Mark Richards of VC Baracchi took fourth place in the East District Cycling Association 25-mile championship on A47 dual carriageways near King’s Lynn. Top three places went to Matthew Senter (Team VeloVelocity) 49:40, Harley Matthews (DAP CC) 50:23 and Daniel Bloy 50:49 Team VeloVelocity) VCB riders Paul Hayward, with 56:31, and Nick Esser, just one […]
Nick Esser of Velo Club Baracchi had a good ride in the East District Cycling Association 10-mile championship on Saturday, with 23:25 for fourteenth place equal. The event, starting at South Runcton, between Kings Lynn and Downham Market, was on single carriageway roads on which the very fastest times are not expected but this year’s […]
Three of Velo Club Baracchi’s road racers moved up a category to third cats in the same week. Luke Rowell of VCB took fourth place in last Saturday week’s 4th cat racing at Woodbridge. Three riders got away within twenty minutes and he formed the nucleus of a second break, as only one of the […]
In the Godric club 10-mile time trial last Tuesday Mark Saunders of VCB rode well to record 22:43, which may well be his personal best. Alex He also had a good event, lowering his best to 26:10. Other VCB times were John Swanbury 26:21 and Paul Reed 26:27. It was a warm evening with a […]
Velo Club Baracchi rider Lucas He, riding his second 25-mile time trial in the Gt Yarmouth CC open event on the Somerleyton course set a new club junior record. His 59:25 time on this sporting course was a particularly strong and was his first sub-hour ride. Top VCB rider Mark Richards took third place in […]
Velo Club Baracchi junior rider Lucas He and top senior rider Mark Richards excelled in another busy week of cycling action, mixing time trials with road racing. In the Godric Cc Tuesday evening time trial Lucas was only one second slower than the winner Iain Robertson of Tri-Anglia, to set a new personal best and […]
Mark Richards of Velo Club Baracchi set a wonderful new club record at 10 miles in the Lea Valley CC open time trial on the “E2” course on the A11 from Six Mile Bottom. His 19:34 time was a course best for Richards by 47 seconds. He went to the event with Harley Matthews of […]
An extremely busy period of cycling competition for VC Baracchi riders has included event promotion, great rides and major spills. Lucas He, VCB’s on-fire junior, had an exceptionally strong ride in Sunday’s Iceni road race that featured Skeets Hill on every lap. Lucas was well up with the action throughout the race, but burnt just off the […]
A great team effort by Velo Club Baracchi riders earned Mark Richards eighth place in the Hackney CC road race. A last-minute course change took the HQ from Sudbury to the old Haverhill “Ed Taylor” Circuit – a 5-mile challenging circuit finishing on each of the twelve laps on a tough hill. Richards was accompanied […]
A great week for Velo Club Baracchi included a new club record by Mark Richards at 25 miles and an impressive second place for Lucas He in the Diss CC open 25-mile medium gear event at Bressingham. Richards, riding in the ever-popular Lea Valley CC open event on the E2 course on A14 and A11 […]
As an exception to the general rule that most Velo Club Baracchi riders concentrate on road riding, Paul Hayward rode with reasonable success in the mountain biking at Henham. Hayward tackled round 3 of the “Mud Sweat & Gears” event a day after his quick ride in the Godric CC time trial in which he […]
Velo Club Baracchi rider Chris Womack won his age category with a time of 53:14 in the Stowmarket & District CC 20-mile open time trial. Womack, who was one of five riders in the 70-75 age group said, “The weather was fine with a strong south west wind. This course must be one of the […]
Velo Club Baracchi riders Mark Richards and Liam Gentry had great rides in the Plomesgate CC 10-mile open time trial, backed up by Nick Esser who was nearly as fast on this tough sporting course. Richards took third place with 22:34 and Gentry actually finished sixth with 23:19 but was promoted to fifth as the […]
Chris Womack of Velo Club Baracchi had a good ride in the West Suffolk Wheelers & Triathlon Club’s 21-mile hilly time trial on a demanding sporting course on back roads near Risby. Womack said his time of 57:37 was down on last year by 1:09 but he was pleased to have achieved it after having […]
Mark Richards of Velo Club Baracchi came away from the Ike Saul Memorial Road Race in Cambridgeshire with winnings from the award for most combative rider as well as the intermediate sprint prize. Richards was ably supported by fellow VCB racers Liam Gentry and Nick Esser and all of them had risen early to get […]
Chris Womack, Velo Club Baracchi’s top veteran, started his spring campaign with a course-best ride in the CC Breckland 10-mile time trial on Saturday. Womack, 70, was the oldest rider in the open event from Hingham to Carbrooke and back. When his time of 25:02 was compared with his age standard he was the seventh-best […]
Mark Richards of VC Baracchi took a trip with Harley Matthews of DAP CC took a trip to make an early start to his racing season in a 2/3/4 race on Saturday on the road cycle circuit at Redbridge Cycling Centre, known as Hog Hill. The 1.5-hour race, run in a clockwise direction, was very […]
Four VC Baracchi riders took part in the Gt Yarmouth CC 50-mile reliability ride on Sunday and achieved an implausibly fast time. Liam Gentry, Mark Richards, James Moore and Nick Esser rode out with DAP CC’s Harley Matthews, David Loynes and GYCC rider Julian Claxton from Oulton Community Centre roundabout at 8.30am to meet up […]
Two of the Velo Club Baracchi riders in the Ely & District CC Hardriders 25-mile time trial in the Cambridgeshire Fens featured in the top ten on the results sheet. Mark Richards took seventh place with 1-00:18, having taken special care on the first section where last year a number of riders came off their […]
Velo Club Baracchi riders enjoyed the good weather on Sunday February 5 with two rides, a fast training ride and the usual club run. The training ride by six riders went on a loop through Framlingham and the other ride by a similar number headed first to Halesworth and on an indirect route to Bungay […]
The East District Cycling Association awards included two medals for Velo Club Baracchi riders for their time trials last year, Club vice-chairman Mark Richards picked up the medal for two performances – first in the 50-mile championship in 1-55:20 and second at 25 miles in 53:18. The club super-vet, Chris Womack, was awarded the veteran […]