2005 Old News
So the Winter is over and we're
ready to race. First club time trial is on Tuesday 5th April at
This season is going to be quite
competitive across the all standards. Jake has dominated for a long time but
Lee is really coming in to form with a spectacular
Pete Williams (ACU) and his brand
new Trek speed machine is going to take some beating having already recorded
some decent 10 times and scored some road racing points at a couple of Thruxton
circuit races.
Dave Dinsdale is suspiciously quiet,
no doubt been putting in some quality training sessions over the winter and
Stuart Thompson has competed in a few road races so he may be making a
comeback.
Eric is getting ready for his
annual training camp in sunnier climbs. Rumour has it he's getting yet another
new bike to add to his collection, a Principia no less.
No more Jason Eady this season as
he's back in NZ. Emma hasn't been seen out on a bike for a few months so Lizzy
may have it all her own way unless Ally decides to get back on the bike.
Talking of new bikes, we will no
doubt see Ian on a state-of-the-art machine this season as he bimbles round
'till about July when he'll even decide to pedal!
Haven't seen Malc Morgan recently,
he was entered for the hilly 10 but didn't start. Adrian Slack has been seen
spending money in the Bike Shed, let's hope he's got the legs to go with it.
Are we going to see the tandems
out this season? Simon's entered a couple of open events and it looks like he
may get his legs back soon after some Wednesday evening "kickings".
John Martin name has been on a few start sheets but no sign of Paul Welch, not
even on a Sunday club run recently.
Another rider not seen for months
now is Phil Jacobs, rumour has it that he's now ensconced in the music trade.
Dave Gunm is desperately trying to
put all his bits and pieces back together, so we made even see the "Six
Million Dollar Man" out again.
At both ends of the scale, Chazz
Adnitt is taking a decade off and Mick Risdale cycling has been somewhat
disrupted with domestic commitments.
Hopefully Pete Dennet has
eventually treated himself to some tri-bars now, it does make a difference
Pete!
The new membership card scheme
should help identify the members who have forgotten to pay subscriptions this
year, so if that's you, please pay up if you want to ride.
I'm sure Ken May will be there to
lead us off and John Foster to offer a kindly few words of encouragement.
I'll look forward to seeing
everyone for the first 2005 club event, cheers - Nick.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT -
CHAIN GANG CHANGES
OK, Wednesday Chain Gang
(or do I mean RACE!) is back to the normal route as of 23rd March.
As many of you know, we have run
the Wednesday evening chain gang on the same course for many years, finishing
at the Weyhill Fair pub. This has changed hands recently and we are now looking
at alternative routes and hostelries. On
We're not quite sure if this will
be as successful as the usual route, but let's try it anyway.
Link to 2002 old news archive
click on this to see the news from 2002
Link to 2003 old news archive
click on this to see the news from 2003
Link to 2004 old news archive
click on this to see the news from 2004
2005 Gorrick Spring
Mountain Bike race series (check out www.gorrick.com
)
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Sun 30 Jan |
Exodus Spring
Series Race xc1 — Crowthorne Wood |
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Sun 20 Feb |
Exodus Spring Series Race xc2 — Heath Warren Wood |
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Sun 13 Mar |
Exodus Spring Series Race xc3 — Yateley Heath Wood |
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Sun 3 Apr |
Exodus Spring Series Race xc4 — Frith Hill - Deepcut |
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Sun 1 May |
Gill 100 Enduro Challenge — Swinley Forest/Surrey Hill |
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Sun 22 May |
Exodus Spring Series Race xc5 — Porridge Pot Hill - Deepcut |