Well done to Everleigh Turner for 3rd at Darley Moor
Well done to Elise Gadsby for 2nd place at the East Midlands circuit series at Lincoln Cathedral and Harrison Hume for 3rd place.
Well done Georgia Lancaster for her 3rd place in the East Midlands Road Race.
Well done to Kath Smith for her 3rd place at the VTTA National Championship and Team Gold for East Mids VTTA; just the 100 miles in 5:24:39. Not forgetting that Kath and Dave Smith also completed the St John’s Way cycle route; 300+ miles in 3 days.
This Saturday’s Ladies’ Ride celebrates 10 years of this monthly event. Departing at 9am from the Horseshoes, three groups out and cake at Swaton, all past, present and future lady members are welcome.
As mentioned earlier this year, this year marks the 50th anniversary of Audax UK and they are promoting events branded 50:50@50 with the ambition of having women making up half the starting lists on rides. Rides are listed on the Audax UK website and online entry is easy.
An Audax ride – known internationally as a Randonnée – is a cycle ride that has to be completed within a set time limit, including any stops to eat or rest. In most cases, riders have to maintain a minimum speed of 15km/h (some particularly long or hilly rides have a slightly lower minimum speed) and importantly a maximum speed of 30km/h. That’s a little under 10mph and 20mph in Imperial measures.
It’s not a race and individual riders’ times are not published; if you finish within the time limit, you’ve succeeded.
The club strongly advises that all members obtain personal third-party insurance; Sleaford Wheelers are affiliated to Cycling UK and British Cycling, both offer 3rd party insurance with membership. British Cycling Membership proved invaluable to one of our members after they were hit by a car.
This year the Committee has decided that there will be four events that count towards the Best All Rounder Award. These are: round 2 of the Road Bike TT on 9th July, the Championship 10 TT on 6th August, round 5 of the 7 league on 13th August and the Hill Climb race on 23rd August. 2
As ever, full details are on the Club Website and Facebook Posts.
Enjoy your cycling
Nige
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