Velo Club Baracchi’s current tandem time trial pair chipped away at the club’s 25-mile record at the Godric CC club event last week. The record previously stood at 59:57, achieved by John Swanbury and George Kerridge on the Bressingham to Thetford road in 2008. Swanbury and his stoker, Ali Banks, riding on the two-lap Bungay […]
Mike Rainton of Velo Club Baracchi has this week been riding the Race for Life in aid of the Bishop Simeon Trust charity from Lands End to John O’Groats and his club-mates look forward to hearing how he got on. He is one of six cyclists who are undertaking this year’s challenge to cycle 876 […]
Mark Newnham won Velo Club Baracchi’s 30-mile championship with the overall fastest ride in Gt Yarmouth CC’s club time trial on Sunday. Newnham rode the challenging sporting two-and-a-bit-laps Somerleyton circuit (that includes the road through Somerleyton to Blundeston corner and thence to Bradwell through Lound, turning onto the A143 to St Olaves) in 1-18:05. The […]
In the Godric CC Tuesday evening club time trial last week the VCB riders were in very close competition with each other, particularly the first four of them. Club times were John Dupen 25:10, Duncan Lines 25:14, Chris Womack 25:15, John Swanbury 25:17, Ali Banks 26:05, Mike Rainton 26:52, Mike King 27:42 and John Thompson […]
Fergus Muir, the EDP and EEN cycling correspondent, has kindly supplied a cutting from the records passed on to him from the collection of the late Ivan Jeckell, who used to do the same task. Below I add a photo taken today of two of the road racing team mentioned in this cutting, who are […]
Last Wednesday was an especially good night for the evening time trial on the A11 on the usual stretch to the south of Wymondham, with still air and warmth. Mark Newnham of Velo Club Baracchi enjoyed a purple patch and rode a personal best by eight seconds, beating his time of two years ago. Other […]
Velo Club Baracchi rider Mark Newnham took second solo place with 25:19 in last Thursday’s Gt Yarmouth CC club time trial in a field of twenty-five riders and a tandem pair. Other VCB times were Steve Summons 28:36, Mark Womack 29:05 and John Dupen 29:18. Peter Hargreaves of Strada RT won in 24:29. Velo Club […]
“Carbon Chris” Womack of Velo Club Baracchi had a very bumpy ride in the North Norfolk Wheelers 100-mile open time trial on Saturday. Not content with having dropped down a pot hole on the second lap when he damaged his front wheel (made of carbon fibre, of course), he then crashed 87 miles into the […]
Mark Pearson of Velo Club Baracchi was the club’s fastest rider, with 24:44 in the club’s own open 10-mile time trial on the A143. He was 20th equal in the event in which 66 riders started. It was blissfully fine and sometimes sunny, but a cross-wind was not very helpful and times were a […]
The only time trial ridden by a club member last week was Godric CC’s first club 10 of the year, as Saturday’s VTTA open time trial in which Chris Womack and John Dupen were entered was cancelled, a casualty of the weather. Just six riders took part in the Godric event and many may have […]
Chris Womack of Velo Club Baracchi continued his quest for speed with a very respectable time in the VC Norwich 25-mile time trial on the A11 road. His time of 1-05:23 was nothing like his recent personal best but reflected the more difficult conditions in the Wymondham area on Sunday. Womack said, “Conditions for first […]
Chris Womack of Velo Club Baracchi showed promise of a special year when so early in the season he rode a personal best time in the Lea Valley 25-mile time trial. The open event on Saturday was on the A14 and A11 dual carriageway roads from Newmarket to Four Went Ways roundabout and back. Womack […]
Mark Pearson of Velo Club Baracchi showed good early season form with a 24:24 ride in the Gt Yarmouth CC open 10-mie time trial on Good Friday. He beat club-mate Mark Newnham, whose 24:34 also stood out as a good ride. It was a fine sunny morning but particularly for the early starters including Pearson […]
Gary Matthews of Velo Club Baracchi took part in the Stowmarket & District 20-mile time trial, achieving 56:33, which was a sound ride. Glenn Taylor of Shorter Rochford Exclusive Ranges RT was the winner in 46:05, a quick time despite the cold. No doubt he made good use of the tailwind return from Occold to […]
Chris Womack of Velo Club Baracchi had a reasonable ride with 27:28 in the Plomesgate CC 10-mile time trial. This event was on the sporting course from Sudbourne, passing Bentwaters and through Tunstall. Racing conditions were ideal; dry, sunny with a slight wind. Womack made things hard for himself by inadvertently taking the wrong exit […]
Velo Club Baracchi rider Chris Womack opened his account at the 25-mile time trial distance with 1-09:29 in the Gt Yarmouth CC event. Also riding in the open time trial on the local Somerleyton sporting course were VCB ladies Jenny Anderson (1-19:29) and Tracy Prewer, who apparently punctured and did not finish. The wet patches, […]
The warm spring weather on Sunday tempted out many cyclists, including Velo Club Baracchi members on the two club runs and other groups of training companions. For some it was an opportunity to bring out a summer bike. The 9am ride from Cotmer Road featured an appearance by one of the club’s founder members, Dean […]
Womack in training mode Chris Womack of Velo Club Baracchi started off his season with a good ride in the CC Breckland 10-mile time trial on Saturday. Womack achieved 26:23 with lungs bursting and legs aching after having perhaps unwisely ridden Friday’s 50-mile veterans’ social ride. Riders thankfully had a dry ride with a strong […]
Velo Club Baracchi’s Sunday rides were lightly attended but the 9am ride was notable for the participation of a new rider. When Alan Ing of Beccles heard from a club member at a spinning class that there was a ride that might suit him he probably didn’t bargain for a 55-mile distance. A one-time member […]
Velo Club Baracchi’s re-arranged 100km reliability ride on Sunday, organised by John Thompson, was well supported. The riders were mostly from other clubs, with a good showing from Gt Yarmouth CC and a strong squad from Strada RT. There was a stiff north-westerly wind and any puddles by the roads had frozen over in the […]
Last Sunday’s VC Baracchi club run on Sunday involved the usual short run to Halesworth followed by a ride through Chediston to Metfield and Harleston, returning along the Waveney Valley. Mark Womack had a dramatic puncture when his back tyre developed a cut and gave way with a big bang. The group contributed materials for […]