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The Spindle SEPT/oCT 2014 cycleclubsudbury.com Yet Another Bumper Edition ! on a more structured effort this year with a bit of 'proper training' and using a more specific aero bike than his trusty Eddy Merckx in the Summer lingers on and when it finally 2nd half of the series. disappears, it will leave us all wondering where it It all came good for him as he reaped the all went. During the last two months, a lot has rewards for his efforts. happened , with the rebirth of our CCS Road He boldly told me he enjoyed the experience, Race taking pride of place. but as I was always told, if you're enjoying it, Held on perfect summer’s day, Darren Rule's you ain't trying hard enough! So maybe more slick organisation of it all gave us an event to be to come for next season then David? proud of with many, many of you out there The ding dong battle for breaking new club helping towards its success. Just one unhelpful records has continued right through the season 'motorist' from Joe Public disrupted the final with Jonathan Weatherley regaining the 10mile sprint to the line for but as I was reminded by record which he had briefly held before Rob more than one observer, 'That's Racing'! Davies pinched it from him. He also tried out It made quite an impressive sight to see the the ultra fast course up in Hull where Rob had 'peloton' race around our local roads preceded posted his record ride recently and beat the by an array official’s cars and motorbike outriders current time by 6 secs with a 20.38. Then blow to add to the spectacle. Everyone was full of me, he went and bettered that time by a further praise for Darren's efforts, from the superb HQ 7secs on a ‘home course, the E2, just 2 weeks location to his seemingly unflappable later and along with Jody and Damon, they organisational skills on the day. Well done to him also broke the 10mile TT Team record for good for arranging it all. measure. Well done to Jonathan, and I now It was also nice to see a previous organiser of wonder if we will see someone break the the race, Harold Raymond (still a club member) 20min barrier next year as we certainly have wielding the flag out on the course and providing enough talented riders in the club who could a nice bit of continuity. achieve it. Interesting times ahead! See Darren's official press report for the race *Since I wrote the above, Jonathan has since details which is reproduced further on. attacked the 50 mile TT club record and As one new venture starts, another long beaten that by nearly 3 ½ mins to record a time established one, the finale of the Evening TT of 1hr 49mins 29secs up in Stoke upon Trent. Series came to its conclusion for another season. I’m having trouble keeping up with all these We suffered a lot of course rescheduling during new records as he now holds the 10, 25, 30 & the 20 week period due to mainly to traffic lights 50 mile club records. Is the 100mile record springing up at inopportune times, but as ever safe this year Jon or should I hold on before I Brian Webber coped admirably and saw to it that publish this Spindle? A mighty season’s the riders got their TT 'fix' with little fuss. achievement! Very well done! Another new name goes on the trophy with *And finally, did you know CCS was 35 years David Miller winning by over 130 points from old this year. Read further on and discover Stefan Bush with Tom Moore in 3rd spot. After a how it all started. 'taster' season last year, David embarked 35 Years of CCS. Of course Brian is still a member! So since the 28th of August 2014, the Club The Beginning! will have been going for 35 Years! Len Finch Len Finch has kindly supplied the following information on the formation of CCS 35 years ago................................................................... From the result of an advert in the Suffolk Free Press, we held the 1st Meeting on the 28th of August 1979, when it was decided to form a Cycling Club for Sudbury. On the 4th of September, some 16 people met in the 6th Form Room of the Great The very first CCS club run in Cornard Upper School to form the new club. Sept 1979. Harold is far right and So after much discussion and suggested by I guess Len was taking the photo. Brian Nixon, it was decided to call the new club CYCLE CLUB SUDBURY and not CCS Summer Road Race Sudbury Cycle Club, which was the name of As per Darren Rule’s Press Report the old previous Club. It’s been 20-years since Cycle Gordon Richards was made Chairman, Pat Club Sudbury organised and Raymond was Secretary and I became hosted a road race, but that Treasurer. I collected money from all the came to an end on Saturday 30th intended Members:- £4 for adults, £6 for a August at 2pm when 54 cyclists family membership and just £1 for juniors. took part in the 50-mile race on Gordon was first to pay so became member the Bulmer circuit. The race took-in 4 laps of No1. Harold, Pat Raymond and children the circuit that passes through the Kevin & Christiana, became Nos. 2, 3, 4 & 5. picturesque villages of Belchamp Otten, I put myself down to pay at No.9 and there Belchamp St Paul, Knowl Green, Little were a total of 15 of us. Yeldham, Gestingthorpe and Bulmer. Brian Nixon was No.6 and was a former West The race Suffolk Wheelers member. started at Alas Brian died a few years ago. quite a pace So Harold and I are the only Founder and the first Members still with the club. rider was Colin Dales (still a current member) who was dropped in also in the Wolsey C.C. joined about the first mile December 1979 as a 2nd Claim Member. from the start No.28. (Membership fee £2.) and a few Viv Marsh (still a current member) probably more losing joined as a junior about January 1980 and touch with was No.30. the peloton We had about 8 juniors at this time and were before the probably school friends of Kevin Raymond. end of the (Viv Marsh?) first 13-mile Other early members who joined around the lap which averaged just short of 25mph. early 1980’s were Brian & Pat Webber and Ian Cullen (Army Cycling Union) made the children, Richard & Andrew. first proper break early on in the first lap and managed to get a gap of over 40-seconds miles from the finish Peter Graf rode away from the peloton. This strong solo effort was from the bunch brought back by the bunch near the end of making a small the second lap. gap. The second lap saw lots of little breaks Unfortunately in happening but no one could keep away from the last turn to the the chasing finish there was bunch. some traffic that, There was despite the best a small efforts of the crash in British Cycling this lap Accredited which saw Marshals, the end of stopped in the Lee Ford’s road and reduced (CCS left) the space the James Newton CCS day, riders had available to use which caused a although number of them to hit the brakes. There were luckily he and his bike were not damaged. a few riders that came down as the road The race had thinned-out as they came past narrowed, but fortunately the First Aider the finish line at the end of the second lap (Kirsty White) wasn’t kept too busy patching time but there was no clear break, so it was the small number of bumps and scrapes. all to play for. The final sprint up Finch Hill saw Patrick Graf At the start of the third lap Nigel Hobday (Cambridge CC) take first place in a time of (Cambridge CC) and SteveHubbard 2:09:04 seconds with Ben Howell (Strada (CCS below) broke away from the bunch and Sport) crossed the line just 6-seconds later worked together just taking second place from Matthew Heath for around 4-miles (East London Velo) who was third. before they were All the racers and helpers were rewarded with joined by James home baked Wylie (Velo Schils cakes and – Interbike), refreshments Patrick Graf at the event (Cambridge CC), HQ at AFC Ben Lock Sudbury with (Braintree Velo) the top-ten and Ian Cullen. finishers These guys receiving worked together cash prizes. for a several miles, The crossing the line to organisers start he final lap with a gap of about 20- would like to seconds before they were eventually reeled thank all the Darren and helper at the finish! back in by the peloton. sponsors The tail wind helped the riders hold over (Newton Brickworks, Lifecycle UK, Robins 30mph from Gestingthorpe towards the final Row Insurance, The Cycle Clinic and Colt stage of the race and the finish was destined Press) and the members and friends of CC to be decided by a bunch sprint. A couple of Sudbury who put in so much hard work to make this event a success. Plus a big thank you to the Thanks to Brian, Linda and Geoff for their kind residents on the route who supplied tea and timekeeping expertise; to Dave Fenn for the biscuits for marshals during the race – much course and painting the arrows (sorry a couple of riders somehow went astray); Trevor for signage; appreciated and to Trevor, Mark and Robin on domestic arrangements.