May update
San Fairy Ann Cycling Club Sportive 2024
This is a last call for entries to the much-loved San Fairy Ann Sportive on Sunday 19th May.
As usual, every single penny after expenses goes to the Air Ambulance, Kent Surrey Sussex. Enjoy a day in the Kent countryside while helping us get past £60,000 raised for this invaluable charity and life-saving service over the years!
There are three routes:
85km scenic
115km classic
160km epic.
More details are on the SFA website
Enter through British Cycling
Questions? email sfa.sportive@gmail.com
It is all run by volunteers so I would love to hear from anyone who can help with putting up and taking down signs before and after.
Bob Watts
Fairies 5 Summer Audax rides
The summer series of Fairies Audax rides from Bethersden are on Sunday 16 June. There’s a great choice of distances to suit a wide range of riders. Which one will you choose?
300km Summer Sunrise
200km Summer Dream
150km Summer Holiday
100km Summer Swallow
50km Summer Breeze.
Apart from the pleasant Kent countryside, the flatish routes and the quality of food provided, participants often welcome the traditional Fairies welcome, TLC and legendary soup.
Routes, maps and rider briefing are on the Club website
Enter through the Audax UK website by selecting a date range which includes 16/6/2024. Entries close one week before and there are no entries on the day except for the 50km Summer Breeze.
Questions? email bobwatts999@gmail.com
Situation with Primal
Primal Europe has stopped trading very suddenly which means our ordering portal has closed. The board are working on a solution and will update everybody as soon as possible. We are expecting all existing orders to be satisfied.
Racing update
Over the last month, our race team has been through its highs and lows. The lows being cancelled races and TTs. It seems that road works are having an effect on not just our daily commute to work. The highs have been the clubs first Victory, with Mark Cain and Martin Kober winning road bike and age category on a recent TT. We’ve had other great results with Dave Richards, Matt Lacey, and Paul Jenner all posting PBs on resent TTs. Mark Cain had a great top 10 in his first BMCR Masters race at the Dunton Ford Test track too. More races and TTs this month (fingers crossed).
Wednesday Evening Time Trials
Please keep an eye out for any updates on our Facebook page if you are intending to ride one of these events (especially if you are not on the list of regular riders) in light of recent experience with roadworks, mainly on the A20 between Harrietsham and Charing.
There is a shortage of on the day coordinators from the 12 June onwards to set up the event so please contact John Longbottom if you can help; no co-ordinator = no event.
There are still some vacant marshal slots to fill as well so get in contact with John if you can help out. For the latest position of where there are vacancies follow this link to where the up to date list can be found. Missing marshals = no event.