There were 24 riders for the TT this morning, with dry roads and sunny conditions once again. First rider home in the TT bike category was Jez Ponting with 22:45 - only 7 seconds off the course PB he set last year. 2nd rider was David Walters with a resounding PB of 23:38. First TT woman was Lara T in 27:09.

All those going to VCGHfest - a couple of reminders

Saturday 14th July from 18:00: It's time for our big summer event! This is a relaxed festival-style evening event held in the fields behind Marco's house on Eashing Lane. There is music, festival food this year provided by the mouth-watering Sear Street Kitchen as well as a bit of ice-cream for pud! There will be fire-pits and bales to sit on, and some wacky grass track cycle racing for kids as well as adults. This is an event for all the family so please invite other halves, kids, and friends too!

Conditions were absolutely ideal for the June edition of our Club 10 sporting course TT on the G10/45 on Saturday morning; warm sunshine, dry roads and not much breeze to complain about. The roads, as usual, were appalling, although some of the potholes had been selectively fixed since the May TT.

Here's the presentation (pdf) of the results of our recent Rider Survey. Some interesting findings and some good feedback so thanks to all of you who filled in the survey. The Exec Team will be discussing specific outcomes in the coming few weeks and the consultation process will continue with the aim of improving what we're doing to appeal better to our club riders.

Thanks to Jackie for 18 months of commitment as our Membership Secretary. Jackie is doing less cycling these days, and with a busy work and life schedule, asked if we could look out for a replacement to take over when possible. Andrew Hall very kindly volunteered to take it on, and we had an official handover on Friday.

The link to the rider survey should have arrived in your email inbox late last night. This is a really important opportunity for us to gather feedback about how we're doing, and what needs to be improved in the Club's  core service, so please take the time (it doesn't take more than a few minutes) to give us your opinion and help us develop ideas for the future. It doesn't matter if you're a regular rider or have only been out with us a couple of times - all comments are valuable.

On Saturday 16th June we're running an event to involve as many VCGHers from as many ride groups as possible. It'll start with a series of club rides in the morning, starting from Thursley recreation ground carpark (next to the cricket green), and end up at 14:00 at the Three Horseshoes in Thursley for a barbecue lunch and beers (£10 per person for food - pay on the day). The rides can take whatever format you like; there are set routes and you can join a hub group going at a specified pace or you can make your own arrangements to ride solo or join a group of friends. The format is very much like the sportive-style Merry Harriers ride we run on Wednesday evenings.