####UPDATE 25th JANUARY####

Some more facts for you about the dinner. Start time will be 7pm with the food at approx. 8pm. 

We will provide plates etc. plus some disposable plastic beer glasses. If you want to bring your own glasses (eg. wine glasses then please do). You'll also need to bring your own drinks (although the club will be providing some. Updates to the food options below. Please everyone bring a black bin bag so so can take that away with you full (we will be charged for the disposal of any rubbish). Remember we are doing this ourselves in an attempt to make it a bit different and cheaper so please everyone help out. 

See you there.

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The Charlotteville CC Annual Dinner and Prize Presentation will take place on Saturday 4th February 2012.

This year the Annual Dinner will take place at a new venue, the Mayford Village Hall.  We are looking to make this a less formal event than it has been in recent years and as a result try and encourage more people to attend.  Ticket prices will be £20 for adults and £10 for Juniors.  Bring your own booze and also bring a black bin liner (as we need to clear up afterwards). The menu will include spit roast cuts of meat (pork, beef and lamb) or a vegetarian quiche plus salad and baked potatoes. Desserts will be rich chocolate truffle cake or blackcurrant cheesecake and cream.

For those of you who have not been before the evening consists of the aforementioned meal, the prize presentation to all the winners of the various club trophies that you can see in the picture above, there will also be other things such as a display of photo's/video's from last year (possibly from previous years too) and other fun such as perhaps a quiz if we can get Derek to sort one out and ofcourse a chance to catch up with club members.

Please send yout ticket orders to Dave Wakeford at 49 Selwood Road, Old Woking, Surrey GU22 9HS or give him a call on 01483 830709 for more detaIls.  Dave will be at the AGM so bring along your money then to secure your tickets.

What a morning. Arrived at Thruxton (Kieran, Ieuan and Ben) where the course was under attack from a strong wind, but a bright sky. The U!2 were off first, a smaller field than normal but most of the leading riders there. For the first time Ieuan was in the first line of the grid, Ben back in line three. Ieuan got an OK start rather than his normal bad one, about 7th into the first corner. Ben got a good start and surged past the younger riders. After lap one Ieuan had got into 5th place and Ben was tracking just behind some of the more experienced riders even though he was on a Mountain bike whilst they had cross bikes. Next time round Ieuan used the long start/finish straight to make his way up to third. Ben still working hard to keep his place. Ieuan tracked 2nd place all the way round to the beginning of next start/finish straight where he accelerated past the rider in second. For the next couple of laps, Ieuan and the other leading rider kept changing places and leading the race. Then a crash, but not for Ieuan. the other rider went into a sharp corner, clipped Ieuan's back wheel and fell. Ieuan now in front on his own, but with his friend from Southdown Velo gradually catching him up. Meanwhile Ben now in about 7th place. Ieuan was faster on the straights, his friend closing in the corners. Ieuan led into the last corner and sprinted to the line for a well deserved victory. (Keith - no arms up until after the line). Ben followed up with a fine 7th place, meeting his goal of not being lapped and first mountain bike home.

Ieuan Woods - photo courtesy of AE Photo's

Next up Kieran. on the second line of the grid, he skillfully lined himself up right behind the fastest rider so as to get a good start. Kieran started well on his long course (the race was only 3 laps). At the end of lap one Kieran was 12th with a big gap to the rider in front, but being chased closely behind. At end of the next kieran had dropped the rider behind but had closed the gap a bit to the rider ahead. Kieran was gaining on the uphills, losing on the downhills. However, knowing it was the last lap he put everything in and sped past the other rider and finished 11th.

Well done all of you.

This is an open request (begging letter) for all those well-endowed (equipped) cyclists out there.  Any chance of borrowing a (hard cover) cycling case such as I could use on a plane ?  Am planning a trip to Les Pyrenees in 2012 and we fancy flying rather than the long hard slog to the sun (no, we are NOT going to ride down there either .... )

There are six of us going so if there happened to be more than one club member prepared to lend us a case we'd be extremely delighted.

We are planning to be away from the 14th July until the 22nd.

Any chance chaps ?

Mark Stevens

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