3rd May: Bath CC 10m TT. Racing on the U47 course. Mark Jones (20:22), Howard Waller (21:18) and Clive Thomas (21:54) miss out on the team prize by 28 seconds. Provisional Results here.
26th April: Open 10 results here. Peter Kench (Team GWR) wins in 21:05. Nicky Xandora (Banbury Star CC) is the fastest woman with 24:34. Mick Fountain (Didcot Phoenix) is the fastest Veteran on standard at +6:50. Pictures here: http://tinyurl.com/6yq4sf, thanks to Julie Smith Photography.
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Keith Williams' new book "Oxford City RC - the first 85 years" is now available for ?12. Contact Keith at the address in the club handbook, or contact cyclist {@} oxfordcityrc.fsnet.co.uk
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26th April: Open 10 start sheet here. HQ at the Southmoor Village Hall
22nd April. Andover Wheelers 10. Mark Jones and Paul Allday make the evening trip down to Thruxton for the club 10 on the fast P613. Results here. Mark 20:40, Paul 23:26. Pictures from Barrie Austen:
Mark Jones
20:40 |
Paul Allday
23:26 |
20th April. Oxonian CC 25 results here. On a cold misty morning: Mark Jones 2nd (54:51), Clive Thomas 10th (1:00:02), Howard Waller 15th (1:00:39), Steve Avery (Trike) 45th (1:13:54). Oxford City win the team prize!
Eynsham 10 results here.
Diamond HF 10-mile TT. Whilst some members were testing themselves at the quick Southmoor course, four City members faced the time keeper in the Diamond-hf open 10 on the fast U47 course (near Cricklade) in what can only be described as far from perfect conditions, with the brisk cold north wind hurting on the entire "upslope" return leg.
Mark Jones continues his good early season form by placing in the top 3 for his 2nd event running, with only 6 seconds separating the top 3. All four riders returned season PBs:
Mark Jones 21:21 3rd
Clive Thomas 22:58 19th
Paul Allday 24:38 56th
Keith Williams 27:17 78th
full results and a photo gallery here (click on the link to "racing team").
Southmoor TT photos. 5 Apr '08 - Slideshow here and Folder here. Courtesy of Julie Smith Photography. Results here.
Alps trip. Scheduled for the last fortnight in July (19th July - 3rd August). Contact John Jenkins for details.
Club Time trial progamme Full 2008 details now updated on the timetrialling pages, including marshalling rota and the Club's open 10. Marshals are still needed for quite a few events this year, so please get in touch with Harvey Harvey.pitt {at} ocha.org.uk and volunteer. A full rota is given here as an Excel file.
Points. The Club TT points competition results table is here, also as an Excel file.
Oxonian CC hilly results here.
Long Hanborough Hilly. Cancelled due to heavy snowfall. The Club Hilly Trophy will now be contested in the Brill Hilly on the 30th July.
Hardwick 10 results here.
Brill Hilly results here.
Club Membership renewals are now due for 2008 (if you have not heard by email). See the membership form for details, or the shorter Renewal form for existing members. Send your cheques, made payable to "Oxford City Road Club" to Pete Gronbech, address on the forms:
Winter Club nights continue, with a bring-and-buy sale on the 20th February. Full listing here. Please note that Keith Williams' new book "Oxford City RC - the first 85 years" will be available for ?12 at his talk on the 19th March.
Autumn newsletter, now available as PDFs. Cover (368kb) here, and text (87kb) here
Didcot Phoenix Boxing day 10 will be run, as usual, on the Wallingford by-pass course at 11am, details here
Sunday Club runs start 7th October New list here
Chairman's letter: in case the postal strike delays it, a copy of John's letter is here
Diary dates: Club Annual General Meeting, 6th November 2007, at Long Hanborough Village Hall. Annual dinner and Prize presentation, 17th November, same venue as last year, at Oxfordshire Inn Hotel, Heathfield (and similar price ~?21) Menu.
