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Cycling Club Bahamas. - Membership fees are due for 2017, $75 for the year. Plans for a new cyclist ID card are in the works. A membership form will be sent by email.

Doctor’s Hospital has a scheduled CPR/First Aid Course scheduled every third Saturday of the month, 9am-5.30pm. For January, the class will be held on the 21st (sign up date for January 17th.)

The cost is $95.00 + 7.5% vat = $102.13. This is inclusive of book and certification card. Tea, coffee and sandwiches for tea break.

Weekend rides: Saturday leaving 6am sharp from Harbour Bay Shopping Centre in front of First Caribbean Bank (Starbuck’s), 43 miles headed west. In order to complete this ride, it is recommended that you have done some recent cycling. Leaving P/I bridges optional at the end. The pace will range from 17–20+mph, three-hour duration.

Sundays leaving 6am sharp from Harbour Bay Shopping Centre in front of First Caribbean Bank (Starbuck’s) 40-50 miles headed east. This ride is not recommended if you have not cycled recently or first timers. P/I bridges optional at the end. The pace will range from 17–20+mph, 3-3.5 hour duration (cyclists are invited to join in anywhere along the route).

Weekday rides, east: Morning, Tuesday & Thursday leaving 5am sharp from Sea Grapes Shopping Centre, East Prince Charles Drive. This ride is a 17-mile loop to the Northbound Paradise Island Bridge and back again (both bridges are sometimes incorporated depending on available time). Open to riders capable of 18mph+ for 1 hour. Lights are essential.

Weekday rides, west: Morning, Wednesdays & Fridays leaving 4:45am sharp from Fidelity Bank Parking Lot (opposite Cable Beach Police Station), West Bay St. This ride is a 20-mile loop. The route is varied. Open to riders capable of 18mph+ for 1 hr. Lights are essential. Contact Shantell to confirm your attendance.

Afternoon: Tuesdays & Thursdays leaving 5:30pm sharp from Old Fort Shopping Center east of Solomon’s Fresh Market. Intermediate Riders 17-22mph - see Spyda This ride is 18miles (faster group leaves North Side Lyford Cay roundabout, recommended for strong riders capable of 20mph+ for 1-1.5hrs. (23 miles) Lights are essential.

Upcoming events

January 17: Marathon Bahamas, http://www.marathonbahamas.com/ looking for Volunteers- contact robphillips@batelnet.bs.

February 18: Ride For Hope, Governor’s Harbour, Eleuthera, http://www.rideforhopebahamas.com.

Would you like to bike in Asturias, in the West Coast of Spain in July 2017? Contact club if interested. We are trying to gauge participation to work out a price.

Sands Hash House Harriers. - The Sands Hash House Harriers will have two relay teams in the Marathon Bahamas event this Sunday.

Because the teams of three males and one female don’t qualify for the official marathon categories (all M or all F, or 2M and 2F) the teams will be competing against each other.

Cheer on your favorite team when you see them along the race route sporting their “Sands Beer Jet Packs”.

One team is Sands and the other is Sands Pink Radler. You are welcome to stop by their tent which will be set up near the finish line.

Look for the “Nassau Hash House Harriers” banner. They will have breakfast sandwiches, burgers, and refreshments available for a donation.

Join the main group for a post marathon run on Sunday. They’ll leave at 11:30am from their tent for a three-mile run.

The Hash are a social running club who meet at a different location in New Providence once a week for a fun run. Learn more at www.NassauHash.com.