Hog Hill Circuit Racing

July 2011
No 27
Hog Hill Circuit Racing
Pmb photo’s
Yes it’s me at the front but not for long! Ed.
Steve Kay wins ‘Most
Aggressive Rider’ award
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Chiltern Hundred
Organizer Eddie Spriggs
Pmb photo’s
What they said:The Chiltern 100 was tough, the wind seemed to be
against you the whole day and when Gavin Bench's
chain snapped 45m in I lost him and Matt Pumo and
then spent the rest of the day with no one to work
with. Another well run event, big thanks to all those
who pitched in Steve Kay
Just Brilliant! Even the hills.... Lucy Cuppleditch
Results page 16
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EDITORIAL
In This Issue
4
Special Club Run Day
5
Fancy going
Round in Circles
Dave Reid
7
Ride 4a Reason
8
Coach’s Corner
Rachel McKay
10 Nutrition for Cycling
Rachel McKay
12
Following a Wheel
Dave Korson
13
At the Club room
14 VCC Riders Abroad
16
Chiltern Hundred
Results
17
Welcome to
New Members
18
Caton’s Blog
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21
Andy’s Quiz
Andy McLennan
VCC Racing at
Hog Hill
I
t is right that as a club we put something back
into the sport we all love. With this in mind
VCC, through the endeavours of the organizers
and helpers of these promotions, were once again
able to provide for members as well as for the
sport at large, so many major events. Hog Hill
started the season, a new venture into circuit
racing which so many club members enjoyed,
followed by the Chiltern Hundred Sportive organized by Eddie Spriggs in conjunction with the
Amersham Road CC; now a classic and attracting
over 1400 entries. Next came Ride 4a Reason the
club’s promotion to encourage families and those
not yet committed to club cycling to have a go and
maybe become more involved in the sport, organized by Dave Yorke. It is through this event that
the club has attracted many new members. Later
this month the club will promote its annual Open
25 mile time trial, the 49th consecutive year VCC
has promoted the event in support of our sport.
Congratulations to new member Shu Pillinger
who did so well in the Deloitte Ride Across Britain being placed 38th overall out of 600 and 3rd
woman. (p6) Read about Shu’s experience in the
October edition of VN or come to the clubroom to
hear her in person, date to be announced.
David Korson
Verulam News is the official newsletter of the
Verulam Cycling Club
Editors: David & Val Korson Sale’s Farm, Grove
Lane, Whelpley Hill, Chesham, Bucks . HP5 3QQ
Tel: 01442 831716
E-mail: [email protected]
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Verulam Special Club Run Day
8th May
T
here was a pleasant surprise for riders on this run,
as the club treated everyone to
free tea and cake. The pub at
High Cross put on a delightful
spread of cakes and scones
with jam and cream aka
Cream Tea.
Everybody was fully appreciative on hearing the news that
the club was treating them.
The spread at The
White Horse Pub
High Cross
New group formed- Rapido’s
Due to popular demand the new group led by Dave Reid has started with a good
turnout. This is not a cushy ride and is expected to go quite a bit faster than
Mods+ and only a little slower than the Fast group, so be aware before you join
this group. This makes six groups on Sunday runs.
We also need a volunteer to start a group to go a little faster than the Sociables,
possible name for the group ‘The Steadies’. Speed 13-14 mph.
Anyone interested contact Dave Korson tel:01442 831716 email [email protected]
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Fancy going round and round in circles
W
hile playing dodge the pothole on a Sunday club run can be fun for the
first mile or so, don't you long for a ride along a stretch of smooth
traffic free tarmac? Did your competitive spirit get roused by the club's recent excursion to Hog Hill and didn’t you wish to explore the outer limits of
your athletic ability on a bike again?
Well fulfill both ambitions by joining a club trip to the velodrome at the
Gosling Sports Park, Welwyn Garden City. The track at Gosling is an open air,
fully banked circuit of 460m. It was fully resurfaced approx. 5 years ago.
