WORLD MASTERS TIME TRIAL CHALLENGE 2008
Congratulations to the BC Masters riders on winning the WMTTC on their first attempt, recording the best aggregate team plus since 2000, and also on becoming the first team to beat Edmonton Masters! It was especially nice to welcome Blizzard and Grand Forks to the competition - two small centres with an obviuosly keen and enthousiastic bunch of riders. Roll on 2009!
Age	Name		ACTUAL	+/-	TEAM
BC Masters CA - July 26 - North Fork Road
58	Tripp	Derek	56:39	+18:24
70	Rayson	Eric	1:04:42	+17:19
61	Morrison	Gerry	1:00:21	+16:23
57	Martindale	Duane	58:26	+16:03
56	Janusz	Grelecki	58:48	+15:08	+1:23:17
The BC Masters took their top 5 times from a field of 28 riders. This was the first time the BC Masters have used the Grand Forks Cycling Clubs 40km TT course. The course is an out and back which runs mostly on the North Fork road, which was laid on top of the old rail grade. As such there is no more than a 2% grade on the first and last 15 km. The top end of the course goes up Brown Creek road and starts with a 4% bump, followed by a 2% drag up to the turn around. Conditions were pretty good on race day. A wind from the south meant a head wind for the push home. Our fastest ride of the day was a 55:44 for the men and a 1:02:18 for the women. Neither of these times were fast enough to make the top 5 of the Age Standard times. Thanks to the Edmonton Masters for including us in this years WMTTC. We look forward to 2009.
Ontario Masters CA - July 27 - Binbrook
76	Conway	Roy	1:08:56	+16:51
65	Springer	Chris	1:02:17	+16:45
50	Banner	Geoff	55:34	+15:08
58	Taylor	Doug	1:00:03	+15:00
61	Amos	Bruce	1:02:03	+14:41	+1:18:25
Edmonton Masters Cycling Club - August 24 - Bon Accord
55	Heacock	Ed	56:43	+16:40
47	Copeland	Bruce	52:55	+16:14
80	Edmunds	John	1:12:45	+15:38
76	von zur Gathen	Heinz	1:10:39	+15:08
62	Heppleston	Peter	1:03:24	+13:54	1:17:34
The change in course from Darwell to Bon Accord seems to have been popular, as almost everyone who rode or volunteered was at the start a whole hour before first man off, and we had almost a surfeit of volunteers as opposed to last year when just two people ran the whole event. However, on the day the wind was blowing quite well out of the SE, making for a hard last 15 km or so. Opinions on the course were somewhat varied. It is interesting to note that this year our team comprised one each from categories B, C, D, E, and F.
Hamilton Pine Rivers Wheelers - September 21 - Laidley
68	Bolter	Tony	1:03:41	+17:36
74	Young	Ron	1:08:06	+16:54
70	Brown	Ron	1:07:43	+14:47
67	Alcorn	Gary	1:10:48	+9:53
51	Madigan	John	1:02:21	+9:18	+1:08:28
The event was run in fine conditions with a slight headwind most of the way home which produced some good times. I have attached a photo of the HPRW team. The riders from left are: Ron Young, Ron Brown, Gary Alcorn, Anthony Bolter, John Madigan.
Brampton Cycling Club - September 7 - Binbrook
50	Wright	Sue	1:02:05	+16:57
59	Krueger	Don	1:02:23	+13:14
50	Allen	Iain	57:50	+12:52
47	Woolley	David	56:26	+12:43
57	Cash	Joel	1:01:49	+12:40	+1:08:26
The flat 20 km out-and-back Binbrook course greeted us this year with very surprisingly calm yet overcast conditions for the 9:00 a.m. event start. We had a sizeable field of riders in attendance this year - probably in preparation for the Provincial TT Championships coming up the following weekend. The weather conditions soon turned to what we feared might happen though, as on the return leg for the riders the dark storm clouds opened up, coinciding with the development of N.E. winds approx. 10 - 15 km/h. The temperature dropped from the early 19°C to 15°C as the riders battled through driving rain and cross-head winds. Everyone finished in good shape and strengthened their character in the process. Good to see the participation in the WMTTC has increased this year - it's obviously catching on! Thank you on behalf of our club for the opportunity to be a part of this competition.
Horizon 100 CC (Saskatchewan) - July 26 - Saskatoon
73	Orr	Ken	1:08:20	+15:33
55	Matus	Frank	59:56	+13:27
54	Howse	Rob	59:39	+13:11
60	Smith	Murray	1:04:52	+11:18
68	Dekok	Jacob	1:09:34	+11:15	+1:04:44
The temperature was 27 degrees, with a SE wind at 22kph, switching to E 26. Not a real great day for a TT.
Redbridge Cycling Club - September 7 - E91/25 (Leaden Roding)
67	Atherton	Ron	1:05:54	+14:47
54	Kemp	Richard	1:02:01	+11:15
59	Angell	Eric	1:06:20	+9:43
59	Martin	Brian	1:10:19	+5:44
62	Benson	Trevor	1:12:40	+5:05	+46:34
Blizzard Bicycle Club - July 20 - Cecil Lake
54	Ferris	Pat	1:01:05	+11:45
54	Andrews	Bob	1:04:51	+7:59
54	St Jean	Roger	1:05:28	+7:22
65	Wood	Richard	1:13:52	+5:10
57	Keats	Sam	1:11:03	+3:26	+35:42
The temperature was 18°C with the winds at 18 km/h gusting to 28 km/h.  Our circuit is rolling throughout.  We all had a good time and we are planning next year to find a flatter course and have it later in the year.
Grand Forks Cycling Club - August 31 - North Fork Road
56	Behl	Murray	59:28	+14:28
41	Kew	Anton	1:01:39	+4:28
38	Phipps	Frank	1:02:30	+2:07
58	Fletcher	Brian	1:14:11	+0:52
41	Heric	Brent	1:08:21	-2:14	+19:41
The Grand Forks Cycling Club held their 40k TT during the last week of August. The weather was a little sketchy in the morning but turned fine by the time we sent the first rider off. Due to vacations and schedules only 10 of our riders made it out. Our fastest ride of the night went to our TT man Murray Behl, who posted a 59:28 - not a bad time for someone getting a hip replacement in two weeks. We are not what you would call a TT club - only one of our riders has a TT bike, we do time trials every second Thursday, although only the 16km distance. For most of the riders this was their first, and only, 40 km TT of the year. But I think being a part of the WMTTC will help to inspire our riders to work on their TT skills. Thanks for putting this on and we look forward to next year and hopefully a big improvement.