Weekly Briefing - Clarencourt Cycling Club

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This Week
Saturday 17th January 2015
Bob Green, Mick Curtis, Duncan Brown and Mick Ayliffe on a hare and tortoise MTB ride to Bike Beans at Ashtead on a
very windy and showery morning.
“Tea and a bacon sandwich please.”
“Would you like a granary torpedo?”
“A What?”
“Have your bacon in one of these, a granary torpedo, they’re lovely.”
“Why? Don’t you have any bread and butter?”
Sunday 18th January 2015
Val, Vinny, Andy, Dave E, Bill and Trevor to Horsham but Bill and Dave went for any early coffee at Henfold Lake. The
others rode on to Horsham. Mick was having a late start with the e-bike/train to Horsham but was not seen there.
Rumour has it that he went to Henfold and probably met Dave and Bill. The ride back from Horsham was via
Wimlands to Box Hill then up Little Switzerland and Epsom Downs. 56 miles.
Mick missed the meet due to missing gloves, he then missed 9.16 train, the 9.46 was cancelled, he got his money
back and left for Henfold, halfway up the Paris-Roubaix road he decided his legs were too cold so he rode back home
and sulked for the rest of the day.
Tuesday 20th January 2015
Trevor to meet the OHG but riding only to Red Lane before Henfold where he returned to Epsom for the
Warfarin blood test, which was OK but with a retest in two weeks. There was a beautiful ride up Little Switzerland in
brilliant sunshine. Home by 12 o'clock. again, as last week, before the rain started! 28 miles
Norman Luhr and Mick Ayliffe to Notcutt’s, Cranleigh to meet up with Wombat. Beautiful bright cold morning on way
out. Thunder, lightning, icy rain, lovely rainbow over Okewood Hill and 40 minute wait on a very windy Ockley
station on the way home.
Thursday 22nd January 2015
Andy H and Trevor with two others of the OHG to Bricks Smithbrook Kilns near Cranleigh. Started at Dauphin Sports
at Box Hill where Noel found he had a flat tyre. apparently happened while he was waiting and talking! Trevor also
suffered a puncture before the coffee stop. Despite this Trevor arrived back before 3 pm in Epsom where rain and
showers had occurred during the morning but these were not experienced by the riders. 65 miles at a brisk pace,
January Rides List
OHG = Over The Hill Gang, see OHG = Over The Hill Gang, see http://www.clarencourt.com/the-club-runs/over-thehill-gang for details. All rides are on road bikes except for those marked MTB which are mountain bike rides.
Date
Thu 15
Destination
"
Bricks - Smithbrook Kilns,
A281
Bricks - Smithbrook Kilns,
A281
OHGOHG Tanhouse Farm
Sat 17
MTB Ride Stoke D'Abernon
"
"
Sun
18
Tue 20
"
"
Wed
21
Thu 22
"
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Miles
Meeting Points
50
Betchworth (Social 15mph
av)
Betchworth (Fast 17mph
av)
Dorking Station
50
OHGOHG TBA
40
Cranleigh Notcuts Garden
Centre
Burgesh Court Chiddingstone, Kent
Chartwell Barns Café - Four
Elms
OHGOHG Notcutts, Cranleigh
50
Night MTB
15
Café Elvira - Borde Hill
Gardens
Café Elvira - Borde Hill
Gardens
OHGOHG Tanhouse Farm
50
60
60
45
50
Start
time
9:45
Notes/Pick up
times
Steve Clinch
10:00
Steve Clinch
10:00
Cheam Station South Side
9:00
Church Car Park
Betchworth
Cheam Station South Side
9:00
Betchworth (Social 15mph
av)
Betchworth (Fast 17mph
av)
Church Car Park
Betchworth
Mansion House Nonsuch
Park
Betchworth (Social 15mph
av)
Betchworth (Fast 17mph
av)
Dorking Station
9:45
9:00
Mick Ayliffe
Mick Ayliffe
Leatherhead BR
Station 9:45 am
Norman Luhr
Trevor Hughes
Steve Clinch
10:00
Steve Clinch
9:00
19:30
Contact
Mob 07974 451 893
Norman Luhr
9:45
Bill Martin
Steve Clinch
10:00
Steve Clinch
10:00
Mick Ayliffe
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Kit – only one item left from September order!
Lesley Clinkscales – Short sleeved, long zipped jersey, size S, ladies cut (size turns out to be Medium but please come
and try it on Lesley)
Bob Greens Winter weight long sleeved jersey (42” chest) doesn’t fit him so is back in stock and available for sale.
