The Lewes Wanderer No. 256 April 2012

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‘Probably the best Cycling Club in the World’

Issue 256

April 2012

Editor

Chris [email protected]


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Editorial - Tuesday 3rd April 2012Well, the new race season is up and running and we havetwo star performers leading the pack. Peter Morris, hot offthe blocks with a bit of road racing, followed by a secondon the ESCA Hardriders and a win with Tom Glandfield inthe ESCA Two-up. Whilst across the water, Jamie Lowdenseems unstoppable on his local French road racing scene.Jamie will be bringing his French form home over Easter,so it’ll be interesting to see if he can decimate the local UKopposition. You can read about both lads and theirexploits inside this slightly slimmer than normal edition ofThe Lewes Wanderer. CM

WWWhhhaaattt’’’sss OOOnnn - for Wanderers on and off the bike

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SSSCCCAAA TTTwwwooo---uuuppp 222888...555 mmmiii llleeesss --- SSSuuunnndddaaayyy 888 ttt hhh AAAppprrriii lllPromoter: Dave Abbott - Entries closed: 27/03

BBBrrriiiggghhhtttooonnn MMMiiitttrrreee (((HHHiii lll lllyyy))) 222555 mmmiii llleeesss --- MMMooonnn 999 ttt hhh AAAppprrriii lllPromoter: Robin Johnson - Entries closed: 27/03Round 4 of our Classic League Competition

CCCllluuubbb RRRuuunnn --- SSSuuunnndddaaayyy 111555 ttt hhh AAAppprrriii lll --- SSStttaaarrrttt::: 888:::333000aaammmStart of Summer Club Runs ProgrammeSee Pullout in the middle of this mag for detailsMeet outside Boots, Uckfield.Note: Summer Club Runs start at 8:30amRide out to Danehill then after to Heaven Farm

LLLWWWCCCCCC CCCiiirrrcccuuuiiittt ooofff DDDaaannneeehhhiii lll lll --- SSSuuunnndddaaayyy 111555 ttt hhh AAAppprrriii lllPromoter: Oliver Tuckley - 18.11 milesEntries to Adrian Hills - Entries Closed: 3/04Round 3 of our Middlemarkers Competition

NNNeeexxxttt WWWaaallldddrrrooonnn PPPuuubbb NNNiiiggghhhttt --- TTTuuueeesssdddaaayyy 111777 ttt hhh AAAppprrriii lllThe Star Inn, Waldron from 8:00pmNew faces always welcomeOn a bike if you can, if not cars are ok!

EEESSSCCCAAA 111000 mmmiii llleee --- SSSaaatttuuurrrdddaaayyy 222111sss ttt AAAppprrriii lllPromoter: Mark Winton - Entries close: 10/04Round 4 of our Middlemarkers Competition

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EEESSSCCCAAA &&& CCCllluuubbb 222555 mmmiii llleee --- SSSuuunnndddaaayyy 222222nnn ddd AAAppprrriii lllPromoter: Chris Chapman - Entries close: 10/04LWCC 25 mile ChampionshipRound 5 of our Classic League CompetitionRound 5 of our Middlemarkers CompetitionSee page 6 for latest on Middlemarkers & CL

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SSSCCCAAA 111000 mmmiii llleee --- SSSaaatttuuurrrdddaaayyy 555 ttt hhh MMMaaayyyPromoter: Mike Anton - Entries close: 24/04

CCCllluuubbb RRRuuunnn --- SSSuuunnndddaaayyy 666 ttt hhh MMMaaayyy --- SSStttaaarrrttt::: 888:::333000aaammmExceat Tea Rooms, Cuckmere

SSSCCCAAA 222555 mmmiii llleee --- SSSuuunnndddaaayyy 666 ttt hhh MMMaaayyyPromoter: Mike Anton - Entries close: 24/04Round 6 of our Classic League CompetitionRound 6 of our Middlemarkers Competition

FFFrrrooonnnttt CCCooovvveeerrr ppphhhoootttooosssI had a bit of a panic this month over the cover photos.I’d left half the page for an anticipated couple of actionpics from the ESCA Two-up. And then, with a day to goto publication I find that the event wasn’t photographed!Sorry about that - You’ll find an old (unpublished) shot ofPete & Tom taken on last year’s Evening Ten Two-upand a nice snap of a happy Rob taken at the recentESCA Hardriders to fill the gaps. Shame about notgetting any Two-up shots, as for me, they make some ofthe best action photos of the year.

Top left: Peter Morris leading from the front on the recentESCA Hardriders on Sunday 18th March - Photo:Lawrence Watts See page 5 for results & report and page 8 &9 for more of Lawrence’s Hardrider photos

Top right: Jamie Lowden in French Road Racing actionSee pages 10 & 11 for more on Jamie’s dominantperformances across the Channel

Middle right: Callum Middleton closes down his dad(Charlie) on the ESCA Hardriders - Photo: Lawrence WattsSee page 6 to read about Charlie taking an early lead in thisyear’s Middlemarkers Competition

Bottom left: An archive shot in celebration of Peter Morrisand Tom Glandfield winning the ESCA Two-up onSunday 1st April - Photo: Julie Owen - See results & report onpage 6

Bottom right: Rob Pelham heading off for No.2 pusher offduties on the ESCA Hardriders - Photo: Lawrence Watts

Included Inside this Month’s Magazine ……………..

Editorial, News & What's On…………….....….……….Surrey League, New Standards…...………………...…Archive - looks at stuff from the 1950’s.....…………….Time Trial results & reports…………………….……….Middlemarkers & Classic League comp latest………..Gallery - more photos from the Circuit of Laughton….Gallery - ESCA Hardriders………………………………Wanderers in Global Road Racing Action

Part 1: French Racing - Jamie Lowden………….Part 2: Letter to the Editor - Bob Evans………....Part 3: Barcombe Road Race - Peter Morris……

Two different Club Run reports………..…………….…Tommasini Tecno Extra - Lawrence Watts…………..Back Page - Every picture tells a story!!..........……....

Plus one pull-out

LWCC Summer Club Run Programme

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Ask not what your club can do for youAsk what you can do for your club

SSSuuummmmmmeeerrr CCCllluuubbb RRRuuunnnsssSee pull-out in the middle of this mag. Alsoavailable as download from website & forum

EEEvvveeennniiinnnggg TTTeeennnsss --- SSStttaaarrrttt ooonnn TTTuuueeesssdddaaayyy 888 ttthhh MMMaaayyyNote: The maximum field for 2012 is only 30 for the fourrounds in May (this is due to the time of the setting sun).So get there early, as it's first come first served. Themaximum field size increases to 50 for the remaining eightrounds.

