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Issue 259

Summer 2012

Editor

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Congratulations to Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome for their one-two at the Tour de France

Congratulations to Peter Morris and Rob Pelham for their one-two in the LWCC Criterium Series

Dan Gardner gets his winner’s medalfrom Mick Kilby after the LondonSouth heat of the GHS Championship


Editorial - Wednesday 8th August 2012Sorry, No space for editorial waffle! A bumper mag for youwith plenty of great results from around Wanderers world.A very special shout out to Peter Morris for his win in thisyear’s LWCC Criterium Series. And now I’m off toAustralia for my 100km walk, see you when (if) I return.

Earwig Accident: Giovanna Burgess of the Brighton Mitrerode Earwig as a PTT and was involved in a collision witha car at Golden Cross. She was hospitalised and after anight in a Brighton hospital was released and went home,a bit battered and bruised, but I’m delighted to report withno major injuries. On the night (as Club Chairman) I wasinterviewed by the police and a BBC camera man, whowas working with the police who attended the scene of theaccident. The BBC make a programme called RealRescues and I have given them permission to use theinterview in their next series, which starts in Spring 2013.They guaranteed that the piece would not be used in anegative way to criticise our sport and the running of it onpublic roads etc and that it purely focuses on the work ofthe rescue services. We send our best wishes to Giovanna

CM

Calendar

Sunday Summer Club Runs - Start: 8:30amSunday 12th Aug - Quaintways, PenshurstSunday 19th Aug - Norton Tea Rooms, HenfieldSunday 26th Aug - Rob’s (Bank Holiday) Box Hill

Note: Start time 8:00am (Sunday) and with Rob offon new baby duties, Ian will be your leader.

Sunday 2nd Sept - Pevensey Bay CaféSunday 9th Sept - Truffles, SteyningSunday 16th Sept - Mark Cross Garden CentreSunday 23rd Sept - Circuit of ChaileySunday 30th Sept - Old Loom Mill, Hailsham

Sunday 30th Sept is the final ride on the Summer ClubRuns list and starting with Sunday 7th October we willbe on the Winter Runs list. The full Winter Club Runslist will be available in the next mag as a pull-out, butas it will not be printed prior to the first two rides, seedetails below.

Sunday Winter Club Runs - 1st two start 8:30am

Sunday 7th Oct - Laughton for Gents Grand PrixSunday 14th Oct - Yorks Hill for Catford Hill Climb

ESCA & Club 100 miles - Sunday 19th AugustPromoter: Bob Harber (Brighton Excel)Entries Closed: 7/08

Kent CA 12-Hour - Sunday 2nd SeptemberPromoter: Ester Carpenter (VTTA Surrey/Sussex)Entries Close: 21/08Nearest 12-Hour for you BAR boys and girl

ESCA 10 miles - Saturday 15th SeptemberPromoter: Stephen Long (LWCC)Entries Close: 4/09Round 8 of our Middlemarkers Competition

ESCA 25 miles - Sunday 16th SeptemberPromoter: Richard Blackmore (EGCC)Entries Close: 4/09Round 10 of our Classic League CompetitionRound 9 of our Middlemarkers Competition

LWCC Circuit of Chailey - Sunday 23rd SeptPromoter: Alan Lloyd - 17.58 milesEntries to Adrian Hills - Entries Close: 11/09

Note: We changed the date for Chailey from thatoriginally published at the beginning of the season.

Chailey is the final round in the following comps.

Round 4 of our Junior Classic League Round 10 of our Middlemarkers Competition Round 14 of our Points Competition

The Hill Climb Season - Due the lack of aSeptember mag (see page 3), the Hill Climb seasonwill be well under way before publication of the nextmag. Therefore you will need to get your entriessorted. See details of G course Hill Climbs on page 3.

Front Cover photos

Top: Pete, they’re behind you - Rob has gone throughto take the Prime and Pete leads the chasing pack.LWCC Crits Round 3 - Thursday 21st June - Photos:Lawrence Watts - report & results page 9 - more pics page 10

Bottom left: The Winner - Pete takes the win on Round 3and in the process also takes victory in the series.

Bottom right: The Winner - Dan Gardner gets his GHSmedal and certificate from promoter, Mick KilbySaturday 23rd June - Photo: Mark Winton - results page 22

ContentsEditorial & CalendarCharles RobsonHistory of the LWCC Crits - Part 1Archive - Looks back at the Lewes CritsLWCC Criterium Series 2012Wanderers in Road Racing & Track ActionPreston Park Youth Omnium - Jacob KilbyYouth Racing - Dan GardnerEvening Ten Series - Last six roundsEvening Ten Round 12 - The Athletes TenEvening Ten Series - Final resultsEvening Ten Two-upEvening Hill ClimbBrighton Big Dog - M Winton & P GibbonsOlympics - Road RaceTime Trial results & reportsSeven different Club Run reports + a BBQMy Raid Pyrenean by Richard FrostThe Tour de France in Pau by Jamie LowdenEilat by Debbie EversA (brief) Alaskan Adventure - Stuart AndersonRIDE24 by Sue HudsonInside the Back Page! - Wiggo, Winton, CoxBack Page - Every picture tells a story!!

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Your next MagazineThere will not be a September edition. Thisis due to me heading off to Australia to takepart in the Oxfam 100km Trailwalk in Sydney. Plug: It’snot too late to sponsor me (see details in last month’smag) and thanks to those who have made a donation.

The October (No. 260) edition will go to post on or before12th October, with the PDF version on-line by 13th October.

Charles Robson 21/07/29 - 9/06/12After a short illness, Charlie sadly passed away atEastbourne Hospital. Amongst his many cycling relatedroles over the years, Charlie measured and created manyof our current time trial courses. He was the official coursemeasurer for last year’s National 24-Hour.

On a personal note: I punctured heading out at GoldenCross on the ESCA 25 in 2010. Not being one to carrysuitable kit for repair/re-inflation etc, I trudged north on footin my Look cleats. After walking for about three miles, alittle red van (with CR Racing on the side) pulled in and itwas Charlie, who very kindly stowed my deflated machinein his van and gave me a lift back to the Fairwarp HQ.

Charles started the ESCA ReliabilityTrial back in 1985 and donated theShield that we do battle for every year.A couple of years back, we were talkingand he was concerned that the shieldwas full and was not impressed with my

idea to put all the little shields that don’tsay Lewes Wanderers on the back. The

Reliability Trial is due to be run this year by the RyeWheelers on Sunday 18th November (one for your diary)and I for one would think it a fitting tribute to Charlie, if weget some big numbers out and in the process win it for thetenth time.

Charlie could be a stickler for the rules. One of the rules ofa Reliability Trial is that having selected the time you areriding in, you can not finish early. Over the years, this ledto numerous cyclist (including me) hanging around andshivering (in the usual wet and cold November conditions)half a mile or so from the finish HQ, before checking in withCharlie at our allotted time slot. In 1998 I was heading upfrom Robertsbridge with Peter Price when we came acrossJohn Blackman of the Eastbourne Rovers in a bad way, bythe side of the road. It was cold and he looked reallyunwell, plus his body temperature was droppingdangerously down (as was ours). I went off to the onlyhouse in the vicinity and phoned for an ambulance,borrowed a blanket and Peter rapped John in it and kepthim warm by hugging him (not in a funny way!!, but like heknew what he was doing) to keep him from hyperthermia.The ambulance men were impressed with Peter’s actions.Peter then paced a cold & stuffed me back to the HQ, butwe obviously arrived back outside the time limit. Charleswas suitably impressed with our intervention, but did notmake an exception to the allotted time rules for us and wewere classified as having finished outside our time limit!

Our sympathies go to Charlie’s family. CM

Club Membership is now 134A big welcome to our newest members:

Keith Walker of East HoathlyClint Allen of SeafordColin Homan of Seaford

Colin’s an ex-Wanderer on the comeback trailDavid Brown of Seaford

Waldron Pub Night (the next two)Tue 21st August & Tuesday 11th September

The Star Inn, Waldron from 8:00pmNew faces always welcomeOn a bike if you can, if not cars are ok!

Note: September’s Pub Night is on the second Tuesday(rather than the traditional third Tuesday). This is due tothe next Committee Meeting being on Tuesday 18th Sept.

Next LWCC Committee Meeting

Tuesday 18th September - 8:00pmAnything for inclusion on the Agenda from club membersshould be with Mark Winton on or before the 11th Sept.

A few more dates for your October calendar

LWCC Gents Grand Prix Two-up TTT

Sunday 7th October - First rider: 8:30amPromoter: Graham Jeffs - Entries close: 25/0918 miles - Two-up team time trial (1 rider & 1 vet)Grab yourself an old guy or girl and give it a goPage 185 in the 2012 CTT Handbook - GS/838HQ: Laughton Village Hall

Note: Graham Jeffs has a new email address:[email protected]

LWCC Cycle Jumble

Saturday 13th October 8:30 - 12:30Promoter: Hugh ProcterSouth Chailey Village Hall, BN8 4DAPitches £7.50 inside & £5.00 outsideContact Hugh: 01273 471880 - 07718 902487Email: [email protected]

Hugh needs a couple of volunteers to help him set upthe hall etc - please give him a call if you can help.

Try the full 2012 G course Hill Climb seasonKingston Whs CC GH/42 Sat 29/09 11:00 amSussex CA GH/92 Sat 6/10 10:00 amBrighton Mitre GH/92 Sat 13/10 11:00 amBrighton Mitre GH/94 Sat 13/10 2:30 pmCatford CC GH/32 Sun 14/10 10:00 amBec CC GH/31 Sun 14/10 2:00 pmESCA GH/84 Sun 21/10 10:00am

Note: The ESCA Hill Climb is being promoted by our veryown Mark Winton, so if you’re not competing, or out on theClub Run, come along and help or just support.


The History of the LWCC Criterium Road Race Series - Part 1 by Chris Martin

The first edition of the LWCC Criterium Series was run in 1966. I have taken the following selected extracts from thebeautifully hand written by Geoff Willcocks Committee Meeting minutes, which make entertaining reading and offer someinteresting insight into the Club’s history and the characters that ran it. The race results come from separate logs, alsometiculously maintained over the years.

Despite the broad brush on all things cycling, our club has historically always had a major focus on time trialling. Theopening text is used as evidence of our lack of interest in road racing in the 60’s and I wonder if it was in anyway acatalyst for Geoff Willcocks organising the inaugural crits? FYI: Larry Baker is a current (first-claim) member of the Club.

Committee Meeting Minutes - 1st Feb 1965 - 8:00pmheld at 207 Hangleton Road, Hove

Members Present: D. Agg (Chairman), A. Palmer, P.Burbery, M. Burgess, M. Colburn, G. Willcocks, L. Baker,R. Eldridge.

Secretary’s Report: Mr. Willcocks then read to themeeting a letter he had received from L. Baker resigninghis first-claim membership to the Club. His reason wasthat as the Club did not possess a full road-racing team hehad found difficulty in entering these events, so as hereally preferred road-racing he had joined the BrightonPremier C.R.C. He did not, however, wish to severconnection with the Wanderers, so wished to apply forsecond-claim membership. After some discussion withthis rider, who was present, it was proposed by M.Burgess and seconded by A. Palmer that this applicationbe approved - carried. A reduced subscription of 5/- in thiscase was proposed by P. Burbery and seconded by M.Colburn - carried.

Committee Meeting Minutes - 24th Oct 1965 - 11:00held at 2 The Rowans, Lewes

Members Present: D. Agg (Chairman), M. Colburn, P.Sharp, A. Palmer, R. Eldridge, C. May, G. Willcocks.

Racing Secretary’s Report: D. Agg then asked if theClub would be promoting any of the proposed eveningroad races in 1996. Mr. Eldridge replied that he did notthink it wise to take on any such promotions because theclub might well be incurring unforeseen and heavyexpenditure for prizes etc. Some discussion ensued andfinally Mr. Colburn suggested that instead of raiding clubfunds the promotion fee could be met by the individualdonations of interested members present, G. Willcocksagreed to act as a promoter for a three-race Criterium tobe held on dates in June, in the Club’s name, as he haddiscussed this possibility with R. Humphrey at a previousdate. D. Agg suggested that local traders etc. beapproached and asked to donate prizes for this series ofevents. A collection to cover the promotion fee was thenmade.

Annual General Meeting - 9th Jan 1966 - 10:30amheld at ‘Appletrees’, Kingston

Members present: D. Agg, P. Sharp, J. Cox, R. Eldridge,G. Willcocks, M. Bulford, M. Colburn, M. Burgess.

Election of Chairman: It was agreed that the ClubPresident, R. Eldridge, be elected to act as Chairman forthis meeting.

Apologies for Absence: One apology, from A. Palmer,was received and read.

Club Events 1966: Mr Eldridge then spoke about whetheras many as ten Evening “10’s” were still required in view ofthe poor support last year. He thought that cutting them tofive would be more suitable to members as well as himself.Considerable discussion then took place, the result ofwhich was that they could well be cut to three because somany riders were working on those evenings. This wasproposed by D. Agg, seconded by M. Burgess and carried.Mr. Willcocks mentioned that as he had arranged topromote three Evening 30 mile road races on behalf of theclub, these would compensate for the loss of some “10’s”.At this point Mr. Eldridge then asked if permission hadbeen sought to use the Club’s name in connection withthese latter events. Mr. Willcocks said it hadn’t, but he wasnow applying for permission, the reason he hadn’t done sobefore was that the notification and cash for these eventshad had to be given to R. Humphrey in late October,otherwise all chance of getting them would have been lost.Mr. Sharp observed that although acting out of order in thisMr. Willcocks had not had much choice, but he thought itshould not be taken as a precedent if any future casearose. Eventually he decided to propose that Mr. Willcocksbe allowed to use the club’s name but that no financial lossshould be recoverable from the Club. Mr. Eldridgeacceded this and it was carried.

Committee Meeting Minutes - 30th Jan 1966 - 10:30held at ‘Appletrees’, Kingston

Members present: R. Eldridge, P. Sharp, M. Burgess, G.Willcocks, J. Cox.

Apologies for Absence: These were read to the meetingin respect of the Chairman, D. Agg, who was movinghouse, and A. Palmer at present on police work atFolkestone.

Racing Secretary’s Report: No report had been received,and in the absence of M. Colburn no questions as to thisside of Club life could be asked.

AOB: In reply to Mr. Eldridge’s query as to the proposedroad-race promotion by the club G. Willcocks stated thatshortly he proposed to call a meeting of the sub-committeeconcerned, consisting of D. Agg, A. Palmer, M. Colburn, C.May and himself, to make all necessary arrangements asto organisation, marshalling, prizes etc. so as to ensure anefficient series of events. Good publicity for this type ofpromotion was essential and this would not be neglected.

Note: Back in the 60’s it should be remembered that theclub was much smaller than we are today, with nearly allthe membership being actively involved. According to the‘Register of Members’ we only had 19 members in 1965;17 members in 1966; 13 members in 1967 and 1968; 17members in 1969 and 16 members in 1970.


Committee Meeting Minutes - 4th July 1966 - 7:30pmheld at ‘Appletrees’, Kingston

Members present: D. Agg (Chairman), J. Cox, R.Eldridge, M. Colburn, G. Willcocks, P. Sharp.

Matters Arising: In reply to questions re the Club eveningroad race criterium G. Willcocks said that all events hadbeen run and had proved very satisfactory indeed, theorganisation being highly praised by all concerned, Hewould like particularly to thank P. Sharp and members ofhis family as well as all Club members who marshalled andcarried out the many other jobs satisfactorily. After allexpenses had been met and prizes awarded we had asurplus of 4/6d which would go into Club funds. We hadbeen asked to promote a similar criterium next year so thiswould be discussed at the next meeting.

LWCC Evening Criterium Road RaceEvent 1 - 16th June 1966 - 30 miles

Pos Name Club Time1st B. Tidbury De Laune C.C. 1:10:022nd H. R. Burrell Central Sussex C.C.3rd R. Marchant East Grinstead C.C.

LWCC Riders7th C. D. May

17th D. A. Agg (dropped)Laughton - 18 finishers

Event 2 - 23rd June 1966 - 30 milesPos Name Club Time

1st R. Marchant East Grinstead C.C. 1:11:432nd H. R. Burrell Central Sussex C.C3rd R. A. Ford Crawley Wheelers

LWCC Riders8th C. D. May

20th D. A. Agg (dropped)Laughton - 21 finishers

Event 3 - 30th June 1966 - 30 milesPos Name Club Time

1st H. R. Burrell Central Sussex C.C 1:13:202nd B. Tidbury De Laune C.C.3rd R. A. Ford Crawley Wheelers

LWCC Riders11th D. A. Agg (in bunch)

DNS C. D. MayLaughton - 23 finishers

Final ResultsPos Name Club Points

1st H. R. Burrell Central Sussex C.C. 792nd R. Marchant East Grinstead C.C. 763rd B. Tidbury De Laune C.C. 754th R. A. Ford Crawley Wheelers 74

LWCC Riders11th C. D. May 4113th D. A. Agg 36

Laughton - 25 qualifiers

Committee Meeting Minutes - 16th Oct 1966 - 10:30held at ‘Appletrees’, Kingston

Members present: D. Agg (Chairman), P. Burbery, G.Willcocks R. Eldridge, P. Sharp, M. Colburn.

Secretary’s Report: Mr. Willcocks then apologised for“jumping the gun” once again with regard to the Eveningroad-race criterium, but he’d been told by R. Humphreythat the closing date for applications for these events wasa week prior to this meeting, so there was no time todiscuss it here. The Committee agreed that there was ademand for this type of event so the apology wasaccepted.

Annual General Meeting - 8th Jan 1967 - 11:00amheld at ‘Appletrees’, Kingston

Members present: J. Cox, R. Eldridge, A. Palmer, P.Burbery, M. Kilby, G. Willcocks, D. Agg, M. Burgess, M.Colburn & P. Sharp.

Election of Chairman: Club President, R. Eldridge waselected to act as Chairman for this meeting.

Apologies for Absence: There were no apologies from C.May, K. Savage, R. Woolley, M. Hills, L. Baker or R. Murfin

Matters Arising: G. Willcocks then answered a query rethe Sussex Road Racing Federation. This body was nowwound up and the assets distributed in accordance withthe wishes of member clubs as recorded in the minutes ofsubsequent Club Committee meetings.

Sidebar from A.O.B: Secretary G. Willcocks then referredto a bunch of letters he’d written and received in the caseof C. May’s suspension from the Elite C.C. Open “25” dueto alleged contravention of R.T.T.C Regulation 46. He hadnow learnt that not only had the other rider’s appeal beendismissed, but that the London East D.C. had suspendedthe Elite C.C. from promoting an event in 1967 due to theirmisconduct in this case. With that in view he consideredthat the Club could not accept May’s ride as a Club Recordor meriting any special award. This was seconded by M.Burgess and carried unanimously, the feeling being thatMay had not helped matters by nor replying to the D.C’sletters or attending their subsequent enquiry.

Committee Meeting Minutes - 29th Jan 1967 - 11amheld at ‘Appletrees’, Kingston

Members present: D. Agg (Chairman), J. Cox, M.Colburn, P Sharp, S. Males, M. Burgess, M. Kilby, G.Willcocks, R. Eldridge.

Apologies for Absence: The Secretary read a letter fromC. May in which he apologised for not attending the ClubA.G.M. due to not having finished a decorating job. Hewas now back at college in Grantham.

