New boots and panties

After a mixed bag of old and new in the Interclub on Saturday the new club colours got a proper outing in the De Laune LVRC Road Races on Sunday, the SWRC had riders in the 40 & 60 age races around the (9 mile) Bletchingly circuit near Godstone. I rode out to ease the legs (& shame) of going wrong in the previous days event (after telling all and sundry to make sure they went around the right roundabout!). These races are part of the season long South East Green Jersey series so there was full fields and competitive racing in all the events and the LVRC tend to be quite combative as they are populated with (Ex) pros and top roadmen who like to race hard and know how to exploit weak legs



Brother Alan had a tough ride in the 5 lap 40-49 race with Colin Roshier (Team Quest) running out the winner over Matt Seaton (Rapher/Condor) in a break from half distance and Andrew Meilak (ODLS Racing) just pipping Alan for the uphill bunch sprint after Alan led out, his usual speed must have been blunted in the hills of the Lake District last weekend!

In the 60-69 we had two representatives Andy Hicks & Roger Jackaman and who were in the action all race long but missed the two man break that snuck away on the second lap of the 36 mile race

The Bletchingly circuit is a tough course with a steep climb up to the finish and then a mile long drag up through Godstone and as this was Andy & Rogers first race of the season they did well to be competitive and come away with 5th and 6th place respectively, the last time I saw them they were off the front with half a lap to go but they did not have enough conditioning to stay away and the bunch brought them back so they both did well to get up in the sprint. Their race was won by Dave Bonner an ex Old Ports '25' mile TT Champ from 1963.