SSSuuummmmmmeeerrr CCChhhaaaiiinnn GGGaaannnggg --- WWWeeedddnnneeesssdddaaayyy EEEvvveeeThey kicked off again on Wednesday 28th March, sameformat as last year. Starts 18:00 at Golden Cross Pub carpark. The sessions will go on for approx 60 - 90 mins. Ifyou get there late ride around in the opposite direction &they'll soon pick you up. See the Forum for more info, orspeak with Rob Pelham.

NNNeeewww FFFooorrruuummmThe old Blue Forum has been updated and replaced by thenew Green Forum. You should have all received your newlog-in details from Forum Administrator, Matt Coombs.Any problems, then give Matt a shout. It looks good, soget to work posting and remember, the bigger thecommunity, the better the tool!

GGGooooooddd NNNeeewwwsssLaurie Leaney has been given the all clear from hismedical team and can now park up his electric bike andget back to pedalling. Can we expect a return to his 1996form, when he did a 25 in 57:58? Photo: Laurie & GrahamSeymour on the start ramp of the 1993 Duo Normand

BBBaaaddd NNNeeewwwsssNew Wanderer, Yuriy Tymchenko was all set for the newseason, when he had a bit of a fall and broke a collarbone. All the best and we look forward to seeing him backout and racing soon. Photo: Yuriy at Awards Evening - LW

MMMeeemmmbbbeeerrrssshhhiiippp uuupppdddaaattteeeDespite the best endeavours of Hugh Procter,myself and other members of the Committee, wesay goodbye to 33 of our 2011 membership.They won’t be getting this mag. I’m sure astradition dictates some will drift back when it suitsthem, or when they want to race etc.

Our current paid-up membership is 119

OOOuuurrr fffuuutttuuurrreee wwwiiittthhh ttthhheee SSSuuurrrrrreeeyyy LLLeeeaaaggguuueee???The following has been posted on both Forums

We have to run two events this year (probably at Dunsfold- home of the Top Gear test track) if we wish to remain amember of the Surrey League.

We need to make a quick decision and if we are stayingwithin the SL we will need to pick two events ASAP. Wehave the usual suspects, but would need to take aroundfour people along to each event.

So Road Racers, what do you want?

It's crunch time, do we have volunteers.

Please post on the Forum and or speak to Peter Morris.

If we have the numbers, then Mr Morris, Mr Hough, MrWinton & myself will make it happen. If we don't have thenumbers, then I will ask Mr Hough to let SL know that wecan not maintain our membership. CM

TTThhheee nnneeewww VVVeeettteeerrraaannn SSStttaaannndddaaarrrdddsss fffooorrr 222000111222There has been a lot of debate and some of it quiteheated, about the introduction of the new standards for2012. Every race HQ is abuzz with the older fellowsbemoaning the change. And there is a lot of pressure toditch the new standards. We will run Danehill using thecurrent standards, but will then review our position.

Alan Lloyd has written to our local VTTA group re hisconcerns and has done a lot of detailed work looking at thenegative impact on the older rider. More next month.

The table below was prepared by Ian Landless and itshows how the results for Laughton would have been

under the old standards. The2nd column lists the rider’s age,the 3rd column their + on the oldstandard, and the final columnshows how they finished underthe new standards. Alan Lloydwas the big looser, whilst MickyTurner was the biggestbeneficiary.

Circuit of LaughtonResults based on 2011 Standards1st A Lloyd 59 +3:12 4th

2nd M Frost 43 +2:26 1st

3rd C Martin 53 +2:15 3rd

4th A Stevens 55 +2:00 5th

5th O Tuckley 56 +1:56 6th

6th M Turner 43 +1:43 2nd


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With the latest running of the ESCA Hardriders covered inthis mag, here’s a report from 60 years ago on the 1952event taken from the Sussex Express of 2/03/52.

TTTeeennn CCCyyyccclll iiissstttsss BBBrrroookkkeee CCCooouuurrrssseee RRReeecccooorrrddd TTTiiimmmeeeWhen the East Sussex Cycling Association opened their1952 season with the annual 12-mile hard riders’ time trialon Sunday, 10 riders beat the course and event record of36 minutes, previously held by F. Figgott, of the TunbridgeWells Road Club.

In an event favoured by a fine mild morning, with a stiffbreeze helping riders over the harder parts of a hilly routethrough lanes and minor roads, first place was taken by18-year-old B. Smith of Eastbourne Rovers, with a time of34min 58sec.

Second place was taken by last year’s winner, C. A.Pearson (Uckfield), with a time of 35min 8sec. Third placewas taken by M. Kenward (Hastings and St. Leonards C.and A. C.), who recorded a time of 35min 2sec.

The team award produced a close battle between theUckfield and Eastbourne Clubs until A. Thorpe, of Uckfield,returned a time of 35min 30sec, to take fourth place andgive Uckfield first team place with an aggregate of 1hr47min 6sec.

Other leading returns were: J. Dutson (Uckfield) 35min38sec. Riders from Lewes Wanderers, although unable toachieve leading places, showed good early season form.A. Cornford was fastest with a time of 36min 45sec. J.Adams returned a time of 37min, D. Agg 38min 14sec, andR. Nye 43min 15sec.

CCCyyyccclll iiisssttt RRRaaannn WWWiiittthhh MMMaaaccchhhiiinnneee,,, CCCaaammmeee SSSeeecccooonnndddTaken from the Sussex Express 24/02/52 - LewesWanderers Cycling Club promoted their first open cyclingrace on Sunday over a downland course in the Firle-Alfriston area. This event, which is known as a cyclo-cross, was the first event of its kind in Sussex.

In 1958, ESCA promoted a road race. Which, I believeremains their only ever road race promotion. I have takenthe following from a Sussex Express report, unfortunately itis undated. Note: A Gale who finished third is none otherthan our own Audaxing legend, Tony Gale, who reportsbeing a fresh faced 18 year old at the time! It was also atime when you could take a road race from Boship toHoram and do a right turn towards Marle Green.

