Blackburn and District C.T.C.
Blackburn and District C.T.C.
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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) |
| 15/07/2018 | Rombalds Moor | WBS | 09:00 | Ilkley | Long | |
| 22/07/2018 | Tour of Pendle | WBS | 09:30 | Old Rock, Trawden | Short | |
| 29/07/2018 | Oxenhope | WBS | 09:00 | Hebden Bridge | Long | |
| 05/08/2018 | Sunderland Point | RCP | 09:00 | Heysham | Long | |
| 12/08/2018 | Mastiles Lane from Goredale | WBS | 09:00 | Airton | Medium | |
| 19/08/2018 | Kingsdale & Barbondale Car Assisted from Garden Makers |
GM | 09:00 | Dent | Medium | |
| 26/08/2018 | Knott End | RCP | 09:00 | Knott End | Long | |
| 02/09/2018 | Sowerby Bridge Rush Bearing Festival | WBS | 09:00 | Mill bank Tea Rooms | Long | |
| 09/09/2018 | Littondale | WBS | 09:00 | Halton Gill | Long | |
| 16/09/2018 | Hodder Valley Round | WBS | 09:30 | Garden Makers | Short | |
| 23/09/2018 | Tour of Wensleydale Car Assisted from Hawes Station |
HS | 09:30 | Medium | ||
| 30/09/2018 | Tourist Competition | WBS | 09:30 | TBD | ||
| 07/10/2018 | Quernmore | WBS | 09:30 | Conder Green | Medium | |
| 14/10/2018 | Tour of Ingleborough | WBS | 09:30 | Ingleton | Long | |
| 21/10/2018 | Langber Lane | WBS | 09:30 | Settle | Medium | |
| 28/10/2018 | Treasure Hunt & Freewheel Competitions | WBS | 09:30 | Wait & see! | ||
| 04/11/2018 | Stew's mystery tour 2 | WBS | 09:30 | Thadudby Telling! | ??? | |
| 11/11/2018 | Remembrance Day - 100yrs since WW1 | WBS | 09:30 | Hellifield | ||
| 18/11/2018 | Fylde Flyer | WBS | 09:30 | Roots | Medium | |
| 25/11/2018 | Kettlewell Weekend | 09:30 | ||||
| 02/12/2018 | Wheelton | WBS | 09:30 | Wheelton | Short | |
| 09/12/2018 | Pendle Lanes | WBS | 09:30 | Esse at Barlick | Short | |
| 16/12/2018 | 12 Gates of Christmas & Christmas Meal | WBS | 09:30 | Gisburn PO | Short | |
| 23/12/2018 | Airton & Settle Winter Solstice | WBS | 09:30 | Airton | Medium | |
| 30/12/2018 | Feizor | WBS | 09:30 | Feizor | Medium |
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 | Garden Makers |
| 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.
2018 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 27th Sep | Superstars Competition * | |
| Thu 4th Oct | The Hebrides by Tandem | John Cowburn |
| Thu 11th Oct | England to Australia, overland. | Ray Bracewell |
| Thu 18th Oct | The Historic County Tops of Wales | Anne & Tony Stott |
| Thu 25th Oct | ## Clubroom Closed ## | |
| Thu 1st Nov | AGM Plus: Entries for Print & Digital Competitions * |
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| Thu 8th Nov | Highland Fling | Mark Smith |
| Thu 15th Nov | Holland by Bus, Bike & Barge | Lesley Miller |
| Thu 22nd Nov | Portugal. The man! | Ian Stott |
| Thu 29th Nov | Brecon Beacons | Anne & Tony Stott |
| Thu 6th Dec | Digital & Print Competitions * | |
| Thu 13th Dec | In Flanders Fields | Dave & Caroline Collinge |
| Thu 20th Dec | Christmas Bash in your Best Christmas Attire | |
| Thu 27th Dec | ## Clubroom Closed ## | |
| Thu 3rd Jan | ## Clubroom Closed ## | |
| Thu 10th Jan | Review of 2018 |
Other 2018 Diary Dates
| Date | Event | Organiser / Start Time |
| Wed 15th Aug | * Club Hill Climb, Close Brow, Rishton (7pm) | |
| ??? | * Beard Cup Hill Climb | |
| Thu 27th Sep | * Clubroom re-opens. Superstars Competition. | |
| Thu 1st Nov | Annual General Meeting (AGM) | |
| Sun 28th Oct | * Treasure Hunt - meet Whalley @ 09:30 (Check!) * Freewheel Competition - Marl Hill @ 14:30 (Check!) |
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| Sat 24th Nov | Christmas Weekend Away, venue: Kettlewell | |
| Thu 29th Nov | Closing date for Club Magazine articles. | |
| Sun 16th Dec | Christmas Dinner: venue TBD Advance Booking Required - see Lesley. |
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| Thu 20th Dec | Christmas Party @ the clubroom | |
* => Event counts towards the 2018 Super Tourist Competition.
2018 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 BC | Pts for SSC | Pts for TC | Pts for HC | Pts for PHC | Pts for DIC | Total |
| 1= | Stewart Clark | 50 | 62 | 100 | 125 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 637 |
| 1= | Dave Galloway | 50 | 62 | 100 | 125 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 637 |
| 1= | Lesley Miller | 50 | 62 | 100 | 125 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 637 |
| 4 | Chris Fitzer | 31 | 62 | 100 | 125 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 618 |
| 5 | John Cowburn | 0 | 62 | 100 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 287 |
| 6 | Ian Stott | 50 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150 |
| 7 | Sue Clark | 50 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112 |
| 8= | Janice Cowburn | 0 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 |
| 8= | Barry Hall | 0 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 |
| 10= | Mike Bradbury | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| 10= | Steve Hodgson | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| 10= | Paul Melling | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| 10= | Paul Smith | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| 14= | Caroline Collinge | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| 14= | Tara Robb | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| 14= | Drew Robb | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| 14= | Anne Stott | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| 14= | Yvonne Whyte | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
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: Friday 13th July 2018