Reading Time: 7 minutesWeaver Valley Autumn Road Race – sponsored by Leadout Cycles Sunday 09 October British Cycling Regional B Cat 3/4 A different sort of race report from me today. Therefore, none of my own tales of woe about punctures, saddle issues or getting dispatched from the pack. It all started at last year’s club AGM when, […]
New President of Weaver Valley Cycling C...
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFollowing our AGM, Dave Daynes is stepping down from his role as Club President after many years. As a club, we want to thank Dave for his time as President.This left us without a President of our club, which is a role that we’ve always had. It therefore seemed appropriate to propose that Ann Gregory […]
WVCC Guardian Cup 2022 & Final Fling – 1
Reading Time: 3 minutesSo the Club 10 summer series is over for 2022. …. ARH! First some numbers, there were over competitive 250 rides with 34 different club members taking part, the average number of riders for each night was 16. Best attendance for the whole series was ME not missing a single one with 16, for the riders […]
WVCC Guardian Cup Round 12 – 27/07/2022
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTemp traffic lights on the A50 meant a slight alteration to the course, with the final ramp to the finish on top of the M6 bridge being universally disliked.. ah well as Boris would say “Dem’s de breaks” Kevin Davies missed the round which meant Richard Morgan closed the gap in the road bike challenge […]
WVCC Guardian Cup Round 11- 20/07/2022
Reading Time: 2 minutes10 solos and 1 tandem faced the timekeeper Anne Gregory for round 11 of our 10 mile TT series. 7 of these 10 set new personal best times and the other 3 were very close to their best times, so it really wasn’t a bad night despite the wind. Craig Lee grabbed top Guardian points […]
WVCC Club Champs & Guardian Cup Counter
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA night, mid July back in 22, warm and sunny and heavy roads, chippings and light winds.. what’s not to like. Congratulations to Claire Thompson [27:11] and Sam Taylor [21:30] who were winners of the Championship 10 in the Women’s and Men’s categories. 2nd Female was Deborah Morgan [27:25], 2nd Male Matt Heath [22:07] 3rd […]
WVCC Guardian Cup Round 10 – 06/07/2022
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDreaded Traffic lights on Pennys Lane and Surface dressing at Mangoletsi’s forced us to use the 2 lap circuit for R10 of our 10 mile TT series. The slower course didn’t stop Sam Taylor from speeding round in 21:54, which I believe may be a course record. There was bit of movement in […]
WVCC Guardian Cup Round 9 – 29/06/2022
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere’s been a bit of a shakeup in the overall tables after R9 of our club 10’s, [there was a typo or two in the RB &GC tables that are now corrected] a fair few riders now have 5 counting rides in. Sam Taylor was fastest on the night from Jeff Wood and Craig Lee. […]
WVCC Guardian Cup Round 7 – 15/06/2022
Reading Time: < 1 minuteR7 the halfway point.. There is still time to have a go and start you campaign with 6 counting rounds left. Jeff Wood was fastest overall in R7, from Geoff Mullett and Dave Walker [both making their 2022 debut] Andrew Mallagh took top points in R7 of the G/Cup with a 74 sec improvement on […]
Guardian Cup event cancellation 22/06/20...
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFollowing this evening’s Club 10, we have taken the decision to cancel next week’s event. The reason for this is due to the end of the Royal Cheshire County Show, which will make the area very busy, especially along Penny’s Lane and the A50 in and out of Knutsford. Therefore, for practical and safety reasons, […]
WVCC Guardian Cup Round 6 – 08/06/2022
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s interesting at R6 as the 5 counting rides starts to come into play, early leaders can fall away as other club members start to get 5 rides in. Congratulations to Neil Houghton who improved 44 sec to win this round of the G Cup and Nikki Morley and any others who were riding […]
Llanfair 400km Audax
Reading Time: 7 minutesOn Saturday morning, 88 riders gathered at Poynton Methodist Church to ride Mike Wigley’s Llanfair 400km Audax; a route that would take us to Holyhead and back. I thought it would be ideal as my first 400km it being a fairly flat route, while still being interesting. The sun was shining and it was already […]