Prizegiving and John Barnes Appreciation Lunch

Benson's Riverside Bistro was the venue today for the club's annual prizegiving, this year's event doubling as the club's expression of thanks to John Barnes, who recently stood down after 38 years as Chairman of Reading CC and its predecessors. Fifty members attended with their guests, enjoying a substantial buffet lunch, a slide show presented by Roy Booth of Reading CC in the 1970s and 1980s, the prizegiving compered by Adrian Lawson, and finally the foodstuff without which no trip to Benson would be complete, in the shape of the John Barnes Cake.

Many thanks to those who organised the event, especially Sarah Lidington. The full list of competition winners is available here.

John Barnes leads the ride out to the lunch

Reading CC has a large number of trophies

Steve Bale, Nick English and Mark Pardoe won awards for fastest time trials

60 seconds of agony in the Roller Race earlier this year won Greg Woodford this impressive trophy dating from 1881.

"Size doesn't matter" thinks Rod MacFadyen

Lucinda Seymour rode the fastest ladies '25' this year

Nick Crocker won the John Hollands cup for his ride to 5th place in the Grand Fondo Cymru

Mark Pardoe picked up Club Person of the Year, and the Sheila Barnes Memorial Prize, in addition to various other trophies

Sarah Lidington organised the event

The Cake

John wonders if he can eat all that

The Pikey at the end of the rainbow