We have a full stock of small and medium sized hard shell hats in club colours, £63 each. Some mitts, overshoes and
XL jerseys
Harry has agreed to put a new page on the Halo website in the New Year to accommodate individual orders of kit from
Clarencourt members.
I plan to place another order for Summer stuff on February 1st so do please let me know what you want
before then.
Spring Order:
Billy McNamara
Bob Green
Winter gloves size XL 1 pair
Winter weight, L/S top size 44” chest
Subs
Membership fees (£20 full or £5 Second claim/social) are now due for 2015. They can now be paid direct into the
Clarencourt Bank Account.
The account details are :- Sort Code 09-01-51 Account Code 92969404
If you use this method, please, please put your name as the reference so I know who the payment is from.
If you wish to pay by cash or cheque then please email me at andy@ahuddart.freeserve.co.uk and I will send you
my address.
Andy Huddart (Hon Treasurer)
Sportives
28/02/2015
Evans Cycles Sportive RIDE IT Sandown
Park (Saturday)
Sandown Park, Surrey
22/02/2015
Hell of the Ashdown
Biggin Hill
15/02/2015
Evans Cycles Sportive RIDE IT Gatwick
Crawley
22/02/2015
Bucks Road Sportive
Higher Denham Community Centre Lower Road,
Denham , UB9 5EA
15/02/2015
Kentish Killer 2015
Brands Hatch Motor Circuit
Sun 8 Mar - The PUNCHEUR
A 65-mile cyclosportive starting and finishing in Ditchling, East Sussex, 5 miles north of Brighton. Fully-signed route: short,
punchy hills, long drags, and some long, fast stretches on quiet roads. Ditchling Beacon to finish. Ouch!
Fashion
From Mick Curtis’s Winter Collection
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Emails
Dear All
You may have helped me and Sutton Cycling Club in the past to organise the Cycling Championship for Sutton Primary
Schools. This year will be the tenth edition, this is certainly the first, and probably still the only, such event in the
country. It is to be held at the Walch Memorial Sports Ground, Northey Avenue, SM2 7HJ, from 1300 onwards on
Wednesday 11th March.
We need helpers , preferably sensible , useful people with some knowledge of cycles. You are amongst the people I
know who meet these criteria. It would be great if you can help us on this afternoon , it really is a great treat to see
youngsters enjoying cycling but we , of course, have to ensure things go off safely.
It happens whatever the weather. We need helpers to be around from 1200 hrs. on the day. Please let me know if
you can help out.
Reply to this e mail or ring me 0208 641 2850 / 07778192739.
If you have any friend that may like to help bring them along please.
Thanks and best wishes for 2015.
Pete Fordham Sutton Cycling Club,
Mick
The Forty Plus CC HQ sent us the fwg information re Decathlon's Club of the Year competition. Thought you might be
interested in sending in your nomination. Regards, Valerie Taylor
http://www.decathlon.co.uk/blog/cycling/decathlons-cycling-club-year-competition/
Mick, A bit longwinded but worth the read - perhaps pass on to others.
Cheers, Peter Hatch.
http://www.londoncyclist.co.uk/raf-pilot-teach-cyclists/
Once again many thanks for the news letter very much appreciated.
Going back to the Balham rough I’ve just come across a 1958 result sheet when J.B broke the course record, you
recorded , a 1.53.10.not bad for a19 year old.
John Smith
Some correspondence about the Old Joe’s OHGOHG Tuesday cafe stops at Notcutt’s.
OHGOHG Café Rides
Those that receive "Letter from America" will have already have read the following suggestion.
