Report from Tallulah Butcher Spring in the Park – Final Round Last night was the final round at the Cyclopark, what a fantastic series it has been over the past couple of months. Final Standings: U8 girls – Harriet Butcher..1st Alice Tullett……..5th U8 boys – William Butcher 4th (missed podium by 1 point) Pepe Lopez […]
This week was meant to be the week of the heatwave, according to the weather forecasters. They obviously didn’t include our corner of Kent, or Betteshanger in particular, in their forecast for Wednesday, as we had yet another evening of poor weather to contend with. This week, it was dry, but there was a strong […]
Report from Tallulah Butcher Last weekend dad and I travelled to Somerset for round 5 of the Youth Nationals. On a hot Saturday afternoon saw us race for an hour around closed roads of the town of Minehead. It was a tight and twisty coarse, something I’ve not experienced before, but it was a great […]
Great to see as many riders and helpers at the free cycling Lydden open day this coming Sunday (see flyer for details) […]
The Saturday event was the combined Tricycle Association (SE) and CC Bexley 10 mile time trial on the Grain course. Conditions were the opposite to those experienced the previous week, with a tail wind to the turn, and a stiff head wind for the return leg. The trike event had two club members making their […]
Once again, it looked as if the weather would seriously affect the Wednesday evening time trial at Betteshanger CP. Although the forecast looked rather poor, and there was a light shower just before the start, the event went ahead. The winds were light and the atmosphere a bit humid, and the track was damp from […]
Club riders made up a fair proportion of a small field for the De Laune CC “10” on the Isle of Grain course. It was a tough day with a head/cross wind on the way to the turn, which made it difficult to hold a steady line, as well as trying to maintain some resemblance […]
The weather forecast for the remainder of the day is for more rain, hence we will not run this evening’s time trial at Betteshanger. Please pass this on to anybody who needs to know. Dave Mastin. […]
Matt Seward is homing in on the finish of the Trans Atlantic Highway Race in 2nd place. You can read about the event here: https://www.transatlanticway.com/ The TransAtlanticWay is a 2500 km one stage self-supported road bike ride between Dublin and Cork via The Wild Atlantic Way. That is correct … a 2500km race … no […]