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Club meetings
Held on the first Monday of every month at the University Arms (formerly Club 197), 197 Brook Hill, Sheffield, S3 7HG at 8pm.
If you are interested in joining us or just finding out what we are all about, please come along to one of our monthly meetings at the 197.

The annual Sheffrec charity ride took place this week-end and 5 of Rutland’s finest and most evil (well, 4 + Ray Mason) joined them to raise money for a young local girl named Bethany who has serious health problems.The run was arranged later than last year so that the weather would be warm and sunny. So, despite single figure temperatures, torrential rain, strong headwinds and the odd 1 in 6 climb ‘most’ of the 37 riders made the 228 mile round trip to Scarborough and back.

told you I could climb that 1 in 6 with my eyes closed

As can be expected from a Sheffrec ride (every day an R.T.A.) we collected a few interesting statistics along the way………

Would you believe;
1 broken wheel, 1 broken seatpost, 2 RTA’s, 2 knackered bottom brackets, 5 broken cyclists, 1 train ticket home and… wait for it - 27 (at the last count!!) punctures. Two - Seven, Twenty Seven! I’m expecting a call from the Guinness Book of Records any time now.Smiles all round at the thought of Eric ‘Tsunami’ Ambler changing tubes on the Humber Bridge in the middle of a downpour while we struggling to down our 8th cup of tea in the cafe, invoking the new club motto ‘if your not there, we don’t care’.

Those trivial issues apart, a fabulous week-end was had by all.

Thanks Sheffrec, you’re a great set of lads.

As a return favour I’ve arranged a group booking for the cyclists proficiency test, to be carried out as soon as possible. I’ll pay.

Chris Goddard
footnote: the final puncture tally stands at 32

eeee, I remember when tha’ could gerr at least 3 winters out a’ a back tyre

anyone fancy an ice cream?

check out the captions

On Saturday 11th Nov we sent a delegation to the Dave Rayner dinner at the Majestic Hotel in Harrogate. Myself, Stuart Smith, Ray Mason, Simon Keeton and Ian Murrey. This was the first time at this venue after a move from Bradford. They attracted 624 people to sit down for dinner with stars of the cycling world past and present in a dining room that at times did seem a little too big and impersonal. The main guest Protour winner Alejandro Valverde was unfortunately taken ill on holiday and was unable to attend and with Ray Mason was already engrossed with organising a bigger dinner the following weekend Eric Vanderarden was a very worthy stand in. He was still sporting his back perm which has not changed since his racing days and with videos showing Eric winning a very wet Tour of Flanders riding away on the Koppenberg to victory it was an honour to be in the same room as such a hard man of cycling. Henrik Verdant of Lotto gave a very good insight in what it was like to be a Director Sportif of a Pro Tour team and Jimmy Saville was well Jimmy Saville. Then came the auction of cycling memorabilia with the highlight being Tom Boonen’s World Champ signed jersey fetching £1250.00. as well as many other great cycling mementos. This dinner is well worth attending to meet the stars and maybe bid on a rare piece on cycling kit but at £40.00 a head it is one to save up for.

Marc Mallender

Top 15 results:

1 Dieter Droger Wakefield CC - Exponential
2 Matthew Armitage V S Cycles, Brighouse
3 Philip Holwell Rutland CC
4 Simon Keeton Rutland CC
5 Scott Thwaites Merlin Development Squad
6 Andrew Whitehead Thurcroft CC
7 Neil Beasley Ashfield RC
8 Gareth Williams Cherry Valley Racing Team
9 David Thorpe Dinnington RC
10 Paul Bell Doncaster Whls CC
11 Stephen Rudkin
12 Mark Saxton Huddersfield RC
13 Craig Stevenson Boneshakers Race Team
14 Richard Binks Triangle RT- Bianchi
15 Marc Mallender Rutland CC

Well after opening my mouth at the Sept meeting and on the website with regard to members riding this hill climb to ensure the event keeps going. I had to fill in the entry form and put my money where my mouth was. The appeal went well with 13 Rutlers taking part and 13 Rutlers finishing!. Some made a return to competitive riding after a very long period away, some would even say retirement. Most notable of these was John Smallwood who had not turned a pedal in anger for many a year although he was entered at 1am in Champs, no doubt with a pint in his hand! he did however turn in a respectable 2m15s4. Our best finisher was Richard Teare, a returnee to the club after a few years in the wilderness with J F Wilson team, with a time of 1m37s.6. They all come back to the best eventually. We also managed to win the team prize although we did not get presented with it on the day as Richard was still down as a member of J F Wilson on the result board. But after a little negotiation with the organiser he awarded two team prizes Ashfield CC and us. We also picked up 1st and 2nd Vet with Dave Baillie and Mark Jacobi. The good news is for all those who rode this year next year it will only cost you £2 to enter for the same amount of pain!!! So date for your diary October 14th 2007Marc Mallender

