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CALENDAR
National Clarion 2016 events
Saturday 06.08.16 CIRCUIT RACE CLARION CHAMPS See BC website for details
Harvey Hadden Circuit, Nottingham
Youths A/B/C Seniors/ Juniors/Vets/Women Organiser: Steve Clarke Email racing@
Email racing@ fenlandclarion.co.uk Tel: 07951 666331.
See BC for entry details.
14.10.16 16.10.16 AUTUMN MEET YHA Ironbridge Coalport, lronbridge Gorge Civil Parish
fenlandclarion.co.uk Sunday 16.10.16
Tel: 07951 666331.See HILL CLIMB CHAMPS
BC for entry details. at Autumn Meet, lronbridge.
Saturday 10.09.16/ 09:30: National Clarion
Sunday 11.09.16 Hill Climb. Entries on
TRACK CHAMPS the line and courtesy of
DERBY VELODROME Newport CC
See BC website for
details TBA
Youths A/B/C Seniors/ CYCLO CROSS
Juniors/Vets/Women CHAMPS
Organiser: Steve Clarke (Sunderland) TBA
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NATIONAL CLARION
President KEN HEMSLEY (Fenland)
Vice President KATH LEESE UMMM (Heanor)
Chairman DAVE BISSET (Bolton) davidbisset55@hotmail.co.uk
National Secretary
IAN CLARKE (Tuxford) Markham Cottage, Low Street,
East Markham, Newark NG22 00QQ Tel: 01777 872097 bike@clarionce.org MARTIN HICKMAN
ize (North Cheshire)
Sumners Farm Cottage, Windmill Lane, Preston on the Hill, Warrington.
WA4 4AZ. Tel: 01928 712475 memberships@clarioncc.org
Assistant Secretary ALEX SOUTHERN (London) alex.southern.as@gmail.com
Membership Secretary
Treasurer JACKIE HICKMAN
(North Cheshire)
Racing Secretary STEVE CLARKE (Fenland) Tel: 01733 706498
racing@fenlandclarion.co.uk
Standing Orders Secretary BOB HARBER (Brighton) bikerider@phonecoop.coop
Points Competition
ee] CHRIS GOODE (Yorkshire Coast)
twentytwowheels@hotmail.com
Website Manager
ALAN KIDDLE
National Clarion: www.clarioncc.org
Editors Matthew Ball and Kirsty Ball (mball@matthewball.co.uk)
Cover Illustration Garry Marshall Printed by prprint.co.uk
Submissions Contributions to the magazine may be edited or omitted if there are space constraints.
WELCOME 4
A cheer from the bunch
iBury Clarion’ isn’t something you hear from the pro peloton every day, but that’s what was caught on video during this year’s Tour de France as Bury’s own rider Adam Yates saw some of his old clubmates lining this year’s route. Three days later, the mega inflatable Flamme Rouge collapsed the split second he was going under it (some 12 seconds ahead of the peloton) as he rode into the Young Riders ‘white’ jersey. Adam has since recovered from his injuries and at the time of writing was lying in 2nd place, 16 seconds behind Froomey.
In this crazy Brexit year of ours, watching le Tour and especially the five British stage victories in the first 8 stages, gives us bikies something to be cheerful about. But it’s not just our sporting heroes we get cheery about, it’s riding our own bikes. On Brexit Friday, I jumped on my bike, with its German tyres, Italian groupset and French wheels, and headed out to clear my head on the beautiful lanes of Nottinghamshire. It got me wondering about how easy would it be to build an ‘All British’ road bike. So, in August I’m going to make a start using my Christmas present from Jayne. I shall be taught by Swallow Cycles (of Ironbridge Clarion fame) how to make a traditional frame, made with Reynolds tubing from Coalport, the birthplace of industry. The frame will add to my existing Clarion frame collection: a 1950 Hill Special, made by Clarion’s Hill Brothers in the Clarion cycle works.
In the Clarion, there’s still lots to do this year: circuit champs, track champs, Ironbridge leisure weekend, hill climb champs, plenty to get involved in. Keep an eye on the Clarion website and Facebook page for latest news and events.
IAN CLARKE, National Secretary
CONTRIBUTIONS MUCH APPRECIATED
have completed. We especially want to publish photos of club members young and old.
If you have a story or photo please email it to us at mball@matthewball.co.uk.
The next issue's deadline is the 31st October. We'd love to runa photo special on your section like the one on page 29 of this issue.
Boots and Spurs wouldn't exist without the excellent contributions made by members of the National Clarion. The magazine is produced twice a year, at the beginning and half year point.
We are always looking for stories about your section: events, big rides or races you
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NEWS
Tour de France 2016: Adam Yates crashes into collapsed inflata... Posted by Velon CC Mews
CRASH LANDING
Well done to Adam Yates (ex Bury Clarion rider), who took the white jersey and 2nd on GC in the Tour de France, despite having an inflatable ‘kilo to go’ banner crash on him,
at the end of Stage 7.
CLUBS VOLUNTEE!
North Cheshire award winners Congratulations to North Cheshire, which has been awarded Go-Ride Club of the Year 2015. Its Youth section was launched under the Go-Ride programme in July 2011.
Go-Ride is British Cycling's development programme for young people. The programme provides a fun and safe way to introduce young riders to the world of cycle sport and provides a platform to improve bike handling skills.
