Club Chairman Brian Boxall welcomed members, guests and the guest of honour, Mark ‘Titch’ Richards, mentioning in particular the club records he set in the past when he rode for the club and more recently his time in yellow at the Tour de Guyane 2023. Next came the presentation of time trial certificates to those […]
Sadly our Chairman Brian Boxall, pictured here with our Rider of the Year, Kate Churchill, passed away at Christmas. He is much missed. We will update you here as soon as we can on all the news, including last November’s presentation evening. Meanwhile we have had to try to carry on without Brian, who […]
We now have our 2022 kit design and our supplier Nopinz can already supply it to members. We intend to add a second supplier for everyday wear. It’s a good time to join our club. You may use the membership form on this website. New members are welcome!
VC Baracchi’s guest of honour at the club Presentation Evening was Paul Vergete of Godric CC, who presented the certificates and the majority of the trophies. Barbara Songer, a daughter of the late Bernard Dale, presented the hill climb trophy named in memory of her father. A good attendance at the event enabled the presentation […]
A couple of weekends ago our audax organiser John Thompson dedicated himself to his very thorough preparation, which has not been without mishaps. He wrote, “I registered my 2020 audaxes during last week and admit to letting out some expletives when I discovered I’ve inadvertently deleted the list of potential info questions for “The Silly […]
The “Waveney Wander” took place on Sunday, organised by John Thompson. Thompson said, “I was well pleased as 43 entries is the record so far, by a fair amount – 37 started, 36 finished. The route is broadly, Weybread, Brockdish, Woodton, Loddon, Heckingham, Beccles. No VCB riders but Colin Cole (4:49) and Anthony field (5:00) […]
A great ride by VC Baracchi members on the morning after their presentation evening honoured the “Chairman’s Breakfast” tradition established some years ago. Originally the chairman led these but that task is now delegated to Paul Hayward as vice chairman and he duly led the ride. On the return the riders stopped at Posh Pigs […]
At the VC Baracchi presentation evening, members voted for the Rider of the Year and Nick Partridge emerged as a clear winner. Josh Peck was the junior Rider of the Year. Paul Vergette, chairman of Godric CC, made most of the presentations as the club’s guest of honour, while Freda Randall presented the cup in […]
Pat Harbord won a low-key duathlon staged by Velo Club Baracchi near Carlton Colville on Sunday with a strong performance, though it was a close finish. Numbers were few but competition was intense. The informal event has been organised by the club annually since 2002 is a tribute to former club treasurer Keith Stephens, who […]
On Sunday the annual Holmes Cup competition between Lowestoft’s Velo Club Baracchi and the Gt Yarmouth Cycling Club. A 50-mile reliability trial from the Blundeston Plough attracted support from both clubs but as usual the Norfolk club fielded the most riders and their numbers overwhelmed the VCB group. The annual competition comprises as series of […]
Paul Hayward was the fastest of four Velo Club Baracchi riders took part in the last local time trial of the season on Saturday. The Norwich Amateur Bicycle Club’s 10-mile event on Saturday was the only weekend event to go ahead, as torrential rain then washed out the planned 25-mile NABC one on Sunday. As […]
Paul Hayward of Velo Club Baracchi rode two events in the weekend and in one of them notched up a lifetime personal best. In the Iceni Velo 10-mile event on the A11 road near Wymondham his 21:11 ride lopped 15 seconds off his best time. Chris Womack of VCB, VCB’s top older veteran, riding in […]
Open time trials in the Waveney valley were well supported by riders from Lowestoft’s Velo Club Baracchi. In Sunday’s Godric CC 25-mile event VCB’s Nick Partridge set off one minute in front of the top-seeded rider, Ben Stancombe of Team VeloVelocity and succeeded in his aim of holding off Stancombe from catching him. Stancombe won […]
Paul Hayward of Velo Club Baracchi rode two events in the weekend and in one of them notched up a lifetime personal best. In the Iceni Velo 10-mile event on the A11 road near Wymondham his 21:11 ride lopped 15 seconds off his best time. Chris Womack of VCB, VCB’s top older veteran, riding in […]
Nick Partridge of Velo Club Baracchi took fourth place with a course best time of 20:58 on the 10-mile Wickham Market Bypass course in Plomesgate CC’s open event on Sunday. He said he was happy with this ride “as the Garmin died just off the line so I rode it just on feel.” Partridge was […]
Nick Partridge of Velo Club Baracchi, riding in the Men’s National 10 Mile Championship on the A14, was timed in at 20:34, in 73rd place among a quality field of 137 finishers. In the blustery conditions Charlie Quartermain of Zappi Racing Team, in 18:14 (32.9mph). Everyone who commented agreed that the wind prevented faster times. […]
Three VC Baracchi members, one of them riding for his university club, Cambridge University CC and another for DAP CC took part in the Diss CC 25-mile open time trial. Alex He recorded a very satisfactory time of 1-06:08 for VCB on this rolling Bressingham course, which turns at the first Thetford roundabout. Lucas He, […]
Mark Saunders of Velo Club Baracchi won the club’s 50-mile championship in 1-59:31 during the VCB open time trial on the A143 on Sunday. The open winner was Ben Stancombe of Team VeloVelocity in 1-46:09 with VCB second-claim rider Lucas He (Cambridge University CC) second in 1-51:17, a personal best by some 15 minutes. John […]
Paul Hayward of Velo Club Baracchi rode the club’s fastest time in the Godric CC 10-mile time trial last week, with 22:43. Other VCB solo times were Paul Dennington 22:58, Stuart Supple 24:32 and junior rider Billy Girling 24:37. Alex He, who had not ridden a tandem before, rode as the stoker for John Swanbury […]
Paul Hayward of Velo Club Baracchi had a strong ride in the VC Norwich open 25 on the A11 from East Harling, recording 55:15. Local rider and VCB second-claim member Mark Richards riding for DAP CC secured third place with 49:53, behind Jonathan Wears of CES Sport (47:43) and Ben Stancombe of Team VeloVelocity (48:54). […]