Tommo testing his new V8 BBQ, yesterday.

Friday the 3rd of July, stick it in your diary.

Were having an extra timetrial in July, just for fun, a bit like MBUK have 13 copies a year, stick in a random Autumn edition 2 weeks after August comes out, why, i dont know. But i digress.

So were have a fun family time trial, no points, similar to the last TT of the year, where everyone sets off in a staggered time. 5 laps of the TT course for adults, 2 or 1 for the kids.

Food will be available, 1 burger or hot dog free for club members, £2 for non members and members thereafter, cooked fresh by Chef Thompson, soft drinks will be available.

Bring the kids, the wife, the dog, anyone.

Sherwood Pines has Flickr! Though we will not be getting facebloominbook at any point soon never ever.

So if you click the link, you'll be whisked over to Flickr and be able to see the pics from the last time trial.

Full size printed copies are available from the shop for a small fee, or digital lower res copies are available for website use etc for 50p.

Here's the link click it

Some good and some bad news, depending on who you are.

If last year you were making up all your time on the flat out fire road sections, this years course is going to put a spanner firmly in your works.

Tech is the watch word of this years course. Gone are the massive sections of fire road and family route and in is a 99% singletrack course.

Made up of sections of last years course and the 2007 course as well as some of the new Kitchener trail, its a far more demanding skillful course.

So those of you that have been out grinding in the miles, best get practicing on that muddy gloopy singletrack.

The new series will commence on wednesday 15th of April, and fortnightly from there on in.

As usual we will have the jnrs, under 16s, female and male categories.

Kids kick off around 6, adults, hopefully 6.30.

Happy trails.

The 2009 timetrial season is virtually upon us.

Premilimary dates have been pencilled in as early April, so its time to get out and start putting some miles in, or you could just sit on a turbo like that guy.

Were looking at making some changes to the course and making it slightly more technical. So we'd like to hear your ideas of where it should go, keeping roughly in the area of the old course.

We've been contacted by James the organiser of the Midlands XC races and he's looking for the club to get involved.

Whats he's looking for is some volunteers to a: man an easyup at the race start/finish and promote the club, b: help mark the course out, design the route etc. with a bit of local knowledge.

Anyone willing to lend a hand should drop us an email or speak to someone at the shop.

Sneak peak of the new sponsored riders team kit for 09.

There will be a less 'vibrant' version for others later in the year.