SSSeeevvveeennn RRRiiidddeeerrrsss CCCrrraaassshhh IIInnn CCCyyycccllleee RRRaaaccceeeThis road race, the first ever promoted by the Association,received only seven entries short of the maximum allowedand proved that this type of event is popular in the districtdespite the early morning start.

The event was run over four laps of a circuit – Hellingly,Boship roundabout, Horam, Marle Green and Grove Hillwith the start and finish in New Road, Hellingly.

The riders remained in a compact bunch until the last timeup Grove Hill where seven riders where involved in acrash, without any serious injury to themselves. Thisbroke the field up and several small groups were formed.With only half a mile to cover D. Patten made his big effortfrom the leading group and crossed the line an easywinner with D. Lock leading in a group of six riders.

Points were awarded to the first three riders over the top ofLealands Hill and Grove Hill each lap and some of theseprimes were hotly disputed especially when D. Patten, R.Hayward and M. Robinson were concerned.

No serious attempts to break away took place during therace mainly because the traffic lights at Lealands, if theywere at red, could give the main field a chance to catch upagain.

1st D. Patten, (Tunbridge Wells RC) 1hr 47min 55sec2nd D. Lock (East Grinstead CC)3rd A. Gale (Uckfield & District CC)

Wanderers: 21st D. Agg; 22nd M. Carder.

Sussex riders gained the major honours, and the winner was A. Limbrey (Prestonville Nomads), who rode well to coverthe nine miles of rough country in 1hr 47sec.

P. Boseley (Lewes Wanderers) was only a third of a mile from the finish, and close behind Limbrey, when his rear wheelcollapsed, twisting the frame. He shouldered his machine and ran the remaining distance, finishing second in 1hr 2min17sec. D. Thompsett (Uckfield) battled his way round the course and finished third in 1hr 2min 42sec. C. L. Howe(Addiscombe) followed closely with a fine ride of 1hr 2min 53sec for fourth position.

Of the 31 riders who started, 18 finished. The rest retired with punctures and mechanical troubles.

Starting at Firle School, the course followed a lane to the top of the Downs, then turned left, passing over Firle Beacon,and went down a rough path almost to Alfriston. A muddy track under the hills brought the riders to Bo-Peep Farm and,turning left, climbed the gruelling Bo-Peep Bostal, at the top of which the first two riders won special prizes.

A tricky descent to the track under the hills followed, and this eventually brought the riders to the finish at the back ofFirle Church. Limbrey led the massed field almost from the start, and won the prime award at Bo-Peep Bostal, with C. L.Howe taking second place.

Before luncheon at the Ram Inn, Firle, Mr H. C. Strudwick, vice president of the Lewes Club presented the awards in theabsence through illness of the President (Mr. E. Jenner). Mr T. J. Boniface was time-keeper and Messrs. C. Barton-Tales, C. F. Turner and R. Humphrey were judges.

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CCClllaaassssssiiiccc LLLeeeaaaggguuueee CCCooommmpppeeettt iii ttt iiiooonnn RRRooouuunnnddd 111As tradition dictates the ESCA season kicked off with theubiquitous Hardriders event. Weather wise, Saturday hadbeen grim, as can be evidenced by Peter Morris’s reporton page 13 from the Barcombe Road Race. Fortunately,the weather took a turn for the better over night andalthough quite chilly before the off, there could be littlecomplaints about the climactic conditions and the early suneven did its bit in drying most of the roads. Unfortunately,there were road works on the course, with temporary trafficlights. This meant, event promoter Peter Moon having tosort an extra pair of time keepers, so we could all grab abreather at Dallington before being pushed off by RobPelham for the final thrash home. A big thanks to Peteand his team for making it all happen so smoothly.

With his tails of cramps from the previous day’s road race,I wonderer if Pete Morris would have given Mr Tadros acloser run for his money if he’d rested up and just focusedon the Hardriders TT? This said, he still did a top ride forsecond place overall. Tom Glandfield was next up andmust be pleased with getting one over on Nick.

Dan Gardner flew round the technical course in style,placed in the top ten on GC and was a clear winner of theJunior prize. He took some big scalps, with Frosty (seeback page for details of which one), Matt Coombs and newboy, Michael Valks all following in his wake.

Mark Frost, Nick Dwyer & Oliver Tuckley all won theveteran awards for their age group. Kaye Dwyer won thefirst female award. Despite our good showing we werebeaten for the team award by a strong In-Gear squad.

Micky Turner had another unfortunate day, with a late startdue to a puncture and a DNF due to another puncture!Micky, things can only get better. CM

Southboro & Dist Wh 10 miles - Sat 24th MarchPos Name Time

56th John Mankelow 26:56

1st Peter TadrosIn-Gear Quickvit Trainsharp 20:53

Course: Q10/33 - Entries: 90 - DNF: 0 - DNS: 5

SCCU (Hilly) 25 miles - Sun 25th MarchPos Name Time

8th Peter Morris 0:57:0425th Micky Turner 1:01:3826th Colin Harris 1:01:4430th Neil Midgley 1:02:2337th Michael Valks 1:03:2241st Dominic Lowden 1:03:53

Mark Frost DNFDNS Oliver TuckleyDNS Yuriy Tymchenko

1st Jerome WaltersVC St Raphael 54:13

Course: G25/44 - Starters: 98 - DNF: 8 - DNS: 12

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ESCA Hardriders 15.06* miles - Sun 18th MarchPos Name Time

2nd Peter Morris 34:385th Tom Glandfield 37:458th Nick Dwyer 38:02

10th Dan Gardner (J) 38:3011th Mark Frost 38:4016th Matt Coombs 39:4619th Michael Valks 40:0925th Callum Middleton (J) 41:3130th Neil Midgley 42:2832nd Oliver Tuckley 42:5735th Alan Lloyd 43:0539th Richard Frost 44:2540th Charlie Middleton 44:3241st Chris Martin 44:4243rd David Beale 45:4547th Doug Gardner 48:0950th Paul Hanratty 52:1152nd Kaye Dwyer (L) 52:2255th Simon Yates 55:2256th Adrian Hills 67:01

Micky Turner DNFDNS Yuriy TymchenkoDNS Sholto Haggart

1st Peter TadrosIn-Gear Quickvit Trainsharp 33:08

Course: GS/895 - Entries: 61 - DNF: 1 - DNS: 4* Due to road works the course was 1.2 miles short

See event photos from Lawrence Watts on the front coverand pages 8 & 9 - Photos of Mark and Richard Frost canbe found on the back page.