Topical Sidebar from the Secretary’s Report: Mr.Willcocks referred to a decision taken at the E.S.C.A.A.G.M with regard to making certain clubs responsible forproviding marshals at stated points in E.S.C.A. time trials,and said that we had been delegated to cover theLaughton and Ringmer areas when needed. Notificationswould be sent to the Racing Secretary who would beresponsible for detailing Club members for this work as itwas felt that marshalling is too important to be ahaphazard affair or the subject of any confusion.


LWCC Evening Criterium Road RaceEvent 1 - 15th June 1967 - 36 miles

Pos Name Club Time1st R. Ford Crawley Wheelers 1:24:222nd W. Curtis-Cody San Fairy San3rd J James Central Sussex

LWCC Riders8th M. Colburn

25th D. A. Agg (last)

Event 2 - 22nd June 1967 - 36 milesPos Name Club Time

1st J. Stonham Brighton Premier. 1:25:332nd R. Ford Crawley Wheelers3rd B. Tidbury De Laune

LWCC Riders8th M. Colburn

DNF D. Agg

Event 3 - 29th June 1967 - 36 milesPos Name Club Time

1st J. Stonham Brighton Premier. 1:26:472nd R. Smith East Grinstead3rd R. Ford Crawley Wheelers

LWCC RidersDNS M. ColburnDNF D. Agg

Final ResultsPos Name Club Points

1st J. Stonham Brighton Premier. 962nd R. Ford Crawley Wheelers 96

=3rd J James Central Sussex 77=3rd R. Smith East Grinstead 77

5th B. Tidbury De Laune 766th W. Curtis-Cody San Fairy San 73

Committee Meeting Minutes - 8th Oct 1967 - 10:30amheld at Appletrees, Kingston

Members present: P Sharp, R. Eldridge, G. Willcocks, J.Cox, M. Colburn, M Hills, P Burbery, D. Agg.

A.O.B: G. Willcocks said that the Evening road-racecriterium held in June had once again been a greatsuccess and was enjoyed by all riders. He wished to paytribute to Elizabeth Agg for typing the various sheets soefficiently, Mick Sayers for some very good publicity in theEvening Argus, and P. Sharp and other Club members fortheir wholehearted support.

Committee Meeting Minutes - 19th Nov 1967 - 11amheld at Castlemar Fruit Farm, Kingston

Members present: P. Sharp, M. Hills, M. Kilby, R.Eldridge, D. Agg, P. Burbery, G. Willcocks, M. Colburn.

Treasurer’s Report: Mr. Eldridge gave the financialposition as Cash at Bank £26/2/9, and in hand £1/10/2,making a total of £27/12/11 as compared to £33/1/5 at thistime last year, a drop of nearly £5/10/-. The Secretarythen said he’d still got the balance of £2/7/6 from theevening road race criterium which was now clear profit. MrEldridge still refused to accept this, saying that it would bebetter retained in a separate fund. To avoid furtherargument the Secretary agreed to do this.

Sidebar from Secretary’s Report: Mr Eldridge then toldthe meeting that he’d had some further correspondencewith Mrs. Watts, the R.T.T.C London South Secretary, rethe awards won by C. May, L. Baker and J. Edwards in theSurrey St. Christopher’s C.C. “25” in May 1964. Thesehad never been received by the riders concerned, andwhen the Racing Secretary wrote to his St. Christopher’scounterpart he got a letter back saying that postal orders tothe value of the awards had been sent, thus implying thatthey had been lost in the post. Mr. Eldridge felt this to beunacceptable so sent the facts to the R.T.T.C. Mrs. Wattshad asked for the address of the three membersconcerned, which had been forwarded, but what hadhappened since we did not know as Edwards & Baker hadnow left the Club, and May, living in Grantham, had notpaid a subscription for 1967. It was agreed by all presentthat the matter was most unsatisfactory and efforts shouldbe made to contact the ex-members and find out if in factany awards were subsequently received.

That brings us to the end of 1967 and covers the first twoeditions of our Criterium Series. My current researchshows, that they have run every year since, with theexception of 1976. Plenty of politics in the minutes aroundthe reason for this, after objections from various bodies,including the police. I will cover this story at a later date.

The 2015 edition of the Crits will mark its 50th year and the2016 series will be the 50th running. Chris Hough and I arekeen to mark one, or both of these anniversaries withsomething special, let us know what you think.

I will endeavour to complete a full history of the Series forfuture publication as a stand alone read, maybe to gohand-in-hand with the 50th year. I called Ian Burgess, whohas some result sheets that’s he’s sending me and he’sgoing to see if he can track down any photos. If you haveany info, photos from across the years please let me havethem. For example, I don’t have a single photo or officialresults sheet for 1997 when Alan Curtis won two roundsand the Series.

Some key facts that I know: Ian Burgess was the first Wanderer to win the Series, he achieved this in 1981 - he’dfinished 4th in 1980, 9th in 1979 and 14th in 1978. Alan Curtis was the first Wanderer to win an individual round of theseries, when in 1997 he won rounds 1 & 2 and comfortably won the series overall. Mark Winton won Round 1 in 2006and placed fourth overall in the series. In 2011, Jamie Lowden won the third round and placed fifth in the series. Andthis year (2012), Peter Morris won round 3 and in the process became the third Wanderer to win our series. He wasjoined by Rob Pelham for our first ever one-two. That’s makes five single round victories and three series wins in 138races or 46 editions of the LWCC Criterium Series.

The original course took the riders out to Golden Cross (like Earwig does) and it was problems with using the main roadthat led to the event not being sanctioned in 1976. Primes were introduced in 1970 and a Team Award was added for1973. CM


Geoffrey Melville WillcocksBorn in North London on 22nd February 1921, Geoffpassed away on 25th January 2004 aged 82.

He served in the infantry (1st Kensingtons) during WW2and his army service with the Royal Electrical andMechanical Engineers (REME) out in Italy served him welllater in life, repairing and selling cars and most thingsmechanical, including lawn mowers & washing machines.

His interests included railways and he worked at Lancingcarriage works dismantling trains after the Beeching cuts.He had an old Austin and repaired its roof with a sheet ofhardboard to get another year of use, in a pre-MOT world.

Geoff joined LWCC in 1953 and was Club Secretary for 26years. During this time, he kept superb minutes,beautifully written in blue ink, which when read tell thestory of the meetings and the dynamics between thevarious characters that feature in the club’s history. Hewas also Secretary of the old BCF Sussex Division andinvolved in running the Track League at Preston Park.

Geoff was always first to arrive at Peter Sharp’s forCommittee meetings and the others would turn up to findhim playing jazz, which he loved on Peter’s piano. Hebecame editor of ESCA mag “Bonk” (sadly now longdemised) and he wrote his LWCC reports under thepseudonym of “also ran”.

His old car was often used as a lead car in Crits and onone occasion (reported by Graham Lade from the pelotonand Ian Burgess in the car that day), he turned left onto themain road at Golden Cross and put the pedal to the floor,there followed a crash and a bang and the exhaust fell offinto the path of the oncoming cyclists, who had to takeavoiding action. For the rest of the race the car sounded alittle more sporty than normal.

Geoff didn’t like early mornings and later in life got a bit ofa reputation for his many DNS and was presented with avery large spoon made by Peter Burbery at the club’sawards dinner on 12th November 1960.

He went to Spain on holiday one year and came back witha bride (Amparo) who couldn’t speak a word of English,although she could dance well as she showed at some ofthe club dinners. They’d been married for 36 years whenGeoff passed away. Not much was seen of Geoff in hislater years, but he was clearly a character and isremembered by those who knew him with great affectionand as an all round good clubman.

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The following three reports, from 20, 15 & 10 year’s agoare taken from Michael Rabbetts’s Newsletters

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Andrew’s first

Andrew Burren rode his first road race in the Lewes Critsand finished well up in the bunch each night. CarlMatthews also rode well. Mick Burgess extends his thanksto all the helpers in yet another successful event.


‘New-boy’ Alan takes eveningCriterium Series by storm

Alan Curtis was a clear winner of our Criterium Series lastmonth, in his first real venture into road racing. His onlyprevious experience was in a minor event in France in1995; but after winning two races in the series and comingsecond in the other, he was saying that road racing was “abit of all right.”

Alan’s first win resulted from a sprint finish with hisbreakaway companions, Steve Blackmore (EGCC) andShaun Reed (ERCC). The following week was mainly asolo effort, after Steve Blackmore had failed to stay on hiswheel.

The chasing bunch was slowed by others in our team:Chris Hill and Chris Martin, for instance, ignored appealsby the Eastbourne Rovers riders to help close the gap onthe fast-disappearing Alan. Mark Winton won the sprint forsecond place.

In the final race, Shaun Reed got away early on andstayed in front to the finish, despite Alan’s effort, whichwere initially helped by five other riders, including ChrisHill, Steve Comben and Mark Winton. Chris and Markpunctured and Alan finished on his own.

His overall victory in the criteriums is the first by a clubrider since Ian Burgess won the series in the late‘seventies.


Sporting Shorts

Ian Glen was second overall in our Criterium Series atLaughton. Andy Cox and Mark Winton were also amongthe leaders. Congratulations to them and Sandra Hill foranother excellent promotion.

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The Crits have been covered each year in the mag, withreports & photos. These can be viewed on the club website

No. 196 July 2006 - Mark Winton won Round 1 andfinished fourth overall in the series

No. 249 Summer Special 2011 - Jamie Lowden wonRound 3 and finished fifth overall in the series

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Geoff and his car at Ringmer


LWCC Criterium Road Race Series 2012Results for Round 1 - 7th June 2012

Prime 1Pos Name Club

1st Todd Leckie Bodyworks2nd Rob Pelham LWCC3rd Peter Morris LWCC

Prime 2Pos. Name Club

1st John-Paul Brophy Neon Digital2nd Todd Leckie Bodyworks3rd Peter Morris LWCC


1st Kristian Emptage Crosstracks2nd Todd Leckie Bodyworks3rd Peter Morris LWCC

Final ResultPos. Name Club

1st Todd Leckie Bodyworks2nd Kristian Emptage Crosstracks3rd Rob Pelham LWCC4th Mark Poland In-Gear5th Gary Brind Southdowns Bikes6th Andrew Comben LWCC7th Steve Atkinson Southdowns Bikes8th Rob Quinn Brighton Mitre9th Matthew Butt ASL 360

10th John Cordner Eastbourne RoversOther Wanderers: 16th Peter Morris, 18th Ian GlenFinished in the bunch: Dom Lowden & John MillerDNF: Dan Street

Points after Round 1Pos. Name Club Points

1st Todd Leckie Bodyworks 232nd Kristian Emptage Crosstracks 143rd Rob Pelham LWCC 10

=4th John-Paul Brophy Neon Digital 05=4th Mark Poland In-Gear 05

6th Gary Brind Southdowns Bikes 04=7th Andrew Comben LWCC 03=7th Peter Morris LWCC 03

Points System5, 3 & 1 for first three in each prime12, 9, 7, 5, 4 & 3 for the first six on the line at the finishAll GC points are doubled on the third and final round

See last month’s mag for report & photos from Round 1.

LWCC Criterium Road Race - Round 2Thursday 14th June - Report: CM - Chris Hough got a last

Results for Round 2 - 14th June 2012Prime 1

Pos Name Club1st Peter Morris LWCC2nd Rob Pelham LWCC3rd John Cordner Eastbourne Rovers


1st Gary Brind Southdowns Bikes2nd Matthew Butt ASL 3603rd Stuart Fahey Brighton Mitre


1st George Moore ASL 3602nd Rob Pelham LWCC3rd Oli Pepper Kinesis Morvelo


1st Matthew Butt ASL 3602nd Mark Mergler Brighton Mitre3rd Gavin Starling Brighton Mitre4th Gary Brind Southdowns Bikes5th John-Paul Brophy Neon Digital6th Jonathan Potts London Dynamo7th George Moore ASL8th Rob Pelham LWCC9th Paul Horta-Hopkins Handsling Racing

10th Rob Quinn Brighton MitreOther Wanderers - Finished in the bunch:Andrew Comben, Matt Coombs, Ian Glen,Dominic Lowden, John Miller, Peter Morris &Matt TownsendDNF: Alan Lester, Micky Turner & Dan Street

Points after Round 2Pos. Name Club Points

1st Todd Leckie Bodyworks 232nd Rob Pelham LWCC 163rd Matthew Butt ASL 360 15

=4th Kristian Emptage Crosstracks 14=4th Gary Brind Southdowns Bikes 14=6th John-Paul Brophy Neon Digital 09=6th Mark Mergler Brighton Mitre 09

8th Peter Morris LWCC 089th Gavin Starling Brighton Mitre 07

=10th Mark Poland In-Gear 05=10th George Moore ASL 05=12th Andrew Comben LWCC 03=12th Jonathan Potts London Dynamo 03=14th John Cordner ERCC 01=14th Stuart Fahey Brighton Mitre 01=14th Oli Pepper Kinesis Morvelo 01

minute message from the ambulance that it had a clutch failure. Commissaire, Vern McClelland would not allow the raceto start without appropriate medical support. A huge thanks therefore must go out to Sam Ramsey and his car, TomGlandfield and Sarah Dwyer for stepping up to provide the necessary support and allowing us to run the race.

It was a tough old night for the riders - you only had to look at John Miller’s jersey after the race, the white bits had turnedto grey and it was in much need of the Daz treatment. It rained throughout the race, with it getting particularly heavy onthe last lap. Riders reported being very cautious on the corners - although, it all got rather manic and a bit scary, withsome bumping and barging in the final blast from Ringmer to the finish line. Well done to all those who finished, fantasticstuff and respect to those who got shelled out after battling hard. Let’s hope for summer and an ambulance (which won’tbe needed) for the third round, which is double points - so anyone can still win the series - It could be you.


Results for Round 3 - 21st June 2012Prime 1

Pos Name Club1st Rob Pelham LWCC2nd Gary Brind Southdowns Bikes3rd Peter Morris LWCC


1st Rob Pelham LWCC2nd Gary Brind Southdowns Bikes3rd Peter Morris LWCC


1st Peter Morris LWCC2nd Rob Pelham LWCC3rd Gary Brind Southdowns Bikes


1st Peter Morris LWCC2nd Mark Poland In-Gear3rd Matthew Butt ASL 3604th Morgan Lewis Brighton Mitre5th John-Paul Brophy Neon Digital6th Mark Smith Crawley Wheelers7th Luke Farren Brighton Mitre8th George Moore ASL9th Andrew Comben LWCC

10th Simon Jackson Southdowns BikesOther Wanderers - Finished in the bunch:Rob Pelham, Matt Coombs, Nick Dwyer,Ian Glen, Dominic Lowden, Neil Midgley DNF:Alan Lester, John Miller, Micky Turner, Dan Street

Final Points after Round 3Pos. Name Club Points

1st Peter Morris LWCC 462nd Rob Pelham LWCC 423rd Matthew Butt ASL 360 294th Gary Brind Southdowns Bikes 28

=5th Todd Leckie Bodyworks 23=5th Mark Poland In-Gear 23

7th John-Paul Brophy Neon Digital 178th Kristian Emptage Crosstracks 149th Morgan Lewis Brighton Mitre 10

10th Mark Mergler Brighton Mitre 0911th Gavin Starling Brighton Mitre 0712th Mark Smith Crawley Wheelers 0613th George Moore ASL 05

=14th Andrew Comben LWCC 03=14th Jonathan Potts London Dynamo 03=16th John Cordner ERCC 01=16th Stuart Fahey Brighton Mitre 01=16th Oli Pepper Kinesis Morvelo 01

LWCC Criterium Road Race - Round 3Thursday 21st June - Report: CM - It was all to play forgoing into the final round, which offers double points onPrimes and the GC across the finish line. Points leader,Todd Leckie wasn’t riding, so that left Rob Pelham as thetop man on the road and our bet for GC.

We’d beefed up an already strong team, with the mightyDwyer and street savvy Midgo joining the regulars. Theflag dropped at the top of Shortgate Lane and the battlecommenced. With Pete and others policing the front of thepeloton, Rob was able to get away with SouthdownsBikes’s Gary Brind and pick up the first two Primes. Peteled the bunch into the bottom of Shortgate Lane each timeand hoovered up the final points.

A small break-away group featuring Rob, Pete and Nick,along with a few guys from other clubs thundered towardsthe final Prime and this time Pete took it ahead of Rob. Itwas all looking like a mass-sprint finish and anyone’sgame, then Nick did a Nick and TTd off the front going intothe final lap, creating a bit of chaos and panic behind.

A small regrouping at the top of the lane was followed byan all out attack from Pete and as he passed the Wok Innfor the final time he found himself in the lead and alone.He battled bravely down the head wind infested Broyle andhit Kennel Corner with an impressive 30+ second lead.Driving on with the tail wind he took a comfortable winahead of the mass sprint for the minor places.

Above: Nick does a Nick Below: The sprint for second

After the finish we all convened in the Roebuck Inn, whilst Mark Winton and Chris Hough did the clever calculations andstudied the photos and video, before declaring the results. Amazingly, and clearly benefiting from the double points onoffer, Pete had sneaked past Rob to take a fantastic series victory, with Rob taking the runners-up spot.

The prizes, again generously donated by the Tri Store in Eastbourne (www.thetristore.com) were handed out by Chris Hwith Chris M doing his usual MC bit. A few beers were then sunk in celebration, before everyone hit the road for home.


From Promoter, Chris Hough - Many thanks to all whohelped with the wettest edition of the crits, I can remember.Marshals who turned out for every event, Mick, Tony,Graham and everyone who turned up to help for one ortwo rounds including the Gardners, Dwyers, Tom G, SteveG, Simon Y, Peter P etc. Special thanks to Sarah Dwyer,(not just a qualified medic, but a real doctor) who stood infor Wealden Medical, ably driven by Sam Ramsey to makesure the second round went ahead. Mark Winton fordashing over after work and sorting the results + judging.Chris Martin for second lead car and doing thepresentation and Bob Comben, best lead car man in thebusiness. All who kept me company at the primes, stoodwith a flag and to Joey who did most things, including thebell and lap board and saw his dad, Pete, lift the big prizewith a great win in the final event.

Congrats to all who rode, whether you stayed in there tohelp Rob P in his consistent hard work to take secondoverall or you managed a lap and showed off the clubjersey. Thanks to The Tri Store for prize sponsorship andto Vern McLelland, who volunteered to commissaire, avery reassuring figure, who has helped us out on manyoccasions and to the Roebuck Inn for allowing us to usetheir premises for our HQ. Finally, to any one I forgot tomention and Liz Hough for helping with the sign-on, takingdaft phone calls from prospective riders, early morning andlate evening and setting up the course in the rain. I hopethat everyone from the club will continue to support theseevents, as they are as popular as ever with local riders,they often provide a starting point for talented racers whogo on to higher levels and are an opportunity for many totry out road racing. If we make it to 2015, it will be 50years since it all began back in 1966. CH

And a big thanks must go to Chris Hough for all his workand dedication running our blue ribbon road race series.

CM

Above: The top three in the series overall.1st Peter Morris (middle), 2nd RobPelham (left), 3rd Matt Butt of ASL 360(right). Matt was a Wanderer, but didn’trenew his membership for the 2011season, otherwise it would have been aclean sweep on the medals front, whichwould have outdone Sky’s effort on thisyear’s Tour de France.

Above Left: Our regular Commissaire,Vern McClelland gives the pre-racebriefing before the off on Round 3.

