In spite of a cold wind and grey skies, the final evening 10 of 2014 attracted a good field of 14 junior and 42 senior riders. The weather got brighter as the evening progressed, but the strong NE wind persisted. The times were broadly similar to the previous week, but there were a number of […]
Dear all cyclists of any club As you know Thanet RC have put on 40-50 different events in 2014 including TTs, road, cycloX, MTB for youth and adults. As we have one of the best venues for cycling in the country at Fowlmead we should use this venue more and get more different clubs involved […]
Joshua Outram Thanet RC Race team member started the 2014-15 cycloX season in great fashion with 2nd place in the junior section at Brighton on Sunday. The London cycloX league is typically every Sunday over the winter in venues across the south east. http://www.londonxleague.co.uk/ Also Bill Hawkes of the race team has been performing well […]
Thanet Road Club Newsletter From Colin Inett September2014Newswheel.doc […]
Sunday saw the running of the KCA 12 hour event based at Bethersden Village hall. Many of us were up bright and early to experience the return of fog for the first time for many months resulting in the start being delayed for 30 minutes. The 56 riders brave enough to take on the event […]
Many people use wearable technology and fitness tracking apps to motivate their workouts and Thanet RC’s junior members are no different. George Pittock, age 12, uses Strava to record his rides, track his progress and to join challenges. George challenged himself to ride 500 kilometres (312 miles) in August as part of Strava’s Monthly Training […]
This week, we had a very large field of 64 riders signing on for the penultimate evening time trial. This comprised 13 juniors, 49 seniors and a senior + junior tandem. Conditions were fine but very breezy with a strong tailwind behind the riders on the way down the main straight. On the whole, the […]
Three club members signed on for the monthly Kent Vets 10 mile time trial. This was held in nice sunny weather on the Q10/38 Great Chart-Shadoxhurst course. Times in starting order; Andy McCall: 26.32 Dave Mastin: 26.38 Chris Bax (2nd claim): 24.46 Fastest ride was by Andy Branson (Ashford Wheelers) with 23.17 Report by Dave […]
There was a good turnout of club members for the Catford CC 25 mile time trial. This was held on the Brenzett-Ashford course, often referred to as the Hamstreet by-pass. The general consensus was that conditions were quite hard. Andy Burrows didn’t finish, having issues with his chain, and Martin Russell went off course and […]
The rules for the evening points competition are in the club handbook on page 8 (section 6) for Juvenile/youth and page 9 (section 20) for seniors. TRC raceteam members are excluded. Points totals shown below are shown for all club events Juvenile/youth points will be adjusted after the final event to show the riders best […]