More photos from the event can be found at:www.photoboxgallery.com/ESCA

SCCU 25 Report - Some strong performance from theWanderers, with Pete Morris putting in another top ride.

It’s good to see Colin Harris back and racing and I’m sureit’ll only take a couple of events for him to get back to hisold sub-hour speeds.

Frosty - taken from the old Forum - Great ride Pete. Itoo found the unknown course a bit blowy to start with.Unfortunately punctured on the second lap at 25km,probably as far away from the HQ in both directions as youcould get. Obviously I had my full Tubs repair kit and canof pit stop with me. NOT - so rode back on my rim, gotvery cold doing so. Oh well, that'll teach me to take themicky out of Micky last week. To top it all, went mountainbiking this afternoon and got another puncture.

Tooting BC (Sporting) 21 miles - Sat 31st MarchPos Name Time

19th Oliver Tuckley 62:17

1st Rupert BurbidgeIn-Gear Quickvit Trainsharp 51:16

Course: GS/334 - Entries: 38 - DNF: 1 - DNS: 5

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ESCA Two-up 23.92 miles - Sunday 1st AprilPos Name Time

1st Peter Morris & Tom Glandfield 53:103rd Nick Dwyer & Rob Pelham 53:484th Duncan Fuller & Phil Allen (Brighton Mitre) 55:48

11th Callum Middleton (J) & Dan Gardner (J) 61:0216th Paul (Sussex Nomad) & Michael Valks 64:4822nd Helen (L) & Sarah (L) Dwyer 77:53Solo Alan Lloyd & James Ryan 61:52Solo Natasha Fuller (L) & Chris Martin 65:34Solo John Mankelow & David Beale 68:52Course: GS/839 - Entries: 25 Teams - Solo: 5 - DNS: 2

222000111222 OOOpppeeennn WWWiiinnn NNNooo... 111It was a chilly 1° when I arrived at the HQ, but on thepositive side, it was dry, quite still, sunny and warming.Though, for all but the real hard boys it was still a day forarm warmers and full finger gloves.

Middlemarkers CompetitionAfter first two rounds

EventsPos Name 1 2 Total

1st Charlie Middleton 09 18 272nd David Beale 08 16 243rd Doug Gardner 06 15 214th Richard Frost DNE 19 195th Simon Yates 04 12 166th Paul Hanratty DNS 14 147th Kaye Dwyer (L) DNS 13 13

=8th Matt Townsend 11 DNE 11=8th Adrian Hills 00 11 1110th George Upex 10 DNE 1011th Martin Komen 07 DNE 0712th Stuart Anderson 04 DNE 0413th Horry Hemsley 01 DNE 01

Qualifying events for 2012 Middlemarkers Comp01) 04/03 - Circuit of Laughton - 12.46 miles - GS/83602) 18/03 - ESCA Hardriders - 15.6 miles - GS/895

03) 15/04 - Circuit of Danehill - 18.11 miles - GS/89104) 21/04 - ESCA 10 miles - G10/8705) 22/04 - ESCA & Club 25 miles - G25/8906) 06/05 - Sussex CA 25 miles - G25/9307) 28/06 - Circuit of Earwig - 17.68 miles - GS/83808) 15/09 - ESCA 10 miles - G10/8709) 16/09 - ESCA 25 miles - G25/8910) 30/09 - Circuit of Chailey - 17.58 miles - GS/888

Introduced in 2006, the Middlemarkers competition is opento riders who have not beaten 25 minutes for a Ten mileTime Trial or 1 hour 5 minutes for a 25 mile Time Trial inthe past three seasons.

The competition is decided on the same points scoringsystem as the Classic League (see right). With the addedproviso, that in non-Club events only Wanderers scorepoints - e.g. if you finish 40th in the ESCA Hardriders, butare the 13th best Wanderer you get 18 points. I hope thatis clear, but if not, give me a shout.

2012: With his big score on the Hardriders, CharlieMiddleton has taken an early lead, but with Danehill andthe ESCA double header on the horizon it’ll be interestingto see who enters and who handles the pressure.

Nick & Rob had been closely beaten (3 seconds) last yearin this event by the East Grinstead pairing of Steve Denis& Alan McInnes, and despite Steve having been off thebike for a few weeks with a broken hand, it looked like itwould be another close battle for top honours this year.

This all changed as the East Grinstead pair were down asa DNS. So the main threat to our dynamic duo looked likecoming form the Eastbourne Rovers top team of IainBrogden & Matthew Woods.

In the end, the threat came from within, with early seasonfast man Peter Morris and perennial strongman, TomGlandfield upsetting the Dwyer/Pelham apple cart andtaking a splendid victory, seven seconds ahead of theERCC pairing. Nick & Rob rounded off the top three on GC

Our top two Juniors worked well together and it was goodto see the young Dwyer girls in matching pink trimmedLWCC kit. A huge sorry to Natasha, as I let the showdown by packing at Golden Cross and in the processdenied us back-to-back victories in the Mixed Team award.

CM

Classic League CompetitionAfter first three rounds

EventsPos Name 1 2 3 Total

1st Peter Morris 29 23 DNE 522nd Tom Glandfield 26 DNE DNE 263rd Nick Dwyer 23 DNE DNE 234th Dan Gardner 21 DNE DNE 215th Mark Frost 20 DNF DNE 206th Matt Coombs 15 DNE DNE 15

=7th Michael Valks 12 00 DNE 12=7th Oliver Tuckley 00 DNS 12 12

9th Callum Middleton 06 DNE DNE 0610th Micky Turner DNF 06 DNE 0611th Colin Harris DNE 05 DNE 0512th Neil Midgley 01 01 DNE 02

Qualifying events for 2012 Classic League Comp01) 18/03 - ESCA Hardriders - 15.6 miles - GS/89502) 25/03 - Southern Counties CU (Sporting) - 25 miles03) 31/03 - Tooting BC (Sporting) 21 miles - GS/334

04) 09/04 - Brighton Mitre (Hilly) - 25 miles - GS/99905) 22/04 - ESCA 25 miles - G25/8906) 06/05 - Sussex CA 25 miles - G25/9307) 03/06 - Crawley Wheelers - 41.9 miles - GS/19608) 01/07 - LWCC Open 30 miles - G30/8809) 15/07 - ESCA & Club 50 miles - G50/9010) 16/09 - ESCA 25 miles - G25/89

The Classic League competition was introduced in 1985and is awarded on a points basis to the club member whohas the best placings in a number of selected time trials on'sporting' / 'hilly' courses.

