Keen competition was the order of the day at the club roller racing championships, held at The Bath Inn. 5 victims offered themselves up for the sacrifice - Mark, Phil, Tristan, Lloyd and Mike.

First ride off took the form of a 1km prologue, and pitched Mark against Lloyd. The Grand Depart in London last summer was nothing to compare to this, with Lloyd edging out a plucky Mark with tenths of a second to spare.

So, to the semi finals, which saw Phil up against Tristan and Mike versus Lloyd. Phil battered himself to keep up, but Tristan, turning the pedals smoothly, was the winner, advancing to the final with a time of 41-88.

PB for Ed

A fine ride for Ed Trezona-Phillips with a PB by about 3 minutes, his first time under the hour for a '25' and the first vets prize. Not bad for someone whose been ill or injured for much of the season. And was that season's bests for Stuart and Andy? [14/09/07]

PZW Club '25' TT Championships 2007

Disappointing turnout from PZW on a fine morning for time trialing. Good to see John Payne starting to come into some good form towards the end of his comeback season. [10/09/07]

Good time by Martin and Stuart, also by Paul and John. Abject apologies from PZW for enforced absence due to Mark's stag do the previous night. [2/09/07]

A chill evening with a brisk northerly breeze and a good turn-out for the final club race at Leedstown of the summer. Many thanks to Mark and his helpers for organising the race. Next PZW club championships, the '25' TT on Sunday 9th September, only 2 weeks left for some serious training. This is a St Austell Wheelers club race, so you can enter on the day with start times from 9.00am and signing on at Tresillian Village Hall. [24/08/07]

A blustery wind, a bit of sunshine, a bit of rain, a new TT machine for a well-know PZ Wheeler, loads of other PZ Wheelers, a race debut for Neil, lots of tub talk, some cutthroat competition, large signing on fee offered to the Lobb duo, split times at the turn (in brackets in the results), and many thanks to St Austell Wheelers. [16/08/07]

A PB for Ed, PZW cleaned up first 2 vets prizes and Andy had another consistent ride. [14/08/07]

A warm, sunny and still evening evening with another encouraging turn-out. Many thanks to Tristan for stepping in at the last moment to organise the race and to his team of helpers for marshalling, timekeeping and pushing off. Jason Pascoe can have his jacket back when he returns his number and gets me a new spoke! The final PZW club race of the season on this circuit is on Thursday 23rd August, Next PZW club championships, the '25' TT on Sunday 9th September, only 4 weeks for some serious training. [10/08/07]

Impressive comeback by Graham Lobb after 4 years or retirement and excellent debut ride by his son. Are they going to join PZW? Epic battle for supremacy by Phil and Ed. Yet another PB for Tristan. [Mike Tonkin 9/08/07]

A good turn-out and great weather for this excellent St Austell promotion, as befits a Cornish Cup and SW BAR race. Wendy thrashed us all again, Dave Gilbert stole 8 seconds and 1 point from Martin Bawden in their epic Cornish Cup battle, Ian Houvenaghel and Gary Fouracres were not far behind, Andy Ellis did well to match Steve Sage who has been having some big results up in Devon this year. PZW picked up the first 2 vets prizes and the team prize, with Ed Trezona-Phillips coming back into from after illness and injury and Phil Walker riding strongly. Does this make PZW the top TT as well as the top road racing club in Cornwall - we didn't even have Mark, Paul and Jeff riding? [5/08/07]

Another large turn-out on a fine but windy evening. The wind must have been blowing in the right direction, because there were loads of PBs, and was that a course record by Martin Bawden? Many thanks to Andy Ellis for organising and Alan Askham, Terry Mappin, Neil Hollow, Stuart Pickering and Ed Trezona-Phillips for marshalling, timekeeping and pushing off. Next PZW club race on Thursday 9th August, Next PZW club championships, the '25' TT on Sunday 9th September, plenty of time for some serious training. [27/07/07]

Another great promotion by John Trott on behalf of Devon and Cornwall Police with a new course and a fine evening. A fine inaugral course record by Wendy Houvenaghel, followed by some very close battles with only seconds between lots of riders. PZW managed to pick up 2 vets prizes again. [20/07/07]

