Event - May 21, 2007 Keswick to Barrow.

The Keswick to Barrow Walk is a 40 mile sponsored stroll through some of the country’s finest landscapes. The route starts on the southern side of the lake district town of Keswick and winds its way through some of the most beautiful scenery to the Victorian town of Barrow in Furness on the coast of the Irish Sea.

Would anyone who would like to enter the handcycling team please contact Alan Grace on alangrace@btinternet.com

Full details of the event are at: http://www.keswicktobarrow.co.uk/home.asp

Racing in the UK has taken root with the BRITISH GRAND PRIX SERIES which began in 2004. This is a group of Time Trials (TT) and Road Races (RR) around the UK.

First 2007 Training Day April 21, 2007

Chris Furber, National Coach for the British Cycling Disabled Squad, will be present to assist with the coaching sessions.  And Paul Smith from University of Greenwich hopes to be present .  

The training format for the day will be a 3 hour track session in the morning, lunch at 1.00pm and a 2hr road session in the afternoon.  The training will start at 10am on the track.   Please be ready to start at 10.

On Sunday, there is a race at Hillingdon organised by BHPC starting as usual at 11am.  This is the 1st HCAUK Grand Prix event of 2007.

A number of  rooms have been pre-booked at the Olympic lodge for the Friday (20th) and Saturday (21st) nights. Cost of a room per night is £28.20 or £14.10 sharing breakfast is £3.60 lunch is £3.80 - choice of baked potato or packed lunch.

Please confirm your attendance and choices for  meals and acommodation (sharing or single) for the 2  nights by no later than Friday April 13th.  Please pay me your costs on arrival.

The training is open to all handcyclists irrespective of level, experience, condition and disability.    For a newcomer to handcycling, it's an excellent opportunity to gain benefit from some structured coaching, and advice in terms of planning, preparation and training logs etc.  There will be a number of experienced handcyclists present who will only be to happy to pass on advice and tips.  The session will start with a warm up, followed by a 1 lap time trial for all.  A  variety of interval type exercises will be then done   including team sprints and a short factored race.   By the end of session, you will have had a good work out and developed a team spirit with those you are cycling.  

Please contact me if you any queries. Matthew Lindley HCAUK race organiser Tel: 01260 279829 Mobile: 0776 209 8264

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Event - The ‘Wild West’ Hand Cycling Tour 2006 Australia 5th– 20th MARCH 2006 - UPDATE

European Handcycling Race Rulebook

European Handcycling Race Calendar 2006 Now Comfirmed

The EHC race calendar is now confirmed for next season....click here. The EHC is the international series governed by what is now the EUROPEAN HANDCYCLING FEDERATION (EHF) - more of this later.

Note - the EHC race in Portugal planned to be held in April 2006 has been cancelled.

August 2005

EHC Castle Combe (UK) The first EHC race run at Castle Combe in Britain was a great success and it was helped by a beautiful sunny day. It was a good undulating racing course and a stong breeze added to the challenge. There had been some uncertainty over the number of European participants and despite some people not being present, a good number of handcyclists took part. There was also a number of new British faces which is very encouraging for the sport in the UK. The meeting, under the direction of David Abrutat, proceeded extremely well.

The winners of the individual classes were: Olivier Versaeilie (A1), Christophe Hindriqc (A2), Manfred finery (B), Elmar Sternath (C1), Roel Bruijn (C2) and Monique v/d Vorst (FC). The results of the race are now available.

MARCH 2005

EHC Parabiago (It) entries are now open for the race. Details can be found on the Italian website www.grupposportivorancilio.com. The race is a flat circuit of 3.7km repeated 12 times (44km) for Division B & C and 8 laps (30km) for A Division and women. Entry deadline is April 20.

EHC Rosenau (Fr) A huge field of 145 racers took to the roads of Alsace for the first race of the EHC calendar on the Easter weekend.