From the Lewes Crits to Olympic Gold

It must have then been pretty tough forVern, after the glamour of the LewesCrits he had to slum it at the OlympicVelodrome, pushing off Philip Hindes onthe final of the Men’s Olympic Sprint.You know, the one where Sir Chris Hoygot his fifth gold medal in another worldrecord time. Actually, Vern was on thebox every time I watched the cycling.

Front of the race

Back of the race

Sir Chris


Wanderers in other Road Racing & Track ActionHove Park Crits - Race 3Brighton Mitre - Cat 2/3 - Friday 15th June - Rob Pelham was our only rider taking part. Rob finished 10th in a racewon by the home club’s Mike Coyle. We did not have any riders in the Cat 4 race, which was a shame after theenthusiasm of the earlier rounds.

RP In his own words from the Forum - A very last minute decision to race saw me hotfoot it over to Hove this eveningto take part in the 2/3 race. I find it tough to get the pace of the race at Hove, but stayed in the bunch comfortably till thefinale (Mike Coyle had long since cleared off solo).

Coming down the hill with the tight right hander at the bottom on the last lap, Luke Farren of the Mitre went in way too hot& wiped out, taking a couple with him (Gary Brind got it worst, he was still down when I left). It completely messed upany speed I may have had, as I picked my way through people on the grass and around a tree.

In the end I think my 10th was pretty fair. Some of the guys in front of me where out of range, but with a clean run I'dhave taken a few. A good workout, hope Gary is ok? RP

Round 4 - Friday 20th July - Unfortunately, no Wanderers took part in the final round of the Mitre series. Mike Coylewas also not out and in his absence the Cat 2/3 series was won by Jon Lewis of Charlotteville CC. I think the next reportsheds some light on why some of our road boys didn’t put in a show.

LWCC Surrey League Road Race - Dunsfold - Vets all Cats - Wednesday 11th July

Peter Morris found his way this time and along with Chris Hough and a strong supporting cast, including John Miller andhis entourage, they ran our second Surrey League event in some challenging conditions. In the end Ian Glen was ourstar rider and only finisher.

Peter Morris from the Forum: Tough Race this one! After Rob covered me for sign on, we arrived at the airport to seeMicky Turner, Matt Townsend, Bob Evans and Ian Glen getting ready. The airport was flat (surprisingly!) and thereforeopen to the wind. The finish line had a tailwind, so it should be a quick sprint for the line.

With rain promised, but sunny and 'moody' in actual, the riders went off. I was sat in my car following the pack, waitingfor people to drop off, so that Christine the Commissaire could tick 'em off.

First lap, 1 person, second lap, Micky T (even though I was willing him back on!), third lap, biblical rain followed by aboutseven more people just turning around and shooting back to the HQ. We were actually in the middle of a thunderstorm,lots of fork lightning and thunder (which we couldn't hear due to the rain hammering down on the car). Unknown to us,Glyn Durrant (the Surrey League Organiser) had knocked two laps off the ten lap race because of the intensity of therain.

Lap 8: which was the final lap - and halfway round, and in now what was more of a river than a road, we had a five manpileup. Matt T had the misfortune to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. After chatting with numerous riders back atthe HQ afterwards, it seems that somebody got their front tyre stuck in a crack in the tarmac and brought four othersdown with them. Matt was understandably annoyed, racing all that way in monsoon style rain, just to have somebodymake a silly misjudgement in front of you and crash! He had some quite nasty cuts and scrapes, the bike looked prettyunscathed, which is a small blessing.

The whole race was very atmospheric, so it was a great shame it ended like that for Matt. That's racing sometimes.Amongst all the drama, Ian Glen had a strong ride finishing in seventh place, but for: Micky - DNF; Bob Evans - puncture& Matt - crash it wasn't their race.

Alice, Rob, my folks and the kids said the finish was quite thrilling - unfortunately I never got to see it...Better luck nexttime!! PM

Bob Evans from the Forum: Hopefully Matt is Ok - the cuts looked nasty. As Pete noted, I punctured in the last lap.Put my hand up to warn the bunch and as another rider passed he shouted "lucky bas$ard". You could see his point -the visibility was almost non existent & the rain was slashing down. I was a little pi$$ed off since I punctured at 64k inthe Vets Regional Championships in Essex on the previous Sunday with about 5k to go. I was in a chasing group whichcaught the break a few minutes after my puncture so you can understand the frustration. I’ll have to buy some punctureproof tyres.....

By the way, if you ride this circuit beware of the cracks in the tarmac that Pete has mentioned. They are reallydangerous. BE


Preston Park Youth Omnium - 16th June - Jacob KilbyHello, my name is Jacob Kilby, grandson of Mick Kilby. Mydad is a (non-racing) Wanderer and I am a currentmember of Palmer Park Velo (like Preston Park YouthCycle Club). You may remember that I wrote a report onthe same track event in 2011, so here is the 2012 version!

With the likes of British riders like Ed Clancy and LauraTrott, you will probably know all about the Omnium afterthe Olympics. Here is a quick explanation - the (Youth)Omnium is made up of 5 events, which are a Scratch,Points Race, Elimination, Sprint and 2 Lap TT. PalmerPark is now in Central Division for anything BC, so a fewriders from Palmer Park decided not to waste a lot of petroland go to the closer Southern Series. The picture below isof the squad, the author is on the left holding the red bike.

Right: Jacob Kilby, Mick Kilby, Peter Kilby (Palmer Parktop!) and Dan Gardner

Youth Racing - Dan Gardner

National South Omnium Series

This is a series of five Omniums, which result in the topeight riders going to the National Omnium final at Newport.I entered two rounds (Preston Park and Portsmouth) justfor the experience really. The Portsmouth round was byfar my better one, placing 8th overall, and my best resultcoming 5th in the scratch. Preston Park was tough, with allthe best specialist track riders in the south out to play, Icould only manage 15th.

Guildford Town Races

The atmosphere was incredible with massive crowds liningthe cobbled town centre circuit. Me and two other 'A'

The racing began, and as usual, the U14 bunch fell apart.About the top eight strongest riders formed an elite groupand go round lapping everyone else. Being a first yearU14, and probably the youngest rider there, I knew I wasn'tgoing to stay with them. I finished that and the Points racewith a small group of four. The Elimination race seemed tobe my best event at other Omnium rounds, as my bestresult in 2012 is an 8th in that race at Poole. But theloudspeakers at Brighton were impossible to hear and twoother riders, not me, were out. Except one judge on theback strait calls out two completely different numbers, oneof which is mine. A mistake on the judge’s part. My bestresult was 12th in the TT at the end of the day.

There were 4 Wanderers there, my dad, Mick Kilby andDan and Doug Gardner. Dan was racing in the U16, andafter finishing high up in the scratch he was asked by acoach to ride with the Seniors at the Track League. Daneventually finished 15th. JK

riders quickly formed a breakaway off the front that held for most of the race. Towards the end I was unhitched off theback with my bruised knee still giving me pain from the TT crash. I soloed to keep third place, which got me a fancyspecialized helmet and vouchers!

National Youth Circuit Race 2012

100 riders rolled up to this event at the new cyclopark in Gravesend. After a shaky start (starting dead last and narrowlyavoiding a pile up), the race split into two groups. I managed to stay with the first group for around 40 minutes beforegetting dropped. I knew there was a big bunch of riders behind me so tried to TT it! However they caught me with twolaps to go and I rolled in with them. If this race taught me anything it was that I need to train more, the standard of someof these Yorkshire guys who've been racing abroad was unbelievable. About 40 riders got lapped by the leaders andhad to pull out!


National Youth Circuit Race

South East Track Championships 2012

It was the last day of the tour, so dad and I were scepticalas to whether to go. However, it was well worth thejourney and we didn't miss out on any Tour de Franceaction, despite a poor day of racing from me! As you willknow, Wiggins’s' cycling career started at Herne Hill, sothroughout the day production teams interviewed andfilmed the riders, searching for the next Wiggo.

Crystal Palace 1

This was a challenging circuit with newlypaved winding paths and a long hill. Myrace was 10 laps. I attacked on thesecond, and used all the tips and tricksyou guys have taught me about TTing tostay out! Dan Tullet the national under-14 champion started 30 seconds beforemy race, and I'd halved the gap, hefinished 16 seconds in front of me.Pleased about that! Anyway, was a funnight out watching the seniors and by farmy favourite win!

Crystal Palace

After a string of pretty disappointing results, I placed seventh in my omnium. I forgot to bring my TT equipment, gotdisqualified for riding on the blue area in the elimination race and got caught on the final bend in the scratch race aftermaking a solo attack with a few laps to go.

Anyway, I won't forget the great atmosphere as we all crowded around a screen to watch Cav win the sprint finish on theChamps Elysées. I then went on the win my sprint heat, so obviously a bit of motivation helped!

Herne Hill - The next Wiggo?Sussex Track League

Last week was 'points championship' week. Iwon the 4 sprints in my points race, so won theyouth A points championship. For the past twomeetings I've ridden the senior distance race forsome experience and placed sixth both times.This is always a fierce race compared to youthtrack racing. The judges decide when to ringthe bell for the last lap, which always results in afrantic chase to catch any escapees before thebunch sprint.

Currently I'm still leading the Youth A league by16 points. However, I'm going to have tosacrifice my lead this week to go and watch theOlympic time trial on Wednesday. Meaning mynearest rival will crucially take the lead with onlyone week remaining after.

Crystal Palace 2

This time there was a bigger field and stronger riders so we stayed in a group, chasing down a few attacks. On the lastlap there was a pile up with some of the under-14s, which I very nearly came down in. I had to then sprint back up toRob Burton's wheel, who led me out up the hill nicely for the bunch sprint where I won by a bike length or two. Only onewin away from being able to ride 4th Cat races now! DG


LWCC Evening Ten Series - The last six rounds

Evening Ten - Round 7Tuesday 18th June

Pos Name Time1st Peter Morris 21:142nd Nick Dwyer 21:303rd Rob Pelham 21:434th Tom Glandfield 21:465th Matt Coombs 23:106th Dominic Lowden 23:207th Stuart Kirkham 23:268th Neil Midgley 23:269th Michael Valks 23:31

10th Micky Turner 23:3811th Dan Gardner (J) 23:4212th Colin Harris 23:5213th Sam Ramsey 23:5514th Paul Gibbons 24:0315th Alan Lloyd 24:0716th Andy Denyer 24:24

=17th Peter Baker 24:41=17th Oliver Tuckley 24:41

19th Chris Martin 25:1220th Stephen Gaston 25:1521st Martin Komen 25:5922nd Hugh Procter 26:5423rd Paul Hanratty 27:3124th Kaye Dwyer (L) 28:2125th Adrian Hills 31:2326th Horry Hemsley 33:0427th Keith Walker 39:4428th David Beale (Punc) 47:00

DNS Will Herbert DNFPTT - Riders from other clubs

Kevin Burton - ERCC 25:25Erica Martin (L) Brighton Ph 28:15

Course: G10/87

Rd. 7 - A big thanks to the following

Promoter & Signing On: Adrian HillsPusher Off : Ian McGuckinStart Timekeeper: Richard MeedFinish Timekeeper: Jane LadeBoship Marshall: Tony GaleCatering: Me (Chris Martin)Cakes: Iveta GibbonsCake transport: The Midge

For the first time in this year’s series,our top four did battle and with Pete Mcoming out on top, we must ask, isthere a changing of the guard, or willnormal service be resumed?

It was also only the second time thisyear that we topped the 30 entrymark. Last year, our biggest field was51 and we had entries of 40 plus onfive other occasions.

It was good to see Matt Coombsputting in his first ride of the series,but I do wonder where some of theother usual suspects have got to?Surly, they can’t all be fair weatherlightweights can they?

Evening Ten - Round 8Monday 25th June

Pos Name Time1st Rob Pelham 21:182nd Peter Morris 21:333rd Tom Glandfield 21:524th Stuart Kirkham 23:275th Sam Ramsey 23:33

=6th Neil Midgley 23:42=6th Andy Denyer 23:42=6th Micky Turner 23:42

9th Paul Gibbons 23:4510th Michael Valks 23:4611th Alan Lloyd 24:2112th Peter Baker 24:3613th Tom Benjamin 24:5314th Will Herbert 24:5915th Stephen Gaston 25:0816th Chris Martin 25:1517th John Miller 25:1918th Yuriy Tymchenko 25:4619th Martin Komen 25:4920th John Mankelow 25:5121st Hugh Procter 26:2922nd Doug Gardner 27:1223rd Paul Hanratty 27:3024th David Beale 27:5125th Stuart Anderson 28:0526th Horry Hemsley 32:44

DNS Dan Gardner (J) DNSPTT - Riders from other clubs

Sam Dix - In-Gear 24:02Max Norrel - Giant 24:55Vic Butler - ERCC 26:37

Course: G10/87


Signs, HQ & Sign On: Midge & Micky TPusher Off : Ian McGuckinStart Timekeeper: Bob CombenFinish Timekeeper: Su BalcombeBoship Marshall: Tony GaleCatering: Keith Walker (new member)Cakes: Mrs T and Mrs GibboPhotos: Lawrence Watts

It was Rob’s turn to get the better ofPete, whilst our stand-in promotersrecorded equal times and they werejoined to make it a slightly scarythreesome by Andy Denyer.

Going slowly means I get the addedhumiliation of being passed everyweek, the only minor plus this weekwas that Tom G caught his minuteman, PG, before my minute man, PGcaught me (does that make sense) - Iknow, it’s clutching at straws.

It was a good night weather wise (fora change), but despite this it still didn’tbring out the big numbers like lastyear. Are the smaller fields just downto the weather, or was last year a highwater mark?

Evening Ten - Round 9Monday 2nd July

Pos Name Time1st Peter Morris 21:512nd Tom Glandfield 21:573rd Rob Pelham 23:194th Sam Ramsey 23:215th Alan Lloyd 24:266th Andy Comben 24:367th Tom Benjamin 24:428th Andy Denyer 24:449th John Miller 25:13

10th Chris Martin 25:1611th Martin Komen 25:4812th Paul Gibbons 26:4513th Jamie Tyler 27:5214th Simon Yates 29:1615th Adrian Hills 34:1416th Keith Walker 38:47

Come and Try ItClint Allen 28:03Shaun Marklow 30:19

Course: G10/87


Promoter & Signing On: Adrian HillsPusher Off : Ian McGuckinStart Timekeeper: Ashley LeaneyFinish Timekeeper: Richard MeedStart Marshall: Bob EvansBoship Marshall: Tony GaleCatering: Peter Morris & Keith Walker2nd hand cakes: Dwyer girls - Open 30

Alan and I were first to arrive in thetennis free car park at East Hoathly,and we were soon joined by Simonand Sam. At this stage it looked likethe four diehards would do battle, butthen others rolled in and in the end, itwas not a bad field considering theconditions. Yes, it was raining andsoggy and yuk and grim, but on thepositive side, it is July and thereforesummertime and there were no tennisplayers battling for a space in the carpark and the kitchen.

The GC battle for this year’s TenSeries looks like it’ll be a nail bitingfight to the end and with Rob reportinga puncture forcing him to put his bulkon the rear wheel (I wish I could do a23:19 having punctured. Actually, Ijust wish I could do a 23:19), MrMorris took advantage to narrowlyedge ahead with three rounds to go.Can Tom G find a few seconds, so hecan give the big two a run for theirmoney, or will Rob turn the tables onthe king of the Crits and retain theCassette Trophy as our Ten championExciting stuff hey. This is written atthe time, therefore I’m unsure who willwin, but all you have to do, is look atthe next page to see how it all unfolds.


Evening Ten - Round 10Monday 9th July

Pos Name Time1st Rob Pelham 21:352nd Peter Morris 21:453rd Tom Glandfield 22:124th Michael Valks 23:295th Sam Ramsey 23:336th Paul Gibbons 24:087th Alan Lloyd 24:268th Neil Midgley 24:319th Peter Baker 24:43

10th Andy Denyer 24:4611th Tom Benjamin 24:5012th Martin Komen 25:1713th Chris Martin 25:3414th Stephen Gaston 25:3815th Callum Middleton 25:4316th John Mankelow 25:5917th Michael Turner 26:3418th Jamie Tyler 27:1119th Hugh Procter 27:1220th Doug Gardner 27:2021st Paul Hanratty 27:2822nd David Beale 27:3023rd Stuart Anderson 29:0624th Keith Walker 39:52* Bob Coleman 27:37

Tandem (not official)Simon & Nicky (Mrs) Yates 29:36

Come and Try ItClint Allen 27:03Colin Homan 27:46Shaun Marklow 29:44

PTT - Riders from other clubsKevin Burton - ERCC 25:54

Course: G10/87 - * = 2nd Claim

Rd 10: A big thanks to the following

Signing On & HQ: Tom GlandfieldPusher Off : Ian McGuckinStart Timekeeper: Bob CombenFinish Timekeeper: Richard MeedBoship: Tony GaleCatering: Peter MorrisCatering Assistant: John Gallsworthy

After a day of threatening clouds, itstayed dry for the team, althoughsome reported the wind was a littlemore challenging than they liked.

Micky T had ridden out on his newroad bike (the one that finishedsecond in the crits) and he was myminute man, we crossed the finish lineside-by-side. Midge was out on hisnew fixie and Gibbo was delighted totake the fixed honours on the night.They are looking forward to racingeach other on the Two-up!

It was good to see ex Wanderer fastman, Colin Homan back on a bike andgiving the Come-and-Try It a go.

Evening Ten - Round 11Wednesday 16th July

Pos Name Time1st Peter Morris 21:512nd Tom Glandfield 22:193rd Sam Ramsey 24:124th Dan Gardner (J) 24:385th Martin Komen 25:196th Alan Lloyd 25:277th Chris Martin 26:028th Andy Denyer 26:059th Stephen Gaston 26:40

10th Jamie Tyler 27:1611th Clint Allen 27:4312th Paul Hanratty 28:5513th Keith Walker 39:41

* Bob Coleman 28:33DNS Rob Pelham

Come and Try ItShaun Marklow 32:16

Course: G10/87 - * = 2nd Claim


Signing On & HQ: Tom GlandfieldPusher Off : Ian McGuckinStart Timekeeper: Laurie LeaneyFinish Timekeeper: Richard MeedBoship: Unmanned - Why was that?Catering: Various fast men

For the penultimate round the windsgot up, it was damp, bordering on wetand for those of us with deep sectionfront wheels it was a slightly disturbingride, well for me it was, hanging on fordear life and ending up with myslowest ten of the year!

The battle for GC glory took aninteresting turn with Mr Morris hardlyaffected by the adverse conditions,whilst the defending champion was aDNS for reasons (when writing)undefined. It just racks up the tensionfor round 12, when the top two willhave to do battle and one will tasteglory and the other will leave crushedand defeated, but then there’s alwaysnext year.

It was good to see Dan Gardner backafter his fall which had happenedwhilst warming up for round 8 andshowing the scars of the road man.

