Two of velo’s strongest female riders travelled to Betteshanger country park for the KCA 10, with both riders coming away with podium places.

Debbie Percival continued her strong season on the TT bike, taking third place overall in the women’s race and was also fastest female on age adjusted time, coming home in 26:18.

Velo’s road bike queen Sally Smith claimed victory in the women’s road bike category a time of 27:54, more than two minutes ahead of her closest rival.

Winner overall was Nic Fennell of the Thanet RC, with Maria Sparks being fastest female.

Well done both, and thank you to organiser Mark Hill, and his team of KCA volunteers for putting on the event.

Three velos travelled to the A2070 Hamstreet bypass to race the KCA 10 mile time trial.

Jon Graciano was the fastest velo, recording an excellent PB of 22:22, taking 10th spot overall. Mike Stanley, fresh from the club 10 on Friday evening recorded 23:34, whilst Debbie Percival was well placed amongst the females with a time of 25:53, good enough for third fastest female.

Well done all, and thanks to the KCA for putting the event on.

Evening 10 held on 16th August.

1	Kieran Lawlor	Medway Velo	24:50
2	Fraser Blandford	Medway Velo	26:41
3	Mike Stanley	Medway Velo	26:51
4	Sally Smith	Medway Velo	28:08
5	Ryan Ridley	Army Cycling Union	29:44

Thank you to all of those who rode and to Chas and Andrew for marshalling.

Final results of the club event series are as follows:

1	Jon Graciano	15 pts
2	Fraser Blandford	12
3	Kieran Lawlor	10
4	Mike Stanley	10
5	Matt Nunn	7
6	Sally Smith	5
7	Connor Clare	3

Ever green velo rider Debbie Percival added to her palmares with a second place in the Thanet RC 10 held on the Thanet Way.

Although the morning was already warm and there was little wind, Debbie covered the distance in 25:35, good enough for second place in the women’s competition to pre race favourite Maria Sparks of the Ashford Wheelers.

Overall winner was Nic Fennell of the home Thanet team, with a time of 19:32.

Well done Debbie, and thanks to the Thanet RC and their volunteers for putting the event on.

All rounder Mike Stanley donned his wetsuit to take on the Oysterman triathlon in Whitstable.

Tackling a swim of 500 metres, a bike leg of 20km , and a 5km run, Mike came home in a time of 1:15:03, good enough for 6th place in his age category and 24th overall.

Well done Mike!

Three pairs took to the start line for the clubs annual two up championships held alongside the July round of the evening 10 series.

Jon Graciano and Keiran Lawlor took the honours with an excellent time of 23:59, whilst second place was hotly contested between Mike Stanley and Fraser Blandford who recorded 26:01, whilst mixed pairing of Matt Nunn and Sally Smith were one second behind in 26:02.

Connor Clare was the fastest solo, coming home in a PB of 27:33.

Well done all, and thanks to Rachel, Simon, Chas and Cameron for marshalling.

Mike ‘Specs’ Stanley travelled to the flat lands of Romney Marsh to compete in the VTTA (Kent) 50 mile time trial, which was the club championships for this distance.

Mike came home in 2:08:31, good enough for 14th place in the overall standings.

Well done Mike and thanks to Bob Giles and his VTTA volunteers for putting on the event, and thanks to Barry Adams for the photo.

June 21st saw a number of velos setting out on a 170 mile circuit of Kent to mark the longest day,

Setting out at daybreak from the viewpoint at Blue Bell Hill, Simon Tucker, Andrew Collier, Fraser Blandford, Connor Clare, Karl Ford, Rachel Hartridge, Harvey Pope, Ali Rahmanzedh, Simon Morris and Elliott Spelman took a clockwise ride around the coast, arriving back in Medway in the evening.

Well done to all on this epic ride and thanks to Simon Tucker for organising.

Velo member David Mackey travelled to South Wales to take on the fearsome dragon ride, one of the toughest sportives in the UK.

David completed the full distance route, covering 160 miles and taking in over 4,000 metres of climbing,

Well done David!

A weekend of mixed weather saw a number of velos in time trial action.

Friday evening saw 5 velos taking part in the latest club 10. Jon Graciano underlining his dominance by claiming victory with a time of 23:22. Connor Clare was fastest road bike with 27:31, whilst Sally Smith was the fastest female.

1	Jon Graciano	Medway Velo	TT	23:22
2	Mike Stanley	Medway Velo	TT	26:20
3	Fraser Blandford	Medway Velo	TT	27:19
4	Connor Clare	Medway Velo	RB	27:31
5	Sally Smith	Medway Velo	RB (F)	28:04

Mike Stanley went again on Sunday morning, racing in the VTTA 10 on the Thanet Way course, and coming home in an excellent time of 23:59.

Thank you to all of those who rode the club 10, and thanks to Rachel, Karl and Cameron for marshalling. Thanks as well to the VTTA and their volunteers for putting their event on.