23 September. Club TT competion Harvey Pitt seals the club time trial competition updated here.
Open Hill Climb
The club ran an open hill climb (and 2-up), on a new course at Shipton-under-Wychwood (HCC0022). Sunday 16th September. Results
here
15 September Fast times in the Andover Wheelers 10, on the P613 Results here. Mark Jones, 20:00 (new outright club record); Howard Waller 20:45 (veteran age-43 club record); Clive Thomas 21:27 (veteran age-46 record); Michael Johnston 22:36; Brodie Gardias 22:48; Keith Williams 24:10 (veteran age-68 record). Pictures in the gallery.
16 September Andover Wheelers 25:
Clive Thomas 57:06; Brodie Gardias 1:02:12. Results here.
Howard & Mark go tandeming Witney club 10, 18th July 2007 - missing the club record by 2 seconds 20:04. A3crg 25-mile TT. 21th July 2007. 50:49, new tandem course record Results. Pictures here:
Start 1;
Start 2;
Start 3;
Start 4;
Relieved at the finish.
19 August. Another Club record for Corin... Corin reduces her 25-mile PB to 1:00:06 Results here
Hunt Cup Results. 19th August:
OCRC Handicap Actual time Handicap time
C. Simmonds 1:00:06 53:06
P. Allday 1:07:29 53:29
A. Sell 1:08:15 54:15
C. Vallance 1:09:49 55:49
C. Thomas 1:01:26 56:26
M. Jones 57:02 57:02
K. Williams 1:07:31 1:00:31
Corin Simmonds wins the Hunt cup, and betters the womens 25 record in
the process, lowering it to 1:00:06 from 1:01:15.
21 June: Ben Owen 10. Oxford City Road Club are once again thwarted in their quest to win the Ben Owen 10, this time by a strong Didcot Phoenix team. Results here. Pictures of the team added to the gallery
(Yet) another Club record for Corin... Mark Jones and Corin take a midweek trip down to an Andover Wheelers 10. Corin reduces her PB to 21:38! Results here
6 June - Halford Cup Results for the handicap cup 25-mile Time trial. Brodie Gardias is the winner:
h'cap time h'cap time
Brodie Gardias 8 min 1.02.28 54.28
Halford Cup winner
Mark Jones SCR 56.08 56.08
Paul Allday 12 min 1.09.29 57.29
Mike Johnson 6 min 1.03.44 57.44
Another Club record for Corin! Riding in the Oxonian CC 50 on Sunday morning, 10th June, Corin takes nearly 15 minutes off the club record for 50 miles. Results here
Brodie Gardias - 2:06:49 |
Corin Wilkins - 2:03:57 |
National 10-mile Time trial putting in a stunning performance, Corin comes 4th in the National 10. Results here, 8 seconds off a medal, and 15 seconds knocked off the club record, to 22:58. Picture from Dave Miller here. Picture from Sarah Brooke here.
Dexter Gardias was also riding. He was 15th, in 23:19. Results here. Picture from Dave Miller here. Pictures from Sarah Brooke here and here
Club Time trials. The season has started For the time table see here Time table. The club points competition is underway, and Harvey Pitt has established an early lead. Points table
Club Runs For the moment, club runs will continue in an informal manner. Meet at Martyr's Memorial, St Giles, at 9am on Sunday, cafe stop venue to be decided on the day.
3 March 2007. In the Diamond-hf.com 10-mile TT on the U47, Mark Jones is 4th with 21:31, just 9 seconds away from the win, and Mark Kent, riding in his new OCRC colours, 34th with 24:22. Good times for such an early season event. Results on the CTT website here. Pictures in the Gallery
Following up from his 5th place on 23rd December in the Imperial Winter Series Race 5, 26th December Dexter Gardias wins! results here, and a picture on Dennis Sackett's website available here
Club evenings, Wednesday in Long Hanborough Village Hall at 7:30pm:
(1) 17th January. A talk by Keith Williams about the book he has written
on John Woodburn, 50 Years at The Top.
(2) 6th February Roller practice at 8:15pm. Brink your bike and rollers or a "turbo".
(3) 21st February - Talk by Hans Henrik Samuelsen "From Tierra del Feugo to Prudhoe Bay - 32000 km through the Americas".
