District General Meeting to discuss 2008 National Agenda

Notice is hereby given of the

DISTRICT GENERAL MEETING

to be held on

Saturday 29th November 2008 at 2pm

At St Paul's Methodist Church Hall, Woodfield Road, Northgate, Crawley, West Sussex RH10 8ER
NB This Is the same venue as the District Annual General Meeting.

This meeting is to discuss the agenda for the CTT AGM and mandate your delegates for voting on the propositions.

The full agenda paper can be found on the CTT website as a PDF file.

Items up for discussion/voting include:

• Affiliation fees to rise to £40 from £30
  
• Suggestion that Chairman will get £2000/year honorarium.
  
• Changes to the appeal system.
  
• Restricting the distances that young competitors are allowed to ride.
  
• Lowering the area that a front wheel open from 45% to 42% to accommodate latest designs.
  
• Proposed changes to clothing rules to allow sleeveless tops. (Triathlon type tops).
  
• Two riders only required to finish in National TTT Champs
  
• Red lights on machines in TT's.
  

SCA Lunch - Sunday 9th November

Hi

Just a reminder that the SCA lunch is on Sunday 9th November at the Adastra Hall, 31 Keymer Road, Hassocks, BN6 8AH

Contact Dave Cox on 01323 507916

The cost is £10 per ticket and you can pay Dave on the day

I hope to see you there

Take care

Su B

Wigmore Hill Climb

It is coming up to that time of year when riders thoughts turn to the Hill Climbing Season. Well some do. They are great social occasions and generate a wonderful atmosphere that other TT's often do not. Also a time to meet an chat with those that you may not have seen for a while.

The Wigmore CC are promoting for the 33rd year, their Classic Hill Climb on October 5th. Fancy giving it go? Again a tremendous prize list is on offer and well spread too. You do not have to be a specialist hill climber to enjoy such an event.

Not convinced? Come on, give it a go and you may be wanting to come back for more. The Wigmore event apart from incorporating the Kent CA Championship is also the event chosen by 10 clubs who use it for their domestic hill climb championship.

I attach a Prospectus (below). Entries should be received by me by Tuesday September 25th. Though may hold open for a few more days.

I look forward to receiving your entry. I will not object if you wish to let others know about this very popular Kent Hill Climb.

Yours in Sport,
Doug Laidlow

WIGMORE CYCLING CLUB
33rd Annual Open Hill Climb

(incorporating the Kent Cycling Association Championship)

(currently 10 clubs use this event for their own Championship)

Sunday 5th October
Course QHC/11
Hollingbourne Hill.

Over £600 in Prizes

1st place £50 with awards down to 10th place.
1st Vet £20 awards down to 4th place
Fastest Lady, Espoir, Junior and Juvenile £10 each.
Fastest Team of 3 riders £10 each.
20th place and every 10th place thereafter £5 each..
A 6" Plaque will be awarded to the fastest Kent C.A. affiliated rider.

To the winner:

£50 if Course Record is broken
(currently held by Rafal Radziej 3-01.7)

A Special Prize of £250 courtesy of our Hollingborne host Simon Hill if
3 minutes is beaten.

Entry Fee is £7 and should be sent along with completed CTT Hill Climb Entry Form to:

Doug Laidlow, 17 Fen Road, Little Hale, Sleaford, Lincolnshire. NG34 9BD. Tel: (01529) 461018.
Email: douglaidlow@btopenworld.com

District AGM - Sat October 11th 2008

The AGM and Date Fixing will take place on Saturday 11th October 2008, commencing at 2pm.
Location: St Paul's Methodist Church Rooms, Woodfield Road, Northgate, Crawley, West Sussex.

Kingston Phoenix 15. course change

The roadowrks on the A29 is going to affect many courses and events.

One of these is the Kingston Phoenix "Fabulous Phoenix Fifteen" [my own event] which will now be a 10 on the G10/42.

Please pass the word around your club mates and at the same time get them to enter.....please.

FBD Milk Ras - Free holiday to Ireland!

From the Time Trialling message board:

"Do you fancy a free holiday in Ireland, and the opportunity to experience the business end of a professional cycling event?