Evening Ten - Round 12Monday 23rd July

Pos Name Time1st Nick Dwyer 20:432nd Peter Morris 21:163rd Rob Pelham 21:374th Tom Glandfield 21:485th James Ryan 22:136th Nick Dwyer A 23:437th Dan Gardner (J) 23:468th Peter Morris A 23:519th Peter Baker 24:02

10th Rob Pelham A 24:1111th Steve Head 24:1612th Ian Glen A 24:4913th Paul Gibbons A 24:5114th Michael Valks A 25:2415th John Miller A 25:40

=16th Sam Ramsey A 25:46=16th John Mankelow 25:46

18th Martin Komen * 25:5519th Neil Midgley A 26:0820th Jamie Tyler A 26:2221st Micky Turner A 26:3422nd Chris Martin A 26:5023rd Stephen Gaston 27:0124th Peter Barling A 27:0925th Alan Lloyd A 27:2026th David Beale 27:3527th Clint Allen A 27:3628th Paul Hanratty 27:3829th Doug Gardner A 27:4630th Colin Homan 28:1831st Simon Yates A 29:0532nd Stuart Anderson A 30:0533rd John GallsworthyA 30:2334th Keith Walker A 36:32

PTT - Riders from other clubsMax Norrel - Giant 22:51

Come and Try ItMark Owens 29:01Shaun Marklow 29:25

Course: G10/87


Promoter & Signing On: Paul HanrattyPusher Off : Ian McGuckinStart Timekeeper: Bob CombenFinish Timekeeper: Richard MeedBoship: Tony GaleCatering: Paul & Suzie Hanratty

A = Athletes - see next page for thefull results and an explanation.

Round 12 and summer arrives in all its glory, it should have been Round 1, butit wasn’t and it’s all over now for another year. We had the biggest field of theseries and the added bonus of the Athletes Ten. This meant our three fastestmen did a Winton (that’s a TT bike ride, change bike and then a road bike ride).

Four riders got their sixth ride in, so they make the final table and theimmortality that goes with such status. * Martin Komen (who rides out)punctured when as he arrived and after a search of the car park borrowed afront wheel from Peter Morris, but had a 15 second late start. Stuart Andersonrode his Brompton folding bike. See page 17 for more stats and the full tableof winners and qualifiers.


Athletes Ten GC - Round 12Monday 23rd July

Pos Name Time1st Nick Dwyer A 23:432nd Peter Morris A 23:513rd Rob Pelham A 24:114th Ian Glen A 24:495th Paul Gibbons A 24:516th Michael Valks A 25:247th John Miller A 25:408th Sam Ramsey A 25:469th Neil Midgley A 26:08

10th Jamie Tyler A 26:2211th Micky Turner A 26:3412th Chris Martin A 26:5013th Stephen Gaston A 27:0114th Peter Barling A 27:0915th Alan Lloyd A 27:2016th Clint Allen A 27:3617th Doug Gardner A 27:4618th Simon Yates A 29:0519th Stuart Anderson A 30:0520th John Gallsworthy A 30:2321st Keith Walker A 36:32

Course: G10/87

Every year, since its inception in 2007 after an idea fromMark Winton, there has been much debate about what arethe qualifying criteria for our Athletes Ten and much hasbeen said and written (a lot of which is rubbish)!

Sounding out the car park on the night, some thought itshould go to the fastest guy on the road bike (Nick likedthat idea, well he would wouldn’t he). Some thought itshould be the rider closest to his TT bike time and somethought it should be for the guy with the biggest gap intheir TT and road bike times (the flaw with that is someonemight take it a little easy on their road bike ride).

For this year (as published before the night) qualifiers haveto have completed the Evening Ten Series (six rounds) ona fully fledged (now what is that) TT machine and thewinner is the rider closest to their best TT time on the roadbike.

For next year I think we need a UCI ruling, but for thisyear, the Chairman’s rules apply and Doug wins.

Qualifiers for the 2012 Athletes TenPos Name Time Best

TTRd +/-

1st Doug Gardner A 27:46 26:57 4 -0:492nd Paul Gibbons A 24:51 23:45 8 -1:063rd Simon Yates A 29:05 27:57 3 -1:084th Chris Martin A 26:50 25:12 7 -1:385th Stephen Gaston A 27:01 25:08 8 -1:536th Michael Valks A 25:24 23:16 4 -2:087th Sam Ramsey A 25:46 23:16 4 -2:308th Peter Morris A 23:51 21:14 7 -2:379th Neil Midgley A 26:08 23:26 7 -2:42

10th Micky Turner A 26:34 23:38 7 -2:5611th Rob Pelham A 24:11 21:18 8 -2:5312th Alan Lloyd A 27:20 24:07 7 -3:13

A little more analysis: As can be seen in the photoabove (from Round 5 by Lawrence Watts) of our winner,Doug Gardner, he rides a standard road bike with clip-ontri-bars. And I don’t think Wiggo, or Nick would considerthat Doug is maximising his aero performance with hischoice of coat!

At the other end of the spectrum you have the stealthyPeter Morris and Rob Pelham on their all-singing anddancing TT machines, with skinsuits, aero hats etc etc.

In previous year’s, I reached the scientific conclusion thatthe optimum difference between a TT ride and an Athletesride is about 2:30 over ten miles and this year’s results stilllead me to that conclusion.

Not sure what Mr Lloyd was playing at, but maybe he’doverheard that the winner should be the one with thebiggest gap and thus (in his pot hunting mode) took it alittle easy. If Nick had qualified, he would have finished last

Left: First and last in the Athletes Ten, Doug Gardner andAlan Lloyd exit Boship on Round 1 - by Lawrence Watts.

Previous Winners2007 - Martin Sulley

2008 - Hugh Procter

2009 - Matt Coombs

2010 - Matt Coombs

2011 - Ian Glen

2012 - Doug Gardner

Note: Nick’s fastestroad time was 3:31slower than hisfastest Ten (Round4) of the series.

Keith Walker rodethe same bike for allhis rides, so is notincluded in the finalAthletes tabledespite havingqualified for theseries.

Athletes TenWinner

Doug Gardner


2012 LWCC Evening Ten Series - Final ResultsHandicap Vets

StandardPos Name Age Rd1

Rd2

Rd3

Rd4

Rd5

Rd6

Rd7

Rd8

Rd9

Rd10

Rd11

Rd12

TotalBest 6 HCP Time Pos +/- Pos

1st P Morris 33 22:29 DNS DNS 22:03 DNS DNS 21:14 21:33 21:51 21:45 21:51 21:16 2:09:30 SCR 2:09:30 5th Senior2nd R Pelham 35 DNS DNS DNS DNS 21:37 22:12 21:43 21:18 23:19 21:35 DNS 21:37 2:10:02 SCR 2:10:02 8th Senior3rd 39 22:13 DNS DNS 22:16 DNS 22:21 21:46 21:52 21:57 22:12 22:19 21:48 2:11:48 3:00 2:08:48 4th Senior4th 16 23:18 DNS 23:57 23:30 DNS 24:03 23:42 DNS DNS DNS 24:38 23:46 2:22:16 15:00 2:07:16 3rd Junior5th S Ramsey 48 24:06 23:56 23:48 23:16 24:09 24:10 23:55 23:33 23:21 23:33 24:12 25:46 2:22:26 16:30 2:05:56 1st +17:04 1st

6th M Valks 41 24:38 DNS DNS 23:16 DNS DNS 23:31 23:46 DNS 23:29 DNS 25:24 2:24:04 12:00 2:12:04 14th +11:50 4th

7th N Midgley 39 23:27 DNS DNS 23:43 T 25:35 23:26 23:42 DNS 24:31 DNS 26:08 2:24:24 13:30 2:10:54 12th Senior8th P Baker 54 24:50 DNS 24:28 24:35 T DNS 24:41 24:36 DNS 24:43 DNS 24:02 2:27:05 15:00 2:12:05 15th +14:49 3rd

9th A Denyer 45 26:28 26:20 25:59 DNS DNS 24:43 24:24 23:42 24:44 24:46 26:05 DNS 2:28:18 18:00 2:10:18 9th +9:54 6th

10th A Lloyd 59 24:34 25:07 24:37 25:16 24:53 DNS 24:07 24:21 24:26 24:26 25:27 27:20 2:28:31 18:00 2:10:31 10th +15:47 2nd

11th P Gibbons 42 DNS DNS DNS DNS T 24:45 24:03 23:45 26:45 24:08 DNS 24:51 2:29:17 18:00 2:11:17 13th +7:37 7th

12th T Benjamin 44 DNS 25:55 24:45 DNS T 25:49 DNS 24:53 24:42 24:50 DNS DNS 2:30:54 21:00 2:09:54 6th +6:54 8th

13th C Martin 53 25:38 25:43 25:14 25:24 25:16 25:21 25:12 25:15 25:16 25:34 26:02 26:50 2:31:34 21:00 2:10:34 11th +9:56 5th

14th M Turner 44 26:32 DNS DNS DNS T 26:34 23:38 23:42 DNS 26:34 DNS 26:34 2:33:34 18:00 2:15:34 19th +4:14 10th

15th M Komen 47 DNS DNS 28:00 DNS 28:34 DNS 25:59 25:49 25:48 25:17 25:19 25:55 2:34:07 27:00 2:07:07 2nd +5:02 9th

16th S Gaston 47 DNS 26:28 DNS DNS DNS 26:17 25:15 25:08 DNS 25:38 26:40 27:01 2:35:26 25:30 2:09:56 7th +3:43 11th

17th H Procter 59 27:20 27:35 26:41 DNS DNS 27:18 26:54 26:29 DNS 27:12 DNS DNS 2:41:54 27:00 2:14:54 18th +2:24 12th

18th 46 27:12 DNS 27:47 26:57 27:59 28:55 DNS 27:12 DNS 27:20 DNS 27:46 2:44:14 30:00 2:14:14 16th -5:38 14th

19th P Hanratty 52 28:14 DNS 27:01 27:10 DNS 27:36 27:31 27:30 DNS 27:28 28:55 27:38 2:44:16 30:00 2:14:16 17th -3:10 13th

20th S Yates 60 29:16 28:48 27:57 28:13 29:04 29:20 DNS DNS 29:16 T DNS 29:05 2:52:23 36:00 2:16:23 20th -7:35 15th

21st D Beale 66 27:42 DNS 28:14 DNS DNS DNS 47:00 27:51 DNS 27:30 DNS 27:35 3:05:52 33:00 2:32:52 22nd -17:28 16th

22nd K Walker 43 DNS DNS DNS DNS 41:19 42:04 39:44 DNS 38:47 39:52 39:41 36:32 3:55:55 90:00 2:25:55 21st -78:37 17th

Total rides in 2012Total rides in 2011

2851

0945

2441

3329

2135

2336

3148

3026

1837

3149

1641

3629

300467

We had 167 less rides than in 2011Was it just down to the weather?

Key: Red = Fastest Ride - Blue = next fastest five rides - Black = non-counting rides - DNS = did not start - T = tandem - Age is based on the rider’s age on Rd 1 (Tuesday 8th May)

Sam also took the Vets win, ahead of Alan, with Peter Baker getting third.

Some more really interesting facts: Two riders (Sam Ramsey & ChrisMartin) rode all 12 rounds - Three riders (Stuart Anderson, Adrian Hills &Stuart Kirkham) rode five events and therefore missed out on qualifying byone ride - The one ride each by Natasha Fuller & Kaye Dwyer where theonly rides by female riders in the whole series - David Beale’s puncture onRound 7 cost him about 19 minutes.

Fastest ride of the series: Connal Yates (In-Gear) 20:07 on Round 4

Fastest ride by a Wanderer: Nick Dwyer 20:12 (New Club Record) Rd 4

T GlandfieldDan Gardner (J)

Doug Gardner

Evening Ten SeriesOverall

1st Peter Morris2nd Rob Pelham3rd Tom Glandfield

Handicap1st Sam Ramsey2nd Martin Komen3rd Dan GardnerVeteran on Standard1st Sam Ramsey2nd Alan Lloyd3rd Peter Baker

Female Rider1st No qualifiers

Junior Rider1st Dan Gardner

Tandem Ten1st Peter & Tom Baker

Fixed Ten1st Jamie Lowden

Athletes Ten1st Doug Gardner

It was a tight battle to the line, and with both Pete and Rob doing doublerides (first up the TT machine, then the roadbike for the Athletes Ten) on the final round, itended up in Pete’s favour by a matter of 32seconds, 21 of which Pete took on that finalride. There are plenty of ifs-and-buts whenyou look at the data, but the cold fact is, Petewins the Cassette Trophy as our Evening TenChampion, with Rob second and Tom in third.

Sam Ramsey was the man on the move whenit came to PB rides and is duly rewarded with

the Reg Eldridge Trophy for first on Handicap. Second on handicap wasMartin Komen, who was another man showing strong improvements overthe series. Third handicap went to our current top Junior, Dan Gardner.


Evening Ten Two-up - Monday 30th July - Action Photos: James Coombs - Portraits: CM

Evening Ten Two-upMonday 30th July

Pos Name TimePeter Morris1stNick Dwyer 20:38

Natasha Fuller (L)2ndDuncan Fuller 22:30

Neil Midgley3rd

Paul Gibbons 22:57

Michael Turner4th

Andy Denyer 23:05

Martin Komen5th

Tom Benjamin 24:12

Chris Martin6th

John Miller 24:13

Harriet Lowden (L)7th

Dominic Lowden 24:44

John Mankelow8th

Stephen Gaston 25:09

Colin Homan9th

Clint Allen 26:11

Paul Hanratty10th

Matt Coombs 26:22

Debbie Evers (L)11th

Sue Hudson (L) 33:10

Teams from other clubsIain Brogden (ERCC)Matt Woods (ERCC) 20:46

Michael Davey (Giant)John Cordner (ERCC) 23:28

Max Norrel (Giant)George Windsor (Giant) 23:44

Simon Prior (Giant)Fred Hugget (Giant) 27:25

Solo Ride by WanderersMichael Valks 23:28Peter Baker 24:58Jamie Tyler 26:03Adrian Hills 29:14Keith Walker 41:38

Course: G10/87

Promoter & Signing On: Adrian HillsFirst Pusher Off : Ian McGuckinSecond Pusher Off: John GallsworthyStart Timekeeper: Su BalcombeFinish Timekeeper: Jane LadeBoship Marshall: Tony GaleCatering: Alan LloydPhotos: James Coombs

New Club Record No. 11As tradition dictates, our Evening Tenseries came to an end with the annualrunning of our Two-up Ten.

Nick swapped Rob for Pete and gavehim a bit of a working over on the fastbits. I was doing a bit of ear-wiggingin the car park before the off, as Petetried to explain the tactics he wishedto employ - something about passingat the top of climbs and then giving itloads. Nick wasn’t up for this and hadhis own ideas about how to maximise

a two-up performance. In the end theboys missed out on the event record,set by Nick & Rob back in 2010, by 10seconds. A rather shaken Petereturned to the car park, reportinghaving given it loads and a bit more,and then running out of umph - I thenlost interest in their conversation asNick drifted off into the world of Watts(What’s that all about)!

Team Fuller where back to updatetheir own Mixed Team Record set lastyear and with both Mr and Mrs goingfaster on their solo races this year, arecord update was a strong bet. Theydidn’t disappoint and duly knocked 19seconds off their 2011 performance.They also finished second on GCahead off the Gibbo - Midge combo,who’d both told me they were racingeach other (more smoke and mirrorsme thinks)!

It was great to see the defendingladies team record holders, Debbieand Sue (who hasn’t done any bikeracing in quite a while) giving it a go.And the father and daughter, teamLowden putting in a strongperformance.

I enjoyed my third ride (2010: 24:30 -2011: 23:59) on the bounce with MrMiller, and we worked well together allthe way round. My only regret lookingat the result sheet - is we should havegone two seconds quicker!

Well done to all the other teams,some top performance throughout thefield and well done to our guests fromthe Rovers and team Giant.

Evening Ten Two-upWinner

Peter Morris & Nick Dwyer


Evening Hill Climb - Monday 6th August - Photos: Lawrence Watts

A big thanks to the following

Promoter, Signing On & Results: Mark WintonPusher Off : Ian McGuckinStart Timekeeper: Richard MeedFinish Timekeeper: Mick KilbyPhotos: Lawrence Watts

LWCC Evening Hill Climb - Monday 6th AugustVets StandardPos Name Time Handicap Pos. Time

1st Jamie Lowden 4:12.8 =1st Senior2nd Peter Morris 4:27.7 =1st Senior3rd Patrick Hough 4:41.2 =7th Junior4th Dan Gardner 4:41.4 =16th Junior5th Ian Glen 5:18.9 =9th 3rd +0:17.16th Peter Baker 5:20.3 =16th 1st +0:19.77th Dominic Lowden 5:20.4 =5th 2nd +0:19.68th Paul Gibbons 5:26.4 =12th 4th +0:03.09th Neil Midgley 5:29.3 =18th Senior

10th Andy Denyer 5:31.6 20th 5th +0:00.411th Mark Winton 5:35.3 =5th Senior12th John Miller 5:41.0 =7th 6th -0:07.013th Tom Benjamin 5:47.8 =12th 8th -0:15.814th Mark Paton 5:51.6 =9th 7th -0:13.615th Rob Pelham 5:51.7 =3rd Senior16th Nick Dwyer 5:59.9 =3rd 9th -0:24.917th Jamie Tyler 6:04.0 =12th 10th -0:28.018th Stuart Anderson 6:16.2 25th 11th -0:38.219th Chris Hough 6:40.5 24th 12th -0:59.520th Clint Allen 6:45.1 =9th 13th -1:09.121st Hugh Procter 7:00.9 =12th 14th -1:14.922nd Chris Martin 7:04.7 =18th 15th -1:24.723rd Harriet Lowden 7:06.7 26th Senior Lady24th Doug Gardner 7:19.4 23rd 17th -1:45.425th Alan Lloyd 7:21.2 22nd 16th -1:34.226th Simon Yates 8:55.0 21st 18th -3:08.0

Non-LWCC Entry on the line (PTT)Jago Leckie - Tri Store 4:36.0George Moore - ASL 360 4:44.0Oliver Priddle - ERCC 4:59.1Henry Parnell - ASL 360 5:07.1Matthew Butt - ASL 360 5:20.1Phil Saunders - Come & try it 6:00.2

GS84 - 1542 yards

Would you like to see LWCCrun a future National Hill

Climb Championshipon this hill?

And thanks to Richard Meed for a very splendid new trophy, which willbe engraved and presented at the next Awards Evening.

Handicap: This is normally done based on previous performances andcurrent form. For the Hill Climb we all jumped on a pair of scales with ourbike (Rob’s idea) and Mark put the data through his spreadsheet to produce atime per Kg. I don’t think we will use it again, but it was an interestingexperiment and something different. Not sure what the results tell us, but itpoints to the fact that the fastest guys are the fastest guys, but the heavierones are limited by gravity on a Hill Climb. Think I could have told you thatwithout the weigh-off. At least we didn’t eyeball and push each other likeboxers at their weigh-in - maybe next year!

Hill ClimbOverall

1st Jamie Lowden2nd Peter Morris3rd Patrick Hough

Handicap=1st Jamie Lowden=1st Peter Morris=3rd Rob Pelham=3rd Nick Dwyer

Veteran on Standard1st Peter Baker2nd Dominic Lowden3rd Ian Glen

Female Rider1st Harriet Lowden

A cool, breezy and overcast night did not deter alarge field from heading out to ride our Mondayevening end of term hill climb. Jamie, over fromFrance was too strong for the rest, holding off

Pete and Patrick, whohad a good excuse,in that he’s has beenon the party circuitsince leaving schoollast month!

Peter Baker beatDom for the first vetsaward by the smallestpossible margin, withIan Glen completingthe vets podium.

A good crowdgathered at the top tocheer and enjoy thesuffering.


