The Club 10
Be part of the club, improve your skills, boost your fitness, socialise and make new friends.
What is it?
It’s a time trial (or TT), it just means riding from A to B in the least amount of time. There are no other riders to worry about, no tactics to consider, no special equipment needed.
Am I fast enough?
Can you ride 10 miles on a road? Then the answer is 'yes'. The beauty of time trialling is that, essentially, you’re racing against yourself. Once you’ve ridden one event, you’ll have your own target to beat.
How do I start?
Just turn up with your bike, helmet, shoes and working front and back lights. We hold these in conjunction with Westmead 88 every Wednesday between April and August on two courses: one based around Lower Withington and the other near Chelford. You don’t need a racing licence as a member of the Wheelers. If you’re under 18, you must bring a consent form signed by a parent or guardian.
What do the codes mean?
Cycling Time Trials (CTT) have a code for all courses around the UK. Lower Withington course is JC36. Chelford course is J21.
When and where are our Club 10s?
We are continuing our collaboration with Westmead Team 88 to bring you 17 x 10 mile TT events on two different courses. Our club 10s are run at Lower Withington:
Lower Withington, Red Lion pub car park SK11 9EA
Sign on from 6.15pm (or arrive to offer help at 6.15pm)
We organise 8 club 10s, and a the lads n lasses 2 up team time trial.
Macclesfield Wheelers Wednesday Club 10s 2025 - Lower Withington
23rd April (1)
30th April (Lads n Lasses 2 up team TT)
7th May (2)
4th June (3)
11th June (4)
18th June (5)
23rd July (6)
30th July (7)
6th August (8)
All the evening 10’s (from both clubs) will be listed on our clubs calendar, so keep a look out in the Upcoming Events list on our homepage.
Help needed – minimum of 7 extra volunteers
5 marhalls 1 starter with watch (countdown 5,4,3,2,1 go) 1 timekeepers assistant (shout out numbers for Celia at finish) 1 push off (not essential)
What is the difference between a club 10 and open time trial?
For a club 10 just turn up on the night and sign on. An open time trail requires pre-entry via Cycling Time Trials website and the closing date is usually 2 weeks begore the event. Westmead’s 10 on 25 June 2025 is an open even and counts towards the club 10 points competition so make sure to don’t miss the entry deadline.
No helpers - no event
Please turn up to help at our events. If you are taking part in the series competition you must marshal one event to quality for a prize.
Scratch competition
Is the faster overall rider obtaining the most points.
Handicap competition
We run the handicap to give everyone who is new or returning to time trialling a chance to achieve a prize in recognition of age and ability. Riders are given a notional allowance (the handicap) which is subtracted from their actual finish time to get a handicap time. Therefore, if you are given a handicap of 10 minutes and you record 30 minutes for the 10 miles, your handicap finish time is 20 minutes (30 minutes less 10 minutes). If the following week your finishing time is 28 minutes, your new handicap for the following week will be 8 minutes and will reduce each time you get faster.
Prizes
There are prizes at the end of the season for the Club 10 series and prizes on the day for the Lads n Lasses event. Don’t forget this year we’ll be looking at recognising those who have helped or marshalled at our club events.
Club 10 series – based on your best 6 performances in the Scratch and Handicap competitions.
Scratch competition prizes
Men, Women, u16, 16-18: 1st £50, 2nd £40, 3rd £30, 4th £20, 5th £10 + engraved glassware.
Engraved glassware for 1st, 2nd and 3rd in other age categories: Men & Women 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70+
Handicap competition prizes (includes all categories)
1st £50 + trophy, 2nd £40, 3rd £30, 4th £20, 5th £10
*cash prizes = 1rider, 1 prize
To qualify for a club 10 prize, riders need to have ridden 6 and helped out at 1 event. This equates to 6 out of 17 events promoted by Macclesfield Wheelers and Westmead Team 88. Volunteer points for riders are awarded once only for club 10 events promoted by Macclesfield Wheelers, irrespective of times helped out on the Lower Withington course.
Prizes are awarded based on your best 3 rides on each course (6 events) in the Scratch and Handicap competitions.
Further information
If you would like to find out about the club’s involvement in time trialing, please contact Pete, our Time Trial Secretary, at: pete.j@macclesfieldwheelers.org.uk
Or Jill, our club 10-mile time trial organiser at: jillw@macclesfieldwheelers.org.uk
You’ll find information on open events and lots of tips and advice about time trialing on the Cycling Time Trials website.