TIME TRIAL RESULTS 2005

• Club Christmas 10 - Sun 4th Dec
• Club Hillclimb - Sun 30th Oct
• Club Hardriders - Sun 9th Oct
• Stevenage CC 2-up - Sat 1st Oct
• Norlond 25 - Sun 25th Sep
• Eagle RC 50 - Sun 18th Sep
• Andover CC 10 - Sat 17th Sep
• Norlond TT Combine 25 - Sun 11th Sep
• Basildon CC 10 - Sat 10th Sept
• British Time Trial Championships - Sat 3rd Sep
• Memorial Trophy 25 - (Millennium Trophy Round 11)- Sat 3rd Sep
• Aylesbury CC - (Millennium Trophy Round 10)
• Victoria CC 10 - Sat 27th Aug
• Finsbury Park 25 - Sun 21st Aug
• Hitchin Nomads 25 - Sun Aug 14th
• Drighlington 25 - Sat 13th Aug
• 2nd Club 25 - Sat 6th Aug
• Victoria CC 10 - Sat 30th July
• North Midds and Herts CA 50 - Sun 24th July
• North Bucks RC (Millennium Trophy Round 9) - Sat 23rd July
• Team Economic Energy 10 - Sat 16th July
• Verulam Hilly (Millennium Trophy Round 7)- Sat 2nd July
• Shaftesbury 25 - Sat 25th June
• 1st Club 25 - Sat 4th June
• Women's National 10 Championship - Sun 22nd May
• Shaftesbury 10 - Sat 14th May
• Letchworth Velo Circuit Race (Millennium Trophy Round 6) - Sat 14th May
• Club 2-up - Sun 10th April
• Easterley Hilly - Sun 3rd April
• North Mids and Herts CA 25 - Sun 3rd April
• Bishop's Stortford Hilly - Mon 28th March
• Welwyn Wheelers Hilly (Millennium Trophy Round 3) - Friday 25th March
• Eagle RC - Sun 20th March
• North Road Hardriders (Millennium Trophy Round 1) - Sun 6th March

Christmas 10 - Brickendon - Sunday 4th December

Club Hillclimb - New Road, Digswell - Sunday 30th October

Excellent turnout at the Hillclimb

On October 30, 2005 North Road Cycling Club held their last event of the season: the W. A. Palmer Hillclimb Cup. Despite the breeze and the weather forecast of rain (which did not materialise) there was a good turnout of North Roaders, 20 in total rode the event at New Road, Digswell, a popular hill for local cycling clubs.
Competing over three-quarters of a mile, was George Olive. He beat his last year’s time by 21 seconds, climbing by the timekeeper in 2 minutes and 33 seconds, to take his second trophy of the year and equal the club record. He has already won the 2005 Track Cup. He took nine seconds out of Jonathan Appleby and Roger Bishop, both coming past the finishing line in 2 minutes 42 seconds, just pipping Dave Candy by one second, who came fourth.
New members Martin Brown, Fred Lupton, Glyn Teare and Neil Gostick rode their first hill climb for the club.

Photos here
 

Club Hardriders - 2 laps of Brickendon circuit, 18.2 miles - Sunday 9th October

Last Sunday North Road Cycling Club held their Club Hardriders, two laps of the Brickendon Green Circuit totalling 18.6 miles. On a bright morning, with a little chill in the air, 14 riders competed with 12 from North Road. The first North Roader was David Candy, completed the course with a time of 47:01, coming past the timekeeper in 23:24 for his first lap, followed by 23:37 second time around. Dave took 62 seconds out of the Ken Davis winner, Roger Bishop. His first lap time was 23:42 and second lap 24:20. New member Martin Brown rode his first event for the club crossing the finishing line with a time of 55:12, coming eighth. John Davy returned, after being knocked off his bike back in May, finished in ninth position with a time of 55:42. Chris Glithero and Bruce Metheringham rode a two up with a time of 51:26. They beat their first lap by six seconds. The overall winner was Mark Allen from Whitewebbs with a time of 46:38.

Photos here

Stevenage CC 2-up, Course F14 11.8 miles - Saturday 1st October

Report from Ian Coles

Unlike some cyclists I have a lot of respect of team time trials, mainly gained by watching the 2004 Tour in Arras and having 9 disc wheels thundering past me in a thunderstorm. With this thought in mind I entered into the Stevenage CC 2-Up at the Guilden Morden with Jonathan Appleby to give TTT a go.  