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NEW WEBSITE LAUNCHED
The National Clarion website has had a revamp. Alan Kiddle has spearheaded the new look take a look at https://clarioncc.org
KEY FEATURES
1. A page has been created for each section.
2. Clarion events from around the UK are listed (submit yours via the site).
3. Includes all the usual resources, like national records, trophies, champions and Clarion-friendly venues.
4. The club is delighted to announce new partnerships with Wiggle, Chain Reaction and Planet X. Members making online purchases with these companies should click through the various banners found on certain pages on the new website www.clarioncc. org. By doing this, a percentage of your purchase will be donated to the National Clarion at no additional cost to you. You will also be greatly helping the club.
ABLAST FROM THE PAST Back in 2008 the young Yates twins were first and second in the National Clarion Track champs at Manchester Velodrome No. Riders Section Alt 22 Simon Yates 21 Adam Yates ry 49 Duncan Hewitt Stockport 20 Julian Mortel Stockport 41 Dave Langlands Fenland 4 Simon Parkin Heanor 10 Dave Readie 6 Stuart Pryce Nottingham 4 Nathan Fletcher pent 46 Dave Hessian eae 42 Matthew Balt West Lothian 3. Kyle Burleigh Nottingham 23 Will Sanderson Stockport 44 Paul Morphet Greve 24 Stephen Tinker 47 Paul Lilley Fenland 5 Nick Hall Bury 43. lan Shapiro Rola 7 Julian Bramley Notting! 9 lan Clarke Fenland WHAT A PICTURE! 45 Tony Bowles Bolton Have you ever seen a penny farthing 48. Karen Valley 5 on rollers? Nor had we until Finn from 2 Steve Clarke fag West Lothian had a go.
Easter 2017 location revealed
The 122nd National Clarion Cycling Club Easter Meet will be in Chester, organised by Bolton Section. The Meet will take place on 14th-17th April. Pencil in the dates now! This will be the ninth Easter Meet to take place in Chester, having been in Chester in 1898, 1903, 1910, 1921, 1925, 1929, 1936 and 1946. More details will be announced and added to the website in due course.
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lain Wightman
est Lothian is sad to have to report the loss of one of its newest and youngest members, Iain Wightman, aged 18, who died following a collision with a car on June 6, 2016. Tain was riding alone near the outskirts of Edinburgh when the accident happened. Tain had only recently joined the club. He had previously played rugby for Falkirk Rugby Club, but had always harboured ambitions to be an Olympic cyclist. He was keen to get involved, riding the regular club runs and making a big impression
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on the other cyclists, with his enthusiasm, energy, and thirst for knowledge of all things cycling and club related, even completing his first century ride with the Clarion. He had started training before work, getting out early in the morning improve his fitness.
lain had written to Sir Chris Hoy about getting more young people involved in sport. One of his most treasured possessions was a signed photo from Sir Chris.
Following his death, tributes flooded into the West Lothian Committee: “Great guy, keen as anything and
JAIN: BACK
ROW, THIRD} FROM RIGHT,
was set to do some great stuff on the bike. Natural power on tap...” “Iain, we were
only privileged to know you
briefly but it was an absolute
pleasure. May the roads be smooth and the wind always on your back. Rest in peace.”
Iain’s funeral was held on June 25 at Camelon Parish Church, and club members formed a cycle cortege to the church.
Club Captain Neil Greer says, “Iain’s family were hugely appreciative of the support the cycling community afforded in their time of need. Thank you to everyone who took part.”
NATIONAL CLARION AUTUMN WEEKEND MEET
JOIN US FOROUR CYCLING SOCIAL
PLUS
WEEKEND (“iste
14TH OCTOBER, 2016 16TH OCTOBER, 2016 YHA Ironbridge Coalport, lronbridge Gorge Civil Parish
FRIDAY 14TH
Meet at YHA Coalport cafe for a social gathering from 7pm SATURDAY 15TH
At YHA Coalport
A Ride 09:30 leave 10:00 Church Stretton nestled in the Shropshire Hills 50 miles
B Ride 1 10:00 leave 10:30 RAF Cosford on quiet country lanes 36 miles
B Ride 2 10:00 leave 10:30 Much Wenlock to Bridgnorth hilly loop back along Sustrans route 45 33 miles
Family Ride
10:00 leave 10:30
Bridgnorth and back along Sustrans Route 45.
Return for tea or coffee and cake, £3 from the Cafe in YHA Coalport
All ride details are
SATURDAY EVENING
At YHA Coalport
Frame building demonstration From 17:30 By Bicycles by Design
Balance bike fun race 18:00 Fun Championships Evening
From 19:00 BBQ Choice of meat or veggie burger with chips, salad/vegetable £7.50 (with a pudding £9.95).
Choice of 6 different ales from around the Shropshire area
Tandem riding opportunities with training
Film shows on offer at the Coalport YHA
SUNDAY 16TH At YHA Coalport Hill climb champs
HILL CLIMB!
09:30 National Clarion Hilt Climb. Entries on the line and courtesy of Newport CC Family Ride
10:00 leave 10:30 Circular ride using the trails left to us from the old railways 15 miles Ride To Attingham Park 10:00 leave 10:30 33 miles Return for tea or coffee and cake £3 from the Cafe in YHA Coalport
For non-cyclists
Many great walks alongside the famous 10 Ironbridge Museums and a fabulous Town Park in Telford. Make a weekend of it.
If your Looking to attend, please fill the form out at: http://tinyurl.com/hjgmjac
e ‘Rides’ section of www.ironbridge-clarion.cc
Clarion stickers
offered similar
By Alan Kiddle
LONDON Cyclists signs inred and any of white enamel, you will welcome and for many have years, Members’ seen Handbooks
the Nation Clarion contained lists of
‘Cyclists welcome’ Clarion friendly
stickers which were caterers and
sent out with last Fellowship is Life repairers.
year’s membership www.clarioncc.org Weare hoping
cards and are still that we can build
obtainable free of charge up a network of Clarion-
from the National Secretary.