Rutland riders times

R.Teare 1.37.6
P Holwell 1.40.1
M.Mallender 1.47.3
D.Baillie 1.47.6
M.Jacobi 1.48.2
T.Hall 1.57.2
J.Walker 2.03.3
A.Ralph 2.08.4
J.Smallwood 2.15.4
H.Raven 2.23.7
P.Axe 2.25.9
J.Baillie 2.28.9
J.Raven 2.41.9

The club dinner was a great success this year with around a hundred Rutlers attending to eat, drink and see the prizes handed out. Dinner was pretty good and someone had arranged for the drinks to be slightly cheaper than last year although at £7 a glass of wine it might be worth smuggling some booze in next time. The guest of honour was Russ Downing who gave a short speech and answered some questions about his career before handing out the trophies, see below the pictures for a list of winners. Marc Mallender then donned his auctioneer’s hat and sold off a load of race memorabilia in aid of the Dave Rayner fund, I wasn’t keeping a track of how much he raised but judging by the pile of cash he was walking round with afterwards, it was quite a bit.

Once again then the dinner was enjoyed by all and we look forward to the 99th annual dinner next year.
Jon Webb

P.S. A lot of money seemed to go to the Dave Rayner fund so Tom if you are reading this we’ll be expecting some good results next year.

Open 10 result, 22 March 2008
Surprisingly the weather was very kind, although there was a strong wind we had no rain. As you can see from the result sheet some of the times were pretty fast.
rutland-10-result-copy-08.xls

5…4…3…2…1…go….Simon Keeton & Jon Rickards on the tandem get the countdown from the timekeeper at Saturdays 10, followed shortly afterwards by Ray Mason and Marc Mallender.

The North Midlands Road Race League (NMRRL)
The Road Race League is held under the The League International (TLI) is a series of evening handicap road races held on Thursday nights during May - August. Held over 3 series with 6 race nights at each at a different venue to the east of Sheffield.

Riders are set off in groups according to ability with the slowest first, giving all riders a chance to cross the line first. Points are awarded for finish places with an overall total awarded for the whole race series.

You need to be a member of a cycling club and the TLI to race but they are great training and a good start for beginners to road racing.

NORTH MIDLANDS ROAD RACE LEAGUE 2008 EVENT INFORMATION

REGISTRATION NIGHT -
Tuesday 18th March, 7-30pm at THE BUTCHERS ARMS, BRAITHWELL.
You can join the TLI and enter the NMRRL at the same time.

2008 PROGRAMME

1st Series - TORWORTH. HQ - To be confirmed.
Closing date is 14th April.6 Events on Thursday 1st/8th/15th/22nd/29th May & 5th June

2nd Series - HARWORTH. HQ - Harworth Sports Centre
Closing date is 30th May.
6 Events on Thursday 12th/19th/26th June 3rd/10th/17th July

3rd Series - STAINTON. HQ - Ruddles Centre, Braithwell.
Closing date is 11th July.
6 Events on Thurday 24th/31st July 7th/14th/21st/28th August.

Points: 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 each race.
Prizes: First 10 in Overall Series/ Best in each TLI category and other prizes.

Entry fee is £15 per individual series or £40 for all 3 Series in advance (this includes a free £10 deposit towards the 30th Anniversary NMRRL Dinner & Prize Presentation which will be held October / November 2008.Riders who enter all 3 series in advance will be given preference ahead of any rider who enters just one series even if they enter early but for 2008 the number of entries will be restricted to a maximum of 132.
Due to the large number of riders entering the 2008 League riders will get to ride four events, organise and marsahll one, and have one week off.

Entries to: Martin Ellis, Lanehead, Salt Hill, Firbeck, Worksop, S81 8LH.
Email: htvhlb@yahoo.co.uk
Cheques payable to: ‘North Midlands Road Racing League’ or ‘N.M.R.R.L.’

TLI Region Membership Secretary:
Rob Blackburn, 167 Arnold Avenue, Sheffield S12 3JD. Email: bblacko@blueyonder.co.uk

In 2008 an Organiser/ Chief Marshal/ Race Controller will be selected before each series from the entries received whose job it is to run each event smoothly. If you are willing to do this on more than one occasion please specify this on your entry form. Marshals will be allocated to each event as before some of which will help co-organise on their particular evening.

FIRST AID COVER: Can all F/A trained riders please indicate so on your entry form. If you are then you will be able to help us with F/A cover instead of marshalling duties.

All events are organised under the rules of The League International.

ALL THESE DETAILS AND EACH WEEKS RESULTS CAN BE FOUND ON THE NMRRL WEB-SITE AT nmrrl.org.uk

Balearic International Masters Cycling Week Mallorca, 9 -14 October 2006

For the third year running the Masters Tour of Mallorca was graced by the presence of a small group of Rutlers and a few other guest riders. The week is comprised of two single day races, a rest day and then a three day stage race. There are individual race prizes but there is also an overall prize if you ride all five events. Entry fee this year for the whole week was 105 euros, which included a ticket to the Dinner and Prize Presentation at the end of week.

Simon Keeton rode his second Tour in three years whilst Chris Goddard made his first appearance at this year’s race. Chris was that impressed by the race, the organization, and the whole experience of riding a stage race on closed roads that he is already planning ahead for 2007. Any riders over 30 that are interested please get in touch so that he can get a team organized.

