Blackburn and District C.T.C.
Blackburn and District C.T.C.
Hello & welcome to the web page for the Blackburn & District CTC Member Group. Below you will find information about our cycling group and about some of the rides & other social events that we have planned in the coming weeks. If you would like to obtain more information then please feel free to send us an email using the link at the bottom of the page.
Contact details
We are a friendly diverse club with active members ranging from family members with accompanying young children to riders in their 80s. We take part in many of the various disciplines of cycling including cycle-touring, cycle racing (time-trialling, road racing, track racing on the velodrome), cycle commuting and also mountain biking. Several of our members have undertaken some very broad ranging cycle tours covering all continents, some taking more than a year to complete. Our enthusiasm for the many aspects of the sport of cycling has also contributed to several of our members becoming extremely fit and winning cycle racing medals at National level in recent years.
Given our rides programme, our social programme and our depth of experience of the sport of cycling we have a great deal to offer to any prospective new members. Sunday club rides are always relaxed and sociable and new members are always given a very warm welcome, plus plenty of support and encouragement. In addition to our Sunday rides programme, several of our members also run other ad-hoc rides of varying intensity levels throughout each week, which are generally organised on club runs or by email or text message.
Our main ride of the week is the Sunday club ride. The club has operated a club ride on almost every Sunday for the whole of its 90 year history. In addition to the Sunday rides there are ad-hoc midweek and Saturday morning rides run by members, but these are usually organised at the clubroom or on the Sunday club ride. The schedule of upcoming Sunday rides is:
| Date | Destination | Meeting Place | Start Time | Lunch Stop | Tea Stop | Approx. dist (miles) |
| 20/10/2019 | Long Causeway | WBS | 09:30 | Hebden Bridge | Long | |
| 27/10/2019 | The Wall | BR | 09:30 | Wheelton | Short | |
| 03/11/2019 | Catlow Fords | WBS | 09:30 | Pendle Heritage Centre | Medium | |
| 10/11/2019 | Clapham Tunnels | WBS | 09:30 | Clapham | Medium | |
| 17/11/2019 | Black Lane Ends | WBS | Esse @ Barlick | Medium | ||
| 23/11/2019 | Christmas Weekend Away | 09:30 | ||||
| 01/12/2019 | Lanes on the Fylde | RCP | 09:30 | Garstang | Medium | |
| 08/12/2019 | Hunter Bark | WBS | 09:30 | Settle | Short | |
| 15/12/2019 | Christmas Meal @ 12:30pm | WBS | 09:30 | Ferrari's | Short | |
| 22/12/2019 | Solstice Bells | WBS | 09:30 | Gardenmakers | Short | |
| 29/12/2019 | Old Pendle | WBS | 09:30 | Clarion House | Short | |
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Please note that the start times shown above are the departure times from the meeting point, so you should aim to arrive there in advance of the stated time.
Meeting Places
The meeting places used for clubruns are:
| Abbreviation | Meeting Place |
| ATH | Accrington Town Hall |
| BR | Brownhill Roundabout |
| BTH | Blackburn Town Hall |
| C | Clitheroe (White Horse, 11 Market Place) |
| CH | Crooklands Hotel |
| CTL | Clayton-le-Moors Traffic Lights |
| DB | Darwen Boundary |
| GM | GardenMakers |
| GYH | Grinton Youth Hostel |
| HS | Hawes Station |
| ITL | Intack Traffic Lights |
| N | Norden High School / Primetime, Rishton |
| RCP | Ribchester Car Park |
| RM | Rathmell |
| W | Whalley Abbey West Gate |
| WBS | Whalley Bus Station, Whalley |
| WCP | Whalley Arms Car Park, Whalley |
Monday Touring Rides
The meeting place for these runs is Wilpshire train station at 9:15am for a 9:30am departure. All welcome. Further information is available from Steve Gregson on either 01254 812458 or 01268 542835.
2019 Social Programme
The Clubroom is located at Primetime, Stourton Street, Rishton, BB1 4ED and club night is Thursdays from 7:30pm to 9:30pm. The clubroom is open most Thursdays through the Autumn / Winter / Spring months from September through to (approximately) April. The clubroom has a full social programme including slide presentation evenings and quiz / competition nights. The clubroom is the best way to get to meet club members and to gain information about required equipment and required fitness levels before attempting club rides. So please give it a try!
