Velo’s Mike Stanley broke through the 24 minute barrier or 10 miles, achieving a PB for the distance at the VTTA event held on the Ham Street course.

Mike recorded an excellent time of 23:45, and no doubt has sights on reducing this even further.

Well done Mike, and thanks to Bob Giles and the VTTA team for organising.

A busy weekend saw a number of velo riders in competitive action.

First up on Friday evening was the clubs 2 up time trial championship. Run off in a light drizzle experience racers Jon Graciano and Mike Stanley who recorded a time of 26:44, a mixed pairing of Rob Kennison and Sally Smith took second place with 27:08, with Nigel Wharton and Fraser Blandford hot on their heels with 27:14.

Thank you to all who braved the conditions to ride, and to Rodney and Rachel for marshalling.

Sunday morning saw time trials and road racing at Betteshanger Country Park. Sally Smith was racing again, this time riding the KCA 25 2up with Aiga Kolosova. The all female pairing was victorious in the category in a time of 1:10:09, an excellent performance, particularly for Aiga who was racing for the first time.

Mike Stanley also raced in the solo category, and claimed 13th place recording 1:04:54.

Clearly a woman in form, Sally Smith lined up shortly afterwards for the BMRC circuit race organise by Kingsnorth International Wheelers, and she claimed her second win of the day as first lady home. Rob Kennison and Jon Graciano also took part in their respective age group races, Rob winning the sprint for third in his race, whilst Jon was fourth in his category.

Well done all, and thanks to all of the volunteers from their various clubs and associations who made the racing happen.

A summer weekend of mixed weather conditions saw velos in triathlon and time trial action.

Matt Nunn was crowned the clubs triathlon champion and took an excellent 5th place in the Oysterman triathlon at Whitstable.

With the event consisting of a 500m sea swim, 20km bike leg and a 5km run, Matt came home in 1hour 1 minute and 31 seconds.

Well done Matt!

Down on Romney Marsh, Mike Stanley became the club 50 champ having completed the VTTA 50 mile time trial, and braved a downpour in the second half of the ride to claim 18th place with a time of 2:16:31.

Well done Mike, and thanks to the VTTA volunteers for putting the event on.

Velo’s Bill Stacey travelled to the Republic Of Ireland to take part in the Ring of Kerry Charity ride.

The ride takes in 170 km of tough Irish roads, covering the well known ring of Kerry touring route. Bill took in a number of climbs including the tough pass of Ceim an Daimh (Mollis Gap), but also took time to enjoy a well deserved drink of stout on the way!

Well done Bill.

The week of the summer solstice saw velo riders out racing time trials, and taking part in some longest day rides.

Matt Nunn raced the VTTA 10 mile Time Trial held on the closed cycling circuit at Betteshanger Country Park and finished in a strong 6th place in a time of 23:36.

Well done Matt, and thanks to Mark Hill and his team of volunteers for putting on the event.

With the longest day falling during a week, a number of club riders set out to undertake some epic rides.

A large group of riders including Andrew Collyer, Simon Tucker, Nigel Wharton, Rachel Hartridge, Simon Morris, Fraser Blandford, and Charlie Bruce completed a 160 mile lap of Kent on the Friday, whilst Rob Sapp completed a similar lap with a friend on Saturday.

Sally Smith decided that roads were not for her and took part in the Salisbury Plain gravel epic, completing the 135 mile event, of which 80% was off road, and including almost 3,000 metres of vertical ascent.

Well done all!

The third round of the evening 10 competition saw four velos and one Wigmore rider brave the evening heat of the Iwade circuit.

Matt Nunn won the event on the evening in a time of 24:23, just ten seconds ahead of Jon Graciano, who took the lead in the club 10 championship. Wigmore rider Dave Wastall completed the podium. Mike Stanley was fastest road bike, ahead of Fraser Blandford.

Time trial bikes

Pos	Name	Club	Time	Points
1	Matt Nunn	Medway Velo	24:23	4
2	Jon Graciano	Medway Velo	24:33	3
3	Dave Wastall	Wigmore CC	26:27

Road bikes

Pos	Name	Club	Time	Points
1	Mike Stanley	Medway Velo	27:51	2
2	Fraser Blandford	Medway Velo	28:26	1

Thank you to Phil, and Cameron for marshalling.

Elsewhere club member Bill Stacey completed his epic charity ride covering the more than 800 miles from Lands End to John O’Groats. Well done Bill!

Velo’s Matt Nunn donned his tri suit for the Eastbourne Triathlon, run off in the mid June heatwave.

Racing the standard distance event Matt claimed 7th place in his age category and 59th overall, including a strong performance of 1:13:03 for the cycle leg.

Well done Matt!

Matt Nunn continued his busy weekend and finished fourth overall in the Ocean Lake Tri Sprint triathlon.

Matt covered 750m swim, 18k bike leg, and 5k run in a time of 1:03:20.

Well done Matt!

A busy weekend of action saw velo riders taking on time trials, road races and sportives across the south of England, including a category win for Sally Smith.

The CC Bexley 10 held on the Isle of Grain course saw four velos facing the challenge of a stiff headwind on the return leg. Club champion overall was Matt Nunn, who completed the event in 23:41, good enough for ninth place overall.

Mike Stanley was first vet home, finishing in 24:54, whilst Rob Kennison was road bike club champion in a time of 25:53. Sally Smith was ladies champion and also took the prize money for winning the female road bike category.

Sunday saw velos at the K20 sportive and the Tour of Cambridgeshire. Rachel Hartridge, Simon Tucker and Harvey Pope completed the 75 miles distance event of the K20 sportive in a little over 4 hours, their route taking in a number of climbs of the high weald.

Up in Cambridgeshire Jon Graciano completed in the UCI age group road race, covering 66 miles in 2:36:33, finishing in the first third of his age group and the first quarter overall, whilst Rob Hatton completed the 100 mile sportive.

Well done all, and thanks to the volunteers from CC Bexley, ToC, and K20 for putting on their events.

Velo’s Jon Graciano continued his preparation for the Tour of Cambridgeshire by competing in the Surrey Cycle Racing League crits held at the Gravesend Cyclopark.

Competing in a field of 45 riders in the 3/4 race Jon was active in the bunch throughout the race and finished in 25th place. After the race Jon remarked that his fitness was getting there before his main aim the following week.

Elsewhere Sally Smith competed in the Wigmore CC evening 10 held on the Iwade circuit, coming home in 28:28, good enough for second road bike.

Well done Jon, and Sally, and thanks to the Surrey League, Wigmore CC and their volunteers for organising.