(4) 21st March Sort out your aches and pains with a chat by Stuart Hudson (Chiropractor).
Club nights are run in conjunction with Oxonian CC. See their website here for a full listing.
Following up from his 5th place on 23rd December in the Imperial Winter Series Race 5, 26th December Dexter Gardias wins! results here, and a picture on Dennis Sackett's website available here
Club Membership renewals are now due for 2007. See the membership form for details, or the shorter Renewal form for existing members. Send your cheques, made payable to "Oxford City Road Club" to Pete Gronbech, address on the forms:
Message from John, re xmas lunch club run:
Hi All
I've reserved a number of places (4 - 16+) at the Red Lion Yarnton for lunch next Sunday (17th). Usual format, arrive 12 noon, order off menu at standard prices (say ?10 ish)and leave about 1:30pm.to avoid lighting up time.
They have a large Party booked for 3pm so need to move us quite quickly - which is good - but I need to give a better indication of numbers asap to assist their ordering-in.
Please let me know by return how many places you will need - whether riding or not... Also any members not on our usual circulation that you know would like to come.
Cheers John J
Club time trials 2007: For those of us looking forward to the new season already, a provisional list of club time trials is available here (84kb PDF)
Wessex League cyclo-x: Tim Jones has been competing in the Seniors, and in the under 12's Robin Gronbech is 2nd, and Edward Gronbech 12th. Full league tables can be found here. The next race is at Oxford School, 9th December. dates here
Club night: Wednesday 20th December, 7:30pm for 8ish, in conjunction with Oxonian CC. John Ellis will be preparing a Christmas buffet, so we need to know the numbers turning up. Let Mark Jones, address in the handbook, know if you want to attend. The buffet will be ?5 per head, payable on the night.
Keith Williams has written a book: John Woodburn - 50 years at the top. A Biography by Keith Williams. 130 pages including 20 photographs and 6 Helms cartooons. ?12 (+ ?1 if you want it posted). From the address in the club handbook, but Keith will be bringing a few copies along to the club dinner this coming Friday.
21 October: not cycling related, but John Jenkins comes to the rescue
Club evening. Wednesday 18th October, Long Hanborough Village Hall. Guest Speaker Michael Hutchinson, time trial star and author of the hugely entertaining book The Hour. Sporting Immortality the Hard Way. Streetmap of Village Hall linked here. Doors open 7:30pm, talk starts 7:45pm.
Annual Trophy Presentation Dinner Friday 17th November, 7:30pm for 8pm, at the Oxfordshire Inn Hotel, Heathfield (A34 Bletchington turn-off). Dress: Lounge suit or similar, tickets ?21 (and choices from the menu) to John Jenkins.
Club AGM Friday 24th November (not October, as in the recent newsletter) 2006, 7:30pm at the South Hinksey Village Hall. Any propositions or nominations should be sent to our Gen. Sec., Jane Burrage (address in handbook).
Current trophies and claims for club records etc. should be sent to Joe Gardias, no later than 6th October.
Team photo
30 August 2006, at the Eynsham TT. |
24 September: Watlington Hill climb, final event of the season. Results here
24 September: Lea Valley CC 30. Howard records 1:09:45 for 3rd place. Results here.
Sunday Club Runs 2006-2007: The provisional list for our winter club runs is here (and linked from a button on the left)
17 September: Shipton Hill climb Results here.
17 September: Boneshaker MTB Duathlon: Sara Waller is 25th overall, and 3rd woman in the Wantage mountain bike off-road duathlon (5km/20km/5km) Results here.
17 September: Andover Wheelers 25: On a foggy morning, Mark and Brodie get PBs with 53:22 and 1:00:57, respectively. Provisional Results here.
