Bristol South Cycling Club Open 50 Mile Time Trial Sunday 21st July 2019 Course U86/50 - Start time 08:00 Promoted for and on behalf of Cycling Time Trials under their rules and regulations. Time Keepers: Andrew Greatwood Event organiser: Joe Hawksworth 07887687484 [email protected] HQ Minety Village Hall, Hornbury Hill, Minety Wiltshire, SN16 9QH HQ will be open from 7am. There is limited parking on site, please be considerate of the local community and ensure you are parked legally at all times. https://minety.net/about/facilities/minety-village-hall/ No metal cleats are to be worn in the hall at any time Signing on Riders must sign on at race HQ to collect their number and check for any last minute information regarding the event or course. Please return your number for a free drink, and ensure you sign off at the same time. Failure to sign-on AND sign-off will result in DNF recorded on your result Horse rider safety PASS WIDE AND SLOW! A serious complaint has been made regarding dangerous overtaking of horse riders on this course. Such behaviour threatens the existence of the event. Please pass horses widely and slowly, it’s more important than a few seconds on this sporting course. Any rider deemed to have passed a horse inappropriately may face disqualification as per CTT regulation 20 (a). Course notes • Please navigate to the course start via Dog Trap Lane (see below) • Do not warm up on the course once the event has started. • While waiting for your start, please use the hardstanding on the opposite side of the road, space is very limited at the start line so please do not line up for your start until 2 minutes before your allocated time. • Avoid making U-turns near to the start or finish of the course. After crossing the finish line proceed back to HQ. • Be aware that the course features a number of sharp turns, especially on the B4042 after the start. Take care when navigating these turns. • Marshalls will be in place at all turns to help guide you, but it is your responsibility to know the course route, particularly after the second loop is completed and you return back to the finish from the roundabout on the A429. The main loop is illustrated below. Please study the course carefully. • Please SHOUT your number as you cross the finishing line Course details Start: Minor entrance to the south side of the B4040 west of Minety, immediately opposite Dog Trap Lane. Course: Leaving the start, progress west on the B4040. Proceed through Charlton and onto the RAB on the A429 just before Malmesbury. Left to turn south on the A429. Proceed to next RAB with the B4042, where left onto the B4042. Proceed eastward, passing through Brinkworth, and The Common till reaching the B4696 (just before the M4 motorway). Left onto the B4696 (sign posted Ashton Keynes, Cricklade, Cirencester). After approximately 2 miles, take the left turn at Braydon Cross (sign posted Garsdon). Follow to top of minor climb, where follow the road throgh its right turn (signed Minety 11/2). Follow through to Minety and the junction with the B4040, where left onto the B4040 to pass the start. This forms the first loop. The loop is performed twice. On starting the loop for the third time, continue through to the RAB with the A429, where circle the RAB to return to the B4040, where head east. Pass through Charlton, to finish on the outskirts of Minety, approximately 50yards before the start. Finish: The finish is in line with the Gate on the north side of B4040, approximately 50 yards west of the start, and with the start just in view. Safety Riders are asked to take great care while riding the course, and in particular note the following point: • The race takes place on public roads with live traffic on the course so competitors must obey the highway code at all times and not impede other road users. • Cycling Time Trials recommends that all competitors wear a hard shell helmet that meets internationally recognised safety standards • All junior/juvenile riders MUST wear protective hard shell helmets • If the weather is bad with poor visibility or other conditions which present a danger to riders the event may be delayed or postponed • Please keep your head up for a safe ride