Report from young Harriet Butcher This morning we left home at 6am in the rain to arrive in Eastbourne still pouring down! Unfortunately Tallulah was still to battered and bruised, from her crash earlier in the week to take part in her race. William and my race (under 8’s) was delayed for nearly two hours. […]
It may be hard to believe, but we had a second consecutive week of good weather at Betteshanger CP for the latest evening 10 mile time trial. The good weather lead to the largest field of the year so far for a solo event. 41 riders signed on in total, including 8 juniors. There were […]
The club’s popular 4-up team time trial was held in unusual Betteshanger conditions, that is, warm, sunny and light winds! It was held over 7 laps of the Betteshanger CP circuit, which equates to 14.3 miles. The event was enjoyed by 45 riders, making up teams of 2, 3, and 4 riders. There was a […]
Well done to Catherine Morrell who roof the win in the GHS south east champs at Betteshanger at the weekend. Max was 2nd and qualified for the Nationals in Teeside in September. Full results for GHS and KCA event pastes belowPost by Colin Robinson Result of 10 Mile Time Trial. Incorporating GHS District Heat. Promoted […]
Report from Tallulah Butcher Saturday morning we travelled up to Scarborough where William and Harriet put Thanet RC on the map in the Yorkshire cyclocross summer series. Harriet had a great race coming 1st in the U8 girls and William coming 3rd in the boys race. In the afternoon dad and I did a recce […]
Finally, we had some decent weather on a Wednesday for the 10 mile time trial at Betteshanger CP. As a result of better conditions, we had a good field of 45 riders taking part. The senior field included a number of guests from Ashford Tri Club, who used the event for their club time trial […]
The club was well represented in the popular VTTA (Kent) 10 mile time trial on the Q10/30 Thanet Way course. This is the event that was run successfully by our own Colin Inett for many years, and this year, was run very efficiently by Folkestone VC. It was a warm day, but the stiff westerly […]
Report from Tallulah Butcher Spring in the Park – Final Round Last night was the final round at the Cyclopark, what a fantastic series it has been over the past couple of months. Final Standings: U8 girls – Harriet Butcher..1st Alice Tullett……..5th U8 boys – William Butcher 4th (missed podium by 1 point) Pepe Lopez […]
This week was meant to be the week of the heatwave, according to the weather forecasters. They obviously didn’t include our corner of Kent, or Betteshanger in particular, in their forecast for Wednesday, as we had yet another evening of poor weather to contend with. This week, it was dry, but there was a strong […]
Report from Tallulah Butcher Last weekend dad and I travelled to Somerset for round 5 of the Youth Nationals. On a hot Saturday afternoon saw us race for an hour around closed roads of the town of Minehead. It was a tight and twisty coarse, something I’ve not experienced before, but it was a great […]