This week’s time trial was back to the shorter distance of 10 miles. We had some reasonable weather by Betteshanger standards, in that it was not too cold and the wind not too strong. A total of 36 riders signed on, including 7 juniors. Top junior and also fastest girl was Catherine Morrell who came […]
The annual Thanet RC Grasstrack event is on Saturday May 25th from 10am. Fun races for kids and adults with BBQ ands teas/coffees served all day. Also Cycle Jumble. Thanks to Locks of Sandwich Cycles for sponsorship Venue is Bell Meadow, St Nicholas at Wade […]
This week’s evening time trial at Betteshanger CP was over the longer distance of 25 miles. Conditions were typical of Betteshanger, that is, cool, breezy and rather grey. There was a field of 22 riders, which included 2 juniors. The quickest of the juniors was the club’s George Pittock who rode well to get inside […]
A big thank you to Ian Posnett, CEO of the local construction company WW Martin, for his continued sponsorship of Thanet Road Club. Ian has been sponsoring the club for the last 3 years, with a focus on young riders, both in the Academy and in the Race Team. This is due to the fact […]
After the recent spell of cold weather, things warmed up for the latest evening “10” at Betteshanger CP. It started off sunny, but started to get a bit misty later on. The winds were still from the east, but considerably lighter than the previous week. As a result of better conditions, the times were noticeably […]
Unfortunately, the club has not been able to book the track for the Good Friday 2-up team time trial. It is hoped that this popular event will take place sometime later this year. Please pass this on to anybody who needs to know. […]
There were mixed fortunes for Thanet RC riders Tom Lowther and George Pittock representing British Cycling South East region at the Fenwick’s Junior Tour of the Mendips at the weekend. Tom was 32 secs off the pace after Stage 1, a 3.2 km prologue time trial; he finished in the bunch at 1:15 on the […]
The KCA 25, which was the second local time trial of the weekend, was held on the Q25/8 Chilham-Canterbury-Ashford course in extremely cold conditions. Dave Mastin reports that during his warm up (?), his Garmin showed -0.3C, with frost on the cars and grass. Luckily, the roads were dry and there was no ice to […]
The second evening “10” of the 2019 season was held at Betteshanger CP in what can best be described as challenging conditions. Although sunny, it was very cold, thanks to a strong north easterly wind, and this lead to the times being affected to a lesser or greater extent. The field of 35 riders included […]
For the second time in a fortnight, a number of club members made the trip up to the Isle of Grain to ride a 10 mile time trial. The weather obviously hadn’t seen the forecast, and it was windier, colder and damper than predicted. It was a day of mixed fortunes for the club, with […]