BrianS

I thought you would be first in the queue with all that training you are doing ! can you contact Andy direct [email protected] see you on Saturday big man ! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For all your computer needs, spares & repairs - PC Express, Love Street, Paisley 0141-561-0323 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

6 entries in from the club.....any more...... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For all your computer needs, spares & repairs - PC Express, Love Street, Paisley 0141-561-0323 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The annual 'Don Smith Memorial' supporting the Braveheart Fund will take place this year on Sunday 27th February. The event will have 3 seperate rides to cater for all levels. Don's wife will flag off the first group of riders at 10:00 am. 1. 70 miles starting at 10:00 (want-to-be fast guys) 2. 50 miles starting at 10:15 (moderate pace) 3. 30 miles starting at 10:30 (sociable ride) All rides will start and finish at the Johnstone Wheelers Club rooms, Millar Street, Johnstone, Renfrewshire. Soup and sandwiches will be available at finish along with a certificate of completion to all participants. Entry Fee/Donation is £5.00 with all proceeds going directly into the Fund. Send entries to: Andy McKinlay 3 Ashgrove Workshops Ashgrove Road Kilwinning KA13 6PU Email Enquiries to: [email protected] All participants will be entered into a prize draw where the winner will receive a new Braveheart Fund jersey designed by Peleton Design. The first 100 entries will also receive a 'goodie' bag filled with various bits and pieces. If he is not away filming, Graeme Obree will be participating in the sociable ride. This is a great opportunity for any newcomers to ride with a legend of Scottish cycling. Former Olympian Brian Smith will be participating in the moderate ride so come along and see him suffer! Dooleys Cycles will also be having their annual SALE with many bargains. Many of this years funded riders will be participating along with ALL committee members. Come along to a fantastic day out and support the memory of 'Big Don' and the Braveheart Cycling Fund. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For all your computer needs, spares & repairs - PC Express, Love Street, Paisley 0141-561-0323 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Why?, Are you redoing your wardrobe?, after all that weight loss, I hear your are back to your racing weight??, your supposed to put weight on when you get married!! like the rest of us!! Cheers Sean. why - organising Braveheart jersey's racing weight - not quite but getting there ! don't want to be a skinny freak again ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For all your computer needs, spares & repairs - PC Express, Love Street, Paisley 0141-561-0323 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Can I have some of your thoughts on clothing. 1. TAL ? 2. PRO VISION ? 3. BEST USED ? Thanks ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For all your computer needs, spares & repairs - PC Express, Love Street, Paisley 0141-561-0323 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Kenny....can i reserve 2 tickets for me and my missus can you PM an address and i'll send a cheque. Thanks. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For all your computer needs, spares & repairs - PC Express, Love Street, Paisley 0141-561-0323 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Yes....well done in winning the first 'Braveheart Rider of the Year' it gave me great pleasure to present it to you as a fellow wheeler.... good to see DOUGIE, ALAN Y, GEORGE and DEREK representing the club -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For all your computing needs, new machines, spares & repairs - the Yellow Computer Shop, Love Street, Paisley 0141-561-0323 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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CONFIRMED and paid - 1. Alan Yeoman 2. Katrina Hair (Free) 3. George Hamilton 4. Derek MacFarlane 5. Martin Mulholland 6. Dougie MacFarlane (Dooleys table) Remember your camera's for the chance to get a pic with an Olympic Gold Medal. See you there

If no contact is made to me before Monday morning unfortunately I will have to resell tickets. I am disappointed but you may of made others happy. If anyone else is in contact with the names above can you let them know. If someone else from the club wishes the tickets then let me know asap and i will guarantee them. These are the only outstanding tickets that were reserved by Kenny. Cheers.

1. Alan Yeoman 2. George Hamilton 3. Alyson Winship 4. Euan Mackay

1. Alan Yeoman 2. George Hamilton 3. Derek Mcfarlane 4. Alyson Winship 5. Euan Mackay 6. Martin Mulholland perviously posted- Could I get a confirmation of tickets from the club. We have many on the cancellation list and I would like to please most. All tickets @ £25 per head can be paid to above address. If payment not received by start of October then places will be filled by others. could i urge the guys above to send payment to Braveheart Cycling Fund, c/o Alan Miller ,1 Porter Drive, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland KA2 0NA. all other ticket sales have been paid...... Thank you.

i will organise this for you. we are planning a couple of events for next year along these lines. anyone wishing to help in any way can contact me directly through the fund website. Thanks

A Tour de France yellow jersey, signed by six-time Tour winner Lance Armstrong, is the standout item made available to raise funds for the Braveheart Cycling Fund, which was set up last year to offer financial assistance to promising young Scottish cyclists. Armstrong’s signed and framed jersey compliments the many items to be auctioned at the Braveheart Fund’s second fundraising dinner, to be held in Ayrshire on 22 October. The dinner, which will include a mystery guest and the announcement of the Fund’s first patron, is a sell-out, but Armstrong’s jersey is being made available to the wider public, with raffle tickets being sold in bike shops throughout Scotland. Raffle tickets may also be purchased over the phone, for full details visit the funds website.

JWCC - 7 confirmed tickets 1. Alan Yeoman 2. Katrina Hair (Free) 3. George Hamilton 4. Derek Mcfarlane 5. Alyson Winship 6. Euan Mackay 7. Martin Mulholland 1 reserved until sunday evening (19th)

Good Luck.....good piece on Radio Scotland.....

