Surrey League Prize Presentation & AGM

2006 Surrey League Prize Presentation & AGM

Tuesday November 21st at 7:00 PM

East Grinstead Sports Club,
Saint Hill Road, East Grinstead, Sussex RH19 4JU.

The evening will start with a short informal AGM where all members are welcome
to give us their ideas for next season.

Then on to the Prize Presentation, hosted by Keith Butler.

This will be followed by clubs fixing their dates for their events next season.

A free buffet will be available throughout the evening.

RSVP glyn@surreyleague.co.uk

More information and how to get to the venue can be found at
http://www.surreyleague.co.uk/news/agm2006.htm

70th Anniversary - attendees

Andy Avis
Ann Bath
Arthur Beanland
John & Carolyn Beer
Tony & Ann Bensberg
Joe Bertorelli
Bill & Janet Bishop
Paul Burges
Lisa, Vic & Daphne Colombo
Rachel Croggon
Julie Crouch
Frank & Susan Cubis
Ray & Beryl Dare
Ken & Paul Day
Richard Delamare
Gary & Jake Dodd
Ray Drewett
Tom Fish
Mike & Joanne Fricker
Bob Green
Charlie & Jean, & Brian Griffin
Florence Hallett & Chris Biggs
Steve Gordon
Andrew Hewett
Kay Houston
Betty Johnson
Barry Johnstone
Peggy, Kenneth & Janet Jones
Mick & Jill Knight
Iain & Carolyn & Dave & Judy Margery
Mark McNamara
Pete, Simon & Jen Mitchell
Jackie Morgan-Smith
Brian & Helen Munro
Ron Osborne
Clive Oxx
Andy & Julie Pearce
Bert Powney
Brian Powney
Frank & Evelyn Powney
Gladys Powney
Mike Powney
Ron & Doreen Powney
Grant & Fran Pyke
Norman & Ruby, & Geoff Redhead
Den & Eileen Rosendale
Ron Rudd
Barrie & Barbara Sharp
Ed Sharp
Maurice Spear
Len & Jean Steel
Don & Shirley Stockbridge
Rosemary & Alan Tanner
Bill & Sue, & Ron Taylor
Chris & Cliff Thaine
Tony & Ann Tugwell
Roy & Pat Wibberley
Chris & Dalma Williams
John & Ros Wren

Sincere apologies to anyone who would have liked to come, but did not receive an invitation - there has been a scramble to find addresses for everyone and many were not found, even when they should be on record somewhere. Current numbers are 99 signed up and our limit is 100, so there is no room for second chances, I am afraid.

Lisa

Brighton Mitre 25 - result

Andy 1:6:52
Jackie 1:11:46
Ann 1:12:55
Jake 1:14:05

Event Winner Richard Prebble 53:20

Pictures by Paul J Wright here:
Index 15
Index 16
Index 17
Index 18

I think there are no changes to Year Bests or the Trophy allocation as a result of those rides.

So congratulations to Ann on clinching the Ladies Championship Trophy.
Lisa

Short Bec Hill Climb Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RilJnuW0ip4

Click on this and watch Gary nearly end up in the shrubbery !

Bec Hill Climb

Hero Gary Dodd and Bill Bell, joint winners of the hill climb in 1.49.07

And heroine Ann Bath, who rode all 4 hill climbs again this year

Women's Training Days

http://www.londoncyclesport.com/news/article/mps/UAN/1046/v/1/sp/
Have a look at this link if you are interested in doing training days in November. There's a women's only day (just an afternoon really) on 11 November which I plan to go to, but 2 dates open to everyone on 5 and 10 November. It would be more fun if anyone else fancied joining me on the 11th – its at Newchapel from 12-3 and costs £4.

Florence

Bec CC Hill Climb

Gary Dodd no longer rides for the Kingston Phoenix (having had a much better offer from Sigma Sport, of course), but being married to Jake he can't get away from us, so we were all there cheering him in the Bec Hill Climb on Titsey Hill, on the Surrey/Kent border.
He was number 20 in a field of 89-odd riders and, in his first Time Trial as a genuine "Vet" he shot up the hill in a storming 1:49.1 - not quite as fast as his 1:44.4 record, but a race-winning ride neverless. Then we had to wait for over an hour until the final man - last year's winner Jody Crawforth - to see if it would be the best time today.
Well, actually it was a lousy day for it: the rain started for the last 20 or so riders in the morning Catford Hill Climb on York's Hill, and got heavier and heavier. It wasn't an especially cold day, but the wind chill on damp bodies was pretty high, leaving the spectators shivering by the end. Once again this year, both Hill Climbs had the field and spectators to give the day the feeling of the classic events that these were 25 years ago - when the results of the two events would have been the top story in the following week's "comic" - and all this despite the rain.
The contenders came and went, and the PA system kept us up with the results. Only a handful of riders bettered the 2 minute mark, and Gary's name was repeatedly mentioned as the early leader. Then came number 85 - Bill Bell, winner of the morning's Catford climb. His time came over the PA system - another 1:49, but not the seconds yet. Jody Crawforth finished and the crowd surged up the hill after him.
Enjoying the closed road this year - by far the safest arrangement for the event and the general public, especially as the route around is trivial in a car - the crowd gathered around the result board. Crawforth's time 1:52. So at worst Gary was second....
The timekeepers conferred. A buzz went round the crowd - both riders had clocked 1:49.1!
The timekeepers looked at their watches again, and attempted to split the riders on hundredths but, no, they had both been clocked at 1:49.07 and could not be split.
So Bill Bell (Gemini BC) and Gary Dodd (Sigma Sport RT) are the joint winners of the 51st Bec Hill Climb.

Not bad considering that Gary's aim for the event was a top 10 place and 1st veteran.

P.S. Ann also rode and did 3:56.2 with 3:58.7 in the Catford HC in the morning - and of course, she rode the two Brighton Mitre Hill Climbs on Saturday, but I've no idea what she did in them - other than win a snazzy bottle cage!

(Jen, did you get a decent pic of Gary and/or Ann on the climb - that we can add to the post? Either email it to me, if you did, or put it in another post and I will put it together)

Lisa