Boxing Day 10 – L101 (Garstang)
NLTTA Boxing Day Ten – report
There were nine starters in this year’s Boxing Day Ten braving the cold, showery and windy conditions on the L101 at Garstang.
John Huggon of RVCRC was best on the day recording 24.26. First and only lady riding was the evergreen Sharon Clifford with a 33.50. Special mention to Richard Morgan, Barrow CW’s who travelled the 120m round trip to record a 25.30.
Also thanks to the following who made the event possible David Bisset Bolton Clarion event organiser, Geoff Duteson Preston Wheelers, Roy Bowles Bolton Clarion, Paul Fleming Preston Wheelers, John Ward Preston Wheelers, and Simon Myerscough Ribble Valley CRC.
Full results
John Huggon RVCRC 24.26
Richard Morgan Barrow CW 25.30
Andy Horner Ribble Cycles 26.01
Nick Higginson Cleveleys RC 26.27
Dave Hilditch RVCRC 29.25
Sam Jackson Chorley CC 33.30 2 min late start
Simon Horner Ribble Cycles 33.35 15 sec late start
Sharon Clifford SheHair RT 33.50
John Francis Chorley CC 34.45 2 min late start
Unclaimed awards
NLTTA 2019 Annual Dinner and Awards Presentation
Please can the winners of trophies and prize certificates listed below who were unable to collect them on day contact John Ward (johnbward@btopenworld.com) to make arrangements for either their collection (trophies) or address for posting (certificates).
| Trophy(s) | Certificates | ||
| Adam Dillon | Southport CC | * | |
| Adrian Sowerby | Border City Wheelers | * | |
| Aidan Holgate | NLRC | * | |
| Alex O’Brien | Garstang CC | * | * |
| Ben Stead | ABC Centreville | * | |
| Charlotte Boothman | ABC Centreville | * | * |
| Craig Horseman | Beacon Wheelers | * | |
| Daisy Barnes | Racing Chance Foundation | * | |
| Dan Shackleton | ABC Centreville | * | |
| Daniel Styler | Croston Velo | * | |
| David Bigio | Croston Velo | * | |
| David Hargreaves | NLRC | * | |
| David Huck | Barrow Central wheelers | * | |
| Emil Petrov | Border City Wheelers | * | |
| Francis Woodcock | Bury Clarion CC | * | * |
| Joanna Cebrat | Bury Clarion CC | * | |
| Lyndsey Styler | Croston Velo | * | |
| Martyn Stewart | East Lancs RC | * | |
| Phil Jones | Transition RT | * | * |
| Richard Bickley | Border City Wheelers | * | |
| Richard Helme | Barrow Central wheelers | * | |
| Richard Morgan | Barrow Central wheelers | * | |
| Sue Cheetham | NLRC | * | |
| Theresa Taylor | Ribble Valley Crossroads Care RT | * | |
| Points Competition | CoveryourCar.co.uk RT | * |
NLTTA 2019 Annual Dinner and Awards Presentation
This very successful event was held at the Crofters Garstang last Sunday afternoon and attended by over forty friends and guests.
President Frank Kerry welcomed the guests and the prizes were presented by guests of honour Simon Wilson of Ribble Pro Cycling and Rebecca Rimmington of Team Merlin Cycles. Simon aka “The Burnley Valverde” has just been recently crowned World Champion at the UCI World Masters Track Champs in the 35-39 years old Scratch Race, he also broke the 30mph barrier for 25 miles this season on the notoriously slow Cheshire course J2/9.
Rebecca is a former GB cycling squad member, Professional rider with the WNT Cycling team and a former GB rower. She now competes in triathlon having recently won her age group in the
70.3km Challenge Majorca Tri.
The prize winners were introduced by Matt Stell and following the presentations Si and Bex took part in a hugely entertaining and informative questions and answer session.
Among the presentations was one for the George Nowland Memorial Trophy in memory of NLTTA past chairman and supporter George Nowland. The trophy was presented to Richard Bideau of Pendle Forest CC by Val Nowland and her family.
The 2019 Awards Lunch
The Awards Lunch will take place noon on Sunday, 17th November 2019 at The Crofters, Garstang. Contact David Bisset on 07896 983134 or davidbisset55@hotmail.co.uk to get your ticket.
We respectfully ask that all last years’ prize winners contact David about returning any trophies asap.
Tickets are £22.50 and include a superb 3-course meal.
We are delighted that our Guest of Honours are Si Wilson and Bex Rimmington.
