West DC News

	The West District Council is one of twenty one district councils which together form the National Body of Cycling Time Trials. Cycling Time Trials is the governing body for the running of cycling road time trials in England and Wales.

2013 Change of Organiser 14 March 2013
Please note a change of organiser for the following event: Swindon R.C. Open 10 – 28th July 2013 New organiser: Chris Broad-Drake, 28 Moredon Park, Swindon, SN2 2LX. Tel: 01793 618654 Mob: 07855 406547

2013 Club Affiliations 20 Febuary 2013
The Clubs page has now been updated with those which have affiliated for this year. If your club is not on the list please contact your club secretary as soon as possible. If your club is not affiliated you will not be able to compete in any CTT events.

2013 New Handicapper 20 January 2013
Neville Lockwood has joined the list of West DC Handicappers. Details on the Officials page

2013 Open Events 15 December 2012
The list of Open Events in the West DC is now on the Events page. Club events will follow in the new year. For the full details, and to use the online entry system, go to the CTT main site.

Change of Venue 16 November 2012
The West DC District Council Meeting, to instruct National Council Delegates on voting on motions at the National AGM, will take place at: Kington Langley Village Hall (SN15 5NJ) at 11.00am until 1.00pm on Sunday 25th November 2012.

Delegates Meeting 12 November 2012
The West DC District Council Meeting to instruct National Council Delegates on voting on motions at the National AGM will take place at: Sutton Benger Village Hall at 11.00am until 1.00pm on Sunday 25th November 2012. Delegates for all West DC affiliated clubs are invited to attend. Refreshments will be provided

AGM MINUTES 2013 10 October 2012
The District AGM was held on Sunday 23rd September. The minutes can be downloaded and will also be distributed to Clubs via their Secretary.

AFFILIATIONS FOR 2013 9 October 2012
If you have not paid your CTT affiliation for 2013, then you need to do so promptly using the Affiliation Form it can be found under Miscellaneous Forms on www.ctt.org.uk The fee is £30 plus £50 if you are a sponsored club or your club name contains a website or business address. Renewing your affiliation after 31st December 2012 incurs an additional charge of £20. Can you please send a cheque payable to Cycling Time Trials to our Treasurer; Tim Heaysman Bear Foot Cottage Mayhill Longhope Glos GL17 0NP 01452 831249 Please Note: A new Treasurer will be in post on the 1st January 2013
A REMINDER TO ALL RIDERS 9 October 2012
If your club has not paid its affiliation fee you will not be able to ride in any Time trials promoted by CTT. The list on the Clubs page will be updated regularly to show which clubs have now re-affiliated for 2013. If your club is not on the list contact your Club Secretary and ask them to ensure the forms and cheque have been submitted.
CLUB EVENTS FOR 2013 9 October 2012
Organisors now is the time to start planning for the 2013 season. Please can you notify the Club Events Secretary of all club events planned using the Club Event form. This is so all information is sent in an easy format to the Club Events Secretary.

DATE FIXING MEETING 2012 13 September 2012
The Date Fixing Meeting and the 2012 AGM Agenda has now been circulated to all club secretaries. If you have not received a copy you can download one here. Agenda (pdf)

DATE FIXING MEETING 2012 23 August 2012
The Date Fixing Meeting for next year and the 2012 AGM will take place on Sunday 23rd September at Maiden Bradley Village Hall following on from the Bath CC 25. The meeting to finalise dates for 2013 open events will start at 12:30pm. If your club wishes to promote next year please would you submit your application form to the West DC Open Events Secretary opensec@westdc.co.uk no later than Sunday 16th September. The CTT West DC AGM will start at 13:45, any items you wish adding to the Agenda, please could you let me have them by Sunday 9th September. Charles Zanettacci, Secretary - West DC

Yeovil Open 10 - Sunday 20th September 2012 15 July 2012
Change of Organiser for the above. It will also be opened to online entries, the new organiser is: David Notley, Oakley, Church Road, Sparkford, Yeovil BA22 7JN. 01963 440291

Swindon-R.C Open 10 - Sunday 29th July 2012 27 June 2012
As people have noticed the entry fee for this event is £10.00 and a higher cost than most 10's on the A419 this year. Events are planned months in advance and due to unconfirmed costings to do with signage the fee's were set at the above level. Due to the waiving of the usage of signage in the A419, the additional entry fee's will now be used for further prizes etc. This is in preference to changing the entry fee's, having to return cheques and wait for new ones. I hope this has clarified the situation and does not deter riders from entering the event. Nick Lowe, Swindon R.C.

Gloucestershire Police Contact 5 May 2012
There is a new email address for the Glostershire Constabulary, all notifications and enquiries are to go direct to their Road Safety department at: RoadSafety.&TrafficManagement@gloucestershire.pnn.police.uk (NB. there is a full point after Safety in the email address). The phone number has changed too, 01242 247100.

Change of Club name 13 April 2012
"Bike Science - Planet X" have changed their name to "Bike Science - Boardman Elite"

Minehead CC Open TT in September 12 April 2012
Peter Whitfield has sold his cottage in Minehead and moved back to Oxfordshire, and will be running the Minehead time trial in September from there. HIs address is: Tachbrook House, Park St. Charlbury, Oxfordshire OX7 3PS or call 01608 810837

Stepping Down 2 April 2012
After many years of service to the District Dave Roper has stepped down as a Time Keeper and Course Measurer. On behalf of the District our thanks to Dave for all he has done.

Affiliated Clubs 26 Febuary 2012
The Clubs page has now been updated with four more clubs that have renewed.

Affiliated Clubs 23 Febuary 2012
The Clubs page has now been updated with all the clubs which have paid their affiliation fee for 2012. Please note that if your club has not paid you cannot ride a CTT event, if that is the case then in the first instance you need to contact your club secretary.

