennison (MC4) from John Gildea (MC5) and Jaco Van Gass (MC3). Currently Marcus Smith heads the club’s senior British Cycling points ahead of Mike Rennison and Dave Williams, Henry Demoliy is the club’s leading youth points scorer. Simon Coates continues to have top 10 placings in local time trials, 5th place in the Cleveland Coureurs 25 and two 8th places Ferryhill Wheelers 50 and Stockton Wheelers 25. However a number of riders continue to show the club jersey in time trials including Richard Lillekar with top 20 placings as far away as Holme Valley and Ryton. The League 2000 continues to break all records for attendance this year. 860 rides by 144 different riders an average of 86 riders per round, however July 1st saw 100 entrants. Currently after 10 rounds two groups have been sorted Elliot Davidson in the O16 and Henry Demoliy in the U10. The Evening Series has had one of its best years for quite a long time with close racing each week. Dave Kirton and Graeme Tate have been trading times weekly with, at the time of writing Dave Kirton leading the scratch group. Adam McManus has been pushing them hard all year and must surely be an overall contender next year with the development seen over this year. As there is still one result to come for the handicapped competition the results for this and the age related competition will have to wait for a later issue. Special mention should be made of the junior members who have been racing weekly, Paige McLeod, Ross Turner, Toby Tanfield and Aaron Preston, all of whom have enjoyed their experience and speeded up race by race. The annual interclub competition between Stockton and ourselves was won by Stockton this year but again full details of their winning time will appear in the next issue. The Evening Series is a big team event as everyone registered for the series marshals at least once which is the only way it could take place but special mention should be made of those who have given up their time on a weekly basis; Lesley Meadows, Bill Millen and Paul Christon for the weekly organisation. Bill Millen for acting as official timekeeper (a particularly onerous job! Cheers Bill), Ian Hutchinson for results compilation and Derek George for his work on the handicapping.