North Road was definitely the predominant Club in the event as it was also represented by Nigel Cameron and Nick Harris, Chris Glithero and Jim Ewers, and Richard Somerset and George Olive. Nigel and Nick had an unfortunate beginning as they punctured on the way to the start and lost over 4 mins, even so still managed a respectable time of 31.98 over the 12 mile course. The next North Road pairing faired better in the blustery conditions and the experienced duo of Chris & Jim posted a 30.46. 

We were off towards the end of the field and John started very strongly and I had trouble holding his wheel on a few occasions. After the turn we hit a rainstorm which would make the going treacherous in an individual TT let alone a TTT. We were caught by our 2 minute men just before the turn into last straight and managed to post a 30.04 which we were pleased with. 

We turned round and waited for a couple of minutes before the duo of Richard & George stormed through with a time of 29.19 to place them in 9^th overall. The event was won by S. Tarry & D. Crease with a time of 26.31 (course record) from Team Sanjan. 

I now have more respect than ever for a well drilled 9 man Team as we found 2 of us riding well together was difficult. It is true what the commentators say that you are only as good as your strongest team-mate. I just wish I could say I was the strongest!

Norlond 25 - F1B/25 - Sunday 25th September

Dave Candy      1.02.15

Leigh Taylor     1.3.17

Eagle RC 50 - E1/50 - Sunday 18th Sep

Leigh Taylor - 2nd Lady - 2:20:02

Andover CC 25 - Course P613 - Saturday 17th September

Leigh Taylor broke the North Road ladies 10 mile record by one second on the P613 at Andover. Well done Leigh.

The club record for 10 miles of 23.54 was set by Anne Jones in 1993. Just as importantly Leigh beat her dad Alan Harvey for the first time ever.

Leigh Taylor - 6th lady - 23.53

Alan Harvey - 23.58

Dave Candy - 22.04

Norlond TT Combine 25 - Course F1/15 - Sunday 11th September

Leigh Taylor - 1st Lady - 1:04:12

Basildon CC 10 - Course E91/10 - Saturday 10th September

Leigh Taylor - 25.37

British Time Trail Championships - Doncaster - Sat 3rd Sep

Leigh Taylor went up to Yorkshire on Sat to race in the British Time Trial Championships promoted by Holme Valley Wheelers

Report from Leigh

Leigh Taylor travelled up to Doncaster with the Arctic Shorter Rochford team to compete in the British Time Trial Championships, promoted by Holme Valley Wheelers. According to Leigh “it was a hideous course, two laps with a 112 foot ascent to the finish. The hills were evil. It was a real roadies course with lots of red flags out everywhere, on the descents too”. Leigh caught her minute girl after 15 minutes and on the second lap she caught number one (Leigh was number 13). Fifteen riders finished in total and it was won by Julia Shaw (G.S. Strada).

Full results

Memorial Trophy 25 - Guilden Morden - Saturday 3rd Sep

This event was the 11th and last event in the North London Millennium Trophy competition.  The course is an exact 25 miles on two laps of a circuit around Guilden Morden in Cambridgeshire.  Stuart Tarry of Team Sanjan Design was the winner in 1.00.05, but the other prizes all went to veterans.  53 year old David Creese, also Team Sanjan Design, was the biggest earner with prizes for 2nd place in 1.00.17, first Veteran and 2nd Veteran on target time.  Steve Clarke, Verulam CC, took 3rd place and 2nd Veteran in 1.00.27 and Ian Brazier, Verulam CC, was 4th and 3rd Veteran in 1.01.07.  The 1st veteran on target time was Roger Porter of Verulam CC in 1.02.36.  Verulam also took the team prize with Steve Clarke, Ian Brazier  and Nick Hay in 3.03.02 

Dave Candy did an excellent ride to finish in 6^th place and Chris Symonds, riding his first time trial of more than 10 miles, produced a brilliant ride to finish in 10^th place.  Alan Mendelsohn led the other North Roaders home in 1.08.08.  Jim Ewers had a late start due to road works on the A1 (not included in the time below) and Ashley Glass produced a creditable 1.11.20 considering his lack of miles.

