Velo Club Baracchi riders came away from the CC Breckland New Year’s Day open 10-mile time trial with prizes in the bag for shining performances. On a sunny A11 road Chris Womack could have won the prize for fastest veteran on age standard with his time of 25:48, but was awarded second place. He had […]
Four of Velo Club Baracchi’s riders will be tempering their indulgence this holiday with thoughts of their next race. Chris Womack, John Dupen, Paul Dennington and Steve Summons are all entered in the New Year’s Day 10-mile time trial being staged by CC Breckland on the A11 road. They were riding well in the last […]
Mike Rainton, Steve Cone and John Thompson of Velo Club Baracchi rode the Norfolk Nips 104.5km audax on Saturday, organised by Norfolk CTC. As always the start and finish were at Hellesdon, going first via Ringland and Barnham Broom to the info control at Southborough, then to the main control at Castle Acre at 55.7km. […]
The heavy gusting winds on Sunday morning would have discouraged many cyclists from venturing out in the country. Two riders, however, maintained the traditions of the Velo Club Baracchi club run by putting in a ride of 45 miles or so, first with headwinds and side-winds and then benefiting from the wind on the return. […]
Velo Club Baracchi’s long distance enthusiast Mike Rainton won the vote of his fellow club members to become Rider of the Year at the annual presentation evening. His achievements included riding 324.661 miles in this year’s Mersey Road Club 24-hour time trial to win the club’s trophy unopposed and completing his sixth Land’s End to […]
The biggest surprise at the annual meeting of Velo Club Baracchi was that Patrick Harbord managed to relinquish the post of secretary after many years’ faithful service to the club in that capacity. Volunteers these days are few and far between but Nicola Hawkes was the exception, whose willingness to take the job on was […]
Velo Club Baracchi riders rode their annual hill events on Sunday and two heroes emerged. George Kerridge assumed his best aero position in the downhill competition at Jays Hill in Sotterley and won the Freewheel Trophy. Riders including Kerridge (left) await their turn The one event of the year that needs no training was potentially […]
A huge turn-out by both clubs in the reliability trial, the last event in the Holmes Cup competition between Velo Club Baracchi and Gt Yarmouth CC, resulted in agreement on a draw in that event. However, this was not the whole picture, because the Yarmouth club already held a commanding lead in the series and […]
Mike Rainton has won a superb trophy and medal for his six annual rides from Land’s End to John O’Groats. The Land’s End John O’Groats Club, of which Rainton automatically became a member by completing the first of his rides, has recognised his exceptional achievements with the award of their vice-president’s trophy. Apart from the […]
Ali Banks was once again the star of the Velo Club Baracchi weekend show, when he was the fastest from the club in the Norwich Amateur Bicycle Club 10-mile open time trial. The event staged by on the A143 from the Redenhall end of the Waveney valley course was well supported for an end-of-season […]
In a close contest Ali Banks and Paul Bedford were worthy winners of the Baracchi Trophy, awarded to club members in the two-up time trial organised by Velo Club Baracchi on the Somerleyton 25-mile course. Their ride was timed in at 1-07:31 and by the finish Bedford, who has not taken part in many competitions […]
Velo Club Baracchi secretary Pat Harbord and former member Phil Swanbury won their section of the Polaris Challenge mountain biking orienteering event on the high moors in Askrigg, North Yorkshire. It was the B class in the two-day event, camping overnight at the base. With a total riding time of just over nine hours over […]
On Saturday Velo Club Baracchi’s former member Liam Gentry of Strada Sport won the Norwich Amateur Bicycle Club’s 10-mile open time trial based at Wortwell. His time of 20:45 showed that he had little regard for the light crosswind on the course, from the end of Church Lane Harleston to Clays Roundabout and back to […]
Gary Matthews of Velo Club Baracchi won the club’s 25-mile championship in 1-01:16, riding in Godric CC’s club event on Saturday which doubled as the VCB competition. Jenny Anderson won the club’s ladies’ championship in 1-07:22 from Tracy Prewer (1-13:43). The other VCB times were Mark Newnham 1-02:12 and Mike Rainton 1-08:10. The fastest rider […]
The last Godric CC evening time trial of the season featured a strong ride by Paul Dennington of Velo Club Baracchi. In the 10-mile club event he recorded a new personal best of 24:26. Chris Womack rode well with 24:39 as did Jenny Anderson with 26:13 and the other VCB times were Mike Wood 28:10 […]
The outstanding Velo Club Baracchi cycling performance of the week was a new personal best time of 59:22 achieved by Gary Matthews in a 25-mile time trial. He achieved this despite having to refit his chain in the Norwich ABC open time trial. Other superb rides were done by VCB riders in the warm but […]
Steve Summons of Velo Club Baracchi shaved another five seconds off his personal best on the Godric CC 10-mile time trial on Tuesday last week, with 25:04. Jenny Anderson rode well with 26:25, but it was not quite as fast as the week before. Perhaps the extra headwind compared with the week before accounted for […]
Velo Club Baracchi riders have been taking advantage of the summer weather to improve their times. Paul Dennington and Steve Summons continued their duel in last week’s Godric CC club 10-mile time trial, both with personal bests. This time it was Dennington who had the edge, with 25:01 to Summons’ 25:09, reversing the order achieved […]
Mark Newnham of Velo Club Baracchi achieved a personal best time in the API-Metrow 25-mile open time trial on dual carriageways from Newmarket in a very high quality field. It started raining as soon as he arrived and there was a possibility that the event would be cancelled, but fortunately conditions improved to just light […]
This respected club member, who prides himself on his multi-sports abilities (cycling, swimming kayaking, climbing – you name it!), revealed his nutritional secret on Tuesday at Posh Pigs – perhaps he has received advice from our Chairman Brian
Spectacle of the week was the Gas Hill Gasp, held as part of the Lord Mayor of Norwich’s celebration. In front of a large gallery of spectators on a sunny Friday evening, Velo Club Baracchi’s hill climb specialist Mark Pearson came through eliminations to finish sixth. King of the Hill was Ross Tricker (XRT Elmy […]