With enough notice, Welwyn Wheelers Cycle Club would be prepared to act
as our hosts and could provide coaches and track bikes. Welwyn have 40+
track bikes that range from those with 650 sized wheels suitable for children
through to bikes with 60cm frames which might just be large enough for our
club president! A session on a Saturday from 11:30 through to 1:30 would
work best for our hosts.
If you are interested (and have not replied to the posting on the forum on the
club website)
please contact:- David Reid (01727 752882, [email protected])
and we’ll get the ball rolling.
84th Annual Club Dinner
Dance and Prize Giving
at Harpenden Golf Club
Saturday 19th November 2011 6.30pm for 7.00pm
Don’t miss this evening, it is always a sellout so book early as tickets are limited.
Why not book a table for your group
Tickets: £ 30.00 available from 1st September: ticket sales close 31st October
(Cheques to be made payable to Verulam Cycling Club)
From: David Korson e-mail [email protected] Tel 01442 831716
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Latest News and Results
12thJune 2011: Report from Richard Marriot: The Verulam CC 50 trio of Steve
Kay, Richard Marriott and Graham Pepperdine were in action again in the Finsbury Park 50 on the F1/50. Steve Kay came in quickest at 2:02:27, Richard Marriott clocked 2:03:22 (a personal best) and Graham Pepperdine came in at 2:09:19,
also a personal best. Conditions for early starters were good, with very little wind
but, as is often the case, later starters were blessed with a brisk southwesterly breeze.
I didn't stay for all the results but when I left Ian Cammish, the Time Lord, was winning with a time of 1:44:56. I don't expect him to have been beaten (doesn't he get
bored with winning?)
26thJune2011: Many congratulations go to Shu Pillinger having just completed the
Deloitte Ride Across Britain, John O'Groats to Land's End, 958 miles over 9
days, crossing the line in 69h 05m 22s. Shu reported: Although it wasn't a race - try
telling that to some very competitive people - I was placed 3rd woman, 38th overall,
out of over 600 participants. 1st was Sarah Storey, Olympic gold medalist in individual pursuit and road time trial.
I was raising money for ParalympicsGB (many of the cycle team were riding with
us) and a small charity called Magic Breakfast, so if any club members would like
to, any donations are welcome on my fundraising site http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/Shu-JoGLE
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Peters Green Feed Station
Lindsay Bayles &Andrew Rice man the feed station
Jason Birch & Conor
Photo’s Andrew Rice
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Coach’s Corner
A regular feature from our Club Coach
Rachel McKay ABCC Coach
B
y now you should be well into
your season, whatever kind of
events you do, be it Audax or sportives, time trials, road racing or track.
Some club members are also enthusiastic off-roaders with its mix of allday enduros, XC and downhill racing.
There are also a fair few riders off to
Spain and France for epic multi-day
events like the Raid Pyrenees The key
points to remember, whatever you
do, are:
either the lowest priority and
done as part of your training,
so you won’t taper or do anything special, or of medium
priority where you’ll have a
3-day mini-taper and some
specific goals.
1) Prioritise your events. The
most important (no more
than two per year) require
you to target and peak for
specifically. In the 8 weeks
before you should be concentrating on speed and power,
tapering on the endurance
and recovering fully. Crucially
you should have a 1-2 week
taper for the event as it’s
better to go in undercooked
than overdone.
2) All other events will be of
lower priority. This means
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3) For the lower priority events
the goals should be process
based. This means how you
do things e.g. riding at a particular level of effort. For your
target event you will have
outcome based goals e.g.
complete in a certain time.
It’s crucial that these are
SMART: specific, measurable,
achievable, relevant and timely.
4) To go faster you need to work
on your speed and power. A
great way is to do a session of
sprint intervals. My two fa-
vourite sessions are “Triple T”
and “Overload Cruise intervals”.