Brighton Big Dog 2012 - Saturday 4th August

From Mark Winton - After the excitement of Big Dog2011, I was keen to ride this again in 2012. Actually, that’snot true, desperate would be a better word - I loved the2011 experience and was keen to be ready for 2012 -efforts to gee up club mates saw interest but with no firmcommitments, in a bid not to lose a place in the race, I puta pairs entry in with my mate Phil.

A chance meeting with Nick Smith at the Crits saw himjoining our regular Tuesday evenings at Stanmer and heannounced he had a team of three entry but was strugglingto fill it. After some umming and aaaghing, Paul Gibbonsfilled one of the spaces, and Nicks mate (also called Paul2) filled the other one.

With two teams ready we took to the start line and the hornwent bang on midday after some top notch last minute bikefettling by myself and Phil. I had spent the previous weekfettling my geared mountain bike and in the excitementdecided not to use it, opting for my rigid singlespeed. Iwas convinced the trails would be wet and muddy and wewould see some rain in the race, conditions which areperfect for singlespeed.

The course is not easy, lots of climbing and thedescending so quick you hardly get a breath beforeheading back up for more climbing. Phil led it out for thepairs and Nick’s mate Paul (2) for the team.

Everyone had their respective dramas throughout the race,catching slower riders, loosing chains etc but all our timeswere similar. I don’t know how it happened but we alwaysseemed to start our respective laps about a minute apartwith the pairs chasing the team or the other way round.This made for some good banter and a bit of a laugh aswell as a good team feeling.

The pairs is manic, ride for 45 mins, hand over, grab adrink, eat something and head back out - it’s great. Or ifyour Phil, buy some Olympic tickets in the break.

After what felt like countless laps Paul (not Nick’s Mate)and I were next to go out. We were doing lots ofcalculations to work out if we were going to get out for justone last lap before the 6pm cut off.

I was fairly sure we wouldn’t, but I took a gel on (I hatethese things so this is quite a sacrifice) took some drinkand finished my malt loaf and got ready for a banzi lap justin case. Paul was doing the same calculations, Nick’smate Paul rode a cracking lap and came round with notquite enough time for Paul to do another lap - but thatdidn’t stop him taking it on, he was out the blocks and rodehard (he was on gears though ;-).

Phil came through in good time but there was no way Iwould get back for 6pm so called it a day.

More time calculations, if Paul had a great lap - he mightjust do it!! We knew there was hardly anyone on thecourse and it was getting faster as it dried out (I shouldhave ridden gears after all) so it could be on.

Team Lewes headed down to the part of the course whereit pops out of the trees to see if he could get round beforethe 6pm deadline. We were watching the clock and hopinghe would make it, every time a rider came into view wewere cheering at them disappointed it wasn’t Paul. The

countdown to 6:00 started, he hadn’t made it, just 2minutes later Paul crossed the line, no extra lap but he hadgiven it everything.

In the end both teams covered 7 laps, the team of 3 in5:19:46 for 5th in category and the pairs in 5:23:33 for 13th

in category. (PS that means Paul did a 42 min finalunofficial lap, quickest of anyone in our team).

We hung around for the prize presentation as there was abike frame to be won, only for them to call the 5th placeteams up - Nick and Paul (not Nick’s mate) took theirprizes and got covered in champagne. We didn’t win theframe though.

I am sure I said it last year but you have to ride theseevents to get a feel as to how relaxed they are, its justgreat, enjoyable, friendly. See you in 2013 - with a teamand maybe on gears. MW

From Paul Gibbons - Well that was fun! Not quite what Ihad expected, although I’m not sure what I would haveexpected anyway. Ended up collecting a prize for fifthplace in the team event, which I was more than happy withand a bonus to the end of a good day’s racing.

It all started the Tuesday before race day. Nick (Nico)Smith was looking for a third member to complete his teamand I offered. The third man, another Paul, was unknownto me and I’ve only ridden with Nick a few times, so it couldhave been a disaster, but I was treating it as a bit of fun.

Come race day, it was all a bit last minute anddisorganised, but I was still going with the flow. Middayarrived and Paul started for us and disappeared into thetrees, completing his first lap in about 45 mins. Nick wentnext and did the same-no pressure for me then?!

My first lap was horrible! I was in oxygen debt going upthe first hill, catching a group of slower moving riders justas we entered the single track - I was not happy with noway past even though I was trying to control the gasping.The uphill seemed to go on forever, slow riderseverywhere to break any rhythm you had, and I waswishing I wasn’t here - good job I hadn’t entered as a solo!

Fifth: Nick Smith, Paul Gibbons & Paul 2

See Forum for some great action photos


Having gained as much height as you can, I finally got my breath back and started picking more and more riders offdespite not really riding at my best - pumped my tyres up too hard. I caught Mark’s mate Phil with about a mile to go andfollowed him over the finish line to set Paul off again. Lap one done.

The second lap went better. Far more controlled with Mark about five minutes in front of me - a dangly carrot to chase.Nick had had a mechanical on his second lap, slowing him down somewhat, so we had time to make up. I had nowadopted a “coming through” routine upon catching people, which was working well. The trail fairies were also on my sidenow as well - it was all flowing together. I had Mark in my sights half way round, but couldn’t quite get on terms with him.Got caught and passed by one of the eventual solo winners, the only one to do so. Had a scary moment on a tree rootinfested corner, finally scuppering my chances of catching Mark before the finish line and it was back to Paul again forlap seven.

We had been in fourth place after my first lap, but had slipped to fifth now. That’s when the “just for fun” bit disappeared- I wanted that place back, or better still third. However, time was ticking on. With Nick out, the final lap was going to bemine. It was looking like touch and go as to whether it was going to be worth going out - Paul needed to be in by 5:15 atthe latest for me to have a good chance of completing my lap before the 6:00 deadline.

Paul arrived back. All panic ensued, shall I shan’t I, Nick said go! I wasn’t ready, thinking our race was run. I set off, hellfor leather - what was I doing? Someone shouted just over 40 mins to go - it was possibly doable. One good thing wasthat the course was now empty and I sped on - the only Muppet attempting a lap this late in the day! Half way round, Istarted catching the odd rider, making me feel happier. Going flat out with a permanent stitch wasn’t pleasant, but it wasall for a good cause? As I got nearer the end of the lap, legs burning, lungs bursting, stars beginning to form in my eyes,I heard the countdown to 6:00. Ba!!s!!! I was on the final run in, all downhill! I eased off, no point now. I caught one finalrider on the last bit and sprinted past him with the boys all cheering me on to the finish line, missing out by 2:52 - a lap fornothing!!!! But I was glad to have tried. It has wetted my appetite for more-so watch out next year. PG

OlympicsMen’s Road Race - Saturday 28th July - CM - I was up inLondon with my son, Matt and suggested we try and watchthe finish of the road race on, or near The Mall. Afterplenty of walking, we ended up in Green Park and caughta glimpse of the 300 metres to go sign. The crowds weregigantic and it was quite apparent that we weren’t going toget anywhere near the course and be able to see any ofthe action. So, after a futile search for a big screen, wegave up and got the train home. I was rather disappointed,as I’d envisaged the site of Brad leading Cav onto The Mallwith the Manx Missile then turning on the burners andtaking the Gold. I really wanted to see that.

When I got home, to find that it hadn’t all gone to plan andVino had taken the win, I was glad I hadn’t stayedaround. I’ve not been a fan of Vinokourov eversince he got chucked of the 2007 Tour for doping.Some riders come back and have an air of honestyand humility and I personally am happy that theyget a second chance. I think the pressure onthese young men to succeed must be immenseand the people that surround them are in positionsof great responsibility and power.

Right: I took this photo (in blurry vision) of Vino onthe 2007 Tour Prologue - One of us must have takensomething!

Mark Paton tells us about his day - A mid-week callasking if I wanted to go to Box Hill was accepted, despitehaving planned to watch it on the TV. At the time I didn'tquite realise I was going to have to get up at 2:15am to getto our friends house in Crawley, then up to Box Hill. Withthe roads closing at 4:00am we had to be parked up at ourother friend’s house at 4:00. In theory that left a few hoursto sleep, which didn't quite work out but it didn't matter.Surfacing at 7:00 we went next door where they wereselling bargain bacon and sausage rolls for £6, this isSurrey Stockbroker belt I guess! The village centre wasincredibly busy - they would have needed wheelbarrows totake all the takings away.

The motorcycle cops heralded the ridersarrival, encouraging a type of Mexicanwave as they went past and high 5ingspectators. The helicopter rotor bladenoise got closer and the crowd moreexcited. The riders arrived at top speedfollowed by the cars. A great spectacle.We were situated a short distance afterthe feed station and the garden vergearea had been roped off, so when theriders passed we were able to go backinto the house to watch the race till theycame back around. The noise wastremendous as they flew past. I spentmost of the time trying to explain this is ateam race with a winner in Cav. Despitea lack of knowledge on their parteveryone got into the mood with loads ofteam GB chants and flag waving. Afterwatching the run back to London theBBQ went on and the wine flowed. Agreat day despite no medals and wellworth getting up early for. MP

Right: Mark snapped Team GB workinghard on the front - In the end and despitea valiant effort, it was not to be their day


Wanderers in more Racing Action - Time Trials

Southborough & District Wheelers 25 milesSunday 17th June

Pos Name Time2nd Nick Dwyer 0:54:296th Rob Pelham 0:56:047th Peter Morris 0:56:138th Tom Glandfield 0:57:30

10th Mark Frost 0:58:0213th Duncan Fuller 0:58:3416th Neil Midgley 0:59:1421st Mark Paton 1:00:2522nd Michael Valks 1:00:3424th Dominic Lowden 1:00:4025th Micky Turner 1:00:5226th Sam Ramsey 1:00:5537th Alan Lloyd 1:03:5444th Natasha Fuller 1:05:44

DNS Colin Harris

1st Elliot PorterTeam Corridori - Specialized 0:53:39

Course: G25/89 - Entries: 69 - DNF: 2 - DNS: 9

2012 Team Win No. 5More top performances, showing the club’s strength indepth and with it another team win.

GHS National Championship - 5.7 milesLondon South District Heat

Saturday 23rd JunePos Name Time

1st Dan Gardner (16) 13:22Course: GS/837 - Entries: 5 - DNF: 0 - DNS: 0

2012 Open Win No. 7Dan’s winning ride qualifies him for the GHS National Finalon Saturday 8th September. The final is run on the H10/3aten course and will give Dan a chance to race against thebest juniors in the country. Photo: Mark Winton

Promoter: Mick Kilby - Pusher Off: Rob PelhamTimekeepers: Jane & Graham Lade (Eastbourne Rovers)Marshalls: Mark Winton, Bob Comben, Chris MartinCatering: Mandy & Stephen Burgess

Horsham Cycling 10 miles - Saturday 23rd JunePos Name Time

9th Mark Frost 22:1537th Natasha Fuller (L) 24:28

1st Pete TadrosIn-Gear Quickvit Trainsharp 20:07


2012 New Club Record No. 5Natasha knocked another nine seconds off her Ten recordand in the process finished one second behind my oldtraining partner, IG’s Mark Pelling. Frosty also did good.

SCCU 50 miles Sunday 24th JunePos Name Time

2nd Rob Pelham 1:54:184th Tom Glandfield 1:56:43

15th Dominic Lowden 2:06:2521st Alan Lloyd 2:08:51

Peter Morris DNFNick Dwyer DNF

DNS Horry HemsleyDNS James RyanDNS Michael ValksDNS Natasha FullerDNS Duncan FullerDNS Stephen GastonDNS Mark FrostDNS Neil Midgley

1st Steve DennisEast Grinstead CC 1:48:54


2012 Team Win No. 6A quick look at the bottom line of the above table gives abig clue - 6 x DNF and 61 x DNS - So it must have beenanother tough (very wet) 2012 summer day and with two ofour (hyper) fast men puncturing, our top three finishers dida great job in capturing the team win ahead of the CrawleyWheelers. Respect to the six that took the start and thetimes are far from shabby, so it must have been a goodday (for those who got out of bed!) Mr Morris reported thathe was on for a PB when the puncture bug ended his funat 36.5 miles - Nick was deflated after 20 miles and wenthome to dry off his Di2 in preparation for the followingday’s 25 and a crack at his own club record.

a3crg 25 miles - Monday 25th JulyPos Name Time

6th Nick Dwyer 0:51:0076th Kaye Dwyer 1:10:26

1st Stephen WhitewickContre la Montre 0:49:51

Course: P885/25 - Entries: 79 - DNF: 2 - DNS: 0

2012 New Club Record No. 6Mr & Mrs Dwyer both knocked out PB performances, withNick having to ride with his minute man (actually, he was a30 second man, as riders went off at 30 second intervalson this Open Monday evening 25) doing a wheel suckingjob for about 21 miles! Nick was frustrated to have notfound one more second, but did lower his own ClubRecord (set on the same course last year) by 8 seconds.


Middlemarkers Competition Rd. 7

A big thanks to the team that made it all happen:Promoter, Start Sheet & Handicapping: Adrian HillsPusher Off: Peter Baker (who then went off last)Timekeeper & Results: Mick KilbyMarshals: John Armstrong, John Gallsworthy,Ann Baker & Ian Landless

With Natasha away on her MTB in Chamonix, Kaye took advantage and looksa strong bet to complete back-to-back wins in this prestigious comp.

After a slightly painful crash whilst warming up for Monday’s Evening Ten,Dan Gardner was a non-starter at Earwig. Therefore the Junior ClassicLeague will be decided at Chailey

We’ve got one event to go in both the above competitions.23/09 Circuit of Chailey

Note: The date for Chailey has been put back one week from that originallylisted at the start of the season.

Peter Morris completed a 2012 hat-trickof Circuit wins, after taking the topspots at Laughton, Danehill and nowEarwig. If Pete wins at Chailey, he willbecome the first Wanderer (of themodern era - I need to do a little moreresearch into the deeper archives) tocomplete the Grand Slam. So, fastmen, what have you got to say aboutthat - can anyone stop him?

It was normal biz on the vets front, withAlan moaning that Nick is too old to gothat fast and PB Sam, who’s quite oldand quite fast, completing the podium.

It’s been a quiet season on the racingfront for Mr Jeffs, so he sneaked underthe handicapper radar for gold, aheadof Mr Komen, another man enjoying aPB season, and I somehow doubledmy 2012 medal haul with a fab third!

After my ride, I returned to the HQ tofind that there had been a nasty crash,with Giovanna Burgess of the BrightonMitre, having hit a car at the Golden

Cross junction. She had beentaken to hospital and thepolice and a BBC camera maninterviewed me in my capacityas club chairman. See page 2for update. CM

Points Comp update: Withjust Chailey to go, Alan onlyneeds to enter and completehis ride to take the trophy.With Sam not out on the HillClimb, CM looks a good betfor second place.

Top three in the PointsCompetition

after 13 of the 14 eventsPos Name Points

1st Alan Lloyd 11742nd Chris Martin 11353rd Sam Ramsey 1036

Middlemarkers CompetitionPos Name Points

1st Charlie Middleton 952nd David Beale 873rd Doug Gardner 78

With Charlie missing Earwig, whilstover in France watching the start of theTour, it gave Dave & Doug a chance tograb some points and close the gap.Charlie’s still got a good lead, but can’tafford another slip in any of the finalthree rounds (ESCA 10 & 25 andChailey), or D & D will pounce.

Circuit of Earwig - Thursday 28th JuneHandicap Vets StandardPos Start

No. Name Time Pos. Time Pos. Time1st 10 Peter Morris 39:02 11th 38:32 Senior2nd 20 Nick Dwyer 39:29 16th 39:29 1st +8:093rd 15 Rob Pelham 39:41 15th 39:21 Senior4th 17 Matt Coombs 42:57 14th 39:17 =4th +3:245th 21 Neil MIdgley 43:13 10th 37:08 Senior6th 19 Micky Turner 43:38 12th 38:33 6th +3:097th 12 Sam Ramsey 43:49 8th 36:44 3rd +3:318th 11 Alan Lloyd 44:02 6th 36:17 2nd +4:549th 05 Peter Baker * 44:40 17th 39:45 =4th +3:24

10th 04 Tom Benjamin 45:53 9th 37:05 9th +1:2311th 09 Chris Martin 46:32 3rd 33:32 8th +1:3212th 01 Martin Komen 47:09 2nd 32:09 12th +0:0213th 03 Graham Jeffs 47:40 1st 31:30 7th +1:4314th 08 Alan Stevens 48:05 5th 36:00 11th +0:0615th 07 David Beale 51:00 13th 39:05 13th -1:1116th 13 Doug Gardner 51:30 7th 36:40 14th -4:2817th 18 Kaye Dwyer (L) 52:17 4th 35:32 10th +0:5618th 02 Horry Hemsley 61:38 18th 40:38 15th -8:14

DNS 06 Stephen GastonDNS 14 Adrian HillsDNS 16 Dan Gardner (J)

Course: GS/838 - 17.68 miles* Peter Baker started No. 30

He stepped in to do Pusher Off dutiesLWCC Entry on the line (PTT)29 Rob Rollings 42:5625 John Miller 47:08

Course Record: 38:36Set in 2011 by Nick Dwyer

26 Jamie Tyler 52:12 New Wanderer24 Stuart Anderson 52:34

Non-LWCC Entry on the line (PTT)28 Jason Shephard 55:40 Come-&-Try-It27 Shaun Marklow DNF Come-&-Try-It22 Giovanna Burgess (L) DNF Brighton Mitre23 Tracey Harris DNF Brighton Mitre

Chairman’s Circuit League for the LadiesPos Name Laughton Danehill Earwig Total

1st Kaye Dwyer DNS 4 5 9=2nd Anne Locke 5 DNE DNE 5=2nd Natasha Fuller DNS 5 DNE 5

Sarah Dwyer DNS DNE DNE 0Debbie Evers DNE DNS DNE 0

Circuit of EarwigOverall

1st Peter Morris2nd Nick Dwyer3rd Rob Pelham

Handicap1st Graham Jeffs2nd Martin Komen3rd Chris Martin

Veteran on Standard1st Nick Dwyer2nd Alan Lloyd3rd Sam Ramsey

Female Rider1st Kaye Dwyer

Junior Classic LeaguePos Name Laughton Danehill Earwig Total

1st Dan Gardner 3 3 DNE 62nd Callum Middleton 2 2 DNE 4


A big thanks to the team that made it all happen:Promoter: Rob Pelham - Timekeepers: Richard Meed & Mick KilbyResults: Ann Human (ERCC) - Pusher Off: Chris MartinMarshals: Bob Comben, Ashley Leaney, Mick & Rose Hills, Lizzie Brama(Brighton Pheonix), Rob Rollings, Mark Winton, Mark Burdass (unattached)Catering - Provision & delivery: Families Dwyer & Pelham

Photos by Oliver Tuckley:James Ryan, Debbie Evers

& Michael Valks

LWCC 30 mileChampionship

Overall1st Nick Dwyer2nd Peter Morris3rd Rob Pelham

Handicap1st Horry Hemsley2nd Peter Morris3rd Rob PelhamVeteran on Standard1st Nick Dwyer2nd Alan Lloyd3rd Matt Coombs

Female Rider1st Debbie Evers

Junior Rider1st No qualifiers

Classic League Competition Round 8

2012 New Club Record No. 7

2012 Team Wins Number 7 & 8 (Open & VTTA Surrey/Sussex)Rob raised the bar with his Open 30 promotion, doing his best to drag our sport into the21st century - its own website, along with a raft of cycling people chipping in prizes andvery slick start and result sheets. Ably assisted by his team, (special mention to AnnHuman for results and electronic stuff at the HQ) the event went off very smoothly, thisdespite another horrendous 2012 summer day doing its bit to dampen spirits.

