Cleveland Wheelers SPOKESMAN Issue 136 Autumn 2016 Toby Tanfield on Clay Bank 2016 NEWS AND DATES Youth Training every Monday at the cycle circuit 6 to 7.30pm cost £2.50 Senior Training will follow the youth session 7.30pm till 9pm cost £4 Steady Group Club Rides roll out from Great Ayton Tourist Information Car Park at 10am on Saturdays and Sundays. Rides are between 25-35 miles at a pace of 14-15mph. Cyclo Cross On Sunday, 30 October 2016 we are staging round 7 of the Cyclo Cross North East League (CXNE) and will take place at the Middlesbrough Sports Village. The racing starts at 10:30 with the Vet 50 and women categories, through to the senior race at 14:30. Cleveland Wheelers Themed rides Sun. 6th Nov. Freewheeling. 11am. Ingleby Greenhow hill top Christmas Day TT 11am Newton under Roseberry The club’s annual Bring and Buy Sale on Friday, 28 October in Stokesley Town Hall. If you’ve got any bike bits you want to sell or if you’re looking for a bargain, come along. It’s also an ideal opportunity to catch up with your cycling friends over coffee and cake. DOORS OPEN 7PM. ENTRY £1 SELLERS £1 PER TABLE USED. SET UP 6:45 Quiz Night (Provisional( November 18th From Membership secretary Dave Kirton. Hi all. I received a few months ago an A3 sized envelope, my address was hand written on it. Unfortunately it had been torn open and the contents removed. I am presuming it was from one of the Cleveland Wheelers veteran members as you are the only ones who write proper letters to me if you think it's a letter you sent and you need to discuss its contents then please phone me on 01642 510161. I hope there was no money in it? Apologies for any inconvenience. Dave SUBS DUE Membership subs are now due with a deadline of 30th November. Most members will have received renewal instructions via e mail or on website/face book. Most of the members that receive a paper copy of the spokesman/newsletter are veteran life members anyway. However if there are any members who are just turning 70 and are now entitled to life membership then please just let me know as I don't have date of birth details for long standing members. Also please contact me with any other details you wish to discuss. Kid’s parents/guardians need to contact me to clarify if their son/daughter will be remaining with the club for 2017. Thanks, Dave AGM REPORT Only 19 club members attended this year’s Annual General Meeting. All Officers of the club remain the same however Steve Binks and Sherry Binks both stood down from the committee, Steve after 44 years as a member. Shaun O’Shea and Paul Christon taking their places. The main proposal was a revamp of the Constitution. The original constitution was drawn up back in 1958. As such it does not meet British Cycling (and other sports/social bodies) recommendations (e.g. makes no mention of inclusiveness, safeguarding, anti-bullying etc., all buzzwords of the modern era). The committee has re-drafted the constitution based on British Cycling’s recommendations and retaining those parts of the original constitution that have been deemed necessary. The section of the constitution that covered racing/TT events (both open and club-only) has been removed from the constitution as such and is now an appendix. This would give the committee greater flexibility to organise events rather than it all having to be done at the AGM as currently happens. People may be co-opted in to run events at the committee’s discretion throughout the season. It is hoped that this might lead to an increase in the number of events being run and the continuation of existing events. This proposal was voted through MIKE BINKS MEMORIAL RR Charlie Tanfield (Planet X) became the 40th winner of the Mike Binks Memorial Trophy held in conjunction with the Circuit of Welbury races. He took the win just a few inches ahead of his older brother Harry Tanfield (Pedal Heaven RT), while Planet X had two riders on the podium with Ben Hetherington taking third, around 30-40 seconds further back. The pair had been part of an eight-rider break which got clear about halfway through the 89-mile race, which used a six-mile circuit from Welbury, up to Appleton Wiske and back down to Deighton. The break established a lead of around two and a half minutes on the chasing bunch, and it soon became apparent that the winner would come from the break. But repeated attacks splintered the break, the aggressive tactics whittling down the numbers until on the final lap just the two Tanfield siblings remained and it was left for Charlie to take the win ahead of Harry. Many Thanks to Dave Morton and Marcus Smith for the hard work in organising these events. 