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Post by brianwilson on May 15, 2014 21:13:10 GMT 1
Mountain bike league tomorrow evening 6.30 start Friday. We are back to our usual venue for the first time this season. There will be a couple of practice laps to familiarise riders with this years course.
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Post by bigpeter151 on May 15, 2014 23:21:10 GMT 1
Yay. A club mtb thing I can do...  |
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Post by barryvankellett on May 16, 2014 8:09:06 GMT 1
Doubt I will make tonight unless my new chain arrives in the post today!
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Post by barryvankellett on May 16, 2014 22:27:51 GMT 1
Brilliant night on the trails and new loop for this seasons league. Superb work from the guys who have been involved in creating that. New test rider for fresh trails discovered as well:  Untitled by barry_kellett99, on Flickr |
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Post by johnmcg on May 16, 2014 23:11:19 GMT 1
Thank God Aoife was only test riding. If she had raced it would have been another rider beating me !
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Post by brianwilson on May 17, 2014 7:50:27 GMT 1
Results from Fridays club mtb league. The times have been worked out as an average lap time to enable comparisons.
There are no allowances or handicaps in these.
Average lap time Points
Barry Kellet 12.13 100
Adrian Booth 13.36 95
Paul Watson 13.36 95
Ben Wilson 14.41 85
Gibson Chambers 15.23 80
Paul Mawhirt 15.30 78
Peter Ritchie 15.42 76
Gavin Marmion 16.20 Guest
Kathryn Aiken 17.34 Guest
Andrew 18.05 Guest
John mc Guigan 18.41 74
Marty McNulty DNF 50
Alistair Brown DNF Guest
John Shanks. DNS
Kelly Wilson DNS
Timekeeper B Wilson
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Post by barryvankellett on May 17, 2014 17:04:28 GMT 1
Results from Fridays club mtb league. The times have been worked out as an average lap time to enable comparisons. There are no allowances or handicaps in these. Average lap time Points Barry Kellet 12.13 100 Adrian Booth 13.36 95 Paul Watson 13.36 95 Ben Wilson 14.41 85 Gibson Chambers 15.23 80 Paul Mawhirt 15.30 78 Peter Ritchie 15.42 76 Gavin Marmion 16.20 Guest Kathryn Aiken 17.34 Guest Andrew 18.05 Guest John mc Guigan 18.41 74 Marty McNulty DNF 50 Alistair Brown DNF Guest John Shanks. DNS Kelly Wilson DNS Timekeeper B Wilson You can make it as twisty and tight as you like, but at the end of the day 29ers and children rule ;-) |
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Post by barryvankellett on May 30, 2014 21:59:10 GMT 1
Well done McGuigan on the win tonight. Full results to follow!
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Post by barryvankellett on May 31, 2014 11:07:14 GMT 1
Last nights results: | Place | Name | Points | | 1 | John McGuigan | 100 | | 2 | Ben Wilson | 95 | | 3 | Adrian Booth | 90 | | 4 | Gibson Chambers | 85 | | 5 | Barry Kellet | 80 | | 6 | Alistair Brown | Guest | | 7 | Paul Watson | 78 | | 8 | John Shanks | 76 | | 9 | Brian Wilson | 74 |
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Post by barryvankellett on May 31, 2014 11:08:05 GMT 1
Overall standings:
| Name | Points | Events | | 1 | Ben Wilson | 475 | 5 | | 2 | Barry Kellet | 391 | 5 | | 3 | John McGuigan | 377 | 5 | | 4 | Brian Wilson | 344 | 4 | | 4 | Emlyn Williamson | 270 | 3 | | 6 | Paul Watson | 346 | 4 | | 7 | Paul Mawhirt | 254 | 4 | | 8 | Luke Williamson | 209 | 3 | | 9 | Kelly Wilson | 202 | 3 | | 10 | John Shanks | 256 | 3 | | 11 | Stephanie Williamson | 162 | 2 | | 12 | Adrian Booth | 235 | 3 | | 13 | Robert Davison | 120 | 2 | | 14 | Danny Williamson | 100 | 1 | | 15 | Gibson Chambers | 165 | 2 | | 16 | Peter Ritchie | 76 | 1 | | 17 | Peter Davison | 50 | 1 | | 18 | Marty McNulty | 50 | 1 |
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Post by brianwilson on Jun 13, 2014 23:10:48 GMT 1
Round 6 was held tonight the winner( 2 in a row) was John McGuigan. Yes it is the same John McGuigan that says he can't stay on a bike and doesn't train much!
