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Another regular at the national presentation was Katja Rietdorf (London & Home Counties /
Born to Bike), who is the 100 mile women's champion (+67:59), was third woman in the 12 hour
(+68.47) and second woman in the Best All Rounder (+1:07:57).
Ron Hallam (Nottingham & E Midlands / South Pennine RC) once again outwitted the age
standards, despite the less favourable allowances for the 'oldies' in 2019. He once again won
the Short Distance Competition (still being the only name to adorn the L de Camellis Bowl) and
he became 15 mile men's champion (+10:22) by a narrow margin after sneaking in another
birthday a few days before the event.
Keith Ainsworth (North Midlands / Sheffrec CC) started his season well by becoming the 10 mile
men's champion, for which he won the Ken Matthews Cup. In the other championships the top
spot eluded him but he still came away with three silver medals for second man in the 15, 25
and 50 mile championships. His year also included five age 60 national age records, all except
his 50 ride being at 30mph plus.
Andrew Simpkins then took over the announcing as the C W Cooke Trophy was awarded jointly
to Ian Greenstreet (L&HC / Aerocoach) and Rachael Elliott (L&HC / Newbury RC) in recognition
of their outstanding mixed tandem rides of 2019, which rewarded them with five competition
records and six VTTA national age records. They also received medals as VTTA tandem
champions at 10 and 25 miles.
The final presentation was of the Ted Bricknell Memorial Award, which was made posthumously
to Steve Lockwood for his work as National Recorder but more specifically his massive
contribution to the recent standards review, which resulted in the 2019 standards tables. The
Award was intended to be made to Ruth Eyles, Steve's partner, but as she had a prior
engagement it was received by Alan Colburn to be passed on to her. Alan lives nearby and duly
completed this task early the following week.
That concluded the presentation of national awards so after completing the photo calls it was on
with the serious business of the AGM.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2020

By Mike Penrice

The meeting was attended by 30 group delegates from 15 groups plus 5 NEC members.
Reports
The Chairman presented the annual accounts, explaining the reasons for the deficit on the year
was primarily due to the investment in the new age records system. The NEC bank account is
now coming close to what may be considered a prudent minimum reserve equivalent to about 6
months expenditure.
The Chairman highlighted some items in the annual report distributed with the agenda. For ex-
ample, the membership statistics by group noted a slight decrease in membership last year.
Around 400 new members joined over the year but c450 lapsed. The revised standards tables
are working well, and more riders are riding for standards this year. Separate tables and medals
for women in the season long competitions have been introduced and well received.
The Chairman explained the financial forecast, which showed that some increase in national
subscriptions was needed primarily to fund the ongoing cost of the new website which had been

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