With regard to the Stallard series - In addition to the sponsorship provided by Onimpex we have subsidized the Overall prizes for the Percy Stallard Series again this year - we put just over £1300 into the prize pot. We have doubled the third party insurance liability for members to £10m which keeps us in line with BC and TLI and still makes us excellent value for money. This is the largest one off item in our cost base. As I stated last year we have now also taken out additional insurance for the directors to ensure they have the best possible protection in the event of them being sued for negligence. This is extremely unlikely but we need to be very prudent these days. Web site It is about 5 years years old now and all the feedback indicates it has been a great success. My view is that it is gradually becoming the main communications medium for the whole of the <strong>LVRC</strong>. We continued to invest in the web site this year and most of you will have noticed the new look and feel which has only generated positive feedback that I am aware of. There was one high profile exception but with hindsight I think he must have been looking at the wrong web site. We have just very recently given the Percy Stallard series a higher profile on the home page as well. We will also be continuing to invest in the on line membership registration system. We have 7 out of 10 regions on the system but it is an ongoing frustration that regions 2,3 and 4 do not feel able to join in for one reason or another. We have offered to help them adopt the system and wait for any requests they may have. Whatever requests are made will be viewed positively as we believe it will be good use of members funds. Mike Cross will provide more details on this system in his piece. The next step is to automate the issuing of licences as far as we can and we may well adopt a similar process and system to that used by TLI as theirs does seem to work. Watch this space. Online race entry system. Entry Central system which can be made available for organisers to access - BUT it has costs associated with it of up to £1.50 per entry but that is the way we will be moving somehow in the future --- have no doubt. If anybody wants to volunteer to take on this small project it can probably be available for organisers in 2012 - if nobody comes forward - If I get the time I will try and make it available for organisers to use if they want to for 2012 on a trial basis - It should not be a huge amount of work from what I understand. Looking forward to 2012 Our objectives are quite simple - and I believe we do a good job in meeting those objectives for our membership. In Summary An excellent programme of racing in 2011 and I am sure will be replicated in 2012 Gradually Growing membership base On going investment in our infrastructure – web site, electronic timing equipment Challenges to get more people actively involved Page 8 The <strong>Veteran</strong> <strong>Leaguer</strong>: Autumn 2011
Results 2011 TUESDAY 3rd MAY – REGION 7 MILTON KEYNES BOWL CIRCUIT RACE AB Race (50 mins and 5 laps) From the start the new Virgin Active team showed their presence and a group of and Jim Moffatt (C category riding as A), Aaron McAffertey, Steve Ferris and Ian Holmes got together and prised their way off the front of the bunch who in turn split into two groups, these 4 worked as a well drilled working quartet and comfortably lapped the field as they came into the finish McAfferty worked hard to get around the hardworking Moffatt. 