Jon Hughes was first back on a TT bike with an excellent 23:12, followed by Rob Lucas in 27:08. Jon was also first VET on standard in the TT category, followed by Horsham CC's Brian Jones. 

In the road category it was Will Ranoe in top spot with 24:10 although with an unofficial time due to a missed start. Callum Davies-Russell was second in 24:44, closely followed by Matt Hill in 24:48. Laura Senior was first lady home with 27:44, followed by newbie Becky Starbuck in 29:56. First VET on standard in the road category was Matt with a plus time of 2:45, followed by Mark Pritchard with a plus time of 1:10.

Fantastic to see so much variety at this event: we had a two-up team, 2 junior riders, 3 women and 6 first-timers (Robbie, Paul, Steve Street, Steve Wild, Becky and Poppy), as well as 9 PBs. Well done all!

Thanks as ever to our team of volunteers without whom the event just couldn't run. This month the terrific team were:

Full results are here. 

Our last 10-miler of the season runs on September 14th. After which it'll be the hill climb on Staple Lane on 12th October. Please put these dates in your diaries.

Thanks to everybody for supporting this event! It is much appreciated.

Would be great to see as many people as possible join these rides, and please feel free to join us for just the ride, or just the pub, if you can't make both. 

For the amazing turnout I firstly need to thank Ali Walters for her rallying social media cry last week, encouraging you all to support the event (and making delicious cakes to entice you). It was fab to hear her encouragement and read the responses. And secondly I need to thank all you riders who listened to Ali, and came out to ride. I just know you all enjoyed it (once you'd gotten over the early wake-up call, and the painful nature of time trialing!) and it totally made my day to see all the support! Thanks guys!

As you can imagine with such a huge field, the results were really interesting. The road category was the larger category, and was conclusively won by Will Ranoe in 23:23. Second was Mark Pritchard (apologies to Mark for putting him in the wrong category at the HQ) in 25:26 which is a road bike PB for him. 

1st female road bike was Laura Senior in a blistering 26:45 (which as far as I know is a women's road bike course best, Angela Carpenter having achieved a 26:52 in 2016). 

In the TT category it was Matt Hill who topped the leaderboard with a 23:20 and was also first vet on standard (beating his VTTA time by a whopping 4 minutes 8 seconds). Matt was followed by Callum Davies-Russell in 23:41 in his second ever TT. 

First female TT bike was Lara T with a PB of 26:09 (just inside the women's course record) who was also 2nd vet on standard with a plus time of 2 minutes 38.

Great to see a good handful of PBs this month, and also to see 6 women on the start list, which I think is a record. Can we get more?

And last but not least, thanks to the volunteer team who helped run the event. It's sometimes a bit of a thankless task (not easy to communicate to riders in the zone) but the event couldn't run without them. This month those generous guys were:

Start timekeeper: Lara Harrison

Push-offer: Matt Hurst

Marshals: Jez Ponting, David Walters, Nick Davison, Frank Eisenhower, Ali Siddall, Nathan Hoy

Finish timekeeper: Brian Waters

Results: Marco Burgin

Yummy cakes: Ali Walters

Teas: Matt Hurst

Our next event is on Saturday 17th August. Please come back again everybody!

Full results are here.

Thanks, nevertheless, to all those riders and volunteers who turned up this morning to support the event. We were lucky after the hideous rains this week to have dry roads and mild conditions.

Exciting stuff on top of the leaderboard this week, both with Jez Meredith smashing his road bike PB with an excellent 24:18 (a time many would be proud of on a TT bike), and to the 3 riders who contested the top spot in the TT category, with only 8 seconds between them. First home was Matt Hill with a resounding course best of 23:12, closely followed by Jon Hughes with 23:18 after some bad luck with traffic through Kirdford, and hot on his heels David Walters with another course best of 23:20. Excellent work all three. I wonder if Jez Ponting's club best of 22:38 (set in 2017) is under threat this season?

Lots of PBs today as well, so kudos to all!

And thanks as usual to my dedicated team of volunteers who make this event happen. This month they were:

And thanks as usual to Adrian and crew at Loxwood Sports.

Full results now available.

