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THE CHAINLETTER ISSUE 145 April 2016

THE CHAINLETTER LINCOLN WHEELERS MONTHLY NEWSLETTER ISSUE 145

IT’s Billy Whizz!!!!!!!

New 10 Mile Record Holder

A few Lincoln Wheelers made the Good Friday trip to ride the legendary V718. I’m

chuffed to report that Billy Jarish has smashed the senior 10 mile time trial record

previously held by Russell Beedham who got the record in 1994 and has set a new

record at 20:15. This was a stunning ride beating fellow Wheelers Richard Sheldrake

and Andy Newham by over a minute. This is an excellent 22 year record to beat, and

were only at the start of the season!!!!!!!

Rider of the Season

1 John Noone 144

2 Jon Clarke 119

3 Jon Moody 115

4 Andy Newham 110

5 Peter Brumpton 95

6 Euan Adamson 94

7 Neil Winter 93

8 Richard Sheldrake 83

9 Paul Clarke 83

10 Damian Baker 65

John Noone leads the

Rider of the Season for

the first ever time from

the ever consistent Jon

Clarke. Jon Moody makes

it all Jons/Johns on the

podium with Mr

Chairman in 4th

.


Elvis Costello Trophy After Round 1 was cancelled due to

flooding, Round 2 saw 6 Lincoln

Wheelers do battle. Ed Burkitt got the

best start, while myself (Paul Clarke)

had a terrible start down in around

40th

. I made my way up the field

passing David Webb and Jonathan

Backhouse to move up to around 15th

place overall and tail Ed. I then put

some fast pressure on Ed to get a good

gap to beat him by 20 seconds.

Jonathan was 3rd

with David just

beating Roger Mitchell and Jon Moody

in 6th

. Ed Burkitt was easily the fastest

Wheeler in Round 2 of the series with

15th

overall. Roger Mitchell just beat

Andy Newham with David Webb and

Jon Moody making up another strong

Wheelers contingent.

Spring 5 Continued

59 seconds with Richard Sheldrake 3rd

just

4 seconds further back. Andy in 1st

averaged 28.39 Miles Per hour, an

amazing time. Judith Brand was fastest on

handicap with Paul Eveleigh 2nd

. So Sean

Hunt was 1st

in the scratch league while

John Cunliffe was 1st

in the Handicap

league. However when both leagues are

joined together to make the rider of the

season points, it would be John Noone

who would come out on top ahead of

Sean hunt with Stuart Stott 3rd

. 2nd

in the

Scratch and 4th

in the handicap,

consistency was definitly the key for John

Noone to get the round win.

Spring 5 League

In the wet filthy conditions of round 1

Euan Adamson got a 3 second victory

over Sean Hunt with an 11:35 with

John Noone making up the podium of

a 29 strong field. There was an

excellent performance from the

returning Ian Truman in 4th

equal with

Deborah Scotcher becoming fastest

lady out of 5. John Noone was top man

on Handicap with John Cunliffe 2nd

with an excellent 14:07. Unfortunately

the 2nd

round was cancelled due to

roadworks. Round 3 was back on with

Andy Broxholme storming to victory

with a 10:34 beating Sean Hunt by


Lincolnshire Showground Circuit Races

Round 1

Circuit Racing was back with a

bang! In the Under 12s Sam Baker

had an unfortunate crash on the

final straight gifting James

Newham the victory in an

extremely close battle to the

finish. Andy Broxholme returned

to victory on his return to the

series beating Billy jarish and

Michael Adlington in the scratch

race. In the handicap it was Trent

Valley’s Adlington that stole the

show beating Broxholme with

Damian Baker in 3rd

. Andy

Broxholme would take the round

win from the consistent John

Noone and Damian. Great debut

performances came from Ed

Burkitt, David Webb, Alex

Broadhurst and Christy Loughlin.

On Round 2 it would be the Battle

of the Burkitts as Ben would beat

brother Max in the Under 14s.

The main race would be another

Andy Broxholme domination as

he saw of Michael Adlington in

both races. Overall would see Jon

Clarke grab 2nd

with Jon Moody

3rd

having an excellent handicap

race from James Rogerson and

John Noone who remains 2nd

in

the league behind Superhuman

OXO.


