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2012 Mid week series.
Aberdeen Wheelers evening training and time trial series starts in April. Point of contact is Bob Gibson ~~ the.gibsons@live.co.uk
Details below. Please note only open to Aberdeen Wheelers club members and/or novice riders [potential members].
We meet at the large lay-by East of Drumoak Wednesday evenings 7pm to 7.15pm and hope to get things under way by 7.30pm.The only thing you will need is a servicable bike, a helmet and enthusiasm. We do have a points system for the time trials with medals and a trophy for the "friendly series".
Mid week activities:-
15th May ~~~ 15ml TT [Double loop].
17th May ~~~ Group ride ~~ Craig Cameron is your contact
22nd May ~~~ Standard "10" TT
24th May ~~~ ADCA RR Series Open event [Duncan Warwick ~ Deeside Th]
29th May & 31st May ~~ Group work ~ Craig is your man
5th June ~~~ Circuit TT [Hirn Circuit] Approx 17mls
7th June ~~~ Group training ~~ Craig Cameron
12th June ~~~ Standard "10" Pre- Ian Brodie Memorial "10"
14th June ~~~ Group training ~~ Craig or Colin are contacts
19th June ~~~ Hilly 11ml TT [Drumoak to Woodside of Durris]
21st June ~~~ Training Group ~~ Craig and Colin
26th June ~~~ Ride round RR course and final pre-race meeting.
28th June ~~~ Wheelers' RR ~~ ADCA midweek development series
3rd July ~~~ Standard "10"
4th July ~~~ Ythan's "Old Skool" TT ~~~ Road bikes only
5th July ~~~ Group Training ~ Colin or Craig are contacts
10th July ~~~ Circuit TT 18.6mls [Double Cullerlie loop]
12th July ~~~ Group Training ~ Colin or Craig
17thJuly ~~~ pre-Bob Soutar "10"
19th July ~~~ Group Training
24th July ~~~ Circuit TT [course TBA]
26th July ~~~ Granite City RR ~ ADCA mid week development series
31st July ~~~ Extended "10"
2nd Aug ~~~ Group Training
7th Aug ~~~ Short circuit TT [11.5mls]
9th ~~~ Ythan CC RR ~ ADCA mid week development series
14th Aug ~~~ Drumoak to Denside of Durris TT [hilly]
16th Aug ~~~ Group training
21st Aug ~~~ Standard "10"
23rd Aug ~~~ Group training
28th Aug ~~~ Finale ~ The Hill Climb [Any suggestions??]
Supporting a demand from members "THE WHEELERS" have re-hashed their mid week activities. The changes will allow for the Time Trial series to continue on Tuesday nights with Group Training now moved to Thursday nights. This will offer a more structured training set-up. Same rendezvous ~~ Mains of Drum [Drumoak] layby 7pm start for TTs
Keep up to date with club runs, events and gossip on Aberdeen Wheelers' Facebook page
Club Trophy winners 2012
Brendan McCabe ~ Brian Low Mem Trohy in 57.56 Neish Trophy ~ ~~ Carlos Riise [Shetland Whs] in 55.30
Wheelers' next open event is the Midweek RR promoted as part of the Aberdeen District mid week RR series
28th June
Contact: John Hunter
McCabe's Record!!
In 2011 Brendan McCabe set a new club 10ml record of 20min 20sec. Brendan's target ~~ to try and go a bit quicker.
All the hours on the Wattbike paying off Bren
Cowie's 2011 !!
Club Secretary Bob Cowie excelled in 2011.
Riding solo he outrode and out-thought the strong contingents of Granite City RT and Deeside Thistle to take both the Dick Longdragan Memorial Road Trophy and the Aberdeen District Road Race Championship.
With strong triders from various Scottish locations Bob's finishes of 10th and 4th overall in these races were pretty impressive [allowing for his age!!]
Dick Longdragan, "A Wheeler", was one of Bob's "mentors" when Bob was a "loon".
The icing on Bob's cake was the very last race of the season ~~ The Scottish Veterans' RR Championship where he took the Gold medal as Scottish Over 50s Road Race Champion.
Again Bob managed to show a clean pair of wheels to the local riders being the first Aberdeen District rider over the line. 10th place overall in a field mainly made up of "young vets".
We now call him sir!!
Bob has now changed his job and will only manage to race very occasionally this year. He did turn out to defend his ADCA Road Race title finishing 22nd overall but still with quite a few younger riders in his wake