1. Charlie Tanfield Planet X - Northside Cycling 2. Harry Tanfield Pedal Heaven 3. Ben Hetherington Planet X - Northside Cycling 4. Chris Sleath Adept Precision RT/NE Healthcare 5. Peter Barusevicus Wheelbase Altura MGD 6. Jack Taylor Planet X - Northside Cycling Ladies 1. Rebecca Rimmington Team WNT 2. Ellen McDermott Team Jadan-Weldtite 3. Tamsin Vicary Manchester Wheelers Club Category 3/4 1. Kris Whitelaw Muckle Cycle Club 2. Wilson Brown Cycleways-SG Petch 3. Richard Lilleker Cleveland Wheelers CC Masters 1. Richard Moore Squadra RT 2. Marcus Smith Cleveland Wheelers CC 3. Chris Mather M Steel Cycle Racing Team CLUB TROPHIES 2016 25 mile scratch 25 mile Handicap Hill climb Richard Lillekar John Main Toby Tanfield Graeme Tate Graeme Tate Richard Lillekar Jost Mullenheim Richard Lillekar Ross Turner Youth Boys Youth Girls Daniel Thompson Paige McLeod Lewis Dolan Isabel Mayes Felix Levell Rebecca Mayes Senior Road Race Youth Road Race Marcus Smith Toby Tanfield James Grainger Daniel Thompson Carl Maynard Lewis Dolan Evening Series Scratch Male Handicap Male Richard Lilleker Ross Turner Graeme Tate Toby Tanfield Stephen Belbin Graeme Tate Scratch Female Handicap Female Diane Mayes Paige Mcleod Paige Mcleod Diane Mayes Barbara Kettle Barbara Kettle Handicap Junior Age Related Ross Turner 40/49 Dave Kirton Toby Tanfield 50/59 Robert Lee Paige Mcleod 60+ Ian Hutchinson HILLCLIMB Congratulations to Josh Teasdale on winning the club’s annual hill climb on Clay Bank with a new course record time of 5min. 32 secs. 47 solos and 2 tandems left the timekeeper in decent conditions, with Dave Kirton and Shaun O’Shea being the fastest tandem pairing in 7.48. Toby Tanfield was leading club rider finishing 3rd in 6.13 with Richard Lillekar 3 seconds behind. Other club times were Ross Turner 06:36 Neil Walker 06:37 Stephen Murphy 06:47 Nick Piper 07:14 Ian Fryett 07:16 Tom Levell 07:23 David Kirton 07:23 Tim Swales 07:31 Ian Hutchinson 07:49 Paul Williams 07:56 Lewis Dolan 08:47 Steven Honeyman:09:06 Diane Mayes:09:12 Jonathan White/Darren Crofts 09:15 (tandem) Paige McLeod:09:32 John Kettle:09:50 EVENING SERIES 17 riders put in qualifying rides in this year’s evening series. After a shaky start due to road works ended up with event 1 being cancelled then the next 2 being transferred to Longnewton. The 17 riders were Diane Mayes, Paige Mcleod, Barbara Kettle, Sandra Main, Richard Lilleker, Graeme Tate, Stephen Belbin, Toby Tanfield, Dave Kirton, Ian Hutchinson, Ross Turner, Robert Lee, Steven Turner, Roger Oldroyd, John Kettle, Colin Moore, Joe Foley. The Seamer events were then followed by 4 climbs of Clay Bank Evening Se- ries. The hill climb results base on riders’ best three rides:- 1 Richard Lilleker 2 Toby Tanfield 3 Ross Turner 4 Dave Kirton 5 Ian Hutchinson 6 Robert Lee 7 Tricia Bell 8 Diane Mayes 9 Paige Mcleod 10 John Kettle 11 Barbara Kettle Congratulations to all of the above on getting in the three qualifying rides and particularly Richard, Toby and Ross on their outstanding rides. Thanks also to Bill Millen, Ian Hutchinson and John Kelly for their running of the events. LEAGUE 2000 2016 This year was the 20th year we have organized the League 2000 starting at the Motorsports Park in South Bank, with 6 events the first year. The 2016 edition had 886 rides throughout the year an average of 72 riders per night with 145 different riders taking part over the 12 rounds. Only 3 riders took part in all 12 rounds our own Rowan Bell and Daniel Thompson Joel Hurt Planet X and Cillian Lewis Stockton Wheelers. Over 16 Under 16 Under 14 Danielle Colmer Ross Turner Harrison Lee Ryan Thomas Paige McLeod Samuel Wilkinson Aaron Preston Toby Tanfield Samuel Rea Under 12 Under 10 Under 8 Lewis Dolan Joel Hurt Daniel Thompson Patrick Kilcullen Oliver Gatenby Josh Jewitt Kacey Eyeington Daisy Freer Rhuari Hill Under 6 Felix Levell Elizabeth Horlock William Prost RESULTS Club youth Riders have had a successful 2nd part of the season on the road. Pride of place going to Daniel Thompson in winning his category in the Isle of Man Youth tour. This goes with a number of wins at Middlesbrough Sports Village and Hetton including the Regional Youth Championships. Another medalist in the North East Regional Youth Championships was Lewis Dolan who gained the Silver medal in his age group. Lewis has also had wins at the Sports Village and Hetton as well as a 3rd place in Doncaster Toby Tanfield has amassed 62 ranking points this season, picking up wins at the Sports Village and Hetton.