Time Trial / Time Trialling / TT

Hounslow & District Wheelers 100 – 29th May 2011.

Next weekend the Ron Brown Memorial 100 returns to its normal place in the calendar as the first long distance time trial of the season.

It’s sometimes said that modern time trialling is all about short distances, but this year’s Hounslow race has attracted an excellent field of one hundred riders headed by the 2008-9 BBAR Nik Bowdler (Team Pedal Revolution). Other leading names with qualifying times inside 4 hours include: Adam Topham (High Wycombe CC), Steve Berry (San Fairy Ann CC), John Dowling (Hemel Hempstead CC), Phil Ember (Kingston Wheelers) and Jeff Loveman (Fareham Wheelers).

Although the Anfield 100 (to be held the next day) has a longer tradition the Hounslow event can now fairly be called a classic, having been run by the club since 1956. However its history goes back much further than this since the 100 was previously run by the legendary Calleva RC, who originally started it as a *club *event in the 1930’s. It has twice been honoured as the National Championship at the distance, and on the last occasion in 1997 Kevin Dawson recorded the record time (for the Hounslow event ) of 3.29.03.

The course is the H 100/88 which uses the A31 road between Farnham and Alton, with the HQ at Lower Froyle. First man is off at 8am.

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