Chris Womack and John Swanbury of Velo Club Baracchi were disappointed when the 50-mile time trial they were riding on Saturday was abandoned during the event. The VTTA East Anglian group event near Newmarket was twinned with a British best all-rounder one, with a total of 100 riders but it all came to an early […]
Riding in the inaugural DAP CC 10-mile open time trial organised by Mark Richards, VC Baracchi rider Lucas He was fifth-fastest and the top junior with 21:08. Other VCB riders had strong rides: Paul Hayward 22:47, Mark Saunders 23:11, Stuart Chase 24:22, Chris Womack 25:04, Paul Reed 25:08 and Richard Allen 29:13. The top ride […]
The only Velo Club Baracchi rider taking part in time trials at the weekend was veteran John Swanbury, who achieved 1-18:35 in the CC Breckland 30-mile open time trial and district championship. Jenny Anderson, riding for Gt Yarmouth CC, rode a personal best 1-18:08 and her club-mate Jan Smith’s personal best 1-13:55 was also a […]
Velo Club Baracchi rider Lucas He took second place in the Norwich ABC 10-mile time trial on the A143 and two other VCB riders in the top ten clinched the team prize. His time was 21:26 for second place behind Nick Partridge of Plomesgate CC who achieved 20:58. Paul Hayward, VCB’s vice chairman, continued a […]
Paul Dennington and Paul Hayward of Velo Club Baracchi both obtained personal bests in the CC Breckland 50-mile time trial on the A11 on Saturday. Dennington’s was the more impressive, as his 1-55:24 ride was not only the quicker of the two but he also cut 9:12 from his previous best. Hayward achieved 1-58:01, a […]
The last duel of the evening club time trial season of the year between Paul Hayward and Paul Dennington of Velo Club Baracchi was conclusively won by Paul Hayward. His 21:27 time in the Diss CC 10-mile event at Billingford eclipsed Dennington’s 22:40. Hayward turned 40 this year to join Dennington in the veteran category […]
Paul Hayward of Velo Cub Baracchi set a new personal best time of 21:25 in Saturday’s VC Norwich open 10-mile time trial on the A11 between Attleborough and Snetterton. Hayward went well into the wind on the first leg and made the best of the tailwind return. Other VCB times were Paul Dennington 21:58 (which […]
Paul Dennington of Velo Cub Baracchi was the club’s most successful rider during last week and weekend with two local club event wins and a VCB club championship. He won the Godric CC 10-mile club time trial on the Tuesday with 22:30, beating twenty-seven others. Paul Hayward of VCB was only one second slower (22:31) […]
Lucas He of Velo Club Baracchi took part in the RTTC 25-mile National Championship for juniors on the A3 road near Liphook and Liss in Hampshire. Lucas achieved 59:56 and was placed 16th in a top-quality field. The winner was Oliver Stockwell of Welwyn Wheelers, who was the quickest of four riders under 51 minutes […]
Despite squally winds in the VTTA East Anglian 25-mile time trial on the A11 from Newmarket, Velo Club Baracchi’s Paul Hayward recorded 57:22 by a very strong ride. It was extremely wet and windy during the event on Sunday and one regular rider of the course said he had never seen such slow times there. […]
In CC Breckland’s open 15-mile time trial on the A11 from Attleborough, also billed as the district championship, Paul Dennington of VCB had a good ride and recorded 33:31. The club’s tandem regulars, John Swanbury and Ali Banks, rode the less usual 15-mile distance for the first time in 33:13 and considered it a success […]
Chris Womack, VC Baracchi’s supervet, underlined his credentials with a fast ride in a 10-mile time trial on the A11 beyond Newmarket and then a great ride in a 100-mile event. The 100-mile event was the East District Cycling Association championship time trial, using the more northern parts of the A11 between Attleborough and Browick. […]
Paul Dennington and Keith Wink of Velo Club Baracchi were the winners of annual Baracchi Trophy two-up competition staged last week within the Godric CC 25-mile club time trial. It proved to be difficult to get teams together, partly because of the football but also because one of the club’s riders had (as someone always […]
Paul Dennington of VC Baracchi took second place the Gt Yarmouth CC club time trial on Thursday with a time of 24:06, behind Jonny Hawes of the host club (23:45) and beating Nick Esser of Dap CC into third (24:16). The evening event on the course from Lound attracted sixteen riders, amongst them VCB’s Richard […]
Paul Hayward of Velo Club Baracchi tackled the Godric CC 50-mile open time trial on Sunday and came away with a course personal best time of 2-04:56. The event up and down sections of the Waveney Valley course on the A143 between the Stockton roundabout and the Needham roundabout is by no means the fastest […]
Paul Hayward of Velo Club Baracchi rode well in the CC Breckland open 10-mile time trial from Attleborough to Snetterton and back to record 21:28. Paul Dennington’s time was 22:22 and Chris Womack achieved 25:02. The winner was Jason Bouttell of Team Vision Racing – Silverhook in 19:04, with Matthew Senter of Team VeloVelocity second […]
Paul Hayward of Velo Club Baracchi rode well for fifteenth place in the East District Cycling Association’s 10-mile championship time trial. 39-year-old Hayward’s time on the triangular course at Tottenhill, near King’s Lynn was 22:47. VCB’s veterans John Swanbury and Chris Womack achieved 25:56 and 26:09 respectively. Team VeloVelocity rider Matthew Senter set a new […]
VC Baracchi’s Mark Saunders took second place with 23:45 in Gt Yarmouth CC’s club 10 at Lound. Other VCB times were Paul Dennington, fourth in 24:50, Stuart Chase fifth in 25:35 and Richard Allen 30:44. The winner was Brian Yates of Carrick CC in 22:54 and the fastest GYCC rider was Stephen Dixon-Grant in 24:40. […]
Paul Hayward of Velo Club Baracchi was the club’s fastest rider in last week’s Godric CC 10-mile club time trial. He rode well to record 22:21 for third place in conditions that were challenging, with a northerly crosswind. If any advantage was to be gained from the wind it was mostly on the way out […]
Velo Club Baracchi riders in Gt Yarmouth CC’s 25-mile open time trial on the local Somerleyton circuit included a two-up team, Paul Hayward and Paul Wright, who achieved 1-00:47. The top rides of the day in that format were by Mark Richards and Harley Matthews of Dap CC with a course record of 52:39. It […]
Paul Hayward of Velo Club Baracchi rode well to finish in 24th place with 54:02 in the VC Norwich 25-mile open time trial from Larling on the A11 road. Denise Hurren of Wrentham who rides for Sole Bay Cycle Sport rode brilliantly and broke the women’s course record with 55:57. Her club-mate achieved 53:44. Matthew […]