PLOMESGATE CYCLING CLUB 

Feb Club Run

It was good to see Jon Smith on a club run again, as nine of us set out from Framlingham in fair weather. Much entertainment was had boxing Becky in on the sprints – did you think it was accidental, Becky? After coffee at Stonham Barns, potential member Mark Howlett from Wickham Market treated us to a fine display coming through a rather slimy ford. He’ll need to pay his subs to be eligible for the Abdu trophy, but it was a worthy attempt. Thanks to Trevor for leading the ride.

March Club run

Meet at Somerfields car park in Saxmundham at 10am on Sunday 23^rd March.

April Club run

Steve J will be leading this ride from his house in Ipswich at 10:30am on Sunday 13^th April. Details of how to get to Steve’s house will be in the next newsletter.

Dinner / Prize Presentation

The annual dinner and prize presentation was well attended this year, and the Lighthouse served an excellent meal, as usual.

Saturday Training

With the slightly warmer days numbers have increased for the Saturday training rides, with the last two weekends seeing 5 people meeting at Snape Church at 10:30am. This still happens on an informal basis, so there is no guarantee that anyone else will be there.

Subscriptions

Have you paid your subs? If not, now is the time to write the cheque for £10, payable to Plomesgate CC and send it to Trevor Figgitt at 15 Surrey Close, Framlingham.

March Open "10"

Our first open event of the year is on Saturday 22^nd March, with Hilary organizing it as usual. Please either e-mail Hil with your offers to help on hilaryhg@aol.com, or ring him on 01728 602563. All offers will be gratefully received.

Results

1^st March, CC Breckland 10

Pete Whelan had a good ride in his first TT of the season, and writes:

A cool day, with the forecast of thundery showers, turned out to be brighter than expected though a bit cool. A few people braved shorts, but most rode with protected knees. The course is a bit of a 'farmyard' start, with plenty of dried mud, gravel and a rough surface, also not helped by a headwind for the first leg. After the first section, the road surface improved slightly, the wind was a bit more favourable and I got into the rhythm of the first TT of the season a bit better.  Being my normal pessimistic self at this time of the year I was going to be happy to get under 30m, or at least go faster than Andrew (course record is only 23m00s). The third leg was a flyer, averaging 28mph, and passing a few people and getting closer to my minute man, who I hadn't lost sight of from the start of the second leg. The final leg from Hingham to Scoulton seemed to last forever, but I closed even more on my minute man to be within 3s of catching him, to finish in 25m39s; with a few scalps claimed. Jim Burgess won it on 23m03s, who would normally do a 20m ride on the Bungay or A14 courses.

Club Competitions

This is a summary of the club competitions.

This annual competition will be based on a rider’s best six events from the evening time trial series. This allows riders to miss one or two for helping out and holidays etc.. The winner will be awarded the David Bott trophy in honour of Dave Bott a Plomesgate rider who tragically lost his battle with cancer in December 1999. The placings will be based on Plomesgate riders only.

The points system is as follows:-

1^st place Plomesgate Rider = ¾ point
2^nd place Plomesgate Rider = 2 points
3^rd place Plomesgate Rider = 3 points
4^th place Plomesgate Rider = 4 points
5^th place Plomesgate Rider = 5 points and so on….

This trophy will be awarded on an annual basis to the Plomesgate CC rider who posts the fastest individual time for that season in an evening ten mile time trial promoted by the Plomesgate CC on the B10/9 course.

In the case of a tie the next fastest performance of each rider will be taken and the rider with the fastest time will be deemed the winner.

This trophy will be awarded on an annual basis to the Plomesgate CC rider who posts the fastest average m.p.h. in approved RTTC time trials (open or association) over the distances of 10 mile, 25 mile, 50 mile and 100 mile achieved on RTTC approved courses with a B or E prefix only (i.e. East Anglia and Essex).

This will be awarded to the Plomesgate CC veteran rider who posts the largest plus score (or smallest minus score), based on the VTTA age related standards, for that season in an evening ten mile time trial promoted by Plomesgate CC on the B10/9 course.

This will be awarded to the Plomesgate CC woman who posts the fastest individual time for that season in an evening ten mile time trial promoted by the Plomesgate CC on the B10/9 course.

This will be awarded to the Plomesgate CC rider who is placed highest in the designated road race. This year the race is likely to be one of the Sunday rides at Eastway.

This will be awarded to the Plomesgate CC rider who posts the fastest handicap time for that season in an evening ten mile time trial promoted by Plomesgate CC on the B10/9 course.

Each rider will be given a handicap at the start of the series of evening events based either on their fastest performance from the previous two seasons or in the case of a new rider based on their first event of that current season.

This will be awarded to the member who in the opinion of the committee has performed in a manner befitting of Djamodoline Abduzhaparov (the sprinter who made an acrobatic exit from the Tour de France on the final sprint along the Champs Elysees in 1989???) whilst cycling.

Dates For The Calendar

15^th March CTC Norfolk District Audax Events

50km Woodland Ride, 100km Norfolk Mardle, 200km Old Squit all events start at the John Innes Centre, Colney Lane , Norwich. Entr Forms and further information Keith Harrison, 25 Harwood Road, Norwich. NR1 2NG. 01603 440920. keith.harrison@bbsrc.ac.uk

15^th March – West Suffolk Wheelers "25"

16^th March – Diss & District Med Gear "25"

22^nd March – Plomesgate Open "10"

23^rd March – Plomesgate club run, Saxmundham

29^th March – Gt Yarmouth CC "25"

29^th March, 5^th & 12^th April, Milton Keynes Bowl, 2/3/4/V/J race, W, u14/16 girls race, contact Helen Ellis WCRA, 01376 551744.

6^th April – Haverhill Wheelers Hilly "20"

13^th April – VC Barracchi "25"

13^th April – Plomesgate club run, Ipswich.

28th June – CTC Norfolk District Audax Events: 100km Fine City, 200km The Noel Coward, 400km The Ketts Rebellion. All events start at the Scout HQ, School Lane, Norwich. Entry Forms and further information - Tony Clarke, 19 Churchill Road, Norwich. NR3 4PZ. 01603 407395. Tony@clarket49.fsnet.co.uk.

29^th June charity Norwich 50/100 mile ride, www.bike-events.com, or 0870 7558519.

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