16 September: Andover Wheelers 10: Mark Jones finally gets that club record he's been shooting for all season, with 20:15. Dexter gets another improvement on his juvenile best, with 22:08 (and a soft front tub) and Howard sets a vet record with 20:30. Keith Williams sets a new vet standard with 23:15, demolishing quite a few of his previous age-group bests, and Joe and Brodie get PBs of 22:28 and 23:10 respectively. Provisional results here
9 September: Hardwick/Eynsham 10 Results here.
[Heart rate monitor fans, here's some data from Howard (absolute HRmax = 185; Threshold = 164 bpm). On a cold windy day in March, I recorded 23:44 (HRmax: 172, average: 165, HRend: 168). In September, 23:00 (HRmax: 173, average: 165, HRend: 170). So, I went quicker in September because: (a) it was warmer (and I was wearing slightly less clothing), (b) I was fitter and able to produce more power, for the same average HR, and (c) I didn't get caught by Marky, so didn't give up (in fact, I thought I was down on Pete Oliver at the turn, but it seemed I mis-calculated in my head) and pushed it all the way to the line (higher HRend).]
3 September: BTTC championship time trials Master D: Joe is 17th with 56:30. Junior: Dexter is 18th with 56:54.
3 September: Faringdon Triathlon Howard Waller is 6th in the Faringdon triathlon (800m/50km/8.5km): Results
2 September: Cumnor 10 Results here.
30 August: Eynsham 10 Results here. Mark Jones wins with 22:52.
23 August: Burford 10 Results here. Mark Jones wins with 22:07.
20 August: Hunt Cup 25 A big welcome back to Paul Allday as he takes the Hunt Cup 25 on handicap time Results here.
16 August: Chesterton 10 Results here. Asa Adey is the fastest OCRC rider with 23.45, and Corin Wilkins is hot on his heels with 25.15.
12 August: A3crg 30-mile TT. Dexter Gardias gets another Juvenile record with 01:15:00 - taking just over a minute off A. Ray's 1990 record of 1:16:03. Results here. His dad Joe records 01:12:44.
9 August: Club 2-up 10. Cyan Collier and David McGaw win the 2-up, and Mark Jones scores the fastest solo time of the night Results here.
5 August: Tywyn Criteriums, Wales. Whilst "on holiday" in South Wales (it sounded more like a training camp to me!) Joe and Dex took in a cat. 3/4 criterium, which was a support race for the Welsh National Championships. Joe writes:
"On Saturday 5th we did the Regional 3/4 RR at Tywyn supporting the Welsh National Champs, Great crit circuit around part of the town/sea front. (Closed roads!!) The boys in orange were at the pointy end, the commentator saying that the Gardias brothers were working well (well Dex is looking older these days). Naturally half the field fell off due to rubber band effect, so it was down to a group of about 12/15 with 15 miles to go. It was difficult to decide what to do, as always, because every time you dug in, the bunch would reel you back in. The strongest team in numbers was the Ystwystwyth local club (as in Aber...) however seemed unable to work us over as they should have done. There were probably four or five riders keeping pace highish so maybe it was just too high for such tactics??
In trying to lead Dexter out at the finish, found myself in third coming out the fast 90-degree left onto the finishing straight (about 80 yds long), no sign of Dex under my armpit as normal, so I spun for the line, ending up equal second, with a medal, a bag of money (well twenty quid) and one energy gel in my podium "bag". Still great fun, and a 3rd cat licence for me!"
Results here.
2 August: Club Brill Hilly. Corin is a brilliant 2nd Results here. A3crg Open 10. Mark is 5th, in 21:37 Results here
30 July: On a breezy day for timetrialling, Joe Gardias gets a PB in the Shaftesbury 50 with 2.04.31, as Dexter just misses out on an improvement. Howard grinds out 255 miles in the Elmet CRC 12-hour
23 July: Leiden Plaque results - here. Oxford City win! Private rides now added the the results.
26 July: Wednesday night results from the new Buckland circuit - here.Asa Adey is the top Oxford finisher, Corin Wilkins the fastest woman.
22/23 July: National 24-hour championships. Howard Waller is 5th with 461.76 miles, setting a new club vet record. The event is won by ex-Oxford resident Nik Gardiner with 504 miles Results here
Howard at Press Island, 9 am, with 5 hours to go.
23 July: Bicester Millennium CC Women's Team series road race. Corin Wilkins is 2nd, Cool! Riding for the composite Impsport Team British Cycling results here, and a full race report from the SheCycles website (sponsors of the series) here. Dennis Sackett has the photos.
