It was a tough demanding evenning with the wind blowing in exactly the wrong direction for a fast night- against you on the legs to Blundeston and Lound. The weather did not stop another big turnout with a great mix of experienced, club riders and complete novices having a crack at the 5 and 10mile challenges. Few other clubs can boast such a mix of riders on a regular basis especially as this weeks 30 odd riders were a different mix to last weeks.

It was great to see some of our younger members riding a 5mile TT (Closer to 5.2miles actually!). Zak had a fantastic first ever TT and he looks an exciting prospect for the remainder of the year. Chasing him hard was another 12 year old novice, Patrick Manning who this week shew us his true speed after a wrong turn last time out. Sufferfest youngsters Jack and Will rode enthusiastically with Jack improving his Personal Best and Will just outside his. Well done lads – great rides. Keep it up and see your times tumble.

Liam “Animal” Gentry was again a clear winner from Neil who was again delighted to beat his course PB – by that single second, they all count! Liam is getting quicker and stronger and knows the course well. He will surely be ready for a crack at the long standing outright course record before the summer is out and would be a very popular winner of that prize.

The VCB trio of Nick, Mark and Mark were closely matched with ex-GYCC rider Mark Westrup making a massive improvement on his season best. Rock Racing rider Lee chased them home with Iceni Velo guest Simon pipping all of them.

Larry was the next GYCC rider and rode strongly to hold off Chris Laurie who was making his first appearance of the year – welcome back Chris. Roger is steadily improving and Clive, debutant Stuart and Anthony were very closely matched. Anthony was rightfully delighted with his first Somerleytom 10 – another winter Sufferfest training regular.

Another first-timer, Tim, had an awesome ride to pip series leader Rob Harlow. Stadium graduate George Smedley was smiling as ever with his first ever TT and recorded a time just outside the iconic 20mph barrier and 3 seconds faster than Lee Hurren you is also homing in on the same target. I reckon you elders better keep an eye on young George over the next few weeks….

James, Josh and Nick suffered in the harsher conditions this week but will surely go faster again next week – you can not do PBs every week boys! Chris Womack rode his beautiful Brian Rourke 1980′s machine that was the envy of all riders of a certain age! It was great to welcome Daniel to his first club event. We hope you enjoyed your ride and come back to see us again chap!

Our two Sufferfest girls – Holly and Grainne – had mixed nights. Holly improved on her Personal Best, a remarkable achievement on such a difficult night. Well done Holly, can’t wait to see what next week brings you. Grainne was gutted having been let down by two derailments but kept her irish smile and cheer. Grainne is really enjoying her cycling. Its a pleasure to have such enthusiastic new members coming into the club and she has just introduced her young daughters Jodie and Cara to the sport at the clubnight this week and they look like naturals aswell!  Better luck next week Grainne.

Another delighted rider was Matt Carr who despite being ill during the week  somehow found a way to improve his personal best by around 40 seconds – a huge amount. Outstanding effort Matt, well done chap.

Jules Claxton was out taking pictures and can be seen here:  http://jalbum.net/en/a/972260/ If you want a copy of the pics let Jules  know and he will email you a low res file (please email Jules at  info@julianclaxtonphotography.com). Professional snapper Jules will not charge anyone if you want a copy – but your support for the Cycle to Rwanda challenge would be fab…  follow him on twitter @cycle2rwanda and link to Jules at @jules_foto.

It was another big turnout of riders enjoying their evening sport thanks to the efforts of Norman and several club volunteers who kept the riders safe and ensured we all had a chance to ride – thanks very much.

Its close at the top, and the middle and the bottom! The series is hotting up nicely. Here are the full standings:

Wow, a great nights racing again with several debut riders and some very close results on a mild but damp and slippery night. A sudden downpour just as the first riders were starting washed lots of gravel onto the road and debutant Stuart punctured around half distance. Not so lucky was Tuesday clubnight’s organiser Adam Houlgate who slipped on the final bend and suffered some road rash. He is ok and in good spirits and promises to bounce back straightaway. Better luck next time Adam and thanks to Clive J and Holly who patched him up, Pat who drove him home and Larry who took his bike home – a great GYCC team effort!

The girls were out in force with Holly and Grainne having a great time on their first outing. When done girls – we hope you will come back again next week and beat your new Personal Best.

The Sufferfest Master Kev House lowered his course PB for the second consecutive ride and chased Ian Sandall home who rode brilliantly again. Dom, Mark and Clive stacked out the 27′s and Roger is improving and is now in the 28′s with the improving Harley, Rob and Lee. Its getting very packed in the mid-field and the gaps are getting closer as the riders improve week on week. Keep it up chaps – the Sufferfest is working.

Young Oli was on fire again with another PB as was James on his beautiful 40 year old bike who beat 20mph by the smallest margin – but they all count!!! We should give him 30 seconds handicap for each of the decades of his bike’s age!!! Lee Hurren improved again as is knocking on the door of 20mph – go for it next week Lee…

Broth’s Josh (I’ve got some new shoes!) and Matt Carr rode well and both went faster (nice!). Big Ray Eastick suffered a small bout of illness on the way around but still returned a pretty presentable time and Nick Popayput in a valiant effort that he is sure to improve upon over the series – well done Nick keep it rolling. Local Sports Teacher Gareth Flack is making progress and looks good on his new tri-bars.

The winner was (again) the awesome Liam despite saying he was taking it easy around the slippery bits. VCB took 3rd also with Nick Esser (both recent 2nd claim members to GYCC!). Splitting the VCB boys was a delighted Neil T who set himself a new course PB with 23:24.

We had several riders arriving late who were a little disappointed at not being able to ride. Please accept our apologies, we have to get the field organised and started on time and that sometimes means we have to politely decline later entries. We will try to find a way of incorporating late arrivees without comprising a prompt start over the next few weeks. When done again to Norman and pusher-off Pat for a great nights racing. Can’t wait for the next round next week!

Results from Round #2 of the 2011 TT Series (league table to follow soon):

Click here for the TT series points table>>>>>>>2011 TT Series League Round #1