The course was in good condition with the usual technical challenges. First away were Gibson,Gavin,Alistair and Peter doing 4 laps. A minute later Brian and Robert set off to complete 4 laps. John started 3.30 mins further back with 4 laps to complete. John McGuigan was next away 30 secs after John with 3 laps to complete. Ben was last away 23 mins after John but with 2 laps to complete. The chase was on. First over the line would be the winner.
The first group led out by Gibson started to splinter after a lap with Gibson and Gavin opening up a gap on the others. Robert on his first outing on this course was riding well through the technical sections and was closing the gap on group 1. John who was on his own was riding strongly on the fire road climbs and steadily closing the gap. John McGuigan was telling anyone who was foolish enough to listen how poorly he was going. Ben was chasing him down but the gap looked too big.
John McGuigan made the finish line first with Ben a minute behind and John Shanks making it up to 3rd.
Well done to John McGuigan.
An emergency meeting of the handicap committee has been called!
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Post by barryvankellett on Jun 13, 2014 23:32:02 GMT 1
Round 6 was held tonight the winner( 2 in a row) was John McGuigan. Yes it is the same John McGuigan that says he can't stay on a bike and doesn't train much! The course was in good condition with the usual technical challenges. First away were Gibson,Gavin,Alistair and Peter doing 4 laps. A minute later Brian and Robert set off to complete 4 laps. John started 3.30 mins further back with 4 laps to complete. John McGuigan was next away 30 secs after John with 3 laps to complete. Ben was last away 23 mins after John but with 2 laps to complete. The chase was on. First over the line would be the winner. The first group led out by Gibson started to splinter after a lap with Gibson and Gavin opening up a gap on the others. Robert on his first outing on this course was riding well through the technical sections and was closing the gap on group 1. John who was on his own was riding strongly on the fire road climbs and steadily closing the gap. John McGuigan was telling anyone who was foolish enough to listen how poorly he was going. Ben was chasing him down but the gap looked too big. John McGuigan made the finish line first with Ben a minute behind and John Shanks making it up to 3rd. Well done to John McGuigan. An emergency meeting of the handicap committee has been called! You need to get an account on Strava. 90% of his training hours are spent doing laps of the club course and the other 10% are spent bluffing. Hence he is getting a bit too good at both. |
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Post by johnmcg on Jun 14, 2014 1:01:36 GMT 1
Firstly, I have to say I don't like the insinuations, I am always open and honest, and have never ever bluffed in my life.
Secondly, if blame is to be apportioned for sketchy handicaps, then I 100% blame the handicapper ( there you go, i am being open and honest again )
Thirdly, just to correct some facts stated, I only spend 30% of my available training time on the xc course, 30% training on the road, and 40% of available training time is actually spent thinking about training while lounging on the sofa eating pringles and wagon wheels.
As for not being able to stay on my bike, unfortunately that is still the case despite some dedicated practice. Luckily tonight my phase of hitting everything that doesn't move out of the way only lasted for the warm up and the first lap. Maybe I am getting a wee bit better as laps 2 and 3 were reasonably incident free.
And finally, a word to all for the next race ( the one after the emergency handicap meeting ), give a good loud gulder long before you want to pass me so I can get safely out of the way.