JWCC - 6 confirmed tickets 1. Alan Yeoman 2. Katrina Hair (Free) 3. George Hamilton 4. Derek Mcfarlane 5. Alyson Winship 6. Euan Mackay 2 reserved until sunday evening (19th)

JWCC TABLE Reservations - 8 1. Alan Yeoman 2. Katrina Hair (Free) 3. George Hamilton 4. Kenny MacDonald 5. Alyson Winship 6. ? 7. ? 8. ? Could I get a confirmation of tickets from the club. We have many on the cancellation list and I would like to please most. All tickets @ £25 per head can be paid to above address. If payment not received by start of October then places will be filled by others. Thanks.

David Smith, the youngest rider in the race, tells us about his experienceof riding with some of the top names in cycling during the Tour of Britain in his diary entry. http://www.braveheartcyclingfund.com/di ... EntryID=79 Gary and Evan will be posting their own experiences soon. Due to an increase of items collected for the dinner auction we have decided to advertise some of the items on the forum to enable bids to be placed up until the day of the dinner, 22nd October. We have a fantastic item in one of this years record breaking Tour de France yellow jerseys signed by Lance. Tickets will be sold for this item at some local cycle shops throughout Scotland and directly through the website with our guest of honour at the dinner picking out the lucky winner. All details of the above will be posted soon. Thanks for your continual support.

No probs.....just give me plenty of notice.....

Ticket Reservations - 8 Dougie MacFarlane Martin Mulholland Alan Yeoman Katrina Hair (Free) George Hamilton Kenny MacDonald Alyson Winship ??? Cheques can be sent to - Braveheart Cycling Fund c/o Alan Miller 1 Porter Drive, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland KA2 0NA. (made payable to Braveheart Cycling Fund)

Congrats....i had my suspicions at the Tour.... you need to get a babysitter for next year....

3 tickets reserved for - Dougie, Martin and Alan 7 out of 9 tables already reserved

On friday when you left we did the Deux Alpes, that was also an excellent day because arrived on the top we sat at a restaurant and had a good sandwich with ice cream, we enjoyed it very much! And on the back way Doogie beat me in the sprint, he can really be fast! Ask Steevie about the way of dancing of Scott on music of the eighties, you will for sure have a good laugh... So I went back home on saturday at the same time than the others, was annoying to say good bye after these fantastic holidays. So I arrived home totally empty and tired, saw Lance wining again a time trial and then prepared my bike and all my stuff for the race of monday because we would leave on sunday afternoon. This race is the Grand Prix d'Ancelle, a little ski resort in the south Alps. This race is included in the French National Espoirs (under 23) Calendar, and is divided in two parts: an individual TT in the morning and a road race in the afternoon. I'm now last year Espoirs, and I already made this race three years ago when I was first year Espoirs. At that time I finished 52nd and last of the GC. The best riders of the southeast of France are at the start of the race. So I knew it would be hard for me to perform especially after a week of hard training in the Alps. So I was not surprised to see on monday morning at breakfast that a few riders of the race are said to become professional next year, including Nicolas Roche, the son of. On sunday when we arrived there we recognised by bike firstly the circuit of the afternoon race, where Thomas Voekler (maillot jaune on the Tour) become Champion of France last month. It's a difficult circuit of 22 km with three main parts: a fast and long DH, a long part on the valley road and a big climb to the resort. We would have to do it 4 times in the afternoon. After that we recognised the TT circuit, which wasn't the same as three years ago. This time it was 4,85 km, almost flat with a little climb in it. It pleased me quiet well. On sunday evening I was still very tired of the week and the road drives of the last days. On monday morning we discovered that we were only 53 riders at the start, but the level of these was very high. So after a not to big breakfast we started the warming up with the four other guys of my club, the Velo Sport Hyérois, and recognised again the circuit. I have totally no TT equipment, so on such a circuit I had for sure a real disadvantage, but I didn't really care, the most important for me is to give every thing of myself. Then it was time to perform, I started as good as I could, felt not to bad, but then arrived the little hill. I just sprinted on it on a big gear but then I felt that my legs were not at the best, so I had to go on an easier gear, and that's always a bad sign. On the back way I kept a 52-13 until the finish line and finished totally exhausted. My time was 6'54" with an average of 42 km/h, but that placed me only on the 43rd place... which is not really good, but I couldn't do much better in this case. After the lunch I still felt very tired and it was really difficult to stand up near my bed to prepare for the road race. Nevermind after a little warm up we stood at the start for 88 km to go. My aim was to follow the bunch in the first lap and after I would have seen what to do. So we started by the DH until the valley. 50 riders riding at 10 cm from each other at 82 km/h, that's f***ing exiting! After a lot of attacks in the valley, we started the climb. We legs felt like s***, no power, just empty. But I was fighting to stay in the bunch on the steep hill while some guys begun to loose the contact. But on the last part of the climb, I couldn't follow anymore. So I get on the back of the race. That doesn't happen to me very often because I don't ride a lot at that level, so in my head there was as much s*** as in my legs. But at the end of the first lap I kept going on, and at the end of the third lap the commissaries asked me to stop because I was to far away from the head of the race. So that was the end. My team mates didn't performed well also, the best finished 30th. So really nothing to celebrate. In the evening I arrived at home totally tired. But I know that this training week and this hard race will be usefull for me in the coming weeks, so it's a bad result for a later good result. My next race is on a regional level, on monday the second of august. I hope I will feel strong. I can tell you in the same way my future results if you want. Maybe it can be good to post this on the JW bunch site (only the race part of course...) oops Best regards, Christian