BEDFORDSHIRE ROAD CYCLING CLUB MAGAZINE - APRIL 2000

News Letter

Issue: 377 APRIL 2000

President: C. Byers; Chairman: D. Sullivan; Secretary: R. Crane; Treasurer: T. Sykes; Editor: D. Roberts e-mail DRobe10229@AOL.com

Contact Warwick Davies (Press Secretary) e-mail wad@warwickdavies.demon.co.uk

The Ed’s Bit

It only seems like 5 minutes ago that I was penning the last newsletter to you all, doesn’t time fly when you are enjoying your self!

I suppose that all of you may have read or heard of the latest news concerning the Tour de France this year. The weathermen over in France have predicted that the Mistral will be early this year and will cause havoc with the mountain stages. It is predicted that these strong winds will be blowing the Tour competitors up the Alp and Pyrenese stages, giving heavier riders an unfair advantage. So the decision has been taken to run the tour in reverse, starting in Paris on the 1^st July and finishing in Futuroscope on the 23^rd July. Raldip Kasterbis from the UCI said ‘Well, this will be interesting won’t it? For the first time in the Tour’s history we will be starting with the traditional jaunt round the Parisian streets and finishing with what would have been the Prologue. We think that there will be fewer riders abandoning this year too. Let’s face it, every cyclist that rides the Tour does the Prologue with a view to finishing. But how many, when faced with a minor obstacle like Avignon / Draguignan give up at the first hurdle? Also I did hear that one team were developing a skin suit that could also double as a sail as they too had wind of the situation. Clearly this would give them far too much of an advantage, but we couldn’t ban their new sail/skin as this is clothing, not a bicycle’.

I hope that this news will not ruin any plans that you may have made if you are going over to see the Tour this year. If there are any problems, the French Tourist Board have set up a special hotline on 0800 258963 which will be open from 8 O’clock till 12 O’clock on Saturday April 1^st.

LA Fitness

Have any of you tried out Bedford’s latest gym? Situated in Manton Heights this well equipped facility is ideal for keeping fit and improving your cycling. They run various aerobic, toning and ‘spinning’ classes for all levels as well as having the best variety of resistance machinery. There is also a 20-metre swimming pool, sauna, Jacuzzi and steam room. Now for the good bit! As a Beds Road Cycling Club member you are entitled to discounted membership. There is a one off joining fee of £35 and monthly fees of £39. This compares to a £95 joining fee and monthly subscriptions of £45. Interested? For further details please contact me via e-mail me at Drobe10229@aol.com. If you haven’t been to LA Fitness yet I have 10 guest passes available on a strictly first come first served basis. These passes usually cost £10 and include all classes, use of equipment and swimming pool. So why not give it a go? Who knows, you may enjoy it!

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Results

Hillfoot 10 5-3-00

No	Name	Min	Sec
1	Kevan Armstrong	27	10
2	Mark Holden	28	24
3	Trevor Marshall	28	44
4	Kevin Worsley	28	59
5	Giles Henday	29	56
6	Chris Hartley	31	32
7	Dave Hancock	32	11
8	Mark Keech	34	18
9	Alan Roome	34	56
10	Dave Pocock	35	33
11	Peter Roberts	35	36
12	Toby Pocock	37	47
13	Terry Sykes	38	05
14	Des Roberts	38	18
15	Dave Crane	41	48
16	Natalie Lewis	42	03
17	Warwick Davies	42	32
17	Owen Davies	42	32
DNF	Peter Hartley
DNF	Mick Shaw
DNF	Mark Horton

King of Hillfoot 12-3-00

No	Name	Time	Handicap	Handicap Time
1	Des Roberts	47min 22sec	11min	36min 22sec
2	Tom Sykes	39min 53sec	2min	37min 53sec
3	Dave Sullivan	47min 22sec	14min	38min 31sec
4	Kevin Worsley	40min 38sec	2min	38min 38sec
5	Mark Holden	39min 4sec	1min	38min 4sec
6	Mark Horton	41min 58sec	3min	38min 58sec
7	Terry Sykes	50min 16sec	11min	39min 16sec
8	Alan Room	48min 57sec	9min 30sec	39min 27sec
9	Chris Hartley	44min 1sec	4min 30sec	39min 31sec
10	Ron Bousted	51min 43sec	12min	39min 43sec
11	Charles Hamilton	46min 12sec	6min	40min 12sec
12	John Phipps	48min 43sec	8min	40min 43sec
13	Peter Hartley	46min 11sec	5min	41min 11sec
14	Toby Pocock	51min 47sec	10min 30sec	41min 17sec
14	Mark Keech	48min 25sec	7min	41min 25sec
16	Dave Pocock	50min 11sec	8min 30sec	41min 41sec
17	Warwick Davies	57min 23sec	15min	42min 23sec
18	Dave Crane	58min 4sec	14min	44min 4sec
19	Peter Roberts	53min 2sec	8min	45min 2sec
20	Natalie Lewis	63min 3sec	15min	48min 3sec

