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Month: April 2009
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Prizes
Just incase you didn’t realise.. these are the prizes from this months TickerTape that’ll be winging their way to James and Adam.
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April BCC Weekender – TickerTape
The day started fantastically, great weather and a spotless trail to mark… somehow Rob and I managed to make the 500m role of course marking tape last 450m’s meaning that we had to get creative if we were to give the illusion of a fully marked course. Seemed to work though as no-one said a thing.
The format was same as always – 1 taped course, plenty of freelap watches, a white board and some good old fashioned competition.
BBMS was riding faster than ever, and it quickly became obvious that the day was gonna see some new PB’s and potentially a new track record!
Some of the highlights were Ben Irons frantically dancing to the jingle of the Morris dancer bells he ‘d strapped to his arms as every rider rode past, James Richards riding the log drop like a man possessed and and Robert Bunce showing more stamina than anyone else ( racking up 8 timed runs).
Chris Smith managed to set a new track record: 36.13, before braining himself on a rock. Pretty selfish really as I’d just managed a 36.48 and was pretty flippin’ intent on celebrating rather than wiping blood off of his face and telling him “you look fine mate, really, it’s not that bad…” typical pro; all about him!
The day ended pretty swiftly after the sabotage crash (seriously, his last run was timed at 8:10), but it had been a great day.
James Richards won the prize for “giving it beans” after riding with real commitment, showing that he’s got the skills just needs to let them out. Closely followed by Robert Bunce who really put the effort in on the day.
The spot prize was won by Adam, the stealth rider amoung us, quietly going about his business getting his lines sorted….won’t be long before he starts posting some fast times.
Both James and Adam won a bottle of Fenwicks bike cleaner.
Check out the white board to see how people got on….
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April BCC Weekender – Dig Day
April saw our usual “second full weekend of the month” format challenged by the Easter break, so in the interest of camping trips, family visits and general brownie point winning we postponed our monthly event to the following week.
Saturday’s Dig Day had the following list of things to do…
1. Basic trail maintenance (all tracks). – We worked on every trail, but is always ongoing
2. Continue work on the bottom of 143 (as per last dig days agreed plans) – Tabletop done, massive tree moved, but quite a bit still to do
3. Begin work on the existing and alternative top section of 143 (as per last dig days agreed plans) – Still to do
4. Prepare BBMS for this months TickerTape mix-up.– Special Thanks to Juliet, queen of the leaf rake!
5. Collect rocks, stack wood and undo unused trail features to clean up the hill. – Always ongoing
6. Erect noticeboard at seating area. – Still to doIt was a great day; Juliet Amor deserves a very special mention for making BBMS prettier than ever before! And Mark and Gordon also, all three have put a great deal of effort into building stuff they don’t even ride at the mo, we’re really lucky to have such generous members! Cheers guys!
(The next project will be a blue grade XC style downhill section so I’m sure we can all return the favour!)
13 people made it out at various stages, all chipping in and working hard to make sure that BBMS was ready for the TickerTape and the rest of the trails got the love needed to keep them in great shape for the summer.
The mini double on Spoons has been tweaked and is now a lot safer but should ride even nicer too, winner!
The new table top on 143 is lush, it’s got a two stage landing, and is real floaty. It flows straight into a great naturally banked corner which fires you off towards a step up (yet to be built).
We also built a stepped push up to the seating area from the main fire road (bottom of all the trails) that avoids pushing up the back of that berm on 143.
And finally we routed a new line on BBMS into that real flat rooty corner which although easier root wise will still be hard to do real fast, makes the whole section flow better on a Sunday afternoon.
Cheers to all those who got stuck in, it was a great day!
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New Track Record! (….and quite a bit of blood)
BBMS : 36.13 : Chris Smith : Big Crash : Bloody face : RUH Bath : Minter!
He should be fine; he’s proclaimed himself to be “a frickin’ hero!” so we think the adrenalin has prob kicked in nicely. He’s got his own seat in the waiting room, one they keep warm for him, so is happy as larry.
I personally think it was all a cunning attempt to sabotage an otherwise rubbish run.
We’ll keep you updated on his condition and how many vending machines we manage to empty while Chris gets his flirt on with the nurses….
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Join us…
The Black Canon Collective is delighted to announce its membership packages for 2009-10, available for all new and renewing members. We hope you’ll join our rapidly growing club (50+ members in our first year!) and join us in building and riding some great trails.
Good news – no need for any trips to the post office, writing out cheques or finding a Passport photo; our new online membership application process takes care of everything!
Click the image above for full details…
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Kind Donation
We are exceptionally lucky to know Marion Liquorice and Neil Carpenter. Both have been instrumental in securing donations for the club and have been very helpful offering fund raising advice and guidance.
Yesterday I came home to a short hand written note from Marion explaining how she’d held a Food Safety Course and raised a little more money than expected so was donating half the proceeds to the BCC and half to their local playing field.
Thank you Marion for being so thoughtful and generous, we promise to use the money wisely.
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Night Rider
Tuesday’s Night Rider was ace! The weather was great, the trails were dry and there was more light than we had remembered was possible.
15 of us made it out and enjoyed every minute of it, well apart from newbie Jim who suffered a mechanical 1/4 of the way around. Still waiting for us in a pub couldn’t have been all bad.
Fancy joining us next Tuesday?
Remember even if you’re not a member you can do up to two times before committing to the ‘not so significant’ 49p a week that membership works out as.
