2012 Kicks Off / Full Steam Ahead

The 2012 season has now gotten underway. The early season Kettering Hilly event was the first outing for 4 members of the Team.  The weather conditions were atrocious for all competitors with torrential rain and temperatures of 4 degrees causing sub zero conditions in the wind. The course is a sporting venue around Isplip in Northamptonshire countryside over a series of A and B roads.First to ride was Andy Green who had been in the wind tunnel this winter months with a radically revised position

.Andy rode well to make a big improvement on last years time with a great 47.08 for 6th place.

Andy Green / Kettering Hilly 2012

Craig Twigg 48.05

 Next to ride was Matt Sinclair who was looking to put a good winters training to use. Matt rode to  a time of 44.20 and broke the 20 year old course record by 17 seconds having dropped his chain on the circuit and having had to dismount. This time stood for 20 minutes until Matt Bottrill of Drag2 zero improved on Sinclair's time by a further 1.28 to smash the course record further and pushing Matt Sinclair to a brilliant 2nd place. Craig Twigg in preparation for the South African iron man in April rode to a time of 48.50 for tenth having run 22miles the day  before.(Nutter!!).



Matt Sinclair on way to 2nd place



New recruit Ashley Roue had his first outing in his new team colours and finished in 51.28. Ash did well to complete the course after a mechanical failure had meant that his tri-bars had come loose and dropped off with 6 miles and some of the hilliest sections of the course yet to complete. Unlucky Ash.

Lutterworth Cycle Centre Race Team took the overall team prize. Great team win lads.

Ash Roue / Unlucky first outing

The following week saw Matt Sinclair and Craig Twigg ride the BDCA 2 up 25 to a great 3rd place overall in a time of 56.00. Local pairing and pre race favourites Geoff Platts and Scott Walker were beaten into second place in a time of 55.05

June comes to a close / Thank f@cX !!

Well as May came and went with high winds and lowsy weather , guess what June has been worse. To continue where we left off the prevailing wind has continued and indeed strengthened but this has not dampened the results of the Team, out and battling in all conditions.
Team stall wart Matt Sinclair goes into this weekend competing in the Hinckley CRC 10 and 25 on two consecutive days as pre race favourite. A win in these events would see Matt only beaten once in June by I Rides Matt Botterill taking his tally of wins for the season in to double figures.Other team members competing in this event are Craig Twigg, Humphrey Green and Paul Tomkins.The team on current form should have a good shot at the overall team prizes.

Results in June to date are,

Mercia HBM CC 25    Ian Wrobleski 55.21 (6th) , Paul Tomkins 55.32 , Andy Green 56.20
                                   1st in team prize

Melton Olympic 25     Matt Sinclair 50.32 (1st)

Leicester RC 10          Matt Sinclair 20.29 (1st) , Andy Green 21.31 (3rd)

Mapperley CC 10        Paul Tomkins 21.52 ( 2nd vet /10th overall)

Newark Castle 25        Matt Sinclair 52.24 (1st),Craig Twigg 52.34 (2nd),
                                    Andy Green 54.28 (5th) , Paul Tomkins 55.36 (9th).
                                    1st placed in team prize.

Leicester Forest 25     Matt Sinclair 51.59 ( 2nd to Matt Botterill)

Hertford 30                 IanWrobleski 1:08:50 (5th)

Northants DCA 21      Ian Wrobleski 48.47 (5th)

Update for May

As May 2011 comes to  conclusion a few general observations can be made.


1. Its bloody permanently windy


2. Its still f@ck!n windy.


The highlight of May is acknowledged to be the national 10 held this year in Tyneside. We had Matt Sinclair in fine form heading to the champs. Matt finished in 27th position which was a great ride. The difference at the champs is that 20 seconds was all that separated him from a top 10 placing so brilliant ride.
Andy Green again ventured south to compete on the U courses of Bristol combining a family outing. He rode the "Bristol South 10 U7" course in a time of 21.41 to take 7th and the "VTTA U48 10 "in 21.36 to take second place. Good riding to perform on both days consecutively.Brilliant.
Craig Twigg was once again concentrating on his Ironman career by entering the half ironman in Mallorca finishing with a respectable 17th place out of 3000 entries and being in the top quarter of the professional athletes competing. He also combined this with his stag weekend as he is getting married in July.
Ian Wrobleski has been out competing in a number of local events. Ian rode the fast F1/30 to finish in a great time of 1:08:50 to take fifth place in blustery conditions only 2 minutes down on the winner Sam Barker of Planet X on his home hunting grounds which is no mean feat.

Matt made his first outing over 50 miles today in the Notts Clarion 50. He won in a time of 1:48:39 and caught second place rider Shaun Eden of Maperley for 5 minutes to win by over 6 minutes in very windy conditions taking the Alan Daniels Trophy home for this event.

Matt Sinclair presented with the Alan Daniels Memorial Trophy by Alan's wife Carole

Going into June we have teams entered for the Newark 25, Leics R.C 10, Hinckley weekend Mercia CC 25.
Please keep me informed of any rides or results that you may have it all counts.!!
The lads are doing brilliantly but we are looking for solid members to join our ranks so if you have anyone in mind let me know.Look forward to seeing you on the road.

Fast Wheels.