For “Triple T”, do a set of six repeats of 45 seconds at your 25
mile time trial pace (bottom of
one 4) followed by 15 seconds at
your 10 mile time trial pace (top
of Zone 4). After each set, spin
gently in bottom gear for 3 minutes. Do up to 5 sets per session,
once a week. For “Overload
Cruise intervals” do a set of 5
minutes at your 10 mile time
trial pace followed by 10 minutes at your 25 mile time trial
pace followed by 3 minutes gentle spinning. Repeat each set up
to 5 times. Again one session per
week.
5) For people doing ultra-endurance events such as 200km+
Audaxes, the longer sportives,
12 or 24 hour time trials or
multi-day events (the Raids)
then you need to keep up the
endurance work in the 8 week
peak period. The best way to
achieve this is to do back-toback endurance rides so that
you aren’t fully recovered for
the second day’s ride.
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6) Eat and drink properly.
Correct fuelling both off
and on the bike are crucial to you getting though
the training and the
events successfully. This
means plenty of quality
carbohydrate and enough
protein daily. Multiply
your bodyweight in kg by
1.5 and this is the
amount, in grams, of both
carbohydrate and protein
you need every day.
Watch out for refined
sugar and animal based
(saturated) fat. Finally
drink 2 litres of plain water every day.
If you do all that then you should
be well on the way to achieving
your goals.
Nutrition for Cycling, or “Eat to Win”
Part 2
by Rachel McKay
Sports& Remedial Massage Therapist, Bowen Therapist, ABCC Coach,
Reiki Teacher CNHC Registered, ISRM, BTPA, ABCC, UK Reiki Federation
Daily Eating
A good well balanced diet should
give you enough carbohydrate, fat,
protein, vitamins and minerals without the need for supplements. Divide your dinner plate into thirds,
one each for carbohydrate, protein
and fruit & vegetables. Limit yourself to 10% fat per meal. Stick to
unrefined and whole grain starches
(rice, pasta, potatoes, bread); avoid
simple sugars and refined foods.
Stick to fish (both oily and non-oily)
and poultry and avoid too much
fatty red meat. Steam, microwave or
stir-fry vegetables to retain nutrients. Think “traffic lights” to get a
good nutrient balance on your plate.
Drink 1.5-2 litres of plain water a
day and avoid too many cups of tea
and coffee.
Supplements
A good quality multi-vitamin and
mineral ensures that you are getting
all the micro-nutrients you need,
especially when training hard or racing. Well-regarded brands include
Pharmaton, Solgar and Higher Na10
ture. If your urine is bright orange
or yellow after taking a multi-vit
then you’re not absorbing it very
well.
Cyclists, with the exception of
track sprinters (and in other rare
circumstances), do not need to
take protein supplements. You
get enough from your food –
roughly 1.5 grams per kg bodyweight.
Creatine can help, especially if
your body does not produce
enough of its own naturally. There
is a specific regime you follow of
loading, maintenance and rest
covering a cycle of eight weeks.
For the loading phase: 1 dessert
spoon Creatine taken with 1 pint
of water, 5 times daily, 7 days. For
the maintenance phase: 1 dessert
spoon Creatine taken with 1 pint
of water, once daily, 4-6 weeks.
Have a 2 week rest phase where
you take no Creatine at all.
It is essential that you drink plenty
of water when taking Creatine, at
least 2 litres per day. Do not take
with fruit juice. It’s also best taken
with protein, for example as part
of your recovery milk shake immediately after exercise.
Carbohydrate loading can help especially for events lasting more than
two hours with prolonged high intensity. Simply follow a normal taper process: reduce the volume of
training by up to 90% while retaining the intensity two to three days
before the event. At the same time,
eat a carbohydrate-rich diet (8-10
grams per kg bodyweight).
When It All Goes Wrong
Hunger Knock / Bonk
You have enough sugar in your
blood stream and liver to last for
two hours if you take no extra carbohydrate. When it’s all used up,
you switch to “fat burning” and you
will be unable to exercise at anything above 50% VO2max
(equivalent to Zone 1 or “active
recovery” rate). However, as soon
as you eat or drink a sugar-rich
snack (e.g. Mars Bar, carbohydrate
drink, Kendal Mint Cake, Coca Cola) your body recovers in a minute
or two due to a brain response triggered by the sugar.
