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Can't Let This Happen Again Folks....

Postby Snoop Doug » Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:47 am

Browsing London Cycle Sports I was reading the NP review of 2007. In it appears the following highlight:

[quote]Norwood Paragon won the annual Interclub Time Trial against Addiscombe CC by more than four minutes.


Are we going to let them get away with this in 2008.....?

:evil: Answers on a postcard..... :evil:
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Postby mrP(Boonen)VT » Thu Feb 28, 2008 11:09 am

We need it on a decent TT course, not climbing mountain passes :roll:
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Postby George » Thu Feb 28, 2008 11:12 am

[quote]We need it on a decent TT course, not climbing mountain passes
I don't mind where Paul :wink:
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Re: Can't Let This Happen Again Folks....

Postby Snoop Doug » Thu Feb 28, 2008 11:12 am

Agreed. I could never understand why, as winners the previous year, we conceded our position as hosts....?
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Postby Andrew G » Thu Feb 28, 2008 11:49 am

Think they've won it the last 2 or 3 years Snoop. :oops:

The course is sporting and unfortunately they have a lot of good road racers who can hammer round this course very quickly (they know it very well too whereas most of our riders had only have seen it when they're riding it). Jon H troubled the top spots but otherwise it's a bit of a struggle. Perhaps this year with George doing some TTs (he couldn't make the last one inter-club) and Dom going so well who knows.

Add in an even stronger Paul H and Stu and it might get back to PVTs beloved dual carriageway yet.
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Postby mrP(Boonen)VT » Thu Feb 28, 2008 12:10 pm

[quote]it might get back to PVTs beloved dual carriageway yet


and don't forget RichV as well.

originally, the proposal was to alternate between this mountain challenge and the Holmwood course, but because too many of the NP refused to ride on Holmwood, they could not get a team together, so we conceded.
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Postby John the old'un » Thu Feb 28, 2008 12:14 pm

So how does the scoring take place to determine the winning Club?
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Postby Snoop Doug » Thu Feb 28, 2008 12:14 pm

[quote="mrP(Boonen)VT"]originally, the proposal was to alternate between this mountain challenge and the Holmwood course, but because too many of the NP refused to ride on Holmwood, they could not get a team together, so we conceded.


What!! Bunch of lightweight wusses!! :evil: :shock:
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Postby Snoop Doug » Thu Feb 28, 2008 12:15 pm

John - I reckon the scoring must be based on the bigger girls blouse you are - the more points you get. Don't want to ride the Holmwood.....bah humbug :P
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Postby John the old'un » Thu Feb 28, 2008 12:23 pm

[quote="Snoop Doug"]John - I reckon the scoring must be based on the bigger girls blouse you are - the more points you get. Don't want to ride the Holmwood.....bah humbug :P

Yeah, I don't mind riding the hilly one, i.e. the Holmwood :lol: !!!
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Postby Andrew G » Thu Feb 28, 2008 12:39 pm

[quote="marco"]total time from the first 6 counting riders from each team I think

I had a go last year to try and get the title back - it was a horrendous course, I didnt realise 10 miles could take so long. Despite my best efforts I came last!!!

That's because it was 10.4 or 10.7 :D
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Postby richv » Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:20 pm

[quote="mrP(Boonen)VT"][quote]it might get back to PVTs beloved dual carriageway yet


and don't forget RichV as well.

originally, the proposal was to alternate between this mountain challenge and the Holmwood course, but because too many of the NP refused to ride on Holmwood, they could not get a team together, so we conceded.


I don't particularly love dual carriageways and would much rather spend a week in the Alps than trundling up and down the A1 on a Sunday morning. However with my 'busy professional build' caused mainly by a love of cake :) :( :? I know that I'm unlikely to beat the mountain whippets round a hilly course and my competitive instinct means that when I get the opportunity to race I tend to race on flat courses where us lard-arses have a 'fair' chance :wink:

There's no reason why we shouldn't beat NP this year with the improvements being made by the skinnier members of the club and you can all have a warm-up on 16th March at the SCCU hilly, entry forms in by next Tuesday if you want to beat me over a hilly TT. But don't think we'll ever get it back to Holmwood the windy Paragon lot will refuse to ride it.
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Postby mrP(Boonen)VT » Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:10 pm

[quote]the windy Paragon lot will refuse to ride it.


Could we win by default then......go on Jon book it in for next year :twisted:
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Postby Ivor » Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:41 pm

[quote]SCCU hilly,

what's the route for the sccu hilly? am I being dense? but I can see it's route "GS/335" but can't see where that is or where it starts? google simply produces the ctt page: http://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/eve ... &District=
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Postby Amy » Thu Feb 28, 2008 3:11 pm

Don't forget, it's first claim riders only
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