This week’s evening time trial at Betteshanger CP was over the longer distance of 25 miles. Conditions were typical of Betteshanger, that is, cool, breezy and rather grey. There was a field of 22 riders, which included 2 juniors. The quickest of the juniors was the club’s George Pittock who rode well to get inside […]
A big thank you to Ian Posnett, CEO of the local construction company WW Martin, for his continued sponsorship of Thanet Road Club. Ian has been sponsoring the club for the last 3 years, with a focus on young riders, both in the Academy and in the Race Team. This is due to the fact […]
After the recent spell of cold weather, things warmed up for the latest evening “10” at Betteshanger CP. It started off sunny, but started to get a bit misty later on. The winds were still from the east, but considerably lighter than the previous week. As a result of better conditions, the times were noticeably […]
Unfortunately, the club has not been able to book the track for the Good Friday 2-up team time trial. It is hoped that this popular event will take place sometime later this year. Please pass this on to anybody who needs to know. […]
There were mixed fortunes for Thanet RC riders Tom Lowther and George Pittock representing British Cycling South East region at the Fenwick’s Junior Tour of the Mendips at the weekend. Tom was 32 secs off the pace after Stage 1, a 3.2 km prologue time trial; he finished in the bunch at 1:15 on the […]
The KCA 25, which was the second local time trial of the weekend, was held on the Q25/8 Chilham-Canterbury-Ashford course in extremely cold conditions. Dave Mastin reports that during his warm up (?), his Garmin showed -0.3C, with frost on the cars and grass. Luckily, the roads were dry and there was no ice to […]
The second evening “10” of the 2019 season was held at Betteshanger CP in what can best be described as challenging conditions. Although sunny, it was very cold, thanks to a strong north easterly wind, and this lead to the times being affected to a lesser or greater extent. The field of 35 riders included […]
For the second time in a fortnight, a number of club members made the trip up to the Isle of Grain to ride a 10 mile time trial. The weather obviously hadn’t seen the forecast, and it was windier, colder and damper than predicted. It was a day of mixed fortunes for the club, with […]
After wind, rain, sleet and hail earlier in the day, the weather improved considerably for the first of the evening time trials at Betteshanger CP. It was still very chilly, but the sun came out and the winds fell away to leave just a slight breeze. There was a total of 30 riders taking part, […]
Thanet RC GoRide sessions have started again at Discovery Park near Sandwich on the old Pfizer bus turn area creating a great oval track safe venue. At Saturday first session Jo Smith (head coach), Colin and Richard were present along with Andy, Paul and George as helpers as well as British Cycling regional coach Tim […]