NLTTA Hill Climb Championship
Your NLTTA hill climb champions for 2019 are:
Male: Alex O’Brien (Garstang CC) 2:27.9
Female: Erica Booth (Lancashire RC) 3:51.6
Junior: Francis Woodcock (Bury Clarion CC) 2:47.6
Team: Barrow Central Wheelers (D. Huck, R. Helm, R. Morgan) 8:43.6
The race was held on the Ramsbottom Rake promoted by Lancashire RC in slippery damp road conditions.
Affiliation Fees to INCLUDE SpoCo SUBSCRIPTION
To All NLTTA Club Contacts
Affiliation Fees to INCLUDE SpoCo SUBSCRIPTION
Affiliation fees for the 2020 were set at the recent AGM, please see minutes attached. The new fee for clubs is £25 and this includes the SpoCo subscription. Please do not send a separate subscription to SpoCo as their bank account has now been closed and the competition is being run by the NLTTA.
Affiliation fees are due by 1 January. Payments can be made by bank transfer (preferred method) or by cheque.
Transfer to: North Lancashire Time Trial Association Ac No: 19376594, Sort Code: 05-05-55 and add your club name as your reference.
Cheque to: John Ward, 6 Hill View Road, Garstang, Lancashire, PR3 1JU
The NLTTA Awards Lunch will take place on Sunday, 17 November 2019 at the Crofters Hotel, Garstang, PR3 1PH. For tickets please contact David Bisset on 01204 853127 or at davidbisset55@hotmail.com.
Thank you for your continued support of the NLTTA.
Veronica Swift
NLTTA Secretary
Points Competition Winners 2019
The season long points competition came to an end last weekend with Richard Bideau of Pendle Forest CC coming out on top with a maximum 960 points followed closely by Philip Jones of Transition RT with 959 points. Richard Bickley, Border City Wheelers is 3rd with 954 points. Charlotte Boothman, ABC Centreville won the Women’s competition with 888 points from her 8 rides.
The team winners are the Coveryourcar.co.uk RT trio of John Morgan, Dan Taylor and Paul Blackburn.
The Junior winner is Tristan Pilling, Team SB Hub with 783 points and the Juvenile champ is Aidan Lawrence, Green Jersey RT.
Other category winners:
M40: Andrew Whiteside, Bella in Sella 950 points
M50: Paul Fleming, Preston Wheelers 923 points
M60: Peter Leonard, Southport CC 817 points
M70: David Hargreaves, North Lancs RC 794 points
Speed BAR Champions 2019
Following the final counting events at the weekend, Philip Jones, Transition RT and Charlotte Boothman, ABC Centreville are the confirmed 2019 Speed BAR champions. The competition is based on your best 2 counting 10’s and 25’s throughout the season and after a fantastic 19:09 in the weekends Springfield Financial RT 10 on Levens, Phil improved his average speed to 30.438mph to beat Richard Bickley, Border City Wheelers who also improved at the weekend with 30.376mph.
The Team winners are Pendle Forest CC, the trio of Richard Bideau (who also won the M40 category), Paul Braithwaite and Andrew Dent averaged 28.732mph; followed by Coveryourcar.co.uk RT (John Morgan, Paul Blackburn and Paul Shallicker) averaging 27.988mph.
The Junior BAR champion is Tristan Pilling of Team SB Hub with a super 27.235mph average speed.
Other winners:
W40: Deborah Moss, Team Merlin 26.261mph
W50: Sue Cheetham, North Lancs RC 24.410mph
M50: Paul Fleming, Preston Wheelers 28.248mph
M60: Peter Leonard, Southport CC 26.715mph
M70+: David Hargreaves, North Lancs RC 25.963mph
NLTTA Speed BAR 2019 – excel
Distance BAR Champions 2019
Congratulations to Andrew Whiteside (Bella in Sella) who has won the NLTTA distance BAR championships with an impressive average speed of 26.347 mph over the classic distances of 50, 100 & 12 hour. 2nd place was a hard fought battle between Dan Shackleton (ABC Centreville), Paul Blackburn (Coveryourcar.co.uk RT) and Aidan Holgate (North Lancs RC) with Dan recording 24.759 mph, Paul 24.259 mph and Aidan 24.126 mph. In the recent 12 hour event they were split by a few miles with Dan recording 258.68 miles, Aidan 258.09 miles and Paul 255.03 miles; Andrew Whiteside was our fastest rider who claimed 2nd place overall in the event with 281.08 miles in challenging conditions. Paul Russell (Springfield Financial RT) was our final qualifier with 22.993 mph