Results

North Road results:

I would like to thank all the helpers and marshals.  We made £28 profit on the catering thanks to the efforts of Viv Cameron, Ros Mendelsohn and cakes also supplied by June and Annabel and others.  Sally was a whiz on the computer to produce the results in double quick time.  June made sure nobody wandered off with their numbers and Alan relayed the results. Thanks to Roger for coming out even though his ceiling had fallen in!  Thanks to Jo Mynott, Annabel, Nigel, Bruce and Nick.

Aylesbury CC 25 Course F5 Botolph Claydon - Monday 29th August

Alan Harvey - 22nd  -  53.43

Victoria CC - Newport - Sat 27th August

Dave Candy - 24.33

Leigh Taylor - 24.43

Finsbury Park 25 - F1/25 - Sun 21st August

Alan Harvey   63rd  1:02:07

Hitchin Nomads 25 - Sunday 14th August

Leigh Taylor    2nd Lady     1:04:10

Drighlington 25 (Middlemarkers) - Sat 13th August

Knowing I was going to be spending a weekend with my mother in Harrogate I looked for a road race to ride with my brother Chris. With nothing suitable I entered the Drighlington 25 with a view to getting under the hour for the first time. With only a couple of club 25s under my belt, I managed to qualify as one of the 90 slowest entries. Chris chose to be my support and provide carbon tri-spoke wheels, pointy aero helmet and skin suit, so no excuses for not doing a good time.

My start wasn’t until 6.19pm so in the morning Chris drove me out to the course where I could get used to the different feel of the bike, riding with the helmet and get to know the tricky part of the course where it went on a minor road through a village before the turn. On the way up we drove along the A1 where most of the course was, I noticed how busy the traffic was but there were no fast slip-roads joining and the road surface looked marvellous. It rained on and off all morning and until about 3pm but then it brightened up and a fresh breeze rose that would be partly a head wind on the way out.

After excellent preparation, good food and rest at Mum’s and Chris setting up my bike and giving me a massage, I set off. Having more support than the locals shouting me on I couldn’t fail to pass a dozen riders or more. I was pleased to hear at the turn that I was due to go under the hour after the hardest part and then amazed that I was on a “56” on the way back. For the last ten minutes I really had to grit my teeth, bits were hurting that I didn’t know I had and there were no riders in front as carrots, when Chris and nephew Matt said there was a mile to go it was like winning the lottery. I managed to keep it going and finished in first place with a 56:54.

Thanks to my supporters who made me feel like a pro for the weekend and to the race officials, especially the marshals who had drawn the short straws and spent over two and a half hours on an A1 slip road.

Roger Bishop

2nd Club 25 - Guilden Morden - Sat 6th August

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Victoria CC 10 - Newport - Sat 30th July

North Midds and Herts CA 50 - F1 - Sun 24th July

29th    Alan Harvey          2:11:34

32       Allan Mendelsohn   2:13:19

North Bucks RC (Millennium Trophy round 9), Botolph Claydon, 20 miles - Sat 23^rd July 2005

Richard Somerset fully justified his seeding as a ‘9’ marker by coming in the bottom 10 places in the ninth round of the Millennium Trophy competition staged by the North Bucks Road Club on a rolling course at Botolph Claydon.  On the first lap the heart was willing but the legs were weak. At one point on a particularly testing 1 in 50 drag the small chainring was required and you could hear the groans of agony as far away as Aylesbury.

At the start of the second lap the legs felt better and Richard perceived an increase in his speed. He even managed to stay behind a tractor for a few yards. However he was cruelly disappointed and a touch confused when his time for the second lap was almost exactly the same as the first. A resulting time of 54.06 for the 20 miles was possibly four minutes slower than he could have done in the ‘old days’. He was so annoyed that he even forgo the usual free cup of tea at the HQ and left quickly.

One hopes the effects of the Etape du Tour are still felt in his poor old legs and that participation in the next Millennium Trophy event on the same course on the 29^th August will result in a time more in line with his actual abilities. If not then a lifetime of easy rides to Whitwell tea room on a Sunday morning with Jim and Chris may beckon

Team Economic Energy 10 - Course E2/10 - Sat 16th July

Alan Harvey    23.34

Leigh Taylor   24.05

Verulam Hill - 27.5 miles, Whitwell, Herts - Sat 2nd July

Shaftesbury CC 25 - Course E2/25 - Sat 25th June

Leigh Taylor was 3rd lady out of 12 in the Shaftesbury 25 held on a course near Newmarket. She caught 5 other ladies in front and finished in a time of 1.01.26.  This is a huge PB for Leigh and she has broken the 14 year old club record of 1:01:57 held by Anne Jones. Congratulations from all the members of the North Road

