Winchcombe Cycling Club

This weeks MTB night ride will take place, on Wednesday 5th March Meeting at 6:45pm on Abbey Terrace.

All club members (and guests) are cordially invited to attend the 2nd Annual Dinner Dance for Winchcombe Cycling Club.

The date for the diary is Saturday, 10^th May 2013.

The venue will be Prescott Lodge, to enjoy a dinner, I imagine a speech or two (if I know our President Mr Brian Hayward) then dance the night away with Johnny Fingers and his band The Goodfellas.

Tickets will be £25.00 each

An invitation has been sent out to all club members. Please use the contact details on the email to let know as soon as possible if you are interested in joining us for the evening,  it would be great to have our largest social turn out for the new revamped Club with its new members.

Missing the invitation email – contact us on winchcombecc@aol.com

After the success of last years event (finishing just off the podium) – the club are once again entering into the 24 hour Shennington pedal car race.

The race takes place on the 28th/29th of June (starting at 12 noon) at the Shennington cart track near Chipping Norton. The club will be entering a team of 6 riders, who will be taking it in turns to power the pedal car to a average speed of 18mph for the 24 hours of the event. Using our experience from 2013, the aim is to improve on last years position and make it onto the podium!

Some of the team positions are already filled, but if you would be interested in getting involved, contact John Harkness on winchcombecc@aol.com

Huge well done to our novice mtb ladies Carol, Alison and Dorothy who took on the ‪#‎HONC‬ 50 km route this morning. The course conditions were atrocious, took 1&1/2 hours to cover first 5 miles. Weather steadily deteriorated to howling winds and horizontal rain.

The girls didn’t waiver once from the goal of nailing the 50 route and battled on to complete it in 6 hours, Brilliant attitude and effort a pleasure to guide them round.

The WCC dinner is back for the second year. The evening of the 10th May is the one to set aside, for what we hope will be an even bigger event than last years. Venue is once again Prescott Lodge. Save the date more details to follow!

Club Rider Andrew Barnes is looking for support towards his goal of cycling the #EtapedeYorkshire

He is raising money for CFC (cyclists Fighting Cancer) and is doing one ride of approximately 100 miles per month leading up to the Etape to try and be as ready as he can be; this includes:

12 hour trainer ride at the grange care home on Wednesday 26th Feb.

100 mile flattish ride in March.

Seven hills 100 in April (hoping the weather is better) …

… and the 200k audax from Tewkesbury in May …

… ready for the Etape de Yorkshire in June.

Please offer him your support along with our other Charity rider John Michelbacker taking part in the Ride London event.

Find out more at:

https://www.facebook.com/CyclingtheFightEtapedeYorkshire2014

The London Bike Show gets underway tomorrow at Excel London, and runs from the 13-16 February. The show is the largest of it’s kind in the UK, with over 38,000 visitors attending last year. The show covers every cycling discipline, and there are lots of shows and activities taking part at the event, including a test track to allow you to ride some of the latest machinery on offer.

Tickets cost £16 for adults if pre-booked online (Children under 16 can go for free and discounts are available for senior citizens and students).

More information can be found at http://thelondonbikeshow.co.uk

All club members are invited to the White Hart Garden Bar Winchcombe on Sunday 23rd of March at 1pm. There is much to celebrate from the wide range of activities that club members have participated in this year. Initially there will be a chance to meet up with fellow members in a relaxed informal atmosphere. Sandwiches will be provided so we do need an indication of numbers to ensure we cater adequately.

Paul Workman and Russ Parker have kindly volunteered to do a slide show of their ‘Home to Rome’ trip. Perhaps this will inspire others to follow in their footsteps, or try something new in the year ahead.

This will be followed by the AGM which will give you the opportunity to hear more of what the club has achieved over the last year and plans for the future. A copy of the Agenda is attached.

Please RSVP by 16th March on winchcombecc@aol.com

John Mackelworth
Club Secretary

Cheltenham CTC are organising three Audax rides on Saturday 15th March starting from Andoversford. Great training ride if you are doing the Etape du Tour this year.

Entries on the Audax web site. http://www.aukweb.net

If you have not done an Audax ride before why not try the 100k?