Author: John Livingston

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2015 Awards

The club christmas dinner saw the first annual club awards very capably presided over by our own Meurig Hughes with all of the suave and debonair poise of a young Richard Burton.

Congratulations to all of the winners

Lifetime Member – Charles Williams
Hillclimb (Men) – Felix Nelson
Hillclimb (Ladies) – Philippa Taylor
True Grit – Ben Hughes
Failed Stuntman – Tony Lloyd
Best Rider on Tiny Bike – Robert Williams
Most Improved Rider – Robert Williams
Non-Compact Chainset Rider of the year – Doug Dailey
Top Coach – Doug Dailey
Non-Compact Chainset Rider of the year – Mitch Meere
Trendsetter – Paul Fowles
Photographer of the year (excluding selfies) – Paul Fowles

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Club goes out in ‘No Lycra’ shocker

Ruthin Cycling Club hosted it’s first annual christmas dinner at Ruthin Rugby club on Friday 11th December.  Circa 40 members and partners enjoyed a convivial evening of socialising and copious* food and drink.

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The evening also saw the first club awards ceremony and a first outing from our own resident Dylan Thomas impersonator.

*the caterers may have over estimated the appetites of a group of cyclists 🙂

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Sunday Rides (6th December 2015)

Thanks Glyn for two more great Sunday ride routes –  Dee Valley / Llangollen:

 

A-GROUP: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/11350665

B-GROUP: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/11350637

In case of bad weather rides will be shortened. Please bring snacks in case a modified ride does not include a cafe. Waterproofs essential, mudguards highly recommended. 
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Sunday Rides – 22nd November

The weather is looking good for Sunday (22nd Nov) so Glyn is hoping we can, after two washed out attempts, run his proposed A & B Group Caerwys rides this weekend. 

A Group (80 Km): http://ridewithgps.com/routes/11049916 

B Group (69 km): http://ridewithgps.com/routes/11052692

 

All rides start and finish at The Centre, Llanfwrog, Ruthin.

Please note that if the weather is poor then a ride will be agreed on the day depending on who turns up and the groups ability.
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CLUB KIT ONLINE STORE OPEN

CLUB KIT ONLINE STORE OPEN

Some of you will be excited to know that we are ready to take orders for club kit RIGHT NOW.  Please visit our secure online shop.

Orders are required by 22nd Novembers, with delivery expected by the end of February.  Thanks to John Livingston for quietly building an online shop for the club!!!

TONIGHT – RCC New Club Kit Sizing Night 6pm – 9pm

A reminder you can try on sample clothing from our club kit in all sizes, mens & womens at the sizing evening tonight from 6-9pm at the Community Centre.

When you are ready to order kit in your sizes, payments options are:

  • We will have a laptop tonight to buy online from our secure shop on www.ruthin.cc (bring a payment card).
  • You may wish to bring your own laptop/tablet and use The Centre’s WIFI to buy online on your machine.
  • You may prefer to jot down your sizes and order on your own computer when you get home.

See you tonight from 6-9pm

First Club Mountain Biking…

 

Thanks to Kenny for leading the club’s first adventure off-road on Tuesday. At night! Three hardy folk went out, with more next time (we had club a committee meeting on a Tuesday).

  • Meet 7pm Every Tuesday, Clawdd Newydd Community Centre (Ganolfan)
  • 1.5 – 2 hours
  • All welcome – Hybrid, MTB, Cross bikes.
  • Front and rear lights.

Support his efforts? If you haven’t ridden in the forest at night, try it – it’s superb fun and the pint in the warm pub after the ride is so well earned. 

Please text Kenny Atherton on 07584563666 to confirm.

CTC Personal Membership

In case anyone wants to take a personal membership for CTC, our club CTC Affiliation Code:  90093931

CHRISTMAS DINNER

There are still places available for the club christmas dinner on Friday 11th December.  Currently 40 club members and guests have confirmed that they will attend, so don’t miss out.  You can buy a ticket on the club website. Three courses for just £21.

A SIMPLE WAY TO HELP THE CLUB

We need to keep an upward trend in membership of the club throughout Winter – help your club by printing a copy of this PDF and post it up at your work, a shop, community centre, gym, etc,. 
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Christmas Dinner

I know! It’s far too early to be thinking about Christmas, however…

Ruthin Cycling Club will be hosting a Christmas Dinner on Friday 11th December (7:30 for 8:00pm) at Ruthin Rugby Club

To confirm your attendance please click the button below to choose your meal.  You will also need to send payment of £21 per person to :
Sort Code: 40-39-16
Account Number: 4151 6450
Ref: XMAS10,004

or send cheques made out to Ruthin Cycling Club and sent to:
Ruthin Cycling Club c/o Rob James
Llwyn Isa Farmhouse, Derwen
Corwen, LL21 9SH

Best Wishes,

Tony Lloyd

email: social@ruthin.cc

Ruthin Cycling Club

Choose your meal

STARTERS

Broccoli and stilton soup (v) served with crusty bread and Welsh butter

Chicken liver and brandy pate served with a honey & mustard side salad and melba toast

Melon (v) drizzled with a peach liqueur and raspberry coulis

MAIN COURSES

Traditional roast crown of turkey served with sage, onion & pork stuffing balls, mini pork sausages wrapped in smoked bacon, rich roast gravy and cranberry sauce

Beef stifado Chunks of locally sourced beef with baby onions in a rich red wine based gravy

Goats Cheese & cherry tomato tartlet (v)

All mains are served with:  roast potatoes (v); buttered new potatoes (v); sprouts with smoked bacon: chunky carrots (v); broccoli (v)

DESSERTS 

Traditional Christmas pudding (v) Served with brandy custard

Lemon Cheesecake (v) Served with fresh double cream

Chocolate fudge cake (v) Served with fresh double cream

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Sunday Rides (for 8th November)

Afternoon All,

Details of all the weekly rides are included below as well as the route options for Sunday. 

This Sunday the rides are slightly shorter as we intend to stop for a 2 minutes silence for Remembrance Sunday, hopefully by the Memorial Institute in Caerwys. This will be prior to the café stop. 

Please remember that due to low interest in the Social Group rides on the last few Sunday’s we will just be running A & B Group rides on forthcoming Sundays through the winter. The social and beginners rides are running on Wednesday’s and Saturdays, as below, so please point any new or interested riders towards those rides once they have spoken to Charles or Ros.

Hopefully you will have seen this useful video from British Cycling on riding two abreast:

https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/knowledge/skills/article/izn20130101-how-to-ride-two-a-breast-0

 

Also, weather could be mixed on Sunday so be prepared with the winter kit list: 

https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/knowledge/bike-kit/clothing

 

RIDES

Wednesday – Social Ride – 10am: around the lanes at the pace of the slowest rider finishing back at The Centre for coffee.

Saturday Informal – 9am: ride depends on who turns up, but usually around 2 hours at the pace of the slowest rider.

Saturday Beginner – 10am: new/novice/beginner ride on the local lanes.

 

Sundays Rides (for 8th November):

‘A’ Group – http://ridewithgps.com/routes/11049916

‘B’ Group – http://ridewithgps.com/routes/11052692

 

All rides start and finish at The Centre, Llanfwrog, Ruthin.

 

CLUB EMAIL LIST

If you are not a signed-up club member and on this email list, join us here. We will continue to send to this wider email list for a time, but with good notice, ride detail emails will then only go to signed-up members. 

 

Thanks, Glyn