Membersare invited to ask proprietors of their favourite cycle friendly venues to display a ‘Cyclists welcome’ sticker. These stickers (double sided) are mutually beneficial; they help advertise the club, clearly display that avenue welcomes cyclists and, in exchange, provide the proprietors with free advertising on our website. Details of all new venues should be emailed to: alan. kiddle.ak@gmail.com
When visiting a cycle friendly venue, please mention that you belong to the National Clarion. When visiting new venues, you can let proprietors know the advantages of displaying an official sign.
The idea is by no means new. The 1935 Members’ Handbook i The original Clarion sign, as mentioned ina club handbook
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friendly venues. We already have the Drop Off Café in Ramsbottom, Clive Powell Mountain Bikes in Powys and Recyke-a-bike in Stirling, to name but a few. Some venues have kindly agreed to provide a discount. For example, the Best Western Mayfield House Hotel in Malmesbury in the Cotswolds, recently awarded a Visit Britain Cyclist Friendly Award, has not only put up our sticker but also offers our members 20% offits ‘Taste the Cotswold’ break (a stay for2ina standard room, a £56 Dinner allowance, full Cotswold breakfast anda great night’s sleep for £128 per night). Please do make an effort to place your stickers, and build up our network of friendly venues.
INAUGURAL CLARION 3-UP TTT SUCCESS
The Tuxford Clarion evening time trial circuit is only 11.3 miles, but we had the idea to make it a 25 by doing two laps and a bit. Francis Grafton duly measured it for us, and hey presto, a perfect course for a3-up Team Time Trial.
On the day, Tuxford, with the home advantage, beat Fenland A team (Lunn, Pitchford and Gilbert) by only 2 seconds. Tuxford’s trio included Jack Levick (Clarion Junior 10 record holder), experienced trackie Guy Cook and first year racer Shawn Gough who had managed a 20.09 on his first ever 10 mile TT. Ride of the day in my mind was the 3rd placed team which included Jerry Norman, 1 day before he turned 16, bringing home another 56 minute 25 for the Fenland, with team mates Paul Lilley and Steve Kaye.
Results 1 Tuxford A 56.08 Fenland A 56.10 Fenland B 56.58 (and with Jerry Norman u16) 4. Tuxford B 58.37 5. Nottingham 59.24 6. Bury A59.49 7. Fenland C 1.02.33 8. Tuxford C 1.08.49 9. Bury B 1.10.23 10. Fenland Women 1.30.16 (inc 16 mins for a puncture)
SUNDERLAND
25 mile TT record broken
Massive congratulations to David Langlands of Fenland for setting a new Clarion record for 25 miles of 49:18 in the Eastern Counties Cycling Association 25 mile TT Championship on the E2/25 course on the All.
The event was won by Movistar pro Alex Dowsett in 44.29, a underland Clarion are new Competition Record; Dave was 4th fastest on 25th May proud to unveil The Penshaw Punisher 110km audax. A’‘scenic’ tour of the Wear, Derwent and Lanchester valleys and the moors
above them using, mostly, quiet country roads. A mixture of commercial and information controls with food and refreshments (booze!) served at HQ. 110km long with over 1700m of climbing, the route takes in some of the best County Durham has to offer and provides a challenge for riders of all abilities. Entry is £6 (or £5 when paying via PayPal). Would be good to see some other Clarion sections riding.
40 YEARS AGO National Clarion Easter Meet, Bridlington 1976 Promenade Crit. Midland Clarion riders in pink: Geoff Gay, Peter To enter, please go to http:// Brown, Neil Mitchell and Jeremy Burns closest to the camera tiny.cc/penshawpunisher
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ld NATIONAL CLARION 25TT CHAMPS
Jack and Sarah crowned champions
he National Clarion MEN'S CHAMP. 25TT champs was JACK LEVICK promoted as part of West Lothian’s open
time trial on 29th May. Joint
organiser Donald Pettigrew
says, “The volunteers
ensured things went very
well on the day and even the
weather played its part.
“The commissaire and
the competitors were very
complimentary about the
event, and the number of
marshalls out on the roads so
early, rising to the clarion call.”
Results
1 Jack Levick Tuxford 00:56:41
2 John Glass West Lothian 00:58:37
3 Andrew Martin Tuxford 1:00:36
Clarke Tuxford 1:01:03
5 Alan Macintyre Coatbridge 1:02:45
6 David Wards West Lothian 1:02:48
7 J. Christopher Goode National Clarion
l 0 8 Grant Craven West Lothian
'40 9 Robert Hemesley West Lothian
3.10 Desmond Grant Coatbridge 8 11 Alasdair Hemesley West
Lothian 1:11:35 12 Sarah Williams West
Lothian 1:14:28 (Women's Champion)
13 David Bisset Bolton 1:14:35
WOMEN'S CHAMP, SARAH WILLIAMS
PHOTOS BY LYNSEY RODGER
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DAVID BISSET DAVID WARDS ROBERT HEMESLEY
Se Mere "GRANT CRAVEN ALASDAIR HEMESLEY
CHRIS GOODE
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LONDON TO LINCOLN EASTER RIDE
Crossing Eleanor’s path
London Clarion members ‘bounderised’ their way to Lincoln following the historic funeral procession of Eleanor of Castile
By Alex Southern LONDON n 1290, Eleanor of Castile, the beloved wife of Edward I, died at Harby in Nottinghamshire. Upon her death, her body was carried to Lincoln where she was embalmed. Her internal organs were buried in Lincoln Cathedral; her heart and body were transported to London taking 12 days to reach the City. Crosses were erected at the places where her funeral procession stopped overnight. I first learned of the Eleanor Crosses about 10 years ago, when attended a wedding in Dunstable. For many years I toyed with the idea of retracing the route of Queen Eleanor’s funeral procession ona bike, having been amazed to discover that some of the original crosses still survived. A couple of years ago, while researching routes, Istumbled across ‘The Queen Eleanor Cycle Ride’ which is organised by St Martin-inthe-Fields, London, and was grateful to them for allowing me to purchase a copy of their route from Lincoln to London. So it was that, as soon as it was announced that 2016’s Easter Meet was being held in Lincoln, I seized on the idea
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that London Clarion could cycle the route to Lincoln in reverse. Our secretary Martin Perfect was first to volunteer to join me but it wasn’t long before our friend Bob Harber of Brighton Hove reminded us that he too would be heading up from the south and asked to join us. In case you don’t know, Bobis an Audax rider who can cycle many hundreds of miles day and has put us to shame onanumber of occasions. Our first thought was that we would bea little slow for him and, while he didn’t disagree on that point, he conceded that “the cafe stops are good!” with London Clarion.
