The 2021 VCGH AGM will be held on Zoom at 20:00 on Monday 26 April. All members are welcome and encouraged to attend. We will run through the official business of accounts and appointments, and will have various short presentations on what the different sections of the club have planned for the year. This is your chance to participate and influence the future business of the club.

If there is any business you would like to include, or if you have any questions, please email execteam@vcgh.co.uk by 22 April, or speak to Lara, Mark, Pete or Frank individually.

All the best,

VCGH Exec Team

We will double check the British Cycling response to lockdown (their statements are usually released on Thursdays), but at the moment see no way that group rides will be allowed to continue.

Please feel free to post Zwift Meet-ups, and keep fingers crossed that rides can recommence after 2 December.

Questions to captain@vcgh.co.uk. 

Great riding from all, with a fast and very tightly packed results sheet. Impressive to see a few PBs in there, even though there was no pushing-off today, which must have cost everybody a few seconds.

First rider was Jon Hughes in 5:08 - only 9 seconds off his all-time PB. He was closely followed by Seb Morton in 5:10, and Chris Carroll in 5:16. Mark Pritchard (5:29) and Ross Ovens (5:30) were 2nd and 3rd vet behind Jon.

Laura Senior was first female and 17th overall in 6:06 - setting a new VCGH women's record. Charlie Payne was first junior and a very strong 7th= overall in 5:34, for his first ever hillclimb event. Tom Cockle (2 years younger than Charlie) was our second under-18 in an excellent 6:31 - also his first hillclimb event.

Big thanks to Will Ranoe for timekeeping, flexibility and mechanical assistance at the start line, and to Mark Wright for helping me with finish timekeeping.

That's it for our 2020 season folks. Thanks for all your support this year - it's always great to see how many of you enjoy (?) the events. Make the most of winter training and hopefully see you next April for (maybe a more normal) 2021 series.

Lara

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Fantastic to see so many under-18s riding, as well as a good bunch of female riders. And loads of PBs too, despite September not traditionally being so forthcoming. Big thanks to all of you who've come out to support these events - it makes everything worthwhile to see so many of you smashing it round the lumpy bumpy G10/45.

In the TT category, Jon Hughes finished first in 23:22, proving that he's in fine form this year, as if there was any doubt. Not far behind was Matt Hill in 23:30, winning the vets category by a country mile. 3rd TT rider was Chris Carroll in 24:57.

On the road bikes, Jez Meredith was first rider home in 24:01, with Ross Ovens in second place with 24:56, beating his previous best by 1:35. Callum Davies-Russell was 3rd in 25:40.

First female rider was Kirsty Woodcock (unaffiliated) in 29:55, riding her first ever TT. In very close 2nd (1st female vet) was Jackie Johnson in 29:59 with a PB of 31 seconds.

First junior rider (16-18) was Charlie Payne (unaffiliated) in an excellent 26:30, with Ethan Gubby first juvenile rider (under 16), hot on his heels in 26:34 (a PB of 38 seconds). Tallulah Sullivan (Lee Valley) was 2nd juvenile home, first female juvenile, and 3rd female overall in 31:12.

Lots of kudos to give out. Firstly to all the teens who rode the course, from the blisteringly fast espoir Sam Clark (trainSharp) (pictured) who didn't seem to mind in the least that he wasn't on the smooth Goodwood tarmac and turned out a 22:25 to conclusively win the TT category by 1:22; to first-timers Yasmin Gubby (VCGH/Lee Valley), Will St Pier (unaffiliated) and Max Powell (Farnham Tri), all of whom looked super strong and determined when I saw them past the B2133/Plaistow Road corner. Yasmin came home in a brilliant 31:56, averaging 18.9mph at age 13! Watch your backs guys! This also meant that she was first female rider home, with Pip Beard 2nd (1st female vet) in 33:20. 

Yasmin's brother Ethan (VCGH/Lee Valley) was the first under-18 road bike home (11th overall) in 27:12, knocking 24 seconds off his PB despite having no big ring for half the course. Very nice!

In the road bike category, Peter Allan (MB Cyclery) was first home in 23:09, coming very close to Will Ranoe's club record of 23:04. Jez Meredith was first VCGHer, in 2nd position, in 23:46, knocking 32 seconds off his previous PB, and Matt Callaghan (unaffiliated) - all the way from Winchester! -  was 3rd in 24:46. 

On the TT bikes, first VCGHer home was Jon Hughes in 23:47 in 2nd position behind Sam Clark. 3rd was Matt Hill in 23:51.

Well done all of you (28 riders in total) for turning up for such an early start on a slightly drizzly morning, and for putting up with all the crazy COVID-related shenanigans.

Also big thanks as usual to my excellent volunteer crew, without whom it wouldn't be possible to run the event. This month's team was:

And thanks to Adrian at Loxwood Sports for accommodating us and for the last minute hand-towel dispensers!

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