Dehydration
Dehydration is a very serious concern for cyclists, especially on
Sportives in hot weather. If you lose
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2% of your bodyweight in fluid
(3lb for a 10st athlete) your performance will drop by 10%-20%.
A loss of 4% may cause nausea,
vomiting and diarrhoea. At 5%
performance drops by 30% and
8% causes dizziness, laboured
breathing, weakness and confusion. At this point immediate
medical intervention and possibly hospitalisation is required.
And Finally
I am often asked which brands
are best. In terms of the quality of
ingredients and also guarantee
that you won’t fall foul of any
drugs testing, three brands that
can be relied on are Torq, High5,
Powerbar. In addition, I make my
own range of energy and recovery drink powders sourced from
the highest quality ingredients
and cost less than the commercial
alternatives. These are available
to club members on request.
Following a wheel
by Dave Korson
Matt Pumo sits
on
the wheel of Sam
Skuce
N
ew riders to the club may be unfamiliar
with the phrase ‘To follow a wheel’
this refers to the practice of riding behind
another rider in order to take shelter from
the wind and also to take pace. Doing this
saves valuable energy sometimes up to 30%.
It is always safer to ride slightly to one side
of the rider in front as this will help in
avoiding any crash in the event of a sudden
alteration in speed or even an emergency
stop.
In windy conditions ride to the sheltered
side e.g. if the wind is from the right take
shelter behind and to the left of the rider in
front. This practice also forms the basis of
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group riding, whether in bunch racing or
on a club run.
Club Run Riding
It is good practice for the two leading
riders to ride as a pair (no half wheeling)
in this way the following riders can also
ride in pairs, following a wheel slightly
to one side and at a safe distance
(usually about 1-2 feet).
This ensures a compact group making
the ride easier for those behind and by
adopting this style of riding less able
riders can keep up with riders faster than
themselves.
At the Clubroom
Bike Maintenance
by Bill Sibley
9th May
B
ill Sibley gave one of his ever popular Bike
Maintenance talks covering subjects as diverse as adjusting gears to the latest design for
bottom bracket sets with press fit cups then how
to repair a puncture, a task you would think
everyone would know how to do, but as usual
Bill had a number of good tips. Audience participation was as usual prominent with many adding their own experience to the discussion, in
particular those who took a keen interest and
were involved in bike repairs on their own behalf. Prominent amongst these were Nick Coe,
Ian Gow and Sam Skuce, ensuring a lively debate.
Strawberry & Cream
Evening
27th June
As daytime temperatures soared
to over 30 degrees Centigrade, a
record for six years, the Strawberry and Cream evening once
again proved to be popular
amongst sociable members as almost twenty turned up to enjoy
the treat and to chat with friends.
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Verulam riders abroad
Raid Switzerland
7-July-2011:
Doug Driscoll reports
F
ourteen riders (12 VCC) headed off to the Alps at the end of June for their annual
pilgrimage across the mountains.
Using a format that we have refined over the years: We simply hire a van to take the
bikes & luggage down to the start whilst everybody else flies out and back, and have a
nice kind driver (Nick Coe this time) to follow us around on our stripped down racing
bikes. Various duties (route planning, hotel bookings, map printing etc.) are all shared
around to help keep costs to a minimum – unlike Matt P & Marek’s choice in wines!
A full report with photo’s can be seen on the club web site www.verulamcc.org.uk
Participants were:Mark Antcliffe, Gavin Bench, Paul Cackett, Nick Coe, Mark Drinkwater, Doug
Driscoll, Frazer Harper, Steve Kay, Leigh Marmon, Gareth Morris, Matt Pumo,
Matt Reader, Paul Roberts & Marek Siwicki.