Weekend Double for Sinclair / Mallory Park win for Sturgeon

This week saw the return to the road of Carl Sturgeon who competed in the Thursday night round of the Mallory Park series with a win in his first outing. The race was hotly contested by an abundance of local and national talent but a break was formed which went clear and the final laps were contested by Sturgeon,Gee and Jennings with eventual winner Sturgeon sprinting to beat the Team Raleigh rider into second place  with Jennings taking fourth place.

Result 5th May Mallory Park Circuit Series

1 Carl Sturgeon  / Lutterworth Cycle Centre RT

2 Matthew Gee  / Team Raleigh

3 Matthew Jennings  / Team iOptix

4 Philip Mooney  / Team Raleigh

5 Jeroen Janssen  / Team Raleigh

Melton Olympic 10/ Kettering 18.4 / Norland 30

Two of the team competed in the Melton 10 on the six hills course on Saturday afternoon. A strong field assembled with Lutterworth's Matt Sinclair as the pre race favourite.

Matt Sinclair Wins Melton 10 in 20.02

Not to disappoint Matt destroyed the opposition by over 30 seconds in ideal conditions in a time of 20.02. Craig Twigg having had yet another complete weeks lay off completed a great comeback ride after his recent loss of form due to his iron man exploits with a time of 20.47 to finish fourth only 5 seconds behind the third place man James Coleman and second place rider James Perkins in 20.36. Ever green I ride veteran Geoff Platts was fifth in 21.01.
Andy Green took to the roads of Northampton in the Kettering 18.4 mile event to finish in fifth place in a time of  42.55 only 51 seconds behind event winner and favourite Sam Barker of Planet X. Andy who punctured with 2 miles to the finish soldiered on to complete the course and undoutably lost a lot of time possibly costing him a win in the event.
Sunday 8th May saw Matt and Ian Wrobleski once again competing in the Norland 30 mile event. Good conditions were once again the order of the day with a win for Matt doubling up for the weekend for the first time this year in a time of 1:02:49 for a 50 second win over second place man Jim Moffatt of Virgin Active. Ian finished in a great time of 1:07:36 for seventh place.

Just a note guys with a long season left we really could do with getting teams of three into these events, we are giving team prizes away for fun. Please contact either myself or post on here to tie up with other team members for any up and coming events.

Fast Wheels.......

1st May Weekend Results

Well the seasons is well under way and most the guys are all up and running. Several of the team raced this weekend at a number of local events with some excellent results.
Andy Green is flying and had entered the Dianne Cook Memorial 10 which moved from its usual course at Wolvey to the faster K10/10F at Princethorpe. A field of a high standard entered the event and with the weather conditions being far from ideal ,with very high winds the result was far from a given conclusion amongst the top seeds. Andy eventually finished 4th with 21.35 with Mike Wheeler finishing with a time of 23.38 in his first event of 2011. The event win was taken by John Simpkins / Drag 2 Zero in 21.00, second was Scott Povey / i ride in 21.03 and third was Matt Purshouse/ Warwick CC in 21.26.

The Hinckley 2- up 25 was the contested by a number of the local clubs with Lutterwoth RT having two of the seeded teams contesting the overall result. The event was held on the K41/25 which is a two lap course on the sporting Wolvey / A5 circuit near Hinckley. The weather was much as the day before with a strong wind on the outward leg from Wolvey towards Lutterworth. The event win was taken by Lutterworth's Andy Green & Dael Sidwell who destroyed the opposition by a minute over the sporting two lap's in a time of 53.51. Second place was secured by the second Lutterworth pairing of Matt Sinclair & Craig Twigg in 54.51. In third position were pre race favourites and the top seeded pairing of Matt Purshouse and Richard Shimmell in 55.05.



Andy Green / Dael Sidwell riding to victory in the Hinckley 2up 25 in 53.51



Great rides all round and a sign of whats to come. Just need the rest of us to get are arses into gear.

Other notable recent results were:-

Dael and Paul Sidwell ( HCRC) Warwicks Tandem 10  /      1st place in  21.26

Matt Sinclair                              Derby Mercury 10 /            2nd place in 20.45

Andy Green                               VTTA 10                            9th place in 21.19

Matt Sinclair                              VTTA Notts / E-Mids 25    1st place in  51.36

Matt Sinclair                              BDCA 25                           2nd place in 50.11

Ian Wrobleski / Dael Sidwell / Matt Sinclair Retford 10         Fastest Team of 3 WIN

Matt Sinclair                              Retford 10                           2nd place in 20.45

Matt and Ian also won the A5 Rangers trophy for the fastest team of two over the two events which they retain for the coming year,well done guys.

Matt and Twiggy ride to a respectable 2nd place in the Hinckley 2-up 25





New Blogg

Hi guys, well this is the start of a new idea for the Team. Ive been thinking about doing this for a while. So any results /  races / ideas etc are much appreciated.
The guys have been out there racing for about a month now with some good results which is really encouraging for the season's as it is still very early.  The weather has been exceptional for the most of April and you've only got to look at the early season times to see that.
Special mentions though go out to Matt Sinclair for his brilliant early form.
A Great result for Craig Twigg in the South African Iron man with 18 place.
A SPECIAL mention too on Twiggy's tan which wins him rider of the month. Never before has such a shade of orange been seen at the Leicester Hard Riders 29 on last bank holiday Monday.
As i said this is the start so keep me informed. Fast wheels to you all .




Ian Wrobleski at Six Hills 25 / 56.36