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.

A busy weekend saw velos in time trial and sportive action.

Saturday saw the CC Bexley 10 on the Isle of Grain course, where the riders faced a brisk crosswind, however the ending of the recent road works meant that the clubs 10 mile championship could take place over the correct distance.

Debbie Percival and Rob Kennison were crowned club champs, Debbie also taking the overall victory in the female category, recording 27:16. Rob opted for his road bike and was runner up in that category with a time of 25:21. David Mackey was runner up in the club champs with his time of 26:25.

Sunday saw four velos travel to the High Weald to take part in the K20 sportive, with Debbie Percival, Rachel Hartridge, Dave Croud and Simon Tucker covering the undulating 75 mile course.

Meanwhile Bill Stacey took the high road to Scotland, completing the 91 mile Isle of Mull Sportive, braving rain, an no doubt midges too. Well one Bill!

Well done all, and thanks to CC Bexley and K20 or putting on the events.

A busy weekend saw a number of velos in racing action.

Friday evening saw the May evening 10, which despite some attempts by the anti social youths of Iwade to disrupt events, a number of good times were recorded. Jon Graciano, defending the competition he won in 2024, led the way home with a PB of 23:30, just over a minute ahead of Matt Nunn. Sally Smith also took a lead in the women’s competition, coming home in exactly 28 minutes.

Sally was also in action on Saturday afternoon, in the Southborough open 10 held on the Tenterden circuit, with Debbie Percival also joining her for the event. Debbie was the fastest velo with a time of 27.07, whilst Sally improved on her Friday night, recording 27:48.

Sunday saw the velo promoting their first open time trial of the season. Initially planned to be a 25 mile event, the race was shortened to 10 as a consequence of road works in Lenham. Thanet RCs Nic Fennell took the overall win, with Maria Sparks being the first women back. Paul Burrows was the fastest road bike, whilst Sally Smith, riding her third event in 36 hours was the fastest female road bike.

Jon Graciano was the fastest velo with a time of 23:57, with other velo times being Mike Stanley (25:30) and special mention to Rob Kennison (25:31) who rode after having pushed off all the other riders.

Elsewhere Matt Nunn travelled north to take part in the Outlaw Half Ironman triathlon in Nottingham, where he broke the 5 hour barrier with a time of 4:55:26, placing him 194th out of about 1,000 competitors, and 32nd in his category. Well done Matt!

Thank you to all those who rode our events this weekend and thank you to all the volunteers who made the event happening through timekeeping, organising or marshalling.