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May 03
A Breezy Club Champs at The Early Brigg Sprint
The inaugural Lincsquad Club Champs took place on Sunday 29th April, as part of the Family Autos FastFWDSports Early Brigg Sprint Triathlon. Thirty-seven Lincsquad members took part, in what was for many, the first race of the season. It wasn’t the warmest of spring days, and the ‘slight breeze’ made sections of the cycle and …
Apr 26
PB’s Galore at Round 2 of the Linsquad TT Series
TT report 25/04/18 “Don’t worry, you are only there in case a train comes, and I don’t think we’ve have had one in years…” Rob Walsh, in reply to Becky Hollis, 2018 29 riders gathered at the King William IV pub, Scawby Brook and raced from 18:30 on the 25/04/18. The TT weather Gods dictated …
Apr 24
Graham Ellwood’s Report from the Hottest London Marathon on Record
Time to gather my thoughts after an amazing weekend at the London Marathon. I put a lot of training in to prepare for this event, over 900 miles for the year before the day itself. Wasn’t sure the speed was there, but my heart rates for any given pace were at an all time low, …
Apr 11
Lincsquad Flying at Scampton
It had been a last minute decision to take part in the Duathlon at Scampton in 2017 and only then so I could get onto the base to have look around, and hopefully see the Red Arrows. It was a fantastic event and the bike section was very fast, so I knew I was going …
Jan 24
A Chilly Final CX Race of the Season for Pete Gossop
The final Lincolnshire League Cyclo-Cross race of the season was held at Abbey Farm, Bardney on Sunday 21st January. As a handicap race this meant, as I was told,”The slower riders from the races last year start first”, so somewhat cat & mouse. Yep, I started from the front. We were set off in intervals, …
Jan 19
Cross Country Success for Hannah Lonsdale
On the 7th January I ran in the Lincolnshire County XC Champs in Boston. We arrived to discover it was on a farm (a very muddy one). It was absolutely freezing and despite having four layers on I was still shivering! We had a mix up with my entry so had a panic on Friday …
Dec 13
Lincsquad AGM 2018
This is to inform Lincsquad Members that our Annual General Meeting will take place at 7.30pm, on Thursday 18th January 2018, at Redbourne Club, Scunthorpe. Tea and coffee will be provided. The agenda will be; • Opening address from Chair • Secretary’s report • Treasurer’s report • Membership Secretary’s report • Coaching Secretary’s report • …
Jan 29
Lincsquad Awards Night 2017
Friday (27th January) saw the circus that is the Lincsquad Awards Night, roll into Redbourne Club in Scunthorpe. For this year’s extravaganza we were at the mercy of Lincsquad’s answer to Ant and Dec, David Hinch and Ric Longcake, to reveal the winners and hand out the awards.
Jan 19
Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance Cheque Presentation
At The Club AGM, on 18th January, Lincsquad were very pleased to present a cheque for £2497.26 to Trevor Cherry, from Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance. This donation was a combination of funds raised by last year’s Paul Kirk Sportive and Christian Brown Ride. It’s fantastic that we were able to give such a sizeable …
Apr 14
Hot-shot!
Hotshot! Once again we were treated to another evening of dry and relatively calm conditions for our second TT of the year. It was chilly though!