1 Aaron McAffrey A, 2 Jim Mofffatt C Cat riding as A, 3 Steve Ferris B, 4 Ian Holmes A, 5 John Fettis B, 6 Dave Watson B, 7 Alan Find B, 8 Jim Varnish B, 9 A. Mills B, 10 Paul Bird A, 11 Russell Rowles B, 12 Marco Porter-Price B. A Winner – Aaron McAffrey - Virgin Active B Winner Jim Moffatt – Virgin Active CDEFG Race (40 mins and 5 laps) A brisk starting race involved many early skirmishes, until Martin Hackley – Team Jewson/MI Racing put in a hard turn up to the finish and quickly disappeared from the bunch he was later joined by Joe Quill - Corley Cycles and these two then set about the hard work of staying away. Both worked well together and at the finish were half a lap up on the main bunch, on the run in the sprint was taken by Hackley, and Pete Trotman – Daventry CC took the bunch sprint for 3rd place with arms held high unaware of the escapees. 1 Martin Hackley E, 2 Joe Quill C, 3 Peter Trotman D, 4 Jonathan Davis C, 5 Dave Woods E, 6 Will Connolly D, 7 Adrian Cox C, 8 Nick Dredge C, 9 Simon Lowe C, 10 Bob Richards F, 11 Murray Kirton G, 12 Alan Duncan Jones C. C Winner Joe Quill - Corley Cycles D Winner Peter Trotman- Daventry CC E Winner – Martin Hackley – Team Jewson/MI Racing F Winner Bob Richards- Rotor/ Renault G Winner – Murray Kirton – A5 Rangers FRIDAY 6th MAY – REGION 6 WYRE FOREST CRC CIRCUIT RACE Stourport is a purpose built cycling track, about 1.5km long, silky smooth road surface that rolls gently up and down, it has various turns both left and right but its main features are two gently banked hairpins. The race started off at a fairly sedate pace with I'd guess around 15 riders in the bunch, this was scheduled for 50 minutes + 5 laps, usually in a shorter event the attacks come thick and fast and this race was no exception. By half way through we were down to group of six who quickly pulled away about a 20 second lead. There were two Brooks riders in this group who of course worked as a team to make sure one was attacking while the other sat on and vice versa. This certainly made for interesting racing. After attack, counter attack and chasing for the majority of the next 20 minutes or so the pace dropped as the six riders (myself included) started plotting the best strategy for the finish. The lull in the pace allowed a number of riders who had been chasing to get back onto the group... I'm not quite sure how many. I decided to go for a long one, sprinted out of the hairpin and just kept going as hard as I could through the following two corners up to the line, I could hear someone catching me as I was going up to the finishing line and I either managed to lose 1st place or hang on to 2nd in the lunge for the line. After some time spent looking at video reviews the verdict came back and confirmed what I already knew, 2nd place by a wheel length, a fine finish by Chris Horsfield from Brooks to take the win fair and square. Overall a very good race, excellent facilities and organisation so thank you to all concerned from Wyre Forest CRC for this. AB 1st CHRIS HORSFIELD A, 2nd PAUL BELFIELD A, 3rd SEAN O’TOOLE B, 4th PAUL NICHOLAS A, 5th DAVE LEE B, 6th CHRIS LINES A, 7th MIKE MURRAY A, 8th NEVILE GUNN A, 9th GARY JONES B, 10th PAUL BROWN B. C D 1st DAVID MILLS C, 2nd CHRIS DAVIS D, 3rd JOHN CLARKE E (riding in D category), 4th ANDY JONES D, 5th MICHAEL AMERY C, 6th STEPHEN HORNBY B (riding out of category), 7th MALCOLM HARRISON D. E,F,G, H 1st MIKE ALLEN E, 2nd LANCE RAVENHILL F, 3rd TONY TAYLOR F, 4th DAVID PRIOR E, 5th MIKE IVES G, 6th DAVID NICOLAS F, 7th TONY WILLDAY D (riding out of category), 8th MAT ARMITAGE B (riding out of category). SUNDAY 8th MAY – REGION 2 DEREK SMITH MEMORIAL RR CD REPORT FROM STEVE JOHNSON, BIRKENHEAD CC Fortunately the inclement weather of the night before cleared to leave dry roads on a very testing course. The blustery conditions and two climbs on each of ten laps however still