The indomitable Hans Mayrhofer took the C Division title (again) and Max Weber, the B division winner. For full race results see the French website www.handbike.fr

13 March Rome Marathon

78 wheelchair racers and handcyclists took part in the Rome Marathon. Roel Bruijn won the male race in 1hr 23mins 28s.

Results

Men 1st Roel Bruijn 1:23.28s 2nd Patrick Moyses (Fr) 1:35.24

Female 1st Christine Saladin 1:51.37 2nd Daniela Rota 2:05.40

Tour De Georgia to Host Handcycle Race

The prestigous Tour De Georgia event will include handcycling this year as an exhibition on Thursday, April 21. The course is an out and back and will be run in the last man out format. For more information, please contact John Crowley: Crowley1095@comcast.net 706-290-1095. You can also contact Krige Schabort for details about the course: schabort@charter.net.

12-13th March Australia Nationals

Over 25 riders competed in the event, many of whom are new to the sport. The International field included riders from Great Britain, Netherlands and New Zealand.

Results

TIME TRIAL (19km - exc A Division)

C DIVISION Class C2 1st 39:58 Michel Wijlens (NL) 2nd 40:10 Johan Reekers (NL) 3rd 43.30 Michael Brown C1 1st 40.0 Nigel Barley 2nd 45.40 Bob Thomas 3rd 46.59 Adam Hall

B DIVISION 1st 44.06 Dave Abrutat (UK) 2nd 44.31 Karl Livingstone 3rd 45.32 Peter Allen

A DIVISION Class A2 1st 47.41 Rowan Bowles A1 1st 25.22 Craig Parsons 2nd 32.42 Grant Boxall 3rd 33.04 Alan Dufty

FEMALE - 28.50 Nu Nguyen-Thi

ROAD RACE (42km)

C DIVISION Class C2 1st 1hr 37.47 Johan Reekers (NL) 2nd 1hr 41mins Michel Wijlens (NL) 3rd 1hr 52.26 Michael Brown Class C1 1st 1hr 44.15 Nigel Barley 2nd 2hr 04.42 Adam Hall 3rd 2hr 09.12 Stuart Tripp

B DIVISION 1st 1hr 53.09 Dave Abrutat (UK) 2nd 1hr 53.10 Karl Livingstone 3rd 1hr 53.11 Peter Allen

A DIVISION Class A1 1st 2hrs 27.11 Rowan Bowles Class A2 1st 1hr 24.30 Symon Still 2nd 1hr 29.11 Alan Dufty

FEMALE - 1hr 09.58 Nu Nguyen-Thi

CYCLEFEST 2005

Entry forms for CYCLEFEST 2005 now available. The days races on SUNDAY 7th AUGUST include the first EHC race on British soil. Details can be obtained from Dave Abrutat +44 1242 703379 Email

FEBRUARY 2005

Australia hosts National Championships Perth, Western Australia - March 12 & 13, 2005
Saturday 12th March - Time Trial
This will be held at Herne Hill over a flat, wind affected course.
B & C category athletes will ride 19km (2 laps)
A category athletes will ride 9.5km (1 lap)
Sunday 13th March - Road Race Sunday 13th March - Road Race
For the road race we will venture into the CBD of Perth to race around the roads of Kings Park. Athletes will ride a difficult hilly circuit of 3.8km per lap.
A category athletes will ride 6 laps
B & C category athletes will ride 12 laps
For more information contact:
Gary Lees - Wheelchair Sports WA: Phone: +618 9443 4833
Fax: +618 9443 4252 Email: gary@wheelchairsportswa.org.au
Andrew Budge - Trysport: Phone: +618 9377-3554
E-mail: trysport@bigfoot.com.au Mobile: +618 0421811938

JANUARY 2005

The first EHC of the season at ROSENAU in France will be on the Easter Weekend (SATURDAY 26th MARCH start 1300hrs).

Registration for the races will be on the French website www.handbike.fr