Given my work constraints, the 220 or so miles had to be undertaken in around days. I spent many hours interpreting ‘The Queen Eleanor Cycle Ride’ directions backwards (no mean feat), and plotted the route on Strava. Google Street View came in handy for this since a lot of directions didn’t make that much sense! I then set about booking our accommodation and we decided to stay at Lee Valley and Corby on the way.
Grantham’s
cross is also lost but the Beehive Pub more than made up for it
The first 20 miles was completed on Wednesday afternoon. This was from Westminster Abbey, where I met Bob, to Lee Valley Youth Hostel where we were joined by Martin. On the way, Bob and I passed Charing Cross (a replica built by the Southern Railway in front of Charing Cross Station and close to the original site ofa cross in Trafalgar Square). Wealso passed Cheapside Cross, of which nothing remains. Finally, Waltham Cross which still stands was reached, much restored witha well-documented history. Wednesday night we paid homage at another local shrine in the company of Alan Kiddle of London Section, who came up by train for the evening.
On Thursday morning Gerald Howgate, another Audax rider from London Clarion, joined us on the hilly ride as far as St Albans, where there is a plaque commemorating the cross there. We then followed the route to Dunstable, Woburn and Stony Stratford where again only plaques commemorate crosses that have now gone. So taken were we by the delights of Milton Keynes that we sadly missed the Hardinstone Cross, which is one of the finest survivors.
On from there the weather turned sour and we had some very busy roads and
Alex in front of Waltham cross and (right) Eleanor of Castile’s tomb
crazy drivers to contend with. Onwards we cycled past the Weetabix factory until we finally reached Geddington at about 9pm where Charlie Perfect, also of London Clarion, waited for us in the White Lion Pub. Soaked to the skin, we were delighted to find a pub that offered decent beer and food. Completely by chance, we found Fiona MacCallum and Andrew Ascroft, also of London Clarion, there, who were making their own way from London to Lincoln along some of the Eleanor Cross Route but also undertaking CTC British Cycle Quest questions along the way. All too soon it was time to leave for our Premier Inn in Corby but not before we managed to persuade the landlady of the pub to put upa ‘National Clarion Cyclists Welcome’ sticker. In the dark, on the way to Corby, we marvelled at the incredible Geddington Cross which has survived in the
village for 725 years. There was something awe inspiring about it, both its medieval craftsmanship and its legacy. Up early on Friday, Martin and I, now joined by Charlie, were told by Bob to push on and that he would catch us up. Unfortunately, we hadn’t gone very far before we had our first couple of punctures of thetrip. We consoled ourselves witha very fine breakfast on the way to Stamford where we had arranged to meet Bob. By the time we arrived it was already very busy, and with Bob long gone and time of the essence we pushed on for Grantham. On the way, we were delighted to find Bob sitting ina grit box by the side of the road waiting for us to pass. Grantham’s cross is also lost but the Beehive Pub more than made up for it and it would have been rude not to stop for a couple of pints there. This time Bob went ahead and, as we were to find out later, unnerved
the National Secretary by answering his question at National Conference as to our whereabouts saying he had last seen us going in toa pub in Grantham at hadn’t seen us come out again. But we had come out (well, eventually) and, realising that we still had 35 miles left to cycle, managed to maintain 16 miles per hour steady speed on the flat, with panniers and all. Finally we reached the outskirts of Lincoln and, having been guided bya young lady cyclist through the suburbs, reached a bloody great (Spring) Hill... which nearly killed us. We sat on the top eating great chunks of cake oblivious to the world and especially Alan’s calls to get to Conference. That night we drank and slept well! Asa postscript we visited Lincoln Cathedral on Saturday and the tomb of Queen Eleanor. And on Sunday, in Harby where the time trial began, we visited the ruins of the Manor House in which Queen Eleanor died and the neighbouring church in which there is a stained glass window and on which there is a statue commemorating her. Easter 2016 provided an opportunity fora very enjoyable cycle and we were delighted that all our efforts were rewarded with the Mileage Trophy. We have plans next year to win it again, but that will be another story.
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121ST EASTER MEET: LINCOLN
THE ROLLER RACING A GREAT NEW, ADDITION TO THE EASTER!
TIME TO CHAT WITH PALS NEW AND OLD ren
The 121st Easter Meet was celebrated in historic Lincoln this year. The excellent annual jamboree, organised by Steve Clarke, Steve and Lorna Hope, and Marion Royle of Fenland had something for everyone, including roller racing, club runs, historic trips, racing, tyre changing competitons and of course Clarion friends from across the UK.
