CRABWOOD CHRISTMAS NEWSLETTER 2024

HO HO HO Merry Christmas Crabwood. Here is the very occasional CCC newsletter.

Mince pie run

 The Mince pie run 22nd December. Meet at Eling at 10.00 for those daft enough to cycle. For the sensible people meet 12.00 at The New Forest Wildlife Park, Deerleap lane, Colbury SO40 4UH. Free mince pies and mulled wine. 

CYCLOCROSS

The Geoff Shergold memorial cyclocross Southampton, Sports centre 1st Dec. Results.

I would like to thank Kerie for organising another successful Cyclo-cross event. I would also like to thank all the volunteers for helping either on Saturday or Sunday or both days. Congratulations to Simon Hall for becoming Crabwood CC Cyclo-cross champion and 22nd overall. The weather was a bit damp and windy, so I guess it was muddy as usual.

 Please click on the link below for all the results. As there are far too many for me to list.

https://www.wessexcyclocross.co.uk/2024/round-10-wessex-cx-league-crabwood-southampton/ 

PRIZE PRESENTATION

The annual prize presentation and buffet lunch will take place 2nd March 2025 12.00 pm. At The Happy Cheese, 189, Lyndhurst rd, Southampton SO40 7AR. Where we will be having a buffet, tickets £15pp. There’s a pre-lunch ride starting at Ashurst car park at 10am.

Presidents Cup

Well done Pat on another Presidents cup victory, it must be his aero bike and clothing, or the rest of us are past it, or both. I only rode one event all season, along with the other 4 hardy Crabwood members, that was the last event, the hill climb at Dean Hill, and what a lovely day that was too. Having struggled up the hill and made it back down to the start, we were treated to some of the heaviest rain I have seen. After sheltering under a tree and at West Dean station, we eventually made it to The Black Horse, very soggy and cold. Chapeau to Dave England for still competing at his young age, I don’t where he gets his enthusiasm from, as mine has long since gone.

I would like to thank everybody who volunteered to help at the club events. Jacky, Pete, Dave and Martin for timekeeping. And the others for marshalling and the signing on. And Claire all the paperwork etc.

Can you send Claire your best results for any TT event club or open events, also the number of TTs ridden. Please could you also return any trophies to Claire or any member of the committee by the end of December please.

Crabwood Holiday 2024

Thanks to Claire we enjoyed another holiday in France, this year we went to the Massif central, which was a first. This year we stayed in a nice stone chalet. Although not as high as the Alps or Pyrenees, there were some tough climbs, the highest being Puy Mary topping out at just under 1600M. We rode part of finishing route of Stage 11, which proved to be quite lumpy, but with a nice long downhill finish. Thankfully the weather wasn’t as hot as previous years.

CLUB SUBS   

2025 subs remain at £10 for a full member, £5 for social or 2nd claim.   Subs for those with at least 20 years of continuous membership (same members as 2024) are waived.  For those members - please confirm to Roy This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  whether you wish to remain a member for 2025.

Club Bank Account:  Note that due to proposed charges on our Lloyds Bank Account, Roy has kindly found us a new account with Virgin Money.  This is a free account but we have a limit on transactions.  Therefore please contact Roy or Claire for Bank details.

I would like to thank everybody again who organised and helped at both the Cyclo-cross and club events,

Without these volunteers we wouldn’t be able to run any events.

The club will be running some club TTs throughout summer 2025, let’s see if anyone can topple Pat. And we will be visiting Le tour again, back to the Pyrenees for 2025.

Here’s wishing you a Merry Christmas and a happy new year. Alan.

CRABWOOD NEWSLETTER CHRISTMAS 2023

Hi Crabbies. It’s been a while, so here is the occasional newsletter that I’ve cobbled together.

MINCE PIE RUN

 Mince pie run 17^th December. Meet at Eling at 10.00 for those daft enough to cycle. For the sensible people meet 12.00 at The New Forest Wildlife Park, Deerleap lane, Colbury SO40 4UH. Free mince pies and mulled wine

CYCLOCROSS

The Geoff Shergold memorial cyclocross Southampton, Sports centre. Sunday 21^st January. So, if you like the cold and the mud it’s the place to be. Volunteers needed not only on the Sunday but also for Saturday 20^th to help set out the course. Please contact Kerie for details 07850 172929  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

PRIZE PRESENTATION

The annual prize presentation and buffet lunch will take place 18th February 12.30 pm, at The Empress of Blandings, Southampton Rd, Copythorne, SO40 2PF. Tickets £15 pp. There will be a club social ride before the lunch leaving the Empress of Blandings at 10.00am.

