Congleton Cycling Club

The club’s “Time-Trialists” had another successful season, especially at the longer distances (duration) of 12- and 24-Hour which count towards the CTT (Cycling Time Trials) BAR (British Best All-Rounder) and Long Distance BAR and VTTA (Veterans Time Trial Association – over 40 years) year long Competitions and one day Championships.

Without disrespect to our able group of slower riders – including women and older men - our most successful rider was again Neil Skellern who secured 10^th place in the prestigious national BAR Competition. Indeed, Neil has been in the top 10 during each of the past 4 years. His average speed for his best 50 and 100 miles and 12-hour performances was 25.48mph. He was ably supported by Karl Austin in 44^th place and Giudo (sic) Reynolds in118^th place. These performances resulted in this trio achieving 7^th place the Team BAR with an average speed of 23.47mph. To put these performances into perspective; our riders are 43, 43 and 59 years of age respectively and were competing against more than 500 qualifying riders, many of them half their age. Due to being over-40, they qualify for the Veterans category which has its own BAR and Championships – details to be covered in future reports.

The CTT National 24-Hour Championship is nowadays a single event which is always held in Cheshire / Shropshire. Our Club trio of Karl Austin, Graham Barker and Giudo Reynolds achieved 2^nd place in the Team Competition with 9^th, 13^th and 20^th places, with 439, 428 and 412 miles respectively. Unfortunately, Neil did not complete the 24-hour due to sickness.

The above performances yielded more honours and higher placings in the Area Championships (CTT Manchester and District TTA and VTTA – Manchester and North West Group).

For full results and other details of Club activities see
www.congletoncyclingclub.org.uk - www.ctt.org.uk - www.vtta.org.uk

The Club meets every Thursday at 8.30pm at the Rugby Club, Park Street and welcomes anyone who would like to swap ideas and stories on all cycling topics.

The Sunday club-runs leave from the Rugby Club, Park Street at 9.30am and at this time of year they are short and gentle or slow circuits which include a cafe stop.