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News in brief

Welcome to the First Bournemouth Arrow Cycling Club Newsletter of 2008.

Club Dinner and Awards

This will be held on the 12^th January at the Hotel Collingwood. £15 for adults and £7.50 for U16s Contact Anne Stevens.

AGM

This year will be held on Monday 28^th January 7:30pm at the Sir David English Centre, East Way, Bournemouth. Please make every effort to attend.

Club Clothing

NOW in stock!  All shapes and sizes available! Winter and summer now in stock. Long sleeve tops & Gilets are now available. Contact Marcus Dawson, 01425 489351. 217 Christchurch Road, Ringwood BH24 3AW

New Club Secretary Required

After almost a year Louise Burman has resigned as the club gen sec and at present we do not have anyone willing to take on this role. This position must be filled at the club AGM. 

Membership If you have not paid your membership, please contact:

Anne Stevens, 01202 824032

treasurer@bournemouth-arrow.org.uk

A membership form is available on the club website.

http://www.bournemouth-arrow.org.uk

Web Site updates

Anything you want to go on the website send Brian an email.

 brian.garrard@bournemouth-arrow.org.uk

What’s on

Time Trials

This year we will continue to hold all our annual club time trial events starting with a Club 10 mile on Sunday 17^th February at 09:00 at Ringwood. The following week we will be a 12.5 & 25 on Sunday 24^th February at Sopley then on Sunday 3^rd March we are back at Ringwood for a club 10 & hilly 20 mile events. This year Terry Walsh has decided to stand down as our main time keeper but we hope to continue with all the members that Terry has trained up over the last few years. A full list of events will be available at the AGM.

This year Louise Burman will organise both our open events. Good Friday 21^st March will be our open 10 mile at Lytchett Minster and Sunday 1^st June our open 25 mile also at Lytchett Minster. Over the last few years not enough of our members have helped out, and only the usual few members have turned out. If the club is to continue we need all of our members to do at least one job a year. Please volunteer we should not have to ask. If not then the club will not be able to carry on with these events.

Calshot Track Training (Winter 2007)

Calshot this winter, these are the second Saturday each month, starting at 10.00 am, experienced riders 10 till 12, less experienced/kids 12 - 1.00pm. Contact Alan McRae for more details.

12th Jan, 9th Feb, 8th March

The DHL Sprint School – and the new Manchester Track

I was invited earlier this year by British Cycling to represent the Calshot Track Racing League at the inaugural season for the DHL Sprint School. It was amazing to go “back to school” at the Newport Velodrome after racing there for the past three years. The Sprint School encourages and coaches young riders up to the age of 15 in the skills of track sprinting. The culmination was a “Keirin race day” as a supporting event for the Future Revolution on 13^th October.

www.sprintschool.com

My track racing this year was at Herne Hill, Welwyn, Preston Park, Palmer Park, Portsmouth, Cardiff, and in September I rode the new track at Manchester (shortly after it had been resurfaced) in the final round of the National Youth Omnium series. It was blindingly white compared to the original track and all day the fresh pine smelt like a DIY wood department. A tough final event but I consolidated my 7^th overall in the National Series this year.

The DHL Sprint School finale at Newport in October was awesome with a great crowd. We had been training behind Dernys throughout the year and my best race position was a second. It was a shame I was the only representative from the Bournemouth Arrow, but it was a great ending to my track racing season this year.

William Couch

Slades Farm Cycle Track

During and after our Summer Go-Ride Sessions at Slades Farm, Dave Gilham, George Bolton, Anne Stevens and Alan McRae have all been involved in various meetings, formal and informal, with Councillors and Council Officials. 

Contributions were made to the production of a Questionnaire put out to 1500 local households over

The Local Authority’s plans to develop Slades Farm.  A number of local consultations were attended together with a Public Open Meeting.  The Questionnaire indicated there was massive support for the 250 m outdoor cycle track with 72% of the respondents in favour of the Scheme. 

As a result, the Local Authority is proceeding with an Application for Planning Permission.  This will include some preliminary engineering, together with environmental and traffic impact assessments and cost estimates. 

It is hoped that this process will be complete by May 2008 when we would be starting our next Summer Programme.  Separate preliminary meetings on funding have also been held with British Cycling.  Formal application for funding will be made by British Cycling after Planning Permission has been achieved.

Alan McRae

Road/Track/MTB/Cyclo Cross

The year 2007 without doubt the poorest season our Club locally has experienced.

The exception to this decline being Danny Lloyd the Bransgore born professional rider. He finished second in the Chinese Tour of Qingin where he was beaten in the final overall by just one second. Further into the season he rode the National Elite Road Race and once again took second place to TDF rider David Miller, performances that have put him on the very edge of Olympic selection, well done Danny!

Our men in the Bristol area are showing us the way. Ed Griffin has had some great results when you consider that most of his results have come from National Standard races with riders that are on the development program for the 2012 Olympics with many top 10 placings.

10^th       National Junior road race championships

6^th         1^st Chard Wheelers road race

5^th         Castle Combe Summer Series 12

6^th         South Circuit League 3

8^th         Bath Road Club Junior Grab Prix

8^th         In Gear Junior Tour of Sussex

These are just some of Ed Griffin’s best results.

Sean Conway, the comeback kid took advantage of staying in front of the scratch group to record a first place in the evening road race at Moreton.

Track (Calshot) Sunday Winter League. Both William and David Couch are back in action on the Calshot track and are giving visiting clubs a few sore legs. The same track is used by us for individual and group training under the supervision of Alan McRae. The Club is trying to get a similar track at Slades Farm.

Quote:

“It is no use saying we are doing our best. You have got to succeed doing what is Necessary.” Winston Churchill 

Contributed by Dave Moss.

William & David Couch - Cycling Racing Results Summary 2007