"Since the sad loss of Cliff, who encouraged us all to ride together as a group, I understand that people have
generally been riding to the café stops on their own. In particular the number attending Notcutt’s on a Tuesday has
declined to just one or two. Tanhouse Farm is still very much the favourite but it has been suggested that it might be
prudent to find a café closer to home and more central for everyone. It would be interesting to get a discussion going
on this if possible." Bryan Staples
Hi Bryan,
Reference the Tuesday ride, in my opinion the problem is pretty simply down to numbers & by that I mean numbers
of riders of the "appropriate" age group. Without being able to drum up more support & let's face it guys of your age
group must between you know all the possible candidates the ride will probably die off. If there aren't at least a
guaranteed two or three guys (or gals) turning from a larger "pool" where is the incentive. It is easy to understand
why Norman doesn't always bother to drive over from Westerham or wherever if he's going to be on his Jack Jones! I
consider myself a "second claim" Tuesday rider as I'm still only 60! but I like to ride out with my own thoughts at my
own pace that gives me a good workout then I enjoy the chinwag & cuppa & more sedate ride home with whoever. All
the best, Wombat
Hi Steve,
Thanks, understand and appreciate what you are saying. With a more central location I was hoping maybe it would
encourage more people like myself, who are no longer up to riding all the way to Notcutts and back, to ride a shorter
distance. As we no longer ride in a group, due to the disparity of abilities, those that wish could ride as far as they
liked and then meet up with those that can attempt a shorter ride. The traffic now makes it too difficult for me to
drive and then ride the last part to Notcutts as I have been doing. My thoughts were that somewhere like Cobham,
Ripley or Dorking, if we could find a suitable meeting place, might fill the bill.
Yours is the only reply I have had so far, it will be interesting to see if anyone else bothers!
Best wishes,
Bryan Staples.
Re Tuesdays OHGOHG at Notcutt’s.
I’m a fringe opinion since I am now an ebike/Senior Railcard cyclist.
The drop off in attendance at Notcutt’s is a pity but I’m not too bothered about it. My present route out over
Coldharbour from Dorking station and back up Tanhouse Lane gives me a lovely ride if the weather is Ok. In principle
I’m a bit against going to the same place by a similar route every week but I admit it’s very convenient especially for
those only able to come out occasionally and it avoids the hassle of ringing round. I would give priority to getting to
the OHG venue if battery and Southern Rail accommodate it although this has been less possible recently. That
introduces a bit of variety. I was quite pleased when I called in at Henfold on New Year’s Day. They’ve got a lovely
log fire but of course that uses the same roads as Tanhouse.
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So change the Notcutt’s venue if you want or let it wither on the vine and just meet at Tanhouse on Thursdays.
Evolution not revolution that’s me, I really don’t mind.
Mick
"Café Stops
It has been mentioned by a number of people that the OHG/OHG group ride mainly on their own
these days and that the Notcutts venue is very poorly attended.
The suggestion is that we change the venue for Tuesdays to a more local point where people can
ride directly if they wish or use a less direct route if that suits them for a longer ride. The
following are the suggestions so far:
Beare Green – Blu-Moon cafe
Pilgrim Cycles at West Humble Station
Cobham ? Suitable cafe
Capel ? Suitable café
Ripley ? Suitable cafe
Dorking ? Suitable cafe
Abinger Hammer – Post Office
Reigate
Clandon
Denbies
Leatherhead
Another suggestion has been that maybe if we plan to meet later in the day this would suit those
that travel part of the way by car, thereby missing the peak commuter period.
The Thursday meet at Tanhouse Farm is well attended and there is no need to look at this.
Any constructive thoughts from those who are involved by replying either to Mick or Bryan
Staples would be appreciated in an effort to make things easier and more enjoyable for the older
ones amongst us."
www.sccu.co.uk
SOUTHERN COUNTIES CYCLING UNION
Annual General Meeting
On
Saturday 24th January 2015 at 2 PM.
at
St Andrews Church Hall Complex
Woodmansterne Road, Coulsdon, Surrey,
CR5 2DN
CONTENTS
Agenda
Programme of Events
BAR Results
Minutes of 2014 AGM
Accounts 2014
PLEASE NOTE LOCATION OF AGM
The church is situated on the corner of Woodcote Grove Road (A237) and Woodmansterne Road, just northwest of
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Coulsdon.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
We really need new committee members, we only have a committee meeting every two months. Can your club help?
Contact me for more information on 0208 642 9983.
SOUTHERN COUNTIES CYCLING UNION
PRESIDENT ROD STARMER
Annual General Meeting of the Southern Counties Cycling Union
at St Andrews Church Hall Complex
Woodmansterne Road, Coulsdon, Surrey,
CR5 2DN
Saturday 24th January 2015 at 2 PM.
Agenda
1.
To elect a Chairman for the meeting.
2.
Apologies for absence.
3.
To confirm the minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on Thurs 25th Jan 2014.
4.
To adopt the reports for 2014.
5.
To adopt the accounts for 2014.
6.
To elect a President for 2015.
By the Executive Committee: That Rod Starmer, Surrey Ravens CC, be elected President of the Southern
Counties Cycling Union for 2015.
7.
To confirm that the following are Past Presidents -:
J Watts, A Alston, S Brown, G Bristow.
