Fenland Clarion CC Easter Meet Review

Thanks to Steve Hope for the report…

The National Clarion Cycling Club held their Annual Conference at the Lady Anne’s Hotel in Stamford over the Easter Weekend. The club is made up of 25 sections across the country, with an Annual Conference and Easter Meet held at a different venue each year.

This year the club enjoyed the hospitality provided by Geoff Hastings at The Lady Anne’s Hotel, and important decisions were taken regarding the next 12 months in the club’s long history. The National Clarion Cycling Club was founded in 1895, and this year’s Meet, the 113th, was organised by the local Fenland Section who are based in Peterborough.

Over 70 delegates from across the country attended the weekend’s activities, with a large contingent from the local Fenland Section. The club enjoyed a Reception with the Mayor at the Town Hall, as well as both a Ghost Walk and a Town Walk around Stamford. The Clarion flag could be seen flying above the Town Hall on Friday night. Evening entertainment included local band “Out of the Blue” and The Annual Meal and Prize Presentation attended by the Mayor at The Lady Anne’. An array of Trophies were awarded to the prizewinners, including the Czechoslovakian Trophy for the Team Pursuit, which was originally awarded to the Clarion for their victory at the Workers Olympiad in Prague in 1921.

Unfortunately, the Cyclo-Sportive ride from Red Lion Square had to be postponed due to the 2 inches of snow that fell early on Sunday morning. The snow stopped at 9am but the 125 riders who had signed up for the ride will try again in early May.

The Time Trial where riders compete on their own against the clock, did however, take place from Essendine on Saturday. Here the Fenland section took a clean sweep, with Lyndon Leadbetter beating Dave Langlands by just 1 second, and Paul Asplin completing a good day for the locals.

Fenland Clarion CC Press Release 05/008

Press Release 05/008

Pos	Name	Time	Hcp	Adj.	Cat	Std	+/-	Pts	Award
1	Paul Lilley	54.00	SCR	54.00				10	Fastest
2	Lynden Leadbeater	54.09	1.00	53.09				9	2nd
3	Dave Langlands	54.32	1.00	53.32				8	3rd
4	Chris Wright	55.24	4.40	50.44				7	2nd Hcp
5	Simon Pitchford	56.38	5.50	50.48				6	3rd Hcp
6	Malcolm Smith	57.21	3.05	54.16				5
7	Mike Shattock	57.28	5.30	51.48				4
8	Martin Jones	58.03	1.00	57.03				3
9	Paul Asplin	58.31	8.10	50.21				2	1st Hcp
10	Mark Gardener	60.13	– –	60.31				1
11	Mike Barnsdale	61.14	– –	61.14				1
12	Steve Clarke	61.49	8.50	52.59				1
13	Lindsay Clarke	62.31	8.50	53.41				1	1st Lady
14	Malcolm Jacklin	63.41	7.10	56.31				1
15	Simon Jacklin	64.03	13.00	51.03				1
16	Phil Merritt	64.06	12.00	52.06				1
17	Sean Beard	64.55	8.20	56.35				1
18	Bill Law	65.30	7.15	58.15				1
19	Ian McNally	66.31	– –	66.31				1
20	James Warrener	67.24	10.00	57.24				1
21	David Saunders	67.43	12.00	55.43				1
22	Simon Pidduck	68.16	7.40	60.36				1
23	Keith Kinsey	73.13	16.00	57.13				1
24	Andy Pitchford	74.29	20.00	54.29				1
25	Annette Wyld	75.27	21.30	54.57				1
26	Sharon Smith	77.02	22.00	55.02				1

DNF: Malcolm Church, Colin Benn

DNS: David Lowe

 

Peterborough CC

	Zed Dhanji	1.03.58
	Tim Cockerell	1.17.02
	John Powell	1.01.06
	Chris Harwood	1.08.31
	John French	56.07
	Nick Smith	1.01.11
	Caroline Thomas	59.46

 

Paul Lilley scorched round a cold and windy course based on Folksworth to secure a win in the opening race of the local cycling season.

 

Yarwell based Lilley recorded 54 minutes dead for the 21 mile course taking the prize ahead of returning Lynden Leadbeater by only 9 seconds. The top three was completed by Dave Langlands with 54.32.

 

Paul Asplin, fresh from a winter of off road success on his mountain bike, carried on his good form winning the handicap event and finishing 9^th overall.

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Clarion riders in early season form

 

Fenland Clarion riders have been setting the early season pace in a number of events across the region.

 

Speedster Simon Pitchford recorded the 11^th best time in the Ely 25 with a blistering time of 1hr3mins49s ahead of club mates Phil Merrit 1hr12mins31s and Dave Saunders 1hr14mins16s.

 The clubs riders will be joining up with Peterborough cycling club for this weekends place to place on a hilly course between Folksworth and Oundle

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Fenland Clarion Easter Meet sure to be a hit with Cyclists from all over UK

Peterborough based cycling outfit Fenland Clarion is gearing itself up for next months Easter meet based in and around Stamford.

