Nick Partridge surged to victory in the VC Baracchi 10-mile championship last Tuesday, with 20:23, just a second outside his course-best time. His time was also the fastest overall. Francesca Dixon-Grant earned the VCB ladies’ championship in 27:46. The event took place within the Godric CC club time trial at Earsham, which boasted a record […]
Last Tuesday’s Godric CC club 25-mile time trial, VCB’s 25-mile championship also took place, won by Nick Partridge with an impressive 53:39. Other VCB times were Mark Saunders 57:26, Paul Hayward 58:43, Paul Dennington 59:07, Stuart Supple 1-00:10, Paul Wright 1-00:30, Alex He 1-04:34, Mark Womack 1-10:29 and Francesca Dixon-Grant 1-13:47 (VCB’s new ladies’ champion). […]
Paul Hayward of VC Baracchi rode in the VTTA 10-mile time trial from Wortwell and achieved 22:45. Fastest was David Crisp of 3T-Racing in 21:14, though on veteran age criteria the top award went to Jackie Field of CC Ashwell whose 22:57 was six-and-a-half minutes faster than her age standard. The event seemed doomed when […]
Paul Wright of Velo Club Baracchi built on some strong showings in the weekly Lotus League circuit racing to take sixth place in the Ipswich BC road race on Sunday. Third cat rider Wright said it was “I8 rapid laps of the Tunstall Loop averaging 26mph, with a final sprint finish in which I managed […]
Nick Partridge of VC Baracchi took second place in the East District Cycling Association 10-mile time trial championship. The winner was Lloyd Chapman of Plomesgate CC in 19:46 with Partridge second in 20:41 and Ben Beynon of VC Norwich third in 20:44. Cindy Berry of DAP CC was the women’s champion with 23:44. In last […]
Mark Saunders of Velo Club Baracchi rode a splendid personal best time of 21:48 in the Godric CC open 10-mile time trial based at Alburgh on Saturday. Saunders was in sixth place behind Stuart Fairweather (Team VeloVelocity) with 19:55, Simon Hanse (Stowmarket & District CC 20:14, Richard Carrington (West Suffolk Wheelers) 21:12, Steve Cave (Plomesgate […]
Nick Partridge of Velo Club Baracchi reached an exciting new milestone in the VTTA East Anglian Group 10-mile time trial by dipping for the first time under 20 minutes. He was elated with his time, 19:52, was good enough for fourth place behind three other riders in the nineteen minutes bracket. It was clearly a […]
Velo Club Baracchi rider Nick Partridge continued his winning ways with the fastest time in Gt Yarmouth CC’s club 10-mile time trial on last Thursday. His time was 21:57, a remarkable average of 27.33mph on the Lound-based sporting course, which partridge hopes he can better with more experience of it. Paul Reed of VCB recorded […]
Velo Club Baracchi rider Nick Partridge squeaked a deserved win in the Godric CC club 10 last week, beating Harley Matthews of DAP CC by two seconds with a 20:54 ride. Other VCB times were Stuart Supple 23:17, Alex He 25:02, Mark Womack 27:02, Francesca Dixon-Grant 28:11, Jodie Lee 31:59 and John Swanbury and Kate […]
Velo Club Baracchi rider Nick Partridge rode a course record and a great personal best of 20:04 to win the Stowmarket & District CC open 10-mile time trial on the A14 on Monday. The course was from Rougham to Woolpit and back. Partridge’s closest rivals were Matt O’Brien of Partridge’s former club, Plomesgate Cc in […]
In last Thursday’s CC Breckland open 10 on the A11 between Attleborough and the Snetterton roundabouts, Velo Club Baracchi rider Nick Partridge took third place with 21:44. Team-mates Paul Hayward and John Swanbury recorded 23:36 and 26:14 respectively. There was only one second between the top times on this windy night with a longer headwind […]
Nick Partridge of Velo Club Baracchi was the fastest rider in Godric CC’s 10-miile club time trial last week in 20:59. Stuart Supple of VCB with less than a handful of time trials to his credit was the second-fastest VCB rider with a personal best 23:07, in third place behind Simon Scott of Anglia Velo […]
Velo Club Baracchi’s open 10-mile time trial on Monday featured a tie for the Jane Travers Memorial Trophy between local rider Denise Hurren of Team VeloVelocity and Sue Rust of Kettering CC in 24:31. Twelve VCB members took the start in the field of over 80 riders. Despite the surprisingly hard day, first-time veteran competitor […]
Velo Club Baracchi rider Kate Churchill’s cycling Saturday was not spoilt by the windy weather that had forced the cancellation of time trials, affecting others. Her event, the Capitals of East Anglia 313km Audax went ahead (that’s 197 miles). She reported that 57 brave souls started, with some trepidation, from Girton near Cambridge at 6am […]
Velo Club Baracchi riders started their long weekend with great rides including some personal bests in the Gt Yarmouth CC Good Friday 10-mile open time trial. Fastest of them was Nick Partridge in 20:44, but a 29:09 personal best by Francesca Dixon-Grant and a great debut ride by junior Billy Girling in 24:06 stood out. […]
Lowestoft rider Lucas He, riding for Cambridge University CC, had a successful weekend of time trials, with a contribution to his team’s win in the VTTA (East Anglia) 25-mile event and second place in another event. The first ride was on a triangular course near Newmarket Heath Airfield and Six Mile Bottom that avoided the […]
Lowestoft rider Mark Richards, riding for DAP CC, recorded a fast time in the Lea Valley CC 25-mile time trial on the dual carriageways from Newmarket to Four Went Ways on Saturday. His ride at over 30mph rewarded him with a time of 49 minutes and 32 seconds. Lucas He, who now time trials for […]
Nick Partridge of Velo Club Baracchi rode to sixth place with 46:10 in the Orwell Velo 20-mile time trial at Debenham on Saturday and was pleased but he declared he intends to improve further. Lucas He of VCB, who was riding in the same event for Cambridge University CC, went well enough to take second […]
Riding in the Wisbech Wheelers 15-mile open time trial on the A47 dual carriageway section to the north-east of Wisbech, Velo Club Baracchi’s Paul Hayward recorded 34:39. It was a good performance on this new course, a shade under 26mph. The best time of the morning was 30:56, a record established for the new course […]
Six Velo Club Baracchi riders turned their attention on Sunday to mountain bike racing at the Mud Sweat and Gears Eastern Series round 2 at Henham and had a great time. Francesca Dixon-Grant took third place in the open female race, having been in close contention for second but she was still pleased with her […]
Six Velo Club Baracchi riders turned their attention on Sunday to mountain bike racing at the Mud Sweat and Gears Eastern Series round 2 at Henham and had a great time. Francesca Dixon-Grant took third place in the open female race, having been in close contention for second but she was still pleased with her […]