21 June: Results from the OCRC club 10-mile TT on the Witney by-pass here
16 July: Howard Waller 20th, with 4:03:48 in the National 100-mile time trial. Results here
15 July: Birdwell Wheelers 10. Mark Jones and Joe Gardias make the trip north to the fast O10/2 course. Mark is 5th with 21:03, and Joe wins the Vet 40-49 handicap with a new 23:11 PB.
16 July: West London C.A. 50-mile TT H50/1a, Keith Williams 2:16:29 (+31:01) Results here
15 July: in the Oxonian CC 10-mile TT on the H10/17w, Clare Vallance records 27:20 Results here
12 July: Mark Jones wins with 22:17 at Stadhampton. Results here.
9 July: Oxford City RC/Oxford University CC Road races. The "Charlie Caines" Elite/1/2 race was won by Rob Hurd and the "Dave Ryan" 3/4 by Brett Harwood. Results on the British Cycling website Charlie Caines/Dave Ryan. As highest-placed OCRC rider, Asa Adey won the John Hiscock Trophy. Photo galleries on Dennis Sackett's website http://www.dgs-photography.co.uk
9 July: Oxford-Henley-Oxford. Results here
8 July: West London C.A. 10-mile TT H10/2. Keith Williams 25:02 (+6:28) Results here
5 July: Dexter trims another 6 seconds from his recent PB and club record on the yet again revised H10/17 - the H10/17R (presumably the "R" stands for "reversed" since it now starts at the other end of the Kingston Bagpuize by-pass). Results here
4 July: Dexter comes 3rd with 23:52 in the GHS (London West) round at Weston-on-the-green, beaten to the win by a couple of pesky 16-year-olds. Results here
4 July: Mark Jones and Brodie Gardias travel to the P613 Andover Wheelers 10. Mark once again finds those last few seconds elusive, 20:21 passes at the top of the slip road and he freewheels past the timekeepers, much to their bemusement. Brodie, however, sets a shiny new PB!
2 July: Howard records 4:00:34 in a hot ECCA 100, after getting to 75 miles in 2:54 and then going down with severe cramp.
Team Photos from the Ben Owen 10. 2 June 2006
Photo 1 |
Photo 2 |
(More new photos in the Gallery.)
1 July: Keith Williams sets a new age-67 30-mile Vet record on the H30/8: Results here.
28 June: Mark Jones records one of the fastest times seen on the old Burford-Northleach 25 Results here.
24 June: Dexter Gardias smashes his recent club record for a 25 in the Shaftesbury CC MiddleMarkers 25, with 57:26! (For once, his dad Joe has the better of him with 56:28.)
24 June: On a good morning on the U47 in the Corinium CC event, Mark Jones worries the club 10 record with 20:26.
22 June: Ben Owen 10. Oxford City are 2nd team, behind OUCC. Results here
21 June: Results from the OCRC club 25-mile TT on the Stanton Harcourt course here
18 June: Dexter Gardias gains another club juvenile record with 2:08:35 in the National 50-Mile TT Championships, beating the record from 1991 by J. Symons, of 2:12:05. Results here. Joe is just behind him with 2:08:39.
18 June: Howard records 1:55:45 for third place in the Oxonian CC 50 and wins the Broadribb Cup. Results here
14 June: Results from the MidOxon club TT here
11 June: Results from the OCRC club TT on the Witney by-pass here
11 June: Dexter lowers his PB, and sets a new Juvenile club record in today's Hantspol CC 25: under the hour with 59:22 (a 1:35 beating of A. Ray's 1990 record of 1:01:57. Joe lowers his PB to 59:29. Results here.
7 June: Mark wins the Burford/Lechlade 25 on a near-perfect evening Results, and clinches the Halford (handicap) cup in the process.
4 June: Dexter Gardias lowers his PB to 23:00 and sets a new Juvenile Club Record on the Weston-on-the-Green course on Sunday morning, taking 3 seconds off the old mark by A. Ray in 1990. Mark records another win - Results here.
