This Week's News

  • Click here to see a start sheet for our open 10
  • A win for Peter Wright on the Napton Hilly and another great performance from Adrian Tayles. To see details of the event go to results, or go to results index to select individual events. Check out the points table for the latest positions.
  • Craig McKee has requested we provide a link to the LEJOG fundraising page, the address is www.justgiving.com/end2end-cycle which they're planning to cycle in 6 days!

Rugby RCC's Open 10

  • It's Rugby RCC's Open 10 on Saturday 31st July (2 pm) to be held on the K11/10T, a course never previously used for an open. Go to Open 10 for details. Click here to see the start sheet.

Diary Dates

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Club Clothing

Our club clothing design
- introduced for the 2007 season

Click here to go to our clothing page

Other News......

  • Important news about BRAUNSTON that everyone should read.
  • A few gentle reminders to club time trial competitors.
  • Explanation on field placement in open time trials
  • Three club members rode the Icknield 12-hour on July 4th. If you want to know more about the challenge of riding this event follow this link to read an article written by the winner, Jeff Jones:
    http://www.bikeradar.com/blogs/article/the-12-hour-time-triallings-ultimate-test-26910
  • A new date has been set for The Phil Cooke Challenge Ride. It is Sunday 3rd October 2010. This event, which starts and finishes at Dunchurch Village Hall, was cancelled due to severe overnight weather conditions last February. There are routes of 16k, 60k and 100k through Warwickshire and Northamptonshire. Participants are encouraged to pre-enter at www.challengingtimes.org.uk due to a limit or contact Martin Hackley on 01788 810212.
  • Rugby RCC make the score 5-4 in the interclub event with Rugby Velo. Go to Interclub 2010 to see the full results and the winners of the prizes donated by Richard Cheetham's shop, theBikeYard, in Leamington. Go to Interclub Summary to see previous years.
  • In the Shirley 50 Matt Plant won the club 50 award, based on handicap. Actual results were: Adrian Tayles 2-05-36 (1-37-26), Matt Plant 2-08-58 (1-36-40), Mike McGillion 2-22-38 (1-53-56), Victoria Plant 2-19-57 (1-46-39), Russell Morris DNF, Rob Robson DNS.
  • Craig Middleton wishes to thank his sponsors for their support in the Help for Heroes ride last Sunday. Between them Craig & Viv have raised over £300. The link below will take you to the photos of the event (you will need to be registered on Facebook to access them):
    http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Nutrition-Express/40839297243?ref=search
  • We've been sent details of the THE GREAT SHAKESPEARE RIDE, a brand new event taking place on Sunday August 22nd starting at The Stratford Manor Hotel, approximately 2 miles outside Stratford-upon-Avon. There will be a 100 mile sportive, incorporating 6 categorised climbs, a 100km challenge ride and a 20 mile leisure ride with a picnic stop half way at the beautiful stately home Walton Hall. There should be something for all standards of cyclist. The ride is being organised to help raise awareness and funds for The Shakespeare Hospice based in Stratford-upon-Avon. You can enter by telephone (on 01789 266852) or via their website, using their link:
    www.theshakespearehospice.org.uk/thegreatshakespeareride
  • See James Heaton's pictures of the first 3 riders at Braunston. Also check out the message board for the position regarding advance booking of start numbers.
  • Sunday rides - a small group of club members are riding on Sundays, starting at Barby Road at 0930 hrs, riding at a steady pace for 2hrs with no cafe stop. This should suit riders who are looking for a shorter ride with less time commitment on a Sunday.
  • The Mids CTT is piloting a new ranking system in 2010 for open events, similar to British Cycling's Elite, 1st Cat, etc. To show how this works results have been calculated using 2009 results and these can be viewed on a new website:

    http://rankings.midlanddc.org.uk/

    A case for this is explained in our report of the CTT AGM.

  • Mike Bloom sets a +12-47 for a 30 mile Vet on Std. As we have not had a 30 mile record in this category we must assume this establishes a club record, unless someone can produce a counter-claim.
  • Historic table of Club events updated to include 2009 winners.
  • Stuart Sherriff, age 73, breaks his own end-to-end record and actually rides twice the distance! Find out how, with his own record of day-today progress. Go to Stuart Sherriff does it again for all the details.
    John Tuckley passed away on June 7th, 2009. Click here to read more about John.

General Information

  • Anyone need alterations to their cycling clothing? Alex Zebedee is qualified theatrical costume maker and provides an alterations service to fellow cyclists. Visit her website on www.alexzebedee.co.uk or send her an email on zebedeeindustries@googlemail.com
  • Is your bike insured? You may want to take up Kenny Robinson's suggestion on bike insurance.
  • A collector in South Africa bought a badge which appears to be one of our old club badges from the 1930s. Click here to take a look. Update - we've now acquired this badge and some say it's genuine and others say it's not the same "RRCC". Any further views?
  • Club Clothing - You can order Rugby RCC clothing direct from the Impsport website - but you will need a password. Go to our Impsport Direct page for more information. Click here to go to our clothing page to see what's in stock. Contact Laurie Bird for more information.
  • See our 2008 survey of local TT courses. A few surprises, particularly as to the one that came out best!
  • Historic table of Club events updated to include 2009 winners.

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