Points are scored for finishing in the top 30 in each event,i.e. a 1st place is worth 30 points; 2nd place is worth 29points down to 1 point for 30th. Riders finishing outside thetop 30 do not get any points.

2012: Peter Morris has got the jump on the field in his bidto retain the trophy. It’s disappointing to note that onlyOliver Tuckley entered the third round, Tooting BC Hilly 21.


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Sholto Haggart

Steve Owles

CharlieMiddleton

MattTownsend

Oliver(nice wheels) Tuckley

MartinKomen Graham Jeffs

Doug Gardner

Stuart Anderson

Tobin Aldrich


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See page 5 for report & results

Below left: CM - Middle: DavidBeale - Right: Alan Lloyd

Dan Gardner

Tom Glandfield

Father on up the roadCallum Middleton closes in on his dad, CharlieMiddletonKaye Dwyer

Adrian (happy) Hills


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Nick DwyerNeil MIdgleyMatt

Coombs

Oliver Tuckley

Simon YatesPaulHanratty

Doug Gardner

MMMeeeaaannnwwwhhhiii llleee bbbaaaccckkk aaattt ttthhheee HHHQQQThree of our prize winners collecttheir awards from event promoter,Peter Moon

A big handfor Kaye1st Lady

Dan 1st

Junior

Oliver Vet prize winner


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WWWaaannndddeeerrreeerrrsss iiinnn GGGlllooobbbaaalll RRRoooaaaddd RRRaaaccciiinnnggg AAAccctttiiiooonnnPPPaaarrrttt 111::: FFFrrreeennnccchhh RRRaaaccciiinnnggg --- JJJaaammmiiieee LLLooowwwdddeeennnAs I imagine most of you know, about two years ago Imoved to Pau in the South of France since it offered me ajob, skiing and lots of lovely cycling. One thing I didn’t findhowever was any racing.

It turns out that racing in France is huge; you just need toknow where to look. Unlike in the UK where all racing isorganised by one federation, British Cycling, in Francethere is the Fédération Française de Cyclisme whichorganises some more serious events and national seriesand then several smaller, regional federations whichorganise hundreds of races but are difficult to find.

So when I arrived in 2009 I took one look at the FFCwebsite, saw there was only one race planned within ahundred miles of me in 2010 and sort of gave up on theidea of racing down here.

Then at the end of last winter I found myself a club here inPau, Vélo Club Pau, Béarn les Isards or VCPBI. It turnsout that they are affiliated to a federation called UFOLEP(no idea what it stands for) which organises racing in theSouth-West of France and they were happy to invite mealong on some winter club runs.

The club itself turned out to be a bit like LWCC really.There is a nice mix of serious racers, a few guys racing forfun and a few more Sunday-club-run riders. Mostimportantly though, there is a really relaxed and welcomingattitude, and a few guys who can speak English.

So the racing season started here on the 26th of Februarywith a race on a circuit around my office. I didn’t reallyknow what was going on; I’d been given a 3rd categorylicense and been told to turn up at a bike shop ready torace.

It turns out that in UFOLEP there are three levels,Category 1, Category 2 and Category 3. I’d been given a3rd cat license because it was too much hassle moving myBritish Cycling points over. The races are normally

between 60 and 70km on a 3km to 5km loop with a fewintermediate sprint prizes. The thirds race first then thefirst and second categories race at the same time with theseconds finishing a lap earlier.

So back to my first race… I’d been unable to ride my bikefor a couple of weeks before due to work so the obviousthing to do was attack as soon as the race started. Theother riders very nicely gave me one lap on my own thencaught me fairly easily. I competed for and won the firstcouple of intermediate sprints then led out a team mate forthe last two. The last 10km though I really noticed the lackof riding and the sprint efforts and was starting to crampup. I lead out the sprint just to get out of the way really (agood idea: with 70 riders there was always going to becrashes) and finished towards the back as a teammate gotsixth. Overall, it had the feel of a 3rd/4th cat race in the UK.

My second race was on a hillier circuit of 4km with sixteenlaps. The first 5 laps I stayed in the group while a coupleof team mates tried to escape and then on the sixth lap Iwent off the front with another guy who realised he wasn'tfeeling it and soon dropped back leaving me 8 laps (I think)on my own. I wasn't given any info regarding the gap so Ihad to keep pushing, which was made harder by a meanwind picking up towards the end. My team matescontrolled the peloton though and at the line I had a gap of

more than 90 seconds... if only someone had told me, Icould have eased up a bit. This was the first time I’d everwon on my own and I think it gave me the confidence toattack in my next races…

The following week (11th March) was a different sort ofcircuit. Only 3km long so 22laps to do, it was mostly flatwith slight rise before the finish. A group of four went awayearly on and I wanted to go with them but my cassette lockring was coming off so I had other things to think about.There were some of my teammates who were doing a laterrace hanging around the start/finish area and I managed toshout out in French that I needed a new wheel. One laplater I was riding on a lovely Mavic Cosmic Carbonne andquickly back in the bunch. A lap to recover then I wasback on the front trying to bring back the break that now


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had about 45 seconds. Once I saw noone was interested in helping me, I wentoff the front again and managed to bridgein 3 laps. The break of 4 was surprisedto see me, even more so when I wentstraight past, only taking two others withme. This was 12 laps from the end (Ithink) so we had some work to do. Werotated at the front nicely but the otherswere pretty much shot. With five to go Iupped the pace a bit on the climb andonly one other came with me. He sat onuntil one lap to go when again I pushed ita bit on the climb. He must have beensuffering because I took almost a minuteout of him on the last 3km to win on myown (again!) He managed to hang on forsecond place, about 30 seconds beforethe peloton came through with a teammate winning the sprint for third.

It was after two solo wins in a week that I asked aboutmoving up a level. I found out that you need to win threeraces in each category before you can move up so I quitehappily decided to wait until the following weekend whenthe race would be organised by my club and I could(hopefully) put on a show...