La Marmotte
Richard Marriott reports
A
nother group of Verulam CC riders
headed off to the Alps for one of Europe's hardest sportives: La Marmotte. The
route is 170km long (of which around 81 are
uphill) and has about 5300m of ascent over
the legendary Col du Glandon, Col du Telegraph, Col du Galibier and up the legendary
21 bends of Alpe d'Huez to the finish. The
riders and times were as follows: Hazel Davies (11:51:43), Alan Swinhoe (8:53:16),
Richard Marriott (8:44:09). Jon sutcliffe,
Martin Jones and Craig Stewart were also
spotted out on the route. Jem Biggins and
Andy Rice provided much appreciated support to Hazel, Richard and Alan.
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Hazel & Richard
Jem & Andy
Raid Pyrenees (A sore pair o' knees)
Don Andrews reports
W
hen you're groveling up the giant Col du Tourmalet, an 18k climb average gradient
of 7% in the cold mist with low visibility and every sinew in your body screaming
in agony for you to stop it's hard to remember that this is supposed to be a cycling holiday!
This was the low point in the raid Pyrenees which is a really tough challenge I went on with
Andy Cole and 8 of his friends who called themselves the 'Harpenden Raiders'. The ride
is from Hendaye on the Atlantic coast to Cerbere on the Med, 710kms with 18 major cols
which has to be done in 100hrs total to qualify for an award.
This results in up to 10hrs a day cycling up to 4 cols per day, the views were spectacular,
but little time for real rest.
At various cafe stops along the way you needed to get your route card stamped to prove
you made it. The French word for a stamp is Tampon which caused much amusement
when 10 guys lined up asking cafe owners for Tampons.
We all succeeded in the challenge though it was by far the toughest cycling event I've ever
done and one not to be repeated.
Spirits were kept high by good company and lots of banter. Typical of this was those who
got to the cols first doing press ups whilst the rest came over the top. An awesome trip and
I must admit in certain parts it did seem like a holiday.
Answers to Andy’s Quiz featured on page 20
1. Watford, 2. St. Albans, 3.Potters Bar, 4.Buntingford, 5. Tring, 6. Hatfield, 7. Ware,
8. Digswell, 9. Hertford, 10. Rickmansworth, 11. London Colney, 12. Cuffley,
13. Codicote, 14. Batford, 15. Borehamwood, 16. Ashwell, 17. Welwyn Gdn City,
18. Whitwell, 19. Hitchin, 20. Wheathampstead.
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Chiltern Hundred Results
Medio Fondo
Gran Fondo
Name
Time
Award
Name
Time
Award
Steve Kay
Matt Pumo
Ian Cunningham
Richard Marriott
David Reid
Peter McDermott
Paul Moody
Alan Swinhoe
Martin Jones
Nigel Gilespie
Tim Lowcock
Paul Browning
Tim Gray
Jon Sutcliffe
Marc Cane
Sam Skuce
Peter Miller
Hazel Davies (F)
Toby Francis
Paul Hammond
Jim Phillips
Jem Biggins
Davinder Bhatia
Vim Rawal
6.00.33
6.17.30
6.30.13
6.44.05
6.46.32
6.49.00
6.50.38
6.59.34
7.03.59
7.06.45
7.06.47
7.10.54
7.15.00
7.28.21
7.32.55
7.38.34
7.39.05
7. 40.20
7.54.36
8.02.59
8.03.08
8.22.17
8.30.36
8.55.10
Gold
Gold
Gold
Silver
Silver
Silver
Silver
Silver
Silver
Silver
Silver
Bronze
Silver
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Silver
Paul Roberts
Doug Driscoll
Chris Dennis
Giles Horridge
Robert Sutton
Martyn Skinner
Martin Purvis
Dave Korson
Mark Russell
Ian Ladd
Lucy Cuppleditch (F)
James O’Neill
4.13.21
4.40.02
4.55.58
5.10.48
5.11.10
5.20.21
5.32.13
5.50.56
5.51.00
5.51.04
5.51.53
6.20.27
Gold
Gold
Silver
Silver
Silver
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze
Corto Fondo
Name
Craig Stewart
Joga Shoger
Time
3.57.33
4.24.42
Steve Kay storms through Gran Fondo
Steve Kay showed his form once again as he returned almost 17 minutes ahead of Matt
Pumo, whilst Ian Cunningham came in with a very credible 6.30.13. Hazel Davies,
the only VCC lady to ride the Gran Fondo, came home with 7.40.20. earning a Silver
Award. The only other VCC lady to ride, Lucy Cuppleditch, also did herself credit in
the Medio earning a Bronze Award.
