Acme Wheelers AGM

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The Club AGM will take place on Friday 22nd January  – 7pm  at the Club Room in Tonypandy.  Motions for the AGM must be submitted to the Club Secretary by Wednesday 6th January either by letter or by e.mail.

To be able to propose or second a motion or speak at the AGM you must have paid your membership fee for 2016.  Membership can be paid at the Club Room before the meeting.

The AGM is your opportunity to ensure the Club is providing events and services the members want.  please make every effort to attend.

Indoor Training at Clubhouse

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Indoor Training

A number of members have recently expressed an interest in another round of indoor training sessions.  Consequently a series of turbo/roller training sessions will begin at the clubroom at 6.30 pm on Thursday 7th January.

Riders of all levels of fitness are welcome to attend. Although each session will be planned, if you wish to follow your own plan you are welcome to do so alongside the others while enjoying their company.

If you are not interested in training why not treat it as a club night and come along for a chat and cup of tea?

Each training session will cost £3, the same as last winter.  This money is used to pay for the room hire and additional equipment, extra fans and extension cables having already been purchased from last year’s funds.

Remember to bring a drink and towel as well as your turbo or rollers.

 

 

Celtic Series 10m TT

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Congratulations to four of our Club members who competed in the Celtic Series 10mTT between May and July 2015. and have been listed in the overall standings.  The Series is made up of 7 events throughout South and West Wales with four events counting to the overall points total.

 

Ross Morgan was a Series Qualifier in the Senior Male Series

 

Neale Lewis was a Series Qualifier in the 40-49 Series

 

Jeff Rees  was a Series Qualifier in the 50-59 Series

 

Special Congratulations to:

 

Nadine Cannon  – Winner of the Senior Women Series

 

Click on the link below for full details of the event and results

 

http://www.celticseries.co.uk/

Steve Takes 2015 Cycle Cross Championship

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Congratulations to Steve Davies who recently became the ACME Cycle Cross Champion for 2015. The event chosen for the tough Championship was a Melin Mynach ‘Cross in Gorseinon -Swansea, a mid-season event and round 7 of the Welsh League.
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Steve a recent new member to the club and new to Cycle Cross was riding only his 5th race and what a race for the ACME championship to be decided. An incredible  172 Riders lined up for the start of the event in generally dry weather conditions, but the course was a typical cycle cross event – muddy, twisty, technical which required a high level of skill to ride lap after lap, the unusually fast road section included was a relief to the tough surrounding  terrain.

The Race attracted some top quality names such as, Grant Johnson who came 5th (currently ranked 3 in UK in over 50’s), past Welsh Champion Tim Davies who finished 4th (Tim is very well known to Many ACME members as he was a special guest to the clubs 1990’s presentation dinner), Andrew Parry 3rd (currently ranked no.1 in UK over 40’s), and mountain bike professional Star Monon Carpenter who rides for the Madison Saracen Downhill team and is currently the UCI mountain bike World Downhill Champion, a true field of talented riders.

Steve was pleased to rub shoulders thought-out the race with the stars and managed to finish in a very respectable position, he is now looking forward to riding the remaining events of the Welsh series with training partner Jeff Rees. His championship win will be rewarded with the Dominic Gamberini Memorial Trophy engraved with his name.

Welcome to the New WebSite

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Welcome to the new look Acme Wheelers(Rhondda) CC website. We hope that members will find it easy to use and become involved in the members’ only Forum, please sign up to it as soon as you can so that it can be the resource members requested.  We hope that guests/visitors to the site will be encouraged to become involved with the Club when they are able to see the activities of the Club.

It has been a delight to read the News articles in recent weeks to see many of our racing members achieving personal bests at a variety of distances.  Well done to you all and enjoy a well earned rest before your winter training begins.  The old adage “winter miles leads to summer smiles” is still true today.

Club Runs continue to be well supported, be it Sunday “café ride” or the Saturday/Sunday more serious training ride.  There should be something for everyone to join in with on the week-end.

Please let us know through the Forum or via a Committee Member what you think of the website and what “Threads” you would like to see on the Forum.  It is your web-site and will only reflect your needs if you make them known.

Enjoy many safe miles over the winter.