Paris Roubaix Sportive

Adam Round,

Damian Baker, John

Noone, Mark

Osbourne, James

Rogerson, Sean Hunt,

Jacob Hammond,

Billy Jarish, Neil

Winter, Andy

Newham and Jon

Moody all took on

the Paris Roubaix

Sportive

Several Wheelers took on the 175KM Paris Roubaix sportive route which went over all

of the horrifically difficult cobblestone sections that the great Paris Roubaix Race goes

on. They also finished at the very famous Roubaix Velodrome which saw Matthew

Hayman grab the glory of this year’s race while Britain’s Ian Stannard finished 3rd

. There

were many Wheelers watching the Pro Race Paris Roubaix on TV, specifically to see if

we could spot our Wheelers Teammates. The picture on the top left is winner of our

“Spot the Git” competition as Andy Newham, Jon Moody and Sean Hunt got the picture

on Eurosport. To me it looks like an excellent challenge and the lads looked like they all

had an amazing time.


Mileater

1 Ben Reilly 1751

2 Phil Bartle 1550

3 Alex Broadhurst 1489

4 Kim Bartle 1463

5 Lou Hounslow 1462

6 Neil O Brien 1423

7 Carl Ashcroft 1338

8 Chris Faulkner 1303

9 John Cunliffe 1211

10 Barry Wilson 1199

Dated 20th

April

17 Riders have already reached

silver with 6 months to go, and

after all the Winter Club Runs

finished Alex Broadhurst did the

most mile with 608.

2016 Summer Tour by Neil O Brien

Planning for the traditional summer tour is

well underway and steel touring bikes,

panniers, and maps are being readied.

Three brave (stupid?) Wheelers will be

exploring the Baltic coast and Germany in

mid-September with a 14-day ride of

around 1,000 miles. Andy Beeson, Bernie

Norton, and Neil O’Brien set off on 10th

September flying to Billund in Denmark –

the airport next to Legoland (but please

don’t tell my grandchildren). After building

our bikes and finding our way out of the

airport, we then spend a few days cycling

across Denmark’s Baltic islands before

catching a ferry to Warnemunde in

Germany. From there, we follow the Baltic

coast to the island of Ruegen, famous for its

beaches and wildlife, and also for the

massive holiday camp built by Hitler for

Nazi party members. It is still standing, and

is still the largest building in Europe

although completely usused. We then head

south, following the Havel river to Berlin

where we have a day sightseeing. Then we

take an overnight train to Dusseldorf and

cycle back to Rotterdam along the Rhine

before taking the ferry back to Hull and the

short ride home. We don’t expect the

weather to be as hot as the Danube last

year (thank goodness!) but hopefully we

won’t need rain jackets every day. Beer will

be mandatory along with frites and

mayonnaise, and currywurst. We will

provide a report when we are back and post

photos on Facebook for anyone interested.

Open Event Corner

Open event time trials began early

in Feburary with Richard Sheldrake

and Andy Newham tearing up the

tarmac across the country. Richard

did an excellent time of 21:37 a

nine second PB, with Andy

Newham grabbing a speedy 23:01

at Ranby. Both also competed in

the Coalville Whs 10. The Hillier

course saw Richard get 24:29 and

Andy get 25:37. Then Good Friday

on the V718 saw Billy Jarish and his

amazing record breaking

performance of 20:15 with Richard

and Andy getting in the 21s.


This Newsletter was made with the help of Jon Clarke, Neil Winter, Nicola

Casburn, Richard Sheldrake, Deborah Scotcher, Neil O Brien, Phil Bartle,

Glenn Porter, Adam round and Richard Howes of

www.RichardHowesPhotography.com

Paul Clarke

Rogues Gallery

Top Left: Lou

Hounslow and Pete

Holland

Top Right: Paul Clarke,

Captain Mainwaring

and Jon Clarke.

Bottom Right: The

Gang who saw all 4

seasons on Andy

Wright’s Peaks Ride.

Bottom Left: Peter

Jones at the Derby

Velodrome.

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