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ISTART LINE. LINCOLN: A FOR THE 25TT BEAUTIFUL CITY
RIDING THE WILD,
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121ST EASTER MEET: LINCOLN
THE 2015 AWARD WINNERS WITH SPECIAL, GUEST JOSH IBBETS
MECHANIC,
GREAT CLUB RUNS ON i THE SPECIAL TH TI ROADS AND BIKE PATHS| CLARION ALE eS
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CHESTER
2017
THE ROLLER RACING fia EASTER "WAS ALOT OF FUN MEET 14-17TH APRIL
Plan ahead for
iN next year's Meet in Chester
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OVER 1000 SIGNATURES SOFAR
Sign up for better facilities
Ayoung Clarionista started a petition to persuade West Lothian Council to supporta new bike track
By Alex Ball WEST LOTHIAN inlithgow Community Development Trust plan to build aikm cycle circuit in Linlithgow but they need the support of West Lothian Council to do this. The track will provide a safe racing, training, and recreational cycling area for everyone across Scotland to use.
years anda keen cyclist for the West Lothian Clarion, and know there aren’t alot of safe roads to ride on. A car caused me to crash when it pulled out ofa junction and nearly hit me. I fell off,
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putting a big gash in my leg. Iam really hoping the track gets built because it would give meand my club matesa place to ride and train where our parents aren’t worried about us getting hit by cars. I think it would also promote cycling, and make cycling more popular asasportas wellasa form of transport. There isno purpose built cycle circuit in Scotland. This track would be used by cyclists not just from Linlithgow but from across West Lothian and further afield from Glasgow, Edinburgh and Stirling. Please sign my petition and help this facility get built Sign up here: http://tinyurl.com/jklejsq
YOUTH SPORT PANEL
Alex has been selected to be part of the 2016-2018 Young People's Sport Panel, having been chosen from an original 185 applicants.
What is the Young people's sport panel?
The panel was set up with the aim of raising the profile of sport and give young people a greater say in the future of Scottish sport. Sixteen young people aged between 14-25 from across Scotland make up the panel.
The Young People’s Sport Panelis a programme led by SportScotland in partnership with Young Scot, the national youth information charity.
BIG RIDE
I will ride five hundred miles
The West Lothian Club Secretary undertook a mammoth 500-mile ride to rais.e money for the road safety charity Brake in memory of his stepson and his cousin
By Kevin O'Hara WEST LOTHIAN y ride started off on Thursday 16th June at 6.30am in the rain, rain which I had to endure all the way to Dingwall at 9.45pm, where I found a wee campsite and managed to get the tent up before it got too dark.
On Friday morning, I got started about 7am, butin better conditions (no rain and just a little wind), and headed for Applecross. The climb over to Applecross and back took its toll, taking a bit out of me, but I kept plugging away. I phoned Fiona my wife at 7.30pm with still 70 miles
Lean camping (top); The top of Bealach na Ba (below)
to go to reach Fort William. Iwas starting to feel sorry
for myself thinking I would never make it, but a few words from Fee and I was back on the bike feeling more positive. Irolled into Fort William at quarter to one in the morning, sore and tired, got the tent
crashed in for a few hours’ sleep. Got up at 6am on Saturday, showered and was ready for the last push home. I couldn’t believe how sore I was but on the bright side [hada tailwind, the ride up through Glencoe was stunning and the weather was great, which made the run home easier.
I finally made it home at 7pm, just in time for the fundraiser party. In total, it was 500 miles, 28,723 feet of climbing and 20,704 calories burnt. A big thanks to Fee, Shane and Adam for the encouraging phone calls, and to Sarah, my auntie Mary, Sharon Ann, Brian and everyone else for the fantastic messages and texts of encouragement. Thank you, too for all your donations so far.
Donate at: https://www.justgiving.com/
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NATIONAL CLARION CHAMPIONSHIP RACES
Track champs for
youths and adults At Derby Velodrome
Enter on the British Cycling website
ADULT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP OMNIUM Saturday 10th September
E/1/2/3, Vets, Juniors and Women: starting at 12.30pm. Includes the Sprint, Pursuit, 5-mile and Team Pursuit Championships, and Omnium title too. Seniors entry fee £25.00 (£5 surcharge on the day).
YOUTH TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP OMNIUM Sunday 11th September
Omnium titles for A/B/C categories, Boys and Girls: racing will be from 9.30am. Youth entry fee £10 (£5 surcharge on the day).
Both the above events are for Clarion members only, 1st or 2nd Claim (see National Clarion rules for eligibility)
Entry is by the BC online entry system and more information is available from organiser and National Racing Secretary Steve Clarke racing@ fenlandclarion.co.uk 07951 666331.
National Clarion circuit race championships
Saturday, August 6th, 2pm
Harvey Hadden Cycle Racing Circuit (NG8 4PB) (Near Nottingham)
Enter on the British Cycling website
Closed circuit racing for all categories. E/1/2/3, Vets, Juniors and Women, and also Youth Boys and Girls (Categories A/B/ C).
Entry Fees will be £20 and £10 respectively, with a £5 surcharge for entries on the day. Categories may be mixed depending on entries.
For Clarion riders only.
PHOTO BY KATE HUGHES
SECTIONEWS
BARNOLDSWICK embers are busy competing in various sportives
from the Fred Whitton to
the Cumbria Cracker.
Matt Hargreaves organised another successful C.T.C. Walney to Wear, with 8 of us over 3 days, stopping off for the customary pint at Tan Hill. Race secretary Mick Krupa is organising evening time trials.