Owing to a late withdrawal, Team PrimeraSport.co.uk ARE IN NEED OF A TEAM MECHANIC for the 8-day FBD Insurance Milk Ras (Irish Milk Race). The event begins in Navan on Sunday 18 May, and finishes in Skerries on Sunday 25 May.

The race is UCI 2.2 ranked and has drawn a strong field of European national teams and British and Irish pro teams. Amongst those competing are Ciaran Power, Chris Newton, track pursuit silver-medallist Jenning Huizenga, David McCann and, perhaps bizarrely, track sprinter Craig McLean. The route (and weather) is always challenging and the racing is always exciting.

You won't need a great deal of technical know-how. The team mechanic rides with the team manager in the race convoy, and is required to leap out of the vehicle and perform wheel-changes for the team's 5 riders when required. In the evenings, he/she should clean the team bikes, pick flints out of tyres, replace inner-tubes etc. In return for this, all transport, food and accommodation is arranged and paid for you (though maybe not all the Guinness and whiskey!)

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience an entirely different perspective on professional cycle racing. If you have any queries, or if you are willing and are available between Saturday 17 May and Sunday 25 May, please contact Matt Melville on matthew_melville at hotmail.com or 07729 027792 as soon as possible. Even if you yourself can't help, I'd be grateful if you could 'spread the word'!

For more information on the race itself, see the race website

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

- Tim"


Lisa

Is Your Club Affiliated?

There are a number of clubs that have not reaffiliated for 2008.
Is your club one of them?

Remember if your club is not a member of the CTT then you can't ride on CTT events!

The list of current clubs is on both the National and District website.

Linda has just got the list updated on the National site as there were some clubs that were listed that had not rejoined as well as some that had but were missing.

If your club is not listed then chase up your club secretary.

Remember "No membership....No Ride"

Catford 10 - 26th April

The Catford open Ten on 26th April was due to be on the Q10/19 course, due
to roadworks it will now be held on the Q10/22  Harrietsham – Charing A20
course, 7:30 start.

2008 Calendar

The 2008 Calendar is finally online after a lot of re-typing (my ocr software is good, but not that good!). I realise that not everyone can see Google documents - my employer won't let us access the site - so I will put it up in some more accessible forms soon.

If you find anything that really doesn't make sense it's probably a transcription error and I would appreciate notification.

Lisa

George Lloyd - Surrey Road CC

George passed away on Tuesday 4th March in St Raphael Hospice, Cheam.

The funeral will take place 1pm at Morden Crematorium Monday 17th March.

Donations to St. Raphael Hospice can be sent c/o: Betty Lloyd.

Lisa

SCCU Sporting 25 6th April 08 - Course Change

Due to long term traffic lights on the G25/48 course that should have been used for this event, the course will now be G25/44 - details below (click on image to enlarge):


Lisa

Funeral of Eddy Mundy - Addiscombe CC

Eddie Mundy's funeral will be held on Tuesday, 29th January, 2008, 3.30 pm at Lambeth Crematorium, Blackshaw Road, Tooting, with full military honours.

Worthing Excelsior 25 - 18th May 2008

Change of Organiser

The original promotor - Keith Harmer - listed in the Handbook for this event, tragically died whilst cycling, last October, after the handbook information was submitted.
As is always the case when it really matters, attempts to get details of the new promotor printed in the book have failed. Obviously the last thing that his family wants is your entries landing on the doormat, so please get the red pen out and correct your handbook.

The organiser is now:

M Roberton
30 Pines Avenue
Worthing
West Sussex
BN14 9JQ

01903 214489


Lisa

Eddie Mundy

Dear All

I'm writing with the very sad news that Eddie Mundy died earlier today.

Eddie was a member of Addiscombe CC for over 50 years, and a member of the Road Records Association committee for over 30. He was RRA President for 7 years, and Records Secretary for a similar duration.

In the 1950s, Eddie twice broke the RTTC Competition Record for 24 hours, and won the 24 hour Championship in 1952.

At a personal level, Eddie was a great supporter of my efforts at breaking cycling records, and could always be relied upon to either sit in a car for hours as an Observer, or to stand in Central London to witness a 'turn' at some ungodly hour of the day.

A great guy, who will be sadly missed.

Ralph


Obituary online at Cycling Weekly

Lisa