The club is part of national cycling group, The National Clarion, and is hosting their prestigious annual gathering this year. There are ghost walks, dinners and dances for members but for all other cyclists who may not be in the club there is the excitement of a sportive on Sunday 23^rd March.

After the success of the Etape du Tour, an event which allows the leisure cyclist to ride an event organised along the same lines as the Tour de France, Peterborough will play host to its own ‘Etape’ based on local roads around Stamford, Folksworth, Yaxley and Whittlesey.

There are distances of 50, 100 and 160 km tailored for individuals levels of fitness and ability.

To find out more detail on the route visit www.clarioncc.org.

There is also a time trial event on Saturday 22^nd March based around Essendine and Bourne.

For more details on the Easter meet contact the club via www.fenlandclarion.co.uk

 

Dont worry, the fens aren’t that boring…!!! :0)

 

Fenland Clarion CC Press Release 02/08

Press Release 02/08

Fenland Clarion CC Press Release –02/08

 

Fenland Clarion members Paul Asplin and Sharon Smith joined over 400 mountain bike riders this weekend at Thetford Forests High Lodge, to compete in the third event of their MTB Winter series.

 

Asplin had a great event and, despite battling against high winds and thick mud finished fourth in his category. He was competing against 110 other riders and managed to complete 4 laps of the strenuous 7.5 mile course in 2hours 28 min, only 8 min behind the winner.

 

Smith competed against 24 other women to come home in 14th position, completing 3 laps in 2hours 43min.

 

The last event of the winter series will be held on the 10th of February on the Brandon side of Thetford Forest, where Paul hopes to gain a podium finish for the series. With such an excellent start to the racing year the couple hope it will be good training for the upcoming Enduro6 race in April where they will be representing the Fenland Clarion club as a pair.

 

Fenland Clarion CC Press Release 01/08 - Frostbite 10

Press Release 01/08

Result Fenland Clarion CC – FROSTBITE 10

January 1st 2008 – Helpston Circuit

Pos	Name	Time
1	Simon Pitchford	25.20
2	Paul Lilley	26.05
3	Dave Wagstaffe	26.09
4	Paul Asplin	26.38
5	Bill Law	27.10
6	David Saunders	28.24
7	Mike Barnsdale	28.27
8	Simon Jacklin	29.00
9	Ralph Stevens	29.44
10	Malcolm Jacklin	30.05
11	Andy Pitchford	30.26
12	Ian McNally	30.39
13	Tom Scott	30.49
14	Colin Benn	31.10
15	David Lowe	31.16
16	Sharon Smith	32.37

Guest: Alison Lilley 29.03

 Pitchford’s fast in mist!

SIMON Pitchford showed his clubmates a clean set of heels when seventeen hardy souls braved the misty but calm conditions to tackle the Fenland Clarion’s annual Frostbite 10 mile time trial on the Helpston Circuit on New Year’s Day.

Pitchford sped round the circuit in 25.20 aboard his new time trial machine, to beat his nearest rival Paul Lilley by 45 second, while last year’s winner Dave Wagstaffe was a further 4 seconds in arrears.

The Clarion’s next club race and the first in their 2008 Championship will be on Sunday 24th February over 21 miles at Folksworth (10am). For more information please contact racing secretary Steve Clarke on steve@fenlandclarion.co.uk

 

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Fenland Clarion Press Release - 07/0014

Fenland Clarion Press Release 07/0014

Annual Club Dinner and Prize Presentation.

Top British cycling professional Tony Gibb (front row third left) was on hand to present the Fenland Clarion Cycling Club prize winners with their awards at the clubs annual Dinner at Milton Golf Club.

Gibb, a member of the Plowman Craven/Evans Cycles team who has recently competed in the Tour of Britain and is a top winter track rider, was on hand for an after dinner question and answer session to give Clarion members an insight into the world of pro cycling.

The prizes were dominated by Ian Waddilove (see here winning the club place to place at Folksworth back in February) who collected 7 wins during the season and was rightly club champion. His notable victories included the big three distances, 10, 25 and 50 miles.

Paul Lilley was another to collect a large haul with runners up placings in the Place to Place and Helpston Classic amongst others.

Simon Pitchford and Malcolm Jacklin both had productive seasons with great results from first to last and the clubs current crop of potential laden youngsters led by Simon Jacklin and Jordan Wilson will look back on this season as a launch pad in their fledgling cycling careers.

The full list of medallists is below.

Ian Waddilove
1st Place to Place
1st Champs 10
1st Champs 25
1st Champs 50
1st 2 up
1st Cullip Cup
Championship Series
Clarke Merit Cup
1st Helpston Classic

Paul Lilley
2nd Place to Place
2nd Champs 50
2nd Cullip Cup
2nd Helpston Classic

Malcolm Smith
3rd Place to Place
2nd Hardriders

Malcolm Jacklin
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