Photo courtesy of Dave Swaffer Photo
courtesy of Dave Swaffer
CLUB BULLETIN BOARD
Club Captain’s Blog Special Edition
See the link on the home page for Richard’s
report on a busy weekend for PNE riders!
Derek Witt
We are shocked and saddened to hear of the death of DH
Cyclesport’s Derek Witt as the result of a collision with a car on the Itchen
Bridge on 20th August. Our
condolences are extended to Derek’s family and to his colleagues at DHC. Our best wishes are also sent to Derek’s team
mate Pete Sneddon who was rushed to hospital after the incident and is
described as being in a stable condition.
Well done Matt!
Congratulations to Matt Wyles for becoming our new hill
climb champion! Matt completed the
ascent of Portchester Lane in a time of 3:05.6, beating former champion Rob
Allen into second place by some 9 seconds.
As far as we can remember, this is the first time that Matt has raced in
PNE colours for some 19 years. What a
way to make a comeback!
Welcome to Meridith Grimsley
Meridith has joined us just in time to ride
the Hill Climb on 14 August 2008. In
doing so she is the third United States citizen to race in our colours in the
last few years!
Change of club clothing design for 2009 racing season
The committee has unanimously decided that it
is not in the interests of the club to change the design of the racing
strip, including the red training tops, for at least the next eighteen
months. This decision has not been taken lightly and is entirely due to
the large amount of club funds currently held as clothing stock.
Therefore any club member who is in need of new clothing is strongly encouraged
to make contact with Paul Martin who has taken over from Keith Allison as
Procurement Officer.
Welcome to Lewis
Cockram and welcome back Adrian Barron
Lewis joined us
just before the start of the Hantspol ‘10’ on 20 July 2008 and is now our
youngest rider. We hope to see more of
him and wonder if he has inherited the considerable turn of speed his father,
Alan has! Adrian has rejoined us after
an absence of some 20 years although he now lives in Preston, Lancashire.
Thanks to Des
and Rita
Just a word of
thanks to Team Axiom’s Des and Rita Ludford for timing our ‘15’ on 26
June. Absence due to holidays meant that
our usual stalwarts were not around to help Sheila Martin on that occasion and
without Des and Rita’s help we might have had to cancel the event. Sheila’s son, Paul is training to be a
timekeeper (more thanks due to our friends in the Fareham Wheelers and the
Hampshire Road Club) so here’s hoping we might one day be able to return the
favour.
Welcome to Bob
Dawson
Bob joined us in
time for the 10M TT on 12 June 2008.
Coming from another local club, Bob showed his potential PNE credentials
by deciding to ride the HRC (PTTL) 50M TT only the day before! Anyone willing to undertake such a gruelling
distance with little preparation deserves some credit – and is welcome to wear
our red, white and blue! Our welcome is
extended to Bob’s wife Louise and their young son, Thomas.
Well done Jason,
Paul and Rob
Well done to Jason
Atherton, Paul Martin and Rob Allen for riding (and finishing) the HRC 22M
Hilly TT on 10 June 2008. Starting at the
West Ashling ‘Scout Hut’, the course goes to Chichester Northgate and Lavant
and then takes in the long climb from Chilgrove to the top of ‘long’
Harting. After the descent it takes a
vicious left straight up ‘short’ Harting (1 in 6) and then descends to finish
outside Funtington via Walderton. Thank
you to the Hampshire Road Club for promoting such a ‘sporting’ course. Let’s see more PNE riders next time!
Graham Penrose
wins the Fareham Wheelers Hilly 14 Mile Time Trial! – 8 May 2008
Congratulations to
Graham for beating off 18 other riders to win the race that covers half of the
old Hants Road Club Hilly 39K TT. On a
very pleasant evening with just a gentle easterly breeze, Graham tackled Hyden
Hill and Teglease Down in his usual steady understated style to beat 18 other
riders. No problems were encountered in
East Meon village or on the descent to The Hurdles although the narrow lanes
could not be described as a car-free zone.
The full result was:
|
Name |
Club |
Time |
|
Graham Penrose |
PNECC |
40.35 |
|
Mick
Metcalf |
VC
St R |
41.13 |
|
Gary
Ferrett |
HRC |
41.59 |
|
Dave
Thompson |
Ports
Triathletes |
44.36 |
|
Dan
Pounds |
Unattached |
45.13 |
|
Paul
Dermott |
RNRMCA |
45.56 |
|
Bob
Oliver |
FWCC |
46.09 |
|
Nick
Percy |
RNRMCA |
46.32 |
|
Noel
Batchelor |
HRC |
47.47 |
|
Steve
Golding |
RNRMCA |
48.00 |
|
Steve
Fitzjohn |
RNRMCA |
48.12 |
|
Pete
Knipe |
FWCC |
48.34 |
|
Lucy
Norman |
RNRMCA |
50.12 |
|
Paul
Martin |
PNECC |
50.55 |
|
Richard
Meeson |
Unattached |
51.08 |
|
Nigel
Patterson |
RNRMCA |
51.32 |
|
Nicky
Plewes |
RNRMCA |
55.27 |
|
Alan
Davy |
FWCC |
56.44 |
|
A
Wilcock |
Unattached |
57.09 |
Welcome back
Matt Wyles!
We are pleased to
welcome back Matt Wyles. Winner of our
prestigious Barnsdale Trophy in 1989, Matt went on to ride for the VC St
Raphael and was featured on the front cover of Cycling Weekly contesting the sprint for 1st place in
the 1992 Perfs Pedal road race. More
recently Matt has lived and raced in Australia.
Now back and living in Havant, it is to be noted that Matt has taken out
PNE racing membership - so watch this space!
Welcome back
Dave Swaffer!
We are glad to
welcome Dave Swaffer back into the PNE fold.
Like fellow returnee Rob Allen, Dave is a former Best All Rounder
champion which means he knows what it means to ride hard for 12 hours. Dave was out around the Team Axiom ‘10’ last
Saturday and it’s him we have to thank for some of the excellent photographs on
these pages. Dave has another thing in
common with Rob – he has only taken out non-racing
membership. They both look pretty fit to
us so we are wondering what persuasion will be needed to get them to upgrade
their membership….?
P.S. Rob was a
formidable hill climb champion in his day and rumour has it that he still
dances on the pedals at the sight of something steep. Could he be our secret weapon on 14th
August?