Remember this one is at Thursford so limited parking in the rough layby shown on the map, but there is parking in Thursford/ Little Snoring if needed.
10 mile Thursford time trial start is situated on the A148 at Thursford. Parking (limited to about 10 cars) and sign on is just west past the garage on the A148 in Thursford, on the north side on the large grass verge, careful as uneven ground (Click for Location). The actual start is about a mile to the east past the Crawfish pub at the junction of the A148 and Hall Lane (which leads to Gunthorpe) see route map. Do not turn in the road, turn into Thursford road opposite and cross. At the end of the TT continue along road, dismount and cross the road if safe to do so or continue to the BP garage and turn around here – no U-turns on main road. The Strava route is here > Route
28 riders have fixed numbers for the season. Please bring back any last seasons numbers and get your new number at the start. Observe social distancing and sign on, please be as quick as possible. Keep your number until the end of the racing season. If not riding let us know so space can be used by Guests. Two-ups, tandems and team TTs are allowed again this year. See full procedures here: https://nnwheelers.co.uk/time-trials/.
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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