Good weather for riders and marshals made for an enjoyable evening and some excellent results for the first Club TT of the year.

According to my records (which only go back to 2014) there were 8 PBs on the night which is good for a first event. 

Tom Hutchinson was the winner and biggest mover, knocking over 2 mins off his previous Club 10 PB.

Russ Hughes and Roger Clarke continue their tussle, both recording recent PBs with 45s and 66 seconds to the good respectively.

Matty Wells sliced 1.15 of his previous PB to take the under 16 Vags record, Vicky Gibbs PB`d by 40 seconds and Martin Rasmussen by 32 seconds.

Sophie Enever and Mark Whaley just scraped under their previous record times.

We had 5 new entries - Paul Hague,Lewis Wake, David Ballantyne, Paul Mitchell and Phil Reynolds who havn`t ridden a club 10 in the last few years as far as I know. Welcome.

Next event 24th May another 10. See if you can get a mention in dispatches.

Read more: Club 10 10.5.18

Looking forward to a summer of great cycling but not sure where to go or how to get there?  With over 100 routes the Tyneside Vagabonds Club Rides Route Library is sure to have what you are looking for.  Put together from tried and tested routes ridden by club members, it provides an unrivalled source of out and back club riding routes to popular venues within a 40 mile radius of Ponteland, some routes that are a little further afield, and some designed for training purposes, as well as courses used for time trials and hill climb events.

Ranging between 30 and 100 miles, the club riding routes offer something for all types and abilities of rider and can be easily adapted to suit your personal needs.  The routes can be viewed on a computer, smartphone or tablet using any of several different map types.  They can also be downloaded to GPX or other formats for use out on the road.

The library is growing and dynamic so if you have any good routes that you think others would enjoy let Keith Aungiers know.

To access the library from the club website either:

- from the menu at the top of the screen select 'The Club' then scroll down to 'Club Rides' and across to 'Club Rides Route Library'

- or click on the red box 'Club Rides' to go to that section of the website where on the left you will see a link to 'Club Rides Route Library'

Following either of these will take you to the home screen of the Library at https://ridewithgps.com/users/400003.

Read more: Club rides route library for a summer of great cycling