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Welcome to the Winchcombe Cycling Club website
We are a friendly club based in Winchcombe and are into all forms of cycling, on and off-road. Whether you’re a novice or an expert, the club has something to offer. Members take part in regular social rides, Audax/Sportive riding, MTB enduro events, road racing/time trialling and touring. If you’d like to get involved, get in touch with club secretary John Mackelworth. Email WinchcombeCC@aol.com or phone 01242 602 286
Meet 9 am Gretton village on the corner of Working Lane, opposite the ‘Bugatti Inn’ (check calender for alternate event ) Duration 3-4 hours Cycle Helmet required Route will be in the local hills, base level of fitness necessary. Mountain bikes must be in good working order. Novice riders are welcome, For more information phone John Taylor on 01242 603 234 or email WinchcombeCC@aol.com
Regular social rides take place every Sunday, starting at 9am from the crossroads of North Street/Back Lane/Gretton Road/Greet Road (see map). The route always includes a cafe stop and the distance is usually around 40 miles depending on the weather and the general concensus. All abilities welcome. Bring any kind of road-worthy bike and some loose change for refreshments. Similar rides take place during the week on a more ad-hoc basis. For more information email WinchcombeCC@aol.com or phone John Mackelworth on 01242 602 286 This years dinner will be held at the new Gretton Village Hall on Saturday 27th March at 7.30pm Mike Taylor is the lucky organiser and you should let him know if you are going. His email is mike.d.taylor@trw.com Clive Blissett, one of the founder members of the Winchcombe Cycling Club died at home last week. He had been suffering for some years with a chest problem and was unable to ride his bike. Clive’s funeral will take place at Cheltenham Crematorium at 1.30 on December 23rd and will be a small family affair There will be a Memorial Service on January 22nd at St Peters Church Winchcombe at 2-30. All club members are welcome and should wear club cycling kit as is our tradition. 
 Winchcombe Team at Taupo Four members of Winchcombe CC took part in this 100 mile challenge on 28th November. My daughter Lynsey and grandson James (13) and myself rode as a relay team with me doing the first 50 miles and Lynsey and James 25 miles each. We were pleased to get round in just over 7 hours for the hilly route, Richard, on his new carbon fiber road bike did the whole 100 miles in 4hr 21 minutes and was in the top 5% of the 11000 riders that took part. That’s correct, just imagine an event ten times as large as the HONC. The organisation was superbe with riders starting in groups depending on projected riding time. All riders had timing chips so really where you started didn’t matter. For the relay riders special trailers were laid on for the bikes and coaches to take the riders to and from the start and end of their stage. After the ride there was a prize giving and one lucky rider won a new Skoda car and several bikes and other prizes in the draw. The event raised NZD 75,000 (£25,000) for a childrens charity.  Sunset over Lake Taupo The sunset over the lake after the event was breathtaking It is time to consider rides, events (Mountain Mayhem, Marin Rough ride..) and week end sojourns (Afan, Coed y, Peak District..) for the coming months.. We need your ideas of places you would like to visit and ride. Generally,the response to our trips is highly favourable but it relies on a few to organise and we need ideas from others if we are to have a variety of riding to look forward to whether that is Road Biking or the Mountain variety. The comments page is open for your ideas.. Trail ride Prince’s RisboroughThere was a good turn out for this ride with 8 riders from the club and associates taking part in the 30 plus mile event. The weather was superb, bright sunshine making the wooded trails dazzling with the autumn colours. The course was a 50/50 split of road and off road riding, steady climbs with super wooded descents. Everyone completed the course, though Roger did get lost on the ‘marked’ route and Jim did manage a ‘high side’ dismount on the final chalky descent to the finish. Result times http://www.trailbreak.co.uk/trail_rides/reports/risboro_nov09/index.php?course=long  Gerd Abendroth from Germany Great weather made this one of the most successful rides in recent years. Only 3 riders failed to start and five out of sixty rides failed to complete the route. Winchcombe CC had six riders, Gert Abendroth come over from Germany for the ride and for Pat Boulton, a new member, this was his first Audax event. John Mackelworth, Terry Metherall, Adrian Teague and Martin Jauch also rode the event. We are gratefull to the helpers, David Birch and his Dad, Brian Eaton, and Roy Goodbier and his wife who manned the controls and to Alison Hay and Jenny Mackelworth who did the refreshments at the finish. We are pleased that the club was able to Donate £50 to the first Winchcombe Scout Group for the use of their splended Headquarters Brian Hayward I am taking entries now for this event which is a challenging 100k for on and off road riders. To enter download an entry form from the Audax web site or click on this link http://www.aukweb.net/forms/entryform9.php?Ride=09-613 Hope we get a good turn-out from the club Brian Hayward ‘Gravitas’… breaking news!! Yes, it is true Stu Hopkins is off the bike, literally and now lies in pole position for this year’s Gravitas. The ‘off ‘ happened on Tuesday evening while we (Graham Baxter with two colleagues Kevin and Tim together with Jim Davies) were riding the ‘Ridgeway’ from Christmas Common near Watlington. We were making a fast descent on narrow single track when Stu took a very close interest in the adjacent hedgerow. While he sustained some very nasty cuts and bruises he was not, thankfully, seriously hurt. There is no photographic evidence as at the time it was not a laughing matter.. but hey that was then!!
What a tour for British supporters. Alison and I watched the Annecy Time Trial stage and the picture attached is of Wiggo at speed. He was the fastet rider at this point, half way arround the circuit. Brian & Alison
Afan trip is nearly upon us.. Stu, Graham, Mike and Jim are riding on Saturday and Sunday; Robin will be cycling with us on the Saturday only. The plan is to leave Winchcombe around 8.0am Saturday morning, set up the tents and ride in the afternoon. |
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