Congleton Cycling Club

Congletonians blown away in 12-hour Time Trial

The Club’s weekly Time Trials continued on Tuesday 5^th August with a 10-miler on the Gawsworth course. The fastest Congleton rider was Brendan McLaughlin in 23 minutes and 40 seconds, followed by Tony Elliott with 24:45, then Pete Nelson with 26:30 followed by Denise Hurst with 27.11. The leader board, with only two events remaining, shows Karl Austin (who missed the last two events) still on 155 points, Tony Elliot closing-in with 150 points and then a close competition for third place between Brendan McLaughlin and Pete Nelson with 98 and 97 points respectively.

Last Sunday (10^th), five Club Members competed in the West Cheshire 12-Hour Time Trial, which counts towards the Manchester & District Championship. Due to the very windy conditions, our members’ distances were below their Personal Bests with Pete Nelson recording 183 miles, Edgar Reynolds - 195 miles, Karl Austin - 241 miles and Neil Skellern - 267 miles. Denise Hurst, our novice 12-hour rider, did a great ride of 193 miles! Skellern’s ride earned him 2^nd place, Austin’s ride earned him 5^th place and our top three riders amassed 703 miles for 2^nd place in the Team Competition. The event winner was Andy Wilkinson of Port Sunlight Wheelers, with almost 289 miles – a splendid performance by the former long-distance Champion who only rides the occasional race but supported his club to win the Team Prize!!

Rob Waghorn rode another 200K AUDAX last Saturday, - the Tamworth C.C. “Wem We Get There” – to Wem and back. The windy and very wet conditions made it tough for the 30 riders.

For full results and other details of Club activities see
www.congletoncyclingclub.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.