#19 2nd August K10/10 Princethorpe

Event Notes: This event has a 19:00 start. Meet at top of Princethorpe hill on B4453.

Start on the unclassified road (Frankton Lane), level with TP7, just north of entrance to stables at Lazy Acres, approx 350yds from junction with B4453. At junction with B4453 turn left (B4453).

Proceed east on B4453 to junction with A45. Turn left onto A45 & proceed to island at junction with B4455 (Fosse way). Take second exit and continue along A45 to junction with A445 approaching Ryton-on-Dunsmore. Turn left along A445; through two “mini” islands; to island junction with A423. Turn left along A423 towards Banbury and continue through Princethorpe.

Finish 0.5 mile past B4455 junction at yellow paint mark in line with edge of hedge in gateway, about 0.25 mile before Marton bridge.

Volunteers always welcome to help at club events.

Marshals for all events are now booked through Google Spreadsheets. Please volunteer for at least 1 event for every 6 rides during the season. (Volunteer here)


Please note:

Due to unavailability of Velo members this event will be run as normal club RRCC evening race.

Racers can now book even and odd start numbers. All times, points, categories scoring as usual.


Please note that bookings can only be made by registered club members who are logged in.

Start List

1 – Tony Johnson
2 –
3 –
4 – Birgit Scott
5 – Vicki Craig
6 – Andrew Burston
7 –
8 – Alice Edwards
9 – James Daly
10 – Andy Craig
11 – Steven Scott
12 – Sam Barnwell
13 – Zoe Shepherd
14 – Dean Mason
15 – Andrew Childs
16 – Tom Walker
17 – Andy Dean
18 – Martin Orrill
19 – Richard Mercer
20 – Paul Nash
21 – James Gibbs
22 – Stephen Docker
23 – Duncan Weaver
24 – Karl Eveleigh
25 – Paul Birch
26 – Rob Stilgoe
27 – Phil Scott
28 – Dave Orbinson
29 –
30 –
31 – Ellis Pullinger
32 – Jon Cottingham
33 –
34 –
35 – Doug Caulfield
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44 –
45 – Brendan Hirst
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47 –
48 –
49 –
50 –
51 –
52 –
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59 –
60 –

Reserve List

Start list for this week only – 

Rugby Velo will start using odd numbers from #1. They have requested spaces for 10 racers.

RRCC will start using even numbers from #2.

To maintain a sense of competition and reduce unnecessary overtaking, the first ten RRCC racers have been placed according to their 10-mile handicap (10th to 1st).

From #21 onwards all racers have retained their start order.

I appreciate this is a change from the usual system but hope it has your support and produces good fun racing for all.

Prior to the 4pm close on race day, you may swap or change your numbers in the usual way.


Clearly this grading by nature will be imperfect however after hours of discussion and suggestions the overriding factors that we considered were:

Safety – Starting riders in a graded format will result in racing completed well before we lose crucial light and visibility, and potentially limit the need of overtaking another rider.
Volunteers – Starting in this format means all of the volunteers and Marshals can get home before dark.
Racing – We are a racing club, so grading improves competition with riders of similar abilities competing and improving their times!