Nick reasserted his stratus as top dog, pushing the young pup, Morris down onto thesilver step, whilst promoter, Pelham rounded off the podium and between them theyachieved a dominant Team win for LWCC and in the process set a new club team record

It was another good day for Horry, winning the LWCC handicap award,along with a ‘Bikefood Bidon stuffed with Bikefood Energy Gels’ for TwoWheeled Lantern Rouge. Micky Turner won a Kalas Racing Jersey asmost improved Wanderer from the previous year. Debbie was secondon GC in the Female rider comp. Our top two on standard, teamed upwith Peter Baker to win the VTTA Surrey/Sussex Team award.

After my pushing off duties, I cycled up to Union Point to enjoy a goodsoaking with Mr Winton & Mr Tuckley, when Simon Yates pulled upand demanded my front wheel as his was losing air - luckily Mark gave me and my bike alift back to the HQ to dry off, load up on some great cakes and get my wheel back. CM

Open & Club 30 mile Championship - Sunday 1st JulyHandicap Vets StandardPos Open

Pos Name Time Pos Time Pos Time1st 2nd Nick Dwyer 1:06:38 15th 1:06:38 1st +14:552nd 4th Peter Morris 1:07:27 2nd 1:02:48 Senior3rd 5th Rob Pelham 1:07:30 3rd 1:03:10 Senior4th 9th James Ryan 1:11:46 10th 1:04:44 Senior5th 11th Matt Coombs 1:12:13 9th 1:04:33 3rd +07:406th 12th Neil Midgley 1:12:52 5th 1:03:44 Senior7th 13th Michael Valks 1:13:13 14th 1:05:43 5th +06:408th 14th Mark Paton 1:13:23 8th 1:04:15 3rd +07:299th 16th Micky Turner 1:13:39 12th 1:05:09 4th +06:59

10th 23rd Alan Lloyd 1:16:25 3rd 1:03:32 2nd +07:5911th 24th Peter Baker 1:16:25 11th 1:04:56 6th +05:4912th 25th Andy Denyer 1:17:47 13th 1:05:39 8th +03:0513th 33rd Graham Jeffs 1:21:47 6th 1:03:50 7th +03:3214th 40th Doug Gardner 1:27:45 7th 1:03:52 9th -06:3915th 42nd John Miller* 1:30:18 17th 1:08:56 11th -08:5916th 44th Simon Yates 1:35:35 16th 1:08:40 12th -11:1117th 45th Debbie Evers (L) 1:36:57 18th 1:10:19 10th -07:5618th 46th Horry Hemsley 1:52:30 1st 1:01:22 13th -19:33

Stephen Gaston DNFDNS Sam RamseyDNS Dan Gardner (J)DNS Oliver Tuckley


Course: G30/88Entries: 56

DNF: 5 - DNS: 5

*8:40 late start

Open 30 miles Tandem - Sunday 1st JulyPos Name Time

1st Paul Gibbons & Adrian Hills 1:32:25Course: G30/88 - Entries: 1 - DNF: 0 - DNS: 0Paul and Adrian were the only entries in thetwo- seater event and they did it with threewheels. Check out the photo on the Back Pageand Mr Tuckley’s high praise on page 39.


South Eastern RC 10 miles - Saturday 7th JulyPos Name Time

6th Tom Glandfield 21:2310th Duncan Fuller 22:0521st Mark Paton 23:0631st Natasha Fuller (L) 24:12

1st Pete TadrosIn-Gear Quickvit Trainsharp 20:05


2012 New Club Record No. 8Tash continued to chip away at her Ten record.Unfortunately, there was not a team award for this event,because if there was, our three chaps would have won it.

Farnham Road Club 25 miles - Sunday 8th JulyPos Name Time

15th Duncan Fuller 57:14

1st Sebastian Adera3crg 51:59

Course: H25/8 - Entries: 118 - DNF: 5 - DNS: 45

Farnham RC 25 miles (Ladies event)Pos Name Time

1st Natasha Fuller 1:02:41Course: H25/8 - Entries: 12 - DNF: 0 - DNS: 6

2012 Open Win No. 8Another great ride on a waterlogged course gave Tash awin in the women’s event. Duncan also got very wet doinghis ride, and whilst waterlogged went home without his kit!

2012 Open Win No. 9

2012 Team Wins No. 10 & 11As dominant a leader board as youcould imagine, with Rob, Pete & Tomfilling the top spots and taking theESCA Team award. Alan Lloyd, PeterBaker & John Mankelow won theVTTA Surrey/Sussex team award.

Rob gets the Strudwick Cup, the ESCA50 cup and a share of the ESCA TeamCup - not a bad return for 50 miles.

Unfortunately, for Tom we were oneshort on the required entries for thereto be three LWCC medals on GC.

Bec CC 25 miles - Sunday 8th JulyPos Name Time

3rd Nick Dwyer 0:53:4915th Mark Frost 0:57:5617th Yuriy Tymchenko 0:58:3520th Sam Ramsey 0:59:2122nd Micky Turner 0:59:3234th Neil Midgley 1:00:5635th Alan Lloyd 1:01:0556th John Mankelow 1:07:1263rd Peter Morris 1:10:05

DNS Mark PatonDNS Kaye Dwyer (L)DNS Colin HarrisDNS Michael ValksDNS James Ryan

1st Iain BrogdenEastbourne Rovers CC 53:10


2012 Team Win No. 9Nick reports that this was the wettest (we all ride a yellowTT bike, a yellow TT bike, a yellow TT bike) TT he’s everdone. PM punctured before the start and borrowed awheel off James Ryan and in the process took a 16 minutelate start and then enjoyed his ride.

Despite the atrocious conditions, Yuriy and Sam bothbroke the hour for the first time. Nick (won the VTTASurrey/Sussex vets cup), Alan (who also did a PB) andJohn Mankelow teamed up to win the VTTA Surrey/SussexTeam award.

LWCC 50 mileChampionship

Overall1st Rob Pelham2nd Peter Morris

Handicap1st Yuriy Tymchenko2nd John Mankelow

Veteran on Standard1st Alan Lloyd2nd Sam Ramsey

Female Rider1st Natasha Fuller

Junior Rider1st No qualifiers

A big thanks to the team that made it all happen:Promoter: Simon Yates - Timekeepers: Mick Kilby & Mick Irons (Worthing Excelsior)Results: Ann Human (ERCC) - Pusher Off: Richard MeedMarshals: Ian Smith (unattached), Tony Gale, Graham Jeffs, Alan Stevens, Joe Yates,Oliver Tuckley, John Gallsworthy & Peter Moon (ERCC)Catering: Alice Jeavons & Lisa Glandfield

ESCA & Club 50 mile Championship - Sunday 15th JulyHandicap Vets StandardPos Open

Pos Name Time Pos Time Pos Time1st 1st Rob Pelham 1:53:09 13th 1:53:09 Senior2nd 2nd Peter Morris 1:54:43 3rd 1:48:43 Senior3rd 3rd Tom Glandfield 1:56:16 8th 1:51:16 Senior4th 7th James Ryan 1:59:07 4th 1:49:07 Senior5th 11th Duncan Fuller 2:01:44 12th 1:52:44 Senior6th 14th Yuriy Tymchenko 2:02:46 1st 1:44:46 3rd +13:457th 13th Matt Coombs 2:04:11 17th 1:58:11 5th +11:538th 18th Michael Valks 2:04:22 14th 1:55:22 6th +11:429th 21st Sam Ramsey 2:05:11 5th 1:49:11 2nd +13:50

10th 28th Micky Turner 2:08:39 15th 1:55:39 7th +08:4511th 31st Alan Lloyd 2:09:00 10th 1:52:00 1st +15:0712th 33rd Peter Baker 2:09:10 16th 1:56:10 4th +12:1313th 38th Natasha Fuller (L) 2:13:11 7th 1:51:11 Senior Lady14th 40th Andy Denyer 2:16:20 9th 1:51:20 9th +01:2915th 45th John Mankelow 2:20:33 2nd 1:47:33 8th +05:4916th 48th Doug Gardner 2:28:21 11th 1:52:21 10th -10:0817th 50th Simon Yates 2:37:47 6th 1:49:47 11th -13:40

DNS Neil MidgleyDNS Mark Frost



ESCA 50 cont. Well done to Yuriy for a dominant first onhandicap. It was hard to understand how he only gotsecond handicap on the main ESCA event? Alan (the newIan Landless, now what ever happened to him?) tookanother Club Vets win ahead of Sam Ramsey.

Below: With just the ESCA 25 (16/09) to go in the ClassicLeague Competition, it looks nailed down for back-to-backwins by Mr Morris. To guarantee victory, he will need toride and complete the event, or a top three finish by MrPelham would see a last minute reversal of fortune.

Top four in theClassic League Competition

after 9 of the 10 eventsPos Name Points

1st Peter Morris 1572nd Rob Pelham 1303rd Tom Glandfield 1194th Nick Dwyer 109

Crawley Wheelers 10 miles - Saturday 21st JulyPos Name Time

6th Rob Pelham 20:537th Peter Morris 20:54

18th Duncan Fuller 22:0421st Yuriy Tymchenko 22:0725th Mark Paton 22:2234th Dan Gardner (J) 23:0439th Peter Baker 23:2649th Natasha Fuller (L) 24:03

1st Erick RowsellEdura Racing - Foreign 19:38


2012 New Club Record No. 92012 Team Win No. 12

Tash took another nine seconds off her Ten record and isnow only three seconds off a magic 25 mph ride. And welldone to Rob, Pete & Duncan who continued our relentlessmarch forward on the team wins front.

RTTC National 24-Hour ChampionshipSaturday 21st & Sunday 22nd July

Pos Name Miles19th Andy Denyer 418.164

1st Ultan CoyleRapha Condor CC 488.993

Course: D24HR - Entries: 100 - DNF: 10 - DNS: 9

For those of us interested in this event, we can’t help butbe familiar with Andy’s previous two battles with the one-day race. His colourful reporting of his encounters hasgiven him legend status with the exclusive readership -sadly, most of our hero’s material is not printable in afamily orientated mag like ‘The Lewes Wanderer’, but forthose of us in the know, it’s very entertaining.

For Andy, it started with the Merseyside 24 back in 2010and a rather nasty encounter with the tarmac after hitting apothole just after 12-hours. At the time he had about 230miles under his belt and was (let’s say) a little peevedabout the race ending encounter.

For 2011, Andy completed 371.250 miles on the National24 in Sussex and a colourful report regaled us with storiesof lost pit crews and references to undercarriage issuesand anatomical references like ‘road kill’!

This year he was to be the only Wanderer taking on the 24and it all went to plan, allowing Andy to deliver a veryhealthy mileage. He was very pleased with his supportteam and said he could have kept on riding for longer than24 hours - with the only problem, being the habitualundercarriage issues - Andy then got a bit more graphicand thus my report ends here. But, well done to Andy andit gives me a chance to update the club’s 24-Hour history.

The current LWCC 24- Hour ClubName Year Event Miles

Andy Denyer 2012 Mersey Roads 418.164Tom Glandfield 2011 ESCA 24 434.070Paul Gibbons 2011 ESCA 24 422.640Chris Martin 2011 ESCA 24 419.550John Miller 2011 ESCA 24 405.250Peter Baker 2011 ESCA 24 379.990Andy Denyer 2011 ESCA 24 371.250Simon Yates 2011 ESCA 24 313.200Horry Hemsley 2011 ESCA 24 275.290Simon Yates 2010 Mersey Roads 335.200Simon Yates 2009 Mersey Roads 356.785Jeremy Meades 2006 Mersey Roads 369.080Chris Martin 1999 Brighton Mitre 24 438.173Tony Gale 1999 Brighton Mitre 24 399.740Peter Baker 1994 Brighton Mitre 24 400.018Peter Burbery 1975 Catford 24 397.190Horry Hemsley* 1963 Catford 24 387.250

*Horry’s 1963 ride was not done as a Wanderer. Horry,Peter Baker, Jeremy Meades & Andy Denyer also all havea DNF to their name. Jeremy left the club in 2008 afterrelocating to the west country.

Mentions in dispatches: Well done to Peter Moon(ERCC) for his forth place overall (he missed an RTTCmedal by 1.153 miles) with 471.180 miles and Geoff Smith(ERCC), who covered 385.932 miles. Both, DaveShepherd and Andy Payne of GS Stella were DNFs. Davewas apparently on a new bike, which prior to the event hehad not done a lot of miles on and was forced to retire withnumbness in his leg. Role on 2014 and the next ESCA 24.

Hounslow & District Wheelers 25 milesSunday 22nd July

Pos Name Time14th Tom Glandfield 0:55:5520th Duncan Fuller 0:56:2262nd Natasha Fuller (L) 1:02:10

1st Stephen WhitewickContre la Montre 0:51:33

Course: H25/8 - Entries: 128 - DNF: 5 - DNS: 19

2012 New Club Record No. 10This was always going to be the tough one for Natasha.Ruth Elliot had set the previous record of 1:02:38 back in2005. This is a real mark of Tash’s progress and she nowholds the Ladies, 10, 25, 30 & 50 records, just like Nickdoes for the chaps. But, if Tash can capture the best 100time for the full set of distance records, then she will haveoutgunned Nick, as our 100 record belongs to Rob.


We won’t talk about 12-Hour & 24-Hour records yet, I’llleave that for another day. And well done to the two lads,who both recorded healthy PB rides.

Brighton Excelsior CC 25 milesSunday 22nd July

Pos Name Time2nd Rob Pelham 0:55:26

10th Mark Paton 0:58:5717th Sam Ramsey 1:00:4720th Neil Midgley 1:01:1324th Micky Turner 1:01:3929th Alan Lloyd 1:02:4844th John Mankelow 1:08:0845th Stephen Gaston 1:08:15

DNS Mark Frost



2012 Team Win No. 13Another combination, another team win - jolly good stuff.

Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th JuneWith this being the opening weekend of the Olympics,featuring both the men’s and women’s road races, therewas no action on the local time trial scene. The racerstherefore had a weekend off. Two of our elite TT starsdecided to join Sunday’s club run to Bexhill. One of themthought it was a team time trial, which stung out the bunchand snapped the elastic on more than a few occasions. Ibet you can guess which end of the elastic I was on! - Seepage 30 for his report and my photos.

Epsom CC 10 miles - Saturday 4th AugustPos Name Time

2nd Nick Dwyer 20:367th Jamie Lowden 21:31

17th Tom Baker 22:3325th Yuriy Tymchenko 22:4834th Peter Baker 23:16

DNS Kaye Dwyer (L)DNS Natasha Fuller (L)

1st Conall YatesIn-Gear Quickvit Trainsharp 20:01


2012 Team Wins No. 14Yes, number 14 and a new threesome, with Jamie overfrom France and Tom getting his first LWCC team win.

Nick reported on being a little more than fed up with therelentless wet. Yes, he got wet again and commented onthe stress of going fast on courses with many roundabouts.This conversation was held over a burger or two (for me)at Adrian’s BBQ. Nick then started listing stats on powerand time lost per roundabout and I must admit, they didn’tstay in my head long enough to record them here - sorry!Bottom line is, it’s tough balancing speed available withneed to be cautious when negotiating the roundabouts.

Not sure what happened with Team Fuller’s entry? ButDuncan was entered as Natasha! Personally, I find it easyto tell one Fuller from the other, Duncan’s the tall one.

SCCU 100 miles - Sunday 5th AugustPos Name Time

1st Rob Pelham 3:54:595th Peter Morris 4:05:19

16th Tom Glandfield 4:17:2030th Micky Turner 4:30:2332nd Alan Lloyd 4:33:3334th James Ryan 4:34:0638th Natasha Fuller (L) 4:38:4444th John Miller 4:55:27


2012 New Club Record No. 12

2012 Open Win No. 10

2012 Team Win No. 15Another fantastic day for our racers, with Rob monsteringthe course and the opposition, and in the process taking agreat GC victory and maintaining his superb record at theton. 5 x 100 miles and he’s never failed to get under fourhours - immense stuff. Pete and Tom did their bit to giveus another Team win and a very special mention should begiven to Tom, who’d been under the knife a couple daysearlier, giving stem cells - legend.

And Natasha completed the full set of Ladies distancerecords, knocking a staggering 31:16 of the previous besttime, set by Helen Millier in 2009.

Yellows: If you look back over the last six pages of results,you will see they are awash yellow highlight. Only theCircuit of Earwig and the National 24-Hour do not featuresome yellow. That means every (15) other event featuredan Open Win, a Team Win, a New Club Record, with manyfeaturing multiple combinations. Thirteen differentWanderers have won Team awards - Well done all.

Definition of Open Win and Team Win: An Open Win isonly for time trial victories and does not include any of ourroad racing successes - these will be counted separately.Three of our Open Wins are down to Peter & Tom Bakeron their tandem in events with only one entry, but as theyare separate events and recorded by CTT as such, theycount as wins. Natasha and Dan both have Open Wins, asthey won the events. Team wins include VTTASurrey/Sussex Team Awards offered in specific events.

BAR: As we go to print, seven Wanderers have completeda 50 and a 100 and are therefore, only a 12-Hour rideaway from a Club BAR qualification. With anotheropportunity to ride a ton in the ESCA 100 (19/08), weshould have a great battle for BAR glory and remember,there is the National BBAR competition and if you averageover 22mph you get a very nice certificate, ask Tom G toshow you his.

For your diary: Kent CA 12-Hour on Sunday 2nd

September (entries close: 21/08). We should have astrong entry and therefore challenge for the GC and Teamawards - Plus, there are three Club Records to have acrack at:

Senior: 259.152 miles set in 1991 by Matthew RabbettsFemale: No recorded rides to dateTeam of three: 713.838 miles set in 1984

To break the Team record we need three rides of 238miles - now that should be doable, shouldn’t it?


Non-Racing Saturdays & Sundays - Club Runs

Club Run to High Street, BattleSunday 10th June by Nick Smith - It was yet another coldand wet Sunday morning and I was still feeling the tailendeffects of flu from earlier in the week. But, as I had myshiny new carbon Guerciotti Scarponi Team Italia replica infront of me, yet to be christened and tempting me to ride,after convincing myself I just needed to blow away thecobwebs I decided to head out.

Arriving at Uckfield, I was met by Ian, Andy Denyer,Cervelo Stu and Alan Stevens. We headed off a little latedue to a couple of last minute no shows on our way southeast to Battle and a battle it turned out to be, for me atleast, with my slightly unnerving high heart rate and legssimply unwilling to cooperate at all. I pushed on ridingfurther away from home desperately hoping for amiraculous recovery, second wind or anything that simplywould get me round in one piece.

Unfortunately, I'm unable to provide much information onour outward bound route as I wasn't nominated to write thisreport until the tea stop and hadn't really been payingattention, as I was too busy chewing on my handlebars,wheezing and moaning.

Anyway, my perception of the ride out was that of a farlonger and hillier route than normal, with everyone elseriding really really fast. But after a bit of a lay down at ourtea stop in Battle High Street and a bit of reassurance ortrickery from Ian, that our return leg was going to be mucheasier, we started heading back to Uckfield viaHerstmonceux.

