Christmas Cycling Crossword!

Hi all. While on the plane on a business trip recently, I threw together this cycling themed crossword. In (sort of) Daily Telegraph style, the top three answers across combine to make a special place for us. I'll upload the solution grid in the New Year. Best regards and Merry Christmas!

Harj

Across

1, Sit on bike; needed for a computer.

3, Stops a sweaty back.

5, A faster way up?

7, Fumble soaps, for steering a bike?

9, Dual on modern brake.

10, Bull horn stab, makes nice jackets.

11, Padding, suck one to avoid 15 across.

12, Go! Come on!

15, Hits the wall.

18, Keys to unlock bars.

19, Kebab stabs.

20, Tyres fitted.

Down

1, Fenders to some.

2, Baby mammals love this!

3, Place to stop, on the edge.

4, Smartens bars.

5, Not the best place for a coffee stop!

6, Cable sheaths.

8, Attacked alone to victory.

13, Kids should not share helmets because of these.

14, Calorie rich fuel in the US.

16, Lubricates.

17, Sprinter’s click.

Club Hill Climb, 1 November 2014

Luckily the early morning rain cleared in time for the start of the last club event of the year, although in parts the hill was a little slippery with wet leaves. John Payne was the fastest South Bucks Road Club rider, closely followed by new member David Mills.

The full result is below:

Rider	Club	Time	Points
Michelle Ayres	SBRC	3:49:3	6
John Payne	SBRC	3:22:2	10
Joy Payne	SBRC	3:43:1	7
Paul Holdsworth	H+DW	2:45:2	.
Neil Blundell	H+DW	2:30:3	.
Jill Bartlett	H+DW	3:45:2	.
David Mills	SBRC	3:28:4	9
Bob Hewett	SBRC	3:40:6	8

(H+DW stands for Hounslow and District Wheelers)

Points Trophy (SBRC Members Only)

Joy Payne	36
John Payne	33
Bob Hewett	22
Peter Cockbain	17
Michelle Ayres	14
Harjinder Obhi	10
David Mills	9

This means that Joy will hold the trophy for the coming year. Congratulations Joy and well done to everyone who took part in club events this year.

Road Club AGM 2014

At the recent Road Club Annual General Meeting the following officials were elected:

Chairman:	Peter Ayres
General Secretary:	Alan Hodgson
Racing Secretary:	Alan Hodgson
Treasurer:	Anona Steven
CTT Reps:	Alan Hodgson/Peter Ayres
Auditor:	Audrey Hughes

A series of .10. mile events have been applied for on H10/2 on the following Saturday mornings to start at 09.01

Sat 4th April
Sat 2nd. May
Sat 6th. June
Sat 4th. July
Sat 1st. August
Sat 5th. September

In addition a hill climb will be held on HCC026 (Wash Hill) on Saturday 31st. October starting at 10.01

Club event 6th September 2014

A rather benign morning with little wind enabled some fast times to be recorded in the last of the club's morning events on the Bath Road at Maidenhead Thicket. Joy, with a time of 25:39 was within a whisker of a personal best, blaming a tardy truck for her just missing out. John meanwhile, finishes with 27:49. Ken Powell who is riding the Duo Normand later in the month thought that it was about time that he practiced a little 2-up riding as this is the discipline in the event. Steve Kish was his excellent tutor and the pair finishes in 26:15. Many thanks to Peter and Michelle, Martin and Robert who came out to help whilst our two stalwart helpers, Tony and Anona, were in France. Results:

Rider	Club	Time	Points
Joy Payne	SBRC	25:39	10
John Payne	SBRC	27:49	9
R. Willcox	Bath RC	23:43
G. McLeod	Hillingdon Tristars	23:57
L. Gardener	MDCC	29:31
R. Engers	Shorter Rochford	25:01
J. Sullivan	Westerley RC	22:36
Bob Hewett	SBRC	28:18	8
Ken Powell+Steve Kish	SBRC	26:15

Points Trophy (SBRC Members Only)

Joy Payne	29
John Payne	23
Peter Cockbain	17
Bob Hewett	14
Harjinder Obhi	10
Michelle Ayres	8

Club Event, 2 August 2014

Attempting to embed the results document. Please let Harj or Alan know if you encounter any difficulties reading this. Thanks!

Club Event, Saturday 5 April 2014

The first of the season’s club events was held under, for the time of the year, fairly good conditions. It was dry, there was some wind and the sun put in an occasional appearance. As is normal for the first event there was keenness about and a record number of sixteen riders took part. Perusal of the annals showed that this was the best attendance since the Club organised an event in conjunction with the CTC Birthday Rides which the South Bucks organised in 1998. The result of Saturday’s event on course H10/2 was as follows:

Rider	Club	Time
Bill Stafford	Unattached	33.05
Grigor McLoed	Hillingdon Triathletes	24.58
Richard Willcox	Bath RC	24.35
Harjinder Obhi	S.B.R.C.	25.19
Danuta Tinn	Maidenhead + DCC	24.46
Liam Maybank	Twickenham CC	22.01
Joy Payne	S.B.R.C.	27.16
John Payne	S.B.R.C.	29.35
Bob Hewett	S.B.R.C.	30.48
Peter Cockbain	S.B.R.C.	28.29
Rob Engers	Shorter Rochford	25.15
Martin Winter	Twickenham CC	23.03
Graham Giggs	Bath RC	24.42
Luke Walton	East London Velo	22.06
Michelle Ayres + Steve Kish	S.B.R.C.	26.14 2Up TTT

Points Trophy (SBRC Members Only)

Harjinder Obhi	10
Joy Payne	9
Peter Cockbain	8
John Payne	7
Bob Hewett	6

Club Events 2014, and West London Combine Events

Information about our club and WLC events below. This time, your faithful admin person has tried to embed the document. Let Harj or Alan know if you encounter any difficulties reading this. Thanks!

Road club Lunch 12/01/2014

Birds Hill Golf club was once again the venue for the Road Club lunch and prize presentation. After the usual good meal the prizes were presented as follows:-

Ladies Best All Rounder Trophy, Michelle Ayres:

Mens Best All Rounder Trophy, Peter Cockbain:

Club Events Points Trophy, Joy Payne:

All photographs of the event courtesy of John Payne, and there are more below.