Club Event Saturday 31st October 2015

The hill climb, last of this year’s club events, was held as usual on Wash Hill in dry but murky conditions. The previous day’s rain had made the fallen leaves a little slippery but all contestants negotiated the course without difficulty. John Payne was the Road Club’s fastest rider with a 18 second improvement on his last year’s effort. The full result is as follows….

Rider	Club	Time	Points
John Payne	SBRC	3.03.5	10
Bob Hewett	SBRC	3.21.9	9
Neil Blundell	Hounslow+District Wheelers	2.26.4	.
Michelle Ayres	SBRC	4.06.7	8
Paul Holdsworth	Hounslow+District Wheelers	2.45.1	.

Cumulative Points, Trophy - SBRC only:

John Payne	47
Harjinder Obhi	40
Peter Cockbain	33
Bob Hewett	32
Joy Payne	18
John Bridgeman	8
Michelle Ayres	8

Congratulations to John for winning the Points Trophy this year

Club Event, Saturday 5 September 2015

Thankfully the early morning drizzle abated for the start of the Club’s last time trial of the season at Maidenhead Thicket. Once again temporary traffic lights appeared on the course which made the result a bit of a lottery. A meagre three riders faced the timekeeper with the results below...

Rider	Club	Time	Points
Harjinder Obhi	SBRC	25:00	10
John Payne	SBRC	27:30	9
Stephen Moore	Kingston Wheelers	25:20	.

Cumulative Points, Trophy - SBRC only:

Harjinder Obhi	40
John Payne	37
Peter Cockbain	33
Bob Hewett	23
Joy Payne	18
John Bridgeman	8

Club Event, Saturday 1 August 2015

A deceptively chilly morning (at least for August) greeted the riders in the latest Club event on the Maidenhead Thicket course. A combination of injury and holidays meant that only two Road Club members were present in the field of five. Peter Cockbain finished in a time of 28.10 while John Payne, whose chain apparently lost its affinity with the chainwheel recorded 27.54 after a derailment on the course. The result was as follows:

Rider	Club	Time	Points
John Payne	SBRC	27:54	10
Adrian Feek	Bath RC	24:30	.
Stephen Moore	Kingston Wheelers	25:31	.
John Sullivan	Hillingdon CC	22:38	.
Peter Cockbain	SBRC	28:10	9

Cumulative Points, Trophy - SBRC only:

Peter Cockbain	33
Harjinder Obhi	30
John Payne	28
Bob Hewett	23
Joy Payne	18
John Bridgeman	8

Club Event Saturday 4 July 2015

A humid warm morning complimented by a strong south westerly wind faced the riders in the latest morning club event at Maidenhead Thicket. Although there were moans at the finish about the difficult first half to the turn this appears to have been compensated by a very rapid return resulting in Personal Best times for John Payne and Bob Hewett in 26:25 and 27:56 respectively. Harjinder Obhi was our fastest rider with 24:42 while Peter Cockbain suffering from bruised ribs after an altercation with the family washing machine clocked 28:47. The full result is as follows:

Rider	Club	Time	Points
John Payne	SBRC	26:25	9
Peter Cockbain	SBRC	28:47	7
Richard Wilcox	Bath RC	24:24	.
Harjinder Obhi	SBRC	24:42	10
Bob Hewett	SBRC	27:56	8
Rob Engers	Shorter Rochford	24:25	.

Cumulative Points, Trophy - SBRC only:

Harjinder Obhi	30
Peter Cockbain	25
Bob Hewett	23
Joy Payne	18
John Payne	18
John Bridgeman	8

Club Event, Saturday 6 June 2015

An early reconnaissance of the Maidenhead Thicket course for the latest club event revealed that a small part of the road was subject to traffic light control. The consensus of the  riders was that we should run the event on the principle that any race was better than no race. In the event, the obstruction appeared to have little bearing on the race although the strong SW wind probably did. John Payne was first back to the timekeeper having caught and passed his wife to record a personal best. Joy, it transpired, had suffered a cycle computer hardware malfunction and had stopped several times to fix it. The full result is as follows:

Rider	Club	Time	Points
Joy Payne	SBRC	27:52	8
John Payne	SBRC	26:49	9
Richard Wilcox	Bath RC	24:48	.
Grigor McLeod	Hillingdon Tristars	24:38	.
Adrian Feek	Bath RC	25:42	.
Harjinder Obhi	SBRC	25:04	10
Bob Hewett	SBRC	29:11	7

Cumulative Points, Trophy - SBRC only:

Harjinder Obhi	20
Peter Cockbain	18
Joy Payne	18
Bob Hewett	15
John Payne	9
John Bridgeman	8

Club Event, Saturday 2 May 2015

A cold windy morning on the Maidenhead Thicket course meant conditions were far from ideal for the second of the club's ten mile events (7degC, 10mph ENE breeze, overcast). The result was as follows:

Rider	Club	Time	Points
Harjinder Obhi	SBRC	25:23	10
Heather Mackay	Maidenhead + District CC	24:07	-
Grigor McLeod	Hillingdon Tristars	24:20	-
John Bridgeman	SBRC	34:50	8
Peter Cockbain	SBRC	28:34	9

Cumulative Points, Trophy - SBRC only:

Peter Cockbain	18
Joy Payne	10
Harjinder Obhi	10
Bob Hewett	8
John Bridgeman	8

Club Event Saturday 4 April 2015

The first of the club’s morning events on the Maidenhead Thicket course was held on a windy cold but dry morning. The result was as follows:

Rider	Club	Time
Joy Payne	SBRC	28:01
Bob Hewett	SBRC	30:42
Peter Cockbain	SBRC	29:04
Gill Reynolds	Willesden CC	31:48

Points Trophy - SBRC only:

Joy Payne	10
Peter Cockbain	9
Bob Hewett	8

Crossword puzzle solution

With apologies for the delay, here is the solution to the crossword. I hope you enjoyed it!
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