NEWS and GOSSIP

THE ANNUAL DINNER AND AWARDS PRESENTATION

The annual dinner and awards presentation was held at the Brookfield golf course clubhouse on 09/01/12.The meal was a great success.Please pardon me while I have a small contented burp.
After speaking for a short while about the much missed Dave Allbutt,Geoff Chambers introduced the guest speaker from Stone Wheelers,the irrepressible Mr Greg Dancer who entertained the room with tales of alternative tandem riding techniques.I'm sure Cheshires Chief Constable who was stood at the bar was as interested if not as amused as the rest of the room,somebody must have informed Greg of his presence mustn't they?
The awards were dished out liberally by Jonny Waddilove with Ged Barker well deserving of his worlds biggest stirrer wooden spoon for demonstrating horizontal bike riding.Hope your collar bone gets better soon.
The wooden plaque awarded to John Gallagher for his tour of Little Wenlock,tour of Little Wenlock during the trip to Church Stretton is also worthy of mention.Apologies again for repeating myself.

The serious stuff:

National bike week 10 handicap ABB trophy:-Caroline Wrench 27:59.

Club 10 chamionship champion:- Martin Parish 140pts

Junior club 10 champion :- Rory Davies 137pts

Vets club 10 champion on standard :- Pete Middlehurst

Club 10 Ladies champion :- Caroline Wrench.

Hill climb champion:- Rory Davies

Vets hill climb champion:- John Fidler

Foster Cup MDTTA:- Rory Davies 01:00:20

BREL trophy for fastest j2/9 ride:- Rory Davies 00:58:38

Tapley trophy for best handicap j2/9: Martin Parish 01:01:41

Lewis Crick trophy 50 mile handicap:- Steve Parish 2:05:56

FASTEST OPEN TIME TRIALS OF THE YEAR

10 mile Carless Challenge Cup:- Tony Peach 00:22:42

25 mile Eric Carless Memorial Trophy:-Pete Middlehurst 00:53:43

50 mile Road Time Trial Shield:- Steve Parish 02:05:56

100 mile Crewe Clarion CC Trophy:- Rory Davies 04:26:06

The John Atterbury Memorial Shield:John Gallagher,without whom we would still be 'Lost in France'

CLUB BAR TABLES J&D courses

Short distance 10,25,50 miles:- Rory Davies average 25.10 mph

Middle distance 25,50,100 miles:- Rory Davies average 24.34 mph.

Finally a GREAT BIG THANKYOU to Les Whalley for his hard work in organising the event.

CYCLING HOLIDAY WITH KIDSGROVE WHEELERS

Hi Steve

Could you put a message on the club website please. Barry from Kidsgrove Wheelers rang me yesterday to see if anyone from CCW would be interested in joining them on a cycling trip to Spain in May. It's not been formally organised as yet but if anyone is interested they can contact Nick or myself and we can give them Barry's contact number.

They plan to travel on the Bike Bus and stay in a coastal town near Barcelona for either 9 or 14 days.

Thank you

Caroline

A SEMI PRO CONTRACT FOR ?

This website has had inside information from a reliable source that another of the clubs members will be joining a top class cycling team.
Steve Fidler was the most recent to realize his talents by joining Team Elite.
The club would like to wish Rory Davies all the best with the latest transfer.

Invitation for cyclists from Mâcon

I am the secretary of the Crewe and Nantwich Twinning Association (CANTA) and have been approached by theTwinning association of Macon (our twin town in France) of the following event and wonder if there is any interest within your club.

Cyclists - enjoy 3 days in Mâcon and take part in the annual cycle race.

The Twinning Association in Mâcon has invited 4 or 5 cyclists from our area to take part in the annual cycle event 'Rando Flacéenne organised by the Cycling Club of Mâcon. This takes place on the 1st of May. There are circuits of between 25 and 88 miles through the beautiful countryside surrounding the town. The club offers accommodation and breakfast at the Centre Omnisports from April 28th to May 1st. Participants have to pay for their trip, (4 euros) their lunches and evening meals. On May 1st, they will be provided with food during the ride, and a barbecue will be organised afterwards.

Anyone interested in this event can contact the Mâcon Twinning Committee directly. comitedejumelage0976@orange.fr or CANTA secretary@canta.org.uk

If you want to find out more about the Mâcon Cycling Club go to http://www.ecfmacon.com/
For La Flacéenne put the title into a search engine and follow the links
For CANTA and what it can do for you visit the web site www.canta.org.uk

Kind Regards
Carol Lightfoot
CANTA Secretary