This time though there seemed to be a pact betweeneveryone else in the peloton to stop me winning. Everytime I attacked, there was lots of shouting and an effort tobring me back. The weather was horrible though and Iknew that if I could get away they would lose interest prettyquickly. After six laps of eleven, I repeatedly attacked andfinally got away on a long climb. A nice TT to the finish(with a bit of pacing by the lead car) and I’d won my thirdrace as a third category. Time to move up to second cat.On the 25th of March I headed off to the village ofMontrejeau for my first race as a second cat. Having feltthat the third cat races were about the same as UK 4th cat,I was expecting the race to be hard work.

As is normal, we were put in with the first cats to give apeloton of about 60. The circuit was 3.4km long with 150ftof climbing each lap, so nice and hard. Eighteen laps forthe seconds, 19 laps for the firsts. I started right at theback and as the roads were tiny it took me a couple of lapsto get towards the front. The third time up the hill I didn'treally attack, I just increased the pace which split thepeloton up a bit. I ended up in a group of about 12 off thefront with a 2nd Cat teammate and one other 2nd Cat. Theothers were all 1st Cats.

We generally worked well together and made the breakcount but I noticed the other 2nd category rider wasn’tdoing a lot so on the 9th run up the hill I went for it with a 1st

category rider. We opened up a gap of 40 seconds beforeanother 1st rider bridged to us after about 13laps. Weworked well together but my original companion was tiringand not really doing anything other than hanging on so awell timed acceleration on the hill left me with one otherrider.

On the last couple of laps he was tiring as well, so I wasdoing about 80% of the work, but with no one giving metime gaps it was difficult to know what was happening. Itwas only on the last pull up the hill when we lapped themain peloton that I knew we'd done alright...

We went straight past so I won in front of the bunch and letmy companion carry on round for his last lap.

I was expecting this race to be a lot harder but I think thatreally the three different levels in UFOLEP would all comein below UK 3rd cat. I don’t really know why that should bebut there are no time trials here at all so if you want to ridecompetitively, you have to race so you get a fair number of“older gentlemen” in the peloton. Also, if someone isclearly too good in UFOLEP, they’ll be invited to join anFFC affiliated club and then they’ll travel around Franceeach weekend as a team to compete in the few higherlevel races.

That is possibly what I’m thinking of at the moment. Thereare a few interesting stage races coming up which I’d liketo do well in then maybe I’ll see if I can find some moredifficult racing to do in the FFC. I’m also going to try to getback to race and TT in the UK at some point so I can see ifI’m winning because I’m really good at the moment or if it’sbecause the level here is really low.

My next target here is the Tour de Podensac. There arefour stages spread over a weekend with a 5km time trial onthe Saturday morning, a hilly 100km road race on theSaturday afternoon, a 16km team time trial on the Sundaymorning then a flat 100km on the Sunday afternoon.Based on my racing so far here I imagine I’ll becompetitive and with a prize list consisting mostly of casesof champagne I hope to do well.

That is at the end of May and before then I hope to gethome to ride the Bayeaux race at Barcombe and maybe afew TTs. Hope to see you all soon. JL


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JJJaaammmiiieee jjjuuusssttt kkkeeeeeepppsss ooonnn wwwiiinnnnnniiinnnggg - Following Jamie’sarticle, I’ve taken the subsequent words from the newForum on Monday 2nd April

Anyway, another weekend, another race. This time it wasin the town of Tarbes. A completely flat 2km loop aroundan industrial estate on the outskirts. I'm still a second catand we were put in with the firsts. 35 laps for us, 40 for thefirst cats. I think the peloton was about 60 strong.

Very early on a big group got away. I thought I glanced ateam-mate up the road so made no effort to get across. Ithink this break got about a minute ahead at one point butour main bunch never let them get too far.

After about 10 laps the team-mate I thought was aheadturned up next to me in the peloton and said he'd been atthe back the whole time. I went to the front of our groupand with the help of a couple of other riders controlled thebreak. There were a couple of guys who had riders up theroad though and they were doing their best to disrupt thechase. In the end in turned into a bit of a mess with peoplesprinting off the front, getting caught then sitting in.

It all came down to the final lap. I lead out the sprint andheld them off for my 5th consecutive win. This is the firsttime I've won a sprint here, and the first time I've ever wona flat sprint. My Garmin gave me 61kph which isn’t Cav,but I'm quite happy with it. JL

WWWaaannndddeeerrreeerrrsss iiinnn GGGlllooobbbaaalll RRRoooaaaddd RRRaaaccciiinnnggg AAAccctttiiiooonnnPPPaaarrrttt 222::: LLLeeetttttteeerrr tttooo ttthhheee EEEdddiiitttooorrr --- BBBooobbb EEEvvvaaannnsssDear Chris, You recently (and unwisely) asked that Ishould send an update on bikey adventures here in NewZealand. Well, as I’ve mentioned before, there’s lots ofbike racing here, so each week when I can I race onTuesday and Thursday evenings, plus a few longer onesat the weekend. The Tuesday rides are particularlyimpressive since a bunch of around 30 rides out from thetown where we are living - Cambridge, population about12,000, i.e. smaller than Lewes - to the next town, 30kaway, where the race starts. We then race around a 30kcircuit and then ride back. 90k on a Tuesday evening - notbad, eh? At the race itself there are category races for allranging from Elite to Category F - and each eveningbetween 150-200 riders compete.

I’m in Category C, so the races are usually around 30-40k,depending on daylight, and the bunches number about 30.The pattern of racing doesn’t vary very much. Breakawaysare almost impossible on these undulating circuits, so whathappens is that the group forms into a chain gang at thefront in order to, as one guy put it to me, “get rid of thepeople who shouldn’t be here”. However, many riders stilljust sit in at the back until the last few kilometres when, asyou might expect, it all gets a bit silly. My sprinting iscoming on a bit, but I usually get beaten to the line, comingin 3rd or 4th. Still they’re all much younger than me, so I’vegot an excuse….

Speaking of age, in a moment of ill-judged optimism I haveentered the New Zealand Club National Championships.These are to be held in early May and there are races forall categories, including Masters by age. My NZ racinglicence tells me that I’m Masters 7 (65-69) so I’m hopingthat (a) it will be a small field and (b) that they will all beslower than me. On (b) I’ve been told that this is a vainhope since there will be many fast old geezers entered, ex-pros and the like, and that I’ll be lucky to hang on. I’ve justlooked at the course profile - two circuits of a 28k coursewith a sodding great hill in the middle, so the aboveprediction is probably accurate. However, I will be pleasedto finish in one piece. One sad point is that I will not beable to wear my Wanderers strip in this event. The rulesstate that I must wear club kit for my NZ club - HamiltonCity Cycling Club. This is a pleasant blue number but sadlydoes not compare with the sophisticated design of LWCC.