1 June: Asa and Joe demolish the opposition with 1st and 2nd in the Charlbury Hilly 19 club TT. Dexter is the 3rd OCRC rider and moves into the top slot in the club time trial points competition.
29 May: Looking for fast times on the P415 ski-slope, and with 11-sprockets ready and loaded, Mark, Howard, Joe, Dexter and Brodie travelled down to the Poole Wheelers event, but when they got there the wind was getting up. Dexter's chain jumped off a couple of times, which didn't help him, but Joe managed a PB by 11 seconds. Results here: Poole Whls or here CTT. The photographer evidently liked our new orange skinsuits, as he captured Mark twice, here and here, and Howard here.
28 May: Westerley CC 25-mile TT on H25/1, Keith Williams 1:06:51 (+13:50) Results here
27 May: Howard comes 14th with 56:34 in the Charlotteville CC 25
10 May: Stadhampton 10 Results
3 May: Chesterton 10 Results
2 May: Mark Jones and Dexter Gardias make the trip to the A303 for a midweek club 10. Mark is rewarded with a fast 20:55, and Dexter gets a new PB, 23:53. Well done Dex! Result
29 April: Mark battles with the crosswinds on the A3: Result
26 April: Howard wins the Stadhampton Hilly 15 in a new course record Results here
23 April: Corin Wilkins is the 1st woman in the Reading CC road race on the Woodcote circuit.
22 April: Mark Jones 3rd in the Bicester Millennium CC 10 mile time trial Result here, and a picture here: 
19 April: Eynsham 10-and-a-bit. Results here
12 April: Howard is towed around the Burford 10 course by Mark to win the 2-up.Results here
5 April: Mark Jones wins emphatically at Stadhampton. Oxford City score another 1-2 on yet another variation of this course.
1st/2nd April: Howard 6th in the Middlesex RC 10 with 22:43, and 7th with 1:00:34 in the windy Oxonian CC 25
29 March:
Mark Jones & Howard Waller score take 1st and 2nd place in the first local 10 on the new Hardwick/Eynsham course - results.
18th March:
Mark Jones records a good 21:33 on the P613 for 6th place, only a minute behind Richard Prebble on a difficult day. Sotonia CC 10 results.
Club Luncheon and prize-giving at La Fontana, East Hanney, 20th November. Tickets are £21. Send your cheques to Ken Lansbury, address in the handbook.
Club winter runs: Winter club run list for 2005/2006 now available. Leaving Martyr's Memorial, St Giles at 9 a.m. every Sunday morning. All welcome. First run is to Burford, on 2nd October. Link to list here
1st October Cyclo cross at Oxford School, Glanville road. Pictures here: Tim Jones 18th, Howard 28th. Results here.
11th September: Club Hill Climb. Lee Churchill relinquishes his grip on the club hill climb trophy as Mark Jones wins.
27th August/3rd September: Another couple of wins for Mark Jones. At Cumnor and Eynsham, both in very quick times.
17th August: Mark wins again. On a good evening over on the new Chesteron 10 course, Mark stuns the opposition. Result here
14th August: Howard 7th in National 12-hour. On a testing, windy, and sometimes wet day in Nottinghamshire, Howard was a provisional 7th in the national 12-hour TT, riding 256.24 miles, behind Michael Hutchinson's excellent (given the conditions) winning 285-mile total. Result here
14th August: Mark Jones wins the Hunt Cup. (Handicap 25 mile TT). Despite being the scratch rider, Mark was able to fend off a strong challenge from John Jenkins to record a short 57 on the N15/25 course and win the Hunt Cup. Results here.
10th August: Fast 2-up. Mark Jones and Howard Waller record a very quick 22:18 to win the club 2-up TT on the Stadhampton course Result here.
6th August: New vet-40 club 30-mile record. Howard clocks 1:05:20 (just 3 seconds outside his own outright club record) on the new P884/30 course in Hampshire.
24th July: Oxfordshire 25 Champion Although Oxford City were unable to field a full team for the Leiden Plaque 25 mile TT, Mark Jones was joint-first in the event, with Peter Oliver (Oxonian CC), and is therefore the co-holder of the Oxfordshire 25-mile championship Results here. Well done Mark!
