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YCF GHS Memorial Rides - Sunday 15th April 2012


George Herbert Stancer OBE was born at Pocklington on 17th April 1878. He became a member of the Yorkshire road Club in 1898 and remained so until his death in 1962. For 25 years he was secretary and for 14 years President of the Cyclists’ Touring Club. It is in memory of this fine Yorkshireman that the GHS rides are promoted annually on a Sunday near his birthday. - List of events - Entry form
 

Sportives 2012

The 2012 Howgill Hammer, The Cumbrian & The Lakeland

Sportivebike Ltd are pleased to announce that the entries are now live for our 2012 events:-

The Howgill Hammer Sportive on the 1st April 2012.
The Cumbrian Sportive on the 9th September 2012.

For more info see Sportivebike web site

RNLI Whitby Cycle - Saturday 21 April

The RNLI Cycle is designed to appeal to a wide audience of supporters, and will take place on Saturday 21 April 2012. We have planned 2 distances to suit all tastes; 20 miles and 40 miles. Both routes take in the beautiful Yorkshire countryside.

It will cost £16.00 to enter the 20 mile route and £18.00 to enter the 40 mile route.

Entries include a free RNLI Tshirt to cycle in and all participants will also be asked to raise a minimum of £100 in sponsorship.

For more info see RNLI cycle web site

 
 

Reliability Rides 2012

SUNDAY 29th JANUARY 2012 – SEACROFT WHEELERS- 80km & 50km.
Start/Finish - Squires Café Bar (1½ miles west of Sherburn-in-Elmet, on B1222)
80k start 09:30 – latest finish 13:30.
50k start 09:45 – latest finish 12:15. Organiser: Antony Brumby. Tel: 07772 080051.

SUNDAY 5th FEBRUARY 2012 - HARROGATE NOVA CC - 80km & 50km.
Start:09:30 - Rigton Railway Crossing-just off A658.
Finish : Norwood Village Hall). Refreshments available at finish.
Organiser: Vaughan Caswell.Tel: Harrogate (01423) 507 603.

SUNDAY 12th FEBRUARY 2012 - AIREDALE OLYMPIC - 80km & 50km.
Start:09:30 - B6161(Near Leathley Bridge – approx. ½ mile from A658 junction).
Finish: Holy Trinity Church Hall, Knaresborough. Refreshments available at finish.
Organiser: Rob Wardle. Tel: Leeds (0113) 250 1510.

SUNDAY 19th FEBRUARY 2012 - OTLEY CC - 100km & 50km.
100 km start:09:00 - Buttercross(Market Place),Otley.
50 km start:09:30.
Finish Otley CC Club-room.  Refreshments at Finish.
Organiser: David Harrison. Tel. 01943 864230.

Ron's Ramble

Sunday 4th March 2012 - Yorkshire Road Club - 50km
Start Start/finish - 09:15 - Magnet Social Club, Tadcaster - This is an accompanied ride with groups of 15-20 only. Route Tadcaster - Cawood - Wheldrake arear. Organiser - Keith Struthers. 01937 586038.

** There are no Ron's Reliable Five medals this year.
 

SOCIAL EVENTS – DEC 2011 to FEB 2012

Wednesday 14thDecember: Transpennine Rail Ale Trail..Meet Leeds City Station – JD Wetherspoon 12:00, Depart 12:30ish. Dewsbury 13:00. Huddersfield 14:00. Marsden 16:00 Huddersfield 19:00. (times approx). Metro Day Rover (Train) required approx. £5-50. If Metro bus-pass holder, cheaper to buy single tickets (50p each).For further info re above, contact Phil Hurt.

Wednesday 21stDecember: Lunchtime Social – Cuthbert Broderick, Millennium Square, Leeds. (1st Floor) from 12:00. Other attractions – German Market & Funfair!

Turkey Inn: Unfortunately there will not be a Sunday Run to the Turkey Inn this year – The Landlord has left and the pub is currently closed pending a decision about the future use of the premises.

Sunday 29th January 2012: Yorkshire Group VTTA Annual Luncheon, Bridge Hotel, Walshford. 12:30 £20. Guest of Honour is Denise Burton-Cole. Tickets from Mickie Hornby. Tel 01904 766113. Contact Phil Hurt for details of menu.

Sunday 26th February 2012: 80th YCF Luncheon, Scarthingwell, Tadcaster. 12:30 £18.50. Tickets from Cheryl Trueman. 01757 611160. Guest of Honour is David Harmon. Contact Phil Hurt for details of menu. YCF 10 mile TT at Brotherton (V910) precedes Luncheon.