2024 subs remain at £10 for a full member, £5 for social or 2^nd claim.   Subs for those with at least 20 years of continuous membership (same members as 2023) are waived.  For those members - please confirm to Roy This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  whether you wish to remain a member for 2024.

Can be paid by cheque (payable to Crabwood Cycling Club) to Roy Budd, Whitethorn, Winsor Road, Winsor, Southampton, SO40 2HP.

Or direct to:- A/c:  CRABWOOD CYCLING CLUB,  Sort Code:  309873,  Account Number:   00393934  (please give your surname and initial in the reference)

You can include payment to reserve tickets for the prize presentation lunch at the same time.

Can you send Claire your best results for any TT event club or open events, also the number of TTs ridden. Please could you also return any trophies to Claire or any member of the committee by the end of December please.

The Presidents cup.

As you can see from the results Pat has fluked the presidents cup again. He didn’t manage a clean sweep of victories; he was pipped by yours truly in the last TT. (That’s only because he rode his mountain bike.) We also ran a hill climb at Bramshaw in September. That was won by Mike Marsh from Sotonia 02.22. Pat L 02.29. Dave Ricketts 02.34, Stuart Martingale Sotonia 02.54, Myself 02.56.

John S Bisson 03,10, Skye Martingale (Wjuv) 03.12. Dave England 03.45. After the hill climb, we Cycled to The Cuckoo for ale and pies.

Crabwood Holiday 2023

Thanks to Claire we enjoyed another holiday in the Alps. This year we stayed in a chalet at the bottom of a valley, so it was an easy ride home. Grand – Aigueblanche near Moutiers. We enjoyed? some rather long climbs, Val Thorens , Col De Madeleine. But there was a particular memorable climb that went up to Meribel, which was ok, But the fun started - a goat track that had been surfaced a turned into a cycle lane. Carried on for another 7km. There sections reaching 20% (1 in 5).            

I would like to thank all the people who helped at our events the cyclocross and the time trials, without those willing volunteers we wouldn’t be able to run any of our events. So, thank you.

The club will be running some club TTs throughout the summer, let’s see if anyone can topple Pat.

And we will visit the Le Tour again, with a new area to explore. The Massif Central

Here’s wishing you a Merry Christmas and a happy new. Alan.

CRABWOOD NEWSLETTER CHRISTMAS 2022

Hi Crabwood. It’s been a while since the last newsletter. So, I thought it was time for another one. After a nice long hot dry summer the weather has finally gone back to normal, combined with not many hours of daylight it really is a fun time to go out on your bike.

      The club events went well this year with Pat, Colin, Claire and myself running 2 events each. This worked very well and spread the workload around. How-ever number of entrants was quite low, with one event just having two CCC riders. 

      The club trip to Le Tour took place this year after a two-year absence. We had a very hot week in the Pyrenees. The climbs were long and tough (or am I just past it?). With the Peyresourde finishing me off with the temperature on my Garmin hitting 45C. We all had a good time in a really nice location (well done Claire)

                                      Lake Genos, Loudenvielle.  Our chalet 2^nd one on the left.

The Mince pie run 18^th December. Meet at Eling Toll Bridge at 10.00 for those daft enough to cycle. For the sensible people meet 12.00 at The New Forest wildlife park, Deerleap lane, Longdown SO40 4UH.

The Geoff Shergold Memorial cyclo-cross at the Sports centre 22^nd January. Volunteers please. Contact Kerie for details. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 07850 172929

                                                                                WHY?

Our Prize presentation lunch is on Saturday 4^th March, 12.30pm, at the Empress of Blandings, Romsey Road, Copythorne  SO40 2PF (upstairs function room).  Tickets are £15pp to include a buffet lunch.     

Please could anyone with club trophies, return them to Claire.

Hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.  Bah Humbug.  Alan.

CRABWOOD NEWSLETTER CHRISTMAS 2021

Hi Crabwood. It’s been a while since the last newsletter. I don’t think much has happened! Apart from being confined to barracks. Speaking for myself I had a few weeks away from work...wonderful. Plenty of time to spend hours out on my bike on lovely empty roads, except for the suicidal walkers that were now out of their cars still thought they owned the roads. I also caught up on loads of decorating and gardening. Unfortunately, things are back to normal, and the roads are full of lunatics again. And even worse I am back working. So, I hope all of you who are still working enjoyed your time off.

