Congratulations to Evie for getting 3rd place overall in the 2021 National MTB XC Series, which was held over 5 rounds, with it going down to the wire at the last event, in Tackaroo on Cannock Chase.
Congratulations also go to Mazie, who was the second representative of the club in the competition, who came 5th overall.
I am pleased to announce that starting in 2022 Stafford Road Club will now run a sperate road bike only event for women, juniors and men as part of the Reg Pearce Memorial Open TT event it hosts each year. So keep the date free, Saturday 21st May 2022 – 2pm start.
Event applications have now been submitted to CTT and pending confirmation we look forward to encouraging a greater number of riders next year on both road bikes as well as TT bikes. Further details will be posted on the Stafford Road Club website in the New Year
Reg Pearce Memorial Race – 10 mile TT
We’re getting a good number of entries in now for the women’s and men’s time trial to be held on the 22nd of May. Closing date for entries is the 10th May so do not delay get your entry in today.
Here are the links to enter each event
Women’s, Juniors, Men’s and Tandem via the CTT website.
We will be awarding prizes for the fastest Women and Men on Scratch, fastest MWTTS rider, fastest junior and tan
dam and fastest woman and man on Vets Standard
Stafford Road Club is please also
to be part of the Midlands Women’s TT Series LINK again this year and the women’s field will be set off first a 14:01 followed by the Juniors, Trike and Men’s races.
In support of the Veteran Time Trial Associate (VTTA) and to promote the use of age Standard times the results on the day will include the riders Standard time and overall position on Standard as well as scratch times.
So we hope you will come an join for another excellent, if long overdue, TT race hosted by Stafford Road Club.
The sun came out today as Stafford Road Club replaced the bench first installed in 2009 to remember our club mate and friend Garry Morris at the top of ‘Morris Mount’ Lilyhurst Hill, Sherrifhales
Graham and Alastair trying to find a level
Ade doing the tech stuff while Alastair try’s to make himself useful
Graham, Sue and Ade trying it out for size
The bench back in its rightful place
Special thanks to Ade Robinson, Graham Kelly and Alastair Semple for their help and Susan Semple for the expert supervision. Great also to see Gary’s old friend Dave Drayton Green pop along to say hello.
Stafford Road Club would also like to extend our thanks to Roger Morris who for the last 12 years has been cutting the grass, planting bulbs and making the surround area look beautiful, your work Roger is appreciated by everyone who visits or cycles by and most importantly Gary family too.
Stafford Road Club is pleased to be hosting the
Reg Pearce Memorial Race
this year on Saturday 22 May on the K48/10 course.
Entries are now open for the Women’s, Juniors, Men’s and Tandem events via the CTT website.
Stafford Road Club is please also to be part of the Midlands Women’s TT Series LINK again this year and the women’s field will be set off first a 14:01 followed by the Juniors, Trike and Men’s races.
In support of the Veteran Time Trial Associate (VTTA) and to promote the use of age Standard times the results on the day will include the riders Standard time and overall position on Standard as well as scratch times.
We will be awarding prizes for the fastest Women and Men on Scratch, fastest MWTTS rider, fastest junior and tandam and fastest woman and man on standard (one prize / rider)
So we hope you will come an join for another excellent, if long overdue, TT race hosted by Stafford Road Club.
This event will be run under the current CTT CV19 risk assessment and we would ask all riders to read and follow the guidelines to ensure riders, marshal and event organiser can Keep Safe. We will have a HQ at Weston Village hall which will provide only toilet facilities and be used for signing.
Following Government guidelines and in line with British Cycling the club is suspending all club rides for the duration of the second national lockdown. This is due to end on the 3rd of December but of course we’ll monitor the advise and resume club rides as soon as it’s possible to do so.
Starting on the 19th October 2022 on a Wednesday evening at 18:30 I will be hosting classes for Stafford Road Club members and any of our cycling friends who may wish to join us.
The training classes will be organised on Zwift (Zwift VR cycling app ) as a group ride where all the riders will stay together and follow the same training schedule based on your own personal levels, so we ride and complete the sessions together as a team.
To make things more sociable we will also use the free Discord phone app so we can use this to talk to each other while riding.
These Zwift group rides we have run this year have proved really successful and the software is very simple to get to grips with. So please let me know if you are interested in taking part by emailing me at ascoaching@outlook.com. You are welcome to join the classes at any point this winter so do not worry if you miss the start on 19th Nov. If you need any more info again please get in touch.
Susan Semple’s 2020 race season climaxed with a fabulous performance in this year’s national 15 mile Veteran Time Trial Association (VTTA) Championships where she took the bronze medal in the women’s event LINK . In the process setting a new Stafford Road Club Women’s Senior and Vets record time of 37:30. So a great end to the 2020 season that lasted just 8 days for Susan. But after 50 weeks training and 6000+ miles, mainly indoors, Susan was pleased to be back racing for Stafford Road Club this year and reaching the podium in a national event. It was great to have Mark Richards out on the course in his Stafford Road Club kit supporting Susan and giving some much need encouragement on the tough single carriageway course in Shropshire.
At this week’s committee meeting it was agreed that Stafford Road Club would not be resuming its club rides until September once the main holiday months have passed. This will be dependent on the latest governments advice, the social distancing rules continuing to ease and the availability of enough ride leaders.
We will post a further update towards the end of August outlining when we hope our Saturday and Sunday ride will resume and we will be encouraging riders to act as ride leaders to ensure we can accommodate the required number of groups to meet the latest health and safety advice.
Stafford Road Club will continue to run Saturday Zwift group rides each week where riders can chat online as they ride together which is a nice way to catch up with friends in a safe environment.
Until then we hope you are all able to stay safe and stay active.