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VTTA Wessex

The Veterans Time Trials Association is for anyone 40 years of age and over who has an interest in cycle racing, and specifically in time trialling.

29/05/2026

The VTTA Wessex 25 mile TT Championship was run at the Poole Wheelers' event on 17th May (P413/25).

There were eight eligible competitors who completed the event and Eamonn continued his winning streak finishing first (on a roadbike). Graham Harman came in second with Mark German completing the podium.

1st Eamonn Deane, Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers, 51:27 (Age Adjusted Time)
2nd Graham Harman, Sotonia CC, 52:30
3rd Mark German, 1st Chard Wheelers, 55:30

Our thanks to Poole Wheelers for their co-operation.

The next VTTA Wessex Championship is the Andover Wheelers event over 10 miles (P612/10) on Sunday 7th June. Entries have closed but there are a few late entry slots available if you're sharp.

The Championship 50 is coming up soon, link to the event https://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/events/43151-sussex-cyclists-assoc-championship-50

Here’s a photo of Mary Corbett and Norman Harvey who broke the Wessex Group Tandem Trike 25 mile record at the Poole Wheelers event.

05/05/2026

As part of the VTTA Wessex 60th Anniversary celebrations, our first championship of 2026 was a Road Bike TT contested over 26 miles on the Circuit of Wool event (P454) organised by Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers on 12th April.

Having presented the 2025 awards at our lunch in February, Eamonn Deane maybe decided that he might want to be a Wessex champion this year - and that's what he's done by finishing first, with Louisa Cooper second just over a minute behind (on AAT). Janine Pattison completed the podium.

1st Eamonn Deane, Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers, 01:09:30 (Age Adjusted Time)
2nd Louisa Cooper, PDQ Cycle Coaching, 01:10:35
3rd Janine Pattison, Poole Wheelers, 01:14:29
Our thanks to Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers for their co-operation.

The next VTTA Wessex Championship is the Poole Wheelers event over 25 miles (P413/25) on Sunday 17th May. Entries close later this week so please enter as soon as possible if you haven't already done so

03/02/2026

And here are the award winners at our presentation on Sunday. Thanks to Eamonn Deane for his talk and presenting the trophies, standards and certificates. Here's to another great year for all members. Please do recommend joining Wessex VTTA to your riding partners.

02/02/2026

A few photos from yesterday’s Presentation Lunch.

It was a great day and really nice to see so many members and their guest enjoying themselves.

More photos of the actual presentations will follow in the next few days.

Thank you again to everyone who came and see you again at an event over the season.

01/02/2026

We are ready for the 2025 presentations..,

14/01/2026

Hi All

A quick reminder, if you are thinking about attending the Presentation Lunch the closing date is Saturday 17th.

The numbers are looking good and boding well for a great event, so don’t delay and get your meal booked and we will see you in the 1st of February.

See you there…

06/01/2026

Hi Wessex Vets

I’m sure you have all been ploughing through the CTT website and picking out your target events for 2026.
Pete has diligently put together the group championship events and are as follows;

2026 Wessex VTTA Championships:

Road Bike Championship - 12th April - P454 - Bournemouth Jubilee
Circuit of Wool TT (incorporating VTTA Wessex 60th Anniversary Road Bike Championship)

10 Mile Championship - 7th June - P612/10 - Andover Wheelers
Andover Wheelers 10

15 Mile Championship - 23rd August - H15/3 - Newbury Velo
Fast Fifteen

25 Mile Championship - 17th May - P413/25 - Poole Wheelers
100th Anniversary 25

50 Mile Championship - 17th June - G50/10 - Sussex Cyclists' Association
Sussex Cyclists' Assoc. Champs. 50

Oh, did I mention the Presentation Lunch, it’s Sunday the 1st February at the Kings Court Chandlers Ford. The numbers are coming in nicely but we could always do with more.

We need your support to make the lunch a success so please attend if you can. It’s easy to book, just go onto your profile page on the Wessex VTTA website and look under payments.

Here’s a list of events courtesy of the South DC page for 2026. If you don’t follow the CTT south district you really should…

22/12/2025

The Tandem Tart Boxing Day 10.

Who’s joining us on Boxing Day for a fun filled 10 mile time trial on the P161c.

Open to solos, tandems and 2 ups.

Signing on from 8.45am at Matley car park (on the B3056 Lyndhurst Beaulieu Road).

First rider off at 9.31am.

Get into the festive swing by donning your fancy dress outfit, a Santa Claus hat or even sport a bit tinsel on your skinsuit.

There will be prizes and a slice or cake or two.

Entry £5 per rider.

Please bring extra cash for the scrummy post race cakes which will include some very special homemade bread pudding.

Donations will go to the ME Associations Ramsay Research Fund.

Any queries please email [email protected]

20/12/2025

The Committee would like to wish all the Wessex Veterans a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

All the very best for the coming 2026 season. Pete is working on the Championship dates, so watch this space in the New Year for more details.

Planning is underway for our presentation lunch. We are returning to the Kings Court Chandlers Ford for 2026, please keep the 1st February free and come along and cheer on our champions and medal winner.

A gentle reminder, if you haven’t had time to renew your membership with Christmas, please log on and renew, you can pay for the lunch at the same time.

A couple of photos of two of last years winners, Sarah Matthews of …a3crg and Pete Tomlin from NHRC.

02/12/2025

Dear all (also sneaking in a membership renewal message)

You are invited to the annual Wessex VTTA Awards Presentation and lunch on Sunday 1st February 2026 at 12.00 at the Masonic Lodge in Chandlers Ford. This event is a celebration of the achievements by you, your team mates and all Wessex VTTA riders during 2025.

We are delighted to have Eamonn Deane from Bournemouth Jubilee Wheelers as our guest speaker. For anyone that doesn’t know Eamonn he was featured in the Wessex news in Issue 86 (June 2025) of The Veteran. He has a wide and varied cycling palmares, a great sense of humour and is a good speaker. Sarah Matthews from a3crg will also say a few words about the various VTTA competitions and the benefits of VTTA membership.

The lunch programme kicks off at 12.00 on Sunday 1st February. We’ll sit down to a three course lunch followed by speakers and presentation of trophies, medals and standard awards. Everyone on the list e-mailed to the Wessex members by Claire Newman will receive an awards and even if you didn’t win anything in 2025 please join us to celebrate with our winners and enjoy some inspiration during the cold, dark winter months. We expect proceedings to wrap up by 3pm. (If you didn’t get an e-mail from Matt please check your junk mail then e-mail Matt. His details are on on the Wessex section of the VTTA website).

The menu options will be added to the Wessex VTTA website and emailed to all members in the coming days.

Please head to https://www.vtta.org.uk/login to buy a ticket. Once you have logged in, go to ‘my profile’ select ‘membership extras’ from the menu, scroll down then Wessex lunch which will take you to the payment page. You are more than welcome to buy tickets for friends, family or your nearest cycling rival! The ticket price covers the meal and room hire.

When buying a ticket, how about joining or renewing your membership too?

With the 2025 season done and dusted and the indoor trainer getting a bashing due to the rubbish weather. It's a good time to think about 2026, starting with renewing your Wessex Vets membership.

The events will be available on the CTT website from the 1st January. Pete will be announcing our championship dates soon and we have a new Road Bike championship event for 2026.
It's the 60th anniversary of the Wessex Group, so let's make it a year to remember. If you are a lapsed member, please rejoin again and hopefully we will catch up at an event soon

We look forward to seeing you on 1st February.

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