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Witley riders
to Marshal at the Charlotteville Guildford Cycle Challenge 2008.
Sunday 7th Spetember.
Once again Witley have agreed to supply travelling motorcycle marshals to patrol the 3 routes being ridden in the 2008 road cycling event that they inaugurated last year.
Details of the event are available on the Charlotteville website :
Which also contains maps of the three routes:
Bike for all - (for families / beginners): This ride is 48km (28 miles) long and based on a route following country lanes to the south of Guildford. There will be plenty of support for novice riders.
Challenge - (for intermediate riders): This ride is 90km (56 miles) long, also looping south of Guildford on fine country lanes, but including a couple of the steep climbs in the Surrey hills that our area is well-known for.
Epic - (for advanced riders): The long ride is 132km (82.5 miles) and includes most of the area's climbs that we could find! With more than 2,300 meters of climbing, this route is a test even of the fittest cyclists.
It was great fun last year – but there weren’t enough of us from Witley out there on motorbikes – Ideally the long route could do with three of four motorcycle marshals, the intermediate with two or three and the short route one or two.
Our purpose is primarily to maintain a presence, in our high visibilities jackets, to create a protected feeling for the cyclists to raise the awareness of other road users to the fact that an event is being run and keep our eyes open for incidents. Last year I had to chase down a couple of riders that I saw missing turnings to get them back on to the route.
The start will be from Artington park and ride car park and the marshals will need to muster at 7.30 a.m. Should be finished early afternoon
If you are interested please get in touch with me,
Gordon Ayshford.
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or ring 07800733648
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