| Date | Event | Organiser / Start Time |
| Thu 26th Sep | Hull & Hockney | Anne & Tony Stott |
| Thu 3rd Oct | An End to End with Stew Clark | Stewart Clark |
| Thu 10th Oct | An Evening with Richard Gate: Transcontinental Race across 17 countries |
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| Thu 17th Oct | Superstars - for Young & Old **** PLUS**** Tourist Competition |
Tony Stott |
| Thu 24th Oct | Clubroom CLOSED for Half Term | |
| Thu 31st Oct | Trick or Treat AGM Fancy Dress Optional Closing date for entries for Print & Digital Competitions |
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| Thu 7th Nov | Norway, South to North | John Richardson |
| Thu 14th Nov | Lanzarote Wet Wales |
Lesley Miller Stewart Clark |
| Thu 21st Nov | North Coast 500 | Chris Fitzer |
| Thu 28th Nov | Print & Digital Competitions | |
| Thu 5th Dec | New Zealand | John Cowburn |
| Thu 12th Dec | The Yorkshire Wolds Easter Tour | |
| Thu 19th Dec | Christmas Party | |
| Thu 26th Dec | Clubroom CLOSED for Half Term | |
| Thu 2nd Jan | Clubroom CLOSED for Half Term | |
| Thu 9th Jan | The Haweswater Pipeline | Anne & Tony Stott |
| Thu 16th Jan | Review of the Year | |
| Thu 23rd Jan | Potato Pie Presentation Evening (7:30pm start) Tickets £XX from: Anne Stott (01254 232537) or Caroline Collinge (01200 445245) |
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Other 2019 Diary Dates
| Date | Event | Organiser / Start Time |
| Thu23rdJan | Prize Presentation Evening, 7:30pm @ the clubroom | |
| Sun 31st Mar | * 50 miles within 5 hours Standard Ride | Paul Smith |
| Sun 5th May | * 100km in 6.5 hours Standard Ride | Anne Stott |
| Thu 9th May | 2up Team Time Trial | Anne Stott |
| Sun 9th Jun | * 100 miles within 9 hours Standard Ride | Richard John |
| Wed 19th Jun | SPOCO Time Trial, Bashall Eaves | Richard John |
| Sun 30th Jun | * 200 km within 12 hours Standard Ride | StewartClark |
| Thu 11th Jul | Club Hill Climb | |
| Thu 26th Sep | Clubroom re-opens. | |
| Sun 29th Sep | * Treasure Hunt - meet RCP | |
| Sun 6th Oct | * Freewheel Competition | |
| Thu 17th Oct | * Superstars Competition | |
| Thu 17th Oct | * Tourist Competition NB: This is a recent date change |
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| Thu 31st Oct | Annual General Meeting (AGM) | |
| Thu 31st Oct | Closing date for Club Magazine articles. | |
| Sat 24th Nov | Christmas Weekend Away, venue: TBD | |
| Sun 14th Dec | Christmas Dinner: venue TBD Advance Booking Required - see ???. |
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| Thu 19th Dec | Christmas Party @ the clubroom | |
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* => Event counts towards the 2019 Super Tourist Competition.
2019 Super Tourist Competition Current Standings
Every year the club holds several rides and competitions. As well as the individual competitions there is an overall Supertourist competition which awards a trophy to the competitor who has been most consistent in the individual events. The current standings in the Supertourist competition are:
| Pos | Name | Pts for 50 | Pts for 100k | Pts for 100m | Pts for 200k | Pts for GS | Pts for FWC | Pts for TH | Pts for SSC | Pts for TC | Pts for HC | Pts for PHC | Pts for DIC | Total |
| 1 | John Cowburn | 50 | 62 | 100 | 125 | 300 | 50 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 837 |
| 2= | Sue Clark | 50 | 62 | 100 | 125 | 300 | 50 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 812 |
| 2= | Stewart Clark | 50 | 62 | 100 | 125 | 300 | 50 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 812 |
| 4= | Chris Fitzer | 0 | 62 | 100 | 125 | 0 | 200 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 637 |
| 4= | Dave Galloway | 50 | 62 | 100 | 125 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 637 |
| 6 | Tony Stott | 0 | 62 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 562 |
| 7 | Anne Stott | 0 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 462 |
| 8 | Janice Cowburn | 50 | 62 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 412 |
| 9 | Dave Collinge | 50 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 312 |
| 10 | Steve Hodgson | 50 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112 |
| 11= | Caroline Collinge | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| 11= | Sue Eastham | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| 11= | Mark Eastham | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| 11= | Tracy Mercer | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| 11= | Lesley Miller | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| 11= | Leanne Postlethwaite | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| 11= | Paul Smith | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
Key to Events:
| Abbreviation | Event |
| 50 | 50 miles or 50km within 5 hours Standard Ride |
| 100k | 100 km within X hours Standard Ride |
| 100m | 100 miles within 9 hours Standard Ride |
| 200k | 200km within 12 hours Standard Ride |
| GS | Grand Slam (All 4 Standard Rides Completed) |
| FWC | Freewheel Competition |
| TH | Treasure Hunt |
| BC | Beard Cup Event - compete and / or just ride out to support |
| SSC | Superstars Competition |
| TC | Tourist Competition |
| HC | Club Hill Climb |
| PHC | Photographic Competition (3 pictures mounted on card, with caption, one picture must have a bike on) |
| DIC | Digital Image Competition |
Last update: Monday 14th October 2019