After nearly twenty years of continuous use the current kit design may have turned into a classic but in recent years there have been various attempts to change it. At the last AGM there was a consensus in favour of change, and possibly also adding sponsorship. However, the idea of introducing sponsorship has been dropped […]
The Godric CC club 25-mile time trial was also billed as the Velo Club Baracchi championship at this distance, so some of the fastest riders in the club were there. Paul Dennington won the club championship with 1-00:40 in a close tussle with Mark “Titch” Richards (1-00:57) and George Kerridge (1-01:06). The club’s second-claim lady […]
The competition for 10-mile “top dog” in Velo Club Baracchi hotted up last week with strong performances from Paul Dennington and Mark “Titch” Richards. It was Dennington’s turn to shine in the penultimate Diss CC club 10 of the year at Billingford, where he achieved his very first 21-minute ride, or more precisely 21:53. This […]
Very strong winds in the CC Breckland 30-mile open time trial on Sunday, which was also the district championship, did not prevent Velo Club Baracchi riders from achieving surprising personal bests. Mark “Titch” Richards was the quickest, achieving a PB of 1-11:47. George Kerridge’s PB was 1-13:48 and Chris Womack’s PB was 1-15:15. John Thompson […]
Velo Club Baracchi riders in the VTTA East Anglia 10-mile time trial on the A143, turning round Clays Roundabout, enjoyed a strong tailwind on the first leg but lost a lot of speed into the strong wind on the return. Unusually, John Swanbury, tenth overall, was faster than Chris Womack with 24:56 to Womack’s 25:26. […]
In the Godric CC 10-mile club time trial last week Mark “Titch” Richards cut his personal best time down massively to 22:28. Paul Dennington rode yet another personal best, though his improvement was just one second, to 22:17. Keith Wink rode his very first time trial and everyone expected a good result, but nothing as […]
Paul Dennington of Velo Club Baracchi continued to improve with yet another personal best, this time in the Wolsey Road Club 25-mile time trial along the Waveney Valley. In a strong ride Dennington covered the distance in 58:57 on what seemed like a fair morning John Thompson, who has struggled to inject speed this year, […]
Velo Club Baracchi riders were in the money in the Anglia Velo open 10-mile time trial at Earsham on Wednesday last week, earning the team prize and individual veteran prizes from performances that included personal best times. Paul Dennington took 13 seconds off his best for seventh place overall and Mark “Titch” Richards 21 seconds. […]
Chris Womack’s club-mates in Velo Club Baracchi have admired his gutsy ride sub-five-hour ride in which he gave his all for 36th place in the RTTC national 100-mile championship time trial, probably the best VCB performance in a national championship. He very modestly said, “My time, 4-45:02, was not great, but OK for a 67 […]
Personal bests in two events for father and son Chris and Mark Womack, Mark “Titch” Richards, George Kerridge and Paul Dennington in another event marked a successful week for Velo Club Baracchi riders. In Saturday’s Geri Lang Memorial Trophy East Anglian VTTA Group 25-mile time trial on the A14 and A11 from Newmarket Chris Womack […]
John Dupen of Velo Club Baracchi made a pilgrimage to the Team Swift middle-markers’ 10-mile time trial on the A63 road west of Hull in a quest for a fast ride and was rewarded by a lifetime personal best time of 21:18. His ride put him in seventh place out of 77 finishers and was […]
A warm evening on the A11 near Morley for the East Anglian CC 10-mile time trial last Thursday gave Velo Club Baracchi riders a great opportunity to ride fast times. There was some wind but it was not strong and in place the road was sheltered. There were 65 finishers and John Dupen was 23rd […]
Personal bests were the order of the day for the two Velo Club Baracchi riders in the API Zak Carr memorial 25-mile time trial on the A11 and A14 dual carriageways. John Dupen, with 54:49, had not previously beaten the personal record he set in 2000 and Chris Womack, with 58:05, shaved another chunk off […]
John Dupen and Chris Womack of Velo Club Baracchi had superb rides in the Shaftesbury CC Middlemarkers open 25-mile time trial on the dual carriageways between Newmarket and Four Went Ways. Dupen can now be called a 57-minute man, having achieved the superb result of 57:55, while Womack dipped under the hour with 59:58. Andrew […]
The Norwich 100 organised by Bike Events for the Norwich Heart Foundation attracted nearly a dozen Velo Club Baracchi riders and friends amongst the total, said to be about 5,000 riders. The route headed north-west from Norwich and then ran along the coast to Sheringham and on to Mundesley before turning west and back […]
John Dupen and Chris Womack of Velo Club Baracchi enjoyed fairly good rides in the Stowmarket and District CC open 10-mile time trial on the A14 road from Rougham to Woolpit and back. Dupen won the V+50 group with his 23:12. Womack’s 24:35 was enough to beat Martin Pyne of Anglia Velo, who achieved […]
Last week’s Godric CC Tuesday evening club 10-mile time trial featured a good ride by Velo Club Baracchi’s John Dupen, with 22:57 for sixth place out of the 32 solo riders. Other Baracchi times were Titch Richards 24:35, George Kerridge 24:46, Mark Womack 25:57 and John Thompson 27:57. John Swanbury recruited Paul Dennington to […]
The weather had a big impact on cycling last weekend but this did not stop many of the Velo Club Baracchi riders from taking part in the Beccles Cycle for Life charity ride. (There are none of our riders in the featured image of 25-mile riders but the oilskins are great!) The club’s riders […]
An impressive week of results for Velo Club Baracchi riders included quality rides by John Dupen, Paul Dennington and Chris Womack as well as strong rides by up-and-coming riders. John Dupen’s ride in Sunday’s VC Norwich open 25-mile time trial (on the A11 south of Attleborough) was one of the most notable, with a […]
Paul Dennington of Velo Club Baracchi rode a new personal best time in the Diss CC club time trial last week, knocking three seconds off the previous best he famously achieved on New Year’s Day. His time on the A143 course from Billingford to the Needham roundabout and back was 23:34 for third place. […]
John Dupen of Velo Club Baracchi was the club’s fastest rider in Gt Yarmouth CC’s Good Friday open 10 on the A143, based at Wortwell Village Hall and starting not far from Redenhall roundabout, to turn at Clays. He and Paul Dennington were in competition for the honour of being the club’s fastest and […]