As I write, the event is just over two months away. Plentyof time for training and preparation, although I’ve not doneany of the former yet. However, I have purchased a bookwhich promises that I can be “Fit, Fast and Powerful in 6

Hours a Week”. It’s jolly interesting and at some point Imight consider putting (some) of its recommendations intopractice. In the meantime I’m working on the carb loadingand the rest day elements of the programme.

In addition to the evening races there are many longerweekend events. These are a cross between a sportiveand a race, in that the fields are large - usually between500 and 3,000 - and are open to all. This means that theelite and Category A riders are seriously competing for the(not insubstantial) prizes, while the rest of us try and getround without cardiac arrest. I recently rode the ‘Rev’which is a 100k race over a testing course. As usual withthese events, after the mad first 10k, the pace settles downand you try and fit into a group working at a pace that youare comfortable with. I finished in a reasonable time - seeglorious photos of my stunning sprint for what wasprobably 320th place.

It’s stopped raining now, so I’d better get out on the bikeand “ride lots” (© Eddy Merckx) before May,

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At the HQ car park I started toget my bike out of the car andassemble it. Putting my 'lunchpouch' on my frame whilsthaving a conversation withJames across the car park. Hethen blurts out "You're notsupposed to have anything onyour frame", making out thatmy lunch box was illegal! I waslike, "James! Keep your voicedown!" Legal or not, if Icouldn't take it I was sure to dieafter the first hour. Luckilynobody questioned it and Iraced with it on my cross bar,phew!

At the briefing it was brought to our attention that therewas a lot of water, mud, cow poop and dead animals onthe course. Luckily they cleared the road kill before wewent round, which there was a lot of. I drove part of thecourse on the way to HQ and you name it, it was plasteredon the road. There was one particularly messy pheasantwhich probably needed removing in stages and I foundpart of it on my wheel when cleaning it after the race!

On to the race and the rolling start, the neutral zone wasas usual as about as neutral as the rest of the race aspeople jostled for positions. Next thing I knew we weregunning it along the lanes, it felt a bit like a disorganisedchain gang, everyone calling out for potholes etc, the pacewas quite quick, on a couple of occasions I looked to seethat we were bombing along at 32 mph on the flat but inthe wind break of the peloton I was pretty muchfreewheeling.

On the first (or second) prime, I chased no. 27, he was toofar ahead for me to snatch the prime but doing so pulledme away from the pack, quite a way in fact. Stuck in nomans land between 27 and the pack I decided to spinalong and get caught as it was early days and I didn't knowthis no.27, and as he was trying to break early on whatseemed a bit of a suicide mission. Sitting on the front ofthe peloton for a while a young chap came past to up thepace and catch him, I told him not to bother and that he'ddie out there on his own. The pace was inconsistent, attimes I was taking it easy, others I was going hammer andtongs trying to hold a back wheel!

Nibbling and drinking wasn't as easy as you'd think, mycage for my bottle was a little tight and at one point Imanaged to snap my cage ramming my bottle back in!Luckily it wasn't broken too much and could still hold thebottle. My lunch box wasn't great at holding the food overthe bumps, not sure how much I lost but I'm sure I didn'teat that much! The gels were messy as usual, only

managing to get around 50% in my mouth, the rest I like tosmear down my front and possibly if my aim's just right Ican drop some blobs on my overshoes for good measure.As expected strawberry and kiwi flavouring was obviouslycreated by someone who had never eaten strawberries orkiwi! You can tell I'm a great fan of gels!

Pete in the peloton finished 28th - Photo: Dave Hayward

Back to the race! I was holding on more and more easilyas the race progressed. I think people were beginning tofeel it, I felt fine. Although I couldn't keep up with what wasgoing on with the breaks, and when a break was properlyaway it was tough to catch as there so many cars whichslowed the peloton, and the section through the villagewas more of a neutral zone.

On the 3rd to last prime my legs cramped, not much I coulddo but to knock back my isotonic drink and try andmassage my quads - Easier said then done riding in thepack. All this time the rain was getting heavier, everyonewas covered in mud and starting to get cold. One chap Icould see physically shaking in front of me. The rain madeit more exciting, punctures were all over the place, 4 that Iwas aware of. I wasn't over confident of my newSchwalbe's but they held the corners in the wet.

On the 2nd to last prime my legs were again cramping, andwith a quick last lap and a substantial break that wasaway, it seemed I'd be stuck rolling in with the bunch. Aswe neared the finish line I tried to sprint but I was boxed inand was rather preoccupied trying to fight the cramps inmy legs. I rolled over the line in the back half of the pack,stopped to relieve my legs of the cramp only to have themspasm, which hurts! Alice and the girls came over to seeme, Lucy shouting "Well that was a poor effort", as I wasdrastically trying to ease the pain. I took it as constructivecriticism, only way really.

Some early season lessons and reminders!! PM

From Forum - Matt Townsend finished 42nd: Got droppedon lap 2. It lined out and I didn't do enough to stay on thewheel in front - Lesson learnt - more intervals in training.Ended up doing 4 laps on my tod in the p'ing rain aspunishment. James Ryan DNF: Lap 2 - Got dropped offthe back and couldn't quite get back on - so rode roundwith a couple of others for a while (until it started raining...!)


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NNNooonnn---RRRaaaccciiinnnggg SSSaaatttuuurrrdddaaayyysss &&& SSSuuunnndddaaayyysssCCCllluuubbb RRRuuunnn tttooo MMMaaarrrkkk CCCrrrooossssss GGGaaarrrdddeeennn CCCeeennntttrrreeeSunday 11th March by Sam Ramsey - I don’t get out on as manyclub runs as I would like. Most of my riding is done on my ownand I am generally fine with that. Riding the bike is ‘me time’ - anopportunity for the mind to decompress from the demands of workand family life and for the imagination to wander unconstrained, asort of freewheeling mental massage that leaves the mind freshand clear. But that said it is always a pleasure to meet up withclubmates and friendly cycling types and to get some quality milesin with a group. This provides a different physical challenge aswell as reassurance that we are not alone in our obsession.

