Good Friday 10 – 14th April 2017

Friday saw the Great Yarmouth Cycling Club hold its annual Good Friday 10 mile Time Trial. A fortunate change in the weather resulted in a very good turnout with 129 riders meeting at the headquarters in Wortwell for an 8am start. Conditions were on the dry but cold side. Riders were thankful for a tailwind on the way out, although …

Presentation night

Friday 3rd February saw the club’s 93rd Annual Presentation Dinner at the Cliff Hotel. It was a good night for Steve Konrad who took home the Somerleyton Cup, awarded to the fastest member to complete a 10 mile Time Trial on the Somerleyton course during the season: his time being 22:47, averaging 26.34mph. Steve also took home the Pendle Cup, …

Weekly Report

Jan Smith rode the Godic 25 mile TT on Tuesday night against 19 other riders. Conditions were good with a slight crosswind. Jan Smith completed the course in 1:11:35, giving her the fastest female time of the night. The event was won by Liam Gentry in a time of 55:41. Mark Richards’s time of 56:40 was excellent considering he competed …

Weekly report

Thursday saw 18 riders sign on for the GYCC 10 in fairly good conditions. The youngest and fastest GYCC rider of the night, Christopher Hodds, completed the course in 25:35, giving him 4th place and knocking 50 seconds off his personal best. Ian Hacon also rode a personal best of 26:46. Kersten Langer was the fastest GYCC female, completing the …

Weekly report

On Tuesday, 14th June, three GYCC riders took part in the Godric 10, competing in a strong field of 25. Jonny Hawes completed the course in 23:30 taking 7th place. Jan Smith was the fastest female GYCC rider, and she improved her personal best by 16 seconds, taking it down to 27.43. James Soanes, riding fixed gear, finished in 29.23, …

Weekly Report

Wednesday saw Alice and Emma Codling racing at Lotus. Alice rode a brilliant race, and the GYCC group kept a fast pace at the front so as to remove any slower or more dangerous riders from the bunch. The eleven laps came down to another sprint into a head wind. Alice, with her junior gearing, was able to get a …

Weekly Report

On Wednesday, Alice and Emma Codling were representing the GYCC junior ladies at the Lotus Race League. The race started as a large group riding at roughly 15mph into the strong headwind, but after the chicane, the bunch fragmented. Alice, being a junior and therefore on restricted gearing, was not able to sprint into a tailwind to make contact with …

Weekly Report

Three GYCC riders joined 30 other riders at Godric Cycling Club’s Tuesday 10 mile time trial. Weather conditions were very windy and times were not expected to be fast, but Jonny Hawes managed to improve on his personal best over that distance by 13 seconds recording 23.29. Jan Smith also succeeded in improving on her personal best that evening, managing to take 7 seconds off and …

Weekly Report

The first event of the week was the Godric CC 10 mile time trial. Five riders headed over to Earsham to sign on. Conditions were not perfect, with a strong headwind on the outward leg making it difficult to gain speed. The roads, however, were dry and fairly clear. Johnny Quinn improved on his personal best, completing the course in …