Roger Hearsum also rode, but was there in a more supporting role with the help of Miriam, Dave Marsh and the rest of the Universal crew. Local resident Tony Buttterworth also showed his face at the stage start in Palma Nova. Paul Gilbert (Team Marie Curie) made a return to the Tour as did the Nottinghamshire lads, Andy Eagers and Richard ‘Rolo’ Roulstone with help from first time tour riders Simon Day and Paul ‘Bouncy Ball’ Wright.’ Overall it was another excellent week; unfortunately there were no trophies to bring home this year as Mr. Elliott did not ride this year.

The first day’s racing was the “XII Copa de Europa de Masters” which was split into the various age categories. These races were held on the 12km closed circuit along the Arenal seafront, turning inland towards s’Aranjassa, past the airport and then back onto the paved seafront. Roger started his event but had to retire early due to his bottle cage coming lose.

Chris finished 38th in the over 50’s whilst Simon was 19th in the over 40’s.

The second day’s race was the “X Trofeo Internacional de Masters” starting and finishing in Palma Nova. The over 50’s started at 9:30 and did a one lap circuit around Calvia, es Capdellá, Galilea, Puigpenyent, Calvia and finishing on the seafront in Palma Nova. Chris managed a creditable 38th whilst Simon finished 25th in the two lap over 40’s event.

This year the first stage of the 3 day tour started with a 6.5km prologue time trial along the Platja de Palma instead of the normal road race stage of previous years. Warm but quite windy conditions greeted the riders on what was to be a full days racing on the seafront, starting at 9am and continuing ‘til mid-afternoon with riders setting off at one minute intervals. Chris did 10.06 mid morning, to finish 84th, 1min 46secs behind the over 50’s winner, whilst Simon dodged the heavy showers at lunchtime to do 9.21, finishing 95th, 1min 12secs down on the over 40’s winner.

Day two started with heavy rain about the time Chris was due to catch the early morning bus to the start at Santa Magdalena and so he decided to catch up on a few zzzz’s instead (don’t blame him, it was a bit grim at 7am !). By the time Simon was due to start at 11:30 the rain had gone and the sun was beating down again. This year’s second stage started at the top of the Puig de Santa Magdalena and headed out towards Sineu, C’an Picafort, Sa Pobla, Campanet and Buger before finishing at the monastery at the top of the Magadalena. Despite the onset of a sore throat after the prologue time trial Simon finished 44th on the stage.

And so to the final day, the stage started in Sóller, up and out along the coast road to Deiá, Valdemossa, Santa Maria, Bunyola, (a second lap back to Santa Maria for the over 40’s) and then over the Sóller pass to finish down in Port de Sóller. The over 50’s had to endure a few early morning showers, Chris finishing 48th on the stage whilst Simon was 66th in the over 40’s event later that morning.

After five days racing it was back to the hotel to get ready for the bun fight and prize presentation at Es Foguero in Arenal.

Even if you don’t go to race in the Masters Tour, a week in Mallorca in October is an ideal way to wind down at the end of the season. The weather was good all week apart from the odd early morning shower. It was certainly warm enough for shorts and short sleeves all week, more than can be said of the weather back home in October.

Hello everybody, el-captain here, just thought I would write a few words about the world famous Teacake run to let newcomers know what its all about and remind the regulars what it should be about. I’d like to start out by saying that despite a reputation of our attitude to new riders who dare to venture out with us how impressive the turn out has been this year with plenty of new and old riders putting in appearances.Previously a male dominated event these last few months have seen women venturing out with us, yes that’s right, thus proving the teacake run is indiscriminate, as no matter what sex, age, or race we will try equally hard to drop you, but we will wait, well sometimes! Thanks to the persistence of Dave Baillie and co we are also beginning to form a youth squad to hopefully take over the antle in future years. The problem with kids though is that they grow up and drop you, so be warned what goes around comes around.

Having survived over 10 years of Tea Cake runs, I would like to say how re-assuring it is that not much has changed, ok the bikes have got lighter, the cost of a cup of tea has rocketed. Apart from that though the Teacake is a well-rehearsed routine, like a religion, except its real. I know that no matter how drunk I get on a Friday night if I can get out of bed and up to the meet on time Ill get battered around the peaks get to Castleton Café drink a gallon of tea, eat a butter soaked teacake whilst discussing all the relevant topics and sharing a few jokes. Then hangovers gone, sins forgiven re-grouped and rested we re-commence the race home and still get back for lunch.

In fact I would say that the best part of the ride is the social aspect as when we have done the wacky races bit on the way to the café, everyone can re-group and get there breath back (in most cases). However for the first time I can remember more people are riding straight home instead of going to church, sorry the café which is worrying really as the social side to a ride will suffer. I would like to think that over the years we have managed to keep a balancing act between an all out race and a social ride, often due to small sacrifices made on all sides.

A word to all the people who do not stop at the café however, just because your not there doesn’t mean that we wont be slagging you off!

All The best

Captain Paul “Tug” Wilson