A record turn-out for a PZW Thursday club race. Many guests and a well-attended and hard-fought PZW club championships. Congratulations to Paul Friday who's improved form this season produced a convincing win. The course reverted to a Hayle start and a Clowance finish because of the annual summer fair in Praze. Thanks to Neil for organising, and to Matt, Terry and the pusher-offer (sorry, I don't know your name) for assisting. Someone left some belongings in Neil's car - if the rider would like to contact him and list the various items he will return them A.S.A.P. They can contact him on 01736 350593 or 07968 835712. Next PZW club race on Thursday 26th July, Next PZW club championships, the '25' TT on Sunday 9th September, plenty of time for some serious training. [13/07/07]

Sunshine, but a stiff SW breeze. Wendy showed us all how to do it - not far off Stuart Dangerfield's course record(!), John Payne went off course, a PB for Ed in his first race of the season after illness and injury, and was that a PB for Paul as well? [9/07/07]

As if last Sunday was not bad enough, the wind was even worse on Wednesday evening. At times it was a struggle to keep the bike going in a straight line on the longer outward stretch, into the fierce headwind. Someone was reportedly seen using their little ring!

Needless to say, times were pedestrian, but on the bright side, Stuart didn't puncture and PZW picked up 2 vets prizes. [7/07/07]

Although very windy and showery, the race went ahead after a course inspection and a 30 minute delay. The strong SW wind meant it was fast to the turn on each of the two laps, but the return leg was an awful struggle for most of us, Jon and Julius being the exceptions, especially the last bit of extra uphill added by the revised start and finish areas.

In the absence of any other riders, the PZW championships was a walkover for the only rider there. Dave Gilbert did a 'Stuart', puncturing on the way to the start, and Stuart did a 'Stuart' at the end of the first lap. As usual, the race was admirably organised by Plymouth Corinthians, with a long prize list, computerised results system, and instant action replay photographs from Anne Owens. [2/07/07]

A blustery, cold evening, but one that didn't seem to have too much effect on people's times. 17 riders turned out - another good showing. At roughly half way through this series of events, they're proving very popular. Nice to have the regular attendance from Mount's Bay. Thanks to Neil for marshalling, and to Tristan who cycled out and did marshalling duties at Praze. Thanks also to Andy for being assistant timekeeper. Very good ride by Mike for 5th place, and by Mark for a tri-bar-less 3rd. [Lloyd Peters 29/06/07]

A chill and windy evening. Stuart is perfecting the art of puncturing before the start - twice this time. Times were way down on 2 weeks ago, but Mark seemed to suffer less than most. [29/06/07]

What an evening. Torrential rain during the drive there, still raining while signing on, torrential rain waiting for result, torrential rain driving home, but for 45 minutes while we were actually racing the rain stopped. Eleven Wheelers assembled, nine raced, John Payne's adventures are detailed below, and I'm not sure what happened to Mike Tonkin!

A good night on the S40. PB for Tony Farnell, PB for Mark Haynes, and season's PB for Andy Ellis. [14/06/07]

Slight head wind on the way up the valley, warm and sunny. [Tristan Harris 14/06/07]

Well done to Truro CC for promoting this race on a fast local course which is not much used nowadays because it requires lots of marshalls and signs. They were rewarded by a good turn out, including many of the top riders in the SW. That well-known blogger from Plymouth, James Smith, proved that he can time trial as well as road race, smashing us all with an impressive time considering the strong headwind on the return leg. Unfortunately his team mate Gary Andrews could only enjoy the sunshine after going off course during the race. Dave Gilbert and Martin Bawden continued their see-saw battle to be Cornwall's premier time trialer. Elsewhere, Pete Blackshaw's ride was interrupted by some back wheel adjustments and there were some close battles and lots of tired legs and bodies battling into the headwind on the long final stretch. [Tony Farnell 10/06/07]

Two PZW riders, Mark Haynes and Drummond Masterton, plus their support marshall Matt Southam, went to the SW Division Champs held on the Stags Head circuit near South Moulton, Devon, on Sunday.

