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On a dreadful day with gales and torrents Dave Scales and Emma Hindmarch were first to the top.

Paul and Barry win the "Scrubbers" and "Restricted" titles.

Vince Divine came home first in the 50th edition of the Herts Wheelers "Last Chance Points Grabber" road race.
The full report. photos and and results sheet are now online .

About twelve each on the easy and medium rides.  The easies took a slightly longer route to Bps Stortford, whilst the mediums trip to Royston took in all the major climbs possible.

Many looked at the weather forecast and saw that the predictions for the early afternoon weather was dire.  Therefore it was no great surprise that on six took part in the Thaxted to Castle Hedingham trip.  Those that opted out missed a good ride.  This left more than usual choosing the easy pacer.  Unfortunately it was to Emily's, not the biggest fastest-serving cafe in the world.  And twenty turning up at the same time overloaded the system.  Nine immediately took the hint and left whilst the remainder spent the rest of the morning queuing.

Such a great turnout for the Road Race.  Thanks to all those who helped out at the HQ and at various points on the course  Many rode out and back making that their club run for the day.  There was one "official" ride after the TT with four people joining JohnF on a round tour to Wandon End GC.

Barry Page is the new Revenge Cup winner after beating Tony & Chris.  Barry's 1:01:24 eclipsed Tony's 1:01:34 and Chris's 1:15:08.

Cole Green was awash with HW Blue & Yellow for the TT, yet on his easy 50 from Ware Bob still had seventeen accompany him to Buntingford via a circuitous (tortuous) route devised from his evil, devious mind.  The mediums started out after the TT with about ten riders although Club Pres John had a senior moment with cramp which caused him to return to his car after a lengthy moan and groan at Tewin.  Actually, it was quite scary as there is not a lot of help that can be given.  Memo to JP - see your doctor!  A mixed bag of weather.  Started sunny, got very cloudy and later on the sun sta

Tony maintains his form and close racing amongst the chasers on a bright. autumn morning.

Having put on a lot of weight due to holidays and lack of riding, Peter's back wheel expired as its spokes caved in under his extra weight.  This dropped the easy group down from twenty to nineteen.  The medium group of nine had no major issues, and two others took to the fastie.  JohnP got a surprise as he had seven Come & Triers on his afternooner.  It made up for the time he had no company at all.  Maybe some of these will come back and join us on a Sunday morning!  Nearly made forty for the day.

A nice warm, calm evening at Panshanger. Tony heads the field one again and Ian manages a course PB.

Considering that it was the Bank Holiday weekend, that we had just suffered over 12 hours of torrential rain, and that there were other cycling events taking place - it was good to get twenty out over the three rides.  Nine started at Ware and managed only one puncture between them.  Nine more started the medium at Hertford although this was soon augmented to ten as Alex "found" the group just before Walkern.  A couple of punctures but nothing major.  One rider chose the fast course.

More than 30 assembled at Hertford. Six followed Alex to Woburn at medium pace, around 15 did the 50 mile extended easy-pace to Ardeley and the rest did the 40 mile fast ride. (Hardly worth pumping your tyres up for 40 miles surely?). All enjoyed (mostly) lovely cycling weather and apparently survived despite the odd shower and wasp strike.

Tony wins again, Graeme fixes a puncture and Lloyd Chapman posts a 20:33.

Tony Marriott rode this event on the F1b course. He finished 32nd out of 60 In a time of 1:00:13.

About thirty out today, spread over the three rides.  With only two on the fastie, eighteen went out on the med to Wandon End, whilst ten took part in the easy.  Glorious weather, couple of punctures and jolly bonhomie all round.

The North Weald Handicap Series is run by TLI Cycling London & Home Counties Region. It comprises of 16 Events on Tuesday evenings which started in early May and will finish at the end of August. The races are around a circuit of 2.8km at North Weald Airfield.

A nice, warm, calm evening brought a lot of private entries and some fast times.

A solo effort from Tony yields excellent results in the scratch race and the Devil.

On a warm evening Richard sneaks in ahead of Tony.