There was a good turn out of Thanet RC riders in the KCA 25, organised by Malcolm Strickland, on the popular Q25/8 course at Chilham. Conditions were cool and fairly bright, with a southerly crosswind. It was a day of mixed fortunes for club riders, with some PB’s, prize winners, but a spill and a […]
Posted by Jim Dickson, Secretary Please find the April 2016 copy of Newswheel attached. Many thanks to Colin Inett for producing this. Jim Dickson Secretary Thanet Road Club. April2016NEWSWHEEL.docx […]
Posted by Jim Dickson, Secretary Dear Members, I am sorry to say that the Rule Book has gone out with a couple of errors that I now correct. The updated version should be available on the website soon. In the mean time I include the amendments below. Last year we did a lot of hard […]
Well a few more riders than I expected, 56 in total! Many thanks for all the helpers that made it happen, Huck Garip, Simon Henderson, Teresa Childs, Derek Crow-Brown and Pip. Times quickly out thanks to my new super iPad app, hope it has not made any mistakes. times to one decimal place too – […]
Many congratulations to Thanet young rider Lance Childs who secured a fine 2nd place overall in his age category at the London Track League series which took part over the winter at the Lee Valley Velodrome. This was a great achievement in a very competitive series. Well done Lance and great to see Thanet riders […]
The first club time trial of 2016 was held at Betteshanger Country Park on Good Friday afternoon in sunny but cool and breezy conditions. Over 70 riders signed on, mainly 2-up teams, but there were a few solos riders as well. It was good to see a large number of juniors riding, as well as […]
The club organises Time Trials on Wednesday evenings from April to September every year at Betteshanger Country Park (Q10/42) and Thanet Way (Q10/31). This year we will again be implementing our ‘help and ride scheme’ – details are attached. There is a change for 2016 to the Evening Points Competition (applicable to TRC members only) […]
The second round of the RTTC National Series took place in Longnor in the Peak District on Good Friday, with a very large field of over 175 riders on the start sheet. This “mountain time trail” saw the Seniors/Espoirs completing 3 laps of an 11 mile circuit, which results in a 33 mile race with […]
Busy weekend of road racing saw Ollie Robinson take TRCs first road win of 2016 with a fine victory in the SERRL 3-4 race at Bethesden this morning. The 85km race stated with a single rider forming a 2min advantage after 40km then Ollie initiated a 8 rider group who rode across to the leader […]
Due to Storm Katie deciding to arrive at Manston tomorrow morning, I have taken the decision to cancel the popular Jim Braginton Memorial 2-up team time trial on safety grounds. It will not be rescheduled, but hopefully, next year, the weather and roadworks will not intervene and we can have a good event in better […]