Phoenix BBQ and 4 up

Phoenix BBq is sat 14th June at Jake and Garys. All members and cycling friends invited , just bring some food and drink. 5pm till late !
Also Mick Ayliff needs 23 more marshalls for the 4 up sat 7th , can you contact Mick or me if you are available. We tried to get a ladies team , but only Jackie and I were up for it. We can still enter on the line if anyone wants to ride!
Jake

Eve 10 no 3 - start sheet

KINGSTON PHOENIX ROAD CLUB
CLUB 10 MILE TIME TRIAL
WEDNESDAY 28th May 2008
G10/42
START SHEET

No  NAME            HCP  START
2. Antonio Coelho  5-00 7-41 pm
3. Mark McNamara   7-30 7-41-30
4. Grant Pyke      3-30 7-42
5. Jake Dodd       4-00 7-42-30
6. Duncan Folkes   4-15 7-43
7. Jackie Townsend  Scr 7-43-30
8. Steve Hillier   4-00 7-44
9. Ann Bath        4-30 7-44-30
10. John Beer       Scr 7-45

AWARDS:
1st Handicap
1st Fastest
Fastest Woman

I understand there have been chippings placed on the A24 on part of the course with 10mph speed limit.
If this is the case in a weeks time the event will not go ahead, I will keep an eye on the situation.

Frank Cubis

DELTA Reigate to Brighton Ride

Dear Lisa

I work for a charity called DELTA which helps deaf children to listen and talk.

We have held a bike ride from Reigate to Brighton for the last 15 years and wondered if any of your members would be willing to take part and help raise some much needed sponsorship money to help support our vital work. Last year we had 70 riders and raised £9K, this year we are hoping for 100 riders and to top £10K

I'm attaching some leaflets and application forms which explains everything.If you would like hard copies please let me know and I can supply those to you.

Look forward to hearing from you

Many thanks

Wendy



www.deafeducation.org.uk/bikeride
enquiries@deafeducation.org.uk or 0845 1081437
Sunday 22nd June 2008
DELTA


I can't do anything with the attached files at the moment!!!

Open 15 mile event - now a 10!

It looks like the roadworks on the A29 have now started so making the 15 impossible to run.
I am going to now run it as a ten on G10/42.

As usual I am on the look out for Marshals. If you are available and wish to pick that choice job, then let me know please.

Eve 10 #2 - Result

KINGSTON PHOENIX ROAD CLUB
WEDNESDAY 14th May 2008 G10/42
RESULT SHEET

No NAME             TIME    HCP HcpTime Scr/Hcp AWARD
44 Steve Saunders   22:24  Kingston Wheelers
42 James Beaumont   23:48  Kingston Wheelers
15 Stuart Pearce    24:16   Scr  24:16  7 / 5  1st Fastest
40 John Coolahan    24:19  Kingston Wheelers
41 Stewie Martin    24:29  Kingston Wheelers
19 Stefan Cichy     25:28  Kingston Wheelers
12 Joe Bertorelli   25:43   Scr  25:43  6 / 2  2nd Fastest
 3 Jackie Townsend  25:47  2:15  23:32  7 / 6  2nd Hcp & 1st Woman
39 Naz Peralta      25:48  Kingston Wheelers
38 Colin Gray       25:50  Kingston Wheelers
 9 Simon Mitchell   25:54  1:00  24:54  5 / 2
37 Chris Hathaway   26:26  Kingston Wheelers
33 Gafyn MacMillan  26:41  Kingston Wheelers
 7 Paul Day         27:07  2:30  24:37  4 / 2
32 Danny Clifford   27:11  Kingston Wheelers
18 John Loffhagen   27:26  Kingston Wheelers
13 Chrystal Sheldon 27:42  5:30  22:12  6 / 7  1st Hcp
36 Keith Griffin    27:47  Kingston Wheelers
 6 Brian Powney     28:49  1:30  27:19  3 / 2
31 Cathy Clifford   29:03  Kingston Wheelers
10 Grant Pyke       29:24  5:00  24:24  2 / 3
 8 Steve Hillier    29:37  5:00  24:37  2 / 2
14 Florence Hallett 30:31  5:45  24:46  5 / 2
 4 Antonio Coelho   31:07  6:00  25:07  2 / 2
11 Richard Hoskin   31:43  Redmon CC
 2 Lisa Colombo     35:19 11:00  24:19  4 / 4

