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I have submitted what is the first edition of our confined events calendar for 2022. As a club we are currently looking into ways to increase participation and there is still much work to be done taking on board what has already been said. Therefor this is only the start! The calendar is, at the moment, presented with no changes. This is to show what would normally be done and allow everyone to see how things will evolve. New events need to be chosen and old ones will need to be discarded along the way as we look to adapt. For the first few events, the reliability runs, they are quite established and have been reasonably well attended during my time at the club. They will stay in place this year, but I propose a simple change. We discard the middle group leaving and only have two groups. The first group will depart at the allotted time and do the route as they have always done, which is a social pace that suits everyone in the group. The second and faster group shall then decide how much of a delay they should have before setting off. Let us all see if you have the skills to wait longer than usual and still catch the earlier group to finish as a whole club in Miller Street? A long lie in and bragging rights await. Please let me know how you all feel about this before it is confirmed. An open meeting for all club members will also happen soon to discuss the rest of the calendar. 2022 Confined Events #1 15 January.pdf

Of course the glory of riding with the fast guys is making someone hurt, so would you have this bunch riding until they catch a group up the road , and then stop riding? they are not going to sit up. So it will end up either with one big first group and a small fast group or a bigger fast group that will fracture. For me I am happy giving it a go but it’s unlikely that there will be a catch on the first one as it’s a bit short

Just going to end up with folk in faster group getting blasted out the back and coming in in ones & twos. Not a great idea IMO.

Thank you Gerard. Personally I think this is a good idea. No need for three groups.