Ian tried to encourage me with his tales of old school hard-men, who rode 200 miles a day, after working for sixteenhour down the pits, through snow with raw eggs and apuddle of water their only sustenance - riding bikes madefrom iron, with only three gears, all whilst being bombed byze Germans and they never complained - all this just tokeep me going.

This interesting, if slightly emasculating method ofmotivation certainly seemed to work as by now the mileswere quickly passing. Stu then had a very close shavewith a passing Hovis lorry by Windmill Hill. With all theswearing and gesturing over, we headed on to BodleStreet, East Hoathly then arriving back at Uckfield forabout 12:30 after 50 (felt like longer) miles. NS

Club Run to Holywell Tea Chalet, EastbourneSunday 17th June by Alan Stevens - On a bright, sunny,warm morning, at 08:30am I met up with Ian McG and wewaited for any other Wombles to arrive, but by 08:40 wedecided to head out (thinking it was just going to be thetwo of us), up the hill towards New Town Uckfield. All of asudden, like a bolt of lightning, John Miller camethundering down to join us, so the three of us peddled onthrough Easons Green, Waldron, Hanging Birch Lane andHoram, taking in Pevensey Marshes, Langney, HampdenPark, Old Town Eastbourne and through to Darley Road,which has a rather irritating set of traffic lights midway up asteep hill. Luckily for us, the lights changed in our favourto a most welcome green, ensuring that we all sailedthrough (note the nautical term near the sea) withoutstopping, avoiding a tricky start.

When we finally arrived at Holywell Tea Chalet (poshname for a genteel location on the cliff), which has awonderful view and is a fantastic sheltered area away fromthe sea breeze, the 3 of us enjoyed a well-earned teabreak. We were soon joined by the other contingent ofWombles; Ian L, Chris H, Tony G, Graham J and Paul Gon his mountain bike; apparently Paul had taken the scenicroute cross country and had splatters of mud on his faceand legs to prove it!

After we had allrefuelled, we set off forthe homeward boundjourney which took ina very windy BeachyHead, East Dene andExceat, touching theoutskirts of Alfriston,Berwick, Ripe andLaughton. Paul, Tony,Ian (L&McG), Chris

and John tailed off at their appropriate points and Grahamand I carried on towards Crowborough via Framfield,Buxted and Highhurstwood.

All in all we had an enjoyable ride without any problems toreport. When we arrived back in Crowborough, Grahaminformed me that we had completed 64 miles, which was avery satisfying mileage to have under our belts. AS

Summer Tourist Trial - Sunday 24th JuneDue to lack of numbers and a fairly iffy weather forecast,Paul and Ian agreed to put the tourist trail off to a laterdate, or use the route and clues Paul has agonised overfor months as the first round of 'The Reg' later in the year.

Sunday 1st July - With Ian away on one of his retro bikethingy weekends and loads of Wanderers either riding orsupporting Rob’s Open 30 (see page 22), there was nostructured Club Run. Normal business resumes onSunday 8th July with a visit to the Llama Farm.

Club Run to the Llama Farm, Wych CrossSunday 8th July by Bob Coleman - A new one for me as Iarrive ten minutes early, leaving time for a quick look at In-Gear’s window. Just five of us, Stuarts K & A, Ian McG

and Martyn C set off from Boots.

Ian as usual picked a circuitousand interesting route, taking inSouth Chailey, WivelsfieldGreen and an aptly named,Slugwash Lane, after heavyovernight rain. Then onthrough Horsted Keynes and anoverflowing ford to arrive forlovely tea and scones.

Graham Jeffs shortly appearedwhereupon an older gentlemanwe spoke to thought the

crashes in the Tour de France were somehow deliberate,our consensus was the opposite.

A great route back “70% Downhill” and home to watch anafternoon of sporting excellence on the TV. BC


Above: The Ten Team from Round 10 - 9th July 2012

The Timekeepers: Bob (the starter) Comben & Richard(the finisher) Meed - Ian (the pusher offer) McGuckin is notin shot, but the boys are using his bike as a cunningclipboard holder. Photo: Laurie Leaney

Club Run to Camellia Botnar, West GrinsteadSunday 15th July by Ian McGuckin - Things didn’t get offto a good start as Dr Stuart punctured on the other side ofthe road from the start at Boots, but once mended ‘thethree musketeers’ (Me, Dr Stuart and Stuart K) set off inever-improving conditions towards our destination.

Clean bikes have become a distant memory this summer,and although it had stopped raining, the roads in placeswere like temporary rivers. That aside, we had a pleasantrun through to Lindfield, around the back of Cuckfield, andby the time we were over the other side of the M23 wewere bathed in sunshine and between the three of us, kepta good pace up through to Monks Gate and down toCamellia Botnar. At the stop, Dr Stuart very generouslybought me and Stuart K coffee and teacakes for lending ahand with his early morning puncture.

Refreshments taken, we did the usual Partridge Green,Henfield, Hurstpierpoint (where I had a burn up with anextremely unsociable lone cyclist who felt you should juststeam straight past three riders without a by your leave).Parting company with Dr Stuart at Keymer, me and StuartK time trialled back along under the Downs, and theneasing down to split and go our separate ways atBarcombe, and land up with a respectable 60 miles underour belts.

IMcG

Mini Archive: Ian, our Club Runs leader and number onepusher offer had a brief career as a time trialist. We allremember this great shot (below) of him doing the FixedTen back in 2008 and in the process recording animpressive 32:48. Ian was back out on a normal road bikefor Round 11’s Athletes Ten, which he covered in 27:20.

Whilst doing some recent Archive work for the website, Ifound another McGuckin TT performance. On 3rd July2000 on Round 9 of our Ten Series, Ian recorded a 25:19on a road bike, which is a very useful time for a non-TTmachine. Fastest rider that night was Peter Baker with a22:52. After his habitual pusher off duties, he did ride the2010 Hill Climb, in his jeans and did a time of 7:43.7, butI’m not counting that as a TT performance, as he was oneof only three riders who was slower than me (the othersbeing, Simon Yates & Ashley Leaney)!

Ian, is this a complete history of your TT career and do youhave any future plans to venture out against the clock? CM

Club Run to Dr Stuart’s, Burgess HillSunday 22nd July by Carl Matthews - This was the firstSunday ride with decent weather and no rain for whatseems like an eternity - riding towards Uckfield I spottedand caught up with Alan Stevens.

Having reached the rendezvous point at 8:25am we werethe first there. However the group expanded to sixWanderers with the arrival of Ian McGuckin, Paul Gibbons,Chris Martin and Stuart Anderson.

So off we set at a reasonable pace, blinking in thesunshine (a rarity this year) towards Barcombe and onthrough Hassocks, where we lost Alan Stevens, who forsome reason latched on to the tail end of a peloton ofCrawley Wheelers and disappeared. Perhaps he didn’tlike our company and he certainly missed out on a lovelytea stop at the Anderson’s in Burgess Hill, where we metStanley the Whippet.

We arrived to find Graham Jeffs and Richard Meed alreadytucking into the fine feast provided by Pamela.

With full bellies we rode home peeling off through thelanes via Barcombe and Nutley. Graham and I arrivedback in Crowborough having clocked up 70 miles. CM

A few more words from the other CM (Editor) - Thanksto Stu and Pam for some great hospitality and to Ian forgetting us there. And Gibbo for hauling me home as I didan Evans - 75 and a bit miles in the sunshine - nice CM


Club Run to De La Warr Pavilion, BexhillSunday 29th July by Rob Pelham - With the Olympics infull swing all TTing across the country was put on hold,giving me the opportunity to join the clubrun for the tootledown to De La Warr in Bexhill.

Myself, Ian McG, Chairman Chris, Mr Lloyd, Nice Martyn &Graham J set off from Uckfield taking the not unfamiliarroute towards East Hoathly, through Waldron, Horam toCowbeach. It was on the run-in to Cowbeach that theheavens properly opened. A downpour of biblicalproportions dumped a huge amount of water on us almostinstantly. There was nowhere to hide & by the time you'dthought about putting your raincape on (if you had one)you were already soaked. Graham decided enough wasenough & bailed out and headed home wet & unhappy.The remaining five of us pressed on through the now wet &shitty lanes - good training for the winters Audaxs.

Chairman Chris was the only victim of the Puncture fairy. Iworry that if the rest of us weren't there he'd still bestruggling trying to get his tyre off? Fortunately the no. 1skill for any runs leader is fixing other peoples punctures.

Outside De La Warr a poor passer-by was recruited to takethe photo. I don't think he was expecting us to be asdemanding as we were when asked if he would take apicture for us. Hopefully it came out all right as he did go'above & beyond'.

They say a photonever lies? You willneed to ask Ian if thissnap captured byStuart is a truereflection of his skillson a unicycle, or just anano-second in timebefore the inevitabledisaster.

Ian did eat two ofPam’s scones withcream and jam, whilst

I did toasted teacake, a couple of figballs with tea & coffee.

From Alan Stevens: I saw the Crawley Wheelers anddecided to give chase and when changing gear, my chaincame off which took approx 15 seconds to sort. I rode asfast I could to try and catch up, got to the traffic lights withno sign of anyone, so headed in to Hurstpierpoint and atthe mini-roundabout turned left where a member of thepublic informed me that they had seen a large group ofcyclists riding through the High Street. So I changeddirection and rode through the High Street with no sign ofanyone and then through Keymer, again with no sign ofanyone, then turned left and headed to Burgess Hill. Stillno sign of anyone, I stopped outside of Halfords anddecided it was time go give up and took a lonely butpleasant ride via Wivelsfield Green to home. Sorry Imissed the T party AS

Coffee & cakes were good. Gibbo & Gale Forcejoined us before the blast home across theMarshes & flatlands back to Uckfield. It remaineddry all the way back - if it wasn't for the 5 mincloudburst outside Cowbeach we'd have gottenaway with it - doh! RP

The Self Preservation Society - Thanks to Ianfor helping sort the puncture, the sky for the rainand Rob for the Team Time Trial experience.And well done to Ian, who reported bringing up25,000 miles on his best (Tommasini) bike. CM

Left: Hang on, lads; I've got a great idea.


BBQ at Adrian Hills’s gaffSaturday 4th August by Adrian Hills - TheClub Barbeque was held in mostly sunnyweather. John ‘Windy’ Miller provided awonderful marquee, but when there were afew spots of rain we wandered into thehouse. This migration gave us anopportunity to sit around together andwatch some of the Olympic track cycling onour telly. The evening before, Jill calledwindy and I in from our marquee erectingactivities to watch the British men’s pursuitteam get a gold. At the barbecue wecelebrated GB’s success with Harvey’sOlympiad ale!! To complement the burgerswe had some lovely salad from Nick &Kaye, potato dauphinoise from Mike andIveta’s wonderful cakes.

Among the happy band were, Nick Dwyerwho celebrated his 49th birthday havingknocked out a 20 minute ten in the morningin the rain and in the process took secondplace. Four year old Katie Gibbonspedalled up and down the garden withother kids, Charlie, Harvey, Luke and Lloyd,the big kids on the garden tricycle. AndChris Martin, who swapped his bike forwalking boots and walked here inpreparation for a Charity Walk for Oxfam inAustralia. AH

From CM: Thanks to Adrian & Jill for theirgenerous hospitality and everyone whocontributed to the feast. Simon brought hisBBQ along and took on the dominant Alphamale role with his utensils flailing aroundlike a demented percussionist. This wasgood prep for my upcoming trip to Australia,where some of the old world values stillpersist - women do all the kitchen stuff,whilst the men do the BBQ, ablyaccompanied by a tinny or two.

After plenty of food, a bit of fizzy lager anda strange conversation with Mr Gale & MrGallsworthy about beards - they were bothrather rude about my whiskers (a bit ofbeard envy going on there I think), Igrabbed a sausage, slice of flapjack and hitthe road. 2½ hours and ten miles later I gothome in time to see team GB win threeGolds in the athletics arena. CM

Maybe too late, but here’s some Olympic ring action from yesterday. Wed25/07

Photos clockwise: Father & Son Midgley (Neil & Lloyd) try a trike - TheBurgermeister, Simon Yates on lead BBQ - Mrs (Nicky) Yates gets tosample the trike experience (tandem and trike in the same summer hey!)and finally, CM shows why a beard is useful for long distance walkers.Having pinched one of Jill’s Cornettos before hitting the road, he carefullyloads up the whiskers ready to recycle on the long walk home!

Club Run to Stanmer Park, BrightonSunday 5th August by Ian McGuckin - Riders were Stuart K, Dr Stuart,Nice Martyn, Carl M and me.

Met at Boots, as usual, with the general feeling that the weather could doanything. As it turned out, it was a pleasant morning with no breeze.Even though we were going over the Beacon, we headed north-ish intofairly hilly country around Horsted Keynes. After that, down through GreatWalstead, and Slugwash Lane.

After that we started seeing the Wiggle Sportive goingthe other way, as we dropped down through Plumpton.A little later, as we climbed the beacon, we got caughtup in it again, and dragged a few of the competitors tothe top. As we turned off into the car park to Stanmer,they nearly followed us to the elevenses stop!

Tea and cakes, and a meet-up with Lawrence Watts,and we were soon heading down the A27 to Lewes, uppast the prison, and left back to Offham, followed by asplit at Barcombe. Hopefully the other guys got homesafe and steady, with about 55 miles covered. IMcG

Photo: Lawrence WattsSo, why is Ian looking quizzical?

It’s a shame that Dr Stuart is blocking Carl out of the picture. Carl had recentlybeen telling me that his (new) girlfriend wanted to buy him some club kit and lookingat the bit of Carl we can see, it looks like she’s delivered - good girl.


My Raid Pyrenean by Richard Frost (the other Frosty) 12th - 16th June

It’s an Audax type ride, but much more painful - it’s the type of ride where you wish you had a triple chain set or a caranyway here are the stat’s: 720 Km, 12,800m ascent in 100 hours. Gulp…..

The History: In 1912 the route was devised by membersof the Pau cycling club, it took until 1950 for a member ofPau cycling club to complete the ride and set the 100 hourtime limit. The route starts in Hendaye which is on theAtlantic coast and heads to Cerbere on the Mediterraneancoast - the route uses tarmac roads hugging the Spanishboarder but never crossing it “if the road signs suddenlybecome Spanish you’ve gone wrong”. The ride has nowbeen adopted by the Cyclo Club Bearnais and is one of theofficial FF Cyclotourisme long distance cycle challenges.

Like an Audax you get a brevet card, which you have to fillwith stamps mainly from cafés on top of big hills. The totaltime allowed is 100 hours which means you have to rollinto Cerbere no later than 13:00 on Saturday (16th).

Day 1: Hendaye to Lurbe St Christau - 159km with 2200mof ascent. Starts with washing your feet in the Atlantic, it’stradition and mandatory apparently.

Although 100 miles long, no real big climbs on the first day,this is just the warm up with the largest climb being the 500metres Col D’ Oscquich. Even though we were told thiswas the easy day it’s still pretty tough when all you havetrained on is the High and Over and Brightling. Weatherwas also pretty bad on the first day. I was quite nervousas from now on there would be no going back and theclock was ticking.

Day 2: Lurbe de St Christau to Aste - 142km with 3526mof ascent (the pain begins). “It’s 3 cols and then you’redone for the day was how the organisers describe day 2”.Starting with a 32km warm up you hit the base of the Col d’Aubisque, at the top I just about managed to force a smile.

Although cloudy at the top you just can’t beat the scenery.Anyway the next Col was Col du Souiour which was reallya descent from the Aubisque with a slight kick up and thena long descent to the base of the Col du Tourmalet.Hmmm 2115m, enough said. Clothing is tricky, as ridingup the Tourmalet it was 26C and only 3C at the top andfor much of the descent. Needless to say the descent wasflipping cold.

Day two was a tough one and the beer tasted great thatevening. The organisers let you know that day 3 is muchworse than day 2 over dinner! At this point, I just orderedmore beer.

Day 3: Aste to Massat - 174km with 3110m of ascent.Aste is basically at the base of the Col D’ Aspin - it’s1489m over the top and then you descend to the base ofthe Col du Peyresourde (1569m). My legs and bum arepretty sore by now, but there’s three more cols to go todaywith the leg breaker saved for last. The Col du Portetd”Aspect, at only 1069m it doesn’t sound too bad, but withan average gradient of 10% this is very very steep inplaces. We stopped at the memorial to Fabio Casartelliwho died descending during the tour de France in 1995.

This climb just hurts, especially after the two previous largeclimbs - anyway, eventually I wheezed my way to the top.

End of day 3 and the beer tasted even better. Thatevening, during the dinner briefing we were told that day 3was a good warm up for day 4, as day 4 is much harderthan day 3! “NURSE more beer and any drugs please.”


Day 4: Massat to Prades - 150km with 3420m of ascent.My legs and bum are really sore by this point and thosefirst few turns of the pedals in the morning are notpleasant. Anyway, no warm up this morning as Massat isat the base of the Col du Port (1249m) which sets thescene for the day. Onwards to the Col du Paliheres at2001m, then there are a couple of small climbs and tofinish it’s the Col du Jau at 1513m, followed by the longdescent into Prades. The great thing about getting overthe summit of the Jau is that everything becomes veryMediterranean, the air the buildings, the finish must beclose by?

Day 5: Prades to Cerbere - 95km with 620m of ascent.NB: you only have to 13:00. Rolling out of the hotel ataround 07:30 and knowing the route is fairly flat apart fromthe undulating coast road to the finish, we absolutelyhammered it with an average speed of 29.7km/h - therewas no way I was missing the 13:00 deadline. I rolled inCerbere at around the 97 hour mark. The beer in Cerbereis the best beer in the world, fact.

Below: And this is what it was all for

Many thanks to my mates Kevin and Kim who did the ride with me. While this ride is very tough, the scenery is stunningand there is virtually no traffic. We booked with a tour company and although pricey they do have everything sussed.For example, my rear wheel broke and the support guys lent me a wheel and without so much as oily hands I was ridingagain within minutes. All hotels are arranged, with baggage waiting in your room each evening. After doing consecutivehilly days you get some idea of just how tough a multi-day stage race is. RF

The Tour de France in Pau by Jamie Lowden - We got luckythis year in Pau and had the Etape, a stage finish, a rest day and a stagestart, all within five days.

Day 1 - Etape du Tour - Saturday 14th JulyBecause I’m in a club based in Pau I was given a free entry into the Etape;200km over the Aubisque, Tourmalet, Aspin and Peyresourde. 4700m ofclimbing in total. I was going to wait and see the weather on the morning,but somehow got roped into leaving a car at the finish the day before, so Ihad no choice but to do the ride really. In the end, the weather was terrible.Heavy rain most of the way round and a minimum temperature of 8C.

Even with the poor forecast, just over 8000 people started. I started withpeople numbered from 2501-3000 so about 10 minutes after the first guyswere off.

Obviously I started fast, I did the first 2 hours to the top of the Aubisque onmy own with a HR higher than when I did my last 50 mile TT... I was in quitea bad state by the time we got to the bottom of the Tourmalet with a fewtwinges of cramp (with 120km and 3000m of climbing to come), so I took itsteady and let people go past me for the first time.

The descent off the Tourmalet was properly cold and horrible. I dropped myGarmin and had to cycle 500m back up the hill to find it, but that probably


helped me stay warm. I knew that somewhere around thebottom of this descent the parents of a teammate weregoing to be supporting. I made the decision that if I sawthem, I was going to drop out because I was so cold...inthe end I missed them and had to carry on.

