Club hill climb championships 2023 ~ Results

For the first time in many years the club has returned to the Brockham Hill course for its annual hill climb championships.  1.6km of pure joy!  Congratulations to all who took part and thank you to the timekeepers and marshals for giving up their time.

Here are the results:

Number Name Club Time Category
Men’s competition
1 Pete MASSON Hart Evolution 4:28.0
2 James ALLEN Alton CC 4:40.0 Club men’s champion
3 Brian TAYLOR No club 4:47.0
4 Owen SPEAKE Alton CC 5:04.0 Fastest over 50
5 Justin LEE Alton CC 5:07.0
6 Ian RANSOM Alton CC 5:24.0 Fastest over 60
7 Shaun BLOW Alton CC 5:51.0
8 Charlie WILLIAMS Alton CC 6:06.0
9 Oliver BISHOP Alton CC 6:10.0
Women’s competition
1 Ruth STRATFORD Alton CC 6:44.0 Club women’s champion
2 Becci MAY Alton […]

Club Hill Climb Championships 24 Sep 2023

Our annual club hill climb competition has run on the Brightstone Lane course since 1996. However, it’s now time for a change and this year we will run the competition on the Brockham Hill course which starts in Holybourne.

We will hold the event slightly earlier in the season on 24th September to avoid the previous date clash with the new forest gridiron event. Event start time is 10:00.

We are operating this event as a CTT ‘club event’ and entry will be free for club members who enter using this form. Other clubs’ members are invited to the event and can enter online via the CTT website (entry fee £5). Entries close at 17:00 on 22nd September. By way of reminder, all entrants must wear a helmet and have a working front and rear bike light.

In addition to the Men’s and Women’s hill climb […]

Two of our annual rides in July

We have 2 of our annual special ride events coming up that we’d like to highlight (in case you’ve missed the WhatsApp messages – easily done!):

Our 100km audax this Sunday (9th July, 9am start)
https://www.altoncyclingclub.org/jimwoods/
We start at Beech Village Hall and ride out to Leckford on a picturesque circular route. This ride is being organised in memory of our good friend and club mate Jim Woods who tragically died in 2020 of a brain tumour. Any surplus money from this event will be donated to Brainstrust, the charity that provides help and resources to people with brain tumours.

Mike’s 100 miler (Sunday 16th July, 8am start)
Lovely route starting from the Butts, which has been an annual ACC tradition organised by Mike Hayward, with planned stops at Stockbridge (~25miles) and Wendy’s Community cafe in Great Bedwyn. Ruth is helping organise it this year, whilst Mike is recovering from heart […]

Club trip to Provence

28 of us arrived in Buis-les-Baronnies, Provence at the beginning of June.  Some drove, some took the train and 4 arrived on their bikes having ridden part or all of the way from the UK.  Our home for the week is Hotel Sous l’Olivier which is well-situated to reach the best cycling that Provence has to offer, including the infamous Mont Ventoux.

So far this week, our groups have ridden in all possible directions to visit places like the Gorges de la Nesque, Le Poet-en-Percip, Malaucene, Bedoin, Nyons, the Montauban valley, Sederon, the worryingly-named Col de l’Homme Mort, Vaison-la-Romaine, Montbrun-les-Bains and of course, Mont Ventoux.   So far, 7 of us have made the ascent to the summit of Ventoux which stands at 1,910m.

Today, Paul, Clare and Ruth have been rock climbing on the Via Ferrata and tomorrow another group is planning to tackle Mont Ventoux.

Quite a week!

April Segment Challenge Results

April’s segment was a flattish one from West Meon to East Meon along the beautiful Meon valley over 3.5km with only 23m of elevation gain.  Best results were had on windy days with a Northwesterly.  Fastest man was James Allen in 5:18 and fastest woman was Ruth Stratford in 7:08.  Factoring in each competitor’s age, saw Shaun Blow take the fastest adjusted time for the men of 5:05.5 and Ruth Stratford took the women’s fastest adjusted time of 6:43.7.  Full results are here.

Congratulations to all 14 who took part this month, especially to Ian Austin as our oldest competitor!

If you haven’t yet entered and would like to take part in the May competition, please ensure you enter using the registration form on the Segment Challenge page.