23rd July: London-Edinburgh-London Read the full story of Howard's 1400 km audax ride here
17th July: Road race results. Results of the club's road races on 17th July, run in conjunction with Oxford University Cycling Club, who this year took the 3/4 category race as their own, and ran it in memory of Dave Ryan, a recent member of the University club who was sadly run down and killed in a hit-and-run incident in the USA. Elite race results here and 3/4 race results here. Photgraphs by Dennis Sackett
3rd July: Club record 100 Riding in the
ECCA 100 mile event, Howard clipped another 12 seconds off the club 100 record, to bring it to 3:57:31.
23rd June: Ben Owen 10The team of Howard Waller, Cyan Collier, Joe Gardias, John Jenkins & Brodie Gardias finished with a combined time of 1:39:29, good enough for 6th of 9 teams. Well done! Results here
Club TT points table Here is the latest table for our club TT league. First claim OCRC members only, 10 points for 1st place, down to 1 for 10th place. Includes all club time trials in the handbook, up to Wednesday 29th June. As befits the man who seems to be flying this season, despite recently becoming a father, Mark Jones leads. He's put in some quick performances on the Witney by-pass recently, crushing the opposition on a breezy day on the 15th June and again on an even windier day on the 6th July
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1. |
Mark Jones |
110 |
|
2. |
Howard Waller |
96 |
|
3. |
Joe Gardias |
90 |
|
4. |
Dexter Gardias |
89 |
|
5. |
Brodie Gardias |
81 |
|
6. |
Cyan Collier |
61 |
|
7. |
John Jenkins |
60 |
|
8. |
Pete Gronbech |
56 |
|
9. |
Asa Adey |
55 |
|
10. |
Keith Williams |
49 |
|
11. |
Mark Blakeley |
25 |
|
12. |
M. Herd |
22 |
|
13. |
Alistair MacVarish |
21 |
|
14. |
Jim Thorn |
16 |
|
15. |
M. Johnston |
9 |
|
16. |
R. Wilkinson |
7 |
Howard 'Lance' Waller Pictures of the completed waxwork here
Dates for your diary Upcoming club events are as follows:
Road races - 17th July The club's road races on Otmoor . This year run in conjunction with Oxford University Cycling Club. All help needed for marshalling and other assistance on the day.
Leiden Plaque - 24th July. Annual inter-club handicap 25-mile time trial. This year run on the fast N15/25 course. Entries to Oxonian CC
Hunt Cup - 14th August. The club's other handicap 25-mile time trial. Also run on the N15/25 course. Entries to Ken Lansbury
Halford Cup Wednesday 8th June was the club's Halford cup 25-mile time trial, on the Burford-Lechlade (U941) course. Handicaps were set by Ken, and the result was as follows:
|
Handicap |
Time |
Handicap result |
|
Dexter Gardias |
16 min |
1:09:32 |
53:32 |
|
Joe Gardias |
7 min |
1:06:41 |
59:41 |
|
Howard Waller |
Scratch |
1:00:21 |
1:00:21 |
|
Keith Williams |
4 min |
1:06:20 |
1:02:20 |
|
Brodie Gardias |
10 min |
1:13:06 |
1:03:06 |
|
Mark Jones |
1 min |
DNS |
- |
Dexter is therefore the winner of the cup - well done!
Club 10 mile TT - Town vs. Gown - 28th May 2005 Town triumphs over gown in this year's edition. Results here.
Photos from the Witney 10, 25th May 2005. Thanks to Ruth Jones for these. Results Here, Mark Jones the winner, from a close finish with Peter Oliver (oxo) 2nd and Howard Waller 3rd.
Cyan Collier |
Dexter Gardias |
Howard Waller |
Mark Jones |
Brian Matthews |
Chris Hart |
John Bourton |
John Yeatman | |
Neil Pugh |
Tom Yeatman |
Stadhampton Hilly - 27th April results here. Howard 2nd to Peter Oliver. Fast times on a revised course. OUCC10 mile TT - 30th April Howard Waller: 22:08. Results here. Eynsham 10m TT - 4th May results here. Howard, riding fixed gear, 2nd to Peter Oliver (again!)