In the end Drummond came in 5th in the 3/4 cat race gaining ennough points to get his third cat licence whilst Mark was 14th in the E/1/2 race. [Matt Southam 4/06/07]

Despite a poor weather forecast, the rain just about held off and some fast times were recorded on this little used course. I still think that there is scope to make it faster still by altering the start and finish. The usual suspects had a close battle for the prizes. Mike Hayes had the misfortune to puncture shortly before his start time. Ivor Edmonds made a rare appearance on a bike. Many thanks to George Smith (St Austell Wheelers) for his efficient timekeeping, to Phil Walker, Tristan Harris, Neil Hollow, Matthew Spittle and John Garwell (all Penzance Wheelers) for marshalling, and to my wife for the refreshments. The only downside of the event was the theft, during the event, of all the signs that had been put out alongside the A30 at the three different interchanges. It must have been someone in a car who drove down both carriageways used by the course. I can only guess that it was a disgruntled driver with some kind of grudge against cyclists! [Tony Farnell 3/06/07]

Many thanks to organiser Mike Tonkin and officials Neil Hollow, Terry Mappin and Tristan Harris. [1/06/07]

A warm evening with a light breeze saw 24 riders under the hour and me miss my pb by 4 seconds - how frustrating was that? [Tony Farnell 29/05/07]

As you can see several regulars missing conditions were fairly good Stuart turned up but left it to Andy & Richard to fly the flag for Team Logic. Good first time effort from Phil Coad from the Helston area & "Triathlete" Ian Matthews ( Mounts Bay Harriers ) just back from shoulder surgery. Organised by Mike Tonkin, timed by Matt & Mike, marshalled by Neil. [Neil Hollow 24/05/07]

Good course, hardly any traffic, apart from a motor cycle rally (!), good cakes, and good weather. Cornish lads took most of the prizes, although Andy left before collecting his and Stuart punctured before the start. [21/05/07]

Here are results for the Crit on Sat. I have given them as one race the SW Circuit Champs although to BC I have sent them as seperate races. Please also include the PZW road race title with Tony Farnell 1st, John Payne 2nd and Paul Friday 3rd. The man of the race for me was Dean Robson who did a vast amount of work on the front all race with two experienced riders too happy to let him do it . A raw talent if I ever saw one, needs a coach and some more races and he could be very good. [Matt Southam 21/05/07]

Good warm-up for Dartmoor hundred tomorrow. Kept us out of the pubs. Fine evening, but very windy. Mark did another PB. Timekeeper missed my time - Andy Parker collided with her as I was finishing!!! [14/05/07]

Rain just held off until we finished, but rather windy. Some really good times. [14/05/07]

Superb evening, sunny, no wind, warm yet again, 16 riders, pro racer plus fan club, and World Cup winner Wendy Houvenaghel. Still traffic lights at Praze, so Mike's sadists' course had to be used again, and we had to pay an inflated entry fee for the privilege. Thanks to Lloyd, Matt, and Neil for organising, timekeeping and marshalling. Next PZW club race Thursday 17th May at 7.00pm. [5/05/07]

The usual tough rolling course defeated most of the field. Jeff was in an early break, Tony had a go on the front, but with tired legs from yesterday, both paid the penalty and were forced to climb off, as did Andy. Mark battled valiantly against the Certini boys, who's legs didn't seem to be affected by the previous day's racing, but had to settle for 9th. Stuart and Rich hung on in there to the finish in the very very spread out remains of the bunch. [2/05/07]

Fine and sunny, usual wind. Even the combined strength of the Certini mean machine couldn't stop James winning the E/1/2 race. PZW showing well in 3/4 Cat race, Tony lead out the sprint, Jeff just edged out by Mark Millergill, John putting in some useful training and Tristan getting fitter. [2/05/07]

Yet another warm and sunny evening' but only a small field. Gary Fouracres, trying to kid us that he's retired from competition, smashed us all. Thanks to George for organising and timekeeping. [27/04/07]