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Post by barryvankellett on Jun 14, 2014 16:35:21 GMT 1
and have never ever bluffed in my life. double bluffing! Well done on the win John... The handicap system is working pretty well I think! |
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Post by johnmcg on Jun 14, 2014 18:25:26 GMT 1
bluffing, double buffing, its all getting too confusing, but one thing i am sure of, i will be put back in my box again at the next race
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Post by barryvankellett on Jun 15, 2014 0:01:36 GMT 1
Round 6 results: | Place | Name | Points | | | 1 | John McGuigan | 100 | | | 2 | Ben Wilson | 95 | | | 3 | John Shanks | 90 | | | 4 | Brian Wilson | 85 | | | 5 | Gavin Marmion | 80 | | | 6 | Robert Davison | 78 | | | 7 | Gibson Chambers | 76 | | | 8 | Peter Davison | 50 | DNF | | 9 | Alistair Brown | Guest | |
Current League Table: | Name | Points | Events | | 1 | Ben Wilson | 570 | 6 | | 2 | John McGuigan | 477 | 6 | | 3 | Brian Wilson | 429 | 5 | | 4 | Barry Kellet | 391 | 5 | | 5 | Paul Watson | 346 | 4 | | 6 | John Shanks | 346 | 4 | | 7 | Emlyn Williamson | 270 | 3 | | 8 | Paul Mawhirt | 254 | 4 | | 9 | Gibson Chambers | 241 | 3 | | 10 | Adrian Booth | 235 | 3 | | 11 | Luke Williamson | 209 | 3 | | 12 | Kelly Wilson | 202 | 3 | | 13 | Robert Davison | 198 | 3 | | 14 | Stephanie Williamson | 162 | 2 | | 15 | Gavin Marmion | 154 | 2 | | 16 | Danny Williamson | 100 | 1 | | 17 | Peter Davison | 100 | 2 | | 18 | Peter Ritchie | 76 | 1 | | 19 | Marty McNulty | 50 | 1 |
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Post by barryvankellett on Jun 23, 2014 14:19:09 GMT 1
Reminder - Club League returns this Friday.
Hope to see plenty there! McGuigan is looking a head to head battle with redgie I heard...
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Post by johnmcg on Jul 11, 2014 17:37:53 GMT 1
Club XC race tonight....usual venue !
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Post by johnmcg on Jul 12, 2014 17:40:23 GMT 1
Round 7 - 26th June
A few regulars missing tonight including League leader Ben Wilson, but there was a few new comers in DK for the 1st time, and with the course just a little damp it was going to make for a challenging race. After the handicaps were sorted the riders set off, some doing 2 laps, while others did 3 and 4 laps. First home was Peter Davidson taking the win, followed closely by David Broome with Wanita Broome taking 3rd. I had a good battle with Richard Cowan, eventually getting past him when he missed a turn ( need to get to DK more often Richard ) to take 4th with Richard finishing 5th. There was a fast sprint for 6th, with Gibson Chambers just pipping John Shanks and Robert Davidson coming in just behind in 8th. As usual there was good craic afterwards, no tea or coffee though, but plenty of midges :-)
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Post by johnmcg on Jul 12, 2014 18:09:35 GMT 1
Round 8 - 11th July
Due to holidays a few regulars were missing tonight, but those that attended expected a fast race as the course was reasonably dry. Guests included Kathryn Aiken and Irish champion Roger Aiken.
The handicaps were quickly sorted and riders set off at time gaps with between 3 and 5 laps to complete. Each rider appeared to be holding their positions until the last lap and as the time gaps shortened some of the faster riders started to catch and pass those in front. There were now only a few minutes between all the riders so it was hard racing until the end.
Unsurprisingly Roger took the win, Mr Van Kellett rode well to keep within sight until near the finish to claim 2nd. David Broome continues to ride strong and took 3rd. Gibson Chambers was closing me down fast, but just ran out of trail and I managed to hold on to 4th , Gibson taking 5th and Kathryn claiming 6th. Alister Brown took 7th, a victim of a handicappers error ( I so sorry...lol )
Next race is at the same venue on 8th August.
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