Many thanks to Mark for placing and retrieving the Event Warning signs round the course. Again

Next Evening 10 Wednesday 28th May

Frank Cubis

Well, what a difference a couple of weeks makes. Not cold, no rain and not getting dark as we finished. Completely different to event #1. Even the wind was completely different - Northerly rather than Southerly. A mild balmy evening (with the wind chilly enough to frighten one or two folk into over-dressing). Pretty good conditions, except the wind was a little too strong for seriously fast times for most of us - some people never slow down! Congrats to everyone who improved from 2 weeks ago.

Lisa

Kittens

One of the girls at work has 2 kittens from a litter of 4 to find homes for.
They are 3 black and a brown/tortoiseshell.

I've no idea whether male or female.

They are ready to collect and £75 ea (or free to a good home with someone she knows, which we might manage to negotiate - or not!!!!)

If anyone is interested, contact me ASAP and I will put you in touch with my colleague.

Lisa

Update: all now found homes for.

FBD Milk Ras - Free holiday to Ireland!

Someone has now been found for the job!

From the Time Trialling message board:

"Do you fancy a free holiday in Ireland, and the opportunity to experience the business end of a professional cycling event?

Owing to a late withdrawal, Team PrimeraSport.co.uk ARE IN NEED OF A TEAM MECHANIC for the 8-day FBD Insurance Milk Ras (Irish Milk Race). The event begins in Navan on Sunday 18 May, and finishes in Skerries on Sunday 25 May.

The race is UCI 2.2 ranked and has drawn a strong field of European national teams and British and Irish pro teams. Amongst those competing are Ciaran Power, Chris Newton, track pursuit silver-medallist Jenning Huizenga, David McCann and, perhaps bizarrely, track sprinter Craig McLean. The route (and weather) is always challenging and the racing is always exciting.

You won't need a great deal of technical know-how. The team mechanic rides with the team manager in the race convoy, and is required to leap out of the vehicle and perform wheel-changes for the team's 5 riders when required. In the evenings, he/she should clean the team bikes, pick flints out of tyres, replace inner-tubes etc. In return for this, all transport, food and accommodation is arranged and paid for you (though maybe not all the Guinness and whiskey!)

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience an entirely different perspective on professional cycle racing. If you have any queries, or if you are willing and are available between Saturday 17 May and Sunday 25 May, please contact Matt Melville on matthew_melville at hotmail.com or 07729 027792 as soon as possible. Even if you yourself can't help, I'd be grateful if you could 'spread the word'!

For more information on the race itself, see the race website

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

- Tim"


Lisa

Evening 10 #2 - start

KINGSTON PHOENIX ROAD CLUB
CLUB 10 MILE TIME TRIAL
WEDNESDAY 14th May 2008
G10/42
START SHEET

No  NAME              HCP  START
 1. Mark McNamara     9:00  19:40:30
 2. Lisa Colombo     11:00  19:41
 3. Jackie Townsend   2:15  19:41:30
 4. Antonio Coelho    6:00  19:42
 5. Tony Tugwell      7:30  19:42:30
 6. Brian Powney      1:30  19:43
 7. Paul Day          2:30  19:43:30
 8. Steve Hillier     5:00  19:44
 9. Simon Mitchell    1:00  19:44:30
10. Grant Pyke        5:00  19:45
11. Ann Bath          5:15  19:45:30
12. Joe Bertorelli    Scr   19:46
13. Chrystal Sheldon  5:30  19:46:30
14. Florence Hallett  5:45  19:47
15. Stuart Pearce     Scr   19:47:30

If riders use a flashing red rear light attached to the bike, I will not be disappointed.

AWARDS:
1st & 2nd Handicap
1st & 2nd Fastest
Fastest Woman


Frank Cubis

New Club Record - Ladies 25

New Ladies Club Record to Jackie Townsend: 1:2:22
In the Hillingdon 25 on the H25/2 this morning (4/5/08)

Jake and Grant also rode, recording 1:10:21 & 1:14:37 respectively.

