From Ernie Mackey: It’s with much regret to report the passing of a former club member. Arthur Heath, who did a lot of marshalling and was a recorder at time trials, passed away this morning.
All at Medway Velo pass on their condolences to Arthur’s family.
We had two members in action at the weekend and both returned some impressive results.
First up was Matt Nunn, and it’s fair to say Matt’s clubmates have very much enjoyed seeing him go from strength to strength this season. He has had a handful of promising road results hinting of some brilliance to come and this weekend it all came together at the SERRL two-day stage race held at Cyclopark.
Matt finish 11th in the opening time trial on the first day and good positioning in stage two, a crit race, resulted in him finishing 6th.
The following day he raced a team time trial with two randomly selected riders and they placed strongly leaving Matt eyeing up a potential top 10 finish on general classification.
The final race was a 12 lap crit and here he claimed 7th. This earned him 7th place overall on GC.
The points totted up means Matt has achieved his 3rd category racing licence – congratulations!
Though his clubmates are all thrilled for him they were sad to hear that fellow Velo Nathan Delaney took a tumble in the TT stage and required hospital treatment. All his friends wish him a speedy recovery.
Also racing on Saturday was Rob Kennison in the Herne Hill Vets Track League.
A win in the Kierin and Scratch mean that he is now 2nd overall in the league. His work commitments on the Tour of Britain means he won’t be able to make the final event but there is hope he may have done enough to take a podium spot come the last round.
It is rumored his clubmate Steve Smith will be racing this final round and plans to mop up all the points in an evil plan hatched up in jest! (Kidding not kidding?)
A big thank you to all of the race organisers and photo credit to Graham Lingham.
Well done Matt Nunn who took 10th place and well fought BC points at the Cyclopark on Thursday. Despite deluge and grim conditions he stayed near enough to the front to contest the sprint and sneak a top 10!
Club time trial held on 4th August 2021 on Q10/20
| Position | Rider | Club | Time |
| 1 | Antony Bee | Wigmore CC | 23:11 |
| 2 | Matt Nunn | Medway Velo | 24:03 |
| 3 | Phil Appleby | Wigmore CC | 24:41 |
| 4 | Alex Cook | Medway Velo | 24:44 |
| 5 | Cameron Carthew | Wigmore CC | 25:17 |
| 6 | Julien Barton | Wigmore CC | 25:51 |
| Jamie Harris | Wigmore CC | 25:51 | |
| 8 | Steve Harman | Wigmore CC | 26:31 |
| 9 | Kate Savage | Wigmore CC | 26:47 |
| 10 | Dave Bishop | Wigmore CC | 27:23 |
| 11 | Steve Bishop | Wigmore CC | 28:51 |
MVC Points Standings after 4 events
| 1 | Matt Nunn | 20 |
| 2 | Alex Cook | 16 |
| 3 | Rob Kennison | 11 |
| 4 | Mike Stanley | 8 |
| 5 | Steve Smith | 7 |
| 6 | Rob Sapp | 5 |
| 7 | Andy Hawes | 5 |
| 8 | Daniel Berkhauer | 3 |
| 9 | Lee Kingston | 3 |
| 10 | Tom Kennison | 2 |
| 11 | Nigel Wharton | 1 |
| 12 | George Fisher | 1 |
Thank you Thanet RC for your excellent promotion today. Well done to our riders Steve Smith, Rob Kennison and Matt Nunn who all put in strong performances. Great to see Steve well and truly back in the game with Rob nipping at his heels. Matt was back on it despite smashing his parkrun PB the previous day and can now pound out a foot flapping 5km in 20mins! Go team!
Sound the PB klaxon! The Velo have added to their collection of 22-minute riders! Congratulations Matt Nunn, despite racing on Thursday and Friday he was up early today to race the VTTA 10 on Ham Street. His time…. 22.55 – 23rd overall and 7th senior. The event was very well run by the good people of the VTTA and was won by Nic Fennell in 19.19.Well done Matt it’s been a long time coming but your fellow clubmates are delighted that the hard work has paid off.