And that the following are Gold Badge of Honour Holders
G Bristow, S Brown, J Watts, A Alston, R Starmer.
8.
To elect vice-presidents -: By the Executive Committee:
That the following are re-elected as Vice-presidents:
D Bonner and Brian Laughton
9.
To appoint the following Honorary Officials -:
a.
General Secretary
b.
Treasurer
c.
Social Secretary
10.
To confirm the event promoters and programme for 2015.
11.
To elect an Executive Committee.
13.
To appoint Auditors.
14.
To confirm the affiliations to the CTT and the BCF.
15.
Any other competent business
Proposition by South Eastern Road Club
.
To amend the SCCU rules regarding membership.
That serving members of the armed forces who are a member of their respective service cycling club/association /
union wishing to enter any SCCU promotions will not need to be affiliated to the SCCU for their entry to be considered
(normal entry/acceptance conditions would apply).
(a) Armed forces entrants would be eligible to compete for any SCCU trophy** or championship this to include
team awards. ** Trophy would remain with the Counties and a plaque would be substituted.
OR That serving members of the armed forces who are a member of their respective service cycling club/association
/ union wishing to enter any SCCU promotions will not need to be affiliated to the SCCU for their entry to be
considered (normal entry/acceptance conditions would apply)
(b) Armed forces entrants would be accepted as private members but would not be eligible to compete for any of
the SCCU trophies or championships, only compete for individual placing’s.
SOUTHERN COUNTIES CYCLING UNION 2015 EVENTS
Sun 15 March SCCU Sporting 21 GS/334 £8.50 0830Hrs OPEN EVENT
Bryn Tully, 8 Hartscroft, Linton Glade, Croydon, CR0 9LA 020 8651 1429
Don Glover Memorial Event.
____________________________________________________________________________
Sat
21 March Sporting 10
G10/46 £8:50 1400 OPEN EVENT
Sun 22 March Sporting 25
G25/44 £8:50 0900 OPEN EVENT
Robin Johnson 7 Gorseland Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9TT 01403 783368
THE SPORTING EVENTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE BEST ALL ROUNDER COMP
____________________________________________________________________________
Fri 3rd April THE GOOD FRIDAY MEETING at OLYMPIC VELODROME
Graham Bristow, 29 Manor Road, West Wickham, Kent
For details & BOOK TICKETS ON LINE AT www.thegoodfridaymeeting.co.uk
____________________________________________________________________________
Sun 19 April
25 Mile
G25/54 £8:50
0700Hrs
****
Tony Alston, 88 Banstead Road, Carshalton, Surrey, SM5 3NH.
020 8642 9983
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Sat 16 May
10 Mile
G10/58 £8:50
0630Hrs
****
Jonathan Vickery, 83 The Drive, Wallington, Surrey, SM6 9MD
020 8254 9016
____________________________________________________________________________
Tues
TBA
The Alick Bevan Plate Meeting at Crystal Palace Circuit –
____________________________________________________________________________
Sun 28 June
50 Mile G50/10
£8:50
0600Hrs OPEN EVENT
Paul Tunnell, 10 Uppark Gardens, Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 5JN
01737 374673
____________________________________________________________________________
Sun 5 July
50 Mile
G50/10 £9:00
0600Hrs OPEN EVENT
Sussex CA Open
(Counting Event for SCCU BAR)
Robin Johnson, 7 Gorseland Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9TT 01403 783368
____________________________________________________________________________
Sun
26 July
100 Mile
G100/61
£8:50
0600Hrs OPEN EVENT
Rod Starmer, 23 Tanhouse Road, Oxted, Surrey, RH8 9PE 01883 713043
____________________________________________________________________________
Sat 15 August
10 Mile G10/57
£8.50
0630Hrs
South Eastern RC Open (Counting event for Women's and Junior BAR.)
Colin Derrick, 43 Aviemore Way, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 3RP 020 8658 5215
____________________________________________________________________________
Sun
6 September
25 Mile G25/54 £8:50
0700Hrs
****
Colin Derrick, 43 Aviemore Way, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 3RP 020 8658 5215
__________________________________________________________________________
Sunday 1st November Counties Luncheon and Prize Presentation at Copthorne Hotel
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Best All Rounder Competitions consist of -:
Junior -10 and 25 Mile. Ladies - 10, 25 and 50 Mile.
Men - 25, 50, 100 Mile. Veterans - 25, 50, 100 Mile on CTT Target Times.
The events marked with an **** are restricted to member clubs and Private members only.
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