Clifton CC

Weather forecast isn't exactly a scorcher for this evening but it could be worse - who's up for Team Clifton on the Kirby Hill circuit this evening? Arthur - 5:45 as usual? Likewise anyone else who fancies riding out?

I was really looking forward to tonight, but im getting over a knee injury at the moment. Gonna miss tonight but should be back in action shortly.....

Hope the knee sorts out, Steve. Just checked previous thread and seen Arthur's away and Ian's marshalling.

how did tonight go? i didn't ride cos noone seemed to be going! my legs still felt sore from wkend so saved some money and went for a normal ride!

Had the Paul Kay Mem RR entered for Wed night so was having a night off. Start sheet only arrived this morning so all looked ok - organiser rang tonight to say race was postponed as part of the course had washed away.
Aaaaaaaaaaargh!!!

sorry guys but couldnt make tonight, the missus had me decorating and no amount of browne points was gonna get me out of it, hope all those who rode had a good race

Race report:-

Well, the Team Clifton chances in the Airedale Shield took a bit of a knock as we only fielded two riders last night! Ian was marshalling, Paul B and I started. Small-ish field (about 30?) for six laps of the Kirby Hill circuit on a bright, breezy evening. Dry roads although there was one bit of flooding, which Ian was marshalling!

Arthur and Muzzy will be pleased to hear I got set off in the third group (and Paul in the scratch group), got almost immediately dropped as there were only four of us, and latched onto the scratch group. Paul packed a couple of laps in, but the rest of us pulled back all of the earlier groups by about halfway. The usual attempts to get clear were all just about pulled back by the final climb. I got 9th. Full results should be up on the series website today; Chevin got a bunch of riders in the top ten, and their fully-kitted out team bus also cut a dash.

Two weeks! Aldeborough circuit! As Brenda Beldon said to me at signing-on, "where's your lot then? There's silverware to be 'ad, you know!"

CLUB PLACINGS FOR AIREDALE OLYMPIC "TED BELL" SHIELD
RACE 1 RACE 2 RACE 3 RACE 4 RACE 5 RACE 6 RACE 7 RACE 8 TOTAL

YRC 1 0 3 2 1 1 8 PLACINGS AT 5 RACES
CLIFTON CC 0 1 0 3 3 1 8 PLACINGS AT 4 RACES
TEAM CHEVIN 1 1 0 0 0 3 5
OBRI-COACHING 0 1 1 1 0 1 4
BOB JACKSON 0 1 0 1 1 0 3
AIREDALE 1 0 0 0 0 1 2
BONESHAKERS 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
BATLEY CC 0 1 1 0 0 0 2