FW Spring RR 15 April 2012 - Andy Carter No.6
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Ray Marting Memorial League 3 Mountbatten track 18th April 2012
Well done Jerry Collingwood, getting 7th position in this Cat 3/4 race - with a 2nd place overal. With ex-North Ender Harry Veale winning the race series. Also a mention to Andy Carter who competedin the Cat E/1/2/3 races. Tom Goodyer and Toby Alexander also featured - well done fellas.
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Fareham Wheelers Spring Road Race
Sunday 15th April 2012 at 10am - 80Km (50 miles)
photos courtesy Dave Gwilliam
Andy Carter 5th from right
Jerry Collingwood pressing on post puncture and riding a 10 speed cassette with his 9 speed sti
Andy Carter final push for the line
Harry Jackson 'soaking up the atmosphere'
The winner 1Km from the finish makes his bid for the line Warren Jesse No.73 (group just behind)
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Ray Marting Memorial League 2 Mountbatten track 11th April 2012
On a very wet and busy evening, Charlie Cresswell-Hogg, Jerry Collingwood, Tom Goodyer and Andy Carter were in action again. Jerry picked up another 5th placing after getting a half lap on the group in his race.
Unfortunately Toby Alexander (17) was unable to race as he didn't have his BC Race licence - which has now been remedied :o)
Easter Circuits Mountbatten track 7th April 2012
Saturday saw more action from Tom Goodyer and Jerry Collingwood in the races this morning - Jerry picking up some more points, finishing 6th
Surrey league Road Race Milland Hill Basingstoke CC 7th April 2012
Andy Carter flying the PNE flag here today on this multi-lap 50 mile race - see the reports page
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Wednesday Racing @ Mountbatten Circuit has started
Mountbatten track circuit 4th April 2012
Excellent effort this evening in the Mountbatten Wednesday Evening races. PNECC represented in all the races - Charlie Cresswell-Hogg, Tom Goodyer, Robert Panter, Jerry Collingwood, Andy Carter & Rich Walker - good effort fellas!
Well done Jerry with your 5th position in the Ray Martin Memorial Race, first of the 5 race series.
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Wednesday evenings in Winter, Tim Knight can be found coaching down the track circuit at the Mountbatten Centre
FLOODLIT WINTER ROAD BIKE TRAINING
Mountbatten Centre, Portsmouth
5th Oct 2011 - March 2012
Novice U16/14 & Youth U12/10/8 6:15 to 7:15 pm see Yth TT times
Seniors & U16/14’s 7:30 – 8:30pm
http://www.southbc.org.uk/
Tim is on 02392 642226
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The Calendar for the forthcoming years Bristish Cycling events link can be found below. There will be a number of local races starting in February/March both at the Mountbatten Centre, Goodwood Race Circuit and Thorney Island.
These can be viewed at: http://new.britishcycling.org.uk/
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The British Cycling South Region website can be found here: http://www.southcycling.org.uk/index.html
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Also the Surrey league will post their 2012 calender and the most local of races are likely at Goodwood as above. Online entries commence January 1st 2012
Details can be viewed at: http://www.surreyleague.co.uk/index.htm
Again you will need to apply for racing membership, all the information required is on their website.
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For those over 40, there is the LVRC (League of Veteran Racers) and their calendar is available here:
http://www.lvrc.org/racing_info.asp
Membership and race fees are extremely good value, and again you will need to apply for membership.
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If you have any queries feel free to contact
Dave Gwilliam
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So you want to commence road racing?
What do you require?
A correctly set up bike
A comprehensive set of spares – another set of wheels an advantage
Dedication & Commitment to training – this can’t be under emphasised
Support for travel, mechanicals, training and the cost of racing
Administration-wise the following are required
Race Silver £36 or Race Gold £64 British Cycling Personal Membership (Suggest Race Silver is adequate)
BC race-silver-membership
Eligibilities explained
BC membership eligibilities.pdf
British Cycling Race Licence £32 (Senior)
There is the availability of day licences but at £10 a time can prove expensive. There is no ‘rush’ to by the race licence (in addition to the BC Membership). Once you’ve experienced the Wednesday training sessions with Tim Knight, and had the ‘feel’ of group riding, sprinting etc...all you need to do is apply for your Race Licence in good time before the race series commence. [many riders do this and licences often take ages to come through – at the start of the season BC often have to notify/confirm a member has applied/paid due to the backlog of licences not dispatched in time]
Fees for each race
These can vary but generally around £10 per race, this covers the hiring of the venue, costs of putting the race on etc...
Each race will have a “signing-on” sheet and your BC Race Licence will be held during the race.
You’ll start as a 4th Cat and as you attain good place finishes, accrue points and progress up the Cats. It’s important to appear at as many race meetings as possible to accumulate points, some races you will find poorly attended and thereby giving yourself a good chance of grabbing ‘easier’ points.
Categories and Classifications, you’ll start as a Fourth Category
BC Road-Categories_Classifications
Road Rankings and how points are scored
BC National_Regional_Rankings_Explained
Initially, and to get good experience, I would strongly recommend racing at closed circuit/track races. These are well attended and the group riding, ‘following a wheel’ and’ through and off’ will be skills you can hone up on. You need to be confident to ride without covering your brakes, rubbing shoulders, and fending off at speed in close formation.
Mountbatten Circuit Races would be an ideal introduction and as a local venue reduce any costs
BC Mountbatten-Circuit-Races
http://www.southbc.org.uk/
On the events pages for Winter training and future events (normally races commence around February). If you look at the 2011 events you will find when the Mountbatten races (Portsmouth Omega Circuits) start to feature, race entries are downloaded completed and forwarded with payment by a closing date. If there are two sets of prices e.g. got to April 2011 ‘Saturday 23rd April 2011 Regional C+ 4/J4 8.00 10.00 40mins 0900’ = £8 postal entry or £10 Entry on the line (EOL) if any places are left! 40minutes plus 3 laps commencing at 0900 (give yourself chance to sign on and warm up). Click on ‘event information’ and all is revealed.
You will also see that Wednesday evenings feature, so you could race Wednesday and Saturday some weeks.
Thorney Island (Emmsworth old Airfield) features, as does Thruxton.
BC Rulebook
BC Rulebook_2011_-_05-GENERAL_ROAD_TRACK.pdf
Any other advice or information, email me without hesitation
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