CTC Herts DA St.Albans and Hatfield Rides Program

Sunday Rides

Date	Start Grade Leader	Morning Stop	Lunch	Afternoon
7th May	Ian Smith WM 09:00 B	The Last Post (JD Weatherspoon), Chesham SP961018	Pink & Lily, Parslow’s Hillock, Lacey Green. SP827018	The Buttercup, Tring. SP926115
14th May	The Lampard Road Club invites you to join them at WM 09:30 for a morning 'A' grade ride
14th May	Richard Stubbs WM 09:15 B	Town Farm Tearoom, Aldbury. SP965126	Shoulder of Mutton, Wendover SP866077	Chipperfield Gdn Ctr, Tower Hill. TL033027
21st May	Judy Alfrey ACP 09:15 B	Van Hage’s Gdn Ctr., Bragbury End. TL269211	The Fox & Hounds, Barley TL397383	St.Mary the Virgin Church Hall, Braughing. TL396252
28th May	Peter Ride WM 09:00 A/B	Café in the woods, near to Wendover SP889090	The Polecat, Prestwood SU875995	Nash Mills Café, near Hemel Hempstead TL068046
4th June	Stuart Hammond ACP 09:15 B	Rosemary Cafe, Dobbs Weir, Hoddesdon TL385082	The Fox, Matching Tye TL516113	Rose Coffee restaurant, 33 Railway Street, Hertford. TL327127
11th June	The Lampard Road Club invites you to join them at WM 09:30 for a morning 'A' grade ride
11th June	Steve & Carol WM 09:15 B	Four Leaf Clover Hitchin TL185290	The White Hart, Maulden TL053379	Water Hall Farm, Whitwell. TL185212
18th June	Richard Stubbs WM 09:15 B	2nd ed. update Brown Sugar cafe (next to cafe nero), Chesham SP960018	The White Horse, Hedgerley SU971873	Chipperfield Gdn Ctr, Tower Hill. TL033027
25th June	Steve & Carol ACP 09:15 B	Van Hage's Gdn Ctr, Great Amwell TL367123	Sutton Arms, Little Hallingbury TL510162	WhiteHill Golf centre, Dane End TL343212

Midweek Evening Rides

Evening cycle rides all start at 7.30pm from The War Memorial in St Peter's Street, St Albans. - near The Blacksmiths Arms. If you can't make the start you can always join us in the pub at around 8.30-9.00pm. We'll spend about an hour in the pub before returning home. Rides are about 10 - 15 miles long and are tailored to suit all abilities, so nobody gets left behind. We welcome all cyclists of all ages. Don't forget to bring your lights.

Date	Destination & OS Grid Ref. (Sheet 166)
3rd May	The Gate, Smug Oak, Bricket Wood TL137022
10th May	Cross Keys, Gustard Wood. TL174165
17th May	The Sun Inn, Lemsford TL220124
24th May	The Roundbush, Aldenham TQ145985
31st May	The Woodman, Water End. TL229041

Date	Destination & OS Grid Ref. (Sheet 166)
7th June	The Hollybush, Redbourn TL101116
14th June	The Woodman, Wildhill TL265068
21st June	The Goat, 37 Sopwell,Lane, St Albans TL148068 - Invitation ride as part of National Bike Week.
28th June	Brocket Arms, Ayot St.Lawrence TL195168

General Information

Grades	A	=Strenuous		B	=Moderate.	C	=Potterers.
Starts	ACP		: ASDA Car Park,Hatfield : ASDA Car Park, Hatfield TL224086
	WM		: War Memorial, St Peters St, St.Albans TL150076
	WhCP		: Wheathampstead East Lane Car Park TL178141
Note	Rides may depart not less than FIVE MINUTES after the designated start time.
Section Secretary
D.A. Secretary
Clubroom	Thursday 8.00pm to 10.30pm at Village Hall, High Street, Colney Heath. No meeting on Second Thursday of each month.

Notes from the Section Secretary

Medal Awards

As a result of declining support for the reliability rides, the Herts DA has decided to drop them from the programme this year. There is still the opportunity to qualify for gold, silver or bronze medals by completing a number of Audax and other events organised by the Herts DA.

These events will include:
26 March - Start of Summertime Audax, 210, 115 or 62 km
18 June - Stevenage Circular Ride, 84 km
13 August - Rough Stuff Ride (details to follow)
3 September - Round County Ride (a new event, details to follow)
17 September - Cecil Cooke Trophy (organised by Stuart Hammond this year)
29 October - Summertime Reversed Audax, 101 km

Medals will be awarded for successfully completing events as follows:
Gold medal - 4 events, including 200 km, 100 km, rough stuff ride and Cecil Cooke Trophy event
Silver medal - 3 events from the above, including 200 km and 100 km
Bronze medal - 3 events, including 100 km

End to end

Stuart Hammond and Richard Stubbs are considering doing the end to end this September. Details are not yet fixed, but is anyone else interested in taking part too? If so, please contact Stuart or Richard and we can discuss details.

Recruitment

We have all noticed that few new riders are coming along to our organised rides. This cannot be a healthy state of affairs, and we need to find ways of attracting new people to our events. As a first step Steve and Richard have produced some publicity posters which we are asking local bike shops and libraries to display. If anyone has any suggestions about any locations that could be approached to show these posters, please contact Richard.

Richard Stubbs

Hargreaves Trophy

Hargreaves trophy points at the 9th April are as follows. There is a closely bunched group at the top; one of these, I happen to know, has a good bit of holiday away coming up - so it's all there to play for.

Richard Stubbs	66
Peter Ride	54
Ian Smith	53
Stuart Hammond	49
Steve Brazier	45
Carol Brazier	41
Jon Crosby	35
Judy Alfrey	34

Bill Upsdale	27
Craig Maxwell	26
Fred Curtis	23
Roger Hodgson	23
Eric Cullen	16
Barrie Wood	11
Margaret Wood	8

Clubroom

There are clubroom meetings on Thursdays at Thursday 8.00pm to 10.30pm at Village Hall, High Street, Colney Heath. No meeting on Second Thursday of each month.

Please contact Albert Jarman for full details.

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Organised Activities