Welwyn track update
By Mike Jackson: posted 10.4.2o12For all you wanting to race at Welwyn Track this season, a word from the organiser:
We are now close to the start of another Track League season – Friday April 20th. Open track training sessions on Friday April 13 and Monday April 16th are there to get your track legs spinning 7.00 to 9.00pm.
Can you also please fill in the Track League Registration form and either bring it to a track training session or to the first League meeting – this will be a great help and reduce the pressure at signing on – it will also give you more time to warm up on the track rather than standing in a queue to sign on!
The form can be downloaded here
La Santa Banter!
By Phil Eaton: posted 10.4.2012
This years pre-season training camp saw a number of CC Luton riders head off to the Club La Santa resort in Lanzarote. Catering for all types of athletes, the resort caters for everyone from triathletes to road cyclists as well as running various fitness and water based activities that partners could enjoy as well.
A fantastic week, with a really good mixture of hard, challenging rides, running and swim training as well as the odd fitness and stretching class….oh, and the occasional cake/beer/tea stop!
A massive thank you to Theresa Jackson for organising and to the whole group for being such excellent company. A selection of pictures from the week (including our team pro-shots) can been seen on our flickr site by clicking here
Doug digs deep!
By Mike Jackson: posted 20.3.2012New CC Luton rider Douglas Coleman came a very creditable 6th in last weekends Peter Young memorial road race.
For the first lap and a half Doug was suffering at the back. Eventually things got a little easier and he found himself with some room and bridged a gap to two leaders.
The break was soon joined and then passed by 7 others including Steve Griffiths and Andrew Hastings amongst others.
Dougs break went hard for about 30 mins to establish a gap. on the prime laps whilst he conserved his energy for the gallop. Lead by a couple of over enthusiastic riders the group rode the next 60-70 miles with 8 riders at a even but fast pace. On the finishing circuits Wouter Sybrandy came across with Ashley Cox to make a group of 10.
Remembering his lesson from last years race and knowing it was a hard finish Doug just let the big boys do their thing. After a few attacks, Steve Griffiths got a gap of 10 metres and rode away with no concerted chase behind. Doug dug in for the final sprint too far back but still gained a few places to hang on for 6th.
Well done Douglas!…lets hope its the start of a great season’s racing!
Reliable as ever!
By Phil Eaton: posted 27.2.2012Last Sundays’ CC Luton reliability ride was another resounding success! A smoothly organised very well sign-posted event received many compliments and positive comments from those who took part. Helped by excellent weather, not to mention some superb catering, there was a record turnout on the 100km course. A BIG thank you to this years organiser Leigh Marmon and everyone else who contributed to making the day such a success.
The only cloud on the horizon on the day was CC Luton rider and major sponsor Glenn O’Brien’s crash just outside Chesham! Glenn came down quite badly on a tricky descent 
and is at present in the L&D Hospital suffering from a broken collarbone, scapula and three broken ribs. Thats’ got to be a CC Luton record. Here’s wishing Glenn a speedy recovery.
Jacko cracks it!
In other news our very own Mike Jackson won the Thetfrod 4hr enduro series this Sunday. Mike has ridden consistently well over the whole series and a win was always on the cards. Well done Mike! here’s hoping that winning form continues through the rest of the season.
Hemel reliability date change
Last Sunday’s Hemel Hempstead CC reliability ride that was cancelled due to bad weather has now been re-scheduled for Sunday the 4th of March (same venue and start time). Don’t forget the CC Luton event, weather permitting, is due to take place on the 26th of February, fully sign-posted and featuring an exciting new route! click here for details
Happy new year Mr Jackson!
By Phil Eaton: posted 31.1.2012
Mike Jackson and Gavin Rumbles are having a great start to their 2012 season. Following on from their excellent joint 2nd places at last weekends Brass Monkey Enduro, Mike was again in action this Sunday in the penultimate round of the Thetford Winter Enduro series.
with a 2nd and a win already under his belt, Mike went into this round with a 15 point lead in the series but with two rounds still to go couldn’t afford to sit back and had to ride aggressively from the start.
After pulling away from the field within the first two laps, Jackson soon found himself out on his own where he stayed for the first three hours! However, starting to tire going in to lap 6 of 8, Jackson was caught by the first round winner Richard Jones and had to dig deep to keep up with the young Elite rider. Not wanting to give up the chance of another win, Jackson stuck with Jones until the final climb to the finish line where he managed to pull clear to win by a 30 seconds and help keep his lead in the series.
The final round takes place on February 26th, were Jackson will hope to bring home the series win and rack up over 18 hours and 240 miles of off road racing.