Saturday rides are getting adecent turnout, with some of the retirees getting some decent mid-week rides in. Mick Meath
BOLTON embership of Bolton Clarion is stable at around 50, witha few new members and a few members not renewing. At the
Colourful Barnoldswick
AGM, Peter Moore (formerly Secretary and Treasurer) was elected President. Mike Singleton is current secretary and treasurer. The Sunday club runs (A ride: long and fast, B ride: shorter and slower) are well supported, and the Wednesday B ride is also successful. The reliability ride series (100, 150 and 200 kilometres) is in progress and will be completed across the summer.
Members have participated in cyclocross, time trials, sportives and touring. A group trained in Mallorca earlier in the year; this has become a regular event.
In August, a group of 6 are riding the North Coast 500, acycle tour around the north of Scotland starting and finishing in Inverness. At the end of Augusta large group are signed up to ride the Wild Wales sportive, a 90-mile hilly event. 2016 is the 120th anniversary of the founding of Bolton Clarion: our early archives were donated some years ago to the Working Class Movement Library in Salford where they may be examined. We plana major celebration when we reach 125 years.
Finally, in 2017 Icelandic warriors Hackin and Bisset
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plana return to cycle round the island using route
one; if any Clarion riders are interested in coming along do get in touch. David Bisset
BRIGHTON ince the last edition of Boots Spurs we have continued our fortnightly programme of rides, with only a few cancellations. We had two
Country lane riding
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rides with Gosport Clarion
at the extreme western end of our usual territory, during which it was clear that there was something of a mismatch between the sections in terms of speed: witness an exchange between a Brightonian and
a Gosportian which went something like, “You may have to wait for me at the top of this hill, I’m old enough
to be your grandfather”.
But we found the Gosport
Bolton training in Mallorca
section very friendly and accommodating, and hope to ride with them again soon. We also met up with London Clarion at Ashurst Wood on the Forest Way, when they were en route to Eastbourne. This was a short ride for us, along one for them, anda joint lunch in the middle. It was typical of us that ‘our’ bit also included a long and fascinating lecture on sewage treatment, delivered by a retired water engineer in the middle of a country lane.
We usually reckon that our section is not too interested in racing and energetic things like that, yet at our AGMin March we were astonished and delighted to find that we had two riders in the Clarion points table not just our stalwart, Bob Harber, but also Mick Barry, who pipped Bob by 9 points to 8. Well done Mick and Bob!
As usual, there is not room to list all our adventures here, so I'll just pick out a few more highlights.
In October, at the tail end of the summer, a large contingent rode to Chiddingly Festival, and enjoyed good weather, but sadly, no belly dancers or hot dogs. Later that month, near East Grinstead, we came across huge numbers of ladybirds crawling over a big rock -a phenomenon which, according climber we met there, happens only on one day every year. Then there wasa ‘thrilling and scary’ ride along the coast to Newhaven in January,
Brighton take it easy
with the sea lapping almost to the top of the harbour walls, anda strong wind, which, luckily for the riders, was behind them. One of my favourite Clarion moments of all time came during a ride in May. When we stopped in a quiet country lane for stragglers to catch up, someone asked, “Where are we?” The reply: “We're at the back of beyond”. And that’s just where we love to be! Jim Grozier
BURY
ur current membership
is 111 including our
honorary members, the Yates twins. We have two halfday rides on Saturday and Sunday usually led by Nigel Hood and our chair Nick Hall respectively. Adrian Brooks often runs a well organised all day Sunday ride. A significant factor in our success is the use of the Internet for organising club rides. So we announce these rides by a weekly newsletter posted to our Facebook site. Also posted to this site are invitations from any member for others
Young talent at Bury
to join in on any ride he/she chooses. This isa convenient way of getting well-matched members together.
Our ‘Tens’ championship is proving very competitive. Arider’s three best times in the Southport CC weekly evening event count and up to the 9th June an aggregated result reveals Jon Longworth 21 seconds ahead of the current ‘Tens’ champion Andy Horner. This year Nick Hall a criterium for the third time at the Stephen Burke circuit near Colne. Our annual ‘Come and Try it Hill Climb’ continues to bea success. We had 60 entrants including 18 members of Bury Clarion. Joe Cadwallader in 4th place ina time of 2.15.3 secs was fastest of the Bury entrants. Thirteen-yearold Francis Woodcock was fourth fastest Bury Clarion rider and tenth overall. His time of 2.26.1 seconds was 27.1seconds faster than Simon Yates’s record for a13 year old. There were certain advantages but these are only marginal. The overall fastest was Alex Auty and his time of 2.04.02 seconds
was only 2 seconds short of the record held by Simon Yates as a17 year old. Weare looking to the future and have an established GoRide club with the services of Dave Lawson, a professionally qualified coach. There has been participation in circuit races and the members have performed creditably. Weare duly appreciative of the £250 grant from the National Clarion to sustain this initiative. Peter Roscoe
COATBRIDGE nother great start to the year for Coatbridge Clarion. With a tough winter training programme under our belts we were more than ready for some challenging club runs. We managed to recruit some great new members to the club this year including a welcome boost in the number of women riders, whom we call our ‘Sufferjets’. We had another great Paris Roubaix club social in April. We continue to diversify with some track, cyclocross and mountain bike activities, including a fantastic performance by our team of Dougie, Des and Calum in the 2016 MTB race ‘Ten Under the Ben’, with a finish. Alan MacIntyre and Robert Smith also did the club proud in Triathlon events. Our midweek TT series has shown good improvements in times compared to last year by almost all of the riders and thanks again to
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Arthur “Acky” McCann
for marshalling the turn
every week regardless of
the weather. APR training nights have continued with
lots of hard graft, enthusiasm and good natured banter. We are now entering more competitions and special mention goes to Bill Clelland who, at the age of 75, managed to complete the hilly 81 mile Caledonia Etapeinlessthan 5 hours. We are also excited toannounce thatalongwith other local cycle clubs we will be hosting our own open road
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Coatbridge is enjoying competitive successes riding a range of disciplines, including MTB
sportive in 2017 to raise funds for St Andrews Hospice. We are looking forward to some great club activities in the coming weeks including our
annual Tour De France Social
and the President’s Club Run.
