Some relatively short club runs will start from Saturday April 10th. All welcome. Once we get established again, with any luck, it will be easier to gauge what people are looking for this year. It is assumed that we will be able to split into relevant pace groups in due course.
Destination – the torpedo at Mundesley. Bring some nourishment. Takeaway coffee available from the door of the Corner House. Cash only. Mask required.
As we will almost certainly need to split, I will send a route file to various people.
2. April 24th. Sitootery 50. Depart PC 10.00. Pick up to be confirmed. All welcome.
Destination – one of the cafes with a large open air seating capacity, anticipating that weekends will be busy. Venue to be determined by the weather and who turns up on the day or whether a certain number of riders commit in advance to the event.
Hopefully, this will be followed by similar, but possibly slightly longer rides on 1st, 8th and 15th May. The future might entail small compact groups carrying downloadable route files.
Hosted by acting Chairman Nigel Walsh the awards night kicked off with a summary of club TT highlights of the season (see transcript below) followed by the virtual handing out of the trophies. The keepsakes this year were finely engraved wooden plaques, with the real trophies awaiting engraving whenever this is possible. This was followed by some lively chat on upcoming racing, comparing training (or lack of), lockdown haircuts and beverage preferences. Roll on the spring for some more club rides and TT action!
AWARDS LIST
Award/Trophy
Name
BAR (Best All Rounder) – Outright Winner
Mike Padfield
BAR – Handicap
Mark Watson
Albert Lefever Trophy (fastest 25 mile tt on our course)
Mike Padfield
Pat Ash Trophy (fastest 50 mile tt on any course)
Mike Padfield
Hill Climb Mike Kemp Trophy
Mike Padfield
Hill Climb Handicap Trophy
Nigel Walsh
Zak Carr Trophy (Single event best 10m TT handicap)
Phil Watkins
15 Mile Outright Winner
Mike Padfield
15 Mile Handicap
Mark Watson
5 x 10 Mile Handicap Trophy
Phil Watkins
18.5 Mile Hilly Outright Winner
Mike Padfield
18.5 Mile Hilly Handicap
Mark Watson
David Killingback Cup (most improved rider)
Phil Hurr
25 Mile Handicap
Mark Watson
Veterans 25 Mile Time Trial Cup
Phil Hurr
Albert Gravenor Fastest 10m TT on a road bike
Ben Johnson
Clubman of the Year
John Chambers
Chairman’s Award
John Morgan
George Nash Peddler’s trophy
Malcolm Stanley
Fastest 1st Claim lady rider
Sarah Jay
Highlights of the 2020 Club TT racing season
At the end of March we sneaked in one TT before Lockdown 1 – Three wheelers Graham Denny, Phil Watkins and Mike Padfield won the team prize at the early season Breckland 10m TT.
Our 2020 club events eventually got going in mid-July with our Pretty Corner 10m TT. After reading pages of the Covid rules, 30 riders got the start line ready for action. Guest Tom Roper led the pack with a 21.21 followed by local pro-triathlete Kim Morrison with a 21.27.
Next time out pro-triathlete Sam Proctor dipped under 21 minutes, with Jamie Sparrow on fine form with a 21.31. Sarah Jay was consistently faster than in 2019 and improved as the season progress. Phil Watkins had a good winters training and this improvement on 2019 led him to win the Zak Carr trophy (fastest on handicap) in early August.
The second outing on our new 25m TT course had notably with 8 riders dipping under the magic hour, not bad for a lumpy course with 7 roundabouts. Our acting chairman Nigel narrowly missed out on a sub 1 hour ride on our club course which he aims to put right in 2021 (hopefully!).
Next up was the wettest hilly tt on record which didn’t stop Joe skipper from smashing the course record with a 43.50. 6 riders either gave up or got lost in the rain! The following week Jamie sparrow dipped under 21 minutes on the Pretty Corner 10.
Road racer Kieran Jarvis got to the top of our hill climb first with a 2.03 with fastest female junior rider Mary Padfield.
Notable open TT results included two fast 50m TT rides at the East District Championships by Phil Watkins (1:50:12) and Mike Padfield (1:49:02), with Phil claiming 3rd fastest VET on handicap. Nigel Walsh placed 3rd fasted VET on an open 10m TT and Andrew Knowles completed a 12 hour TT with a distance of 238 miles.
With winter approaching, many people re-entered the world of indoor training, posting some top 10 results in weekly TTs and road races.
No amateur road racing happened in 2020 so we look forward to doing some races this year, at potentially the Fakenham criterium in April and Lotus road race series from May. The first club TT is hopefully at Pretty Corner on the 6th April if Boris lets us out to play!
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