6th May
Although numbers were down on the previous week, Thanet RC’s first venture onto the Thanet Way this season was well supported by riders and helpers. A north easterly breeze would have been handy; instead a brisk westerly greeted the competitors, so with a couple of notable exceptions, times could best be described as modest (yeah, ok, easy for me to say!). Colin Inett, recently back from a training camp scored maximum points, so the exercise must’ve done him good. And Shay Giles on a new ‘Boardman’ TT bike turned the tables on Chris Bax, overhauling him on the final slope.
Danial Phillips GS Invicta 22:27
Shay Giles VC Elan 23:14
Steve Quincey VC Elan 23:14
Simon Henderson TRC 23:46 (6 points)
Jeff Cross Deal Tri 24:05
Chris Bax VC Deal 24:24
Rick Perkins TRC 25:15 (8 points)
Tony Culshaw TRC 25:34 (8 points)
Colin Inett TRC 26:15 (10 points)
Peter Huckstep TRC 27:28 (9 points)
Andy McCall TRC 27:35 (5 points)

13th May
A murky evening, but at least the rain held off. ‘Light airs’ meant faster times this week. Shay Giles was on form, winning the event with 23:07. The club competition is building nicely now, with 3 TRC riders likely to be consistent at sub 24 minute 10’s as the season progresses… indeed, despite a PB with a 24:00, Rick Perkins was heard debating 100ths of a second with the time keeper... Dave was unmoved, so 24 it remained!
1st Shay Giles VC Elan 23:07
2nd Andy Macpherson TRC 23:33 (9 points)
3rd Dave Williams Kingsnorth 23:38
Jeff Cross Deal Tri 23:39
Rick Perkins TRC 24:00 (PB) (7 points)
Chris Bax VC Deal 24:09
Tony Culshaw TRC 24:52 (PB) (10 points)
Jeremy Saynor VC Deal 25:00
Steve Robertson TRC 28:15 (PB) (8 points)

20th May
‘Twas a slight and warming westerly zephyr that caressed the 16 riders who sallied forth on this most agreeable of evenings set deep in the garden of England. Thus there came to pass a smattering of PB’s.

1st Paul Burrows VC Elan 21:24
2nd Danial Phillips GS Invicta 22:44
3rd Shay Giles VC Elan 22:57
Andy Girling TRC 23:07 (10 points)
Chris Bax VC Deal 23:48
Jeff Cross Deal Tri 23:50
Rick Perkins TRC 23:53 (PB) (6 points)
Phil Steptoe Victoria CC 24:04
Tony Culshaw TRC 24:44 (PB) (7 points)
Colin Inett TRC 25:52 (9 points)
Jeremy Saynor VC Deal 26:32
Peter Huckstep TRC 27:05 (9 points)
Andy McCall TRC 27:34 (5 points)
Sam Petersen 29:03
Graeme Bartlett TRC 29:55
Pip McVey TRC 33:01 (4 points)

27th May
A surprisingly good turnout on a miserable cold and windy evening; indeed, one of our regulars must have looked so dejected that a passing motorist stopped in a panic and attempted to avert a suicide leap from the aptly named ‘Heart in Hand’ bridge. In the end, Jan abandoned trying to convince her rescuer that she was taking split times on a bike race and agreed to phone the Samaritans the instant she got home!

1st Danial Phillips GS Invicta 22:42
2nd Shay Giles VC Elan 23:26
3rd Simon Henderson TRC 24:01 (9 points)
Chris Bax VC Deal 24:11
Peter Huckstep TRC 27:41 (8 points)
Sam Petersen TRC 28:51 (10 points)
Steve Robertson TRC 29:13 (7 points)

Evening Points To Date:
Tony Culshaw 48
Rick Perkins 36
Andy Macpherson 32
Peter Huckstep 39
Simon Henderson 34
Colin Inett 29
Pip McVey 26
Terry Fearn 25
Andy Girling 22
Andy McCall 19
Bobbie Fairhall 16
Steve Robertson 15
Sam Petersen 10
Colin Robinson 10
Hannah Brinkman 6