Once I started up the Aspin I began to feel better andbetter (probably because I’d taken the Tourmalet soslowly) and was going past all the people who'd overtakenme. I flew down the descent and was actually enjoying it.A rolling road along the valley on my own to the bottom ofthe Peyresourde sapped my enthusiasm a little, but I couldsee a group of 20 riders who I caught right at the start ofthe climb. I sat with them for a bit, but still feeling strong Irode away 5km from the top. I ran out of fuel 1500m fromthe top and I think a couple of them came back past, but Iwent straight by them on the descent (Conti sprinter tubsare awesome in the wet...)

In the end, I finished in 46th place after 7h24 and with nobad cramping at all, so I was quite happy. Out of the 8000starters, 3819 finished with the last guy coming in aftermore than 19h on the road. The winner did 6h45.

Day 2 - Sunday - Nothing!After the Etape I wasn’t really feeling tired, I just couldn’tget out of bed…

Day 3 - Monday - Stage 15 - Samatan to PauThis was supposed to be a nice sprint stage, but I think thepeloton was tired, so a break was allowed to go up theroad and open a big gap. I was at work, but got out earlyto meet up with my parents and head to the finish where abig screen was set up. The crowds were pretty big and Icouldn’t really see the road, so saw Pierrick Fedrigo win inPau for the second time in two years on the screen.

Day 4 - Tuesday - Rest DayI managed to get the day off work for every fan’s favourite,the Tour de France rest day. The BMC and SKY teamswere staying at the hotel next door, so I had a wanderaround, saw Tejay Van Garderen’s new white bike beingbuilt up then got a pic of the Garmin team car just after allthe riders went past for a spin.

In the end I got myself sorted and headed out to do theMarie Blanque, where I met some of the founders of

Strava and rode back with Craig Hummer - TDF presenterin the States for NBC. Loads of the pros were out tostretch their legs and as we got back into Pau we wentstraight past a group of Sky riders and their team car witha certain S Yates at the wheel.

Day 5 - Wednesday - Pau - Bagnères-de-LuchonFinally, a chance to see if the Tour riders could match mytime from the Etape. I met up with my parents and sister inthe mountains before riding the Tourmalet then the Aspenwith my Dad. We regrouped on the Aspen (my Mum andsister having done just the Aspen) and found the Dwyers,before making our way back down to where a Pauteammate had set up a camper van (with TV!) and madeourselves at home (we had been invited previously, or atleast, I had been…)

We watched a brilliant Tommy Voeckler attack on theTourmalet with Brice Feillu on the TV before heading outonto the road to see the riders come past. We had to waita while between the first group and the broom wagon(following Cavendish’s rear wheel closely) but theatmosphere was brilliant.

Once everyone was past, we headed back to the campervan and watched the end of the stage. Tommy V cameacross the line in 5h35 (so not quite two hours faster thanme - but I’m blaming the bad weather), but the Sky pair ofFroome and Wiggins didn’t lose any time to the GCcontenders, so we went back down the mountain happy.

JL


Tommy and the Wanderer

All said and done, I suppose the only real question thatmatters, is, will Nick have one for next season? If he does,then we’ll all want one.

What do you do with a third of a page and no content?

I’d left some space in this mag for moreWanderers material from the Tour. I know plentyof you took in some of it, but as the publicationday loomed, my In-Box was under-whelmed, youcouldn’t even call it half empty, no, it was empty.

So, there I was scrabbling around for material andGibbo sent me the pic on the left - Is it theGerman fans arriving in Belgium for the start ofthe Tour to cheer on Jens? Maybe it’s the TeamTime Trial from the 1939 Tour of Europe. I knowit shouldn’t make me laugh, but it does - Sorry.

Talking about strange shaped helmets - what do youthink of these, making their first public appearance in theOlympic time trials? Chris Boardman wasn’t impressedand said they look like space ships.

They looked pretty daft to me. I’ve taken thefollowing from their website: POC´s newconceptual approach to optimize aerodynamicsand speed was to view the rider as one bodymass, rather than isolating the head from the restof the body. Simultaneously with this newapproach, energy absorbing material has beenadded where most needed to increase the rider’ssafety.

Right: Tommy Voeckler attackson the Tourmalet with BriceFeillu - Nick looks on.

Below left: An everyday sitefrom this year’s Tour - EdvaldBoasson Hagen leads the Skyboys up the Tourmalet.

Below right: Dom Lowden andNick Dwyer getting ideasabove their station - Harrietcan’t watch. I do think Nickshould have tried to sit on thesaddle, rather than the toptube, but I spect the boy wasthinking aero!


Eilat by Debbie EversIn April this year I embarked on my 12th consecutive European TriathlonChampionship trip, this time to Eilat in Israel. As most of you will know, for sportingpurposes Israel is in Europe! I had been appointed a team captain and this wouldentail additional organisation on the ground in respect of training and socialsessions, hand holding for the newbie’s etc.

Flying with El Al we were subjected to heightened levels of security…but nothing likethose on the return journey, of which more later. We arrived in Eilat after a transferfrom hell in Tel Aviv and our bikes turned up at the hotel a few hours later havingbeen driven there from Tel Aviv as the plane was too small to cope with us all. Tomy surprise and I am sure to those of you that have read my previous race reports,the weather was great! Hot and sunny, lovely hotel just a short walk from the beach,transition area and start line. What could go wrong?

Next morning at registration it was the usual chaos, not enough T-shirts of the rightsize, no promised goody bags, no pasta party ticket because if you were staying in ahotel you were getting food right? Oh and did I mention that there had been aviolent sandstorm overnight which prevented some of our team mates getting thereat all? They were using their initiative, hiring buses etc trying to get there; we wereon a bike reccy sliding about on all the sand and getting nowhere in the extremelystrong winds that had sprung up with the storm. A swim reccy showed us where thecurrents were and that to turn left might be dangerous as we could cross the borderinto Jordan! It also showed us the jellyfish and sea lice and meant that most of usdecided to go with the wetsuits which were optional because of the warm seatemperatures. Better too warm than stung or bitten. The run course would be over amixture of rough tracks, sand and some tarmac.

The morning of the race dawned without the sand storm but with continuing verystrong winds. There was a reasonable amount of chop on the Red Sea but nothingsomeone used to swimming off Seaford Beach could not handle. The wind andcurrent meant that all the swim times were a little slower than normal for a 1500metre swim. We emerged onto the beach for a long run to transition over some verydubiously coloured carpet squares, across the main road and up a hill to wherePenny was waiting impatiently for me. Through the outskirts of Eilat and past theairport we trundled into the wind, up the first of many hills, round a cobbledroundabout and through roadworks until we hit the main road. The remainder of theoutward route was all uphill into the wind. The only building in sight was the Taxauthority border control...rather ironic? There were speed bumps here whichpresented no problem on the outward journey. After 55 minutes (yes, really) Ireached the turn round point at 12.5 miles! Needless to say the return journey wasmade in under 25 minutes and revealed the problems with taking speed bumps atthat pace...bits of bike, bidons etc strewn all over the road.

Entering Eilat again I encountered the final obstacle on the bike route...three Israelis, one of whom was in a wheelchair.They had decided to push past the Marshall and stroll across the closed road in front of me. The Marshall shouted, Ishouted and they did the usual - ignored us both - until one of those walking across decided to make a lunge for me topush me off the bike. As we were with a tailwind at that point he mistimed it and missed, thank goodness. I was lessthan pleased. Hurtling into transition over rocky ground Penny was pleased to get back to her racking for a rest. I set offonto the run in the 35 degree heat and found....yes, another headwind. This lasted until the turnaround point which Ithought was never going to arrive. Plodding back over the dusty ground I arrived at the one bit of tarmac and found that Iwas nearly back at the grandstand - the homeward leg with a tailwind was a lot shorter than the outward leg - typical!Lap one over I smiled (or grimaced) at the support crew consisting of my chums who were doing the sprint race thefollowing day. Trying to keep a quick cadence and downing water wherever offered the second lap seemed to go better.I was catching and passing people and could see another of my age-group just ahead with another one a minute or sobehind me. The elastic stretched and retracted a bit over the next lap and a half but we were all still at about the samedistance apart. Finally we reached the grandstand for the last time, looped back around it and picked up the GB flag andI sprinted for the line, waving said flag as I went. After a good run I had finished sixth but in a reasonable time in thecircumstances and had tried as hard as I could, so was quite pleased with my efforts.

The organisers had also decided against giving us the finisher’s medals they had promised and we did not get to go tothe closing party either...not a lot for a rather large entry fee. The final straw was still to come though.

A nice day followed when we cheered on our sprint compatriots, then packed up the bikes and waved goodbye to themoutside the hotel where they were entrusted to the capable hands of Israeli and El Al security. The following morning itwas back to the security queues at the airport. Once safely back in the UK stories began to emerge of broken bikeboxes, broken bikes, strip searches and thefts...and all those by the security staff. I was fortunate that Penny and Iescaped unscathed but this did rather cast a pall over the trip for many - I understand that compensation claims are stillongoing. DE


A (brief) Alaskan Adventure - Stuart AndersonA work-related conference in Seattle provided the perfectexcuse for an add-on cycling adventure in North America.This time, Alaska caught my attention and I've alwayswanted to experience a day with 22-hours of daylight. Iusually travel with Exodus but as I only had a week tospare (Exodus offer a two week trip) decided to tryBackroads - an international travel company offering a 6day trip starting and ending in Anchorage. They’redefinitely not the cheapest but they do offer a luxurypackage with a range of bikes, upmarket accommodation(meals included) and great support during the day. I optedfor the cheaper titanium frame touring bike although acouple of my fellow travellers had the purchasing power tosecure brand new Specialized S-Works and a couplebought their own bikes with electronic group sets - all veryimpressive. Unlike the Exodus trips I’ve been on, this onehad a slightly different demographic profile comprisedmainly of wealthy Americans in their 50s. The groupconsisted of 21 people with myself and two SouthAmericans providing the international representation.Backroads provided 4 personnel - two of whom were veryexperienced tour guides who had worked on similar tripsall over the world.

It sure is a small world. The day before the trip started, Idecided to do some sight-seeing in Anchorage and bookeda one day trip with two others and a tour guide who turnedout to be Sarah Palin’s sister - it was an interesting day.

I didn’t know what to expect weather-wise - Alaska in Juneboasts some pretty varied climates (from 0 to 22 degreesapparently). The travel websites suggested daytimetemperatures of between 8 and 16 but as things turnedout, I arrived during unseasonal weather and we weretreated to a few days of rain and temperatures between 5and 11.

Needless to say, the scenery was spectacular withimpressive mountain ranges, coastal inlets and glaciers.One of the overnight stops was in the town of Valdezwhich provides the main conduit for the oil trade and whichsees three months of darkness during the winter months.Our (road) trip also took in Palmer, Hicks Creek in theMatanuska Valley, Copper River and Girdwood/Whittier. Aferry trip through an ice field also formed part of the trip.

We had a choice of daily distances ranging from 40 to 107miles. Given the terrain (lots of climbing) some opted forthe shorter routes either starting late or stopping early. Icompleted the maximum distance (just under 400 miles)which saw a couple of centuries and almost 15,000 feet ofclimbing. Cycling aside, we were treated to somedelicious Alaskan salmon and on one occasion a very tastycaribou steak. I definitely recommend Alaska if theopportunity ever comes your way - watch out for the bears

though - there were two attacks on theoutskirts of Anchorage in the week I

was there which kind of limited my off-road running plans! SA


New Cycle Path - Debbie Evers

I was taking advantage of some unseasonably niceweather on the morning of Monday 25th June to get out onthe bike. I turned right onto the A27 from the A26 atBeddingham and there was a gaggle of cyclists on the sideof the road. Someone beckoned me over to join in and Ifound the esteemed Mick Hills, complete with camera,resplendent in his East Sussex CTC outfit. It turned outthat Norman Baker MP was opening the new cycle pathfrom Beddingham to the start of the Firle straight, built at acost of around £1 million! Photographers from the SussexExpress, among others, were in attendance as we cycledslowly up and down the path behind Norman. Sadly theresulting photo in the Express does not show Mick or Ialthough we may well be one of those just glimpsed in thebackground. I cycled off to do the 40 miles I had setmyself whilst I believe the others headed for Middle Farm!

On a side note, it has been noted in recent weeks that theburger van on the Firle straight has been putting out plasticchairs for his customers…in the middle of the cycle path. Ifyou see this could I ask that you report it to ESCC on theirwebsite? Thanks. DE

Debbie on the new Beddingham - Firle Cycle PathPhoto: Mick Hills

RIDE24 - so many sore muscles so little time!

From Sue Hudson - Back in March I was asked by afellow sports massage therapist if I was interested inworking at the RIDE24 cycle race in June at GoodwoodMotor Circuit. Expenses and food for 24 hours solidmassaging - well I thought, middle of Summer, goodexperience, sounds fun- why not!

So Saturday 23rd June - I arrived with massage couch, towels and other equipment to meet my fellow therapists. Therace started at 2pm Saturday and finished 2pm Sunday, teams of 4 “Le Mans” style relay racing plus solo riders andsome trying to qualify to “Race Across America” (minimum 400 miles in 24 hours to qualify).

We set up ready for the start and suddenly there was a queue forming - the queue remained for most of the 24 hoursdespite the best efforts of the 6 therapists (we only managed a 3 hour break each overnight) - I think we got down tothree riders waiting at 3am. The afternoon and evening were dry but windy but by 10pm the rain was starting and it gotheavier and heavier until the track was almost underwater. The bends were lit but other than that it was in darkness withjust the lights of the riders as they went round, and round, and round and round……..

Our room was the only warm indoor place so we were very popular and did our best to get the tired legs moving againand the circulation going. The riders got wetter and wetter as did the therapists. Note to riders “If you wear waterproofsocks please empty them of rain water before getting on the massage couch!!!”

By 8am the rain eased away and the wind dropped a little and riders were seen actually smiling! although more wereasleep on the floor in the garages. The catering tent was serving breakfast now and the end finally seemed to be insight.

Finally the 5 minute warning siren sounded and the riders were all sprinting to get just one more lap completed beforethe deadline.

Amazing event and for a good cause (Action Medical Research) - I counted up at the end and I had done 53 massagesand hope that it helped some get to the end in appalling conditions (only one rider managed the solo 400 miles).Birmingham University won the team event by completing the most laps and get the dubious honour of competing againin France at the event there. Will I volunteer next year? - possibly - when my arms stop aching…. .

Sports Massage has proven benefits for training and recovery so if you are looking for a qualified and insured therapisthave a look at my web site for details ( discounts for Wanderers ) www.seahavensportsmassage.co.uk SH

Odds & SodsThe ultimate humiliation? I was minding my ownbusiness, whilst riding out to Pub Night on Tuesday 17th

July aboard the mighty Granite, when suddenly a voicefrom the sky announced his arrival. When I’d returned tomy skin (which I’d jumped out of), I was shocked to see IanMcGuckin on his Penny Farthing. I’m getting used tobeing caught and passed on the Tens, but gettingoutgunned by a Penny on a climb! The ignominy and theshame - doesn’t boost my confidence for the Hill Climb.

CM

Zipp It Sunshine - a three-wheeled Frosty? In lastmonth’s mag I asked ‘Why was Richard Frost riding alongwith several other riders on Bank Holiday Tuesday with acarbon wheel in his hand?’

Richard sent the following in answer to my question - Imanaged to bust my fancy Zipp front wheel and I just didnot have the heart to throw it away. The hub could besaved but a new rim costs £780.00 so it is still lookingsorry for itself in my garage. RF


Inside the Back Page!

The Club’s Censorship Department said this shot of Gibboand his favourite shorts was not suitable for the BackPage, so I’ve sneaked it in here!

It was Sunday 15th

July and I’d been outfor a 40km, 6 hourwalk in prep for my tripdown under and theSydney 100km OxfamTrailwalk. Paul hadbeen down to Fristonto play with MarkWinton in the mud andhe passed me as Iarrived home, sopopped in for tea andphotos. He proceededto pick the mud offhimself like some kindof wild monkey anddrop it on my patio!

Apparently, according to Paul, Mr Winton’s shorts makePaul’s look pristine, with the rear view being a see-throughaffair! I remember some year’s ago having to chastisePeter Price into retiring a pair of similar sounding shortsafter following them on a couple of Audax rides!

Mark, known as Red Leaderhas now acquired a newnickname - biscuits?

The Censorship Departmentwere adamant that a rear viewsnap of Mr W was an absoluteno no for the mag.

Thank goodness for censorship

Gibbo & WiggoMatching Boards

Don’t ask why Paul has cream on his face

Two many heroes - from Oliver Tuckley - I'm glad youlike the tandem trike pic (Back Page). It was all a bit of afluke what with so much water misting up inside thecamera and not being able to see the screen very well, Ijust hoped for the best and the result is, I think, a classicpic of two of my hero cyclists. OT

Could Mark Winton win the Tour de France?Bradley Wiggins said he’d needed to deliver on hispotential, which he has now more than achieved. Lookingat these results from the 2005 Bec Hill Climb, does MrWinton (less than half a second behind Brad) and Mr Coxneed to look at what they’ve delivered? Remember, it’snever too late lads.

Small World - Goin Home - A friend of Paul Gibbons isan upholsterer (he is not a cyclist) and reports often findingstrange things down the back of sofas when undertakinghis restoration work. The photos are of a LWCC medalpresented to S D Myatt in 1971 for his 1st & handicap winson that year’s Lewes-Newhaven event. Paul’s mate foundthis and gave it to Paul, so we could reunite itwith its owner.

Simon is one of several Myatt brothers, including Chris,who have been active Wanderers over the years.Currently, none of the family are paid-up LWCC members.

Simon had called me a few years back after seeing aphoto of Astrid with me and Gibbo at the Crits in theDecember 2006 mag. Simon and his wife had spent timewith Astrid in Africa some year’s previous.

So, I gave Simon a call about the medal, to find that itactually belonged to Steve (another Myatt brother). Iagreed to put it in the post to Steve who lives in HaywardsHeath. With the medal going back to 1971, Simon thoughtit might have come from the family sofa, and have beenlost down the back for four decades. CM


Back Page - Every picture tells a story!!

The top two in the Crits: yes it’s Bob (Lead Car 1) Combenand CM (Lead Car 2) plus a couple of dodgy cyclist types!

Or, add your own caption - What is Petesaying about Rob’s knee? Photo: LW

Issue 260: There will not be a September Edition of ‘The Lewes Wanderer’ (see page 3 for more info) - Your Octobermagazine should be with you via 2nd Class post on or before the 17th October. It will also be available as PDF downloadon the club website at www.leweswanderers.co.uk by the 13th October

Contact: [email protected] - 01435 863427 - Bayte, Hailsham Rd, Heathfield, East Sussex, TN21 8ET

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From Debbie Evers: Dangerousstuff this triathlon lark!

Not sure what I was mostworried about - the minesmentioned on the sign, or thefact that I did not see the sign!

Photo: Sue Hudson

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Rig for silent running30 Photo: Oliver Tuckley

Ian McG explains toJohn G the finer pointsoff pushing off a MrLloyd and the intenseupper body gym workthat he’s had to put into make the grade!

Now you can’t beat a bit ofopposite lock! - Photos: LW

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Next Edition: Will have the results from the ESCA 100 and wewill find out who rode a 12-Hour and how they got on. Plusyou’ll get the Winter Club Runs pull-out. Chris Martin

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