Gloucestershire Police Contact 27 January 2012
The new contact for Glos Police is Lucy Smith, her detail are on the info page

2012 Open Events 29 November 2011
The West DC open events for 2012 are now showing on the events page

Delegates Meeting 9 November 2011
The West DC District Council Meeting to instruct National Council Delegates will take place at Sutton Benger Village Hall at 2:30 pm on Sunday 27th November. Delegates for all West DC affiliated clubs are invited to attend.

WTTA BAR and 185 2011 update 31 August 2011
With the cancellation of the WTTA100, another hundred needed to be found for the BAR and 185 competition. What's been decided is that for 2011 a ride in any CTT 100 will count towards the competition. Also as the BSCC/Corinium 50m event was cancelled half way through, so not everyone recorded a time, its been decided that times recorded in this event won't count towards the BAR and 185 competitions.

2011 WTTA 100 16 May 2011
The start time for the WTTA 100 on 26 June may have to be earlier than appears in the handbook. Concerns over the traffic volumes have led the organisers to consider moving the start to 5am, as this is a BBAR event the move will need to be approved by National.

2011 Gloucester Police Contact 16 May 2011
The new Police contact for Gloucester Constabulary is now Chris Rawlings: Chris Rawlings Police Sergeant 147 Road Safety and Traffic management Bamfurlong Cheltenham 01242 247090 Chris.Rawlings@gloucestershire.pnn.police.uk

2011 Bath CC 11 May 2011
Bath CC - Castle Combe on May 25th. This event is now cancelled due to a double booking of the circuit.

2011 Events 14 February 2011
The Events page now has the 2011 club events too.

2011 Events 5 February 2011
The Events page now has the 2011 events listed. The club events will follow soon.

2011 Affiliated Clubs 11 December 2010
The Clubs page now shows all those club which have re-affiliated for the 2011 season. If your club does not appear on the list then you will not be able to compete in CTT events until the fee is paid. Please check with your club secretary if in doubt.

New Committee Members 27 September 2010
As stated below Andy Cook is the new Chairman, and he is joined by two new committee members, Simon Rouse and Gordon Scott. A third member of the team is currently being recruited. Contact details are now up-to-date on the Info page

2010 AGM 20 September 2010
Andy Cook takes over as Chairman. Three new members join the committee and the dates for 2011 are agreed. A full update of the website, with all the new contact details, will take place shortly.

2011 Events 28 August 2010
It is time to start planning your 2011 Open Events. Ian Boon needs all the details by e-mail, or posted to him by 17 September at the very latest. To assist with your planning the following link will enable you to down load an Excel Spreadsheet with the 2010 events moved to their corresponding dates. Clubs that promoted in 2010 will have priority for the same dates in 2011, but we do need the application in on time to ensure we have all the information for the date fixing meeting, where final dates will be agreed. 2011 planner

New Course 19 August 2010
The risk assessment for the U707, Ashchurch – Evesham – Bishops Cleeve - Ashchurch course, has now been added to the Info page.

Course Change for Cheltenham & County CC 25, 5th September 5 August 2010
The Cheltenham & County CC 25 on 5th September, originally to be held on the U46B/25 near Cirencester, will now use the U707/25 between Tewkesbury and Evesham. Course details can be viewed on Bikely at :- http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/U707-25 The Headquarters will be Ashchurch Village Hall, situated half a mile from Junction 9 of the M5. All other details remain unchanged.

Bath CC at Castle Combe 13 July
Date change. Due to the accident that occured in the 2 up in May at Castle Combe Bath CC have been able to arrange to run the next event on Wednesday 11th August when they will have the complete circuit to themselves.

Continued use of courses on the A419 22 June 2010
Following the tragic death of Alex Anderson at the Dursley RC 50 event on Saturday 12th June we have reviewed the use of all courses using the A419 at Cirencester. The event was well organised, the conditions were good, with low traffic and good visibility. The event was signed and run in accordance with the Risk Assessment and we feel there is nothing that could have been done, by us, to prevent the incident. If the Coroner makes any recommendations at the inquest then we will certainly take those on board. We all take a risk every time we venture on to the road, whether it is to compete or to train. We would all like to see a risk-free road but sadly that is never going to be the case. This is the first accident we have had on the section of road and considering the number of events and riders that have used the courses over the past years it is probably still statistically a safe course. We therefore intend to continue to allow events on the course(s). If individual event organisers are no longer happy to promote their events then we ask that they either consider moving to an alternative course or the club find an alternative organiser. If neither of these options are feasible then we will allow the event to be cancelled. Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Alex Anderson and may we extend our condolences at this sad time. David Notley. Chairman, West DC.

WTTA 100 on Sunday 15 August 21 June 2010
Ian and Bridget Boon are the new Organisers for the above event. Please can you send your entries to them at 76 Hill Street, Kingswood, Bristol, BS15 4EX

2010 Affiliations 20 January 2010
A reminder to all Club Secretaries If you have not paid your CTT affiliation for 2010 then you need to do so promptly. The fee is £50, plus £50 if you are a sponsored club or your club name contains a website or business address. Can you please send a cheque payable to Cycling Time Trials to our Treasurer. Tim Heaysman Bear Foot Cottage Mayhill Longhope Glos GL17 0NP 01452 831249 A reminder to all riders If your club has not paid its affiliation fee you will not be able to ride in any Time trials promoted by CTT. The list on the Clubs page will be updated regulary to show which clubs have now re-affiliated for 2010. If your club is not on it contact your Club Secretary and ask them to ensure the forms and cheque have been submitted. Open Events The Open events list for 2010 has now been added to the website, club events will follow soon.
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