The annual hill climb up Clay Bank takes place on Sunday 29th September. The closing date for entries is Sunday 22nd September, so just 4 days from now, at the time of posting. Get your entry in soon to avoid missing out on what is always a great 3 to 7 minutes of pain! All details are as per usual (Great Broughton HQ, Tea & Cakes, 10am first off, etc., etc.)
Entries here…
The latest running of the “Hilly 21” took place on Sunday 24th March. We were blessed with decent weather, light wind and no unforeseen roadworks or blockages on the course, which is always nice.
Congratulations to Cleveland Wheelers’ very own Toby Tanfield who came home in first place overall this year with a very decent time of 45:37, beating Marcel Schubert (Darlington CC) and Toby Simpson (Team Bottrill) into second place & third places respecively.
The road bike contest was even more hotly contended with Ross Turner (Leadout Performance) beating Rob Carter (Cleveland Wheelers) by just two seconds, the top three being completed by Adam Pincder of Teesdale CRC.
The Female contest was won by Kate Sanderson (Cleveland Wheelers) ahead of Annabel Sill (Cleveland Wheelers) and Deborah Jeffries (Manilla).
There were strong showings in the Junior/Youth section too with Daniel Thompson (Cleveland Wheelers) leading home Elliot Holt (Fietsen Tempo) and Lewis Maynard (Cleveland Wheelers).
Finally, Stephen Newton and Anthony Harrison (Stockton Wheelers) romped home in the Tandem contest.
Many thanks to everyone who entered, and to the timekeepers, marshals, organisers, photographer, kitchen staff and other helpers who all made it another successful event.
Full results can be found here.
Below is a link to a photo gallery from the event, courtesy of Michael Guess. Feel free to use any for personal, non-commercial use. For any other requirements please contact Michael directly.
Here are some photos of our hill climb on the THC33 course – the steep side of Clay Bank.
Once again, many thanks to Brian Gleeson for the photos.
Just a reminder that there are only a few days left to get your entry in for the CWCC Open TT event on April 23rd. This is a 25-mile event and runs from Castleton to Hutton Le Hole and back, via Blakey Ridge. As such there is very little, if any, flat involved! Climb, climb, climb, descend, descend, descend, turn around and repeat! It’s quite a unique event!
Entry details are here but hurry, time is running out!
Here are some photos of our hill climb on the THC33 course – the steep side of Clay Bank.
Many thanks to Brian Gleeson for taking them.
Cleveland Wheelers