Also, yesterday afternoon John Beer rode the Hampshire 10 on the P881 and recorded 25:39

Anyone else race this weekend?

Update: I improved to 35:54 in the VTTA 10 on the H10/2 on a rather soggy Monday morning.

Lisa

P.S. For everyone who rode on Wednesday evening in the Club 10: John's time yesterday was an improvement of 3 minutes on his time on Wednesday evening - food for thought!

Open 10 - Thanks

What I forgot (amongst other things) at the committee meeting last night was a thankyou to Jackie for taking on the promotion of the 10 - and to Andy for assisting her with it. This will be recorded in the minutes.

While I am at it, I am not sure if we ever really said thankyou publicly to Frank for his many years of promoting the event. So: thankyou, Frank, for all your years of hard work promoting the 10, and now for your ongoing and time-consuming work as a District Timekeeper.

Also a thankyou to all of the marshals who stepped forward and volunteered to assist Andy and Jackie: especially everyone who said "I usually do this" and just got on with it. Finding marshalls for all the club's requirements is a nightmare, those of us who have to organise the marshalling hate asking individuals, especially as so many people seem amazed to even be asked personally (we tend to feel like we've just grown a second head or something.) and hours of phoning around in the run-up to an event is just what an organiser doesn't need.

P.S. Don't forget that Simon desperately needs all the help he can get out at the Women's Championship Road Race on Sat 17th May - especially as so many of the usual suspects will be away at the time, and then Andy will be needing another set of marshalls for the 15 (which might be a 10 - due to roadworks) on Sat June 28th and finally (for now!) I am looking for assistance for the SCCU 50 on Sunday June 29th.
Most of the marshalling for the 50 should be supplied by other clubs belonging to the SCCU - although we still need to supply our usual 2 marshalls - however I am hoping for some assistance from Phoenix members on the morning as a backup and for ancilliary things around the HQ. You will need to get up early, but hopefully you won't have to stand around marshalling, unless you'd like to relieve our 2 allotted marshalls.
This year the SCCU 50 is a fully Open and BBAR counting event (rather than the usual Association event), so I anticipate close to a full field, if not completely full.

Lisa

Eve10 #1 - Result

KINGSTON PHOENIX ROAD CLUB
WEDNESDAY 30th April 2008 G10/42
RESULT SHEET

                                   HCP   POINTS
No  NAME              TIME   HCP   TIME  Scr/Hcp AWARD
43. Dan Sibbick       22:33  Kingston Wheelers - time revised from 23:33
44. Steve Saunders    22:42  Kingston Wheelers
45. Andrew Bye        23:36  Kingston Wheelers
12. Dominic Harrison  23:41  Evans Cycles RT
20. Richard Hallett   23:59  Sydenham Whlrs
18. David Arthur      25:16  Sydenham Whlrs
39. Alan Sherman      25:55  Kingston Wheelers
16. Simon Mitchell    26:00   Scr  26:00  7/6  1st Pl/2nd Hcp
40. Rupert Bole       26:10  Kingston Wheelers
 9. Jackie Townsend   26:57  2-00  24:57  7/7  1stH/2nd/1stW
34. Danny Clifford    27:43  Kingston Wheelers
37. Chris Hathaway    27:58  Kingston Wheelers
36. Mark Briers       28:19  Kingston Wheelers
35. Keith Griffin     28:43  Kingston Wheelers
 8. John Beer         28:52  1:30  27:22  6/5
 5. Duncan Folkes     29:48  3:00  26:48
13. Chrystal Sheldon  30:28  2:45  27:43  6/4
33. Cathy Griffin     30:28  Kingston Wheelers
17. Richard Hoskin    31:31  Redmon CC
11. Jake Dodd         31:54  4:00  27:54  5/3
10. Antonio Coelho    32:33  3:00  29:33  5/2
 3. Lisa Colombo      37:47  8:00  29:47  4/2

Please note: For those riding their first Time Trial, we usually start riders in strict starting order but - due to the dull evening - it was necessary to get riders away ASAP.

Many thanks to Mark for placing and retrieving the Event Warning signs round the course.

Next Evening 10 Wednesday 14th May


Frank Cubis

Well that was a pretty grim start to the series. It does get better. It never gets easier though - you just go faster for the same amount of pain.....

Lisa