Report from Leigh

1st Club 25 - Guilden Morden - Sat 4th June

Women's National 10 mile Championship  - Sun 22nd May

Winner was Wendy Houvenaghel in 22.16

Shaftesbury 10 - 14th May

Leigh Taylor     5th

Letchworth Velo Circuit Time Trial (Millennium Trophy Event 6) - Guilden Morden - Sat 14th May, 19 miles

Richard Somerset          48.34

Bruce Metheringham      50.17

Chris Glithero               51.03

Alan Harvey                  52.08

Allan Mendellsohn          52.51

The winner was Mike Broadwith with 41.34

Club 2-up Brickendon Green - Sunday 10th April

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Darren Rochford and Dave Candy                         22:56

Tony Bradford and Ian Short                                23:00

Jim Ewers and Richard Somerset                         24:39

Alan Harvey and Leigh Taylor                              26:03

James McAleese and John McDowell                     26:35

Chris Glithero and Derek Evans                           26:57

Gian Altomare and Bruce Metheringham               27:03

Paul Groves and Don Hale                                    29:16

Easterley RC Hilly 25.2 - Sunday 3rd April

Alan Harvey   24th  1:14:27

Winner was Michael Hutchinson in 56.24

North Middlesex and Herts CA 25, F1/25 - Sunday 3rd April

In his first race for 23 years Mike Wilcox finished in 15th place

Mike Wilcox   15th   1:00:06

Winner was Steve Hunt in 53:19

Bishop's Stortford Hilly, Great Hormead, Monday 28th March, 27.5 miles

Welwyn Wheelers Hilly, Lemsford - Friday 25th March, 50km

The winner was Mike Broadwith 1:11:46. For full results see Welwyn Wheelers website here

Eagle RC - E1/25b - Sun 20th March

Ian Short     10th    1:05:13

North Road Hardriders 2005, Brookmans Park, Herts - Sunday 6th March

Race Distance 23 miles

1 60 Michael  Hutchinson API - Metrow   00:54:23 
2 10 Danny  Axford Arctic-Shorter Rochford RT   00:57:04 
3 30 Carl Saint Yorkshire Road Club   00:57:04 
4 45 Michael Broadwith www.agiskoviner.com   00:57:41 
5 50 Julian Ramsbottom De Rosa RT   00:59:35 
6 35 Jonathan Hunt Sherwood CC   01:00:03 
7 51 Chris  Hopkinson Matlock CC    01:00:21 
8 46 Simon Howes Sigma Sport   01:00:44 
9 28 Mickael Metayer Team Sport and Publicity   01:01:07 
10 31 Tim  Wallis Arctic-Shorter Rochford RT   01:01:26 
11 25 Reg Smith Team Chevin Cycles V 01:01:46 
12 20 Tony  Stott Science in Sport.com V 01:02:48 
13 42 Richard  Webster Team Welwyn   01:02:48 
14 41 Robert  Engers Arctic-Shorter Rochford RT V 01:04:17 
15 56 Alan Kidd Team Cambridge V 01:05:50 
16 36 Brian Evans www.agiskoviner.com   01:07:56 
17 39 George  Olive North Road CC   01:07:56 
18 23 Steven Oglesby Hemel Hempstead CC   01:09:04 
19 33 Tim  Chandler Welwyn Wheelers   01:09:24 
20 37 Martin Fry Welwyn Wheelers V 01:09:41 
21 54 Mark  Allen Whitewebbs CC   01:10:13 
22 57 Ralph Dadswell Antelope RT V (T) 01:10:38 
23 58 Richard  Somerset North Road CC   01:10:53 
24 59 John  Saysell PCA Ciclos Uno   01:13:08 
25 19 Allan Mendelsohn North Road CC V 01:13:37 
26 9 Ian  Coles North Road CC   01:14:26 
27 14 Timothy Kearley Whitewebbs CC   01:14:51 
28 43 Avie Yiangou Whitewebbs CC V 01:15:05 
29 17 David  Ledgerton Hitchin Nomads CC V 01:15:53 
30 48 Richard  Keyworth Verulam CC   01:16:08 
31 38 Denise Shackleton Halifax RC L 01:22:30 
32 47 Bill Caton Whitewebbs CC V 01:22:46 
33 53 Andrew  Porter Welwyn Wheelers V 01:24:03