Welcome to new member Colin Witt, plus new 2^nd claim members Martin Napier and Martin Balk.

On the racing front there hasn’t really been much at all.  A few time trials.  Hopefully things will be back to normal next year.

                                                                           EVENTS

The club events will be back next year, and as usual we will need some volunteers for marshalling, etc. Dates to follow in the next newsletter.  The return of the Mince pie run 19^th December. Meet at Eling at 10.00 for those daft enough to cycle. For the sensible people meet 12.00 at The New Forest wildlife park, Deerleap lane, Longdown.

Also returning is the Geoff Shergold Memorial cyclo-cross at the Sports centre 16^th January.  Volunteers please. Contact Kerie  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  07850 172929 if you can help with setting up the course on Saturday 15^th,  or in any way on Sunday 16^th, even a couple of hours’ marshalling would be welcomed.

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas. Alan.

DECEMBER 2019 XMAS NEWSLETTER.

Hello Crabwood members, it’s been a while since my last newsletter, a few IT issues and apathy on my part have led to a bit of a delay.

NEWS.

The club and I would like to wish Pete Betteridge a speedy recovery from his recent heart surgery.

On a sadder note Roger Bacon president of New Forest cc recently passed away, the club and I would like to send our condolences to Roger's family, friends and clubmates.

MINCE PIE RUN.

It’s time for that annual cold, wet a windy ride around The Forest. Yes, it’s the Mince pie run. So, clear your diaries for 22^nd Dec. Meet at Ealing at 10.00 for those daft enough to cycle, and the sensible people in cars meet at 12.00 at the New Forest wildlife Park Deerleap Lane, Colbury.

Cc

CYCLO-CROSS.

The Geoff Shergold Memorial Cyclo-cross Sunday 26^th January   

Southampton Sports centre.                                                           

Volunteers required for setting out on Saturday 25^th and helping/marshalling etc on Sunday 26^th. Please contact Kerie   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Tel 07850 172929..

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Even the best gets it wrong.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n8uL3WFdKY

SOCIAL RIDES.

19^th January. Cuckoo, Hamptworth

8^th February. The Hampshire Bowman, Dundridge

29^th February.  The Hunters, Romsey. Next time we can ride on a leap year Sunday is 2032

Meet at Redbridge 09.30, The Plaza Romsey 10.00 or at the pub 12.00

Club Dinner

Will again be held at Wellow Golf club, guest speaker TBA.

Saturday 15th FEBRUARY 2020

Wellow Golf Club, Ryedown Lane, E Wellow nr Romsey SO51 6BD

       £25.00 per person

Starters

1. Homemade Spicy Parsnip Soup with Crusty Bread

2. Goat’s cheese, leek and Walnut tart

C. Smoked salmon with capers and wholemeal bread

Main Course

D.   Sirloin steak with Lyburn Cheese & Mushroom sauce

E.   Maple Glazed Roast Chicken Breast, Garlic & Herb Stuffing and Pan Gravy

F.   Baked cod Loin with Parmesan Crust & Roast Tomato Sauce

G.  Vegetarian Nut Roast

(All served with a selection of fresh seasonal vegetables and potatoes)

Dessert

H.  Exotic Fruits Brioche Bread & Butter pudding

I.   Fresh Fruit Salad with Cinnamon Syrup  

J.  Trio of Local Cheeses and Biscuits

*****

Freshly Brewed Coffee and Mints

Please indicate your menu choices below and return to Roy by 3^rd February with payment. 

Alternatively you can make payment electronically – please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to let him know of any payments you have made, and names/menu choices as below if applicable.

Please note Roy’s new email (IMPORTANT as the old one no longer works!).

Account Name:       CRABWOOD CYCLING CLUB

Sort Code:                309873   

Account Number:   00393934

Reference:               Please enter your surname and first initial.

Club Subscriptions 2020

Full Membership £10.00……….           Social £5.00………..      2^nd Claim £5.00……….

Name and Address in BLOCK LETTERS…………………………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

To – Roy Budd, Whitethorn, Winsor Road, Winsor, Southampton, SO40 2HP

And finally I would like to wish you all a merry Christmas.     Alan