Velo’s Katie Painter claimed enough points for her second category licence by taking fifth at the West Thames Autumn Crits held at the Hillingdon Cycling Circuit.
Racing over the tight closed road circuit, the 50 minute race came down to a sprint and Katie claimed fifth place the E123 race won by Rebecca Clowes.
Well done Katie on another excellent performance, and thank you to the organisers an volunteers at Hillingdon.
The late season Wigmore CC hill climb saw a number of velos taking on Hollingbourne Hill, with new member Tom Patrick taking the Medway Towns trophy.
Faced with the course of just under one mile Tom covered the course in an impressive time of 3:34.1, good enough to be the fastest rider from the various Medway Towns based cycling clubs (although sadly only the two main clubs were represented this year).
Second fastest for the velo was Mike Stanley who came home in 4:19.7 with Jon Graciano hot on his heels with 4:21.1 and Matt Nunn not far behind with 4:32.6.
In the ladies category Aiga Kolosova started well, but unfortunately was a DNF.
Overall winner of the race was Joshua Allen of Elevate RT in a time of 3:01.6.
Thank you to Robert Philbrook and his team of volunteers from the Wigmore for putting on the event.
In Hertfordshire Katie Painter continued her impressive season of road racing by taking 10th in the Hitchin Nomads 2/3/4 race. Entering the final lap in a group of 21 riders the race was destined to end in a bunch sprint, and Katie held her place well.
Well done to all those who repped the velo colours this weekend, and thank you to the organisers and marshals.
(photos courtesy of James Bell and Andy Hawes)
The club is saddened to hear of the death of long standing member Ray Brogan.
Although Ray suffered a stroke a few years ago he remained a member of the club, and his good humour was a feature of the clubs annual trip to the Gent six day, as well as club AGMs and events. A long time racer Ray had also been the chair of the British Cyclo Cross Association prior to its merger with British Cycling.
Described by other members as a pleasure to talk to, and one of life’s nice guys, Ray will be sadly missed by the club, and we send our condolences to his wife Kath.
Velo’s Katie Painter continued her strong vein of form by taking second place in the Maria Thompson Memorial Road Race held on the Norwood Hill circuit in Surrey.
Despite racing with second category women Katie took second place in the 50 mile road race, which included over 700 metres of climbing, building on her strong finish the previous week.
Well done Katie, and thank you to Kingston Wheelers for organising the event.
Velo’s Katie Painter, claimed an excellent 11th place at the National B Leigh Day Women’s GP race which was open to elite through to third category racers, and held at the Bovingdon Bomber circuit.
With the race being run on the smooth an grippy 1km circuit the finale came down to a bunch sprint that was won by Georgia Lancaster of Brother UK.
Well done Katie for a fantastic performance and thank you to the organisers for putting on the event.
Two velo’s have been in action in road racing and time trial action.
First up in the Surrey league races at Cyclopark was Matt Nunn, who raced in the 3rd cat race. With a distinct lack of British Cycling organised racing in Kent this year, it was always going to be a lottery for the riders, but Matt battled well throughout the race on a tough circuit.
Sunday saw Mike Stanley in time trial action on the Q10/1 Hamstreet course, and once again he came home with a PB, this time over ten miles taking his best time down to 23:10.
Well done Matt and Mike, and thanks to the organisers and volunteers from the Surrey League / Epsom CC and the KCA for putting on the events.
Medway Velo’s committee, led by social secretary Charlie Bruce, are pleased to announce the return of the club’s annual party, this year at a new venue.
Saturday 11th November at the Smallholders Club in Wigmore (ME8 0JG) is the date for your diary and the event runs from 19:30 to 23:00.
Rather than a sit down dinner there will be a buffet, and there will be live music from local professional band “The Shaw Thing”. During the evening there will be the annual presentation of awards to winners of competitive and club prizes.
Tickets for this event cost £10 and can be purchased online from
https://medwayveloannualparty.eventbrite.co.uk/
The evening is open to both members and friends of the club, so book your tickets now!
Medway Velo Club Evening 10 Result
Q10/20
Friday 11th August
| 1 | Joe Austin | Wigmore CC | RB | 24:09 |
| 2 | Matt Nunn | Medway Velo | TT | 24:24 |
| 3 | Fraser Blanford | Medway Velo | RB | 26:59 |
| 4 | Simon Tucker | Medway Velo | RB | 29: 26 |
Velo’s Jon Graciano travelled to Perth to compete in the UCI Grand Fondo World Championship, having successfully qualified at the Tour of Cambridgeshire earlier in the summer.
Taking in 160km through the southern Highlands and passing through towns such as Pitlochry and Aberfely, the grand fondo had a field of 217 including UCI President David Lappartient of France.
Jon came home in 151st position, having lost contact with the main bunch on the second climb, but he managed to avoid the various crashes en route, which allowed him to finish strong.
The fondo was won by Alexander Vinokourov of Kazakhstan.
Well done Jon on a great performance.
Velo’s Mike Stanley broke through the 24 minute barrier or 10 miles, achieving a PB for the distance at the VTTA event held on the Ham Street course.
Mike recorded an excellent time of 23:45, and no doubt has sights on reducing this even further.
Well done Mike, and thanks to Bob Giles and the VTTA team for organising.
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