So I turned up this fine and still March Sunday at Uckfield, met upwith 8 others (six regulars already known to me plus Nick fromPeacehaven & Tobin from Lewes on his first clubrun) and we setoff up the hill towards Framfield. The Uckfield posse clearly don’tmess about and immediately I was hanging on at the back withTobin. The take away for me is that whereas I had thought that thewinter training had gone really well in fact this is far from the truthand I can look forward to a TT season of grinding disappointment.

The route to Mark Cross was interesting as well as lumpy, being abit outside my normal Seaford-based range. But I recognisedsome parts from the ESCA Reliability Trial, especially the ford atJarvis Brook, where both of Ian’s bottles flew off his bike incomedy fashion. I also recognised a bit of the Hills and MillsAudax but taken in reverse. There was one longish stop whileNick fixed a front wheel puncture, after a loud blowout on adescent near Hadlow Down. A loop round Wadhurst used upsome time and we arrived at the garden centre bang on 11:00.Groups of Wanderers had arrived from all directions, including asmall offroad party coated in mud.

The tea shop staff were apparently piloting a service strategy to maximise queuing time. They stuck doggedly to thistask despite the queue going out of the door. It must have been some kind of psychological experiment.

The route back to Uckfield was more direct and we had lost both Tobin and Nick - I do hope they made it back OK. Totaldistance something like 36 miles. I can’t be sure and I can’t remember the exact route either but there was plenty ofclimbing and a real good workout. SR - Photos: CM

CCCllluuubbb RRRuuunnn tttooo BBBooodddllleee SSStttrrreeeeeettt GGGrrreeeeeennnSunday 18th March by Johan Stegers - Bit of news froman eventful ride out. Carl, Jamie, Rob, Stu, Nico & me leftUckfield. Rob was leader in Ian's absence (holiday inWales?). Route: A22 till Radjutt then left turn into thelanes. We were going to support the LWCC riders at theESCA Hardrider TT at Bodle St.

All ok till we hit the lanes behind East Hoathly on route toHoram and Stu gets a puncture. No problem - fixed in notime & off we go again. We just get to Horam on A267 &Carl advises that Stu has gone? We all stop - Rob has togo as he's pushing off for the Hardrider.

Back to Stu - Where'd he go? Someone went back to look & were goneages, then Carl goes off to look. Stu & the other guy return. Stu had had asecond puncture. Carl has now vanished. We ride the A267 back toHeathfield. This was the direction Carl took, but Carl has vanished. Stuhadn't seen him either. We assume he's gone back home for Mothers Day,he did say he had to get back.

We all joined the TT at Three Cups Corner. I stayed, but Stu & the othersrode on to Dallington. They all came back later & rode to the finish. I thenwaited till the end, got names wrong & missed some photos. I rode home.

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Tommasini Tecno Extra - Lawrence Watts

Frame Size: 53cm c-t /51.7 cm c-cFrame Material: Columbus Nemo (nivacrom) double-butted steelFork: Look carbonDerailleur: Shimano Tiagra (Front) / Campag Daytona (Rear)Levers: Campag Xenon (Ergopower) 9-SpeedBrakes: Campag Veloce (Black) dual-pivotChainset: Campag Mirage square taper, 172.5mm, 50/34 tBottom Bracket: Campag Veloce (Italian Thread)Freewheel: Campag Veloce 13/14/15/16/17/19/21/23/26Saddle: Selle Italia Flite Titanium (original 90’s model)Handlebar: Cinelli Vai shallow-drop, 40 cmStem: Specialized Comp Multi Stem, 120mm (adjustable with shim)Seatpost: CSN Carbon Shaft / Light Alloy Polished Head, 27.2mmWheels: Mavic Aksium Race (2012), bladed spokesTyres: Vittoria Rubino Pro III clinchers, 700x23Pedals: Vitus Look Delta SystemPrice: Approx £1,150 (Frame £675 second hand)Purchased: Frameset from Brick Lane Bikes, 118 Bethnal Green Road, LondonWhy: Love Italian steel bikes / Wanted creative project / Nobody has just one bike.Special Thanks To: Hugh Procter (mechanical advice); Mark Winton (steerer shim);Adrian Hills (dealer info); Rob Pelham (how to display bike correctly in photos).

“Well it took just under 3 months to complete this project and I’m very satisfied with the end result. Some of you willhave seen the bike at the recent Hurstpierpoint elevenses. The comments seemed to be quite favourable. I waseager to build a bike which looked aesthetically easy on the eye, blending a retro frame-set with moderncomponents. As for the ride, well after 40 miles and some very minor saddle adjustments I can say that this isdefinitely lighter, stiffer and possibly even more stable than my Cinelli Supercorsa”.

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My contact details - Email: [email protected] 01435 863427 - Bayte, Hailsham Rd, Heathfield, East Sussex, TN21 8ET

Issue 257 - the May edition will have reports & results from the Circuit of Danehill,mm

Please let me know if you change address, or if your address details areincorrect on the envelope. Also any change in email address or mobile No.

.Articles Wanted - Interesting (or even boring) articles always wanted...........Your Magazine needs you, especially if you’re not one of the regular contributors...Let the other Wanderers into your (cycling) life..….. The End …........Chris Martin….

plus the ESCA 10 & 25 along with the rest of the early season racing action.

The next edition will be No. 257 the May 2012 publication and it should be with youvia 2nd Class post on or before the 16th May. It will also be available as PDFdownload on the club website at www.leweswanderers.co.uk by the 12th May.

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Psycho Eyes - Be afraid,be very afraid if you don’tchange the standard timesback to last year’s version.

It’s snot funny - Right,the next guy to pass isgoing to get lassoed bythis, now that shouldslow themdown a bit.

KKKnnnooowww yyyooouuurrr FFFrrrooossstttiiieeesssAdrian Hills recently got in abit of a kafuffle about ushaving more than oneFrosty. Well, here’s theevidence snapped (crackled& popped) by Mr Watts onthe ESCA Hardriders. Inthe left corner is RichardFrost and on your right it’sMark Frost. Ok, not evenenough for a spoonful, letalone a full bowl, but it’s astart. See page 5 to seehow they got on.

Bob Evans MTB biking on thebeach in New Zealand. See page12 to read about Bob’s Kiwi roadracing exploits.

"Curiouser and curiouser!" Simon laughed. "There's nouse trying," he said: "one can't believe impossible things.""I daresay you haven't had much practice," said theQueen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."

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