Mark Jones has been crashed into on his daily commute, by a head-down MTB-er, and broken his hand and a rib or two. Get well soon Mark!
Club 10 mile TT - 6th April Mark Jones 1st at Stadhampton, going very quickly for the time of year and conditions, 22:46. Results here. Peter Gronbech has compiled the first TT results into the club points table.
Club 10 mile TT - 26th March Mark Jones 2nd, behind Richard Pettinger, in a fast time. Results
here. Pictures from Peter Gronbech
here
Crit. racing at Eastway 27th March Howard racing in the first round of the National Master's Series. Results from British Cycling here, and from London Cycle Sport here. Pictures: hiding in the bunch and suffering!
Long Hanborough Hilly - 13th March Mark Jones wins the Long Hanborough hilly TT, in1:04:06, to capture the club hilly trophy.
Crit. racing at Eastway 5th March Howard's inauspicious start to the road racing season (28th place) caught on camera here and here.
Last Sunday club run Sunday 27th February was the last club run of the winter, the two in March being cancelled due to clashes with the start of the local time trial season. John Jenkins will be at Martyr's Memorial at 9am to ride over to watch the Brill Hilly, although riders wishing to sign on for this event should probably leave Oxford slightly earlier (8:45am?). A list of local time trial events is given on the Oxonian CC website. I'll add a list to the OCRC website, giving details of Oxford City Club cups that can be won at the summer events, very soon. The London West District website also has the full listing for time trials, both club and "open" for the 2005 season
Roller racing Mark Jones led the club team to 3rd place in the inter-club roller racing, organised by Didcot Phoenix CC on 17th February. Full results here.
Subscriptions. Club members please note - your year 2005 subs are due. See the membership form for details, or the shorter Renewal form). Send your cheques, made payable to "Oxford City Road Club" to Ken Lansbury or John Jenkins.
Welcome to Socks the cat our new orange, black and white mascot.
Bob Chicken Grand Prix Our club's Paul Tucker took part in this supporting criterium for the London stage of the Tour of Britain Picture of him in the bunch here
Road races. Our club's road races took place on the 11th July. Results here. Congratulations to Paul Tucker, of our club, for getting an excellent 2nd place in the John Hiscock road race, jumping away from the bunch up the finish climb, and narrowly failing to catch the remaining breakaway rider. Pictures here, courtesy of Dennis Sackett
Kemmelberg run. I've recently found an account of this year's run to the Kemmelberg for the Gent-Wevelgem classic, and although no-one from the club went this year due to the poor weather forecast, it seems that a few hardy souls braved it http://www.bike.com.
Ben Owen 10. 17th June, using the Stadhampton TT course, organised by Didcot Phoenix. The team of Mark Jones, Howard Waller, Simon Markham, Paul Tucker and Pete Gronbech finished a very creditable 3rd. Results here: http://www.mickfountain.co.uk/t544.htm Pictures here: www.dgs-photography.co.uk
Chaingang As in previous years, the local chaingang starts up as soon as the clocks change to British Summer time - Tuesday 30th March. More details of this and other weekly summer training/racing here.
Long Hanborough hilly. Results to the Long Hanborough club hilly. Sunday 14th March 2004. A win for Howard, and 5 Oxford city riders in the top 10.
2004 TT programme up on the Oxonian CC website. Meeting points here and results here as they come up.
The West London District TT calendar is here
and the revamped national timetrials site has a complete listing for next year.
Sunday club runs 2003/04. Winter club runs have now finished. Last week's run to Burford being the last. We will shortly be organizing a Saturday club run - details on this page to follow. (Oxonian CC have a page with all the info on other local club runs here)
The club held its AGM and annual luncheon In November 2003. Brief reports here
Lucy Power, of OUCC, put some pictures up on the web of our road race, back in July. They're at: http://www.lucypower.com/gallery/HCS-RR
Oxford-cycling eGroup. An email-based discussion group for cyclists in Oxford.
Oxford City RC summer series. Details here 
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