Next wed the 16th is the final race of the season. Not a time trial but a mass start, staggered race format the same as last year.

Kick off at 6.00pm

Prize giving will follow with free food available for all those who are either club members or have raced, a small charge of £2.50 will be made to those who want to attend but arent members or who havent raced.

Please remember to bring your race plates with you so you can get your free food.

Dont forget that this wednesday there is the coaching talk in the Cafe by the professional coach Alex Pattison who coaches team members Mick Powell and Danielle Rider.

He will be talking about everything from nutrition to training.

Kick off is around 6 to 6.30pm.

Can all winners of trophies from last year please return them to the shop.

Merv has asked me to pass on this link for this winters upcomming CX season.

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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.