Briercliffe 10 30/07/2013 - Evening Series Round 13 - Report

Once again it rained heavily during the day but conveniently stopped pouring down with sufficient time to ensure that all but the tree covered roads were dry in time for Round 13 of the Briercliffe 10.

The 13th running of the 2013 Briercliffe 10 series proved to be anything but unlucky for the six  riders who posted their best times around the course; with two of the riders breaking the magic 24 minute mark for the first time on this challenging SPOCO course.

This week the fastest Nomad was Gavin Ashfield who was one of the riders who broke the 24 minute mark with a 23:52.

James Gomm edged out Simon Doyle by just 11 seconds to round off the top three, with Gomm posting his fastest time around the course. Sadly for Gomm it appears that "Dry July" is having a positive effect on his cycling, so it is unlikely that he will improve on this time this season as all remaining Briercliffe 10's fall outside of this "window of opportunity".

Kieran Todd and Richard Serradinho also posted their fastest times around the course this year as did CC Ashwell's Justin Layne who was the other rider to post a sub-24 minute time. His first but probably not the last.

Number 13 did prove to be an unlucky number for Leanne Cutler who undoubtedly would have improved on her debut time last week, had it not been for a missed turn into Southill which required a U-Turn.

Thanks this week goes out to Frank Turner for timekeeping, Geoff Perry for pushing off and it was nice to have support from Ann Collins and Andrew Stevenson who came out to cheers the riders on.

Next week's Briercliffe 10 starts at the earlier time of 18:30.

Nomads
G Ashfield 23:52, J Gomm 24:23 (CB), S Doyle 24:34, N Hickman 25:41, M Collins 27:24, R Serradhino 27:33 (CB), K Todd 28:15 (CSB), D Summerell 29:40, S Smith 30:12, L Cutler 31:26*
*Off course

Non-Nomads
J Layne 23.56 (CCA), J Roots 28:01 (BRCC) (CB),
S Robinson & R Robinson (2-Up) 27:08 (TSE)

PB - Personal Best
CB - Course Best
CSB - Course Season's Best

Briercliffe 10 16/07/2013 - Evening Series Round 11 - Report

With temperatures creeping up to 30 degrees Centigrafe at the start, Round 11 of the Briercliffe 10 series was as much of a war of attrition as it was a battle against the clock. Still, this didn't deter the riders with all but three* competitors recording either a season or personal best for the course.

*One rider's diminished performance was very much self inflicted (see below).

The fastest Nomad tonight was Andrew Herbert who rode his fastest ever time around the course with a 23:22, which is the fastest time recorded by a Nomad this year.

Andrew Herbert - fastest performance on this course.

Andy Saunders came in second with his fastest time of the season and Simon Doyle rolled in third.

Ryan Witchell improved once again to record the fastest time of the evening and dipped under the 23 minute mark for the first time. A truly stunning performance.

Nick Hickman is once again fine tuning his training for the Brompton World Championships and rode the event on his folding bicycle. Nick's time of 31:54 includes unfolding the bike (16 seconds) but was a few seconds short of his best Brompton time from last year of 31:00 (including folding time).

Nick Hickman prior to being harangued at the 7 mile mark by the Club Captain.

Thanks this week goes out to Nigel Wilson and Richard Bland for timekeeping/ pushing off and also to the many who came out to support.

Thanks to Sue Clifford-Smith for the images.

Nomads
A Herbert 23:22 (CB), A Saunders 24.26 (CSB), S Doyle 24:47, J Gomm 24:54, J Traynor 26:23 (PB), M Webb 26:37 (CSB), M Coillins 27:23 (PB), R Serradinho 27:48 (PB), K Todd 28:50 (CSB), D Summerell 29:06 (CSB), S Smith 29:56 (CSB), N Hickman 31:54 (inc. 16s assembly).

Non-Nomads
R Witchell, Welwyn Wh. 22.57 (CB)

PB - Personal Best
CB - Course Best
CSB - Course Season's Best

David Gudgin 26 Round 4 - 02/07/2013

The last of the David Gudgin Series had threatened to be a wet one however the rain stopped a couple of hours before the start and the riders were at least treated to a dry ride.

The temperature was cool for the time of year and there was a strong Southerly wind to push the riders up Growers. It was commented at the start line though that the conditions were nice...

...for March.

Simon Doyle was the fastest Nomad on the night with James Gomm second and Nick Hickman third.

Several riders posted their fastest time for the series on the revised 26 mile version of the course. Congratulations go to Steve Smith, Nigel Wilson, Simon Young, Jon Traynor, Nick Hickman  and James Gomm. 

Neil JJ Fraser of Stevenage CC posted the fastest time of the evening which was also his fasted time of the series.

Thanks goes to James Spence, Frank Turner and Geoff Perry for timekeeping and pushing off.

With the nights now drawing in the remainder of the evening TT's will be contested over 10 miles.

Nomads  (26 miles)
S Doyle 1.04.51, J Gomm 1.06.01, N Hickman 1.07.25, J Traynor 1.11.28, S Young 1.11.50, D Rickles 1.11.51, N Wilson 1.14.15, S Smith 1.20.14

Guest Riders
N JJ Fraser (Stevenage CC) 1.03.29, P French (Freedom Tri) 1.13.18*, M Burr (Verulam CC)1.13.56.
* Off course