LUTON ARROW - F1/10 - [Beds Road Riders' Times] Saturday 25th March 2000 - 10 MILES
Name		Time
KEVAN ARMSTRONG		23:29
MARK HORTON		25:52
CHRIS HARTLEY		27:11
PETER HARTLEY		28:26
TERRY SYKES		29:51
NATALIE LEWIS		33:45
DAVE SULLIVAN		DNF

Event Winner was M.R. Hutchinson [Bio RT] in 19-33

SPOCO (Sporting Courses) Event 4 Sunday 26th March 2000 - 16 MILES
Position	Name	Time
1	KEVAN ARMSTRONG	40:49
2	ALAN CRANE	42:09
3	MARK HOLDEN	42:38
4	KEVIN WORSLEY	42:49
5	IAN MARKHAM	42:54
6	MICK SHAW	43:37
7	MARK HORTON	44:38
8	ANDY MADDOX	49:22
9	DES ROBERTS	50:34
10	JOHN PHIPPS	50:47
11	CHARLES HAMILTON	51:34
12	ALAN ROOME	53:15
13	DAVE SULLIVAN	55:05
14	DAVE POCOCK	55:25
15	PETER ROBERTS (inc. 1:30 Late Start)	56:55
16	TERRY SYKES	57:03
17	NATALIE LEWIS	59:44
18	WARWICK DAVIES	60:04
19	DAVE CRANE	60:58

Bedfordshire Road Cycling Club Y2000 Evening League Time Trial Series

Event Date	Course	Event Date	Course
4^th May	10 mile	22^nd June	12 mile
11^th May	12 mile	29^th June	10 mile
18^th May	10 mile	6^th July	12 mile
25^th May	12 mile	13^th July	10 mile
1^st June	10 mile	20^th July	12 mile
8^th June	12 mile	27^th July	10 mile
15^th June	10 mile	3^rd August	12 mile

Total time system

As used in the Tour De France and other stage races. Each week the riders event times will be added together, after the last time trial the fastest rider throughout the series will be the overall winner.

Did not start did not finish.

If for any reason a rider does not start, or fails to finish the course, then a pro-set

number of points will be added to his total.

DNS 40 mm for 10 miles DNF 38 mm for 10 miles

DNS 45 mm for 12 miles DNF 42 mm for 12 miles

Prizes

Engraved tankard for overall winner.

Awards for: first veteran, first junior, and first lady.

Awards for riding all 14 events.

One draw prize each week donated by Byercycles of Clifton.

Fees

League entry senior £3.00 school person £1.50

£1 each event senior - 50p school person - £1.60 non league rider

Rules

All riders must a member of a cycling club with RTTC affiliation.

All juveniles and juniors must have a completed parental consent form.

Any rider who misses 4 consecutive events will be removed from the league

competition. It is unlikely that the course will be marshalled, so it is up to the rider to

make sure that he or she is familiar with both courses before events start.

If any more information is required then contact :- Chris Byers 01462 811175

The Evening league is organised for the club by the staff of Byercycles the Cyclists'

Shop in Clifton

www.byercycles.co.uk

Tea Bar Rota

May 2000	July 2000
5^th George Tomlinson	7^th Terry Bush
12^th Dot Crane & Chris Byers	14^th John Howard
19^th Lyndon Lewis	21^st Toby & David Pocock
26^th Terry Sykes	28^th Peter & Mary Hartley

June 2000	August 2000
2^nd Frank Garrison	4^th George Tomlinson
9^th Andy Maddox	11^th Dot Crane & Chris Byers
16^th Bob Garrett	18^th Lyndon Lewis
23^rd Lorna Webb	25^th Terry Sykes
30^th Warwick Davies

And Finally

Just in case you were wondering (1)

The Ed’s bit was an April Fools joke, but did any of you work out the Anagram? Raldip Kasterbis is not a real person! But watch out for the Sail/Skin, it might happen in a cycling club near you soon! After all, the Ed needs a great deal of help getting up any hill no matter how small. You never know, if I patent it, or register the name as a web site I might even make a bob or two.

Just in case you were wondering (2)

Yes I do have 10 free tickets for LA Fitness on a first come first served basis. Looking forward to hearing from you all soon.

See you all out and about some time, just don’t burn me off!

Des Roberts