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Parking at Seale

Please note that there is now no parking available outside the Tea rooms at Seale, however Henry at WyndyMilla has arranged for parking facilities 100m along the road at the football field.

The reason for this is that we cyclists leave our cars there whilst we go off for our ride and customers to the Tea rooms and Craft Centre have nowhere to park. This is a reasonable request and we ask Meudoners to comply where possible.

Keith Brooks
01428 713986
07779 660851

Report from the (Ottershaw) lap board

Keith Brooks reports:
"After two of the three Ottershaw races complete the Meudon boys have 2 riders in the top 6…..last week 8 Meudons took to the start line and rode an extremely fast race based on three circuits around Ottershaw…..yours truly offered to help organiser Doug Collins and was pleased when I turned up at the HQ to be allocated the cushy lap board job along with fellow Vecchi, Andy Swanson. You’d think a couple of old racers with 132 yrs between us could handle that. Unfortunately it was on three circuits, we coped admirably with the first circuit, 6 laps of Staple Hill, and moved onto Kitsmead lane for another 6 laps; a bit of oldtimers confusion saw us standing there with what we thought one more to go when we saw the race in the distance not coming our way but moving back onto the final circuit; with a worried glance at each other we hurriedly picked up numbers, lap board, bell, chalk etc and legged it back down to Staple hill to resume our duties. Luckily this week it was just 18 laps of one circuit and with the help of technology, a pile of acorns, we were ok.

As for the racing both events have been fast with continuous attacks; race 1 saw a great ride by WyndyMillas Adam Cottrell who did a lot of the race off the front and then after being caught still comfortably won the sprint. This week Richard Prebble showed his roadmans skills when he attacked and got away on his own, turning into timetrial mode and staying away for a solo win.

As for the Meudons, they all looked very comfortable, were up with the attacks but missed the Prebble break and finished in the bunch. George is 5th overall and Gabriel 6th with just one more race to go next weekend.

Come along next week and support or ride, plenty of spaces on the line; 11.00 Ottershaw."

Keith Brooks
01428 713986
07779 660851

Cross season is underway!

Michael Guilford reports with the latest XC and cyclocross results, this weeks CX ride reminder and pre-house-purchase bike sale.

"A quick round up on the end of season results for Cross Country and shameful performance in first cyclocross race.

The last cross country race I entered for this season was the British MTB series final round, Newhnam Park Plymouth. Before this race I was ranked 13th nationally for sport, I needed to rank 15th or higher to move up into expert next year, so this race was a must do. I sort of realised I was ill on the day before the race, which isnt great. None-the-less, I felt fairly suited to the course hilly and technical, plenty of steep and off-camber bits. I cant say I overperformed but I was there for points. I rolled in at 5th place, and picked up the points to put me in 9th place nationally. Goal achieved.

Wessex League Round 3, War Memorial Park Basingstoke. The first 10 on the line were national level, so seeing as I started about 30th I could see this wasnt going to be smooth rolling. Time off proper training and illness has knocked my fitness back, so this hurt. I was struggling to pick up any sort of decent pace, and i have lost a lot of the acceleration I had at the end of last season. I am not sure where I finished but I think it was around 15th looking at the video.... more work to do. So help me out by joining the cyclocross training ride on thursday evening!!

Reminder, it'll be on the calendar soon. Cyclocross ride, Thursday evening, 6pm at the entrance to Ash ranges nearest the Health Centre. Fast pace a few times round a loop.

Finally, I have a huge pre-house buy, bike part sale. See http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/fs-cyclocross-road-and-xc-clearout & http://www.flickr.com/photos/68738852@N07/.

You are welcome to stop by and have a look at anything. In addition to that stuff I have 10 continental race innertubes 700c. £25 for the lot.

Thanks,

Michael"

White shorts.

The latest kit delivery has arrived with Craig at Cycle Kingdom - including the new (predominantly) white shorts for those who wanted a pair to go with their white tops.

Gabriel wins another nationals!


This time fastest in the LVRC nationals:

http://www.velouk.net/2011/10/11/results-lvrc-time-trial-championships/

Video - Catford Hill Climb

Nick Upshall competed in his first hill climb yesterday, taking part in the Catford Hill Classic.
A creditable performance against some top mountain goats, Nick was just pipped by a couple of local riders but was happy with his sub-3 minute performance.
(Nick features in the video at the 1:07 mark - notice the frenetic crowd as he roars past ..)