John Gormlie
MALMESBURY embership dipped slightly, partly due to people moving
away from the area, but
we quickly recovered with
a batch of new arrivals.
February was a busy
month for us. It was almost a case of standing room only, as 17 members packed into the Town Hall for our first AGM. Wealso celebrated our 4th birthday. Twenty Clarions rode to The Angel Tearoom, Sherston for their free slice
of birthday cake. Andy Poolman very kindly paid for all of our teas and coffees.
In addition to our existing Sunday Series competition, based on the number of miles ridden, following a proposal by Mike Greer, we have introduced three new
i
trophies: The Chairman’s Trophy, where points are given for each club event taken partin; the Grimpeur Challenge, for the most elevation gained, as recorded on Strava; and the Club Ambassador Cup, where points are awarded for every Audax or Sportive participated in while wearing club kit, proved by a photograph taken at the start. The main emphasis for these is commitment, rather than ability.
In April, the club was represented at the annual Cyclists’ Service at St Andrew’s Church, Castle Combe. Held every year since 1945, it commemorates those who fell in the cycling battalions in the Great War, and cyclist servicemen who didn’t return home after World War II.
The following month, we joined Gloucester City CC’s 125th anniversary celebrations, re-enacting their inaugural outing to Dursley. We met three Hereford Clarions at the event who were riding their vintage bicycles.
Also in May, Steve Keable completed the 500km London to Paris Myeloma Charity Ride, and in doing so, raised a considerable sum. Tim Wadsworth
SADDLEWORTH
o far we have had
an amazing year
at Saddleworth Clarion. Our charity ride, The Turnpike Challenge,
Saddleworth gets social
organised in partnership with Saddleworth Rotary Club, attracted a large number of riders who hada great day raising money for Prostate Cancer UK. The Saddleworth Audaxes were a brilliant success with many riders mastering this very challenging series of courses.
This year the club agreed to organise what used to be called The Oldham Mountain Timetrial. We rebranded it by changing Oldham to Saddleworth (clever) and we attracted 65 riders. As itis run ona Wednesday evening the maximum number of riders is 70, so we were delighted with this number. It was a huge success with the riders. This event has been going for over 50 years and we’re delighted to have taken it on.
None of this could take place without the help of fantastic set of people in the club, so thanks once again to all that contributed time, effort and cake to all these events.
The club has also launched awonderful new website thanks to the efforts of Andy Thornley and his company.
Paul Barrett in Sunderland kit
This is stilla work in progress and will develop as club members add content.
The club’s membership has increased a huge amount in the past year with people joining all the time. This is in part thanks to the success of the introductory rides on Saturdays and we are welcoming new riders week on week.
Finally we have enjoyed anumber of light ales at our popular social events which will continue year on year. Chris Moreman
SUNDERLAND his spring has beena busy one for the section, with riding aplenty, despite the weather. Most notable was an overnight ride from Edinburgh to Sunderland: eight riders took part, two of whom decided it wasn’t far enough and decided to ride to Edinburgh from Berwick before meeting the others off the train. Audax is becoming increasingly popular, with our own scheduled for September. Racing wise, we have seen Neil Wallbank showing
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some fine form, most notably taking a win ata local 3/4 circuit race, while Michael Sloanes took third place in the Sloan Trophy, one of the regions top 3/4 races. Wealso have just had the club’s open 25 TT, which sawa great spread baked by Ingrid Shepherd. Kris Adlington took home the trophy for the fastest rider from our club witha time of 1:00:36. Tom Guy took home the over 60’s category with a time of 1:02:57. We have just launched a new kit design, designed by
Dan Atkinson (see p. 27). Matt France
TUXFORD
his May was our 3rd
anniversary and we’ve
now reached over 60 members. The club is thriving but still retains its small town community feel. It’s nigh on impossible to go into Tuxford without meeting a fellow member, and most people in the town know of us now.
Our weekly club runs
continue on Sundays, and we've introduced a family
Tuxford takes on the Amstel Standing, riding swiftly and safely
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and beginners leisure
ride ona Saturday to give access to many of the people who have contacted us
and want to give it a go.
The photo below shows some of the members who entered the local reliability ride ‘Amstel Standing’ (same day as the Amstel Gold Pro Race). Rides like this have really shown the club a good light: unlike many
informal groups and lesser
drilled clubs, we ride swiftly but safely, keeping to the rules of the road and riding in anice organised bunch.
On the racing front, we’ve got aregular contingent of 5 or 6riders (4 guys and2 girls) riding the Derby track leagues, even signing up past National Ladies Grass Track Champion Sarra Boyd. time trialling our super speedy teenager Jack Levick set a 25 record for Tuxford with a54:110n the local A46 course. Jack went on to win the National Clarion 25 champs in Scotland witha 56:41, leading home Tuxford’s Andrew Martin and Jan Clarke to win the Kenneth Humphries Team prize.
Our club time trials continue to bea big thing for satisfying the competitive urges we have midweek. Despite the course not being a10 (it’s actually 11.3 miles), this doesn’t seem to matter. Riders chase PBs and try to get closer to (or further away from) each other’s times, and course records have been broken several times already this year. On June 29, new
member Shawn Gough broke the course record, but sadly 3 minutes and 55 seconds later, Jack Levick came along and beat it by another seconds. Shawn only joined this year and shows great promise.
