On a cool and windy Sunday morning Velo Club Baracchi riders in the Gt Yarmouth CC club 30-mile time trial produced personal bests. Mark Womack Chris and Mark Womack, father and son, achieved PBs of 1-19:39 and 1-24:33 respectively. Joe Skipper is a VCB member but was riding for Strada Sport as he set a […]
The CC Breckland midweek open 10-mile time trial last week turned out to be quite a fast event and Velo Club Baracchi riders did well. It caught a dry window between spells of rain and Mark Newnhamwas the VCB’s fastest with 22:48, while Nicki Hawkes achieved 25:14 for her first claim club, Team Velo Velocity, […]
The Velo Club Baracchi club run at 8.30am from the Cotmer Road roundabout was very well attended on Sunday. In bright sunshine about a dozen cyclists set off, first to Halesworth and then to Dunwich via Peasenhall and Saxmundam. After refreshments in the sun they returned through Wenhaston and backtracked to Lowestoft from Blyford. […]
Velo Club Baracchi was well represented in the successful Beccles Cycle for Life charity ride on Sunday. VCB riders among the many people from the Lowestoft area who took part included Chris, Patricia and Mark Womack, Jenny Hill,Steve Summons,Paul Bedford, John Swanbury and Steve Cone. Conditions were nearly perfect for the ride on country roads, […]
Steve Summons rode a personal best time of 24:32 in the Velo Club Baracchi Bank Holiday Monday 10-mile open time trial based at Wortwell, an improvement of 12 seconds. The fastest VCB rider was Mark Newnham with 24:08 (a little disappointed to have missed out by nine seconds on a ride faster than 25mph). Other […]
George Kerridge of Velo Club Baracchi continued his racing comeback with an excellent 24:34 ride in the first Tuesday evening Godric CC club time trial of the year. His clubmate Steve Summons’ highlight of the year so far was a personal best 24:44 in just his second ride on his Planet X bike. Chris Womack […]
Chris Womack of Velo Club Baracchi rode well in two 25-mile time trials at the weekend. In the East Anglian VTTA 25 on a sporting course starting south-west ofNewmarketon the A1303, Womack took advantage of the warm weather (about 12 degrees) to achieve 1-06:30. The course turned at Dunston Corner down a very […]
As warmer weather started to arrive it brought with it a spectacular personal best by Chris Womack and a strong return to competition by George Kerridge. A cheerful George Kerridge after his ride The two Velo Club Baracchi riders were riding 25-mile events of entirely different character. Womack’s was on the potentially fast A14 and […]
Chris Womack of Velo Club Baracchi continued his early season time trial campaign with a strong ride in the Stowmarket & District CC 20-mile sporting time trial in the vale of Debenham. He said of this hilly course that it changes in many directions with twists and turns. Womack added that, “the strong Northerly wind […]
The Gt Yarmouth CC open 10-mile time trial from Wortwell attracted an entry of 115 riders, most of whom actually took part despite the cold conditions and unforgiving wind. Chris Womack at the turn (photo: Fergus Muir) Chris Womack was again Velo Club Baracchi’s fastest rider, but it was good to see Carl Prewer riding […]
The coldest weather in the time trial season so far gave Chris Womack of Velo Club Baracchi the time trial experience of his life in the Plomesgate CC 10-mile time trial. He joined the thirteen other lucky enthusiasts who, out of the forty who had entered, were brave enough to present themselves to the timekeeper […]
Chris Womack of Velo Club Baracchi rode well in the Gt Yarmouth CC open 25-mile time trial on Sunday to record a very competent time of 1-08:03. Conditions were hard in the cool wind and most of the riders dressed accordingly. Womack was a little disappointed that he could not match the time he recorded in […]
Gt Yarmouth CC time trial 17th March 2013 – a set on Flickr
One of the Velo Club Baracchi’s time trial contenders, Paul Dennington, who rode so well last year and shows huge promise, took a tumble riding home from work last week. After what he described as a “misjudgement” Dennington is now recovering from a broken collar bone, two broken ribs and a puncture to his right lung. […]
Chris Womack of Velo Club Baracchi was the club’s star rider in the CC Breckland 10-mile open time trial on the B1108 to the west of Hingham on Saturday. A close contest between Womack and club-mate John Dupen it was Womack who came out on top, with Dupen declaring that he had set off […]
John Thompson of Velo Club Baracchi is the club’s greatest enthusiast for reliability rides and he took part in yet another last Saturday. He took the longest option, six hours, in the East Anglian CC 75-mile event and completed the course nearly half an hour quicker. Considering the cold and windy conditions he was pleased […]
Despite prevalent mist and fog the Velo Club Baracchi enthusiasts were out riding their bikes at the weekend and some of those on the club run enjoyed refreshments at Dunwich. John Thompson went for a separate ride 55-odd-mile ride that included via Uggeshall, Halesworth, Saxted, Worlingworth and Laxfield, during which he managed to find some […]
A cold, windy and only slightly wet Sunday morning gave Velo Club Baracchi riders the opportunity to ride fifty miles or thereabouts on the club run. Two groups met up at Halesworth and then two riders set off for Laxfield, while four others went more directly to Bungay via Wissett and Homersfield. After meeting up […]
With the thaw came the chance for Velo Club Baracchi’s riders to get out on the back roads again, though they had to ford the flooded roads in places. The 8.30am riders made their way to the Bungay café and found that two groups of the 9am riders had arrived already, so seven riders rode […]
Conditions for road cycling have not been ideal in the wintry weather, with only the main roads suitable at times. Most of the club cycling at this time of year is done on the country lanes and they have been unsafe to use, leaving the real enthusiasts to train on their turbo-trainers until the thaw. […]
John Thompson of Velo Club Baracchi took part in the East Anglian CC 50-mile reliability ride from Horsford. The route was a loop to the north via Aylsham, Roughton, Aylmerton, Holt by-pass, Brinningham, Melton Constable, Saxthorpe and back to Horsford.. This event, like others organised in Norwich, was extremely well attended and the organisers split […]