GRAVESEND Cycling Club held their annual open 10-mile and 25-mile Ramsey Cup time trials last weekend.

This year the event was given an extra dimension by the incorporation of the national disability 25 kilometre time trial under the auspices of British Cycling.

The disability event took place on the Sunday before the 25-mile event and there were two separate races for those on hand cycles and those on normal bicycles or tandems.

Olympic gold medallist Rachel Morris won the hand cycle event, completing the 25k course in 58m22s.

Russ White won the bicycle event with a time of 36m19s.

Visit gravesendcc.org.uk/photo-gallery.htm to see more photographs from the event.

The GCC open 10 was won by Peter Tadros in the excellent time of 20m54s, while the ladies competition was won by Jayne Wadsworth (De Laune CC) in 27m27s.

GCC members were involved in the organisation of the event but Jason Tibbs and Keith Ward also took part and recorded times of 26m25s and 27m16s.

Tadros also won the 25-mile race with a time of 53m06s, while the fastest lady was Jenni Van Deelan (VC Elan) in 1hr13m18s.

The Ramsey Cup, in its 84th year, was retained by the Kent Cycles team of Malcolm Davies, Gary Banfield & Anthony Bee.

Gravesend’s Tibbs was timed at 1hr09m07s.

The fastest rider in the latest GCC Evening-10 Series was Neil Stanley of Sydenham Wheelers with a time of 23m18s.

Other times were: Graham Terry (Kent Cycles) 23m23s, Bob Crayford 25m04s, Tibbs 25m59s, Graham Strugnel (Wigmore CC) 26m04s, Keith Ward 27m05s and M Bosfield 34m58s.