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Monday 15th December Weekly Newsletter

15/12/2014

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Holiday Message from Mat, Club Captain

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Training this week

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Weekly Roundup

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Collect your Membership Cards

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Christmas Meal this Wednesday, 8pm

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Odd Down Racing - 20th Dec

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Picture of the Week

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Purchase Membership

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With thanks to our sponsors.

Other Cycling Stuff

Food Cycle

Get on your bike, prevent food waste and help out a great community project. Volunteers needed Saturdays 9-10pm and Sunday mornings (cycling or cooking).

Holiday Message from Mat, Club Captain

What a term!
I’d like to say a massive thank you to everyone that’s got involved in the last 3 months, it’s been rad. We’ve smashed a chain of new milestones this year, and I’d like to say a few words on what we’ve achieved.
The term started off with a bang, as 80 bright eyed riders came out for the first ride of the year. After a spin around Bristol, this being a first for many, we headed to the pub for some well earned hydration.
The following Wednesday marked the second ride and our first social of the year. After arriving tight and bright, we departed spoons with clouded vision and stumbled onto the triangle. Lounge.
That weekend the roadies furiously pedalled to the Forest of Dean, meeting up with the MTB crew who had hitched a free lift there to experience the fantastic trails it has to offer. The sun shone and we couldn’t have had a better time.
After first weeks heavy night in Lounge, we opted for a calmer array of socials over the following month. With a trip to Roll for the Soul for some mechanic coaching, a Bike Polo taster session, a meal at sponsors Mission Burrito, a brilliantly curated quiz, a film night and quote Callum Hunter “the best night of my life”: SCORE. The participation of these nights has been great as has the quality of their delivery, thanks Andrew for the fantastic work.
With the club progressing so well over the last few years, it was time to give back to the cycling community. This term marked our FIRST EVER open hill climb. It was a great success with a huge field of riders; thanks Tom Hall and Connor for doing such a good job in organising.
To finish the Hill Climb season our fastest vertical ascenders headed up to the BUCS hill climb in the peak district, returning with a plethora of great positions. The following day alumni member Will Bourne placed an incredible 14th in the National Hill Climb Championships. Chapeau!
We’ve had loads of away trips that have all been great fun. Travelling to the Brecon Beacons, Afan, Bike Park Wales and Snowdonia. Conquering some of the best climbs and descents this country has to offer.
Our development and performance teams have gone from strength to strength taking part in interval sessions, spinning sessions and saturday training rides. The training has proved it’s worth with fantastic results coming from both cyclocross and closed circuit racing.
One further notable milestone from this term has been the creation of the Western Universities Race League. Cam has done a great job of getting local Universities together and the first event two weeks ago was a great success.
Next term holds a multitude of exciting events. Look out for more away trips, Tour de Burrito, our open time trial, loads of racing and there’s even rumours of THE PYRENEES.
So once again, thanks for getting involved. This club solely exists because of people like us that enjoy riding our bikes, and we’ve had a lot of fun doing just that!

Kit note: No news as yet on the kit. Keep an eye on the facebook group for more info.

Training this week

Tuesday: 8pm, FREE Spinning at the Gym (NO GYM PASS Needed). This is now a regular session. Sign up will be via a post on our Facebook Group. The first 16 to reply will get a place. Anyone who doesn't get a spot will get priority for next week (so if you wanted to go and it's full, post to get on the list for next week).

Wednesday: 2pm, Last ride of 2014. See you at the bridge! And, as always, remember to bring your lights!

Thursday: 7pm, Development squad. See respective groups or email Cam (ct13975@my.bristol.ac.uk) for more info.

Weekly Roundup

Odd Down Racing
A big weekend for UOBCC's road team who were down in Bath on Saturday for the first round of the Odd Down Winter Series. The nice weather was a good omen of things to come as we had five top-10 finishers across the three events. Special mentions goes to Barney and Becca who came 6th and 9th respectively in their first ever closed-circuit race. A fantastic effort from all involved - we're in for a good year!

Cyclocross
Two of our riders visited Lockleaze for Round 11 of the Western League this weekend. The course was all but relentless, with thick soul-sapping mud that had both Cam and Callum off their bikes and pulling clods from their brakes. Cameron, who after running over a Bath Uni CC rider, had a healthy 20 second lead in the first half of the race. However the sticky mud meant he had to stop and eventually finished in 3rd. Congratulations to Callum for pushing through to complete his first race in 16th.

Collect your Membership Cards

We will be handing out membership cards on Tuesday (16th) and Thursday (18th) lunchtimes 1-1:30 in Queen's Building foyer.

Christmas Meal this Wednesday, 8pm

Time: 8pm, 17th December.
Location: Beerd
Facebook Event

Thanks to all those who signed up to our Christmas meal. See you at 8 on Wednesday.

The menu includes: antipasti on arrival, a selection of Beerd's pizzas, salads, sweet potato fries and onion rings plus a good dashing of mulled wine.

For those of you hard core cyclists who can even manage more than one night out a term, we will probably be heading to Bunker for the last sports night this year.

Odd Down Racing - 20th Dec

Sign-up on British Cycling. Odd Down racing December 20th - (next weekend) if you're still in Bristol. Pre-entry closes on Thursday.

Want to race? You'll need a race licence and to get that you need to be a member of British Cycling. If it's your first year, get a £20 discount here. (Promo code: NEWCMRA)

Picture of the Week

Becca in the women's peloton at Odd Down on Saturday.

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