Well done Jon Graciano who rode an epic race to finish 15th in the BMCR National Crit Race champs in Bath. Bravo Jon
Our racers have been really busy over the last week.
On Saturday Rob Kennison and Steve Smith raced the vets league at Herne Hill Velodrome.
Rob placed 2nd in the elimination and 15 lap scratch and he’s now standing 2nd in the series.
Steve took a win in the scratch race and 5th in a chaotic devil and rounded off the night with 4th in the team sprint with Rob and Jim Robertson.
The following day Rob returned to Herne Hill for open season. Despite racing on tired legs he finished in the top half of all his races.
On Saturday Michael Stanley travelled to Pippingford Park in Crowborough for the trail X Off Road Triathlon.
On arriving the event was changed to a duathlon due to ecoli making the swim too dangerous to run.
Mike did well completing the gruelling event in 2hrs 40mins taking 11th in his age group in a busy field.
On Thursday Matt Nunn took on a very fast cat 4 race at Cyclopark. He finished 14th in a field of 21.
Medway Velo / Wigmore CC Evening 10 held on Q10/20 course
Wednesday 7th July
2up and solos
2 up result
| 1 | Tom Odell / Phil Appleby | Wigmore CC | 24:05 |
| 2 | Alex Cook / Matt Nunn | Medway Velo Club | 24:08 |
| 3 | Rob Kennison / Tom Kennison | Medway Velo Club | 25:06 |
| 4 | Steve Harman / Dave Wastall | Wigmore CC | 26:19 |
Solo result
| 1 | Finn Dunton | Elite Cycling Junior Team | 23:21 |
| 2 | Antony Bee | Wigmore CC | 23:23 |
| 3 | Kate Savage | Wigmore CC | 27:03 |
| 4 | George Fisher | Medway Velo Club | 28:42 |
| 5 | Keith Walker | Wigmore CC | Puncture (32:53) |
MVC Points Standings after 3 events
| 1 | Matt Nunn | 18 |
| 2 | Alex Cook | 15 |
| 3 | Rob Kennison | 11 |
| 4 | Mike Stanley | 8 |
| 5 | Steve Smith | 7 |
| 6 | Rob Sapp | 5 |
| 7 | Andy Hawes | 5 |
| 8 | Daniel Berkhauer | 3 |
| 9 | Lee Kingston | 3 |
| 10 | Tom Kennison | 2 |
| 11 | Nigel Wharton | 1 |
| 12 | George Fisher | 1 |
Well done to Matt Nunn for his 6th place finish at the Oysterman Triathlon on Sunday, 4 July.
The velo raced well across the sprint distance to finish around the hour mark.
Also multi sporting was Lee Kingston who opted for a longer distance duathlon.
First he started with a 13 mile run which he completed in 2hr 4mins then a 57 mile (very) hilly bike that he finished in 3hrs 43mins followed up with a 7 mile run which took 1hr 3mins. Well done Lee.
On Saturday Rob Kennison rode open season at Herne Hill velodrome. Despite being up against a packed field of handy whipper snappers he achieved a few top ten finishes.
Friday saw Matt in action at Preston Park. In full field and a race that averaged over 25mph he finished 11th.
George Fisher also opened his account for the velo, completing the Wigmore CC evening 10 in 29 minutes exactly.
Rob Kennison recently participated in the fourth and final round of the Beastway Summer Cyclo Cross league at Herne Hill. He was entering the round standing in second place in the series following a puncture the previous week and he was hopeful of better luck in the final round. Having made a strong start he was trailing in third when series leader Mike Murray took his turn to have a flat. Rob rode conservatively to avoid crashes or punctures. The final result was 2nd in the round and a very pleasing overall series win.
Medway Velo Cycling Club 