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Bury Clarion returned to Southport last week for the popular, weekly 10-Mile TT at Tarleton in Lancashire, hosted by Southport Cycling Club.
On a course temporarily shortened by 1.5-miles,
Andy Horner, Nick Hall and Dave Woods finished with 19mins 57secs, 20mins 11secs and 25mins 35secs respectively.

Closer to home, Horner also raced in Rossendale CC’s hilly 10-mile TT at Hapton, achieving 3rd place with his time of 26mins 50secs.

Steve Side achieved a personal best at the weekend when he raced in West Pennine Road Club’s 10-mile TT at Garstang. The bury rider posted 26mins 42secs, on only his 3rd TT for the Clarion.

Nick Hall raced in the League Of Veteran Racing Cyclists 46-mile road race in Worcester at the weekend. On a relatively flat-course the Bury-rider finished 6th out of 55-riders with a time of 1hr, 58mins.
Meanwhile, club-mate Andy Horner rode Wigan Wheeler’s 10-mile TT near Garstang. In horrendous weather conditions he crossed the line in 24mins, 26secs.
Seven Bury riders raced in the National Clarion 10-mile TT last Saturday at Garstang. A cold-wind kept average speeds down, yet Nick Hall and Andy Horner still kept form with their sub-25-minute times of 23mins 37secs and 24mins 48secs respectively, placing Hall joint 1st with Duncan Mclaren of Stockport Clarion, whilst Horner acheived 3rd place. Nigel Clayton, recently returning to the TT scene, posted 26mins 47secs, whilst Steve Side, riding his first TT, slid under the 30-minute mark with 29mins 2secs. Other Bury riders in order of finish were: Phillip Ball 29:20, Dave Woods 30:36 and John Yates 30:49
Nick Hall also competed in the LVRC road race at Lindale, Grange-over-Sands, on Sunday. Faced with a undulating 48-mile the Bury rider finished in 5th place after missing the vital breakaway.

 

Date 9/6/12

Time – 1pm until 5pm

Location – Manchester Velodrome

Events will include 200m sprint, pursuit, devil, scratch race and points race as well as team pursuit.

Entry will be via the British Cycling web site soon.

Four Bury Riders took part in the National Clarion Hill Climb TT last weekend in Buxton, Derbyshire, as part of the annual National Clarion Easter meet.
In less than perfect conditions, Nick Hall was the fastest Bury rider up the 1.3-mile, 10% slog, with a time of 6-mins 52-secs. Andy Horner was just under 30-seconds behind with 7-mins, 21-secs, with Neil Kirby hot on his heels with 7-mins 28-secs. Finally Nigel Clayton crossed the line with 8-mins 4-secs. These times placed the Bury riders 4th,5th,7th and 10th respectively within the National Clarion.

Four Bury Clarion riders raced in the combined clubs 10-mile time trial near Garstang last Saturday. Faced with a cold wind Nick Hall and Andy Horner kept their tradition of sub-25 minutes when they crossed the line in 23mins 38secs and 24mins 7secs respectively. Nigel Clayton, riding his first TT in 30-years, made 27mins 24secs, whilst Bob Duckworth posted 31mins 10secs.

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Bob Duckworth took part in the Walter Pilkington Sportive last weekend. The 50-Km event starting from Bury, is a memorial ride to commemorate the founder of Pilkingtons Cycles and runs alongside the 100Km Charlie Westlake outing. The hilly course saw Bob finish in a time of 3-hours, 1-minute.

Nick Hall raced at the Salt Ayre racing circuit near Lancaster last week,  in the League Of Veteran Racing Cyclists criterium event. After a dramatic race, which saw Hall lose his position in the break due to a crash, he finished the 30-mile race 25th out of 50-riders.

Meanwhile, Neil Kirby rode the Friday night Regional Track League at the Manchester Velodrome where he took 2-laps in The Course De Primes.

 

 

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Early season 10 mile TT on course L101 (Garstang). A chance to guage your early season form! Entries to Bob Duckworth on standard CTT entry form. Entry fee £6

CTT entry form 2012

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