 

Results

Yorkshire Hill Climb Points Series - Full results
The series was won by Matt Clinton (mikevaughan.co.uk) - Top 30
 
YRC 2-Stage Hill Climb - 22th Octt 2011
Both stages were won by Matt Clinton (mikevaughan.co.uk) - Full results - Report
 
Cragg Vale Open Hill Climb - 16th Octt 2011
Promoted by Yorkshire Road Club, the event was won by Richard Handley ( Team Raleigh)
Many thanks to support from The Little Valley Brewery - Results - Report
 
“Victory” Open 50 mile Time Trial - 24th Sept 2011
Winner was Scott Povey (www.i-ridede.co.uk) in 1:40:46 - Full results - Report
 
YCF Points Competition 2011

The series was won by Joel Wainman (Team Swift), 2nd was Ged Millward (Otley CC) and 3rd Simon Beldon (Team Swift) with Ian Fairweather(YRC) in 4th - Results (top 40)

 
 

La Marmotte 2011 / Gran Fondo Pinarello 2011

Big Mig

The Marmotte has closed it's web site after receiving more than 6000 entries in just one day for the 2012 event. But you can read all about last years ride here and how Steve Smith and Pete McGowen gave Miguel Indurain a run for his money in the Italian equivelant - La Marmotte/Gran Fondo 2011
 

North Mids VTTA Luncheon

Alan Jones

The presentation of prizes for North Midland VTTA members was held on the 27th of November at the Carlton Park Hotel in Rotherham. The main prize of Best all Rounder was won be Trevor Mayne of Birdwell Wheelers. YRC's Alan Jones results were:
Winner of the BRIAN BEARDSLEY MEMORIAL CUP
2nd in the Group B.A.R. Competition
26 points and 4th place in the Prestige Trophy Competition
9th in the Group Short Distance Competition
3rd in the Group Middle Distance Competition
38th in the National B.A.R. Competition
66th in the National Middle Distance Competition

For more see www.cyclingalanjones.co.uk
 

Annual Dinner and Dance 2011

This year’s annual prize presentation took on a different format in the way of an evening dinner dance. Ninety three people attended with over half staying on to socialise and test their skills on the dance floor. Phil Graves was Guest of Honour and was professionally interviewed by a very composed Paul Cummins who put him to the test with questions from the floor, Phil only wavered slightly on a couple of questions from Carl Saint and Ian Fairweather who were interested in his cycling attire.

- Full report and photographs

 

Results

“Club Scrap” 15 mile Time Trial - Sunday 9th October 2011.

A windy morning saw 19 riders turn out for this year’s race. Ashley Walls & Mark Johnson produced solid rides for joint 1st place with a time of 35:44. James Atkinson and Richard Hamilton put in good rides coming 3rd and 4th respectively. Mike Shacklock took the Veterans Standard Award ahead of Peter Macklam. A good ride from Steve Mooring took the 1st on Handicap Club Award. - Full Results
 

Pool Triangle - Hilly TT

The 2011 overall winner was Richard Hamilton (Yorkshire Velo) with John Bomeley (YRC) and Adrian Stott (YRC).

Adam Duggleby has ridden the fastest time for several years with a 26:45.

Results for weeks 1 to 14 - Full results

Individual rider results - Rider results
 

Lewis Barry Memorial Ride - Sun, 11th Sep 2011

Following a massively successful first ride last year in which nearly 200 riders crossed the Pennines from the National Cycling Centre in Manchester to Lewis' home town of Garforth, a 48 mile circular route based on Lewis' favourite training circuit has been chosen for this year's ride. - Details
 

Results

YRC “Tudor Rose” Open 25 - June 18th 2011, Course V236/1

A fine, if a little breezy day – the threatened rain kept away, and there was even a bit of sun at times. Winning the event and setting a new course record was Keith Murray (Ferryhill Whs) 51-49. Robin Brennan ( Preston CC) was 2nd with 53-42 with YRC rider Ian Fairweather (Yorkshire RC) 3rd in 53-45, Vince Macklam (Yorkshire RC) was 4th in 53-51.

- Full results
 

Dave Stone - Gold and Silver medals in Segovia

Gold in Segovia

Mutiple World and Paralympic Champion David Stone showed his dominance in the T2 Time Trial by finishing one minute ahead of the competition and came second in the T2 Road Race, narrowly missing out on gold to Italy's Georgio Farroni. - Full BC report
 

Simon West wins the final race

Tockwith - Yorkshire County Spring Championships.

Gradually improving his performance in each event Simon West (YRC) won the final race and series. The races were held on the Tockwith closed circuit and there were 6 races in the Yorkshire County Spring Championships. Simon rode all of the races scoring points in each and moving up to 3rd cat in the process.

More photographs from the Tockwith series by Mark Webster - Images

Simon is sponsored by CycleSense in Tadcaster where he works as a mechanic and showroom manager. Cyclesense in partnership with Koga kindly sponsored Simon with two bikes, one Koga cyclo-cross bike and one Koga road bike. - Full story
 

Brian Robinson Challenge Ride - 17th April 2011

The Brian Robinson Challenge

 

The ‘Robbo’ as it is known amongst cyclists is a 75 mile cycle circuit which offers riders the opportunity to take in some of the country’s most iconic climbs, Holme Moss, for example, has featured in cycling events at the highest level for over half a century. The ride is named after Britain’s first Tour de France stage winner who still lives in nearby Mirfield and used many of these roads as his training ground.

 

Flaming Photography - Report - Images
 

La Marmotte 2010

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Extra Bumper Edition

A first time Marmotteer, a previous years star rider (self proclaimed) and and a regular also ran rider all give their review of this years super warm event. With more fiction than fact, read this special report - La Marmotte 2010