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Welcome to New Members
Andy Whitaker: Until recently Andy preferred
Mountain biking to the road and competed in
some MTB races, before joining VCC in January
following his conversion to road cycling. He
started with the Inters and quickly progressed to
Mods+. Andy says he will be out of action for a
few months as he is expecting his third child this
month. We all wish them both good luck for the
new arrival. Ed.
Karen Jones recently took up cycling and
joined VCC to get fit for a 400k charity ride in
Kenya’s Rift Valley in support of Women v
Cancer. New to cycling it was the encouragement of Ted and Lindsay who kept her going.
Karen rides with the Sociables.
Donations to this worthy cause www.justgiving/
karenjanejones
Mike Sims joined after learning about the club
through the website. He is a keen collector of
Raleigh racing bikes. Mike rides with the Sociables.
John Hattersley is an ex road runner who regularly competed in marathons. After undergoing
a knee operation he took up cycling because it is
less strain on his knees. John is rejoining following his operation and rides with the Intermediates.
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Caton’s Blog
A regular feature in which Paul
shares his experience with readers
Thinking aloud
An eclectic collection
Paul competing in the European Masters
L
ast October I received a Garmin
705 as a present and was quite
impressed by its large configurable
screen that can display all sorts of data
whilst on the move. Once at home all
this data can be downloaded and analysed along with a map of where you
have been. You can then at a later time
do the same ride again and race
against yourself with the unit telling you
if you are up or down on your previous
efforts. All clever stuff.
Where this device really comes into its
own for me is the ability to pre plan a
ride using an internet mapping tool and
then upload it onto your Garmin. When
you are ready, off you go with route
overlaid onto a visible colour map with
directions being alerted just before you
get to a junction. This is a really useful
feature when you are riding in an unfamiliar area as it means you do not have
to keep stopping to consult a map
which can get quite disruptive.
Why are the handlebar plug ends that
come with bar tape always much
smaller than the diameter of the handlebars?
The evening 10 series is attracting a
good entry which is really good to see
with many more aero bikes now being
used with plenty of talk on how many
watts overshoes and aero hats save.
These are great events to ride and
provide the ability to pitch yourself
against your mates in the race of truth.
It is also encouraging to see Suzannah
Driscoll competing under the watchful
eye of Doug, I am sure he follows just
to make sure she looks after his best
racing wheels!
My first race was the Norlond Combine
10 held on the F4 which went over the
then quiet A1 (which was single carriageway at that time) by Hatfield and
up to the London Colney roundabout
and back. I think I did a 33.07 and won
an OS166 map with the Verulam fielding a good team of under 16’s, how
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times have changed. I can’t imagine
riding over that course now due to the
traffic, let alone when I was 13 years
old.
you are not competing against the
youngsters with their boundless energy. LVRC is a standalone not for profit
organisation whose members organise something like 250 races throughout the year and all round the country.
Each race is divided into 5 year age
groups so everyone stands the
chance of a prize.
Staying on the Time Trial theme I
have recently competed in two evening hilly or sporting course events
which the promoting clubs put on as
a change from the normal evening
club 10. Whilst the Verulam 10
course is reasonably sporting it would
provide a bit of variety if the event
nearest the longest day was two circuits of the Whitwell circuit. Food for
thought perhaps and might add a bit
of spice to the Seabird trophy.