providing a tough challenge and good racing. A break of six riders went away on the first lap and never looked like being caught, opening up a gap of over five minutes with three laps to go. With five ‘c’ riders and Andy Donaldson as sole ‘d’ rider, Andy could have been excused for hitching a ride, but everyone in the break pulled really well. At the finish it was strong men Marrows and Donaldson who fought out to the line taking their respective category wins. Race 1 - AB 1 Darren Otter B Rutland CC, 2 Michael Tomlinson A Wheel Guru, 3 Richard Binks B Holme Valley Wheelers, 4 Steve Ellis B Out of the Saddle CC, 5 Darren Bendelow A Clifton CC, 6 Trevor Mayne B Birdwell Wheelers, 7 Martin Hopkinson B Fietsen Tempo, 8 Nick Hall B Bury Clarion, 9 Sean Smith B Halifax Imperial Wheelers, 10 Richard Malir B Ilkley CC, 11 Mark Johnson B Yorkshire RC, 12 Cameron Brooks A, 13 Andy Moss B Adept Precision R T, 14 Garry Fulstow B Wilson Wheelers RT, 15 Paul Sleaford B Norton Wheelers, 16 Peter Cox B Leeds Mercury, 17 Rogan Ashton A <strong>LVRC</strong>, 18 Andrew Richardson A VS Cycles, 19 Simon Hudson B Harrogate Nova. Race 2 - CD 1 Steve Marrows C Lindsey Roads, 2 Andy Donaldson D Mountain High RT, 3 John Marshall C Ferryhill Wheelers, 4 Dave Robinson C Lindsey Roads, 5 Steve Johnson C Birkenhead, 6 Melvin Hartley C Condor RC, 7 Ian Dutton C <strong>LVRC</strong>, 8 Mick Day D Paul Milnes Cycles, 9 Tony May C <strong>LVRC</strong>, 10 Brian Davison D Team Jewson – MI Racing – Thule – CNP – Ride, 11 Bill Belcher C Clayton Velo, 12 Kevin Ainsworth C NLRC, 13 Dave Scargill D Birdwell Wheelers, 14 Steve Macklin D Star Bikes R T, 15 Colin Watson C Fiesten Tempo, 16 Ian Harvey C Dinnington R C, 17 Fred Easton C Doncaster Wheelers, 18 John Hadfield C Rutland C C, 19 Ashley Cress D Seamons RR. Race 3 - EFG 1 Richard Booth E Middridge CC, 2 Jack Watson G Team Jewson – MI Racing – Thule – CNP – Ride, 3 Brian Sunter F Condor RC, 4 Bill Cotton F Belper B C, 5 Kev Shand E West Pennine RC, 6 Derrick Woodings G Team Jewson – MI Racing – Thule – CNP – Ride, 7 John Ginley F Condor RC, 8 Peter Smith E Condor RC, 9 Jeffy Hardy F <strong>LVRC</strong>, 10 John Buxton E CyclingBargains.com. SUNDAY 8th MAY – REGION 10 - MSTINA JERSEY SERIES EVENT 2 - SWINDON RC <strong>LVRC</strong> RR AB 1 Simon BAYNES GiantCC/ Halo Films B, 2 Roland TILLEY ridebike. co.uk B, 3 Gabriel MARTINEZ VC Meudon A, 4 Simon JENKINS Cwmcarn Paragon B, 5 David HOBBS Corinium CC A, 6 Paul CATON Anders TMG Horizon B, 7 James PETERS Sodbury Cycle Sport B, 8 Simon WILLIAMS Hillingdon CC B, Pete HUTCHINSON Corinium CC A, 10 James PILGRIM- MORRIS GS Henley B, 11 DAY REGISTRANT B, 12 Keith JARRETT Ciclisti Vecchi B, 13 Malcolm JEFFRIES VC Elan Harry Perry Cycles A, 14 Chris BEALES La Fuga-Sigma Sport B, 15 Ian CLEVERLY Mosquito Bikes B, 16 Peter ROBINSON The Cycle Studio A, 17 Pete PHILLIPS Bath CC B, 18 Mike INDER RT316 B, 19 Mark PERRY Clevedon & District CC B, 20 David HAYDON Oxonian CC A, 21 Fraser KENNEDY Ciclisti Vecchi B, 22 Mike EDWARDS Corinium CC B, 23 Jason ABBOTT Sprockets uk.com A, 24 Richard PEARMAN Team Wiggle A, 25 Andy HILL B, 26 Simon DAVIS Sodbury Cycle Sport B. CD 1 Martin O'GRADY Team Toachim C, 2 Garry CLARK Felt Colbournes RT C, 3 Chris DAVIS Bush Healthcare D, 4 David PHILLIPS Corinium CC C, 5 Pete SMITH Team Jewson-MI Racing C, 6 Malcolm WHITEHEAD Kingsnorth International Nico Sport D, 7 John HEFFERNAN New Forest CC C, 8 Howard GALLOWAY London Dynamo C, 9 Chris STONE Redhill D, 10 Richard COOPER Swindon RC C, 11 Haydn DAVIES GiantCC/ Halo Films D, 12 Chris LOWE Swindon RC C, 13 Rob MARCUS VC Godalming The <strong>Veteran</strong> <strong>Leaguer</strong>: Autumn 2011 Page 9
Change language