Next event Saturday 13 July. See you there.

This is an important event in the VCGH calendar - a chance for all Club members to get together in a really relaxed environment, listen to some music, have some yummy street food, and most importantly bring along their families, kids, friends and neighbours so that they can all get involved for a change.

We need to get organised with numbers so please sign up and pay for your tickets (£15 each - under 16s go free). This year we're asking you to bring a salad or side-dish if you feel you can, and you will also need to bring a bottle as usual. The facilities are available for camping afterwards, if you want to (bring a tent!)

More info on www.vcghbikefest.com

This will be a fun and action-packed morning with loads to do. You can learn more about the event and enter via the dedicated Jets Race Festival page, and contact Jets Captain Nick Strugnell on jets@vcgh.co.uk with any questions.

Nick is still looking for volunteers to help out at this event, so if you have a free morning and fancy helping inspire some kids to get racing in a fun setting, please get in touch with Nick.

Thanks to the hardcore 14 though, and well done to Jon Hughes for knocking half a minute off last month's time for first TT bike in 23:17. This week, however, he was beaten on VET standard time by Matt Hill who was a whole 3 minutes 27 seconds faster than his VTTA VET standard time, with an overall time of 24:01. (see pic  © Frank Eisenhower)

Meanwhile, in the road category, it was Chris Carroll who stormed to victory in 24:58, with Rob Julian in second place with a PB of 26:27. PB also for 1st ladies road bike Debbie Morgan with 28:15.

The team of volunteers was almost bigger than the team of riders this month! And I hugely appreciate every effort. Thanks  to:

Push-offer: Matt Hurst

Start timekeeper: Ali Walters

Marshals: Elliot Brown, Richard Moore, Nick Davison, Frank Eisenhower, Ali Siddall, Tim Powell and Rob Wheeler

Finish timekeeper: David Walters

Results: Marco Burgin

HQ Teas: Ali Siddall & Frank Eisenhower

And thanks as always to Adrian Morris and the team at Loxwood Sports.

Our next event is on Saturday 15th June. Please spread the word and come along if you can. It's just a blast around an easy circuit on a Saturday morning, followed by a bit of a social over tea and cake. There's really no pressure to be in the thick of the competition. It would be great to see a few more of you there.

Full results here.

It couldn't have been a more beautiful day; dry roads, bright sunshine making for reasonably mild temperatures and hardly a breath of wind. If only we could claim the road surfaces were in good condition, but unfortunately they've disintegrated even further over the winter, and Skiff Lane is now in even worse condition. Just think of it as our very own Spring Classic!

Thanks to all the riders turning up yesterday to give it a go. We had 18 which isn't too bad for this time of year, and those riders included 4 women and 1 junior. We split the riders into 2 categories as we did last year, evening up the playing field a little. All those with aerobars or deep wheels (more than 60mm) or aero helmets were in the TT category. If you think you've been listed in the wrong category, please get in touch.

Jon Hughes was the fastest TT bike, coming home in 23:48 with Mark Wright in second place with 25:35. 1st female TT bike was Ali Walters with 28:59.

First road bike home was Ben Hopwood from Just Pedal who crossed the line with an excellent 24:36 with Mark Pritchard and Matt Hill fighting for second place with 25:44 and 25:48 respectively.

We'll make more of the Vets Standard Times this year which is another way of evening up the field. The Veteran Time Trial Association publish adjustment times for riders based on their age (over 40) and gender. This means that vet riders can be ranked according to how close they got to their vet standard time. Based on these standards, Jon Hughes was our first vet rider, coming in 2 mins 48 seconds faster than his vet standard time. Matt Hill was second vet, beating his standard time by 1:40, and Mark Wright was third,  beating his by 1:01.

Well done to all riders giving it a go this month, especially our junior Ethan Gubby who finished in a very speedy 29:28. Watch your backs folks!

And especial thanks as usual go to my volunteer team who got up *very* early on Easter Saturday to make the whole event possible. This month my fantastic team were:

HQ Teas: Karl & Dexter Chandler

And to Adrian Morris at Loxwood Sports

Full results are now online.

Next event is 18th May. See you there!