About this time of year I try and encourage you all to have a go at track
racing. The Welwyn Wheelers run an
introductory session every Saturday
morning at Gosling Stadium and will
even rent you a bike, all the details
are on their web site. I’ts great fun
and certainly improves your bike handling skills. If you want to start riding
the indoor tracks like London Olympic
velodrome post 2012 then this would
be a great place to start. Of all the
riding I do, the velodrome gives me
the biggest adrenaline rush.
From the report on the web site the
road race day at Hog Hill was a success we may perhaps see some of
those that gave it a try enter some
races. There are many to choose
from and if you are over 40 you can
also ride LVRC races which means
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Andy’s Quiz
Local Knowledge
The answers are all in Hertfordshire.
1. Reputedly nothing happens north of here.
2. What a martyr.
3. Where a clay worker gets refreshed.
4. Hanging decor for a US President.
5. Sounds like a telephone when repeated.
6. Headgear in a meadow.
7. Do you know this location?
8. The gardener works hard.
9. A stag by a river crossing.
10. Value of a chap in a haystack.
11. A capital sounding rabbit.
12. What is found at the end of a sleeve-ly?
13. Fish in a dove’s residence.
14. Belfry creature crosses stream here.
15. Not a very interesting forest.
16. A tree near a spring.
17. Definitely a trendy place for flowers.
18. Water drawn for Spring Bank Holiday.
19. Cowboys tie their horses to this post.
20. Grain with an arty London suburb.
by Andy McLennon
Answers on page 15
Dates for Your Diary
Club Events
26th June
Ride 4a Reason
Woollams St. Albans
24th July
VCC Open 25 mile tt
F1 Tempsford
3rd September
VCC Seabird tt
Whitwell Circuit
14th September
SGM
Club Room
18th September
Norlond Combine 25 tt
Incorporating VCC 25 mile Championship Course tbc
19th November
Annual Dinner Dance
Harpenden Golf Club
& Prize Giving
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VCC Circuit Racing at Hog Hill
22nd May 2011
5 Lap Handicap
1.Will Laughton
2.Colin Vidler
3.Andy Whitaker
Devil take the hindmost - Group A
1.Steve Kay
2.Matt Pumo
3.Sam Skuce
Points Race - Group A
1.Steve Kay
2.Gavin Bench
3.Matt Pumo
Devil take the hindmost - Group B
1.Nick Coe
2.Andy Whitaker
3.Richard Marriot
Points Race - Group B
1.Richard Marriot
2.Nick Coe
3.Stuart Dwight
Most aggresive rider award
Steve Kay
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great day was had by all at our Hog Hill circuit racing adventure. 24 riders took
part on a blustery day that made for some tough racing. Steve Kay took most of
the spoils in the A category whilst Richard Marriot & Nick Coe shared the honours
in the B category. Will Laughton held off all challengers for a close win in the Handicap race.
Here’s what they said:‘Hog Hill was a really good day out, probably the best Verulam day out I have
been on. Everyone agreed we need to do more racing.’
Steve Kay
Great fun, and an excellent opportunity to improve your bike handling skills
Lucy Cuppleditch
Thanks to Doug Driscoll who ran the event on the day, Dave Yorke, for help with
British Cycling accreditation, Paul Caton for his invaluable advice, Paul Brown,
Andrew Rice for photo’s and to helpers on the day Dick Morgan, Mike Willard
and Kim Coe.
The club invested several hundred pounds to provide members with a new experience of bunch riding and ‘Real Racing’ on a closed circuit. Next year the event will
be run at a small charge to defray some of the expenses.
Dave Korson
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Racing at Hog Hill
Photo’s by Paul Brown
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Dave Yorke, Bill Sibley & Victoria Gunn
Organizer Dave Yorke
Don Andrews & Bob Bone
Signing on
Pmb photo’s
‘Inters Group’ Jack Sutton, Max Ward,
Lucy Peacock, Phillipa Shubert, & Ian Ladd
‘The Inters Group’
Robert Sutton & Dave Korson lead
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