Andit’s on our 11.3 mile TT course that we stage (it'll have happened by the time you read this) the Clarion’s first 3-up team time-trial. Two and a bit laps of the locally renowned Polly Taylor’s course.
Now, a word about Polly Taylor’s for such an innocent sounding name it’s hard to imagine the fear that it puts into most people from Tuxford Clarion. Polly Taylor’s Road is the last 3 miles of our club TT course. It’s also the last road we ride on back to Tuxford onaclub run. It’s pan flat (if youarein acar), but with its two or three long shallow rises and open fields with a head-cross wind, most of us have suffered on Polly Taylor’s apron strings. With the Tuxford sign marking both the end of the time trial as well as the sprint at the end of the club run, it is always an endurance of suffering, broken dreams and broken men. The name Polly Taylor’s will be remembered by all those who compete in this year’s 3-up. Even our own members have all said, “what, twice up Polly Taylor’s!!2”. Ian Clarke
WEST LOTHIAN n June the club received the devastating news that new member, 18-year-old Iain
RIDERS ABROAD
London near Dieppe
Peter campbell popped over
the channel to do the Cingles du Mont Ventoux http://www. clubcinglesventoux.org/en/
North Cheshire team up with West Lothian in Majorca
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Wightman, had been knocked off his bike and killed. Iain had only been riding with
the club for a few months but was an enthusiastic cyclist willing to learn from his fellow riders. (See page 6
to read a tribute to Iain).
The club put on its fourth major event of the year with the Battle of Black Loch road race, which is firmly positioned on the Scottish racing calendar.
As the event coincided with Iain Wightman’s funeral, organiser Iain Elliott helda minute’s silence prior to the prize giving, and through contributions on the day was able make a donation to the Braveheart Fund in Iain’s memory around £120.
lain Elliot says, “I wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who helped make the event a complete success. This is possibly one the biggest event on the Club’s senior calendar, and putsa considerable ask on the Club’s members. The feedback from the Chief Comm today was that this was one of the best events he had worked on, and the quality of the marshalling and race convoy was second to none.”
In May, the club promoted the national Clarion’s 25TT champs.
The race was organised by Donald Pettigrew and Jim Macdonald. Donald says, “A big thank you to one and all from Jim and I for making the 25TT a big success. Over 20 volunteers made things go very well on the day;
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even the weather played
its part. Commissaire and other competitors were very complimentary of the event and of the number of marshalls out on the roads”.
April was abusy month, with Carrie Laird running our Lang Whang Hilly TT, which year on year attracts more riders, and club president Graeme Horne made sure the season opening RadTour reliability trial was wellattended. All four events were supplied witha masterclass catering, which upheld the Club’s good reputation.
Also in April, 30 adults and 30 youths attended the Club’s track day at The Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, with spaces filled by experienced and novice track riders. Back on tarmac, Grant Craven, Brian Freeborn, David Dourley, John Glass and Ian Dempster rode together on the Mallorca 321 cycle challenge, which Grant says, “took miles of Mallorca’s finest and highest mountains”.
The Club’s 10TT league has attracted more riders this year, boosted by our youth racers who have on occasion made up half the start sheet. The monthly summer CX series has also attracted a good bunch of riders, although with fewer numbers than 2015.
Sarah Williams and David Wards battled the midge storm to win the Club’s women’s and men’s 25TT championship on the rolling Lang Whang course.
Diane Clayton Chisholm
and Emma Wilson came
third in the Ten Under the Ben 10-hour MTB marathon and David Mason grabbed and in the men’s Vets.
Diane Clayton Chisholm is running a programme to increase the number of youth coaches. Robin Priestley passed his Level 2award and Steve Darling, Michael Brocklebank and Erica Oxley passed their Level certificate. Michael and Erica are youth section alumni so it’s good to see these youngsters move into coaching.
In May, a group of young MTBriders led by our team of trail leaders (coordinated by Neil and Emma Wilson) spent a weekend at Badaguish in the Highlands, taking in the local wilderness trails.
Jim Macdonald took over as President of the youth section from David Mason. Huge thanks go to David for his six years of service. Matthew Ball
YORKSHIRE COAST arly season saw Tony Graves, Chris Goode and Richard Cullen
take part in a couple of
races near Beverley, where we also ran our club open 24-mile TT. Andy Fisher was the efficient organiser.
He is currently walking
the coast to coast route.
Richard is making great progress with two PBs at ten miles. Chris took part in the 25 Champs in Scotland so thanks are due to West
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The West Lothian youngsters at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow
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Yorkshire Coast's Hannah
Lothian. Greystone Small and Chris enjoyed the Easter Meet in Lincoln, particularly the opportunity to meet up with other sections. Terry Lynch continues his good work with Bikeability and Frank Vaughan will soon be having his triathlon debut. The big news is reserved for Hannah Bayes and Andrea Vaughan who took part in the World duathlon and European Triathlon championships for G.B. This was Hannah’s first international under 20 event and she camea superb tenth place, afteras5 kmrun, 20 kmbikeand 2.5kmrun. Congratulations are also due to Andrea who was twentieth in her age group. Hannah is knocking huge chunks race PBs and much credit is due to her Directeur Sportif and father, Steve Bayes. Keep those wheels turning. Chris Goode
Fenland youngsters enjoy a grass track sesssion
North Cheshire Clarion Go-Ride 2016 outdoor coaching sessions launch, supported by Warrington Wolves Wolfie
Tuxford and Heanor in the U14s at Doncaster Grand Prix.
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